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26. DR. AUGUSTINE, son of Augustine and Cynthia (Fyler) Hayden, m. Asenath Hammon, of Suffield, Ct., and settled as a physician in Chatham, N. Y., where he followed his profession many years. He d. at Franklinville, N. Y., March 28, 1838, a. 68. Children :
40. Augusta, b. Feb. 14, 1800, m. Owen 42. Wadsworth, b. May 4, 1809, m. Lucre- Terry, of Franklinville, N. Y. tia Taylor, of Franklinville, N. Y .; had two children. He and his wife d. in Wis.
41. Augustus, b. May 28, 1805, m. Mary Jewell, of Franklinville, N. Y.
27. DR. SAMUEL, son of Augustine and Cynthia (Fyler) Hayden, became a physician, settled in Windham, Penn., where he m. Dorcas Young, in March 1810, and continued his profession until advanced age. Children :
43. Samuel Fyler, b. April, 1811. 48. Nancy, b. Oct. 10, 1823. 49. Emily, b. Aug. 11, 1826.
44. Cynthia, b. April 15, 1813, m, Dr. Hinckley, Dec., 1833.
50. Ellen, b. June 23, 1829.
45. Clark, b. Feb. 17, 1815.
51. Joseph, b. Sept. 25, 1833.
52. Cicero, b. July 4, 1839.
28. LUKE, son of Augustine and Cynthia (Fyler) Hayden, m. Ruth Hum- phrey, of Canton, and settled in Barkhamsted. Children :
53. Ruth, b. 1806, d. 1815. 58. Julia, b. Feb. 1, 1815, m. - House, of Milwaukee.
54. Minerva, b. Feb. 1, 1807, m. Jared Thompson, of Milwaukee.
55. Marietta, b. Nov. 26, 1810, m. Salmon Howd, 1830.
56. Julius, b. Aug. 24, 1811, went to Atlanta, Ga.
57. Sidney, b. March 1, 1813, m. Florilla Miller, of Torringford.
59. Luke, b. Dec. 10, 1818.
60. Martha, b. Sept, 25, 1820.
61. Cicero, b. Aug. 7, 1823.
62. Catharine, b. March 21, 1826.
63. Sarah, b. June 20, 1829.
64. Franklin, b. Dec. 29, 1833.
46. Frances, b. Sept. 2, 1817, m. Augustine Barber, 1836.
47. Samuel Fyler, b. Aug., 1820, d. July 24, 1835.
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29. NATHANIEL, son of Augustine and Cynthia (Fyler) Hayden, m. Sally Ransom, of Barkhamsted, and settled in Hartford. Children :
65. Ransom, b about 1800. 69. Austin, b. about 1810.
66. Betsey, b. about 1802, m. - Beach. 70. Almira, b. about 1813.
67. Nathaniel, b. about 1804, m. and settled in Dover, O.
71. Emily, b. about 1815.
72. Addison, b. Dec., 1817.
68. Sarah, b. about 1806.
32. SETH, son of Augustine and Cynthia (Fyler) Hayden, m. Sylvia Jenks, of Leyden, N. Y., and settled in western N. Y. Children :
73. Louisa, b. 1808, m. Alpheus Taylor of 77. Gay, b. 1819, m .; a settler in Oregon. Milwaukee, and settled in Berlin, Wis. 78. Charles, b. 1822.
74. Cornelius, b. 1812, m. Alexander Alby, 79. Cicero, d. a. 3 years. Madison, O.
75. James, ( b. Feb. 20, ) d. in Boston in
76. John, S 1815, 'S 1856.
36. CICERO, son of Augustine and Cynthia (Fyler) Hayden, m. Sophia Squires of Granville, Mass., Aug. 17, 1810, and lived on the old homestead. Children :
80. Tullius C., b. Aug. 20, 1811.
81. Sophia, b. Sept. 29, 1814, m. Rev. Geo. W. Fogg.
82. Amelia, b. Oct. 21, 1816.
83. Henry, b. Mar. 5, 1819.
84. Helen, b. Nov. 15, 1821, d. July 4, 1822.
85. Augusta, b. July 1, 1823, m. Jeremiah Phelps, M.D.
86. Harriet, b. Aug. 31, 1828, m. Jeremiah Wainwright, M.D.
87. Caroline, b. Oct. 10, 1831, m. Rev. Jeremiah Wainwright.
80. TULLIUS C., son of Cicero and Sophia Hayden, m. Susan C. Chidsey, of Canton. Children :
88. S. Ella, artist and teacher, m. A. D. 90. Hattie F., artist and teacher.
Nooney.
