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In 1808, Mr. Smith received the honorary degree of master of arts from Yale College.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
HON. TRUMAN SMITH,
Is son of Phineas Smith, and was born in Roxbury. He gradua- ted at Yale College, in 1815, read law in the office of Hon. N. B. Benedict. and at the law school of Judge Reeve, and was admitted to the bar of Litchfield county. He immediately settled in practice at Litchfield, where he became eminent in his profession, which he pursued with great success at that place, till his public duties caused him to relinquish it a few years ago. In 1839, he was elected a member of Congress, which office he held four years. He was again elected a member of Congress in 1815, and served by re-election till 1849, when he was elected a Senator of the United States for the term of six years, which office he now holds.
IION. WILLIAM A. THOMPSON,
Was the son of Hezekiah Thompson, Esq., and born in Woodbury. After graduation at Yale College he removed to the state of New York, and became honorably distinguished in the place of his adop- tion. A further account of him will be found in the genealogy of the Thompson family, in the next chapter.
IION. JAMES WATSON,1
Was born in Judea society, Woodbury, fitted for college with Rev. A. R. Robbins, of Norfolk, and graduated at Yale College, in 1776, Ile was an officer of the Revolution, at the close of which he settled in New York city, and there became a wealthy merchant. He was appointed naval officer, and a director of the bank of the United States. In 1798, he was elected a Senator in Congress, and died in 1806. Ilis parents are both buried in a little retired graveyard, about half a mile south-west of Bantam Lake, in Litchfield, under a red-stone tablet erected by their distinguished son.
1 Extracted from Kilbourne's Litchfield Biography.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
HON. FREDERICK WHITTLESEY,'
Was born in New Preston society, Washington, June 12th, 1799. When about ten years of age, Frederick commenced his preparation for college, and studied at first under the tuition of Rev. Dr. Backus, of Bethlem, and subsequently under the direction of Rev. Samuel Whittlesey, of his native parish, and Rev. Daniel Parker, of Ells- worth society, Sharon. He graduated at Yale College. in 1818. and soon after entered his name as a student of law in the office of Bleek- er & Sedgwick, in Albany, New York, and after remaining there about nine months, he became a member of the Litchfield Law . School. At the end of one year he took up his abode with his kins- man, Robert Campbell, Esq., of Cooperstown, New York, with whom he finished his legal education, and was admitted to the bar at Utica, October, 1821. During the whole course of his professional studies, he was distinguished for his application, and profited by the advan- tages allowed him. He was not only well qualified for the bar, but in the mean time he had reviewed the classics, devoted much time to general literature, and had to a considerable extent practiced in the art of composition.
After his admission to the bar, Mr. Whittlesey spent about three months in his father's house in Connecticut, revolving in his mind where he should commence business. Ile finally opened an office in Cooperstown, and remained there about nine months. Not meeting with the desired success, he removed to Rochester, where he has ever since resided.
Mr. Whittlesey was elected a representative to Congress in 1830, from the district composed of the counties of Monroe and Livingston ; and was re-elected in 1832. Having served his constituents in this capacity for four years, with distinguished ability and general accept- ance, his congressional career terminated March 4, 1835.
In 1839, the legislature of the state of New York passed a law ere- ating the office of Vice Chancellor of the eighth judicial cirenit, and Mr. Whittlesey was appointed to that oflice by the governor and sen- ate. lle continued to discharge the duties of this appointment eight years, when the office ceased under the provisions of the new consti- tution. Immediately upon ceasing to be vice chancellor, he was ap- pointed by the governor and senate a judge of the old supreme court,
1 This sketch is taken from Kilbourne's Litchfield Biography.
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which continued in existence till July, 1848. In January, 1850, Judge Whittlesey was appointed professor of law in Geneva college,
HON. ELISILA WHITTLESEY.
Is a native of New Preston society, Washington. While he was a child, his parents removed to Salisbury, Con., where his boyhood was chiefly spent. He carly qualified himself for admission to the bar, and commenced the practice of his profession on the Western Reserve in Ohio. He rose rapidly in public estimation, and was soon universally esteemed, not only for his soundness and ability as & lawyer, but as a gentleman of singular uprightness and disinterest- edness of purpose.
