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46. Guerdon H., b. May 8, 1850, d. Mar. 7, 1862.
48. Roxy Jane, b. Oct. 6, 1855. 49. Amy Martha, b. Aug. 19, 1858.
47. Alpheus C., b. Feb. 1, 1853, has spent three years in Yale college.
50. Mary Louise, b. Apr. 16, 1861. 51. Fannie L., b. May 21. 1863.
44. LEVI, son of Levi and Delia (Drake) Hodges, m. Lucy M. H., dau. of Dr. Henry F. Fish, of Waterbury, Feb. 15, 1873, and resides with his mother on his father's homestead, and is a farmer. He is the only one of the name residing in the town ; is much respected; has represented the town in the legislature. Children :
52. Lucy Helen, b. May 13, 1875, May 20, 33. Elkanah, b. April 27, 1877. 1876.
HOLBROOK, ABIJAH, came from Bellingham, Mass .; was son of Asa Holbrook, who, in his advanced life, came to Torrington and died here. He m. Mary, dau. of Dr. Silas Pratt, of Mass., and sister to Elijah Pond's wife. Her mother, Mrs. Pratt, came to Torrington and d. here. Mr. Holbrook, having slaves and other property, was considered wealthy. He built a flouring mill and saw mill, and it is thought had some hope of working the iron mines supposed then to exist in Torrington. He had children but no account of them has been obtained. His widow m. Judge Hopkins of Mount Morris, N. Y. She sold her property at Holbrook's mills in 1814.
HOLBROOK, SYLVANUS, and wife, Betsey, had children recorded in Tor- rington :
I. Huldah, b. June 27, 1804. 2. Uri, b. March 11, 1806.
HOLLEY, FRANCIS N., son of Newman and Sarah (Stiles) Holley, was born May 13, 1807, in Salisbury, Ct., and m., Ist, Eliza A. Hotchkiss May 27, 1846 ; she was born May 29, 1824, died May, 1866. Hem., 2d, Mrs. Lucinda R. Hayden, dau. of Charles Bronson of Waterbury, Dec. 22, 1869. Mr. Holley came to Wolcottville about 1837, and engaged in the woolen mills. When this the first mill was burned in in 1844, he and John Hungerford formed the Union Manufacturing Company and bought the old finishing house and es- tablished what is now the woolen mill and engaged in the manufacture of doe- skin cloths ; in which business he continued with good success until 1872, when he sold his interest in that mill. He has served the town in various offices with credit and honor and maintained the high esteem of its citizens, and though living in retired life is benevolently interested in the prosperity of the town. Children by Ist wife :
I. Edward H., b. July 17, 1848, m. Nellie M. Wheeler of Wolcottville, May 4,
1876; resides in East Bradford, Pa.
2. Francis A., b. Aug. 29, 1851, d. Sept. 9, 1853.
3. Harriet, b. May 31, 1857, d. June 17, 1857.
4. Horace, b. April 17, 1860.
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Mrs. Holley's children by her first husband, Edmund J. Hayden, are : 5. Helen E. Hayden, b. March 29, 1861. 6. Edmund Hayden, b. Nov. 13, 1865.
RANSOM, brother to Francis N., was born in Salisbury Aug. 8, 1813, and was the son of Newman Holley who was connected with the iron works in that town. Mr. Holley came to Wolcottville in 1859, and became a partner in the woolen mill with his brother, and remained in business until 1872, when he and his brother sold their interest in that property. He married, 1st, Mary M., dau. of C. S. Sperry of Waterbury, in 1864. She died in May 1874, and he married, 2d, June 10, 1875, Laura Ward, adopted dau. of ex-Gov. A. H. Holley of Connecticut. He is well and favorably known as a business man ; resides on Main street next north of the post office, the house built by George D. Wadhams, but Mr. Holley has refitted it and beautified the grounds so that it is one of the most beautiful in the village.
HOLMES, DAVID, m. Chloe, dau. of Asahel Strong ; had a large family. removed to Russell, Mass.
JOSEPH, m. Lydia Curtiss Sept. 9, 1778, both of Torrington. (Town Rec.) Children :
I. David, b Apr. 27, 1779.
3. Jerusha, b. Apr. 25, 1783.
2. Rufus, b. Apr. 29, 1781.
SETH, m. Phebe Grant Mar. 31, 1785. Child :
Marens, b. May 5, 1786.