91. Charles H., a law student and teacher. 89. Cicero, d. young.
HIGLEY, ISAAC, came from Simsbury to Torrington, among the first settlers, before 1740. His farm was on the hill west of the late Joseph Allyn place. He m. Sarah Porter, Feb. 13, 1735, who d. July 19, 1753. He m. 2d Sarah Loomis, Feb. 24, 1757. Children :
I. Sarah, b. Nov. 23, 1735 ; not m .; she 2. Susannah, b. Dec. 8, 1741. sold the farm to Oliver Allyn Jan. 30, 1800.
HILLARD, WILLIAM C., son of William Hillard, of Preston, Ct., b. Oct. 29, 1843 ; came to Wolcottville, in 1866 ; m. Alice Eunice, daughter of Merritt and Henrietta (Taylor) Treat, May 22, 1871. Mr. Hillard is a druggist. Ch. :
I. Caroline E., b. Sept. 4, 1872.
2. An infant, b. Apr. 2, 1876, d. Apr. 4, 1876.
HILLS, BENONI, was born at Northampton, Mass., in 1700. His father d. before and his mother soon after his birth. He was m. Dec. 19, 1723, and settled in Suffield, where he remained a little more than one year and removed thence to Durham. His first child was born in Suffield, and the eight follow- ing were born in Durham, and removing thence, about 1740, his two last were born in Goshen. In August, 1747, he purchased thirty-seven acres of land in Torrington, a little north of Capt. Abel Beach's house, with a frame standing on it. Half of this land with the frame on it he gave to his son Beriah, who
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soon after settled on it. In 1764 or 5, Benoni Hills rented a house of Abel Beach, and in 1765, he bought the same of Mr. Beach. This house stood a little north of his son Beriah's, where he resided until within a few years of his death, when he removed to Winchester. In Torrington he was well known and much respected for his uprightness of character, and sensible, but pleasant admonitions to the young. While sitting in Dr. Hodges's store he several times remarked to the clerks: "Boys, it is best to be pretty middling honest." Some years before his death, he selected two rough stones of mica slate, and shaping them to his liking, engraved on one of them, " Benoni Hills ; this is thy house ;" and on the other, "O eternity, death is come." To which has been added : " June 24, 1793 ; B. H., aet. 93." Working upon these stones seems to have been the special enjoyment of his leisure hours. He took them with him from Torrington and gave special directions to have them placed over his grave, where they now stand, in the old Winchester graveyard. His wife born June 3, 1700, d. Oct. 21, 1776. Children :
I. Hannah, b. Oct. 5, 1724, m. Aaron Loomis, June 6, 1743.
2. Zimri, b. Dec. 16, 1725, d. June 4, 1760.
3. Beriah, b. Aug. 31, 1727, m.
4. Medad, b. April 27, 1729, m.
5. Mary, b. June 1, 1731, d. Jan. 28, 1732.
6. John, b. Dec. 13, 1732, m .; d. in Charlotte, Vt., Feb. 16, 1808, leaving 2 sons and 4 daughters.
7. Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1754, m. Epaphras Loomis, Sept. 9, 1755.
8. Seth, b. Sept. 13, 1736, m.
9. Rachel, b. July 8, 1739, m. Joel Soper.
Io. Bela, b. Aug. 24, 1741, d. May 29, 1756.