In 1823, Mr. Whittlesey was elected to Congress from the Re- serve, and was continued a member of that body by successive re-elec- tions, for eighteen years. As a useful and indefatigable legislator, Mr. Whittlesey had no superior in Congress-perhaps not his equal. His whole time and study were directed to the furtherance of the public good. Ever anxious to promote the best interests of the peo- ple. and expedite the true course of legislation, he never annoyed the house for mere purposes of declamation. Stern integrity, benevo- lence and morality are to be read in his features, and his whole life has been a commentary and an illustration of his physiognomy.
Upon the election of Gen. Harrison to the presidency, Mr. Whit- tlesey was appointed auditor of the United States treasury for the post office department. He consequently declined a re-election to Congress, and March 19. 1811, he entered upon the duties of his new office, and remained in their faithful and efficient discharge until near the close of President Tyler's administration, when he resigned.
In 1845, he was appointed general agent and director of the Wash- ingion National Monument Society. His energetic and systematic efforts in behalf of this grand national enterprise, contributed in an eminent degree to its success. In 1849, Mr. Whittlesey was ap- pointed first comptroller of the treasury of the United States, and he still continues to discharge the complicated and responsible duties of that important office.1
I This sketch is extracted principally from Kilbourne's Litchfield Biography.
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The following list of natives and residents of " Ancient Wood- bury," have borne the several offices, and been engaged in the vari- ous professions, at home or abroad, set against their names. The places to which those went who have emigrated from the town, or their present places of residence, are annexed when known. In the list, the following contractions are used.
N. Native of Woodbury.
N. S. Southbury since its incorporation.
N. B. 66 Bethlem
N. J.
Judea Society since town was incorporated.
66 N. N. P.
New Preston Sociely, 66
N. R. Roxbury, 66 R. Resident of Woodbury, present limits.
R. S. 66 66 Southbury since its incorporation.
R. B. 66 66 Bethlem, 66
R. J. Judea Socicty 66 R. N. P. 66 New Preston Society
R. R. 66 Roxbury 16
N. Allen, Gen. Ethan, Col. in the Revolutionary army.
N. Atwood, Anson S., Clergyman, Mansfield, Conn.
R.
66 Jonathan, Physician.
N.
Garwood H., M. D.
N. 66 Henry C., Surveyor of the port of New York, and Inspector of Customs.
R. Abernethy, Roswell, M. D.
R. Jolin J., M. D., Surgeon in United States Navy.
R. Andrew, Samuel R., Clergyman, New Haven, Conn.
N. Samuel W., Lawyer, 66 R. N. Bacon, William T., Clergyman.
Andrews, Samuel A., Physician-went to North Carolina.
R. Backus, Azel, D. D., Clergyman.
R. S. Butterfield, Oliver B., Clergyman.
Bull, Thomas, Major in the Revolutionary Army.
R. Benedict, Noah, Clergyman.
N. Noah B., a distinguished Lawyer and Senator.
N. Thomas, Col. United States Army.
N. Beers, Seth P., Lawyer : School Fund Commissioner 25 years. 66 'Zachariah, Poct
N. N. Botsford, Charles, M. D.
N. R. Blakesley, Sammis, Lawyer.
R. Bishop, Reuben, Physician.
R. N. P. Board:nan, Charles A., Clergyman.
R. Bedient, Butler, Physician.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
R. J. Brinsmade, Daniel, Clergyman.
N. J. Daniel N., Lawyer and Judge.
R.
Bellamy, Joseph, D. D., Clergyman.
N.
Jonathan, Lawyer, died Revolutionary war.
N. B. Joseph HI., Lawyer.
David, Clergyman, New York City.
N. B. R. S. Baldwin, Nathan C., M. D.
William, Clergyman.
N. J. R. Burritt, Anthony, Physician.
N. S.
Anthony B., M. D.
N. B. Brown, Garret C., Clergyman.
R, B.
Bissell, George C., M. D.
V. R. Booth, Henry, Lawyer, Towanda, Penn.
R. Brownell, Grove L., Clergyman.
Brownson, -
-, Physician, Small Pox Inoculator.
R. R. J. Ira V., Physician.
R. N. P. Bushnell, Horace, D. D., Clergyman, Hartford, Conn.
N. N. P.
George, Clergyman, Worcester, Mass.
.V. Bostwick, Isaac W., Judge, Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y.
N. R.
Blakeman, William N., M. D., distinguished Physician, N. Y. City.
R.
Bronson, Tillotson, D. D., Clergyman.
