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1. Mary Jane, d. 2. George A., b. 1847, d. April 12, 1863.
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ROGERS, HILAN M., son of Orlando Rogers, was b. in Michigan Jan. 10, 1838. So far as is known his ancestors were : Isaac Rogers who removed from New Jersey to Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y., where his son Joel was b. about 1770. Joel Rogers removed to North East, Dutchess Co., about 1775, and d. there in 1855. Orlando Rogers, son of Joel, was b. at North East in 1810, and d at Bridgeport, Conn., in 1871. Mr. Hilan M. Rogers m. Josephine, dau. of Geo. A. Hoyt of Ansonia, Jan. 26, 1870, and resides in Wolcottville ; is ticket agent at Naugatuck depot, and has a coal yard at the same place. Ch. : William H., b. Oct. 16, 1872.
ROOD, MOSES, m. Sarah Loomis Jan. 5, 1768 ; both of Torrington, and settled in Torriagford. Children :
I. Sarah, b. Oct. 26, 1768. 5. Hannah, b. Feb. 16, 1779.
2. Amos, b. Jan. 3, 1772.
6. Moses, b. June 12, 1681.
3. Lydia, b. June 12, 1774. 7. Aaron, b. Nov. 17, 1784.
4. Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1776. 8. Lorrain, b. May 27, 1787.
EBENEZER, m, Rhoda Loomis Sept. 6, 1770, both of Torrington. Children :
3. Isaac, b. Sept. 10, 1771, d. away from home.
6. Rhoda, b. Apr. 6, 1774.
7. Ebenezer, b. Mar. 27, 1776, m.
8. John, b. May 10, 1778, m. Abigail Hewitt.
9. Anne, b. May 28, 1780, m. Elisha Wetmore, d. in Ohio.
10. Eunice, b. July 24, 1783.
II. Amanda.
12. Calvin.
7. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer and Rhoda (Loomis) Rood, m. Aurelia A. Loomis. She was b. Nov. 8, 1788, and d. Nov. 14, 1843. Hed. Apr. 26, 1851. Children :
13. Harvey L., b. Oct. 31, 1818, m. 15. Rufus, b. Apr. 10, 1822. d. Nov. 13, 1874.
14. Ann A., b. Mar. 15, 1820, m. Ezra D. Pratt of North Cornwall about 1846, had Dwight M., and Hattie J.
16. Ebenezer H., d. in infancy.
17. Ebenezer H., b. Sept. 29, 1825.
13. HARVEY L, son of Ebenezer and Aurelia (Loomis) Rood, m. Susan M. Humphrey of Guilford, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1848. Children :
18. Charles G. Rood, adopted son, m. Mary 1873.
F., dau. of R. W. Griswold, Nov. 12, 19. Anna J. Rood, adopted dau.
17. EBENEZER H., son of Ebenezer and Aurelia (Loomis) Rood, m. Melissa Budd of Farmington, Ill., Dec. 15, 1849. Children :
20. Ellen.
21. Isabel.
22. John.
23. lda.
RICHARDS, CAPT. ELI, came from Wethersfield, and settled in Newfield, kept a tavern ; was a prominent man in that part of the town, a number of years. Child :
I. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 16, 1785. One dau.
is said to have m. a lawyer in Winchester.
He may have had other children.
RICHARDS, JOHN, m. Rachel Children :
1. Samuel, b. Aug. 5, 1776.
2. Alpheus, b. Aug. 26, 1778.
ROSE, DANIEL, of Branford, Ct., removed to Wolcott, where he d. Ch. :
I. Hannah, b. 1773.
5. Chandler.
2. Sally.
6. Rensselaer.
3. Bela.
7. Betsey, b. 1791.
4. Daniel.
24. Hattie.
25. Dwight.
26. Melissa.
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3. BELA, son of Daniel, m. Mary Brockett and lived and d. in Wolcott. He lost both hands in a wool picking machine in Plymouth hollow. Children :