LEVI, a blacksmith, a man of great physical power ; learned his trade with Dea. Abel Hinsdale.
LEVI, son of Lebeus of Goshen, m. Hancey Ward, and d. at Norfolk in 1876 ; had a dau. Hancey who m. - - Tibbles of Norfolk.
HOPKINS, HARVEY P., of Warren, Ct., m. Lydia Tanner in 1844 ; set- tled on Torringford street about 1857 ; bought the farm of Rufus W. Gillett, where they still reside. Children :
I. Edward T.
4. Ella A.
2. Arthur E.
5. Albert H.
3. Frank N.
1. EDWARD T., son of Harvey P. and Lydia (Tanner) Hopkins, m. Ger- trude Waterman and resides in Winsted. Child :
I. Grace W.
HOPSON, ORRIN L., was born in the town of Wells, Rutland county, Vt., June 23, 1814. His father, John C. Hopson, was at the battle of Platts- burgh, but not under fire in the war of 1813. His grandfather, Samuel, of Wallingford was in the battle of Quebec, when Gen. Wolfe was killed. Mr. O. L. Hopson, m. Susan Caroline Wilson at Whitehall, N. Y., July 7, 1837, and resided some years in Waterbury ; from which place he removed to Wol- cottville in February 1872 ; having previously become a partner in the Ex- celsior Needle Company. Children :
I. Marion Pamelia, b. Aug. 18, 1838, m. 2. William Fowler, b. Aug. 30, 1849, m. Mary Allen of New Haven, May 10, 1871, where he resides; and is a de- signer and engraver. He has a son Or- rin L., b. Apr. 12, 1875.
Ist, Merritt C. Ives, Dec. 1855 ; 2d, George Partree, Dec. 1867. Child by Ist hus- band : John C., b. Mar. 5, 1860: Child- ren by 2d husband : Susan H., b. Jan. 26, 1871, d. July 21, 1871 ; Lewis H., b. Sept. 3, 1872 ; Marion E., b. Sept. 4, 1875.
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HODGKINS, SAMUEL, from, probably, Essex, England, arrived at New Haven, previous to 1641, and was traditional brother of John of Guilford, Conn. After the first hundred years it became customary to write the name Hotchkiss. The ancestors of the Wolcottville family are as follows : Samuel, of New Haven, Ensign Joshua, of New Haven, Dea. Stephen, of Cheshire, Dea. Gideon, of Waterbury now Prospect, Asahel of Prospect, and Dyer, of Naugatuck.
HOTCHKISS, DEA. CHARLES, son of Dyer Hotchkiss, of Naugatuck, was b. Feb. 23, 1811, and came into Torrington, in June, 1841. He purchased the water privileges and erected a saw mill and two dwelling houses at the place known many years as Hotchkiss' mill, and more recently as Drakes mill, about two miles north of Torrington hollow. In 1851, Mr. Hotchkiss removed to Wolcottville, and in 1857, sold his mill property above Torrington hollow and purchased the old Wilson's mill property in the village and established what is now the shops and lumber yard of Hotchkiss and Sons, builders. A large proportion of the buildings in Wolcottville, have been built by Mr. C. Hotch- kiss and this firm, and they are, at the present time, very busy in the same line of work. Their work has been extended into the adjoining towns of Litchfield, Goshen, Norfolk, Harwinton and Northfield. Mr. Hotchkiss has served as deacon of the Congregational church sixteen years, and therein has been a good representative of his ancestors Dea. Stephen, and Dea. Gideon. He n. in Feb. 1833, Electa Susannah, daughter of Harlan Brace. Children : I. Edward C., b. Nov. 5, 1833. 5. Albert G., b. Aug. 4, 1844. 2. Lucia E., b. Nov. 25, 1835, m. Henry "Vilmot, and d. Feb. 28, 1863. 6. Fidelia, b. Aug. 21, 1846, m. Hiram Clemence June 14, 1868 and has Charlie, b. May, 1869, and Eva, b. Feb., 1870.
3. Chauncey G., b. Nov., 1838, d. a. 5 yrs.
4. Henry E., b. Feb. 5, 1841.
7. Eugene, b. May 18, 1854.
I. EDWARD C., son of Charles and Electa S. (Brace) Hotchkiss, m. Amelia B. iggs, of Saratoga, N. Y., April 9, 1856. He is a builder in the firm of C. Hotchkiss and Sons ; has been to the legislature twice, and is a successful, honored business man. Children :
8. Edward H., b. Oct. 29, 1861.
IO. Minnie E., b. Nov. 5, 1866.