R.
Burhans, Daniel, D. D.,
R. Bull, Edmund C., 66 .N. " Thomas, Judge of Probate and a Magistrate for 25 years.
R.
Babbitt, P. Teller, Clergyman.
R. B. Berry, J. D.,
R. S. Clark, Daniel A., Clergyman.
Waterbury.
N. .. John, 46 .V. Jehu, Newtown and New Milford.
N.
Heman, Physician.
N. J. Calhoun, George A., Clergyman, Coventry, Conn.
N. J. Henry, Ohio.
N. J.
John, Physician, Judea.
R. B. Catlin, Conant, M. D.
R. B. 66 Lyman, M. D.
N. B. William C., M. D., and Teacher in the West.
N. Castle, Silas, Physician.
R. B. Couch, Paul, Clergyman.
N. B.
Crane, Robert, M. D., Naugatuck, Conn.
R.
Canfield, Thomas, Clergyman.
R.
Churchill, John,
66
R.
Curtiss, Lucins,
R. S. Cazier, Matthias, 66
.V.
Camp, Joseph,
Northfield, Conn.
R. B.
Cheesbrongh, R. M., M. D.
N. N. P. Cogswell, William, Lawyer.
N.
Frederick W., Lawyer, Ohio.
R. N. P. Chittenden, Frederick,
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R. Cothren, William, Lawyer.
R. B. Crane, Joel, Physician.
R. N. P. Campfield, Robert B., Clergyman.
R. Coxe, Richard,
R. B. Covell, Joseph S.,
R. N. P. Day, Jeremiah, Clergyman.
N. N. P. « Jeremiah, D. D., LL. D., Ex-President of Yale College.
N. N. P.
" Thomas, LL. D., See. of State 25 years, and Rep. of Decisions.
N. N. P. « Mills, Tutor of Yale College.
N. N. P. Henry N., Tutor and Professor Western Reserve College.
N. R. Downs, Myron, M. D.
R. J. Davies, Thomas, Clergyman, New Milford.
N. J. Thomas J., went to Ogdensburgh, Sheriff.
N. J. Charles J., Prof. Mathematics at West Point, and author of fifteen or twenty scientific works.
N. J. 66 John, Graduate of West Point.
N. J. Thomas, M. D., Redding, Conn.
N. Deforest, Mareus, Jr., Physician, Blackwell's Island.
N. R. Davidson, David B., Clergyman, Streetsborough, Ohio.
R. Dowdney, John,
N. J. Easton, Rufus, Delegate in Congress for Missouri.
R. Eastman, Azariah, Physician.
N.
Josiah R.
N. R. John R , 66 Pawling, N. Y.
N. R. Riehard II., went to Pennsylvania.
N. Edmond, William, Lawyer and Judge of Superior Court.
N. David, Vergennes, Vt.
Everitt, Daniel, 66 New Milford.
N. R. Fuller, Samuel, D. D., Clergyman, Andover.
N. J. Fenn, Frederick J., Lawyer, Harrisburgh, Pa. R. Fairehild, Stephen B., Physician.
R. R. Foot, George L., Clergyman.
R. -, Physician.
R. Fansher, Sylvanus,
N. Fowler, Parlemon B., M. D.
N. Warren R., M. D.
N. Remus M., M. D.
N.
Ilenry, M. D., South Bend, Indiana.
N. J. Ford, Seth P., Physician, Sandwich Islands.
N. N. P. Farrand, William P., A. M., extensive Bookseller, Philadelphia.
R. R. Fenn, Aaron W., Physician. N. Fraser, William, Lawyer, Illinois.
R.
Flint, Seth, Clergyman.
R. B.
Frisbie, William Henry, Clergyman.
R. Graham, Jolın, Clergyman.
R. Andrew, Physician.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
N. Graham, John A., LL. D., Lawyer.
R. R. Gilbert, Sturges,
Chauncey, Clergyman.
R N.
Raphael, 66
Galpin, Samuel,
R.
Gridley, Horatio, M. D., Berlin, Conn.
Garrow, John L., Physician.
R. R. J. Gray, Cyrus W., Clergyman, died at Stafford.
N. J. Goodsell, Thomas, M. D., Professor in Hamilton College.
N J. 6 6 Isaac, M. D., Woodbridge, Conn.