8. Charles.
13. Daniel, m.
9. Augustus, b. May 28, 1812.
10. Rebecca, m. Asahel Thomas.
15. Henry, m. Harriet Seeley.
II. Mary, m. John Payne.
16. Bela, m. Amanda Todd.
12. JESSE B., son of Bela and Mary (Brockett) Rose, m., Ist, Perlina Hart, 2d, Mrs. Harriet Griswold of Goshen. Children :
17. Edwin C., b. May 17, 1844, m. Mattie E. Hamilton Nov. 26, 1870; had Edwin H., b. April 19, 1872.
18. Wallace A., b. Dec. 16, 1848, d. Feb. 16, 1850.
19. Willie A., b. Aug. 22, 1852.
His second wife has a son Frederick H. Griswold b. May 4, 1862.
ROSSITER, NEWTON, a tanner in Burrville, m. Maria -, and about 1827 or 8, removed to Ohio. Children :
I. Luther, b. June 19, 1813.
2. Amos H., b. Mar. 20, 1815.
5. Adaline, b. Feb. 11, 1821.
6. Gilbert, b. Feb. 9, 1823.
ROWLEY, SAMUEL, came from Windsor, Ct., and m. Catharine, daughter of Silas Fyler, in 1770. He was b about 1745, and settled half a mile east of the Newfield meeting houses ; his house is still standing a little south of Harlow Fyler's homestead. Children :
1. James, b., paobably in Winchester, d. in Winchester.
2. Samuel, b. May 22, 1772, m.
3. Jairus, b. Apr. 6, 1774, m. Rachel Acatt.
4. Melinda, b. 1776, m. Daniel Olcott.
5. Rachel, b. Oct. 12, 1777, m. Abner Perkins, Apr. 30, 1806.
6. Stephen, b. Feb. 9, 1780, m. Roxy Whiting, Dec. 23, 1808 .. He was a
farmer and surveyor, no children.
7. Sabra, b. Apr., 1782, m. John Merchant at Ballston, N. Y.
8. Pamelia, b. Mor., 1784.
9. Nathan, b. Apr. 2, 1786. m. Catharine Fyler, Feb. 3, 1810, had two children who d. young. He and his wife d. nearly the same time at Tyringham, Mass.
2. SAMUEL JR., son of Samuel and Catherine Fyler Rowley, m. Mary Mer- rill, Feb. 26, 1801, and settled in Winchester, in 1806, near Colebrook line, and d. in 1854. Children :
IO. Calvin, d. in Illinois.
II. Eliza, m. Orrin Freeman of Winchester.
14. Edwin, twin, of Colebrook.
15. Mary, twin, m. - - Miller.
16. Maria, twin, m. Darwin Smith.
SAGE, MARTIN L., of Berlin, came to Torrington, about 1823, m. Huldah Sanford of Rocky Hill ; was a tanner and shoemaker. Removed to Ohio, about June, 1829, had son Luther, b. in Torrington, removed with his father to Huntington, Lorain Co., O.
LINUS, lived where David Evans does, and then built the little house now occupied by Loomis Beach. He d. where Henry Allyn lived on the hill west of George Allyn's. Children :
I. Harriet.
3. Charles.
2. Caroline.
4. Homer.
SCOVILLE, STEPHEN, of East Haddam, bought seventy-five acres of land in Harwinton and gave it to his son Ezekiel. on account of his love and good will, October 9, 1735. This Ezekiel Scoville m. Mindwell Barber, of Windsor,
13. Edwin, twin.
12. Lucia J., of Colebrook in 1858, d. in Ill., about 1859.
4. Charlotte, b. Mar. 23, 1819.
3. Harriett Newell, b. Mar. 10, 1817.
14. Jane, m. - Moses.
12. Jesse B., b. Jan. 10, 1821.
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Oct. 23, 1740, and lived on the land given him by his father, in Harwinton, and had the following children. Children :
I. Mindwell, b. Sept. 26, 1742, m. Eli 5. Joseph, b. July 21, 1751, m. Abigail, dau Wilson, March, 15, 1762. of Dea. John Wilson.
2, Ezekiel, b. Jan. 5, 1744, m. Rebecca Thompson, Aug. 4, 1766.
