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26. Henrietta Esther, m. Jonathan Walcott, of Natick, Mass. Both have d. leaving three children : one dau. ; E. H. Walcott, druggist in Natick, Mass. ; and Dana W. Walcott, a minister in N. J.
27. Margaret Augusta, m. in Honolulu in 1851, Josiah Fuller, and has two sons and one dau.
28. Samuel John, d. at Natick, unm.
MINER, CHARLES W., son of Darius Miner of Cornwall, m. Martha E. Frost of North Haven, Nov. 12, 1851. He purchased and settled on the old Nehemiah Gaylord farm on Torringford street, in the spring of 1855, where he d. in 1867. Children :
I. J. Stanley, b. Aug. 15, 1852, d. Sept. 7, 2. Charles H., b. Mar. 28, 1858. 1875.
3. Ellsworth S., b. Nov. 20, 1860.
DARIUS D., son of Darius Miner of Cornwall, m. Mary E. Wadsworth Oct. 10, 1842, of the same town, and settled in Torringford in March, 1844, on the Ebenezer Bissell place. Children :
4. Edward S., b. June 18, 1844, m.
5. Mary Ellen, b. Jan. 20, 1850.
4. EDWARD S., son of Darius D., m. Josephine Clinton, of North Haven, Oct. 10, 1867. He is a merchant at Burrville. Children :
6. Stiles W., b. June 8, 1871, d. Feb. 2, 8. Nellie D., b. Aug. 7, 1874. 1873.
7. Mary L., b. Aug. 6, 1873, d. Aug. 25, 1873.
MOORE, SIMEON, and his wife Hannah, were early in the town. (Tor. Rec.) Children :
I. Benjamin, b. Mar. 1, 1756.
4. Simeon, b. Mar. 20, 1760.
5. Eldad, b. Oct. 10, 1762.
3. Philander, b. Feb. 18, 1759.
4. SIMEON JR., son of Simeon and Hannah Moore, m. Hannah Cook, Jan. 21, 1784. (Tor. Rec.) Children :
6. Polly, b. Nov. 1, 1784.
8. Wealthy, b. Mar. 24, 1789.
7. Lovina, b. Apr. 16, 1786, m. Elijah Benedict.
9. Simeon, b. June 8, 1791.
IO. Hannah, b. Jan. 15, 1794.
MORRIS, ALANSON, son of David and Lois (Loomis) Morris, m. in 1812, Lucy, dau. of Rial Brace of Torrington. Mr. Morris came to Tor- rington about 1816, being a cabinet maker, but bought the farm next east of Willard Birges, at the corners, where he farmed it 53 years. His wife, Lucy, d. Apr. 20, 1871. He resides with his son Lewis, in Wolcottville, being in his ninety-first year. Children :
I. Alanson Lewis, b. Dec. 3, 1814, m. 2. Rial Emery, b. Jan. 28, 1819, m.
I. ALANSON L., son of Alanson and Lucy (Brace) Morris, m. Lucy Ann, dau. of Isaac Hart of Litchfield, Sept. 17, 1835, settled in Wolcottville and is a watchmaker and silver smith. Children :
3. Henry Lewis, b. Aug. 23, 1836, m. Mary E. Haight, Aug. 1858; had Alice and Lizzie.
2. Caroline Amanda, b. April 19, 1838, m. Harvey Fellows Jan. 1, 1871 ; had Fred- erick and Willie.
3. Julia Ann, b. Apr. 10, 1844, m. Edward
Thrall, who d. May 17, 1866 ; m. 2d, Lewis Riggs Dec. 13, 1871.
