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I. Harvey.
2. Giles.
3. Eunice, m. - Pinney ; lived in Lud- lowville, Mass.
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WATTLES, HENRY, m. Susan A. Osborn, Feb. 10, 1818. Children re- corded in Torrington :
I. Mary A., Feb. 10, 1818. 3. Charles, b. Jan. 14, 1820.
2. Wm. H., b. Feb. 14, 1819.
4. Sarah, b. May 10, 1825.
WELCH, GIDEON H., son of James M. and Eliza (Higgins) Welch, of New Haven, was b. Sept. 22, 1844 ; came to Wolcottville, in 1870, and m. Susie Church, daughter of Bradley R. Agard, of Wolcottville, Oct. 8, 1873. He resides on Litchfield street.
WELLS, HARRISON H., son of Thomas Wells of Chittenden county, Vt., came to Wolcottville, about 1849, purchased the American House about 1865, continuing the same as a hotel. He m. Rhoda, daughter of Major Charles Partree of Waterbury, Ct. Child :
I. Carrie A., b. 1858.
WESTLAKE, SAMUEL, son of Samuel, who came from Orange or Rock- land Co., N. Y., to Winchester, was b. March 24, 1780, m. ist, Clarissa, dau. of Christopher Whiting, of Winchester. She d. Jan. 27, 1815 ; 2d, Catharine, Mather, came from Winchester to Torrington hollow, where he resided. He was a shoemaker. Children by ist wife :
1. Clarissa, b. Feb. 23, 1813, not m., lives in Winchester.
By 2d wife :
2. Cornelia, b. Jan. 12, 1817, m. Geo. Stimson, of Herkimer Co., N. Y.
3. Albert, b. Dec. 4, 1818 ; went to Ken- tucky.
4. Esther. b. Sept. 12, 1820, m. Joseph Allyn, April 17, 1845.
5. Mercia, b. Oct. 16, 1822, d. 16 y. of a.
6. John, b. Oct. 14, 1824, d. 16 y. of a.
7. Harriet, b. Feb. 4, 1829, d. 19 y. of a. 8. Charles, b. July 1831, d. 4 months of a 9. William, b. Jan. 22, 1834, d. 2 y. and `8 months.
10. Sarah, b. July 31, 1838, m. Solon Douglas, went to Ohio.
II. Carrie, b. April 2, 1841, m. Geo. Pierce, of T.
WESTON, EPHRAIM F., was b. May 22, 1836, in Jefferson Co , N. Y., and m. Margaret Fleming, Feb. 2, 1857, in Kinderhook, N. Y. He was a millwright and worked at his trade until he came to Torrington, in June, 1835, and engaged with the Union Hardware Co., at Torrington hollow, and has continued with that company until the present time. He is now general superintendent of the work of the mills, and resides on Migeon avenue. Children :
I. Ida, b. June, 1859, d. a. one month.
3. Frederic P., b. July 11, 1869.
2. Franklin F., b. Jan. 18, 1868.
WHITMORE,' THOMAS, was b. in England, western part, in 1615, and came to America, in 1635, embarking according to tradition at Bristol. The first mention of his name in the Colonial records is in the Wethersfield town in 1639-40. He subsequently removed to Hartford, where he m. Sarah, dau. of John and Ann (Willocks) Hall, of Hartford, Dec. 11, 1645. He was representative to the general court in 1654, and 1655, and d. Dec. 11, 1681, a. 66. Children :
I. John, bap. Sept. 6, 1646.
2. Elizabeth, b. 1648, m. Oct. 8, 1673,
Josiah Atkins of East Hartford ; removed to Middletown.
1 Wetmore Genealogy.
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3. Mary, b. 1649, m. Nov. 13, 1668, John Stow of Middletown.
4. Sarah, b. 1650, d. July 14, 1655.
5. Thomas, b. Oct. 19, 1652, m. Feb. 20, 1685, Elizabeth Hubbard.
6. Hannah, b. Feb. 13, 1653, m. Nathaniel Stow, Sen.
7. Samuel, b. Sept. 10, 1655, m.
8. Izrahiah, b. Mar. 8, 1657, m. Rachel, dau. of Rev. Samuel Stow.
9. Beriah, b. Nov. 2, 1658, m. Margaret, dau. of Rev. Samuel Stow.
10. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 21, 1661, m. Dorcas Allen.