II. Ann, b. June II, 1743, m. Luman Beach, had one dau. ; d. in Norfolk, Jan. 26, 1777.
3. BERIAH, son of Benoni Hills, m. Mary - and settled in Torrington in the spring of 1748, a little north of Capt. Abel Beach's, where he remained until after the year 1769, when he removed to Winchester, north of Stephen Fyler's, near Torrington line. He was appointed several years to read the Psalm in the old meeting house in Winchester, and d. Mar. 25, 1778. His children were all baptized in Torrington. Children :
12. Mary, bap. Mar. 20, 1748, m. Elijah Barber, July 10, 1776.
13. Benoni, bap. Dec. 24, 1749, m.
14. Lois, bap. Feb. 2, 1752.
15. Chauncey, bap. Feb. 17, 1754, m.
16. Bela, bap. Aug. 25, 1756.
17. Roger Eno, bap. Mar. 4, 1759.
18. Zimri, bap. Apr. 23, 1763.
19. Huldan, bap. Aug. 9, 1767.
4. COL. MEDAD, son of Benoni Hills, m. Sarah -; was a goldsmith in Goshen, and made muskets for the state in the Revolution, and also served some time as an officer in the army. He was a large land holder in Winches- ter and resided there a time in the Norris Coe house. His wife Sarah died Feb. 18, 1802, a. 70. He d. Apr. 9, 1808, a. 79. Children : 20. Seth.
22. Hewitt, bap. in Tor., Sept. 9, 1753, m.
23. Rebecca, m., and had Rueben.
24. Miles, b. Aug. 31, 1766, m.
6. CAPT. JOHN, son of Benoni Hills, m. Jerusha, about 1754, and resided in Goshen until a short time before 1776, when he removed to Winchester and lived near the Hurlbut cemetery. He was a gunsmith by trade. He sold his place in 1781 and afterwards removed to Charlotte, Vt., where he died Mar. 15, 1808, aged 76. Children :
25. Jerusha, b. Nov. 26, 1755, m. Abel 27. Zimri, b. Oct. 2, 1762, m. Mille Catlin Wetmore, May 12, 1774.
Jan. 17, 1782.
26. Lorrain L., b. Feb. 6, 1758, d. Oct. 14, 1763.
28. Esther, ( b. June 29. John, 5 1, 1766., d. July 21, 1766.
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21. Lucy, m. Daniel Baldwin, of Goshen ; had children, Theodore, Seth, Collins, Erastus, Abigail, Lucia.
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30. Lorrain, b. May 30, 1768, d. Mar. 7, I772.
31. Claraman, b. Oct. 5, 1770.
32. Olive, b. July 23, 1773.
33. Lewis, b. Sept. 8, 1775.
34. Roger, b. Jan. 9, 1779, d. Oct. I, 1780.
8. DEA. SETH," son of Benoni Hills, m. Abigail Soper, in 1760, and lived in Goshen, until near 1765, when he settled in Winchester, his farm bordering on Torrington. He was first deacon of the church in Winchester and first representative of that town. He served as wagon master in the Saratoga cam- paign ; was present at Burgoyne's surrender, and assisted in clearing the field of the dead and wounded after the battle. He sold his homestead and in the winter of 1793, went to Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., a place then without a white inhabitant, save two or three who went with him, where he cut down four acres of heavy forest, on which to build his future home, and in the follow- ing autumn, with the assistance of his son Ira, then a lad of sixteen, burned, cleared and fitted it for seed. He removed his family thither in the winter of 1799, and at the age of sixty-four, began the settlement of a new puritan town. He d. in Vernon, June 3, 1826, a. 99 years. Children :
35. Statia, b, July 6, 1762, m. Ist John Marshall, of Torrington, March 30, 1780 ; 2d Andrew Everitt, in 1799.
38. Candace, b. June 1, 1772.
39. Hannah, b. May 19, 1776.
40. Seth, b. April 20, 1779, removed to Vernon.
36. Jesse, b. May 17, 1764.,
37. Elisha, b. May 8, 1766, d. June 11, 41. Ira, b. June 22, 1782, removed to Ver- 1766. non.
13. BENONI, son of Beriah and Mary Hills, m. Elizabeth Agard, Oct. 23, 1773, and made his residence in Winchester. One of his daughters m. Chauncey Humphrey. Children :
42. Theodosia, b. Feb. 1, 1775.
43. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 20, 1776.
44. Amanda, b. June 18, 1780, in Torring- ton.
15. CHAUNCEY, son of Beriah and Mary Hills, lived on his father's home- stead, bordering on Torrington line until about 1802, when he removed to Litchfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y.
