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15 I. Maria S.,4 b. Oct. 28, 1804, m. James Bagg, d. June 24, 1835.
16 II. William,4 b. Feb. 8, 1806, d. June 22, 1817.
17 III. Hiram,4 b. Oct. 29, 1808, d. Nov. 23, 1823.
18 IV. Samuel,4 b. Dec. 18, 1809, d. April 3, 1811.
19 V. Samuel,4 b. March 9, 1812, d. Dec. 31, 1812.
20 VI. Emily,4 b. Oct. 16, 1813, m. Charles Baldwin, of New York, and lives at New Orleans.
21 VII. David,4 b. May 16, 1815, m. . Lives at New Bedford, Mass., and is captain of a whaling ship.
Capt. William Cothren,4 (12) b. Oct. 31, 1791, at Falmouth, Mass. lle and his brother, on account of the pronunciation, have always spelled the name Cothren. He resides in Farmington, Me., whither he removed with his father at four years of age. The town was then a wilderness. The little spot of land taken up by his father, is now owned by him, and constitutes part of his homestead. He served three months as a soldier in the war of 1812. He m. 1. Ilannah Cooper, Jan. 14, 1819. She was b. at Pittstown, Me., Feb. 19, 1798, and d. at Farmington, Me., Nov. 29, 1831 ; m. 2. Wid. Nancy Tit-
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comb, of Farmington, Nov. 15, 1835. She d. at that place, April 19, 1840, aged 45.
Children of Hannah :
33 I. William,5 b. Nov. 28, 1819. Grad. Bowd. Coll. 1843.
23 II. Charles,5 b. June 16, 1822. Grad. Bowd. Coll., 1849, and resides at Eatontown, N. J.
24 II. Nathaniel,5 b. June 21, 1825. Grad. Bowd. Coll., 1849, and resides at Eatontown, N. J.
25. IV. George Webber,5 b. July 12, 1829.
Child of Naney :
26 V. Wesley Rogers,5 b. Dec. 15, 1837.
Nathaniel Cothren,4 (13) b. Oct. 6, 1793, at Falmouth, Barnstable county, Mass., and d. Sept. 18. 1845, at Byron, Ogle county, Illinois. While young he emigrated to the state of New York, and m. there Clarissa Weed, of Milton, Saratoga county, N. Y., Oet. 8, 1815. He afterward resided in Michigan and Illinois. Children,
(3) I. James W.,5 b. Oct. 19, 1817.
(36) II. Montgomery Morrison,5 b. Sept. 18, 1819.
29 III. Charles,5 b. Oet. 21, 1821, d. Aug. 30, 1839, at Bloom- ingville, Illinois.
30 IV. Eunice Cordelia,5 b. May 8, 1823, at Jerusalem, Yates county, N. Y .; m. Albert Brown, Dec., 1842; had one dau., Hen- rietta.
31 V. Francis,5 b. Oct. 19, 1824; d. in infancy.
32 VI. William,5 b. April 9, 1826 ; drowned in the Erie Canal, Lockport, N. Y., May 16, 1831.
33 VII. George Henry,5 b. Dec. 25, 1827, at Jerusalem, N. Y .: d. March 6, 1846, at Byron, Illinois.
William Cothren,5 (22) b. at Farmington, Me., Nov. 28, 1819, graduated at Bowdoin College in 1843, received his second degree there in 1846, and master of arts, ud eundem, at Yale College in 1847. Removed to Woodbury, Conn., in Nov., 1844, and commenced the practice of law at that place, Oct., 1845. Was elected corresponding member of the New England Historie, Genealogieal Society, May 5, 1847, and a member of the Connecticut Historical Society, Nov. 23, 1852. Was elected county commissioner for Litchfield county, at the May session of the General Assembly, 1851. Hem. Mary .I. Steele of Woodbury, Conn., Sept. 3, 1849.