II. Joseph, b. Mar. 5, 1663, m. Lydia Bacon.
12. Sarah, b. Nov. 27, 1664, m. John Bacon. 13. Mehitable, b. June 10, 1669, m. An- drew Bacon.
14. Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, 1674.
15. Abigail, b. Nov. 6, 1678, m. Samuel Bishop.
16. Hannah, b. Jan. 4, 1680, m. Nath. Bacon, 3d.
7. SAMUEL, son of Thomas and Sarah (Hall) Whitmore, m. Dec. 13, 1687, Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Bacon, Sen. He removed to Middlefield society, in Mid- dletown, in 1700. His wife, Mary, d. May 24, 1709. He d. April 12, 1746, aged 90. Children :
17. Mehitable, b. Nov. 14, 1689. 21. Thomas, b. Aug. 26, 1698.
18. Samuel, b. March 13, 1692.
22. Daniel, b. May 9, 1703.
19. Mary, b. June 29, 1694.
20. Benjamin, b. May 17, 1696.
23. Bethiah, b. Jan. 22, 1707. 24. Jabez, b. May 14, 1709.
18. SAMUEL, son of Samuel and Mary (Bacon) Wetmore, m. June 21, 1722, Hannah Hubbard, b. July 21, 1700. He left Middlefield on election day 1771, being in his eightieth year, and removed to Winchester where he settled on a farm which has remained in the possession of his descendants to the present time. He d. Dec. 30, 1773, aged 81. His wife Hannah d. June 4, 1794, aged 94. Children :
25. Samuel, b. Dec. 24, 1723. son of Nathaniel Bacon Nov. 16, 1758, and d. in Torrington, in 1803, a. 69.
26. Hannah, b. Dec. 18, 1725, m. Graves.
27. John, b. Oct. 27, 1727.
28. Noah, b. April 16, 1730.
29. Mehitable, b. Aug. 5, 1732, m. Capt. Asa Upson of New Cambridge (Bristol), Aug. 14, 1776.
30. Sarah, b. March 31, 1734, m. James,
25. DEA. SAMUEL, son of Samuel and Hannah (Hubbard) Wetmore, m. Feb. 6, 1752, Anna Roberts, of Durham, b. March 16, 1723. He removed with his father to Winchester. His wife Anna, d. Sept. 22, 1804, a. 81. He d. March 2, 1809, a. 86. Child : 35. Abel, b. in Middletown, April 6, 1753.
27. JOHN, son of Samuel and Hannah (Hubbard) Wetmore, m. May 19, 1757, Elizabeth Leaming, of Middletown, and settled in Torrington, where they united with the church in 1758, under the half way covenant. He was killed Aug. 27, 1795, while riding on horseback, on the highway, by the falling of a tree during a heavy thunder storm. Children :
36. Elizabeth, bap. Oct. 15, 1758, m. David Alvord, of Winchester ; had Persis and Ursula.
38. Samuel, bap. March 20, 1764 ; removed in 1800, to Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., d. in 1824.
37. Seth, m. and lived in Winchester.
28. REV. NOAH, son of Samuel and Hannah (Hubbard) Wetmore, m. Submit, dau. of Ithiel Russell, of Branford. He graduated at Yale College in 1757 ; studied for the ministry ; was ordained in Nov , 1760 ; and appears to have resided a short time in Torrington, his dau. Junia, being baptized here. On the 25th of Nov., 1770, he was settled as the first pastor of the Congregational
31. Lois, b. Mar. 6, 1736, m. Jan. 7, 1772, John, son of Caleb Wetmore.
32. Joel, b. Mar. 9, 1738.
33. Millicent, b. Sept. 15, 1739.
34. Mary, b. July 23, 1741, m. Ist Abra- ham Loomis, 2d - - Baldwin.
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church, at Bethel, Fairfield Co., where he ministered until 1784. In April, 1786, he was called to the first Presbyterian church at Brook Haven, Long Island, where he labored as pastor until his death, March 9, 1796. Children :
30. Junia, bap. March 30, 1761. and had charge of the New York hospital, thirty or more years, being greatly respected by the medical profession.
40. Irena, b. Sept. 11, 1762, m. Dr. David Woodhull, of Setauket, L. I.
41. Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1765, d. Nov. 29, 1795.