6. Sarah, b. July 6, 1754.
7. Mary, b. May 1, 1757.
3. Keziah, b. Feb. 28, 1746, m.
8. Hannah, b. Oct. 7, 1762.
3. EZEKIEL, son of Ezekiel and Mindwell (Barber) Scoville, m. Rebecca Thompson, of Harwinton, Aug. 4, 1766. Children :
9. Daniel, b. April 27, 1767. 14. Joseph T., b. June 6, 1777, m.
IO. Abner, b. May 4, 1769.
15. Conant, b. May 27, 1779, m.
16. Roswell, b. March 11, 1782, m. Anna Ames.
17. Chloe, June 6, 1784, m. Ammon Wilson.
18. Levi, m. Statira Johnson.
5. JOSEPH, son of Ezekiel and Mindwell (Barber) Scoville, m. Abigail, dau. of Dea. John Wilson, of Harwinton, Oct. 20, 1771. Children :
19. Abigail, b. May 12, 1772. 22. Mary, b. July 4, 1779.
20. Joseph, b. June 8, 1774, m Lucina Coe, Torringford.
21. John, b. 1777, m.
23. Mindwell, b. Dec. 13, 1781, d. April 7, 1784. 24. Champion, b. June 12, 1784, m.
12. EZEKIEL, son of Ezekiel and Mindwell (Thompson) Scoville, m. Sabra, dau. of Daniel S. Wilson, of Harwinton, settled on a farm below Wolcottville, now owned by Frederic L. Taylor ; removed to Camden, Ostego Co., N. Y., with most of his family. Children :
25. Russell, m.
30. Linus, m. Jane Snow, of Ashford.
26. Fanny, m. Jeremiah Bailey, in Camden. 31. Sabra, m. Warner Penfield, in Camden.
27. John Wilson, m. 32. Riley.
33. Sidney, lives in Woodbury.
34. Watson, m. in Camden.
21. JOHN, son of Joseph and Abigail ( Wilson) Scoville, m. Chloe Brooker ; was a merchant in Wolcottville. Children :
35. Mindwell, m. Ist, Dr. Peter Beardsley, who d. and she m. 2d, Dr. Jeremiah W. Phelps.
25. RUSSELL WILSON, son of Ezekiel and Sabra (Wilson) Scoville, removed with his father to Camden, m. Harriet Preston, Dec. 5, 1830, d. April 10, 1844 ; had five children.
27. JOHN W., son of Ezekiel and Sabra ( Wilson) Scoville, m. Martha, dau. of Amos Wilson Jr., Oct. 17, 1873. He d. March 4, 1832. Children :
36. Charles Wilson, b. Mar. 26, 1836, in. 40. Frank Russell. b. Aug. 13, 1844.
37. George Warner, b. Oct. 31, 1837, removed to Ill., m. and had three ch.
41. Mary Irene, b. Sept. 19, 1846, d. Mar. 29, 1862.
42. Warner Penfield, b. May 4, 1852, m. Eva A. Newbury, June 7, 1876, and has Grace M., b. Oct. 18, 1877.
36. CHARLES W., son of John W. and Martha ( Wilson) Scoville, m. March 4, 1860, Mary S., daughter of Chauncey Potter of Harwinton. She was b. 39. John Riley, b. Aug. 5, 1841.
Aug. 16, 1844, d. Aug 29, 1876. Children :
43. Jennie May, b. May 8, 1862.
44. Addie Sophia, b. Jan. 1, 1865, d. Apr. 29, 1871.
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4. Dau. b. Oct. 10, 1748.