James W. Cothren,5 (27) b. Oet. 19, 1817. in Chatauque co., N. Y .; moved to Galesburgh, Michigan, where he now resides, having pre- viously lived in Detroit. He was there m. to Christiana Mackie,
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Dee. 22, 1839. She was b. Nov. 22, 1818, at Aberdeen, Scotland. He has been for some years postmaster of the place where he re- sides. Children,
34 I. Charles Fernando,6 b. Sept. 25, 1840, at Galesburgh.
35 II. Mary Isabella,6 b. April 16, 1843, 6
36 III. Clara,6 b. July 12, 1847, 66
Hon. Montgomery M. Cothren,5 (28) b. Sept. 18, 1819, at Jerusa- lem, Yates co., N. Y., moved to Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and com- menced the practice of law several years ago. Was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of that state, and was a member of the upper or lower house of the Legislature of Wiscon- sin, from its organization as a state, till his election as judge of the · court of common pleas, a year or two since. In 1852, he was one of the presidential electors of the state. IIe m. Esther Maria, dau. of Dr. Schuyler Pulford, Aug. 24, 1848. She was b. July 16, 1830, in Fayetteville, N. Y. Children:
37 1. Cordelia Maria,6 b. July 14, 1849 ; d. March 6, 1853.
38 II. George Pulford,6 b. April 23, 1851.
Something more than a hundred years ago, there was a branch of the Cochrane family residing in " Ancient Woodbury." The author has not been able to discover the name of the place whenee they eame. Samuel Cochrane, the first of the name here, seems to have been quite a literary man. His library consisted of more than four hundred volumes, which was an exceedingly large one for a farmer in a country town in those early days, and would be a large library for a man in like condition, even at this day. It is believed that this was the largest collection of books that has ever been owned by a pri- vate, non-professional citizen of the territory, since the first settle- ment. His children were as follows : «
James, bap. May 30, 1747.
Martha, bap. May 19, 1749; m. Abel Brownson, Aug. 1, 1770.
Ruth, bap. May 12, 1751 ; m. David Perry, Nov. 3, 1789.
Samuel, bap. March 3, 1754.
Elizabeth, bap. June 29, 1756 ; m. Robert Jackson, Mar. 23, 1775. Sarah, bap. Nov. 30, 1758.
Stephen Pcet m. Hester Cochran, 1760.
Benajah Strong m. Jean Cochran, Feb. 3, 1761.
All of this family have passed into the female line, or gone out of the territory.
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CRAFTS FAMILY.
The first person of the name of Crafts, who settled in Connecticut, was Samuel, who located at Pomfret in 1686. Joseph, supposed to be the son of Samuel, m. Susannah -, and d. Jan. 25, 1754. His w. d. aged 84. Joseph had nine sons and six daus. Samuel is the only one of the fifteen children whose descendants the author has the means of tracing in his possession. He was b. July 15, 1722; m. Judith -. Ch., Griffin, b. July 18, 1748 ; Sarah, b. April 13, 1750; Edward, b. April 19, 1752, d. March 17, 1821; Samuel, b. May 19, 1754; Samuel, b. Jan. 15, 1761.
Edward, son of the above, m. 1. Abigail Clark, b. in 1759, d. Oct. 23, 1796; 2. Ann Baldwin, b. in 1757, d. June 8, 1813. Ch. by first w., Julia, b. 1781, d. Sept., 16, 1801 ; Samuel, b. 1783, d. June 5, 1810, at sea ; Pearl, b. 1785, d. Dec. 29, 1821 ; Chauncey, b. June 1, 1787, d. Oct. 12, 1828; Laura, b. 1789, d. June 15, 1805; Edward, b. 1790, d. Feb. 20, 1792; Abba, b. 1796, d. Aug. 24, 1811.
Pearl, s. of Edward, m. Sarah Blakeley. Ch., Edward B., b. Jan., 1814; Elizabeth M., b. 1816 ; Julia M., b. Dec. 31, 1817; d. Oct. 14, 1818 ; Samuel Pearl, b. 1820, d. July 31, 1822.
Gen. Chauncey, son of Edward, m. Maria Bacon, Sept. 11, 1811. Ch., a dau. b. May 30, 1813, d. same day ; Julia Maria, b. Aug. 20, 1814, m. Rev. B. Y. Messenger, Feb. 7, 1838, d. Aug. 25, 1839 ; twins, b. July 1, 1816, d. same day ; Charles Bacon, b. July 18, 1817 ; Chauncey, b. March 20, 1820 ; d. June 18, 1841 ; Rebecca Bacon, b. May 7, 1822, m. Wm. B. Hotelikiss, June 6, 1843 ; Samuel Pearl, b. March 30, 1824; Fanny Augusta, b. June 4, 1826, m. Samuel W. Andrew, Esq., Jan. 4, 1848; Lydia Thompson, b. Dec. 2, 1828, d. July 25, 1846.