42. Noah, b. May 4, 1767, m. ; had family ; removed to New York city about 1808,
43. Appolos, b. Dec. 14, 1771.
44. Samuel Ithiel, b. Dec. 30, 1774, m. Liberty, dau of Dr. Benjamin Young Prime, whose family is quite celebrated.
32. JOEL, son of Samuel and Hannah (Hubbard) Wetmore, came from Middletown, to Torrington, when twenty-four years of age, and in. Nov. 23, 1763, Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Lyman Jr. He and his wife, owned the Covenant March 10, 1765, and were taken under the watch of the church. He d. in Torrington, Feb, 1814, a. 75. His widow, Sarah, d. in 1832, a. 92. Children :
45. Olive, b. Mar. 10, 1765, m. Ezra Hay- den of Windsor, July 13, 1786. Jan. 23, 1850. 46. Ebenezer Lyman, b. in 1766, bap. in Torrington, Dec. 28, 1766. 48. John Pomeroy, b. in Norfolk, June 15, I770. 49. Sarah, b. in Torrington, m. Giles Whiting.
37. MAJOR SETH, son of John and Elizabeth (Leaming) Wetmore, m. Lois, daughter of Col. Ozias Bronson, of Winchester, Dec. 9, 1779 ; six of his children are recorded in Torrington and he probably resided here until after 1795, when he removed to Winchester, and thence, after some years, to Cana- joharie, N. Y., where he d. April 16, 1836. Children :
50. John, b. Oct. 7, 1780.
SI Seth, b. Oct. 3, 1784, d. at Lake Pleasant.
52. Abigail, b. Mar. 27, 1787, d. at Eagle village, N. Y., Oct., 1858.
53. Artemesia, b. Nov. 7, 1789, d. at Cana- joharie, N. Y., July, 1813.
54. Alphonso, b. Feb. 5, 1793, d. at St. Louis, Mo., in 1849.
55. Salmon, b. Sept. 2, 1793.
56. Pythagoras, b. Apr. 12, 1798 ; a lawyer at Canajoharie.
57. Lois M , b. June 15, 1800, d. in Ken- tucky, July, 1851.
By 2d wife in Canajoharie :
58. Lucy Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1802.
59. George Clinton, b. June, 1809.
38. SAMUEL, son of John and Elizabeth (Leaming) Wetmore, m. Hannah Griswold, May 15, 1788 ; and settled in Winchester. Children :
60. Selina, b. Mar. 13, 1789.
66. Samuel, b. 1801.
61. Leaming (son), b. Feb. 14, 1791. 67. Hannah, b. 1804.
62. Ruby, b. June 27, 1793.
68. Harriet T., b. 1806.
63. Almeda, b. 1795.
69. Hurlbut G., b. 1808.
64. Candace, b. 1797. 65. Calvary, b. 1799.
70. Clarissa, b. 18II.
46. EBENEZER L., son of Joel and Sarah (Lyman) Wetmore, m. Elizabeth Miller, Sept. 1795 ; settled in a house on east side of the road a little way north of Charles S. Munger's present home, and afterwards, on the west side of the road on the hill further north than his first dwelling. He afterwards removed about 1836, to Wolcottville, taking his house with him, and located it on Church street, it being the one now occupied by his son Laurin Wetmore. He spent a long and virtuous life in his native town and d. March 3, 1848, a. 81 ; his widow d. Sept. 18, 1850, a. about 80. Children :
98
47. Millicent, b. in T., Jan. 10, 1772, m. Jan. 1, 1797, Capt. Thomas Watson of New Hartford, son of Levi and Abigail
Watson. She d. Sept. 19, 1848 ; he d.
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71. Nancy, b. July 19, 1796, m. Israel Coe, d. Aug. 30, 1838.
72. Lauren, b. July 9, 1801.
73. Maria, b. May 14, 1805, m. Asahel Coe.
lived in northern part of Goshen a farmer. He d. Feb. 22, 1875, a. 71, had: Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1834 ; has been a music teacher some fifteen years ; Elisha A., b. Nov. 19, 1837 ; a merchant in Wolcottville.
