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45. Sylvia. 46. Ashbel.
47. Rhoda. 48. Roman, b. April 24, 1764.
29. ROMAN, son of Silas and Catharine (Drake) Fyler, m. ist Hannah Bar- ton, Feb. 8, 1793. She d. Nov. 15, 1794, a. 25. He m. 2d, Mrs. Sally (Bray) Lyman, in 1797. He lived in Newfield, joining his brother Silas, on the same street. In 1794, he built, in company with Reuben Marshall, the Washington Hatch house at Winchester centre, in the north wing of which they kept store, while Mr. Fyler kept a tavern in the body of the house. About 1800, he removed to Burke, Vt. Children :
49. Orsamus Roman, b. Nov. 4, 1793. 54. Marcus W., b. 1805, lived in Killingly.
50. Barton Nichols \ b. Oct. 17, } d. unm.
51. A dau. § 1795, 3 d. at b.
52. Alfred Bray, b. Jan. 17, 1799.
53. Horace R., b. 1801, lived in Vt.
54. Calvin L., b. 1808.
55. Minerva, b. 1810, d. 18II.
56. Carlton C., b. 1812, d. a young man.
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31. SILAS, son of Silas and Lucy (Drake) Fyler, m. March 7, 1807, Hylah Taylor, who was b. July 11, 1786. She d. Feb. 20, 1855, at Sullivan, Madi- son Co., N. Y., Silas d. at Sullivan, April 16, 1841. Children :
57. Silas T., b. July 4, 1809. 60. Jerusha M., b. Dec. 11, 1818, m. Wm. 58. Harriet, b. Jan. 28, 1812, d. Jan. 9, 1816. Mecomber, March 10, 1841, who was Feb. 29, 1820, d. Sept. 8, 1865.
59. Hylah Ann, b. Feb. 11, 1816, m. John F. Prosser, Feb. 20, 1838, who was b. Jan. 12, 1816.
61. Clarrissa C., b. Nov. 16, 1824, m. Stephen D. Lamatter, March 7, 1844.
32. SHAYLOR, son of Silas and Lucy (Drake) Fyler, m. Mary Hurlbut, June, 1819. They removed to Sullivan, Madison county, N. Y. He d. Oct. 12, 1850. Children :
62. Sheldon H., b. Aug. 6, 1820, m. 64. Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1824, m. Abijah Hubbard, April, 1845, d. Nov., 1845.
63. Roman, b. Aug. 28, 1822, m. Elizabeth M. Brink, March 24, 1852, no children.
33. ERASTUS, son of Silas and Lucy (Drake) Fyler, m. Abigail Smith, May 15, 1816, at Sullivan, N. Y. She was b. in Mass., May 15, 1795, and d. Sept. 11, 1860. He removed to Sullivan; d. at Parish, Oswego Co., N. Y., Dec. 24, 1856. Children :
65. Flora, b. April 3, 1817, d. young. Davey, Sept. 11, 1842.
66. Lorenzo S., b. June 1, 1818, m. 69. Hannah M., b. March 13, 1826, m. 67. Harriet, b. June 17, 1820, m. Edward C. Spicer, Jan. 9, 1848. Jesse A. Slawson, Sept. 26, 1847. 70. Eliza F., b. Nov. 12, 1828, m. Reuben 68. Lucy, b. April 11, 1822, m. Henry A. W. Slayton, June 26, 1850.
34. STEPHEN, son of Stephen and Polly (Collier) Fyler, m. Almira Wilson, Sept. 3, 1803. She was b. Mar. 15, 1780. He settled in Burke, Vt. He was a man of energy and resolution ; talked loud and as though he was angry. He returned to Winchester on South street, near Torringford, where he lived as a farmer until his death, Apr. 21, 1853. His widow, Armira, d. Dec. 27, 1856, aged 87 years. Children :
71. Hilaman, b. Aug. 8, 1804, m. 73. Albro, b. Feb. 29, 1808, m.
72. Sophronia, b. Oct. 9, 1806, m. William Sanford.
74. Mason, b. Oct. 7, 1801, m.
35. GEORGE, son of Stephen and Polly (Collier) Fyler, m. Prudence Den- nison of Burke, Vt., in June 1808. Children :
75. George Dennison, b. Feb. 5, 1810, m. Hannah Bundy lived at Burke, a farmer. 76. Elhanan W., b. July 23, 1811, m.
77. Adaline, b. Nov 1813, m. Levi Mun- sill, Jr., in 1843, lived in Torrington; no children, d. at Winchester.
78. Maria, b. Oct., 1815; m. Dr. Redding of Vermont, who died soon, had a dau. Octavia who lives with her uncle Elha- nan, in Bridgeport, Ct.