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CHURCH FAMILY.
Richard Church emigrated from England, and settled at Plymouth, Mass. He came in one of the early companies to that place. As nearly as can now be traced, he was an unele of Col. Benjamin Church, who commanded the party which killed King Philip, in 1676, and who was sent on an expedition against the eastern Indians of New England, in 1704, and did them and the French much damage. He removed to Hartford, Conn., with Mr. Hooker's congregation, in 1636. He had several sons and daughters.
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2. John Church was one of the sons of Richard, mentioned above. He resided in Hartford. and died there in 1691, leaving several chil- dren.
3. Samuel Church was the second son of John, and died in Hart- ford abont the year 1718. He had several children.
4. Samuel was one of the sons of the above named Samuel, and re- moved to Bethlehem society, Woodbury, about the year 1740, where he died during the " Great Sickness," which visited that parish in 1760. He married Mary Porter, of Farmington, and had a numerous family. IIis sons were Joshua, Samuel, Ebenezer and Nathaniel.
5. Nathaniel, youngest son of Samuel, was but three years old when his father died. He was bound an apprentice to a weaver, to be taught the mysteries of his art. His master was a hard-hearted man, and at about the age of eighteen, he left him and enlisted into the Rev- olutionary army. He was severely wounded at the battle of White Plains, by a grape-shot larger than a hickory nut, which is now in the possession of his son, Chief Justice Samuel Church, of Litchfield. IIe married Lois, second daughter of John Ensign, Esq., of Canaan, and settled in Salisbury, Conn. His sons were as follows. viz.
1. Ensign, whose only daughter Mary married Hon. Eben Newton, member of Congress from Mahoning county, Ohio.
2. IIon. Samuel, LL. D., who was born in 1785. He graduated at Yale College, in 1803, and settled in his native town as a lawyer. He was representative to the General Assembly at six sessions, senator three years, judge of probate eleven years, and a member of the con- stitutional convention, in 1818. In 1832, he was appointed a judge of the superior court and supreme court of errors, and in 1847, he was elected chief justice. In 1845, he removed to Litchfield, his present residence. His son, Albert E. Church, is professor of mathematics at West Point. Samuel P. Church, M. D., of Ansonia, is another son.
3. Leman, late one of the most eminent and successful lawyers at the Connecticut bar, died in 1849.
4. Hon. John R., judge of the court of common pleas for Trumbull county, Ohio.
5. Nathaniel, a wealthy merchant of Troy, N. York, now deceased.
6. Frederick II., a wealthy merchant and iron manufacturer of Philadelphia.
7. William.
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CASTLE FAMILY.
Henry Castle came from Stratford to Woodbury, with the early settlers, and died in 1697-8. His children were Henry, Samuel, Isaac, Abigail, Mary and Merey, all bap. Sept., 1686; William, bap. July, 1688 ; Mary m. Joseph Hurlbut, Jr., May 17, 1698; Samuel had a dau. Susanna, bap. Sept., 1693.
Henry, Jr., m. (1st) Hannah Squire, Aug. 12, 1699. She d. May 7, 1714, m. (2d) Ruth -, who d. in 1725. His ch. were I. Henry, b. Feb. 2, 1700, m. Hannah Strong, Sept. 18, 1736; he d. in 1777 ; she d. 1783 ; ch. 1. Ann, b. Oct., 1736, d. Sept. 16, 1737 ; 2. Rachel, b. Nov. 10, 1737, m. Nathan Leavenworth ; 3. Ann, b. April 30, 1739. II. Hannah, b. May 22, 1702. III. Ruth, b. Aug. 6, 1705. IV. Jemima, b. March 3, 1709. V. Luke, b. March 21, 1711, m. Mary Squire, Dec. 15, 1736 ; he d. 1797 ; his wife Sept. 13, 1777 ; ch. 1. Nathan, b. Dec. 25, 1739, d. 1760 ; 2. Ruth, b. 1741, d. 1746; 3. Mary, b. Oct., 1744, d. Sept., 1777 ; 4. Luke, bap. April 27, 1746, d. Dec. 11, 1769 ; 5. Hannah, b. Dec. 1, 1753, d. 1777 ; 6. Jemima, bap. April 23, 1758. VI. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 7, 1716, d. Sept. 11, 1720.