N. Galpin, Leman, M. D., Milan, Ohio.
R. Glover, Bennett, Clergyman.
N. Hinman, Noah, Justice of the quorum five years.
.V.
،، Edward, Lawyer.
N. S.
Edward, Lawyer and Judge of N. Haven County Court.
N. 66 Timothy, Judge twenty years in Vermont.
N.
Gen. Ephraim, Capt. in Revolution.
N.
66 Royal R , Secretary of State, Author, and distinguished Antiquarian.
N.
Joel, Superior Court Judge.
N.
.6
Elisha, Capt. in Navy ; New London.
N. .. Curtis, Lawyer and State Senator.
.6 William, Associate Judge N. II. County Court, from 1831 to [$35.
.V. N. Benjamin, Colonel in Revolutionary War.
N. S.
Robinson S., Lawyer.
N. S. 60
Simeon, Sherman, died in Mississippi in 1532.
N. S.
Ifull, Andrew C., Judge of the County Court, Allegany County, N. Y., for five years.
N. N. Leverett, Clergyman.
N. Gen. Elias, Captain in the war of 1512, now a Lawyer in 66 Alabama.
R. B. Zephaniah, Physician ..
N. B. Titus,
N. B. 66 Laurens, M. D., Angelica, N. Y.
N. B. 66 Charles, at first M. D., and then Baptist Clergyman.
N. R. Hurd, Curtis, Physician.
N. R. Nelson L., M. D.
N. R. Theodore C., M. D.
N. R. Frederick W., Physician, Brooklyn, N. Y.
66 Munroe, Lawyer. Hard, David B. W., M. D.
Hitchcock, Samuel J., Lawyer and Judge N. Haven County Court. Solomon G., Clergyman.
N. R. N. B. N. B. R. R. J. Hayes, Gordon, Clergyman, now of Vermont.
R. Hastings, Seth, M. D.
N. J. Thomas, Professor Sacred Music, New York.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
N. J.
Hastings, Seth, M. D., Paris, N. Y.
N. J. Orlando, distinguished Lawyer, Rochester, N. Y.
N. J. Eurotus, President Bank, Detroit, Michigan.
R. Huntington, Daniel, Physician.
R. N. J.
Huxley, Asahel M., M. D., went to Goshen.
N. J.
David F., Lawyer, Salisbury.
R. B.
Hotchkiss, -, Physician.
R. B. Hawley, Benjamin, Surgeon.
R. William, Lawyer.
R. B. Harrison, Fosdick, Clergyman,
R. Hartwell, Samuel E., Lawyer and Broker, New York City.
N. Hill, Charles J., Mayor of Rochester, N. Y.
R. Harriman, Frederick D., Clergyman.
R. R.
Isham, Austin, Clergyman.
R. B. Ingersol, David B., Lawyer.
R. Judd, Bethel, D. D., Clergyman.
R. J. Reuben, Clergyman.
R .. William H.,
N.
. Judson, Gen. David, Grad. Yale Coll., Capt. in Revolution.
N. . € Adoniram, Clergyman, Mass.
N. Philo, Rocky Hill, Conn.
N. Ephraim, Sheffield, Mass.
N. Samuel, Uxbridge, Mass.
Albert, Philadelphia.
N. N. N.
66 Everton, 66
Milan, Ohio.
66 Benjamin D. 66
N. Gould C., Berlin, Ohio.
N. N.
66 Charles A., Sheriff of Litehfield County.
66 David, Jr .; went to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., President of Bank, and Sheriff of the County.
N. N. George H., Lawyer, Texas.
N. S. Johnson, Amos MI.
R. B. Jones, Isaac, Clergyman.
N. Kirby, Ephraim, Lawyer ; U. S. Judge, Louisiana.
N. Knowles, Thomas, Physician. R. Keese, James D., Lawyer.
R. B. Langdon, John, Clergyman.
N. B. Timothy, M. D., Naugatuck, Conn.
R. J.
Lyman, Ephraim, Clergyman.
N. J. Lemmon, Sheldon, M. D.
N. R. Leavenworth, Isaac, Lawyer, New Haven.
Alston, Physician, State of New York.
N. R. N. 66 Thomas, 66
66 Frederick, M. D., Vermont.
Hollister, Gideon H., Lawyer and Anthor, Litchfield.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
Leavenworth, Thaddeus, Clergyman.
R.
Lyon, Matthew, Rep. in Congress from Vt. and Ky.