II. Asher, b. Sept. 17, 1771, m. Saliy Brooker, of Torrington.
12. Ezek:el, b. Jan 17, 1773, m. Sabra, dau. of Daniel Wilson.
13. Stephen, b. June 8, 1775, m.
28. Joel Warner, m. Lovicey -. 29. Nelson.
38. Martha Jane, b. Dec. 13, 1839, m. John N. Wetmore of Winchester.
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40. FRANK R., son of John W. and Martha (Wilson) Scoville, m. Lettie E., daughter of Junius Scoville, Ill., Jan. 26, 1869. She was b. Oct. 12, 1850. Children :
45. Charles Junius, b. June 19, 1870. 46. Bertha Jane, b. July 14, 1872.
SEYMOUR, SAMUEL, b. in Watertown, Ct., m. Mehitable Dayton of Watertown. Some of his children were : 1, Samuel ; 2, James H .; 3, Truman : Samuel, Jr., came to Wolcottville a young man, and m. Lura, dau. of Joseph Taylor, in 1812. He was a carriage maker ; d. in Watertown. His widow is still living, and to her the author of this book is much indebted for informa- tion concerning many things, that otherwise could not have been written. Ch .: 1. Julia, b. May 22, 1813, m. Samuel 4. Eliza, b. May 25, 1820, m. Lyman W. Coe, Nov. 3, 1841. Brooker May 1834.
2. Maria, b. Oct. 21, 1815, m. Martin Brooker.
5. Frederick J., b. Oct. 24, 1824, m.
3. Mary, b. Mar. 14, 1818, m. Ist Daniel Robertson, 2d, Samuel Burr.
2. JAMES H., son of Samuel, Sr., m. Flora H. Hudson in 1835. He was a carriage maker ; d. at Wolcottville Nov. 5, 1872. Children :
6. Charles H., b. Apr. 26, 1837, m. Ist Mary win J., b. Feb. 10, 1871.
Judd, 2d Mrs. Susan Isbell, Jan. 3, 1869, 7. Charlotte H., b. Mar. 5, 1843, m. Uri has Alice E., b. Oct. 11, 1865 ; and Ed- Church. in 1868.
3. TRUMAN, son of Samuel, Sr., m. Clarissa Bancroft ; lived in Wolcottville. Child :
8. George.
5. FREDERIC J., son of Samuel and Lucy (Taylor) Seymour, m. Florintine M. Migeon Aug. 28, 1849 ; resides in Wolcottville. (See Biog.) Children :
9. Frederick H., is a law student in De- II. Russell A., d. Nov. 14, 1856. troit, Mich.
12. Kittie E.
IO. Marie L.
SHELDON, REMEMBRANCE, of Windsor, had children :
I. Elisha, b. Feb. 29, 1720.
3. Epaphras, b. Sept. 4, 1726.
2. Jerusha, b. Nov. 27, 1722.
4. Remembrance, b. Oct. 23, 1728.
3. EPAPHRAS, son of Remembrance, of Windsor, m. Eunice Allyn, April 30, 1752, and lived in Windsor. She was sister to the first Joseph Allyn, in
this town. Children :
5. Epaphras, b. Aug. 2, 1753, settled in Tor. 6. Allyn, b. July 30, 1755, d. Feb. 4, 1762.
5. GEN. EPAPHRAS, son of Epaphras and Eunice (Allyn) Sheldon, came to Torrington. about 1769, and m. Hannah Lyman, of Goshen, Nov. 17, 1774, and built his house, across the road east from Ebenezer Lyman's, a little north where he kept a tavern until he built a large dwelling for a tavern at the south- west corner of the town, afterwards owned by 'Timothy Childs. Gen. Sheldon, was one of the most prominent business men in the town in his time; became general of the state militia. Mrs. Sheldon was a very fine looking, intelligent woman ; always called in her later days, Lady Sheldon. Children :
7. Daniel, b. Aug. 13, 1781. IO. Allyn, b. July 20, 1786.
8. Samuel Lyman, b. Nov. 16, 1782.
II. Will'am, b. Dec. 12, 1788.
9. Esther, b. March 1, 1784. 12. Henry, b. Oct. 27, 1791.
SHELDON, JOB, was agent in the cotton factory in Torrington hollow. He had a family and removed to New Milford.
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GENEALOGIES.
