History of ancient Woodbury, Connecticut : from the first Indian dead in 1659 to 1854, Part 51

Author: Cothren, William, 1819-1898
Publication date: 1854
Publisher: Waterbury, Conn., Bronson brothers
Number of Pages: 870


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4. Major Thomas Bull, son of the above, and adopted son of Sam- uel Bull, of Woodbury, b. 1729, d. Feb. 24, 1804, aged 74 years ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Nathan Curtiss, Sen. She d. April 30, 1770, aged 32. He afterward m. Amaryllis Prindle, from Newtown, a widow, who d. Dec. 10, 1800, aged 61. IIe was an officer in the Rev- olutionary war; was at the capture of Gen. Burgoyne. At the bat- tle on York Island, he served as captain of cavalry, and also during the campaign in New Jersey. His children were, Esther, (who m. Rev. Abner Smith, of Derby, and d. about 1816, leaving one dau., Elizabeth, now wife of Rev. S. T. Babbitt, of Galesburg, Illinois,) and one son, viz., David S. Bull, b. March 30, 1763, and d. at Wood- bury, Oct. 10, 1810, aged 47. He m. Ruth E. Hinman, who d. Oct.


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24, 1796, aged 29. Afterward m. Elizabeth Mitchell, who d. May 2, 1843, aged 65. Their children were Thomas, and David S .. who d. Dec. 8, 1323, aged 18.


Ile was educated as a shipping merchant at New London, and made many voyages to the West Indies.


Thomas Bull, son of the above, now lives in Woodbury ; m. Susan Sherman. Their children are Elizabeth, David S .. Julia E. and Susan J.


Esther, sister of Major Thomas Bull. m. Isaiah Gilbert, and lived for many years in Middle Quarter, Woodbury ; afterward removed to Vermont. Two of the daughters m. Linsleys, a son of one of whom became afterward distinguished in public life.


Ebenezer Bull, son of Moses and Mabel Bull, of Farmington, a sin- gle man, settled in Woodbury, and d. of fever at the house of Preserved Strong. Jan. 26, 1760. His brother, Moses Bull, a young physician, recently located at Sheffield, Mass., came to take care of him in his sickness, and afterward remained here to settle his estate. died at. Woodbury. April 15, 1760, of the same disease as his brother. Their tombstones are still legible in the old cemetery in Woodbury.


BEERS FAMILY.


In 1637, the town of Fairfield was discovered by Roger Ludlow, Lient. Gov. of Conneetient, in pursuing the Pequot Indians to the Great Sasco Swamp. where a battle was fought, from which it ob- tained the name of the Pequot Swamp. In 1639, Ludlow and oth- ers from Windsor, to the number of eight or ten families. commenced a plantation there. Shortly after, a company from Concord, and another from Watertown, Mass., joined them ; among whom were Anthony and James Beers, from the latter place, supposed to have been the sons of


I. Capt. Richard Beers, of Watertown, who was killed near North- field, Mass., in Philip's Indian War. Anthony Beers had lands granted to him by the town of Fairfield in 1667, which he sold in 1669, and, as nothing further appears in relation to him, it was supposed that he was soon afterward drowned ; and such is the tradition.


II. James Beers, purchased a house and land there in 1659-60, and, in 1661, the town confirmed to him eight acres in Sasco Fields,


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" which the Indians gave him." In 1664, the General Assembly " accepted him to be made a freeman of Fairfield," and two men were designated to administer the oath of freedom to him at the next meet- ing, " if nothing fall as a just exception in the interim." Sept. 30, 1667, the town appointed a committee to view his lands, and report. They amounted to £194, 10s. In April, 1681, he purchased lands in Woodbury, which he sold to John Thomas, of New Haven, in 1693. He d. in Nov., 1694. His widow (Martha) d. in Feb., 1698. His children were, 1. James, who died before his father, in 1691 ; had five children, James, Sarah, Joseph, David and Mary.