R. B. Loomis, Aretus G., Clergyman.
R. Lueas, William, 66
R. Marshall, John R., Clergyman.
N. J. Mitchell, Elisha, D. D., Professor University of North Carolina.
N.
66 Jolin, Lawyer.
N. Justus, Clergyman, New Canaan.
N. S.
66
Jolin G., Lawyer, Salisbury.
N. Henry. M. D., Memb. Congress, Chenango Co., N. Y.
N. J.
Enos (1., Grad. West Point, Capt. U. S. Army ; died in
Florida.
R. Moseley, Increase, Rep. Conn. Leg. thirty-six sessions; moved to Vermont ; was Judge there many years.
N. John, Physician, Vermont.
N.
Increase, Jr., Col. in Revolution.
R. Meigs, John, Physician.
N. Phineas,
N. Abner,
N. B. 66 Benjamin, Missionary at Ceylon.
R. J. Mason, Stephen, Clergyman.
N. J.
Ebenezer Porter ; distinguished Student, Author of a Prac-
tieal Treatise on Astronomy.
N. Masters, Nicholas S., Lawyer, New Milford, Conn.
R. J. Merwin, Noah, Clergyman.
N. Minor, Jehu,
N. Matthew, Jr., Lawyer.
N. Garry II., M. D., Litchfield South Farms, Conn.
N.
66 Samuel, Lawyer, Sandusky City, Ohio.
N. R. Charles S., Lawyer, Honesdale, Penn.
N. Israel, extensive Druggist, New York City. Munson, Frederick E., Clergyman, Greenwich, Cont.
N. B. R. S. Harris B., Lawyer and Judge, N. II. County Court.
N. Mallory, Garrick, Lawyer and Member of Congress, Philadelphia.
N.
Masters, Samuel S., Physician.
N. Murray, Rufus, Clergynian, Adrian, Michigan.
N. Munn, Daniel, Physician.
N. Nathan, do.
N. Monell, Mary E. Poetess, Newburg, N. Y.
R.
Moody, Martin, Clergyman.
R. B. North, Loomis, M. D., Bristol, Conn.
N. Orton, Samuel, A. M., Physician.
N. John, 66 Sherman, Conn.
N. Samuel, Bridgewater, Conn.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
N. N.
Orton, Henry T., Physician, Duchess county, New York.
66 David J.,
N.
James, Caldwell, New Jersey.
Osborn, Shadrach, Purchasing and Issuing Commissary in the Rev- olution.
Preston, William, First Judge of Litchfield County Court. 66 Nathan, Lawyer and Judge of Probate.
66 William, Clergyman, Columbus, Ohio.
Perry, Joseph, Physician.
" . Nathaniel, «
Ilenry, Colonel in the army, died in Mexico. Nathaniel, Lawyer, New Milford.
" Philo, Clergyman, Newtown, Conn.
66 Phillips, "
66 Bennet, Physician at Newtown, afterward Clergyman.
Phelps, Charles B., Lawyer and Judge of Litchfield County Court. Parker, Joseph, Physician, Litchfield, South Farms, Conn.
Parker, Daniel, Clergyman and Teacher at Ellsworth, Conn. 66 Col. Amasa, Lawyer and Surrogate Judge, Delhi, N. Y. Prime, Benjamin, Clergyman.
Pierce, George E., D D., President Western Reserve College. Prentice, Charles, Clergyman, South Canaan.
N. S. N. B. N. B. Thomas, II. Western New York. N. B. N. B. 66 Curtiss, Physician. N. B. R. J. N. . I. Pond, Samuel W., Missionary to the Sioux Indians.
David, Professor Geneva College, New York.
66 Peet, Harvey P., LL. D., Deaf and Dumb Asylum, N. Y. Porter, Ebenezer, S. T. D., President Andover Theological Seminary.
66 Gideon,
Pitcher, Nathaniel, Lt. Gov. and acting Governor of N. Y. after the death of Dewitt Clinton, also member of Congress.