4. William Julius, b. May 9, 1845, m. Ann Eliza Way ; lives in, Wolcottville.
5. Martha Semantha, b. Feb. 28, 1848, m. Charles Huxford ; has John Wilbur, b. Mar. 3, 1872.
2. Chloe, b. Aug. 17, 1758.
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2. RIAL E., son of Alanson and Lucy (Brace) Morris, m. Sarah Mills of Burlington, and d. Feb. 28, 1861, aged 42. Children :
6. Mary E., d. Dec. 19, 1863, a. 19.
7. Albert, removed to Wisconsin, m. had a family.
MUNGER, CHARLES L., son of Julius Munger, of Litchfield, was b. Jan. 18, 1819, m. Lucy C. Colby, Nov. 21, 1841. She was b. Feb. 20, 1823. In 1859, he purchased and settled on the Richard Loomis farm, a little north of the old Israel Everitt place. Children :
I. Lemuel I., b. Feb. 22, 1843. 4. Alice L., b. May 9, 1854, m. James A. Stewart, Oct. 1, 1872.
2. Mary C., b. Nov. 7, 1844, m. Hayden Palmer, Feb. 26, 1865.
3. Lyman C., b. June 9, 1848, d. June II, 1855.
5. Harriet N., b. Nov. 28, 1856.
6. Lucy J., b. Sept. 15, 1860.
7. Edith A., b. Jan. 1, 1865.
MUNN, JEDEDIAH, son of Jedediah and Hester (Squire) Munn, was bap- tized in Woodbury, Feb. 12, 1751, where his father resided. His grandfather Samuel, from Milford, Ct., was one of the original settlers of Woodbury. He settled in Torrington, about 1792, on the place afterwards owned and occupied by Bassett Dunbar, in Daytonville, or the northern part of Wolcottville. He m. Molly He d. May 28, 1805. Children :
I. Clara, b. Feb. 26, 1787, in Southbury. 3. Ransom, b. Jan. 8, 1793, in Torrington.
2. Abijah, b. Feb. 14, 1790, in Southbury, m. dau. of James Eggleston, and lived on his father-in-law's place western part of Wolcottville.
4. Betsey, b. Apr. 6, 1796.
5. Jedediah, b. Jan. 23, 1799.
MURRY, DANIEL, came from Guilford, Ct., to Torrington, and m. Ist Lucretia Coe, March 18, 1776, who d. June 5, 1792 ; and he m. 2d, Hannah Clark. He was a farmer in Newfield. Children :
I. Ruth, b. Sept. 7, 1776.
4. Daniel, b. April 4, 1785.
2. Warren, b. July 8, 1779.
5. Ammi, b. July 30, 1787.
6. Riley, b. Jan. 9, 1792, d. July 11, 1816.
7. Lewis, b. March 19, 1795.
8. Lucretia,
4. DANIEL, son of Daniel, m. Roxalany North, March 25, 1810; lived in Winchester, near Long lake. Children :
9. Philomela, b. July 7, 1811. 13. Lucretia, b. Dec. 5, 1820.
IO. Frederick, b. July 28, 1813. 14. Sabra, b. July 4, 1823.
II. Flora, b. Sept. 4, 1815.
12. Jenette, b. April 2, 1818.
15. Prudence, b. Sept. 14, 1826.
I. LYMAN, RICHARD, the patriarch of all the Lymans of English descent in America,I was b. in High Ongar, Essex Co., in England. He m. Sarah, dau. of Roger Osborne, of Halstead, in Kent. Richard Lyman and family em- barked in the ship Lion, William Pierce, master, for New England, taking their departure from the port of Bristol. He was one of the first settlers and original proprietors of Hartford. He d. in August, 1640, and his name is inscribed on a stone column in the rear of the Centre church of Hartford, erected in memory of the first settlers of the city. Children :
1 Lyman Genealogy, p. 33.
3. Truman, b. Oct. 6, 1782. By 2d wife :
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2. William, buried at High Ongar.
3. Phillis, bap. Sept. 12, 1611 ; came to N. E.
4. Richard, bap. July 18, 1613, d. young.
5. Willlam, bap. Sept. 8, 1616, d. in Nov., 1616.
6. Richard, bap. Feb. 24, 1617.
7. Sarah, bap. Feb. 8, 1620.
8. Anne, bap. April 12, 1621, d. young.
9. John, bap. 1623.
IO. Robert, b. Sept., 1629.