75. Louisa, b. in 1810, m. Phineas North.
74. Amanda, b. Jan. 25, 1808, m. Elisha Baldwin of Goshen, d. May 23, 1833,
48. JOHN P., son of Joel and Sarah (Lyman) Wetmore, m. Nov. 25, 1795 Miriam Dibble, of Torrington, b. March 28, 1796, d. July 26, 1806, a. 32 ; m. 2d Mirah Atwater, of Burlington, Vt. He removed to Burlington, Vt., where he resided many years, removed thence to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he d. Aug. 22, 1853, in his 84th year. Children :
76. Delia, b. in T., July 29, 1797, m. Wm. 84. Frederick P., 2d, b. Oct. 30, 1813, m. Atwater.
77. Frances, b. in B., Nov. 28, 1799, m. William Moulton, Feb. 1827.
78. Julia, b. in B., Mar. 6, 1802, m. Knapp, 1842.
79. Emeline, b. in B., Feb. 28, 1804, d. April 19, 1805.
80. Adeline, b. in B., Dec. 4, 1805, m. Milo Laffin Feb. 16, 1832.
81. Mariana, b. in B., Apr. 22, 1808, d. Sept. 3, 1809.
82. Sally Ann, b. in B., Mar. 15, 1810, d. Sept. 17, 1810.
83. Frederick P., b. in B., Aug. 3, 1811, d. Feb. 13, 1813.
Nov. 28, 1844, Sarah M. Whitman, at East Haddam, ('t.
85. Henry A., b. in B., Feb. 18, 1816, m. Maria Bradley, 1845.
86. Harriet M , b. Oct. 25, 1818, m. Phi- lander Robins in 1838.
87. William L., b. Jan. 3, 1821, m. Louisa A. Lee Pelly.
88. Clarissa A., b. Mar. 4, 1823, d. Feb. 4, 1826.
89. Russell C., b. Oct. 4, 1826, d. July 10, 1845.
72. DEA. LAUREN, son of Ebenezer L. and Elizabeth (Miller) Wetmore, m. Fanny C. Austin, in 1827, resides in Wolcottville. (See Biog.)
WHITING,I REV. SAMUEL, was the second son of John Whiting, mayor of Boston, in Lincolnshire, England, where he was b. Nov. 20, 1597. He graduated at Cambridge university, England, where, by the efforts of his pious tutor, his mind was directed to the subject of religion. On leaving college he became a domestic chaplain to Sir Nathaniel Bacon and Sir Roger Townsend, in which capacity he served three years, when he removed to Lynn in the county of Norfolk, where he spent another three years as colleague to the Rev. Mr. Price. At length complaints were made to the bishop of Norwich, of his non-conformity, and he was prosecuted in the high commission court, and being convinced that he should find no rest in that country, formed the purpose to remove to New England.
His wife, a lady of the finest intellectual and moral qualities, decidedly favored the enterprise, notwithstanding the voice of her friends was against it. He sold his whole estate saying, " I am going to sacrifice unto the Lord in the wilderness, and will not leave a hoof behind."
He came in the ship with Wheelright, who had been his neighbor, in the beginning of April 1636, and arrived May 26, 1636, having been so sick dur- ing the voyage that he preached but once. He was settled, as pastor, in Lynn, Mass., on the 8th of November 1636; was made freeman December 7th fol- lowing. Mr. Whiting was twice married. By his first marriage he had three children, two sons, who died in England, and one daughter who was married
1 This family is traced in history back to 1333.
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in New England to Mr. Welde. His second wife was the daughter of the Rt. Hon. Oliver St. John of Bradfordshire, who was chief justice of England, in Cromwell's reign, and whose second wife was Cromwell's cousin. She d. Mar. 3, 1678, after having lived with him 47 years. By this marriage he had four sons and two daughters. Three of his sons lived to maturity. He d. Dec. 11, 1679, in the 83d year of his age. Cotton Mather in his Magnalia devotes ten pages to a biography of this Rev. Samuel Whiting. Children by 2d wife :
I. Samuel, b. in 1633 ; graduated at Har- vard college, in 1653 ; settled in Bilerica in 1658, and d. there Feb., 1713.
2. Elizabeth, m. Rev. Jeremiah Hobart, who was minister at Haddam, and d. there a. 84.
3. John, graduated at Harvard college in 1661, was intended for a physician but went to England, became a preacher in the established church.
4. Joseph, b. in 1641; graduated at Har- vard college.
4. JOSEPH, son of Rev. Samuel Whiting, m. Sarah, dau. of Deputy Go- vernor Thomas Danforth, and his wife Mary Withington. He supplied his father's pulpit for a time and was ordained in 1680, and about 1682 removed to Southampton, Long Island, where he was settled as minister, and where he preached until his death, April 7, 1723, a. 82 years. When Cotton Mather wrote his Magnalia, in 1598, he says of him "he is a worthy and painfu [searching] minister of the gospel." Children :
5. Samuel, b. July 3, 1674.
6. Joseph, b. Nov. 22, 1675, d. in 3 days.
7. Joseph, 2d, b. May 8, 1677, d.
8. Thomas, b. may 20, 1678, d. in a few days.
9. Joseph, 3d, b. Jan. 14, 1681, d. in a few weeks.
IO. John, b. Jan. 20, 1682, graduated at Harvard college in 1700; was minister at Concord, Mass., where he d. May 4, 1752.