R. S. Prudden, George P., Clergyman.
R. B. Parmely, Jonathan E., Lawyer.
R. N. P. Parsons, Benjamin B., Clergyman.
N. N. P. Powell, William, M. D.
R. Peck, John, M. D., Burlington, Vermont.
R. Powers, Peter, Physician.
R. Putnam, Charles S., Clergyman.
R. J. Richmond, Edmund, Lawyer, died at the South.
N. B. Raymond, Moses, Clergyman, Springfield, Virginia.
R. R. Read, -, Physician.
R. N. P. " Hollis, Clergyman.
N. Root, Judson A., Clergyman, and Teacher, New Haven.
R. Rogers, Robert C., Clergyman.
R. Stoddard, Anthony, Clergyman.
N. Amos, Major U. S. Army. His estate sold at auction for $730,000.
N. .N. N. N. N. N. N. N. N. .N. .V. R. N. N. N. N.
N. . I. .N. R. Palmer, Joseph M., Lawyer, Maryland.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
N. N. N. .N. R. N. N. N. N. N. N. Phineas,
Stoddard, Col. Henry, Lawyer, Dayton, Ohio.
Israel, M. D.
Strong, Nathan, Clergyman, Coventry, Conn.
John, Jr., Lawyer and Judge of Probate. Henry P., Clergyman.
Smith, Nathaniel, Lawyer, Judge Sup. Court and Memb. of Congress.
Nathaniel B., “ and Judge of Probate.
Nathan, and U. S. Senator.
Truman, Member and Senator of Congress.
Perry, and U. S. Senator.
went to Verniont.
N. S. N. S.
Ralph D , Abraham L., M. D.
and Judge of Probate.
R. Deliverance, Clergyman.
R. S. Noah, do.
R. S. Shipman, Thomas L., do. Jewett City, Conn. Stiles, Benjamin, Lawyer.
N. N. N. N. N. N. R. Scott, Joseplt, do.
Benjamin, Jr., do. Sherman, Taylor, do. Norwalk, Conn.
Charles, Clergyman and Presiding Elder in the Methodist Church.
Daniel, Speaker of Conn. House of Representatives Ilenry B., Clergyman, Belleville, N. J.
R. N. P. " James L., do
R. Swift, Zephaniah, do. R. B. Stanton, Benjamin F., do. N. R. Sanford, John, Member of Congress, Amsterdam, N Y.
Henry Shelton, LL. D. conferred at Heidelberg, Germany, now Secretary of Legation, France.
.N. R. David P., Clergyman.
.N. Steel, Jnlins, Clergyman. 66 Nathaniel, do.
N. R. Skilton, Henry, M. D.
Avery J., M. D., Troy, N. Y.
N. N. S. Shelton, Gen. George P., Lawyer, Seymour, Conn.
N. Sheldon, Daniel, M. D., Secretary of Legation to France.
N. S. Stephens, Mrs. Ann S , Distinguished Anthoress.
R. Sayre, James, Clergyman.
N. Scoville, Joseph A., Editor of " The Pick," N. Y.
R. B. Sackett, - , Physician.
R. R. Stewart, Philander, M. D., Peekskill, N. Y.
R. Shove, Harmon W., M. D.
R. B. Snow, T. W., Clergyman.
R. Sprague, Leman B , Lawyer and Judge of Probate.
R. Thompson, Hezekiah, Lawyer. N.
William A., do. and Judge.
N. Charles, do. Westchester Co., N. Y.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
N. Thompson, James, Physician till 35 years of age, then Clergyman.
N. Samuel, M. D., died at the Island of St. Thomas.
R. B. Ebenezer, Physician.
N. Tyler, Bennett, D. D., Professor Theology, East Windsor.
N. Tomlinson, Abraham, M. D., Milford, Conn.
R. S. Joseph, M. D., Huntington, Conn.
N. N. P.
George, Clergyman, Long Island.
R. S. Trowbridge, Joseph, Physician.
R. B. Tuttle, Isaac H., Clergyman.
R. R. Thayer, Nathaniel, Physician.
R. Walker, Zechariah, first Clergyman of Woodbury.
R. Wildman, Benjamin, Clergyman.
N. Ward, Hon. Levi, Member of Congress, Montrose, Penn.
R. N. P. Whittlesey, Samuel, Clergyman.
N. N. P. Elisha, Member Congress, Comp. U. S. Treasury.
N. N. P.
Elisha, Lawyer.
N. N. P. Frederick, Member Congress, Prof. Law and Vice Chan - cellor, N. Y.
N. R.
Charles C., Lawyer, Franklin Co., N. Y
N. R.
Ilenry N., M. D., New York city.