6. RICHARD, JR., son of Richard and Sarah (Osborne) Lyman m. Hepziba, dau. of Thomas Ford of Windsor. Richard resided some time in Windsor ; removed to Northampton. He d. June 3, 1662, a. 45. Children :
II. Hepziba, b. at Windsor.
15. Eliza, m. Joshua Pomeroy.
12. Sarah, m. 1666. 16. John.
13. Richard, b. in Windsor.
17. Joanna, b. 1658.
14. Thomas, b. about 1649, removed to 18. Hannah, b. 1660. Durham.
14. DEA. THOMAS, son of Richard Jr., and Hepziba (Ford) Lyman, re- moved with his parents to Northampton, about 1656, where he m. in 1678, Ruth, widow of Joseph Baker He removed in 1708 or 9, to Durham. He was one of the carly settlers ; one of the first deacons of the church, and a representative of the town several sessions. He d. July 15, 1725, a. 75. Ch. :
19. Thomas, b. in 1678, had 3 children. 22. Elizabeth.
20. Mindwell, b. in 1680, m. John Harris, 23. Noah, b. in 1686.
no children.
24. Enoch, b. Jan. 18, 1691.
21. Ebenezer, b. in 1682.
21. DEA. EBENEZER, son of Thomas and Ruth (Baker) Lyman, m. Ex- perience Pomeroy, Jan. 2, 1706. He removed to Durham, several years after his father, not later than 1719, and lived near the north line of Durham on the west or lower side of the Durham road formerly called " Crooked Lane." He removed about 1740, to Torrington, having been preceded by his son Ebenezer, some three years. He and his son and their wives were among the first mem- bers of the church in Torrington, at its organization, Oct. 21, 1741. Ebenezer senior was elected first deacon of the church Jan. 1, 1742. He was representa- tive from Durham, in 1737, and was justice of the peace in the same town. He d. Feb. 15: 1762, a. 80. His widow Experience, d. Nov. 14, 1769. Children :
25. Moses. Oct. 29, 1741, Jacob Strong, Jr., and settled in Torrington.
26. Experience, b. in Northampton, April 17, 1708, d. Sept. 30, 1708.
27. Ebenezer, b. in N., Sept. 20, 1709.
28. Stephen, b. in N., Aug. 14, 1711.
29. Experience, b. in N., Dec. 25, 1712.
30. Mindwell, b. in N., July 13, 1714, m.
31. John, b. in 1717, m. had 8 children.
32. Hannah, bap. in Durham June 30, 1723, m. Asahel Strong of Torrington, d. Feb. 19, 1771.
27. EBENEZER, 2d, son of Dea. Ebenezer and Experience (Pomeroy ) Lyman, m. Ist Elizabeth, dau. of Noadiah Seward. She d. and he m 2d, Sarah -- , about 1734. He removed to Torrington and settled on land given him by his father, the deed bearing the date of June 4, 1737. This farm was on Tor- rington hill, in the southwestern part of the town, about one hundred rods south of the first meeting house, on the west side of the road. The only record of him in the Durham History, is the baptism of " Ruth, dau. of Ebenezer Lyman and his 2d wife, Nov. 30, 1735." Hence, according to the dates this Ruth must have been the eldest child. He d. suddenly, April 1, 1753, a. 44. Children :
33. Ruth, b. Nov. 25, 1735, m. Ashbel North, Jan. 26, 1757.
34. Lydia, b. June 16, 1738, m. Stephen Tuttle, March 23, 1758.
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35. Sarah, b. July 5, 1740, m. Joel Wetmore, Nov. 13, 1763.