5. SAMUEL, son of Rev. Joseph and Sarah Danforth Whiting, went to South- ampton, L. I., with his parents ; m. and raised a family of children ; among them were the following children :
II. Joseph.
12. Stephen.
II. JOSEPH, son of Samuel, and his wife, m. Abigail -, and settled in Stamford, Conn., where he was in business in 1724. His wife Abigail, d. in Stamford, in 1733. He m. second, Jan. 25, 1734, Hannah Beach. Children :
13. Sarah, b. 1724, d. 1724.
14. Samuel.
15. Jonathan.
16. Sarah, 2d, b. March 9, 1744, m. Dec. 18, 1771, Dr. Aaron Andrews, of Wal-
lingford. He practiced medicine in that place over fifty years and d. Nov. 24, 1818, a. 80. She d. Aug. 28, 1836, a. 93. They had six children.
12. DEA. BENJAMIN, son of Samuel, and his wife, m. Rebecca Parmalee, May 30, 1723. She was b. in 1700. His m. was recorded in Wallingford. He settled in Meriden, and was elected the third deacon of the church in November, 1748. In 1734, he bought three full " rights" of land in Tor- rington, the most of it in the first and second divisions he gave to his sons John and Benjamin. Children :
17. John, b. May 7, 1724, d. an infant.
18. John, b. Nov. 23, 1726; settled in Torrington.
19. Sarah, b. April 23, 1729.
20. Benjamin, b. Oct. 12, 1731 ; settled in Torrington.
21. Rebecca, b. April 24, 1734.
22. Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 1736, m. May II,
1757, Denison Andrews, brother of Dr. Aaron Andrews who m. Abigail's cousin Sarah. Denison Andrews lived in Meriden where he d. June 30, 1807, a. 77. She d. Oct. . I, 1796, a. 60. They had 15 children.
23. Samuel, b. Aug. 27, 1740,
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18. DEA. JOHN, son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Parmelee) Whiting, m. Sarah Foster of Wallingford Jan. 18, 1750. and settled in Torrington where he lived to an advanced age. He was a man of great energy of character and of devotion to the Christian church. Sarah, his wife, died Dec. 14, 1813, in the 84th year of her age. He died Feb. 21, 1820, in the 94th year of his age. Mary Foster, mother of Sarah (Foster) Whiting, d. in Torrington at the house of her daughter Sarah, Apr. 5, 1776, in the 73d year of her age. Dea. Whiting came to Torrington soon after he was twenty-one years of age, or in the autumn of 1747 or spring of 1748 ; and built his house opposite of what became the site of the first meeting house on the west side of the road. Children :
24. Sarah, b. Dec. 1, 1750, m. Eliphalet Eno, d. Dec. 14, 1813, a. 63.
25. Josiah, b. Aug. 15, 1752, removed to New Marlborough, Mass., and d. Aug. 13, 18II, a. 58.
26. Mary, b. July 10, 1754, m. Levi Thrall, Nov. 15, 1770.
27. Rebecca, b. Dec. 6, 1756, m. for 2d wife, Dr. Elkanah Hodges.
28. John, b. July 24, 1758. 29. Hervey, b. Oct. 27, 1760.
30. Jesse, b. Feb. 4, 1763.
31. Seth, b. Sept. 25, 1765.
32. Huldah, b. Sept. 25, 1768, m. Daniel Phelps, of Winchester.
33. Giles, b. Jan. 8, 1771.
34. Roger, b. March 15, 1773, d. April 8, 1774.
28. JOHN, son of Dea. John and Sarah (Foster) Whiting, m. Silvia Loomis Mar. 23, 1779, and a few years afterward removed to Colebrook, Ct., where his descendants are still living. Children :
35. Abner, b. May 24, 1779.
36. Ira, b. Nov. 28, 1780.
29. HERVEY, son of Dea. John and Sarah (Foster) Whiting, m. Olive Barber Sept. 5, 1790, and after some few years he settled in Torringford. He was in the revolutionary army. Children :
37. Marcia, b. Dec. 15, 1790, m. Rev. 38. Candace, b. Dec. 4, 1792. David Miller, in 1816 (See bis Biog.) 39. Amelia, b. July 28, 1795.