SHELTON, WILLIAM P., son of William N., and Harriet Shelton, of Woodbury, m. Mahalia A. Sanford, of Roxbury, Aug. 12, 1861, and settled on the Child's place, in the southwest corner of the town, in 1865, where he still resides. Besides attending to the farm he is engaged in the cabinet busi- ness at Litchfield. His widowed mother resides with him. This house is located on a hill of considerable eminence, and with the maple trees, one hundred and twenty-five in number, standing on each side of the highway, is one of the most imposing appearing country homesteads in the country. The trees are not full grown, but shade the road from fence to fence, and but illus- trates, what might be the picturesque appearance of the whole town, if the in- habitants had spirit and ambition to this effect ; and every farmer would be the richer if he did his part of such a work. Child :
I. Edward M., b. Oct. 3, 1868.
SHERMAN, REV. HENRY MARTYN, son of Charles H. and Lydia (Crow- foot) Sherman, was b. June 26, 1838, at Bridgeport, and m. Maria L., dau. of John Baker, of Bridgeport, April 30, 1868. She was b. May 24, 1837 ; and attended school at the Young Ladies seminary at Bridgeport. He is pastor of the Episcopal church and resides on Migeon avenue. Children :
I. Margaret Lydia, b. Dec. 24, 1870. 2. Mary Benson, b. April 22, 1873.
SMITH, NATHANIEL, was b. in Milford, Ct., in 1785, and came to Tor- ringford, in 1806, and was clerk in the store of William Battell two or three years. He went into mercantile business for himself at Torringford in the store which he built and which is still standing on the northeast corner of the old turnpike and Torringford street, in 1809, and continued in business in the same store until his death June 26, 1854, a period of forty-six years. He m. Har- riet, dau. of Daniel Winchell in 1809. Shed. at Wolcottville, in Nov., 1861, a. 79 years. He was appointed post master in 1812, and held the office with- out interruption forty-two years, a case, probably, without parallel in this country. Mr. Smith was a very upright and careful business man. Children :
I. Harriet.
2. Charles B., b. 1810.
3. Charlotte.
2. CHARLES B., son of Nathaniel and Harriet (Winchell) Smith, m. Eliza- beth, daughter of Eli Ensign, of Sheffield, Mass., Dec. 18, 1839. She was b. March 9, 1814. He was a merchant in Wolcottville, and d. March 31, 1861. (See Biography.) Children :
4. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 3, 1840 ; is a music teacher in Great Barrington, Mass.
5. Alice B., b. Apr. 25, 1842, m. Edward Robinson of Rockville, Ct., had son Charles L., b. Nov. 19, 1866, d. June 1, 1867.
6. Isabell, b. Sept. 10, 1851, m. Oct. 21, 1873, John M. Hopson of Bridgepert, afterwards editor of the Valley Index of Waterbury ; she d. June 1, 1876.
SMITH, ELISHA, EsQ., was b. in Farmington, Ct, Aug. 14, 1751, and came to Torrington a young man and m. Lucy, dau. of Aaron Loomis, Nov. 25, 1773. He was for many years one of the most prominent men in the town. (See Biog.) He d. Jan. 9, 1813, aged 62. His widow d. at Gene- ral Abernethy's in Wolcottville ; a fine woman, of noble character, and posses- sed great memory. She d. in 1847, a. 91. Children :
1. Elisha, b. July 19, 1775, d. Aug. 9, 1776. 3. Almira, b. Jan. 12, 1780, d. April 21, 2. Orrel, b. Jan. 30, 1778, m. Russell C. 1781. Abernethy, Sept. 17, 1803.
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HISTORY OF TORRINGTON.
SMITH, AARON, lived a little north of Elisha Smith's, but whether related to that family or not is not known. Children :
I. Hannah.
3. Aaron.
4. Dennis.
SMITH, REV. SIDNEY K., son of Solomon and Abigail (Ketcham) Smith, was b. at Huntington, Long Island, March 14, 1838. He is pastor of the M. E. church, in his third year, and resides on Prospect street. ( See Bicg ) He m. Mary Frances, adopted dau. of William F. and Lycia W. (Howe) Barnard of Marlboro, Mass., Sept. 13, 1865. Children .