2. Joseph ; see below.


3. Martha ; m. Joseph Bulkley.


4. Deborah ; m. Samuel Hull.


5. Elizabeth ; m. Joseph Darling.


III. Joseph Beers, above named, lived in Fairfield ; d. there in 1696-7. The inventory of his estate was exhibited for probate, 6th March, 1696-7. The General Assembly, at May session, 1699, granted liberty to his administrators to sell lands to pay his debts. " As the distribution of his estate could not be found," his three chil- dren divided the real estate by decd of Gth of March, 1718-19. See Fairfield town records, B. 3, p. 292. He had three children :


1. Joseph ; see below.


2. James.


3. Abigail, who was b. 24th April, 1692, m. Jno. Blackman, of Newtown.


IV. Joseph Beers, son of Joseph above, was born at Fairfield, 18th Marelı, 1688; m. Sarah, daughter of John Clarke ; removed to Stratford about 1722, where he purchased of Nathan Beers, of Mid- dletown, the 4th of Aug., 1722, a dwelling-house, shop and lot of land for £22. On the 13th March, 1725, John Clarke deeded his " daughter Sarah, wife of Joseph Beers," four acres of land in Strat- ford. Ile had nine children, viz.


1. Ephraim, b. June 25, 1722.


2. Daniel; see below.


3. and 4. Joseph and John, b. Oct. 13, 1727.


5. Andrew, b. Feb. 3, 1729.


6. Abel, b. Sept. 27, 1732.


7. Sarah, b. Feb. 18, 1734.


8. Matthew, born Dec. 10, 1736, (died young.)


9. Matthew, 2d, b. Feb. 12, 1738-9.


V. Daniel Beers, above named, was born at Stratford, Oct. 17,


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1725. Removed to Woodbury, and purchased two acres of land there the 13th of Dee., 1749; m. Phebe Walker, daughter of Jo- siah Walker, Ang. 9, 1750; d. March 9, 1789. His widow died Dec. 13, 1813. Her father was son of Deacon Zechariah Walker, and grandson of the Rev. Zechariah Walker, the first pastor of the Congregational church in Woodbury. Daniel Beers had seven chil- dren, viz.


1. Josiah ; see below.


2. Sarah : b. Sept. 20, 1753: m. Dr. Bennet Perry, of New- town ; had eight children, viz., 1. Joseph, an Episcopal clergyman at Ballstown ; 2. Polly, m. Hon. Asa Chapman, of Newtown ; 3. Bet- sey, m. Marcus Botsford ; 4. Ilerman, m. Orpha Shepard, he d., she m. Garry Bacon ; 5. Nathaniel Preston, an attorney at Kent : 6. Sally, m. Curtis Hinman, Esq., of Southbury ; 7. Nancy, m. Eli- sha T. Mills, Esq., of Huntington ; 8. Sylvia, m. Benj'n F. Shelton, Esq., of Newtown. Polly Chapman had four children, viz., Charles, now a member of Congress ; Charlotte, m. A. A. Holley and d .; Wm., residing at Brooklyn, N. Y., and Henry, of Brooklyn, who m. the daughter of Lemuel Hurlbut.


3. Lewis, b. Feb. 12, 1756; m. Elizabeth Munn ; had one ch., Eliza, who m. James Preston.


4. Zechariah, b. June 3. 1758 ; had nine children ; 1. Orva, m. 1. to Thos. I. Root, 2. to Benjamin B. Watson; 2. Edwin, m. N. Hutchinson, of Tully : 3. Sabina, m. Wm. Drakeley ; 4. Sally, m. Milton Chapman ; 5. Daniel, in Illinois : 6. Philo, in Illinois ; 7. Sally, 2d, d. young ; 8. Harriet, d. young ; 9. Arkas ; 10. Maria, m. Wilmot Lake.


5. Philo : left home at about 21 ; never heard from.


6. Polly, b. Feb. 2, 1762 ; m. Cyrus Prindle, of Newtown, April 3, 1782 ; had four children ; 1. Lewis B., b. Feb. 2, 1762, m. Betsey Ferris ; 2. Maria, d. at 14; 3. Polly Ann. b. March 16, 1793 ; 4. Charles W., b. Sept. 17; 1801.