36. Sibyl, b. May 25, 1742.
37. Esther, b. Aug. 5, 1745, m. Nehemiah Lewis, Dec. 30, 1767; some of her de- scendants live in Bridgeport.
38. Caleb, b. May 5, 1748.
39. Ebenezer, b. March 17, 1750.
40. Rhoda, b. July 12, 1753, m. Mr. Hay- den, and settled in Windsor.
41. Mary, m. Benjamin Tuttle.
38. CALEB, son of Ebenezer and Sarah Lyman, m. Hannah, dau. of Aaron Loomis, Jr., Sept. 28, 1768. She d. in 1797, and he m., 2d, Mrs. Delight Marsh. He lived on the homestead of his father until his death. Children :
42. Medad, b. Nov. 14, 1769. children have a prosperous school in Mon- treal, Canada.
43. Sibyl, b. June 8, 1778, m. Beach, and settled in Washington, Ct.
44. Rhoda, b. Nov. 7, 1782, m. Joseph Hurlbut, of Charlotte, Vt., Feb. 14, 1803, had one dau. who m. - Haight, her Children by 2d wife:
45. Eleanor, b. March 25, 1784, m. also Joseph Hurlbut, who d. suddenly in Mass., while on his way home from Torrington. 46. George, b. Aug. 1, 1790.
47. Hannah, m. Rev. Alvan Ingersoll, Jan. II, 1825; Mr. Ingersoll, preached some years in Ohio, then settled in Rochester, N. Y., where he d. Dec. 23, 1864. His children were, Sarah L., b. Nov. 24, 1825 ; Jonathan Edwards, b. Nov. 16, 1827;
George, b. Feb. 13, 1830; Mary C., b. July 18, 1832 ; Charles Finney, b. Feb. 5, 1835, was Ist lieut. in the late war, d. Dec. 13, 1861, a. 26; Emily L., b. May 6: 1839.
39. EBENEZER, 3d, son of Ebenezer and Sarah Lyman,m. Ann Young, Oct. 20, 1774, and lived in Torrington until after 1790, when he removed to Vermont, where he d. Mar. 7, 1813, a. 63. Ann, his widow, d. Mar. 14, 1813, seven days after her husband. His five children were born in Torrington. Children : 48. Phineas, b. June 24, 1776. Wadsworth Feb. 28, 1808 ; d. at Platts- burg Jan. 2, 1863, a. 74.
49. Roxalany, b. Oct. 15, 1777.
50. Ebenezer, b. July 16, 1779, m. Clarissa Loomis, and d. Mar. 13, 1813, one day before his mother and six days after his father, a. 34.
52. Amanda, b. Sept. 22, 1790, m. Russell Harrington at Burlington, Vt., Mar. 17, 1810, and had children, Charles, Juliette, Donald, " Marrien," and Edward.
51. Laura, b. Oct. 17, 1788, m. George
42. MEDAD, son of Caleb and Hannah (Loomis) Lyman, m., Ist, Eliza Rich, 2d -; became a lawyer, removed to Vermont and d. about 40 years of age. Children :
53. Medad, removed to Ohio. 55. George.
54. Eliza, removed to Ohio, m. - Barnum.
56. Riley, b. in Tor., Dec. 13, 1789.
Child by 2d wife :
57. Hannah.
46. GEORGE, son of Caleb and Hannah (Loomis) Lyman, m. Feb. 22, 1812, Ophelia, daughter of Elihu Cook, b. Jan. 3, 1794, and in 1817, removed to Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio. Children :
58. Emily C., b. Dec. 15, 1812, m. Dr. 59. Cornelius N., b. in Ohio, May 14, 1819 ; is a physician in Wadsworth, O .; m. Caroline Beach.
23, 1828, leaving no children.
56. RILEY, son of Medad and Eliza (Rich) Lyman, m. Nov. 24, 1818, Christina Case of Simsbury, Ct., b. Sept. 23, 1799; where he resided a farmer for some years. He d. in Torrington, Sept. 6, 1847. Children :
John Brown, son of Judge Frederick Brown of Wadsworth, Ohio. She d. Feb.
60. Erastus, b. Oct. 5, 1819. Tuttle, 1851, and d. in Thomaston, Oct.
61. Hiram, b. Oct, 18, 1823. 4, 1857.
62. Adeline E., b. Apr. 2, 1831, m. Burritt 63. Edward, b. Oct. 4, 1835.
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60. ERASTUS, son of Riley and Christina (Case) Lyman, never m .; d. in Wolcottville, Jan. 20, 1847.