She d. April 12, 1863, a. 71.
30. DEA. JESSE, son of Dea. John and Sarah (Foster) Whiting, m. Hannah Smith, Sept. 10, 1784. Removed to Norfolk, and thence to Guilford, N. Y., in 1810 ; where he d. April 22, 1845, a. 83 years. His wife, Hannah, was b. 1765, and d. Jan. 23, 1852, a. 86 years. Children :
40. Julius, b. Dec. 31, 1784, in Torrington. 43. Miles W.
41. Hannah, m. Hewitt Miles of Norfolk. 44. John F. 42. Alson. 45. Erastus B.
31. SETH, son of Dea. John and Sarah (Foster) Whiting, m. Triphena Loomis, April 16, 1789, and removed to Colebrook, a few years afterward. His sons were of such size that they were called the " race of giants." Ch. : 46. Sarah, b. July 18, 1790, in T.
33. GILES, son of Dea. John and Sarah (Foster) Whiting, m. Ist Sarah Marshall. She d. Aug. 5, 1803, a. 34 He m. 2d, Sarah Wetmore, Dec. 26, 1804, who d. Jan. 16, 1853, a. 71. He resided on his father's farm a number of years, then removed to Minister Roberts' farm where his son Alonzo now resides. He was an active man in the ecclesiastical society ; held several offices in the town ; and was a prominent farmer in the community for many years. He was a strong man, well proportioned, weighing over two hundred pounds. His last illness was but two or three days' duration, and the peculiari- ties of his disease unknown to the physicians. He d. Feb. 8, 1851, a. 80 years and one month. Children by ist wife :
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47. Orphelia, b. July 8, 1791, m. Elisha Hinsdale and after some years removed to Akron, O.
48. Lucia, b. Oct. 21, 1792, m. Griswold Woodward, of Torringford.
49. Marcus, b. Feb. 9, 1794, d. Jan. 6, 1832, a. 36.
50. Florilla, b. May 31, 1796, m. Rozel Benson and removed to Ohio where she d. June 2, 1839, a. 42.
By 2d wife :
55. Lewis, b. Apr. 21, 1807.
51. James, ¿ b. Aug. 10, 1798. Nancy m. 52. Nancy, S Norman Coe, and removed to Watervalley, Mississippi, where she d. Oct. 29, 1870, a. 72, leaving several ch. 53. Harriet, b. May 29, 1800, m. Hiram Griswold and resided in Goshen where she d. Feb. 29, 1832, a. 31, leaving a dau. Sarah and a son Thomas.
54. Rheuba, b. Mar. 28, 1802, m. Henry Allyn, Feb. 17, 1824.
56. Alonzo, March 28, 1814.
40. JULIUS, son of Jesse and Hannah (Smith) Whiting, m. Lucinda Payne Nov. 9, 1807. She was b. Jan. 2, 1786; d. Aug. 4, 1848. He d. Dec. 29, 1842. He lived in the town of Guilford, N. Y., where he had the first raising of a house without liquors to drink, providing instead, a supper. Ch .:
57. Franklin S., b. Oct. 15, 1808, d. Feb. Spencer in 1840, had two children, both dead.
22, 1834
58. Hiram M., b. May 10, 1810, d. Jan. 19, 1811.
61. Jenison J., b. Jan. 9, 1818, m.
62. Mary L., b. Mar, 13, 1819, d. Ott. 15,
59. Hiram L., b. Oct. 26, 1811, d. Sept. 1822.
19, 1849,
63. Joseph W., b. June 23, 1821, d. Mar. 3,
60. Lucia, b. Sept. 7, 1815, m. Rev. F. A. 1843.
44. JOHN F., son of Jesse and Hannah (Smith) Whiting, m. Roxanna Dick- inson. Children :
64. Caroline.
65. Emeline.
66. Mary Ann. 67. Eugene.
45. DEA. ERASTUS B., son of Jesse and Hannah (Smith) Whiting, m. Mills Sept. 20, 1821. He d. May 8, 1857. She d. July 26, 1860. Children :
68. Edwin M., b. Apr. 3, 1823. m. Sept. 69. Lucy J., b. Sept. 28, 1824, m. Wm. M. Hovey, had Frank and Charles.
17, 1846, Emeline P. Ives, had Erastus A., Lucretia A., Cora E., Mary A., Jesse E. 70. Joseph A., b. Jan. 3, 1832.