Isaac, son of IIenry, m. (1st) Sarah -, who d. Feb., 1708, m. (2d ) Joanna -, and had I. Isaac, bap. Aug. 9, 1707. II. Samuel, bap. Aug. 9, 1707, m. Martha -, and d. 1781 ; ch. 1. David, b. Dec., 1725, m. Phebe Sanford, Sept., 1747, and had David, bap. Jan. 29, 1748; Jonathan, bap. Oct., 1751; 2. Isaac, bap. May 11, 1729, m. Anna Hurd, Jan. 24, 1750, from whom he was divorced ; she had a dau. Lucy, bap. in Aug., the same year of their marriage. This Lucy m. William Torrance, March 30, 1768. Isaac, after his di- vorce, m. a second time, and d. in 1775, leaving wife Grisel, and ch. Isaac, Jehiel, Andrew, Sarah, Chloe and Mary ; 3. Lucy, bap. Aug. 8, 1731 ; 4. Samuel, Jr., bap. March 31, 1734, m. Abigail -, and had Huldah, bap. Dee. 24, 1758, Silas, Abigail, bap. Aug. 9, 1769 ; 5. Hannah, bap. Sept. 7, 1735 ; 6. Peter, bap. Aug. 8, 1736, m. Ma- ry Booth, and d. 1808; she d. 1830 ; 7. Reuben, b. Dec., 1738, m. Eunice -, had Reuben, b. April 4, 1764; 8. Rebecca, bap. Jan. 11, 1744, m. Benjamin Warner, Nov. 2, 1761; 9. Esther, bap. March 17, 1746. III. Sarah, bap. March, 1708. IV. Daniel, bap. Oct. 13, 1717, m. and had 1. Samuel, b. Jan. 3, 1740, m. Abigail -, had Joanna, bap. June 23, 1762; Esther, bap. Nov. 13, 1763; 2. Joanna, bap. March 6, 1743 ; 3. Gideon, bap. July 23, 1745 ; 4. Jerusha, bap. Nov., 1752 ; 5. Eunice, bap. Jan. 3, 1759. V. Israel, b.
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April 18, 1722, m. (Ist) Eunice Terrill, 1746, who d. Nov., 1786, m. (2d) -, and had Timothy, b. April 22, 1747 ; 2. Simeon, bap. May 20, 1750 ; 3. Sarah, bap. March 10, 1754, m. Daniel Booth, Jan. 28, 1773 ; 4. Eunice, d. March 18, 1759 ; 5. Eunice, bap. July 27, 1760; 6. Israel, bap. April 29, 1764, m. Electa Dewey, 1787. Doct. Silas, son of Samuel, Jr., had ch. Harvey II., Chauncey N., Abigail R., who m. IIeman Patterson. Chauncey N. m. Amanda Minor, and had Chauncey J. and Henrietta V.
William, son of Henry, had ch. as follows, 1. Ann. bap. Jan. 1, 1721, m. Benajah Hawley, in 1757 ; 2. Ruth, bap. June 2, 1723, m. Jonathan Lum, in 1746 : 3. John, bap. May 29, 1726; 4. Mercy, b. May, 1727 ; 5. Seth, bap. June 29, 1729, had Hepzibah, bap. Dec., 1758; Tabitha, bap. Jan. 27, 1762 ; 6. Phineas, bap. May 2, 1731; 7. Tabitha, bap. Oct. 14, 1733.
It is at present unknown to which branch of the family the follow- ing belong.