61. HIRAM, son of Riley and Christina (Case) Lyman, m. Julia M. Ostrom, of Wolcottville, May 7, 1848. She was b. Dec. 22, 1824, and d. April 30, 1858. He m. 2d Eliza M. Booth, of Wolcottville, Nov. 23, 1859, who was b. Jan. 13, 1832. He resides in Thomaston. Children :
64. Eva S., b. Jan. 10, 1851, m. Charles 65. Mary A., b. Mar. 16, 1857. B. Holt, Nov. 30, 1871.
63. EDWARD, son of Riley and Christina (Case) Lyman, m. Ist Ellen Marian Potter, of Milton, Ct., Nov. 25, 1857 ; who d. in New Haven, Sept. 29, 1855 ; 2d Henrietta E. Blood, of Bridgeport, Ct., May 27, 1867 ; who d. in New Haven, March 18, 1869 ; 3d, Caroline H. Brinsmade, of New Haven, May 10, 1870, who was b. June 2, 1844. Mr. Lyman is engaged as constructing engineer and draughtsman, in New Haven. Children :
66. Wilbur Seeley, b. Feb. 22, 1863. 68. Ralph Brinsmade, b. June 21, 1874. 67. Charles Harry, b. March 27, 1871.
LYMAN, DAVID, son of David and Mary (Gittau) Lyman of Woodbury, m. Oct. 20, 1773, Mary Brown, a relative of the martyr, Capt. John Brown. He served some time in the army of the Revolution, known as General David ; then was honorably discharged to run a grist mill in New Hartford, for the supply of the revolutionary troops. In the latter part of his life he resided in Torringford, where he d. July 29, 1813. Mary, his widow, d. July 22, 1822. Children :
69. Elijah, b. Aug. 16, 1774.
70. David, b. June 14, 1776, d. Feb. 24, 1850, a. 74.
71. John, b. Oct. 5, 1778, d. July 20, 1865, a. 87.
72. Orange, b. July 26, 1780, d. July 16, 1850, a. 71.
73. Daniel, b. Apr. 15, 1784, d. July 20, 1846, a. 67. 74. Norman, b. Sept. 6, 1787, d. Oct. 20, 1850, a. 65.
75. Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1789, m. - Pardee, and resided in Torringford. 76. Samuel, b. Feb. 8, 1793, not m.
69. DR. ELIJAH, son of David and Mary (Brown) Lyman, m. Lorinda Smith. He was a practicing physician in Torrington some ten years, then re- moved to Warren, Ct., where he d. Nov. 5, 1819, a. 46. Children : 77. Elijah Smith, b. Apr. 26, 1812, a phy. 78. Lorinda. sician in Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y.
70. DAVID, son of David and Mary (Brown) Lyman, m. Rhoda P. Belden. He was a farmer in New Hartford. Children :
79. David Belden, b. July 28, 1803, was graduated at Williams college in 1828; m. Nov. 3, 1831, Sarah Joiner, of Royal- ton, Vt, and sailed, shortly after as a missionary of the American Board, to the Sandwich Islands, where he was living in 1870, as principal of the Missionary High school for the natives at Hilo, Hawaii.
80. George, b. April 18, 1806, residence, Cleaveland, O.
81. Elijah, b. Feb. 6, 1808, residence, Tall- madge, O.
82. Edward, b. Aug. 5, 1810, residence, Tallmadge, O.
83. Luther T., b. Oct. 1, 1814, residence, Cleaveland, O.
84. Rhoda, b. Nov. 22, 1816, residence, Newton Falls, O.
85. James, b. Feb. 14, 1818.
86. Benjamin, b. July 8, 1819, residence, Jackson, Iowa.
87. Gaylord P., b. Sept. 6, 1821, residence, Middlebury, O.
88. Julia A., b. May, 22, 1822, m. Alex. Clark.
71. JOHN, son of David and Mary (Brown) Lyman, m. Salome Maltby, and is a farmer in New Hartford. Children :
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89. Rev. John Bennett.