7. Phebe, m. Renben Mallory, by whom she had two children, both d., he also. She then m. John B. Foote, had two children. Foote is dead ; she is living.


VI. Josiah Beers, (above named,) was b. April 12, 1751 ; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Seth Preston, Jan. 1, 1778 ; had five children.


1. Seth Preston ; see below.


2. Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1783 ; m. Jolm N. Sherman ; had three chil- dren ; 1. George P., m. Harriet Brown, had five children, three dead ; 2. John N., m. Margaret Hotchkiss ; he is dead ; 3. Henry Beers.


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an Episcopal elergyman at Belleville, N. J. Mary and her husband are dead.


3. Frederick, b. July 23, 1785; d. single.


4. Betsey, b. March 7, 1789 ; d. Nov. 21, 1841.


5. Henry, b. Sept. 14, 1791, was a merchant in New York ; d. there Feb. 5, 1825.


VII. Seth Preston Beers, (above named,) was born July 1, 1781 ; m. Belinda, dan. of Reuben Webster, Sept., 1807. They have had five children, viz., Horatio P., George W., Henry A., Julia M. and Alfred II. Horatio and Mary are not living.


VIII. IToratio Preston Beers, was born March 24, 1811; d. at school in Derby, Dee. 11, 1824.


BACON FAMILY.


Nathaniel Bacon, Esq.,1 was a nephew of Mr. Andrew Bacon, a magistrate of Hartford, in 1637. HIe (Nathaniel) was for a time at Hartford, and became an early and important settler at Middletown. HIe acted as magistrate at New Haven, in 1761, as appears from the records of the Colony of New Haven, p. 297, where the affidavits of John Fletcher and some others of Milford, were taken Oet. 17, 1661, before Nathaniel Bacon, Esq., at New Haven, (though he was an in- habitant of Middletown,) in which the deponents stated their knowl- edge of IIenry and William Bacon, of Stretton, Rutland Co., Eng .; that Henry removed to Clipsam, in the same county ; that he had but one son, Thomas. who was reported to have died at Barbadoes, W. I .; and also stated that Nathaniel Bacon, Esq .; then present, was the eldest son of William Bacon, who must have been a brother of Andrew Bacon. Esq .. of Hartford, in 1637, which renders it probable that Andrew and Nathaniel Bacon were from the same county in England. He m. Ann Miller, July 6, 1680, and d. Jan. 27, 1705-6. IIe had nine children, one of whom, Nathaniel, Jr., whose name was afterward changed to Thomas, was b. July 20 or 25, 1659. Ann d. July 6, 1680. He then m. Elizabeth Pierpont, April 17, 1682.


This Nathaniel or Thomas, mn. Hannah Wetmore, Feb. 5, 1702, and had seven children. His wife Hannah, d. Sept. 7, 1722. He


1 Hinman's Catalogue of first Puritan Settlers.


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m. 2. Anne, wid. of John Lane, Jan. 31, 1722-3. The latter d. Dec. 26 or 22, 1751. He m. 3. Rebecca Doolittle, Nov. 28, 1752. He d. Jan. 6, 1759.


Nathaniel, son of above and w. Hannah, m. Jane Bevin, July 30, 172.f, and had nine children. This Nathaniel resided at Middlefield. in the town of Middletown.


Jabez, son of the last-mentioned Nathaniel, was by trade a tanner and currier, but afterward engaged in mercantile pursuits, as has been seen in the preceding chapter, and d. at Woodbury, worth nearly half a million dollars. He was b. at Middlefield, a parish in Middle- town, July 5 or 16, 1731. Ile m. Lydia Hungerford, who was b. at Bristol. June 5, 1739, a descendant of Thomas Hungerford, first of Hartford, and afterward of Stonington. He d. Sept. 6, 1806, aged 75. She d. Nov. 25, 1812, aged 73. Their children were:


Jabez, Jr., b. June 28, 1700; m. Sabra, dau. of John and Patty Betts, 1781, who was b. in 1765. Children, Lorena, b. March 16, 1782, m. Matthew Minor, Jr., Esq., Oct. 22, 1802, d. May 30, 1818 : John, b. Jnne 30, 1784, d. May 19, 1807 ; Betsey, b. July 21, 1787, d. Sept. 21, 1787 ; Nathaniel, b. Oct., 1788, d. Dec. 5, 1823.