N. N. P. , .. Joseph, Clergyman.
R. Warner, Ebenezer 1st, Physician.
N. 66 Ebenezer 2d, do.
N. Ebenezer 3d, do.
N.
6 6
Ebenezer 4th,
do.
New Milford. N. 66 Benjamin, do do N
66 Reuben, do.
N. J.
John, do. died in the West.
N. J. Abner, do. do. N. Col. Seth, Col. Revolutionary War.
N.
Ephraim, Physician.
N. R. George W., Lawyer, Bridgeport. 66
N. R. Lyman, went West.
R. S. Wood, Elijah, Clergyman.
R. R. Williams, William C., M. D., Manchester, Conn.
R. S. Whittemore, Williams H., Clergyman, New Haven.
N. N. P. Wheaton, Nathaniel S., D. D., Ex-President of Trinity College.
N. N. P. Salmon, Clergyman.
R. Welton, Joseph D. do.
R. B. Willard, do.
R. Wright, Worthington, do.
N. S. Wheeler, Benjamin, Lawyer, Salisbury, Conn.
R. 6 Ulysses M., Clergyman.
N. S. 66 Samuel, Physician.
R. B.
Russel, Clergyman.
R, Webb, Charles II., M. D.
R. Woodward, Frederick B., M. D., now a Clergyman at Middle Had- dam, Conn.
do.
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R. N. P. Wadhams, Noah, Clergyman.
R. B. Watson, William, do.
N. 66 James, Senator in Congress, New York city.
R. Wigdon, Samuel, Clergyman.
GRANDCHILDREN OF WOODBURY.
The following is a list of a few distinguished persons who are the children of natives of Woodbury, though not themselves sons of the soit.
Allen, Col. Ira, Vermont.
Benedict, Bennet, Physician, New Orleans, La.
Church, Hon. Samuel, LL. D., Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Conu. Hon. John R., brother of the above, and Judge of the Court of Con- mon Pleas, Trumbull Co., Ohio.
Leman, Lawyer, Canaan, Conn.
Graham, Hon. John Lorimer, New York city.
Jndson, Adoniram, Missionary to India and died there.
Philo M., Esq., Lawyer, Georgia.
Martin, Henry H., Lawyer and Cashier, Albany, N. Y.
Minor, H. J., President of II. J. Minor's Bank, Fredonia, N. Y.
William T., Lawyer, Stamford, Conn. Thomas, M. D., Middletown, Conn.
Parker, Arnasa J., Lawyer and Judge of the Supreme Court, Albany, N. Y.
Prentice, Rev. Charles T., Clergyman, Easton, Conn.
Perry, Rev. Joseph, New Haven, Conn. Nathaniel P., Lawyer, Kent, Conn.
Slade, William, Ex-Governor of Vermont.
Strong, Nathan, D. D., Hartford, Conn. Joseph, D. D , Norwich, Conn. Henry, LL. D., son of the above.
Sherman, Charles, Judge of Supreme Court, Ohio, and died before he was thirty years of age.
Smith, Walter, Lawyer, Ohio.
Terrill, Hazard Bailey, Member of Canadian Parliament.
Terrill, T Lee, do. do. do.
LIST OF NATIVES OF ANCIENT WOODBURY, WHO HAVE BEEN GRADUATES OF COLLEGE.
The persons against whose names no letter appears, are natives of the town. B. denotes Bethlem, R. Roxbury, S. Southbury, and Wa. Washington. The year enclosed by a parenthesis is the date of the death of the individual. The last date is that of graduation. Mr. denotes Master of Arts.
Benjamin Stiles, Mr. (1797,) 1740. Rev. Nathan Strong, (1795.) 1742. Daniel Sheldon, Mr. (1772,) 1747. Rev. Chauncey Graham, Mr. (1751,) 1747. Rev. Deliverance Smith, (1785,) 1719. Doctor Israel Stoddard, (1752,) 1755. Rev. Thomas Davies, (1766,) 1758.
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Rev. Benjamin Prime, Mr. 1760.
Simeon Hinman, Mr. (1767,) 1762.
Rev. Ephraim Judson, Mr. (1813,) 1763.
Doctor Samuel Orton, 1765.
Rev. Jehin Minor, 1767.
Rev. Thomas Minor, Mr. (1826,) 1769.
Hon. Daniel N. Brinsmade, Mr. (1526,) 1772. Jonathan Bellamy, (1777,) 1772. .
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