9. Josephine A., b. Nov. 29, 1864.
4. HENRY E., son of Charles and Electa S. (Brace) Hotchkiss, m. Jennie, daughter of Allen G. Brady, Dec. 1, 1866. He is a builder of the firm of C. Hotchkiss and Sons. Children :
II. Hattie Electa, b. Oct. 26, 1867. 13. Jennie Elizabeth, b. Oct. 19, 1871.
12. Mary Lucinda, b. Oct. 17, 1869. 14. Clara Isabel, b. July 25, 1875.
5. ALBERT G., son of Charles and Electa S. (Brace) Hotchkiss, m. Ella Osbond of Naugatuck, June, 1869, and resides in Springfield, Mass., and is a machinist in a needle shop. Child :
15. Walter, b. Oct., 1871.
7. EUGENE, son of Charles and Electa S. (Brace) Hotchkiss, m. Amanda, dau. of Henry Berry, Dec. 9, 1874 ; works with his father and the firm as builder. Child :
16. Ella A., b. Nov. 25, 1876.
HOSKINS, JOSEPH, perhaps of Litchfield, m. Eunice dau. of Ebenezer Coe, Aug. 20, 1761, and settled just over the line from Newfield, in Winchester, about 1769, but three of the children were baptized in Torrington church. He served as trumpeter in the cavalry detachment that went from Litchfield
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county to Long Island in the Revolution, whose gaunt appearance, rusty equip- ments, and pacing horses excited the ridicule of Washington's army, until their good service in the battle and retreat from Brooklyn Heights made them better acquainted. He was a kind hearted, jovial man as was indicated by his life-long sobriquet of " Uncle Jo." He d. in Winchester in Dec. 1818, a. 88 years. Children :
I. Rachel, bap. April 12, 1762, m. Laura- nus Palmer.
2. Theodore, bap. May 20, 1764, d. young.
3. Theodore, bap. April, 1766, lived in Winchester.
5. Alexander, b. Aug. 31, 1773, lived a short time in Winchester then removed to Vernon, N. Y.
6. Loranda, b. Dec. 19, 1778, m. Ichabod Loomis, Nov. 22, 1803.
7. Gustavus, b. March 4, 1784.
4. Roswell, bap. Aug, 30, 1769. ELISHA, probably brother to Joseph, m. Delight Holmes, Dec. 24, 1766. (Town Rec.) Children :
8. Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, 1767. 12. Tamma, b. Jan. 5, 1775.
9. Elisha, b. June 18, 1769, d. July 26, 1771.
IO. Ladema, b. May 17, 1771.
II. Elisha, b. Jan. 16, 1773.
13. Luther, b. Jan. 5, 1777.
14. Calvin, b. Sept. 24, 1778.
15. Delight, b. Jan. 8, 1782.
HOYT, IRA, son of Nathaniel and Anna Hoyt, was born in Danbury, Jan. 13, 1787, and married, Ist, Anna Plumb of Litchfield, in 1808, and, 2d, Anna Shove, dau. of Levi and Abigail Shove of Warren, .Oct. 1821. He was a blacksmith, and lived in Warren, Litchfield and Torrington. In the last named town .he lived on the Waterbury turnpike a mile south of Newfield and kept the toll gate many years. His first wife died May, 1821, a. 35. He removed to Halsey Valley, Tioga Co., N. Y., where he died Jan. 2, 1864, aged 77. Second wife still living. Children : I. Harriet, b. March 30, 1810, in Warren, unm., and living in New York city. m. Frederick North, June 14, 1830.