90. Wm. Maltby.
96. David Newton.
91. Clarinda Mary. 92. Salome.
97. Solomon.
93. Marcella.
98. Justin. 99. Rufus.
72. REV. ORANGE, son of David and Mary (Brown) Lyman, was a Presby- terian minister, m. Maria, daughter of Stephen Dewy of Sheffield, Mass. (See Biography.) Children :
100. Stephen D., b. June 23, 1815, is a 103. Thomas, b. Mar. 19, 1824, resides lawyer in Iowa.
IOI. Cornelius, b. July 20, 1818, d. a. 5 years.
102. Henry Martin, b. Oct. 27, 1821, a farmer in Ill.
near Chicago.
104. Eurotas, b. Jan. 12, 1827, d. in 1837. 105. Mary E., b. Aug. 6, 1829, d. in 1831.
106. Edward, b. July 3, 1833, d. in 1837.
73. DANIEL, son of David and Mary (Brown) Lyman, m Jerusha Merrill, March 12, 1812, lived in New Hartford, and d. Aug. 20, 1846. Children :
107. Frederic, b. Mar. 19, 1813, m. in New Hartford.
108. Henry M., b. Sept. 23, 1814, m. ; lived in O.
109. Jerusha, b. Nov, 4, 1816, d. in 1819.
IIO. Julia, b. Nov. 7, 1818, d. in 1829.
III. Judson G., b. Nov. 21, 1820, a graduate of Williams college, Baptist minister in Huntington, Ct.
112. James D., b. Oct. 23, 1823, lived in Torringford, m. Ist, Rhoda Marsh, Nov. 1853; 2d, Mary E. Stone in 1859.
113. Jane M., b. Feb. 15, 1826, m. June, 1847, Rev. Wm. W. Baldwin, Wilming- ton, Ct .; 8 children.
74. NORMAN, M.D., son of David and Mary (Brown) Lyman, m. Eunice Smith, of Litchfield, resided in Glastonbury and Warren, Ct. (See Biog.) Children :
114. Sidney. 117. Mary, b. 1823. d. 1841.
115. George S., b. Aug. 31, 1818. 118. Jonathan H., b. 1826, d. 1852.
116. Edward P., b. April 1, 1821. 119 Eunice, b. 1828, d. 1841.
MUNSELL, ZACHEUS, son of Calkins, who was son of Jacob the first at Windsor, was b. Aug. 17, 1845 ; m. Hannah Drake, May 4, 1768 ; joined the Shakers, with his whole family. The Munsells are said to have descended from Sir Philip de Munsell, who came from Normandy, to England, with William the Conqueror. Among the children of Zacheus was LEVI, b. Sept. 9, 1775, and came to Torrington, when eight years of age to live with Junia North. Moses and Noah Drake were his uncles. He attained the military rank of captain. Capt. Levi Munsell m. Rachel, dau. of Thomas Marshall, Dec. 19, 1799, and occupied many years the farm of his father-in-law, Capt. Thomas Marshall, in Newfield. He was a hard working, good citizen, an earnest devoted Methodist, a class leader and a chorister. Was a justice of the peace ; a representative two years and was elected the third time, but being taken ill suddenly, d. and was buried on the day the legislature convened May 1, 1833, a. 58 years. His widow d. Jan. 16, 1842, a. 61. Children :
I. Marcus, b. Oct. 13, 1800, m.
2. Sarepta, b. Dec. 28, 1803, d. unm. 1877.
3. Luman, b. Dec. 31, 1806, m.
4. Hiram, b. May 28, 1809, d. not m. Aug. 9, 1841, on the Mississippi river at Plumb point bend, and was buried in Osceola, Arkansas.
5. Levi Tuttle, b. July 9, 1813, m. June 20, 1842, Adeline, dau. of George and Prudence (Dennison) Fyler, of Burke, Vt. She d. Dec. 27, 1872, a. 60, he lived on the homestead until about 1860, then he removed to Winchester.
6. Maria Rachel, b. April 26, 1819, m
94. Emily.
95. Laura F.
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July 7, 1841, Theron Bronson, of Win- chester. He d. Jan. 20, 1873, a. 64.