I. William Barnard, b. June 22, 1866.
4. Mary Louise, b. March 29, 1877.
Helen Gertrude Ketcham, b. Oct. 12, 1856, has resided in this family twelve years.
SMITH, CHARLES R., son of James H. Smith of Litchfield, m. Mary, dau. of Ira Thrall, Feb 29, 1872, and resides on the homestead of his wife's father, in the southwest part of the town. Child :
I. Julia, b. April 22, 1873.
SMITH, ALONZO D., was b. in New Britain, Ct., May 22, 1836 ; came to Wolcotiville in 1849 ; m., Ist, Martha Haight, who d. in 1872, and he m., 2d, Sarah Losee in 1874 ; has been engaged with the Union Hardware com- pany since 1865. Child by ist wife :
Estelle F., b. Nov. 3, 1859.
SMITH, EBENEZER, m. Hannah Children :
I. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 18, 1763.
6. Miles, b. Sept. 11, 1775.
2. Hannah, b. July 21, 1765.
7. Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1777.
3. Jesse, b. Oct. 28, 1766.
8. Norman, b. Aug. 7, 1782.
4. Ira, b. Jan. 14, 1769.
9. Dolly, b. Nov. 20, 1787.
5. Joseph, b. Oct. 29, 1773.
SOPER, JOHN, m. Phebe Moore, Jan. 30, 1730, and lived in Windsor, Ct. Children :
I. Phebe, b. Sept. 19, 1731. 5. David, b. Dec. 15, 1738, settled in Tor.
2. John, b. May 15, 1733. 6. Abigail, b. May 6, 1741.
3. Jcel, b. Feb. 1, 1734, settled in Tor.
7. Timothy, b. Aug. 12, 1742, settled in
4. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1736. Tor.
3. DR. JOEL, was a physician and practiced a short time in Torringford, then removed to Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y.
5. DAVID, son of John, of Windsor, settled in Torringford a few rods north of the first meeting house, where he kept a tavern quire a number of years, and was a man of considerable business abillty ; bought and sold land ; built saw mills and had considerable influence in the town. He m. Rachel, dau. of Dea. John Cook Jan. 26, 1764. Children :
8. Olive, b. July 23, 1768. Bissell Jan. 22, 1789.
9. Rachel, b. April 12, 1772, m. Elijah
10. Naomi, b. May 9, 1774, d. July 2, 1774.
SPENCER, ASA, from New Hartford, lived first in Torrington hollow, where Mr. Wait Wilson now resides, but afterwards removed to a vacant house with about one acre of land on Torrington hill, near where Mr. Lyman R. Pond now resides. This house and land were never claimed by any one, and by law became the property of the Spencer family after the expiration of - years' possession. Children :
2. Elizabeth.
2. Frank Sidney, b. Nov. 9, 1868.
3. Ernest Ketcham, b. Oct. 28, 1873.
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I. Miles, d. a. 62, not m.
2. Theda, m. Henry Pond.
3. Polly, m. Truman Hart of Colebrook or Norfolk. Her dau., Lucy Hart, m. -- Wilcox, and went with him as a missionary to the Sandwich Islands, where they re- mained 35, or 6 years and returned, and both died a few days after they reached Colebrook. The widow Polly Hart, is
now over 85 years of age.
4. Roxy, never m.
5. Millicent, m. Solomon Barker, lived east of Wolcottville, where she died.
6. Lucy, m. Lyman Pond.
7. Frederick, b. 1802 or 3, removed to Nova Scotia, d. Jan. 7, 1877 a. 74.
8. Julia, d. in 1849.
SPERRY, RICHARD, m. Rachel Ray, March 10, 1807 ; lived a little west of the Lyman place. Children :
I. Laura, b. Feb. 20, 1808.
2. Lewis, b. March 24, 1809.
3. Albert, b. May 4, 1811.
4. Homer, b. May 31, 1815.
5. Lucy, b. March 31, 1818, m. Ira Thrall.
6. Lovise, b. May 27, 1820.
7. Samuel, b. Dec. 20, 1822.
ST. JOHN, DR. BELA, m. Mary A. Hodges, Georgetown, Ct., Dec. 29, 1850. Child :