20. SETH, son of Medad and Sarah Hills, m. and removed to Vernon, where he d. in 1826. Children :
45. Edmund.
46. Anna.
47. Fanny.
22. HEWITT, son of Medad and Sarah Hills, m. and settled in Winchester, in 1788, where he owned a large farm and was a prominent business man. His house was on Blue street near Torrington line. He was a representative to the assembly between 1790 and 1800, and filled at various times, most of the town offices. He lived a time in Winsted, and removed to Vernon, N. Y., about 1805. Children :
48. Lucy, m. Thomas Spencer, Jr., May 50. Eliza, m. Isaac Bronson.
27, 1795.
49. Mary, m. Abijah Bronson, Nov. 16, 1797.
51. Louisa, m. Stephen Wade, March, 1802.
24. MILES, son of Medad and Sarah Hills, m. Ist Abigail, dau. of John Wilcox, of Goshen ; 2d Anne Butrick, March 9, 1794. He lived in Goshen, where he d. March 10, 1815, aged 49 years. His widow d. Oct. 12, 1830. Children :
1 See Hist. Winchester.
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52. Levi, b. May 29, 1795, m. went to Georgia, thence to Lisbon, Ill., where he died, leaving a family.
53. Medad, b. June 17, 1797, d. Sept. 15, 1803.
54. Abigail, b. July 17, 1799, m. Nelson T. Loomis, Nov., 1827, lived in Cornwall and then in Winsted; had Sarah L. b. June 26, 1829; Frederick L., b. Aug. 12, 1834.
55. Eben, b. Oct. 8, 1801, removed to Ver- non and then to Lisbon, Ill., had Caroline, Hubert, Frederick B., Melissa, Mary A., Eben L., Sarah L., and Luther B.
56. Mary A., b. Sept. 2, 1804, m. Frede- rick P. Whiting, Feb. 15, 1826.
57. Frederick P., b. Sept. 1, 1808, m.
58. Lucy A., b. March 18, 1810, m. Abel S. Wetmore of Winchester, Nov. 24, 1829, had Julia A., b. Aug. 18, 1830; John N., b. March 8, 1833; Ellen E., b. Oct. 29, 1834; Leroy W., b. Sept. 23, 1836; Miles H., b. Sept. 6, 1840; Samuel A., b. Sept. 25, 1842; Hubert, b. Feb. 21, 1847.
59. Elisha, b. May 23, 1812, m. in Vernon, had a family.
60. Roxy, b. Oct. 6, 1814, d. Dec. 15, 1816.
57. DEA. FREDERICK P., son of Miles and Anne (Butrick) Hills, m., Ist, Lucy E., dau. of John Wetmore of Winchester, Sept. 11, 1833, lived in Win- chester until April 1846, when he settled on the Matthew Grant farm on Goshen turnpike where he still resides. He is a successful farmer ; has been deacon of the Torrington church many years; has been selectman of the town a number of years, and has filled other positions of honor and trust with honor to himself and the town. His wife, Lucy E., died Dec. 26, 1858, aged 52. He married, 2d, Mrs. Harriet B (Frisbie) Bailey of Litchfield, Dec. 7, 1859. Children by ist wife :
61. Lucy A., b. Sept. 7, 1841, m. Leroy
W. Wetmore, Feb. 12, 1861, and d. Aug.
24, 1871. Her husband d. Nov. 27, 1872.
HINSDALE, BARNABAS, of Hartford, was an original proprietor of lands in Harwinton, to the amount of ££120, and when Harwinton was laid out, six lots were appropriated to his heirs and one of these was Jacob Hinsdale, one of the first settlers of that town. Barnabas had, apparently, six children, but six names are found :
I. Daniel.
3. Mary.
2. Amos.
3. John.
2. Jacob, settled in Harwinton.
4. Martha.
2. JACOB, m. Hannah Seymour and settled in Harwinton on lands inherited from his father. Children :
4. Jacob, b .- , probably in Hartford and hence the date is not on Harwinton Re- cords.
5. Hannah, b .-- , m. William Cook, Mar. 7, 1759, and d. Mar. 28, 1775.
5. Lois, b. Feb. 27, 1737.
6. Stephen, b. Nov. 16, 1738, d. Nov. 7, 1741.
7. Ezra, Jan. 5, 1740, m. Sarah Hopkins, had 8 children.
8. Stephen, } b. Mar. Į m. Rhoda Judd.
9. Samuel, 22, 1743, J
IO. George, b. April 15, 1745.