Children : Edward H., b. July 31, 1842 ; Henry T., b. Jan. 1, 1845, d. Nov. 25,
1866; Wilber M., b. June 9, 1848; Maria L., b. Jan. 31, 1853, d. Feb. 28, 1856 ; Elliot B., b. Aug. 7, 1858 ; Carrie M., b. Jan. 17, 1863.
1. MUNSILL, MARCUS, son of Capt. Levi and Rachel (Marshall) m. Charlotte Eno of Colebrook, Nov. 12, 1829. He lived in Torrington and Winchester ; was elected deacon in 1858. His wife d. May 3, 1867, aged 65. Children :
7. Frances, b. Sept. 1, 1834, d. June 11, 1835.
8. Samuel Mills, b. April 21, 1837, resides at Winchester ; m. Aug. 9, 1859, Mary Jane, dau. of Gail Borden of Texas. Child- ren : Esther E., b. June 10, 1862 ; Gail
B., b. Jan. 6, 1864 ; Marcus, b. Oct. 12, 1868 ; Clifford L., b. Apr. 28, 1874, d. Mar. 7, 1876.
9. Anna Maria, b. Dec. 9, 1838, m. Sept. 26, 1866, Benjamin W. Pettibone of Win- chester ; d. Mar. 1, 1873.
3. LUMAN, son of Capt. Levi and Rachel (Marshall) Munsill, m. Sept. 5, 1843, Abigail P. Bronson, and lived in Winchester, where he d. Apr. 25, 1877, a. 70. His wife d. May 13, 1874, a. 56. Children :
IO. Elbert Marshall, b. Sept. 20, 1844, m. June 1875, Ella G. Germond and has Warren A., b. July, 1876.
II. William Luman, b. Jan. 24, 1848, m.
May 6, 1866, Martha E. Eggleston and has, Elbert M., b. Aug. 18, 1871.
12. Ella Adelle, b. Aug. 7, 1853.
MUNSON, AUGUSTUS, son of Lieut. Levi Munson of Wallingford, was b. in Wallingford Aug. 21, 1781. While young he came with his father's fam- ily to Harwinton, and when a young man came to Torrington, where he m. Huldah, dau. of William Wilson Dec. 4, 1803. He d. in Wolcottville Nov. 29, 1840, a. 59. She d. Feb. 18, 1864, a. 80. Children :
I. William W., b. Mar. 22, 1805, m. Lu- cretia Palmer in 1832, and d. in Winsted June 21, 1850.
2, Mary M., b. Aug. 16, 1806. m. May 30, 1830, Albert B. Wilcox, of Bristol, where they reside.
3. Lemuel H., b. Aug. 18, 1808, m. Clar- inda Bull of Winsted Sept. 30, 1833 ; re- sides in Waterbury.
4. Lewis A., b. May 31, 1811, m. Oct. 13, 1863 ; Anna Yarington of Carbondale, Pa., reside in Bristol.
5. Charles M., b. July 18, 1813, m. Jan. 5, 1843, Elizabeth Fellows of Phila., d. in Feb. 1857.
6. James P., b. Mar. 11, 1816, m. Oct. 1839 Ellen Barrows of Cincinnati, O., d. in Winsted Sept. 25, 1848.
7. Martha W., b. July 3, 1819, m. Apr. 17, 1843, Mason W. Fyler of Winsted, d. Mar. 13, 1846.
8. John C., Nov. 1, 1823, m. April 1850, Mary Clark of New Haven ; d. in Water- bury Mar. 23, 1874.
NORTH, EBENEZER, came from Farmington "Great swamp" in the spring of 1741, and purchased in company with Zebulon Curtiss, two farms a little south of the old Matthew Grant place, where he settled, but in the autumn of that year he sold his part of these farms to Mr. Curtiss. His wife's name is written " Sibbillia" on the town records. He is said, also, to have come from Rocky hill, in Wethersfield. He d. Aug. 5, 1789, in the 86th year of his age. His wife, Sibyl, d. Nov. 17, 1794, in the 91st year of her age. Children :