I. Abbie Etta.
STARKS, THOMAS A., son of Roger Starks, of Winchester, m. Flora P., dau. of Noah Drake, Jr., May 20, 1840, and settled on her father's homestead, it being the old Silas Fyler place, in Newfield. Children :
I. Octavia, b. Oct. 19, 1840, m. John Andrews; lives in Torringford, and has children ; Mattie, Wilber, Ernest.
2. Hiram M., b. Nov. 5, 1841, m. Mrs. Irene H. Drake, Sept. 6, 1866; lives next house west of his father's home.
3. Harriet A., b. Feb. 7, 1842, m. Franklin B. Beach, Dec. 25, 1863 ; lives in Win- chester ; has Lizzie and Arthur.
4. Mary Ann, b. May 25, 1843, m. Emery J Johnson, Feb. 18, 1862, livesin Wallens Hill, north of Winsted ; has Alton J.
5. Roger S., b. Aug. 23, 1845, m. Ella S. Drake, Nov. 8, 1877.
6. Adaline R., b. April 21, 1847, m. Feb. 7, 1872, William Beckley ; lives in South Norfolk.
7. Lucius, b. Oct. 21, 1848, d. Jan. 13, 1848.
8. Jennie L., b. May 28, 1851.
9. Flora P., b. Feb. 14, 1854.
IO. Thomas B., b. Jan. 4, 1857.
II. Lincoln F., b. June 17, 1860.
STEELE, GEORGE and JOHN, brothers, b. in Essex, England, came to New England, about 1631 or 2 ; settled first at Newtown, now Cambridge, Mass. ; removed to Hartford, Conn. George was made a proprietor of lands at Hart- ford, in 1639. He was made a freeman in Cambridge, in 1634 ; he d in the year 1663, as is said " very old." There is no record of his wife but that they had four children :
I. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Watts of Middle- town.
Henderson, had a daughter.
2. A daughter, b. in 1640, m. Harrison or
3. Richard, m. ; d. in 1639, had children. 4. James, m.
4. JAMES, son of George Steele of Hartford, m. Anna probably daughter of John Bishop, of Guilford. She d. in 1676. Children :
5. Sarah, b. 1656, m. Samuel Borman, Jr., Feb. 8, 1682.
8. Mary, m. - Hall.
9. Elizabeth, d. unm.
IO. Rachel, m. Ist, Edward Allyn, 2d Demming.
7. John, b. 1660, m.
7. JOHN, son of James and Anna (Bishop) Steele, m. Melatiah, daughter of Major William Bradford, of Plymouth. Children :
6. Lieut. James, b. 1658, m. Sarah Bar- tholomew.
11. John, b. 1693, d. 1712. 13. Bethia, m. May 17, 1709, Samuel Shepard.
12. Ebenezer, b. 1695, m.
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HISTORY OF TORRINGTON.
12. EBENEZER, son of John and Melatiah (Bradford) Steele, m. Susannah , of West Hartford ; removed to Killingworth, and purchased lands Feb. 23, 1723, d. in 1746. Children :
14. John, m. Christina -, Feb. 4, 1785. . 19. Melatiah, b. 1732, d. Apr. 23, 1760, not m.
15. Mary, m. John Dodd.
16. Daniel.
20. Capt. Bradford, b. Sept. 22, 1734, m. Mary Perkins of Derby.
21. Elisha, b. about 1737, m.
18. Huldah, m. Nathaniel Flowers, Sept. 30, 1745.
21. ELISHA, son of Ebenezer and Susannah Steele, m. Mary Merrills, April 12, 1760 ; lived in Derby, and his wife d. at Hadley, Mass .; m. 2d, Eunice, widow of Lieut. Pritchard. Children :