Jabez Castle had 1. William, bap. April 1, 1739, m. Thankful Ba- ker, Feb. 23, 1758, and had Zuba, bap. Feb. 1, 1762 ; Elijah, bap. Jan. 20, 1765 ; 2. Susanna, bap. Sept. 13, 1740, m. Noah Ilurd, 1759 ; 3. Mary, bap. Aug. 8, 1744; 4. Tabiatha, bap. April 28, 1751; 5. Selah, bap. Feb. 2, 1755 ; 6. Triel, bap. Jan. 2, 1757.
Ebenezer Castle had Ebenezer, bap. June 23, 1776 ; Jerusha. bap. Feb. 28, 1779.
CANFIELD FAMILY.
Thomas Canfield, Sen., of Milford, Conn., was not one of the carly settlers of the place, but probably was there as carly as 1647 ; had a wife, Phebe, and ch. Ilis son Jeremiah m. Judith Mallory, and among his ch. is found Jeremiah, Jr., who was an original purchaser of the town of New Milford, in 1706, and who had a son Zerobabel. This Zerobabel resided in the society of Bridgewater, New Milford ; he m. and had ch., one of which was Lemuel, who m. Sarah Burton, and had issue as follows : Daniel, Burton, Lemuel, Augustine, and Orlando, who d. young.
Burton, Esq., settled at South Britain, in Southbury, about 1800, m. Polly Mitchell, and had I. Harriet, b. Dec. 27, 1802, m. Anson Badley, 1824, and had 1. Lemuel M., b. Dec. 1, 1826; 2. Burton C., b. Jan. 9, 1830 ; 3. Polly A., b. Feb. 10, 1832 ; 4. Sarah, b. Dec. 6,
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1835 ; 5. Eliza, b. Sept. 21, 1839. II. Mitchell M., b. March 31, 1809, m. Eliza Averill, Nov. 24, 1830, had 1. Averill B., b. Nov. 6, 1831 ; 2. Henry M., b. Ang. 15, 1841. III. Lemuel M., b. April 19, 1820, m. Emeline Northrop, March 16, 1843, and had Harriet E., b. March 16, 1850 ; Sarah E., b. April 29, 1852.
Lemnel, brother of Burton, m. Betsey Mitchell, and had Jerome, b. March 26, 1808, who m. Hannah Smith ; ch. Lemuel, Cornelia and Chandler.
Rev. Thomas Canfield, of Roxbury society, was b. at Durham, Conn., m. Mary Russell ; ch. I. Sarah, b. Sept. 3, 1749, m. Rev. Je- hu Minor. II. Thomas, b. July 21, 1751, m. Sarah Mallory, Aug. 3, 1775, and had 1. Polly, m. Ira Sanford ; 2. Russell, d. in N. Y .; 3. Sally, m. Benjamin Wheeler, of Bridgeport ; 4. Philemon, who is the only survivor of the family, now residing in Hartford. III. Rus- sell, b. Aug. 5, 1754, d. 1769. IV. Mary, b. May 8, 1764, d. 1786. V. Elihu, b. July 12, 1759, m. Sarah Frisbie, Aug. 3, 1775 ; ch. 1. Betsey, b. March 11, 1784 ; 2. Augustine, b. May 15, 1786, d. Sept. 2, 1816; 3. Russel, b. Aug. 28, 1789 ; 4. Sally, b. Oct. 9, 1791 ; 5. Caroline, b. March 30, 1799 ; 6. Polly, b. Feb. 15, 1801 ; 7. Thom- as, b. Jan., 1804.
Rev. Thomas d. 1795, a. 79; kis estate inventoried £3,049, 10s. 8d. His wife d. Oct. 4, 1790, a. 70. It is believed that Rev. Thon- as was a descendant of Thomas, Sen., of Milford, though tradition in- forms us that his father came from England.
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CURTISS FAMILY.
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Az. a chev. dancetteé betw. three mural coronets, or. Crest-A lion sejant ppr., supporting with his dexter foot a shield of the arms. Motto-Sæpere aude.
The arms of the London family are Az. a fesse dancetre betw. three ducal coronets, or; as borne by the name of Curtis, and was con- firmed to John Curtis, of London, Gent., son of William Curtis, of Hatton, in the county of Warwick, Gent., son of Eustace Curtis, of Malestack, of said county, Gent., son of William Curtis, who was son and heir of John Curtis, of Malestack, Gent. This bearing was con- firmed the 9th of May, 1632, in the 8th year of the reign of Charles I.