79. Catharine, b. June 25, 1816, m. Hiram Perkins Mar. 13, 1838, had Emily b. Dec. 4, 1838, who m. Harvey L. Roberts ; and Oscar F., b. Dec. 27, 1840, who m. Goldsmith and has three children.
80. Octavia, b. Feb. 10, 1818, m. Willard Bundy, Sept. 1843, lives in Vt.
81. Alfred, b. Mar. 23, 1823, d. a young man.
41. HARLOW, son of Stephen and Polly (Collier) Fyler, m. 1st Prudence E., daughter of -- Crosby, Nov. 26, 1818. She was b. at Chatham, July 1795, d. March 6, 1819 ; m. 2d Sibyl R Tolles, daughter of Joseph and Rosannah (Peck) Toltes, July 6, 1823. She was b. at Montague, Mass., Sept. 22, 1802. Mr. Fyler resided on the old homestead until 1874, when he removed to Win- sted, so as to be near one of his sons, and find some help and comfort in that fact in his last years. (See Biography.) Children :
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82. Juba, b. Dec. 10, 1824, d. Dec. 13, 1824.
83. Carolina Moore, b. Dec. 13, 1824, an adopted daughter, m. Chester P. Drake, Dec. 24, 1846.
84. Harlow, b. Oct. 3, 1827, d. Oct. 8, 1827.
85. Jenette E., b. May 27, 1829, not m. ; went to school at Wilbraham, lives with her father at Winsted.
86. Charles H., b. Sept. 2, 1831, d. June 23, 1832. .
87. Charles H., b. Mar. 16, 1833, d. June 10, 1834.
88. Florimond D., b. Dec. 11, 1834, m.
89. Carlton C., b. Dec. 31, 1837, m.
90. Orsamus R., b. Jan. 17, 1840, m.
42. SALLY, daughter of John and Esther (Bacon) Fyler, m. Elisha Smith, Dec. 3, 1812. He was deacon of the first church in Winsted, and d. Jan. 9, 1861. Children :
91. Amelia, b. Aug. 30, 1813, m. Alex- ander P. Cleaveland, Mar. 30, 1835.
92. Miles, b. July 6, 1817, m. Matilda Baldwin, Dec. 3, 1839.
93. Zebina, b. Aug. 9, 1820, d. Nov. 25, 1841.
94. Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 1825, m. Sept. 8, 1858. Rev. Henry A. Russell, Cong. clergyman.
49. ORSAMUS R., son of Roman and Hannah (Barton) Fyler, did not marry, but was a man of much energy and character. He was first inventor of a clock to run eight days in a short case, so far as known. He manufactured whet- stones in Vermont ; and afterwards became interested in selling the Quinabaug whet-stone. He was a man of unusual intellectual powers ; studied specially geology and chemistry ; became familiar and well versed in most scientific sub- jects, and was a perfect gentleman in manners and social life. He educated a young lady at Wilbraham, Mass., expecting to marry her. She went South to teach, met a young southerner and m. him. It was afterwards known that she met the young man before going south and went there to marry him instead of teaching. This transaction so turned Mr. Fyler, against the ladies that he not only resolved not to marry but disliked to hear any talk about them. He d. May 15, 1867, and his remains were interred in the Fyler burying ground.
57. SILAS T., son of Silas and Hylah (Taylor) Fyler, m. Lydia M. Eggles- ton, Aug. 8, 1832. She was b. Aug. 16, 1812. They reside in Sullivan, Madison Co., N. Y. Children :
95. Silas B., b. Aug. 3, 1835, m. Galen M. Hardy, April 26, 1859, who was b. Dec. 27, 1830.
96. Alice M., b. July 2, 1839, m. Rev.
62. SHELDON H., son of Shaylor and Mary (Hurlbut) Fyler, m. Marian Richards. Oct. 29, 1845. She was b. June 28, 1825. They resided in Michigan city, Ind Children :
97. Ellen C., b. July 23, 1846, m. Frederick 100. Angie M., b. Oct. 30, 1852. W. Taylor, March 23, 1867, who was o. IO1. Ida, b. April 11, 1855, d. March 12, Sept. 21, 1845. 1859.