22. Mary, b. Jan. 25, 1763. 25. Lucy, b. May 28, 1769.
23. Candace, bap: Jan. 6, 1765.
24. Clarissa, b. Feb. 9, 1766, m. Pomeroy ; lived in Hadley, Mass.
26. Elisha, b. Feb. 3, 1771, lived in Water- bury and d. in 1792.
27. Norman, b. 1780.
27. NORMAN, son of Elisha and Mary (Merills ) Steele, m. Hannah Spencer. She was b. in 1778. He d. in 1822, a. 42. She d. about 1822, a. 42. Ch. :
28. Clarissa, d at the age of 12. 32. Edwin, lost at the age of 18.
33. Norman, b. 1813, m. Sarah Hitchcock, June 4, 1846, had Frederick P., Herbert A., and Anna E. H.
34. Ann P., b. Oct. 18, 1814, m. Lewis B. Follett, Oct. 18, d. Oct. 18, 1856, had Susan Maria.
35. William Spencer, b. 1816, m.
35. WILLIAM SPENCER, son of Norman and Hannah (Spencer) Steele, m. Caroline Amelia Jones Nov. 8, 1837, and came to Wolcottville in 1839, and was engaged in the Wadhams button shop, as overseer of the work until his decease. He d. Jan. 22, 1857. Children : 36. Abbie A., b. Oct. 16, 1838, in Water- which he was firing into Petersburg, Va .; was buried at Fortress Monroe. bury, m. Florimund D. Fyler, Nov. 28, 1860; he is a lawyer, resides in Winsted. 39. Elisha J., b. June 29, 1843, m.
37. Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1839, in Torrington, m. Willis A. Bradley, July 14, 1859, had Carrie Isadore, b. June 28, 1861.
38. William L., b. Sept. 6, 1841, d. July 14, 1864, a. 23, from wounds received by the premature discharge of a cannon by
40. Edwin S., b. Oct. 4, 1846, d. Feb. 14, 1855.
41. Albert D., b. Aug. 11, 1848, d. Aug. 21, 1848.
42. George B., b. May 15, 1852.
39. ELISHA J., son of William S. and Caroline A. (Jones) Steele, m. Sophia S. Skiff, Jan. 25, 1864. He resides in Wolcottville. Children :
43. Jennie A., b. July 30, 1866. 45. William S., b. Feb. 20, 1876.
44. Abbie A., b. Dec. 7, 1870.
42. GEORGE B., son of William S. and Caroline A. (Jones) Steele, m. Alice Diamond, May 15, 1872. Children : 46. Flora, b. June 16, 1873.
STOCKING, SAMUEL J., m. Orrel, dau. of Abijah Coe, March 22, 1835. She d. Dec. 8, 1850. He m. 2d, Mary L. Fellows, June 9, 1852. Children :
I. Eliza Ann, b. June 22, 1837, d. March 30, 1852.
4. Emma O., b Nov. 26, 1850.
5. Frank L., b. Aug. 11, 1855.
2. Charlotte C., b. Nov. 27, 1839.
3. Harvey M., b. March 23, 1843.
6. Martha E., b. Nov. 7, 1857.
29. Elisha, b. in 1803, m. Elizabeth Hines of Waterbury, had Mary Ann and Henry, d. in 1875.
30. Mary, b. 1805, m. William H. Jones in 1825, had Sarah, Stafford, Norman S., Caroline A., William H., and John E.
31. Susan, b. 1807, m. Joseph T. Marr, d. in 1840, had Helen, Marion and Louise.
17. Susanna, m. Reuben Flowers, July 14, 1747.
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GENEALOGIES.
ANSON, m. Flora, dau. of Abijah Coe, May 15, 1825. He d. in 1857. Children :
7. Flora E., b. June 22, 1827. 10. Phila H., b. April 2, 1836.
8. Omar C., b. Oct. 14, 1828.
9. Fanny M., b. Dec. 4, 1830.
II. Eber N., b. Feb. 14, 1838.
STODDARD, EBENEZER, came to Torrington a young man and m. Abigail Strong, May 6, 1785 ; lived in the southwest part of the town, south of Joseph Fowler's. Children :
I. Phena, b. March 18, 1786. 2. Anne, b. May 8, 1787.
STOWE, DANIEL, lived a few years in Torrington. Children :
I. Prudence, b. Sept. 17, 1769.
3. William, b. June 9, 1773.
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