46. JAMES, son of Giles and Sarah (Marshall) Whiting. m. Amelia P., dau of Oliver Allyn, Apr. 16, 1828. They lived on his father's homestead about twelve years, then bought and settled on the old Ebenezer Lyman farm. He d. Dec. 25, 1874, aged 76 years. Children.
71. Lucia W., b. Mar. 12, 1829, m. Rich- ard Gingell of Norfolk, Apr. 3, 1848, children, Robert, James, John and Edwin. 72. Harriet L., b. Oct. 1831, m. Wm. Lee Acher in 1850, removed to Washington Co., Pa .; children, Mary A., Elizabeth J., Nancy L., and Hattie Bell.
73. Jane E., b. Apr. 15, 1833, m. Theo-
dore D. Beardslee of Monroe, Ct., in 1856, where they settled ; child, Frank.
74. Edward W., b. Nov. 25, 1835.
75. Oliver A., b. Dec. 1837, d. April 1863, a. 26.
76. Nelson H., b. 1839.
77. James H., b. May 8, 1841.
55. LEWIS, son of Giles and Sarah (Wetmore) Whiting, m. Hannah G., dau. of John Wetmore of Winchester. He traveled before his m. in the south- ern states fourteen years, mostly in Florida, being engaged in mercantile pur- suits. After returning from the south he settled on his farm nearly half a mile south of his father's homestead, where he labored with success about twenty- eight years. At this time his health somewhat failing, he sold his farm ; bought a house in Torrington hollow where he lived in a pleasant and comfortable home until his death, Dec. 8, 1875. He was a man of quiet, dignified bearing,
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respectful to all ; hopeful and cheerful under several years of poor and failing health, and closed his life as he had lived, in hope ; leaving only his widow, Hannah G.
56. ALONZO, son of Giles and Sarah (Wetmore) Whiting, m. Rebecca Nash, dau. of John Wetmore, of Winchester, Nov. 11, 1846, and lives on his father's homestead, the old Nathaniel Roberts' farm, the house having been somewhat remodeled and appearing as good as new, but standing on the same site as the old Roberts' house. He keeps a dairy of fifty or more cows, and is one of the prominent, successful farmers of the town. Child :
78. Adaline Sperry, b. June 28, 1858 ; an adopted dau.
59. HIRAM L., son of Julius and Lucinda (Payne) Whiting, m. Sarah A. Holt, March 8, 1838. Children :
79. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1840. 80. Adelaide, b. Jan. 12, 1843.
61. JENI ON, J., son of Julius and Lucinda (Payne) Whiting, m. Sarah J. Spaulding, Oct. 10, 1840 ; is a dry goods merchant in Winsted, Ct. His wife Sarah J., d. March, 1869. He m. 2d, Mary Phelps, Feb. 23, 1870. She was b. Dec. 16, 1836, in Norfolk. Children :
81. Will ard N., b. Aug. 8, 1844, d. Aug. 83. Frank H., b. Oct. 11, 1855, d. May 3, II, 1848. 1869.
82. Ella J., b. May 20, 1849, d. Sept. 7, 1854.
84. Charles J., b. April 22, 1859, d. April 25, 1864.
74. EDWARD W., son of James and Amelia P. (Allyn) Whiting, m. Hannah J., dau. of John Lee, of Washington Co., Pa., Dec. 1, 1864. She was b. March 20, 1845. He resides on his father's homestead ; or the old Ebenezer Lyman place in Torrington. Children :
85. Francis Lee, b. Feb. 22, 1866.
86. Jane Ann, b. May 5, 1868.
77. JAMES H., son of James and Amelia P. (Allyn) Whiting, m. Alice, dau of Rev. Mr. Northrop, of Flint, Mich., where he resides as a hardware merchant. Child :
87. Florence.
20 ENSIGN BENJAMIN, son of Dea. Benjamin and his wife Rebecca (Parmelee) Whiting of Wallingford, was b. Oct. 12, 1731. He m. Esther, dau. of Eliasaph Merriman of Wallingford (now Meriden). She was b. Dec. 2, 1734. When his father deeded him ninety-two acres of land in 1755, he was living on the land which has remained in the possession of the family ever since. Children :
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