98. Jane A., b. Nov., 1848, d. Sept . 1849. 102. Willie, b. Aug. 3, 1858, d, March 99. Frederic, b. Dec. 2, 1850, d. Nov. 15, 1851. II, 1859. 103. Isabel M., b. May 23, 1860.
66. LORENZO S., son of Erastus and Abigail (Smith) Fyler, m. 1st Cordelia Wiltse, Sept. 12, 1841. She d. May 22, 1864. Hem. 2d Catharine Wiltse, March 1, 1865. He removed to state of New York, thence to Rosco, Ill. Children :
104. Edwin W., b. Nov. 5, 1843, m. 107. Infant, b. Oct. 21, 1859, d.
105. Warren E., b. March 26, 1846.
106. Dewitt C., b. March 8, 1850.
108. Mary F., b. Nov. 27, 1862.
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71. HILAMON, son of Stephen and Almira (Wilson) Fyler, m. Charlotte Hamilton, of Goshen, April 23, 1850. No children ; lives in Winchester, on Torringford street, a little north of his father's homestead He is a man of good abilities ; lectured on phrenology in the southern states; was the first in this region, so far as he knows, who taught juveniles to sing by note and keep time ; had three such schools in Waterbury, in which he had great success ; taught public school several winters. His favorite study has been, for many years, agricultural chemistry.
73. ALBRO, son of Stephen and Armira ( Wilson) Fyler, m. Jane E. Kennie of Colebrook, June 23, 1850, and lives near his father's homestead. Children : 109. Charles S., b. June 12, 1851, m. III. Martha W., b. Nov. 12, 1854.
IIO. Sarah A., b. Nov. 23, 1852, m. Ed-
mund Munson, lives in Winsted ; has children.
74. MASON, son of Stephen and Armira ( Wilson) Fyler, m. Martha Mun- son of Wolcottville. Went to California about 1851. Child : 112. Ellen, m. Beardsley and resides in Winchester.
76. ELHANAN, son of George and Prudence (Dennison) Fyler, m .; was a successful paper manufacturer in Maine ; returned to Winsted and engaged in the manufacture of condensed milk ; removed to Bridgeport ; bought a resi- dence on the Black Rock road ; was the original contractor for the building of the air line rail road. He also built a rail road in Kansas. He is an honorable upright man. Child :
113. George.
88. FLORIMOND D., son of Harlow and Sibyl R. (Tolles) Fyler, m. Abbie A., dau. William S., and Caroline A. (Jones) Steele, of Wolcottville, Nov. 28, 1860, and resides in West Winsted, near his father and mother, to give a little care to them in their declining years He has taken considerable in- terest in the genealogy of his family, and thereby there is a much better repre- sentation of that family in this work than otherwise would have been. He has a· natural mind for scientific study, and in the state scientific survey of Illinois, made considerable geological collections, and also gave some attention to other departments of science (See Lawyers).
89. CARLTON C., son of Harlow and Sibyl (Tolls) Fyler, went to school at Wilbraham, Mass., m. Aug. 15, 1861, Louisa R., dau. of Orson Barber, of Newfield. His business engagements have been in various parts of the country. He went to the Black hills in March, 1876, among the first who went there, where he is still engaged. Children :
115. Carlton P., b. Aug. 9, 1863.
117. Walter Stephen, b. March 15, 1873. 116. Sheridan B., b. Sept. 20, 1824.
90. ORSAMOND R., son of Harlow and Sibyl R. (Tolles) Fyler, went to school at Wilbraham academy ; m. Mary E., dau. of Davis Vaill, of Wolcott- ville, Dec. 14, 1865. She was b. in Cornwall, Oct. 3, 1844. He enlisted and was mustered into the service of the U. S., Sept. 11, 1862, a private of Co. C., 19th regiment, infantry ; transferred to Second Heavy artillery, and was located in the defences of Wasnington, eighteen months. In Dec , 1g63, was sent home to recruit men to complete the regiment ; was made color seargent while in camy Dutton in Litchfield ; was mustered as 2d lieutenant, March 4, 1864, at Robert E. Lee's residence on Arlington Heights ; joined Grant's army of the Potomac, May 19, 1864 ; was in the engagements of North Anna river, Cold Harbor, in front of Petersburgh, Weldon rail road,
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and at Winchester, Va., under Sheridan, Sept. 19, 1864, where he was wounded in the left limb below the knee, which resulted in making him lame for life. After about four months he reached Wolcottville, where for one year he was unable to move about with comfort. He then engaged for a short time in a flour and feed store, when he was appointed post master, in 1866, and reappointed in 1870, by Gen. Grant, which offiee he still holds. Child : 118. Gertrude B., b. Sept. 21, 1868.