II. Sarah. b. Mar. 1, 1747.
4. JACOB, son of Jacob and Hannah Hinsdale, m. Mary Brace of Harwin- ton May 11, 1758 ; he removed with his family to Canaan, probably soon after 1773, and he is said to have had ten children, but six are recorded in Harwinton. Children :
12. Jacob, b. April 18, 1759.
13. Elisha, b. Feb. 28, 1761, m.
14. Elias, b. Apr. 20, 1763.
15. Abel, b. July 19, 1765.
16. Rhoda, b. Feb. 27, 1770.
17. Whiting, b. Oct. 17, 1773.
18. Sherman.
19. Eliazur. And two others.
13. CAPTAIN ELISHA, son of Jacob and Mary (Brace) Hinsdale, enlisted at
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Canaan, in the continental army and served principally on the Delaware; was under the command of LaFayette ; wintered at Valley Forge. After three years' service he left the army completely broken down in health, but hoping to do something he learned the jeweler's trade, serving his apprenticeship at Litchfield, tradition says, when the elms were planted in that village. He re- covered his health and learned the trade of a blacksmith.
In the year 1799, Capt. Elisha and his brother Dea. Abel, settled in Tor- rington, on the Naugatuck about three miles north of Torrington hollow, at a place once called the axe factory, and later the tannery, and Appley's mills. Here the Hinsdales made the celebrated "clover leaf" scythes and axes, and did general blacksmithing, until 1816, when having obtained with his brother, land in the western reserve, he removed with his wife and younger children to Ohio, and the year following settled in Norton, now Summit county. He made the journey to the west with a wagon, drawn by two yoke of oxen in eight weeks. He d. at Norton, June 22, 1827, a. 66 years. His first wife, Assenath Barnes, d. in Torrington, in 1800. In 1801, he m. Elizabeth Holcomb, who d. in Wadsworth, Ohio, in 1846, a. 77. He was captain of a company in Torrington and representative in the legislalature, and in Ohio was justice of the peace. Children by ist wife :
20. Horace, b. 1776, in Canaan, d. May 31, 25. Assenath, m. Edward Spicer, d. July 8, 1818, a. 32.
21. Elisha, b. in Canaan, removed to Ohio, thence in 1831 to Michigan where he d. Feb. 4, IS56, a. 65. His widow, Orpha dau. of Giles Whiting of Torrington is still living near Adrian, Mich. They had two sons : Whiting still living; Elisha deceased.
22. Herman, removed to Ohio, d. at Hudson, Sept. 31, 1831, a. 42. He m. Lucy Drake of Torrington, who d. in 1876. He stood second to no citizen of Hudson as a man of upright character. His only son L. M. Hinsdale d. a. 44, in 1876. His daughter Mrs. Fidelia Cray d. in 1876, and his three daughters, Mrs. Bissell, Mrs. Brown, and Mrs, Hall, all widows, are still living.
23. Julius, d. in Ohio, Aug. 24, 1818, a. 23. 24. Sherman, removed with his father to O., d. Aug. 30, 1859, a. 59, in Wellington, O. His descendants have removed further west.
1835, a. 50, and their dau. Elizabeth is living, wife of Charles Mattin.
26. George, b. in Ohio, d. a. 25, Mar. 31, 1842.
27. Albert, b. July 18, 1809, in Tor., son of Elizabeth Holcomb, went to O., with his father and in 1836, he removed from Norton to Wadsworth, where he still re- sides, a respected farmer and citizen. He m. Clarinda, dau. of Judge William Eyles, who removed from Warren, Ct., to O., in 18 14. Their children are : I. Assenath, b. Oct. 2, 1834, d. a. 13; II. Burke Aaron, b. Mar. 31, 1837. (See Biog.) III. Roldon O., b. Mar. 27, 1840, m. ; resides in Wadsworth, O., a farmer; Iv. Louisa, b. Apr. 23, 1844, d. greatly la- mented Sept. 8, 1876, a. 32; v. Wilbert B., b. May 23, 1850, m. graduate of Hiram college and is teaching in W. Richland, O.