Jemima, dan. of Jabez, Sen., b. May 1, 1762, m. Isaac Tomlinson, April, 1784. She d. at New Haven, April 16, 1787.


Asahel, s. of Jabez, Sen., b. Dec. 3, 1761. m. Hannah, dau. of Wil- liam and Ann French, in 1786. He d. March 31, 1838, aged 73. Ch., Polly, now Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1787, m. Chauncey Whittlesey Nov. 15, 1815; Charles, b. March 14, 1789, m. Betsey Tomlinson abont 1811. She was b. 1792, d. Dec. 2, 1821.


Lorena, dan. of Jabez. Sen., b. Dec. 29. 1768, m. Hon. David Tom- linson, 1784, d. Oct. 25, 1837, a. 71. Had six sons and eight daus.


Nathaniel, Esq., son of Jabez, Sen., b. Nov. 16, 1768, m. 1. Rebec- ca Strong, Jan. 10, 1796. She d. Sept. 16, 1837, aged 63. Ile m. 2. Mrs. Sophia Hull, of Derby, b. at Eden, Me., July 22, 1793, m. April 11, 1838. He d. more than eighty years of age, at New Ha- ven, and left a large estate. Ch., Albert Strong, b. Feb. 12. 1797 ; Nathaniel Almoran, b. Ang. 27, 1798 ; Harriet, b. March 8, 1804, m. John J. Barnard, Nov. 6, 1825 ; d. Dec. 18, 1828.


Lydia, dau. of Jabez, Sen., b. Jan. 1, 1771, m. Hon. Noah B. Ben- edict, an eminent lawyer and senator of the state, June 27, 1793. She d. July 5, 1808, aged 37.


Daniel, Esq., son of Jabez, Sen., b. Dec. 8, 1772, m. Rebecca Thompson, June 22, 1793. Ile d. July 26, 1828, aged 56. His wid. survives. Ch., Maria, b. Sept. 3, 1794, m. Gen. Chauncey


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Crafts, Sept. 11, 1811 . Fanny, b. Jan. 12, 1796, d. Jan. 28, 1829 ; Rebecca, b. March 10, 1798, d. Oct. 1, 1815 ; Julia, b. Sept. 8, 1800, m. John Marvin, Sept. 9, 1824, had nine children ; Lydia, b. April 27, 1805, m. Charles C. Thompson, Esq., of New York city, Oct. 11, 1826, d. Dee. 2, 1840, in that city ; John, b. March 24, 1807, m. Augusta Walker, March 17, 1830 ; they had one son, Wm. Thomp- son, b. May 18, 1832, d. Dec. 10, 1836; Daniel, b. July 11, 1809; William Thompson, b. Aug. 24, 1812.


Mary, dau. of Jabez, Sen., b. Feb. 23, 1776, d. March 11, 1777.


Garry, son of Jabez, Sen., b. April 5, 1778, m. 1, Sally Minor, April 4, 1798, and had a son George, b. March 21, 1804 ; m. 2. Mrs. Orphia Perry, dau. of Moses and Sarah Shepard, ,of Newtown, Ct .. Jan. 17, 1813, and had three dans .: Sarah, b. Oet. 27, 1813, m. John Derby Smith, March 17, 1838, d. May 11, 1848; Juliet, b. July 29. 1816, d. March 24, 1845 ; Orphia Jane, b. Aug. 2, 1819, m. Samuel Breese, July 12, 1845.