2. Ann, b. July 4, 1812, in Warren, m. Ist, Isaac Riggs, and 2d, James Haggadom, in 1856, resides in Spencer, N. Y.
3. Charles, b. Dec. 12, 1814, in Litchfield, By 2d wife.
6. Ira, b. Sept. 1822, m. Ist, Helen Rob- erts, and 2d Lydia Hollenback, in 1864, lives in Halsey Valley N. Y.
7. Alonzo, b. Feb. 2, 1826, d in 1831.
4. Ruth E., b. April 8, 1817, in Tor., m. Lewis Smith, resides in Constantia, N. Y.
5. Zeri, b. Nov. 8, 1818, d. in N. Y. city, in 1871.
8. Maria Lucy, b. June, 1832, m. George Taylor in 1854, resides in Halsey Valley, N. Y.
9. Warren Jerome, b. Sept. 17, 1834.
9. WARREN JEROME, son of Ira and Anna (Shove) Hoyt, m. Jenette H., dau. of Matthew Manchester of Torrington, Aug. 30, 1853. He removed Middlebury and thence to Halsey Valley, N. Y., where he resides. Children : IO. Ella M., b. June 23, 1854, in Middle- 12. Vesta C., b. Oct. 16, 1857. bury.
13. Seth S., b. June 14, 1862.
II. Addie M., b. Dec. 29, 1855, in Halsey Valley.
1. HUDSON, DANIEL, wife, two daughters, and sons William and Daniel, came to America in one of the ships which arrived at the New England colony in 1629 or 1630, possibly with the Dorchester company. Daniel Hudson and family settled in Lancaster, now Leominster, Mass., in 1630. He, his wife and daughters were killed there by the Indians in 1697. Children : 2. William. Two daughters.
3. Daniel.
2. WILLIAM, son of Daniel, Ist, m. Experience, dau. of John Willis, was
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made freeman in Boston in 1631. He afterwards removed to West Bridge- water, where he d. without children.
3. DANIEL, JR., son of Daniel, Ist, removed to South Bridgewater, Mass., and married Mary, dau. of William Orcutt, in 1697. Children :
4. Mary, b. 1701, m. Isaac Lazell, in 1719. 5. Daniel, b. 1704. He. d. 1750.
6. William, b. 1707.
5. DANIEL, 3d, son of Daniel and Mary (Orcutt) Hudson, m. Mary, dau. of John Fobes, and removed to Middletown, Ct. He died in 1775, aged 71. His widow, Mary, died in 1786, aged 81. Children :
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7. Mary, b. 1727, m. Dea. Nathan Alden, 1750.
10. Daniel, b. 1738, removed to Middle- town, Conn.
II. Nathan, b. 1740.
12. John, b. 1743.
6. WILLIAM, son of Daniel and Mary (Orcutt) Hudson, m. Sarah, dau. of John Fobes, 1737. She d. 1789 ; he 1796, a. 87. Children :
13. Sarah, b. 1738, m. John Ward of Mid- dletown, Ct., 1768.
14. Silence, b. 1740, m. Ebenezer Soule of Plympton, 1764 ; d. 1835, a. 94 yrs. 8m.
15. Barzillai, b. 1741, removed to Hartford, Ct.
17. Edward, b. 1745, went to New Brain- tree.
18. Marah, b. 1747, m. Asaph Soule of Plympton, 1767.
19. Asa, b. 1749.
20. Eli, b. 1751.
16. William, b. 1743.
10. DANIEL, son of Daniel and Mary (Fobes) Hudson, removed from Bridgewater, Mass., to Middletown, Ct., and m. Mary, dau. of David Coe, July, 1766." She d. Dec. 8, 1787, aged 42. He m., 2d, Dorothy Hubbard of Glastonbury, Dec. 10, 1788, who d. May 4, 1807. He m., 3d, Abigail Watson of Torringford. He d. Aug. 1821, a. 83. His widow, Abigail, d. in Mar. 1834. Children :
21. Hannah, b. 1767, m. Phineas Elmer of Wintonbury.
22. Rhoda, b. 1768, removed to Torring- ford in 1768, one of the early settlers, m. David Birge of Torrington.
22. Molly, b. May 1, 1770, m. Zenas Wil- son of Torrington, had children, removed to Concord, O. N., Chardom.
27. Barzillai, b. Aug. 13, 1780.
28. Clarissa, b. June 7, 1782, d. Dec. 5, 1782.
23. Grace, b. Apr. 17, 1772, m. Ozias. 29. Sarah, b. Nov. 18, 1783, d. Jan. 17, Bronson, went to Amsterdam, N. Y. (See 1 784. Annals of Winchester.)
24. Daniel Coe, b. Apr. 24, 1774.
25. Eunice, b. Feb. 5, 1776, m. Benjamin
Kinsley of Bridgewater, Mass., had chil- dren, went to Ashland, N. Y.