William Curtiss1 embarked in the ship Lion, June 22, 1632, and landed Dec. 16, 1632, at Seituate, Mass. He brought with him four children, Thomas,? Mary,2 John2 and Philip.2 He removed with his family to Roxbury, Mass., whence they removed to Stratford, Conn. By the records of Stratford it appears that the father of these must have died before the removal of the family thither, and that previous to that event, a son William had been born to him, as the first of the name that appears on those records, are John,2 William,2 and their mother, Widow Elizabeth Curtis. It is stated that at the date of their removal to Stratford, John was about 28 years of age, and Wil- liam abont 18. Thomas d. in Mass. "7 month, 1650." Widow Eliz- abeth d. in 1658. Will proved Nov. 4, 1658. Devisees were sons. 1. John2 and 2. William,2 and grandsons, Jolin, son of John, and Jon- athan, son of William. This Jonathan d. in 1681, leaving two sons and two daughters, names not given in the will.
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John2 (1) m. 1st, Elizabeth -, who d. in 1682, m. 2d, Margaret , who d. in 1714. He d. Dec. 6, 1707, aged ninety-six years. Ilis children were :
6 I. John,3 b. 1642.
II. Israel,3 b. 1644.
8 III. Elizabeth,3 b. 1647.
9 IV. Thomas,3 b. 1648.
10 V. Joseph,3 b. 1650.
11 VI. Benjamin,3 b. 1652.
12 VII. Hannah,3 b. 1654.
Capt. William2 Curtiss, (2) mentioned above, was one of the original grantees of Woodbury, in 1672, though he never moved there, but d. in Stratford, Dec. 21, 1702. Ilis will was dated Dec. 15, 1702, by which it appears he had children :
13 I. Daniel.3
14 II. Ebenezer.3
15 III. Zachariah.3
16 IV. Josiah.3 2G
17 V. Joshua,3 had a son, William, and daughters, Anna, Bulayah and Mary.
18 VI. Sarah,3 m. -- Wells.
19 VII. Elizabeth,3 m. - Ross.
20 VIII. Jonathan,3 deceased, leaving son Jonathan. Israel3 (7) b. 1644, mn. Rebecca -. He d. Oct., 1704, ch.
34 I. Israel,4 b. May 20, 1668.
22 II. John,4 b. Oct., 1670. 41
$23 III. Stephen,4 b. Aug. 24, 1673. 52
24 IV. Peter.+
25 V. Hannah,4 m. Thomas Minor.
26 VI. Rebecca,4 m. Ephraim Minor.
Capt. Josiah3 (16) m. Mary -, lived and d. in Stratford, in 1745 ; will proved in Jan. of that year. Children,
27 I. William.4
28 II. Josiah.4
29 III. Abraham.4
30 IV. Benjamin,4 b. Dec. 25, 1704. 63 31 V. Peter.4
32 VI. Matthew.4
33 VII. Charles.4
34 VIII. Abigail,4 m. Capt. Hezekiah Hooker, of Woodbury.
35 IX. Eunice,4 m. Lieut. Robert Wells, of Stratford.
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36 X. Mary,' m. John Patterson.
37 XI. Mehetable.4
Israel, Jr.,4 (21) in. Mary -; children.