Albert Strong, son of. Nathaniel and Rebecca, m. Sarah, dau. of Walker and Martha Mallory, March 31, 1819. She was b. March 5, 1797. He d. May 6, 1828. Ch., Harriet Martha, b. July 9, 1821, m. Russell Smith, Sept. 10, 1844; Sarah Rebecca, b. Feb. 5, 1824, m. Charles P. Marks, Dec. 5, 1844, d. March 29, 1847 ; Elizabeth Strong, b. April 4, 1826, m. Edward C. Graham, June 5, 1849.


Nathaniel Almoran, son of Nathaniel, mn Almira, dau. of Calvin and Phebe Selden, May 28, 1826. She was b. Sept. 20, 1803. Ch .. Ellen, b. Sept. 8, 1827 ; Mary, b. March 16, 1831, d. July 16, 1835 ; Rebecca, b. Aug. 21, 1833; Susan, b. Ang. 11, 1835 ; Alice, b. Sept. 5, 1838, d. Sept. 18, 1839.


Daniel, son of Daniel. m. Jane, dau. of James and Altha Green, Oct. 22, 1828. She was b. Oct. 12, 1808. Ch., Charles Augustus b. July 15, 1831, d. Nov. 28, 1831 ; George Horatio, b. Jan. 28, 1833 ; Fanny Thompson, b. Sept. 4, 1835 ; Charles Bronson, b. July 3, 1837 ; Julia Lavinia, b. March 7, 1839; Rebecca Jane, b. May 17, 1841 ; Martha Green, b. Ang. 23, 1843 ; Mary, b. Oct. 10, 1847 ; Daniel Pearl, b. March 19, 1850.


Rev. William T., son of Daniel, m. Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Doet. Jonathan and Elizabeth Knight, of New Haven, Aug. 7, 1839. She was b. Feb. 26, 1817. Ch., Jonathan Knight, b. Ang. 10, 1840 ; Rebecca Thompson, b. May 18, 1842; William Thompson, b. June 27, 1844; Elizabeth Lockwood, b. Feb. 28, 1846, d. Aug. 4, 1849 ; Annie Fitch, b. April 10, 1848; Frederick, b. May 20, 1849.


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George, son of Garry, m. Mary Ann, dau. of Charles and Frances Pumpelly, Nov. 16, 1826. She was b. Dec. 31, 1806. Ch .. George Albert. b. March 6. 1832; Sarah Francis, b. Oct. 16. 1835.


COCHRANE FAMILY.


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The ancient Dundonald arms recorded in the Lyon office at Edin- burgh, are :


" Argent, a cheveron gules betwixt three boars' heads erased azure, armed and langued of the first. Crest, a horse passant argent. Sup- porters, two greyhounds argent, collared or .. leashed gules. Motto above the crest, Virtute et labore, Date 1672.


And by a later matriculation of date, 7th December, 1774, the above arms are quartered with those of Blair of that Ilk, with the same Crest, Motto and Supporters.


When surnames were first assumed by men, they had a significa- tion, and represented some characteristic of the appropriator, or some circumstance in relation to his person or history. Thus from the occupation of individuals came the surnames, Cook, Farmer, &c. From complexion came White, Brown, Black and others. Some were derived from names of places, as Thornton, Woodbury. Oth- ers again were intended to deseribe some mental or physical quality or personal incident of the first possessor. Of the latter class is the name " Cochrane."


The name is derived from two Gaelic words, which together sig- nify " the roar of war," " the battle-cry," viz., Cog, v. n., to war, to fight, whence comes Cogach, or Cogaiche, adj., warlike, and Ran, genitive Rain, a roar, loud ery, a shriek. It was variously spelled by the Highland Scots, Cogaehran, Cogaicheran, Cogachrain, Cog-


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aichierain, Cogran, Cograin, the guttural sound in the first syllable of which being afterward represented by the proper letters of the mod- ern Gaelic, gives Cochran, Cochrane, Cochrain.