26. Adah, b. Feb. 8, 1778, m. Gen. Uriel Tuttle of Torringford, had John Hubbard Tuttle.
30. Clarissa, b. Dec. 29, 1785, m. Daniel Tuttle of Torringford, had children. She is now living (1878).
11. NATHAN, son of Daniel and Mary (Fobes) Hudson, m. Betty, dau of Capt. Joseph Gannett, 1767 ; who d. in 1777, a. 28 ; m. 2d, Anna Gibbs, of Sandwich, 1777. He d. in 1834, a. 93. His wife, Anna, d. in 1831, aged 81. Child :
31. Betty, m. Rev. Wm. Briggs in 1799.
12. JOHN, son of Daniel and Mary (Fobes) Hudson, m. Bethiah, dau. of Dr. Isaac Otis, in 1769. He d. in 1819, a. 77. His widow d. in 1825, a. 78. Children :
1 See Middletown Records.
8. Abigail, b. 1730, m. John Howard, 1752.
9. Reliance, b. 1735, m. Samuel Billings, 1756.
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32. Mary, b. 1770, John Q. Keith 1792.
33. Mehitable, b. 1772, m. Jonathan King- man, 1793.
34. Otis, b. 1774, a bachelor.
35. Hannah, b. 1777, m. Cyrus Edson 1797.
36. Daniel, b. 1779.
37. Abigail, b. 1782, m. Jonathan Snell 1809.
38. Melzar, b. 1784, m. Lucinda, dau. of Mark Phillips in 1818, had a family.
39. Susannah, b. 1788, m. Martin Whit- man 1810.
40. Isaac, b. 1791, m. Molly, dau. of John Wade, 1819, and had a family. (See History of Bridgewater, Mass).
41. Bethiah, m. Nicholas Wade, 1823.
24. DANIEL C., son of Daniel and Mary (Coe) Hudson, m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Epaphras Loomis, Feb. 16, 1797. She d. July 22, 1804. He m. 2d Rhoda Fowler, dau. of Noah Fowler, Jan. 24, 1805. He bought and settled on a farm (the old Burr Hostlery) adjoining his father's homestead, on the northwestern brow of Torringford hill. (See Biography.) He d. July 1840, a. 66. His widow, Rhoda, d. May 20, 1850, at Springfield, Mass. Child of Ist wife :
42. Daniel, b. Mar. 9, 1798, d. Mar. 16, 1805. By 2d wife :
43. Erasmus Darwin, b. Dec. 15, 1806. Elias Gilman of West Hartland, and Win- sted. She d. Oct. 12, 1852 ; no children.
44. Daniel Coe, b. Jan. 16, 1808, d. while on a business tour, unm. at Trenton, Ohio, March 10, 1832, of pneunomia, a. 24.
45. Flora Hollister, b. May 6, 1811, m. James H. Seymour of Wolcottville.
46. Charlotte L., b. Oct. 21, 1813, m. Dea.
47. Mary Loomis, b. Mar. 31, 1818, m. Henry Rummell of Wolcottville ; re- moved to Florence, Northampton, Mass. ; had George, Frank, Philip and Charlotte.
27. BARRILLAI, son of Daniel and Mary (Coe) Hudson, m. Content, dau. of Timothy Pickett, of Windsor, Ct., Jan. 26, 1803. He d. in 1860, a. 80. Children :
48. Ann Squires, b. Oct. 21, 1803, m. Rufus Burr of Winsted, and removed to Bloomington, Ill., had : Alonzo, Hudson, Franklin, Adeline, Luman, John, Helen, Annette, Delphine.
49. Mary Coe, b. April 12, 1806, m. Dea. Thomas A. Miller of Torringford, had : Gaylord B., John T., Hobart B., all resid- ing at Grand Rapids, Mich. He and she
d. the same day and were buried in the same grave.
50. Abigail Watson, m. Dea. Eben. N Gibbs, of Farmington, had George E. and Mary E.
51. Juliette King, m. John S. Bancroft of South Windsor, Ct., had Mary, and Julia Hudson.
42. DR. ERASMUS D., ' son of Daniel C., and Rhoda (Fowler) Hudson, studied medicine with Dr. R. M. Fowler, was graduated, M. D., at the Berk- shire Medical college, Mass., December, 1827 (see Biog.). Children :
52. Romulus Fowler, b. April, 1828, in New Marlboro, Mass.
34. Erasmus Darwin, b. Nov. 10, 1843, in Northampton, Mass.
53. Daniel Wyatt, b. Dec. 10, 1853, in Torringford.
52. ROMULUS, F., son of Erasmus D., and Martha (Turner) Hudson, m. Elizabeth Hutchings, of Lowell, Mass. Resided a time in Hartford, associated in Exchange Bank. Removed to New York, in 1865, and was associated with A. G. Paine & Co., a Woolen Goods House. No children. His wife Elizabeth, d. Feb. 1873. He m. 2d, Caroline Troocshlut, of New York. Nov., 1873.