95. SILAS B., son of Silas T. and Hylah (Taylor) Fyler, m. Eunice K. Fancher Oct. 29, 1856, who was b. Oct. 22, 1836. He resides in Sullivan, Madison county, N. Y., is a successful farmer. Children :
119. Silas W., b. Jan. 13. 1860, d. Sept. 121. Silas H., b. May 9, 1867.
5, 1862. 122. Preston H., b. Sept. 29, 1871.
120. Cora B., b. July 30, 1863.
104. EDWIN W., son of Lorenzo and Cordelia (Wiltse) Fyler, m. Josephine A. Hinman, Sept. 28, 1869. She was b. Feb. 2, 1849, and d. June 15, 1874. He m., 2d, Eliza Smith of N. Y. Children :
123. Albert L., b. Sept. 14, 1870, d. Jan. 124. Frederick E., b. April 2, 1872, d. 23, 2875. May 2, 1872.
By 2d wife :
125. Walter, b. Feb. 4, 1877, in Camden, N. J.
109. CHARLES S., son of Albro and Jane E. (Kinnie) Fyler, m. Augusta Thrall of Bloomfield, Ct. Children :
126. Oliver C., b. July 13, 1874. 128. Walter A., b. July 18, 1877.
127. George F., b. Dec. 15, 1875.
FYLER, JEREMIAH, brother of Silas, who settled in Newfield, m. Jerusha Kelsey, of Hartford, and lived in Windsor. Children :
I. Jerusha, b. Jan. 30, 1739.
2. Clymena, b. Feb. 1, 1742.
3. Roger, b. May 3, 1743.
4. Rachel, b. June 19, 1745.
5. Cynthia, b. Dec. 17, 1747.
6. Silvia, b. March 29, 1750.
7. Ulysses, b. Jan. 11, 1752, m. and settled in Torringford ; a very fine citizen ; a real old fashioned gentleman.
8. Paris, b. April 26, 1754.
9. Norman, b. May 13, 1756.
IO. Annie, b. Oct. 12, 1758.
II. Ambrose, b. Jan. 15, 1751 ; settled in Torringford, was a revolutionary soldier.
12. Horace, b. Jan., 19, 1765.
GAYLORD, DEA. WILLIAM, probably one of the passengers of the Mary and John, in 1630, was one of the first deacons of the Dorchester church. He signed with Dea. Rockwell the first land grants in Dorchester ; was deputy and selectman in 1635 and 6 ; removed to Windsor. He m. - , and d. July 20, 1673, a 88. His wife d. June 20, 1657. Children :
I. Elizabeth, b. in England, m. Richard 3. Walter.
Birge, Oct., 1641.
4. Samuel.
2. William.
5. John.
2. WILLIAM, Jr., son of William, m. Ann Porter, Feb. 24, 1644 ; lived in Windsor, and d, Dec. 14, 1656. Children :
6. Anne, b. April 24, 1645.
7. Hannah, b. Jan. 30, 1646, m .---- Cran- dall.
8. John, b. Jan. 27, 1648.
9. William, b. Feb. 25, 1650.
IO. Hezekiah, b. Feb. 11, 1652, d. 1678 ; no issue.
II. Josiah, b. Feb. 13, 1654.
12. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 3, 1656.
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12. NATHANIEL, son of William and Anna (Porter) Gaylord, m. Abigail, dau. of Thomas Bissell, Oct. 17, 1678, who d. Sept. 23, 1723. Children :
13. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 23, 1681.
14. Abigail, b. March 13, 1684, m. John Griswold.
15. Josiah, b. Feb. 24, 1686.
16. Thomas, -
b. June d. June 21, 1690. 20, 1690, &m. Sarah Buck-
17. Joseph, land.
18. Elizabeth, b. July 28, 1693. m Samuel Griswold.
19. Ruth, b. April 10, 1700, m. Nathaniel Griswold.
20. Esther, b. Aprii 8, 1702, m. Benj. Griswold.
21. Rachel, m. Jonas Barber.
15. JOSIAH, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Bissell) Gaylord, m. Naomi Burnham, May 7, 1713 ; resided in Windsor. Children :
22. James, b. May 14, 1714, d. June 22, 26. Nehemiah, b. June 15, 1722. 1714.
23. Naomi, b. Nov. 3, 1715.
27. Elijah, b. Sept. 12, 1725.
24. Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 1717.