1. Ashbel, b. Oct. 3, 1731.
2. Noah. b. Jan, 10, 1733, m.
3. Martin, b. Dec. 13, 1734, m. May 5, 1805.
4. Sibyl, b. Sept. 4, 1736, m. Samuel Cowles, Apr. 14, 1756, and removed early to Norfolk.
5. Lucy, b. May 1, 1739, m. Amasa Cowles, and settled in Norfolk.
6. Asahel, b. May 13, 1743, in Tor., never m .; d. in 1803.
7. Ebenezer, b. June 27, 1746, m.
8. Achsah, b. Aug. 14, 1748, m. John Videto, Jr., Dec. 12, 1780, lived in Win- chester.
9. Sarah, b. Dec. 1, 1752, m. Lebeus Holmes of Goshen.
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HISTORY OF TORRINGTON.
1. ASHBEL, son of Ebenezer and Sibyl North, m. Ruth, daughter of Ebenezer Lyman, Jr., Jan. 2, 1757. He was a farmer on what is known as the old Phineas North place, and was an enterprising man. He d. July 9, 1800, a. 68. His widow Ruth, d. Feb. 7, 1812, a. 77 years. Children :
IO. Roxalany. b. Nov. 24, 1759, m. Dr. II. Phineas, b. July 19, 1762, m. Elkanah Hodges, Jan. 14, 1777, took the 12. Lemuel, b. Dec. 14, 1767, d. Mar. 3, small pox and d. within a month from her 1787.
marriage.
2. NOAH, son of Ebenezer and Sibyl North, m. Ist, Jemima, daughter of Abra- ham Loomis, March 25, 1756, and settled on a farm in Newfield, known by his name ever since. His wife Jemima, d. Dec. 17, 1767, and he m. 2d, Elizabeth Humphrey, May 29, 1771, who d. Aug. 5, 1822, a. 78 years. He was a very important man in that part of the town. In religion he was a puritan of the strict and thorough kind. In going to the barn Sunday afternoon, his grandson Cyrus accompanying him slid across a little piece of ice. The old gentleman obtained a whip and proceeded to whip him severely, and the boy was heard at some distance crying and saying : " I won't do it again, I won't do it again." To which the old gentleman was heard to say : " I don't mean you shall." This was done as a religious duty rather than a matter of passion or want of love for the child. Children :
13. Noah, b. June 12, 1757, d. April 28, 17. Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1767, m. Hezekiah 1789, a. 23.
14. Juna, b. Sept. 24, 1760.
West, a Baptist minister, and removed to Penn., where she d. Sept., 1827, a. 52.
15. Remembrance, b. Oct. 13, 1762.
16. Jemima, b. April 7, 1766, m. Elihu Barber.
3. MARTIN, son of Ebenezer and Sibyl North, m. Ist Abigail Eno, April 2, 1760, and had four children ; 2d, --- , had son. He removed to Colebrook. Children by Ist wife :
18. Martin, b. June 10, 1761. 20. Lucina, b. June 6, 1767.
19. Abigail, b. April 3, 1764. By 2d wife :
21. Rufus, b. Dec. 24, 1769.
22. Noah, d. early.
7. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer and Sibyl North, m. Jerusha, dau. of Samuel Cowles, Sen., Feb. 16, 1769. He removed to Colebrook, and d. there Dec. 17, 1832. Children :
22. Prudence, b. Nov. 16, 1769, m. Jonathan Saxton, son of Jonathan from Enfield, and had Jerusha, b. in 1800; Anna, 1802 ; Milo, in 1804 ; Norman, 1807 ; Ebenezer, 18II; Melissa, 1814.
23. Enos, b. Nov. 17, 1773 ; removed to Colebrook.
11. PHINEAS, son of Ashbel and Ruth (Lyman) North, m. Chloe Skinner, Dec. 3, 1787. She was b. April 17, 1767. He was a farmer and lived on the place that still bears his name. He had a genius of mechanical skill ; made several brass clocks by hand, with high cases, which would run 9 and 10 days, and keep the day of the month. One owned by Judge F. D. Fyler, of Winsted, bears date 1794. Children :
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