The reason for taking this cognomen is not now known. The " Cochranes" belonged to the great and warlike clan or tribe of Camp- bell, and in the numerous military expeditions in which they were engaged, frequent occasions might occur and reasons arise, sufficient to warrant a brave warrior in assuming such a title with propriety. In the early history of the name, there is certainly sufficient proof to establish a just title to it. The Earl of Dundonald, the head of those who have borne the name of Cochrane, had much to do in the vary- ing fortunes of Mary, Queen of Scots. Sir John Cochrane, second son of the first earl, was a fugitive under the reign of Charles II., and engaged under the Earl of Argyle, in the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion against James II. He was arrested and taken to London to be tried for treason, but was pardoned by King James, on a bribe of five thousand pounds being offered to the priests of the royal house- hold by his father, Lord Dundonald. It would seem, therefore that the name was well taken.


The earldom of the Earl of Dundonald is at Dundonald, in Lan- arkshire. It was in close proximity to, or embraced in the lands and royal residence of the Stewart family for a long period of years down to the time of the ill-fated Mary, Queen of Scots, who resided there with Darnley.


The " Cochranes" have been numerous. The principal families of the name resided in Renfrewshire and Ayrshire. Another fam- ily of note resided in Barbachlacke, in Linlithgowshire, and others at Rochisoills and Dumbreck. John, son of Sir John Cochrane, lived at Watersyde. Alexander Cochrane, resided at Balbarelian ; Wil- liam, son of James 2d, brother of Alexander, at Rochsoills, in the Lordship of Newbottle and Baronry of Monkland. Lanarkshire; and William, son of William, " heired the same lands." Others resided at Kilmarnock. Polskelly, Bollinshaw, Paisley and Ochiltree. Sev- eral of these families have ermine in their arms, showing their con- nection with the royal family.


The present earl and head of the family name, (1853,) is The Right Honorable Thomas (Cochrane.) [1669] Earl of Dundonald, co. of Ayr, [1647] Baron Cochrane of Dundonald, and Lord Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltree, in the Peerage of Scotland, &c. He is an Admiral of the Blue, and a highly distinguished officer in the naval service of his country. Born Dec. 14, 1775, and succeeded his


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father as tenth earl, in 1831. He is consequently about seventy- eight years old. When he was in New York some years ago, he be- came acquainted with some of the name residing there, and pointed out to them their relationship to him.


From the first Earl of Dundonald are descended all of the name in this country. Some of the Cochranes of Paisley, emigrated into the north of Ireland, a long while ago, and thence a few removed to this country and settled in Pennsylvania. From these are descended Hon. John Cochran, of New York city, and those of the name resid- ing at "Cochransville," in Pennsylvania. The first of this branch were distinguished in the war of the Revolution. Others came over at a different period, and their descendants are now residing in Mas- sachusetts, New York, Ohio and Tennessee. S. W. Cochran, Esq., of Troy, Tenn., is one of these.


But the " Cochrane," the genealogy of whose descendants, it is proposed at this time more particularly to trace, was WILLIAM, who emigrated from Paisley, in Scotland, to Plymouth, England. about the year 1740. He had previously married, and had one son, whom he also named WILLIAM, from himself. He was a large man- ufacturer and ship owner, of great wealth. After his removal to Plymouth, his first wife died, and he was afterward married to a sec- ond. Soon after his second marriage, his son, being then about nine- teen years of age, disagreed (as is often the case in families) with his mother-in-law. Matters grew worse and worse, and one day when William had been out hunting, and returned after the regular hour for dining, having asked for his dinner, he was served, by his mother- in-law's order, with food that remained from the servants' table. This was too much for his "Scotch blood" and of course he declined eating. In the evening his father was made acquainted with the " affair," who, taking his wife's side of the question, locked his son in " an up- per chamber," to refleet on the fruits of disobedience. The same night he let himself to the ground by means of a bedcord, and, going to the dock, he went on boar la ship, just getting under way for North America. Leaving home so suddenly, he was entirely destitute of means, and agreed to work for his passage over. Before the next morning, he had left the shores of " merry England" forever. Ile landed at Wood's Hole, Falmouth, Mass. This was about 1756. His father, owning vessels that sailed to various parts of the world, made inquiries in all directions. He did not learn where he was tilj about 1775. This information he derived from a Falmouth sea-cap- tain, one day, after he had nearly ceased inquiring for his son. On