25. Josiah, b. Jan. 7, 1720.
28. Giles, b. Dec. 19, 1728, d. Feb. 17, 1736.
26. DEA NEHEMIAH, son of Josiah and Naomi (Burnham) Gaylord, m. Lucy Loomis, " a very pious woman" Nov. 10, 1748, who d. Sept. 2, 1800, a. 74. He d. in 1801, a. 80. He was elected deacon of the Torringford church probably in 1764, when the church was organized. He was in Torrington, two years or before he was m., and during that time probably built a log house as did his brother Elijah. In 1761, Mr. Gaylord built his frame house, still standing in good repair ; the date being engraved on the thumb piece of the door latch. The house was very nicely finished inside, with the old style panneling below the windows and about the beams and stairway and chimney, and the lumber was of the purest kind possible from the pine swamp. The house was large, and from that reason, meetings were held in it much of the time until the building of the meeting house, and also was school " kept" in it some years. Deacon Gaylord's name is prominent in the transactions of the society and he probably served as deacon forty-five years, and was gathered to his heavenly rest to wait until the coming of Father Mills, and a great company of those he had served in the high and honorable office of deacon. Children :
29. Lucy, b. Apr. 14, 1750, m. Zachariah 31. Nehemiah, b. Oct. 14, 1754, m. Mather, lived in Torringford.
32. Naomi, m. Asahel Kellogg of Canaan. 30. Joseph, b. Feb. 15, 1752, m.
27. CAPT. ELIJAH, son of Josiah and Naomi (Burnham ) Gaylord, m. Margaret Taylor, of Windsor, Nov. 11, 1749, and settled on the farm lying east and north of the present meeting house. His first, a log house stood on the east and west road about twenty rods southeast of the present meeting house. His first framed house stood in what is now the door yard of Richard W. Griswold. He was a man of considerable prominence in the society and community many years. He gave land for a burying ground ; the deed dated Oct. 1789, but quite a number of burials had taken place in the yard or lot, before he executed the deed. It is one of the most beautiful places for such a ground of which there can be any conception. The Bolton hills east of the Connecticut are in full view, with a beautiful intervening country ; to the northwest the view reaches the hills of Massachusetts ; to the west and southwest those of Cornwall, Litchfield ; and Northfield ; to the southeast those of Bristol and Southington, Capt. Gaylord, m. a second wife who was the mother of the following children :
33. Margaret Taylor, b. May 23, 1791, m. 34. Giles A., b. Aug. 1, 1793, m. Thaddeus Griswold.
35, Elijah Milo, b. Dec. 5, 1795.
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GILLETT, JONATHAN, SENR., came with his brother Nathan to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Mr. Warham in 1630, and removed to Windsor, with the first emigration. His first three children were b. before he came to Windsor, and the dates of their birth are wanting. Children :
I. Cornelius, m.
2. Jonathan, m. Mary Kelsey of Hartford.
3. Mary.
4. Anna, b. Dec. 29, 1639.
5. Joseph bap., b. July 25, 1641.
6. Samuel, b. Jan. 22, 1642.
7. John, b. Oct. 5, 1644.
8. Abigail, bap. June 28, 1646.
9. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 12, 1647.
10. Josias, bap. July 14, 1650.
1. CORNELIUS, son of Jonathan, m. Priscilla Kelsey and settled in Windsor. He d. June 26, 17 -. Children :
II. Priscilla, b. Jan. 1659, d. young.
12. Priscilla, b. May, 1661, m. - Grimes.
13. Abigail, b. Sept. 20, 1663, m. Ist,- Loomis, 2d, - Birge.
14. Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1668.
15. Hester, b. May 24, 1671.
16. Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1673, m. - Webb. 17. Joanna, b. April 22, 1676, m. Ist, Allyn, 2d, - Bancroft.