53. DANIEL W., son of Erasmus D., and Martha (Turner) Hudson, learned book binding at Hartford. In 1854, he had a protracted and painful sickness,
1 A Malacca cane was brought to this country by Daniei Hudson, in 1630, which has been transmitted through the Daniels of the family, and is now in possession of Dr. E. D. Hudson, awaiting some Daniel Hudson to prove title to it.
JOHN BURR'S HOSTLERY AND.
D. E.D. HUDSON.
HUDSON HOMESTEAD
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of which he died January 25, 1855, a. 21. His remains were interred in Springfield Cemetery, Mass. (Hudson Lot).
54. DR. ERASMUS D. JR., son of Erasmus D., and Martha (Turner) Hudson, graduated A. B., at the college of the city of New York, and also M.D., at the college of physicians and surgeons, of the same city. Passed through a prac- tical course of nearly two years in surgical, and medical wards, at the Bellevue Hospital, New York ; and became a practicing physician and surgeon in the city, and professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the Female Medical college and New York Infirmary in New York. He was an extensive con- tributor to Johnson's Cyclopedia, and has also contributed several popular essays on medical subjects. He m. Laura A., dau. of Samuel Shaw, M. D., of Plain- field, Mass. She was a graduate of Vassar college. Children :
55. Samuel Fowler, b. May 18, 1872. 57. Darwin Shaw, b. Aug. 31, 1876.
56. Helen Turner, b. Aug. 8, 1874, d. March 7, 1877, interred in cemetery lot, Springfield, Mass.
HUNGERFORD, JOHN, was born in Southington, Ct., in 1787 ; lived a time in Harwinton ; m. Ist Elizabeth Webster, of Albany, N. Y. ; came to Wolcottville, about 1813, and commenced a store south of the bridge. His wife Elizabeth, d. June 12, 1819, and he m. Charlotte Austin, June 5, 1820, and spent his life in Wolcottville, as a merchant and manufacturer, and died in 1856. (See Biography.) His widow still survives, cheerful and courageous, and has been of much advantage to the author of this work, in regard to the history of several families of Torringford, specially that of Father Mills. Children by Ist wife :
I. John T., b. June 4, 1815, m. Susan McQuarter in Georgia, in which state he was a merchant.
Children by 2d wife :
3. Walter M., b. Feb. 6, 1822, m. Miss. Swift, of Dutchess county, N. Y., and kept the store on the corner, now occupied by Agard and Church until after his father's death. In 1874, he romoved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa ; his children are : Mary, Frances, Morton S., Charles B., Harrie S. 4. Austin N., b. Oct. 20, 1824, m. Sarah Prindle, of Rochester, N. Y .; d. Nov., 1873, leaving son Harrie Prindle
5. Charlotte, b. April 15, 1825, d. Oct. 15, 1826.
6. Edward (Rev.), b. Sept. 10, 1829, m. Maria Buell, of Burlington, Vt. ; preaches in Meriden, Ct. (see Bieg.), has, Linnie, Charles L., Frederic B., Catharine.
8. Dana L. R., b. April 19, 1827, m. Caroline Grace, of Hartford, and is a merchant in New York.
8. Charlotte A., b. July 13, 1831, m. Roger Olmstead, M.D., of New Haven ;
2. Elizabeth W., b. April 19, 1817, m. Roderick White, M.D., and lived in Simsbury.
resides in Brooklyn, N. Y., and has daus. Sarah, Lotrie and Hattie.
9. Frances A., b. Oct. 17, 1833, m. Dr. J. B. Whiting, lived in Wolcottville, d. June, 1823.
10. Ellen L., ) m. George Foot, of Detroit in b. July 1860, and has, 13, 1837, George H., Lottie A., Fre- deric J.
II. Helen, J d. Jan. 7, 1838.
12. George D., b. Aug. 25, 1840, d. Aug. 25, 1840.
13. Uri T., b. Dec. 14, 1841, m. Delia Hyde, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; d. in March, 1870 ; was a merchant.