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receiving a description of him from the captain, he burst into tears, and exclaimed, " He is my son." He sent by the captain on his re- turn voyage, a purse of gold for his son, containing also a letter for him, but the cabin-boy stole it on reaching the shore. He again sent word to him to come home immediately, as he had no other child to heir his property. The resentments of former years had subsided, and he commenced preparations for his return. Before this could be accomplished, the war of the Revolution broke out, and put a stop for a time to his preparations. He had married, had several chil- dren, and a " handsome property." Being a stern republican, he en- listed into the service of his country, and served a year as lieutenant. After this he made further preparations for a return to his father, expecting a close of the war, and had turned into money most of his estate. IIe was a pilot by occupation, and having gone one morning to pilot a ship out of Falmouth harbor, he did not return, and was found four days afterward floating on the water. The paper money he had been collecting, was reduced to a paste in his pocket by the action of the water. This event occurred in 1778, in the fortieth year of his age. Previous to his marriage, he had resided at Chil- mark, on the island of Martha's Vineyard ; but after that event he resided at Falmouth, in a house since owned by the late Dea. Fish. After the war was over, WILLIAM,' of Plymouth, Eng., was still liv- ing, and sent again for his son, or if he was not living, for his eldest son, to come to England immediately, but he never went. WILLIAM, of Plymouth, died in 1785, aged about eighty years.


Ilis son (2) WILLIAM,2 of Chilmark, Mass., m. Experience Weeks, of Falmouth, Mass., Nov. 1, 1758. She was admitted to the church Oct. 15, 1780, and her eight children were baptized at the same time. She d. at Chatham, Conn., in 1823. Ch.,


I. David,3 b. Nov., 1768.


4. II. Maria,3 b. Nov., 1771 ; m. John Smith of New York, dead.


5. III. Tamar,3 b. Nov., 1771 ; m. - Hildreth, of New York ; both dead.


6. IV. Ilannah,3 b. April, 1773; m. Joseph Small, March 30, 1796. He d. at Eastport of small pox.


7. V. Jane,3 b. July, 1774; m. Loudon Fish in 1793. Ile d. in 1812, and she survives.


8. VI. William,3 b. Dec., 1775 ; was a sea-captain, and died with- out issue at Havanna in 1801.


a VII. Peter,3 b. June 7, 1777.


10. VIII. Mary,3 b. 1778; d. unmarried.


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David? Cothrin, (3) b. Nov., 1768, at Falmouth, Mass., m. Ennice Backhouse, of the same place, March 15, 1788. He moved to Maine in May, 1795, and settled in the " Wild Woods" of Farmington, in that state. Not liking the Yankee pronunciation of his Scotch sur- name, he changed the spelling into Cothrin. IIe was a man of fee- ble health, and obliged to go south every winter. In Aug., 1801, his brother William having previously died at Havanna, he went to New York to settle his estate. The winter following he repaired to the south, as usual, was taken sick in North Carolina, and died there in Feb., 1802. His wid. Eunice m. Stephen Dillingham, in 1808, and d. at Farmington, Me., April 1, 1811, aged 73. Children,


11 I. Keziah,4 b. Oct. 14, 1789 ; m. Montgomery Morrison in 1808. He was b. April 14, 1783, and d. March 10, 1846, at Fay- ette, Me.


II. William,4 b. Oct. 31, 1791. 12 21


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III. Nathaniel,4 b. Oct. 6, 1793. 25


14 IV. Tamar.4 b. Feb. 12, 1797, in Farmington, Me., m. Rufus Dresser. He was b. in 1795. They live in Illinois.


Peter? Cochran, (9) b. June 7, 1777. Lives at Feeding Hills, Springfield, Mass. He m. Eunice Sandford, of Fal- month, Mass., Jan. 24, 1804. Ch.,




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