18. Daniel, b. July 1, 1679.
18. DANIEL, son of Cornelius and Priscilla (Kelsey) Gillett, m. Mary Eno, Jan. 28, 1703. He d. Aug. 16, 1753, a. 75. His widow, Mary, d. Dec. 17, 1773, aged 92. Children :
19. Daniel, b. Nov. 17, 1703, m.
20. Mary, b. July 9, 1705, m. Anthony Hoskins.
21. John, b. Sept. 11, 1707, m.
22. Ann, b. March 12, 1711, m. Samuel Barber.
23. Eunice, b. Feb, 21, 1717, m. Isaac
Bull, ancestor of Dr. Isaac Bull of Hartford. 24. Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1719, m. Thomas Moore.
25. Margaret, b. Dec. 21, 1723, Timothy Phelps.
26. Dorothy, b. May 15, 1726, m. Samuel Cook, Nov. 25, 1747.
21. JOHN, son of Daniel and Mary (Eno) Gillett, m, Elizabeth Drake Sept. 30, !731 ; lived on his father's homestead in Windsor, and d. Dec. 25, 1800. His widow, Elizabeth, d. Jan. 5, 1802. Children :
27. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1732, m. Eli Palmer, 2d Thrall.
28. Lucy,b. Nov. 23, 1735, m. Sam'l Allyn.
29. John, ¿ b. July 30, 1738, m. 50. Jabez, S
31. Ann, b. Aug. 16, 1740, m. Josiah Moore.
32. Prudence, b. May 22, 1743, m. Watson Loomis.
33. Daniel, b. Nov. 22, 1748.
29. JOHN, son of John and Elizabth (Drake) Gillett, came to Torrington in 1761, m. Abigail, dau. of Benj. Catlin, of Harwinton, Aug. 30, 1770, and made his home in Torringford ; was a man of high moral character, and of honorable standing in the community ; one of the many substantial families of that society. He d. Jan. 15, 1826, a. 87 years, and his widow, Abigail, d. May 13, 1835, aged 84 years. Children :
34. Abigail, b. May 6, 1771, m. Orson Moore, of Windsor, Jan. 5, 1796; who d. in 1798, leaving a dau. Harriett, m. 2d Samuel Stoughton, and d. in Hartford in 1849. a. 78.
36. Benjamin C., b. Aug. 20, 1782, d. in Wilmington, N. C., July 27, 1837, a. 55. He was a cabinet maker and then a merchant; a man of great integrity and honor ; never m.
35. John, b. Mar. 30, 1776, m.
30. CAPT. JABEZ, son of John and Elizabeth (Drake) Gillett, came to Tor- rington in 1761, and m. Ann Loomis of Windsor, June 15, 1762, and settled the same year in Torringford, and joined the Torrington church under the halfway covenant, that same year. He was captain in the Revolution ; was representative a number of years ; and was an active man in the interests of the town and the society. His wife Ann, d. May 13, 1795, and he m., 2d, Lau-
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rana Roberts, of Windsor, Jan. 11, 1798. He d. Apr. 29, 1818, aged 80 years. Children :
37. Ann, b. Dec. 11, 1762, m. Oliver 41. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 10, 1773, never m., Phelps of Harwinton.
38. Chloe, b. Jan. 23, 1765 ; m. Anson Colt.
39. Roxanna, m. Hezekiah Durand.
40. Esther, b. Mar. 1, 1771, m. Uri Cur- tiss.
d. in 1835, a. 60.
42. Aurelia, b. Apr. 24, 1776, m. Seth Treadway, and lived to be over 90 years of age.
43. Horace, b. Oct. 6, 1779.
35. JOHN, son of John and Abigail (Catlin) Gillett, m. Mary, daughter of Dr. Samuel Woodward, Feb. 2, 1824. Children :
44. Rufus W., b. April 22, 1825, m.
45. John C., b. June 5, 1827, m.
43. HORACE, son of Jabez and Ann (Loomis) Gillett, m. Rachel Austin, June, 1801. He had the principal management of the Connecticut Land Com- pany's possessions in Ohio, and surveyed, laid out and distributed to the pro- prietors. He was justice of the peace and represented Torrington in the state legislature. He d. Oct. 11, 1867, a. 88 years ; his wife Rachel, d. Sept. 10, 1849. Children :
46. Electa, b. May, 1803, d. June, 1810. 49. Harriet E., b. June 12, 1815, d. June 47. Horace C., b. Feb. 6, 1806. 26, 1823.