14. Frank L., b. Nov. 6, 1843, m. Sarah Churchill, Dec., 1868, and has son William C .; is a lawyer in New Britain.
HUNTINGTON, JOSEPH, of Harwinton, m. Rachel Preston of Litchfield, June 10, 1773. Children :
1. Lucy, b. March 8, 1775, on Wednesday, 2. Rachel, b. Aug. 4, 1776, on Sunday, m. m. - Blazo, and removed to Vt. - Fraud and removed to Vt.
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3. Joseph, b. July 8, 1778, on Wednesday, when young went to Montreal, Ca.
4. Rhoda, b. Nov. 27, 1780, m. Tryon and d. in N. Hartford.
5. William, b. April 12, 1782, m.
6. Phebe, b. Aug. 19, 1787, when young went to her sisters in Vermont where she was taken ill and d.
5. WILLIAM, son of Joseph and Rachel (Preston) Huntington, m. in Har- winton, Elizabeth Vincent, of Martha's Vineyard. He was a carpenter by trade, but had a carding mill in Harwinton. He came to Torrington - and built a carding mill on the East branch a little distance above Daytonville which he conducted some years. He afterwards lived in Wolcottville, where he d. Children :
7. Mary, m. David Sammis and removed to Warsaw, Wyoming Co., N. Y., has ch.
8. Solon, m. Harriet Summers of N. Y., resided in Oneonta, N. Y. He is a farmer and of considerable success and wealth.
9. Rhoda, m. Riley Dunbar of Wolcottville.
IO. Phebe, m. Henry Pardee of Waterbury, resides in Oneonta, N. Y.
II. Elizabeth, m. Hiram Yager of Oneonta.
12. Collis P., m .; is president of Central Pacific rail road.
13. Susan, m. Dr. William Porter of Bridge- port, where she resides.
14. Joseph, d. unm. in Warsaw, N. Y.
15. Ellen, m. Rev. J. E. Yates, resides in Elizabeth, N. J. She is quite well known in literary circles, especially as the authoress of the poem Your Mission, which has be- come celebrated through the lamented President Lincoln. She is continuing her literary labors in producing poems fox magazines and various periodicals.
IVES, ABNER, of Wallingford, m. Anna Ferguson of Haddam, May 11, 1768, and settled in Torringford, on the place still known as the old Ives place, a little way east of his brother's home, where he died. Children :
I. Eunice, b. March 10, 1796, m. Gay- lord of Goshen.
2. Jesse, b. Oct. 16, 1770, m. Polly Phelps, and removed to northern N. Y.
3. Abner, b. Sept. 29, 1772; lived some time in this town and went to Whites- town, N. Y.
4. Anna, b. July 11, 1774.
5. Amasa, b. Oct. 18, 1776, m.
6. Catharine, b. Aug. 11, 1778.
7. Charlotte, b. Feb. 25, 1781, m. Beebe Wadhams of Goshen and had, Caroline, Henry, Beebe, Julius, Willard, and Albert.
8. Shelbourn, b. Feb. 2, 1783.
9. Nancy, b. July 8, 1785.
IO. Dimedia, b. Aug. 6, 1787, not m .; d. in this town.
II. Trumbull, b. Oct. 24, 1789.
JOTHAM, of Wallingford, brother of Abner, m. Anna Foster of Walling- ford, May 10, 1769, and settled in Torringford, east of Wolcottville, on what is known as the Elijah Phelps place. He d. about 1823. Children :
12. Joel, b. May 13, 1770, removed to 14. Erastus, went to Black river country, Black river country, N. Y. N. Y.
13. Anna, b. Sept. 26, 1771.
5. AMASA, son of Abner and Anna (Ferguson) Ives, m. and lived some years west of Wolcottville where Mr. Birney resides.
11. TRUMBULL, son of Abner and Anna (Ferguson) Ives, m. Abigail S., dau. of Thaddeus Griswold, and lived on his father's homestead.
JOHNSON, JACOB (probably son of Israel or Abner of Wallingford), m. Esther She was a professional doctress ; a very noble woman; d. in Torrington. He removed with his family to Johnstown, N. Y., a little after 1800. Children :
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