15. DEA. ABEL, son of Jacob and Mary (Brace) Hinsdale, came with his brother Capt. Elisha, to Torrington, and engaged with him in the scythe manu- factory and blacksmithing. He m. Mary, daughter of Rev. Joshua Knapp, of Winchester, who was b. Dec. 8, 1772, and d. in Torrington, Oct. 10, 1851. He was elected deacon of the Torrington church in 1802, and held the office until his death April 9, 1851. He is very highly spoken of by the older people. Children :
28. Lophelia, b. July 27, 1795, d. Sept. 25, 30. Gilman, b. Dec. 26, 1803, m. Amanda 1863, in Tor.
29. Lorrain, b. Sept. 19, 1801, m. Aurora J. Slater, Feb. 28, 1847, b. in New Britain, Mar. 30, 1817, no children ; live in Win- chester.
Ward, Mar. 23, 1827; live in New Britain ; had Mary Louisa, b. Jan. 30, 1830.
31. Abel Knapp, b. Oct. 6, 1807; was a missionary. (See Biog.)
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HODGES.I There was a Captain Hodges at Boston as early as 1633. It is supposed, from several reasons that Captain Hodges of Boston and William Hodges, who was enrolled in the militia in Taunton, Mass., in the year 1643, were the same individual. He died in Taunton, April 2, 1654. Children : I. John, b. about 1650.
2. Henry, b. 1652.
I. JOHN, son of William of Taunton, Mass., m. Elizabeth Macy, May 15, 1672. He resided in Taunton, where some of his descendants were residing in 1853, and was successful in the accumulation of property. He died probably about 1745. Children :
3. John, b. April 5, 1673.
4. Nathan, b. April 2, 1675.
7. George, b. Nov. 27, 1685, d. in Norton, Mass., Aug. 10, 1713, a. 27.
5. Samuel, b. May, 20, 1678. 8. Ebenezer, b. March 13, 1687.
6. William, b. June, 6, 1682. 9. Nathan, b. Oct. 28, 1690.
6. WILLIAM, son of John and Elizabeth (Macy) Hodges, m., 1st,
2d, Clapp, and lived on his father's homestead. He d. June 23, 1766, , aged 84. Children :
10. George. 13. Elijah.
II. Abigail.
14. Abijah.
12. Job.
15. Mary, m. Chandler.
10. GEORGE, son of William and Hodges, m. Susannah and lived in Taunton and Norton, Mass., and Woodstock, Conn. He was a man of more than ordinary mind and influence. He died in 1786 aged 78. Child- ren :
16. George, b. in Norton, Jan. 26, 1789. 20. Leonard, removed to Vt.
17. Silas. 21. Susannah, m. John Richardson of
18. Elkanah, b. 1747. Woodstock Conn.
19. Daniel.
18. DR. ELKANAH, son of George and Susannah -- Hodges, came from Woodstock to Torrington, and became eminent as a physician and merchant. He m. ist Roxalany, dau. of Ashbel North, Jan. 14, 1777, and she d. Feb. 13, 1777: 2d, Rebecca, dau. of Dea. John Whiting, March 26, 1778. His farm and house were on the hill a litttle north of the meeting house at Torrington Centre. An ulcerated tooth caused his death, March 21, 1797, a. 50. His widow Rebecca, d. July 13, 1839, a. 82. (See Biography.) Children :
22. Willard, b. Dec. 16, 1778, m.
23. Erastus, b. March 9, 1781, m.
24, Roxalany, b. April 27, 1784, m. Rev. Amasa Jerome, of New Hartford, and d. Feb. 12, 1856, leaving a number of child- ren.
25. Sally, b. March 29, 1787, m. Rev. Timothy P. Gillett, of Branford. She is living and in her 90th year.
26. William Franklin, b. Aug. 24, 1789, was graduated at college, studied law, went to south and d. in Alabama, Oct. 10, 1837, a. 48 years ; not m.
27. Alpheus, b. May 4, 1792.
28. Henry Elkanha, b. Oct. 3, 1794.
22. WILLARD, son of Dr. Elkanah and Rebecca (Whiting) Hodges, m. May 28, 1811, Ruth Mansfield of Harwinton. She was b. July 2, 1779. He continued in business as a merchant, with his brother Erastus, after his father's death, in the old store on the hill, until about 1809, when they dissolved partnership and he bought the Aaron Loomis place on which he lived and died. He had a large farm including the old priest Robert's place ; was a
1 Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family.