48. Caroline, b. May 3, 1811, m. Charles N. Henderson July 29, 1837, had seven children.
50. Samuel J., b. Aug. 3, 1817.
44. RUFUS WOODWARD, son of John and Mary (Woodward) Gillett, m. Charlotte M., daughter of Nathaniel Smith, of Torringford, May 26, 1847. He removed to Detroit, Mich., in May, 1862, where he has been engaged in the flour, grain, and shipping business, and has been moderately successful. His early life was on the farm in Torringford, and afterwards was clerk in the store of Gen. Frederick Phelps, at Litchfield ; afterwards owned and operated the store in Torringford so long kept by Nathaniel Smith ; in 1856, became secre- tary and treasurer of the Wolcottville Brass Company, where he remained until he removed west. His shipping business in Detroit, aggregates some three mil- lions of dollars a year. His old friends in his native town place his character at par, with some little margin yet to be filled out. Children :
51. Mary W., b. Feb. 19, 1849, m. Henry K. Lathrop, Jr., of Detroit where she resides.
52. Charles S., b. Nov. 10, 1850, d. Oct. 18, 1876. 53. Harriet W , b. May 11, 1854.
47. HORACE C., M.D., son of Horace and Rachel (Austin) Gillett, m. Sarah A. Watson, Oct. 1, 1834. He practiced medicine in East Windsor, and in 1863, removed to Chicago, Ill., and in 1875, to St. Charles, Kane Co., Ill., where he still resides.
GILLETT, ZACHEUS, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Griswold) Gillett, m. Ist Ruth Phelps, Dec. 15, 1743 : 2d widow Sarah Dean, of Wolcott, Ct., Dec. 17, 1778. He resided in Granby until 1773 or 1774, when he removed to Wolcott. He d. while on a visit to Granby, Jan. 7, 1793. His grand- father was Nathan, Jr., and his great grandfather Nathan came to America with his brother Jonathan and settled in Windsor, and afterwards in Simsbury. Children :
I. Zacheus, b. Nov. 11, 1745.
4. Ruth, b. Sept. 29, 1751.
2. Ava, b. Oct. 4, 1747, d. Sept. 3, 1748.
3. Alexander, b. Aug. 14, 1749.
5. Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1753, m. Josiah Atkins, of Wolcott, Ct.
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6. Nathan, b. Sept. 29, 1755.
7. Elizabeth, b. March 30, Elkanah Smith, of Wolcott.
8. Benoni, b. July, 23, 1760.
9. Anne, b. Jan. 3, 1763, m. George Cor- nish, d. March 13, 1793.
10. Rachel, b. Nov. 28, 1764, m. Noah
1758, m. Uzza Norton, of Wolcott.
II. Timothy, b. July, 21, 1770, d. April 22, 1780.
3. REV. ALEXANDER, son of Zacheus and Ruth (Phelps) Gillett, m. Adah, dau. of Dea. Josiah Rogers, of Wolcott, Dec. 3, 1778. He preached in Wolcott and Torrington, and d. Jan. 19, 1826, in the 77th year of his age and the 53d of his ministry. His wife Adah d. May 10, 1839, a. 77. Children :
12. Rev. Timothy Phelps, b. June 15, 15. Adah, b. Oct. 10, 1787, still living and 1780, m. Sally Hodges.
13. Asaph, b. Oct. 15, 1782, d. Aug. 21, 1846, a. 64.
14. Esther, b. May 26, 1785, d. Dec. 30, 1834, a. 50.
in her 9Ist year.
16. Elias, b. June II, 1792, d. Oct. 26, 1871, a. 79.
17. Marianna, b. Jan. 13, 1796, d. Nov. 4, 1815, a. nearly 20.
6. NATHAN, son of Zacheus and Ruth (Phelps) Gillett, m. Lucy, dau. of Dea. Aaron Harrison, of Wolcott, Ct., April 16, 1779 ; resided in Torring- ton about nine years, after Rev. Alexander settled here, then removed to Ohio. Children :
18. Nathan, b. March 7, 1781. 22. Lydia. 19. Asa. 23. Jerusha. 24. John. 25. Lucy.
20. Anna.
21. Salome.
13. ASAPH, son of Rev. Alexander and Adah (Rogers) Gillett, m. Eliza- beth Smith, of Wolcott, settled in Torrington, a little south of Drake's Mills, where he d. Aug. 21, 1846, a. 64. He was highly esteemed and honored in the town. His widow d. July 30, 1864, a. 75. Children :
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