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kindly disposed man, possessing many agreeable qualities. His brief life closed June 8, 1817, at the age of 38 years. His widow survived him and was known as a woman of decided religious character, good sense, entertaining to the young ; and was much esteemed. The school house being near her farm and orchard, she gave the school children one of the best apple trees in the orchard, which they were to use as their own. Theapples were very beautiful, having red cheeks, and were often placed in rows along the writing desks in the school house, adding beauty to the place as well as enjoyment in the eating. She departed this life Jan. 15, 1863, a. 64. Children :
29. Sally Emeline, b. March 8, 1812, m. 30. Eunice W., b. Jan. 19, 1817, m. John Sheldon Barber, April 10, 1833. M. Wadhams, of Goshen, Oct. 30, 1837,
30. George Elkanah, b. Sept. 19, 1814, d. d. Aug. 7, 1855.
Feb. 8, 1815.
23. ERASTUS, son of Dr. Elkanah and Rebecca (Whiting) Hodges, m. Laura, dau. of Richard Loomis, Jan. 5, 1809. He was one of the most pro- minent, successful and respected citizens of the town. (See Biography, and Torrington as a Business Centre.) He d. June 13, 1847, a. 66. His wife, Laura, d. Dec. 7, 1839, a. 52. Children :
31. Edwin, b. June 26, 1810. 34. Levi, b. Jan. 26, 1817, m.
32. Elkanah H., b. Jan. 12, 1812. 35. Willard, b. May 25, 1820, m.
33. Roxa, b. May 7, 1814, never m. d. June 22, 1838, a. 24.
36. Laura M., b. July 25, 1827, not m. ; d. Aug., 1864.
27. ALPHEUS, son of Dr. Elkanah and Rebecca (Whiting) Hodges, was never m. ; lived on his father's homestead and conducted his farm many years. He possessed a quiet and agreeable disposition, good judgment ; and was much respected in the community. He d. Dec. 27, 1870.
28. HENRY E., son of Dr. Elkanah and Rebecca (Whiting) Hodge's, m. Betsey Fowler, of Guilford, and was a merchant Taylor in New Haven, where he d. March 13, 1859. Child :
37. Caroline, an adopted daughter.
31. EDWIN, son of Erastus and Laura (Loomis) Hodges, m. Catharine Hickox, of Mass. He had a store in Torrington hollow, where he also was engaged in the manufacture of clocks ; was also interested a time in the cotton factory ; removed to, and kept a store some years in Wolcottville ; and in later years removed to Kansas. Children :
38. Roxa Elvira, d. June 24, 1840, a. 3 yrs. 40. George, lives in Elkhorn, and is a druggist.
39. Laura, m. Charles Britton of Elkhorn, Wis., and had three children.
32. ELKANAH H., son of Erastus and Laura (Loomis) Hodges, m. Mary Purdy. He removed to San Francisco, Cal , where he d. in March, 1862. Child :
41. A child, d. young.
34. COL. LEVI, son of Erastus and Laura (Loomis) Hodges, m. Delia, dau. of Moses Drake Jr., Sept. 24, 1844, and lived on the homestead of his father, and was a farmer. He possessed very amiable qualities and was much re- spected and honored by all classes of citizens ; was a strong supporter of the church and all humane and benevolent enterprises ; a straight forward, upright, and honorable citizen. When he departed this life, the people mourned as for a brother, whose place as a citizen would remain vacant in all the years to come. He d. Dec. 27, 1860. Children :
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42. Lucy, b. Dec. 24, 1846, m. Frederic Wilcox of Portland, Ct., May 25, 1871, and resides in Waterbury; Mr. Wilcox is a druggist. They have : William H., b. July 6, 1874, and Levi, b. Jan. 19, 1876.
43. Erastus, b. Jan. 20, 1848, d. Mar. 12, 1865.
44. Levi, b. May 12, 1849, m.
45. Helen, b. June 20, 1860.
35. WILLARD, son of Erastus and Laura (Loomis) Hodges, was graduated at Yale college in 1845 ; engaged in business in New York city a short time and then settled on a farm near Rochester, N. Y., where he still resides. He m. Jane A. Bradley, of Fairfield, Herkimer county, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1848. He has served several terms in the legislature of New York state, and is well reported as a farmer of enterprise and intelligence. Children :
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