38 I. Samnel,5 bap. Jan., 1694-5.
39 II. Josiah,5 bap. April, 1697.
40 III. Stephen,5 bap. April 22, 1699.
41 IV. Rebecca,5 bap. July 22, 1701. Ens. John' (22) m. Johannah -, who d. Sept. 1, 1749.
He d. April 14, 1754. Children,
42 I. Elizabeth,5 bap. Sept., 1697, m. John Mitchell, Jan. 17, 1716-17.
43 II. Harriet,5 b. Nov. 1, 1699. c
# III. Nathan,5 b. Feb. 2, 1701-2. 64
45 IV. Abigail,5 bap. March, 1704, m. David IIurd, Jan. 6, 1723-4.
46 V. Esther,5 b. Sept. 5, 1706.
47 VI. Joanna,5 b. Sept. 5, 1708, m. Eliakim Stoddard, Dec. 4, 1729.
48 VII. John,5 b. Feb. 3, 1711. 63
49 VIII. Olive,5 bap. May, 1713.
50 IX. Peter,5 b. Jan. 1, 1716, and had ch. by wife Mercy, 1. Mabel, bap. 1747 ; 2. Mary, b. 1752.
23 X. David,5 b. Jan. 21, 1718.
52 XI. Eunice,5 b. March 20, 1720.
Stephen1 (23) m. Sarah Minor, Nov. 2, 1699. Hle d. June 1,1723. Children,
53 I. Joseph,5 b. Oct. 20, 1700. 83 II. Daniel,5 b. Jan. 12, 1703. 51
55 III. Sarah,5 m. Richard Peet, March 11, 1724-5.
56 IV. Rebecca,5 )
(twins,) b. July 28, 1705. m. Elisha Stoddard, Esq.
57 V. Ruth,5 b. Jan. 14, 1707, m. Samuel Galpin.
58 VI. Dea. Stephen,5 b. Feb. 23, 1710, m. 1st, Lois Ilicock ; m. 2d, Wid. IInldah HIicock. He d. in 1781. No issue.
59 VII. Mary,5 b. Sept. 15, 1713, m. - Caulkins, and removed to Sharon, Conn., about 1733. They had nine sons, who settled com- pactly in that part of the town now known as Caulkinsville.
60 VIII. Israel,5 b. July 23, 1716.
61 IX. Elizabeth,5 b. Sept. 19, 1718, d. aged about 18, unm.
62 X. Grace,5 b. July 7, 1720, m. Eldad King, March 3, 1743. Peter,+ (24) d. 1713. Child,
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63 I. Olive,5 b. May 6, 1713, m. Gideon Stoddard, Jan. 24, 1733. Benjamin,4 (30) b. Dec. 25, 1704, d. July 28, 1783. He and two of his brothers, Josiah and Matthew, removed from Stratford, and settled at Newtown, Conn. Children,
64 I. Nehemiah,5 b. Feb. 20, 1728, and others. He had a son Salmon,6 b. Aug. 16, 1759, d. Jan. 2, 1814. The latter was father of the Hon. Holbrook Curtis,7 of Watertown, Conn., lately judge of the Litchfield county court. Judge Curtis is the father of William E. Curtis, Esq., a lawyer of New York city.
Nathan5 (44) m. Martha Preston, May, 1732. He d. Oct. 17, 1761, and Martha d. June 23, 1764. Children,
65 I. Elizabeth,6 b. Oct., 1733, m. Thomas Bull, Oct. 19, 1754.
66 II. Martha,6 b. March, 1737, m. Doct. Andrew Graham, June 5, 1753.
67 III. Ann,6 b. March, 1740, m. Edward Hinman, July 18, 1764. 63 IV. Nathan,6 bap. April 3, 1748. 100
Jolın5 (48) was killed by lightning in 1743, while standing in the door of his house. He had his dau. Abia in his arms. who was uninjured and afterward m. as specified below. Ilis children by his wife Abia, were,
69 I. Joanna,6 b. June 26, 1730.
70 II. Abraham,6 b. Feb., 1732.
71 III. Amos,6 bap. Oct., 1733.
103 IV. Gideon,6 bap. June 8, 1735.
73 V. Joanna,6 bap. May 22, 1737 ; m. Henry Cramer, Dec. 5. 1753.
74 VI. Abiah,6 bap. Jan. 21, 1739 ; m. Stephen Galpin.
75 VII. John,6 bap. Oct. 12, 1740.
76 VIII. Eve,6 bap. May 16, 1742.
77 IX. Hester,“ bap. Dec. 11, 1743; m. Elijah Hinman, Jan. 3. 1771.
78 X. Hannah.€
David' (51) d. Sept. 15, 1782. Ch.,
72 I. David6 bap. Jan. 30, 1743.
119 Il. Asa,6 bap. Aug. 3, 1746.
81 III. Eunice,6 bap. Feb. 26, 1750, m. Ithiel Hicock.
83 V. Love,6 bap. Aug. 31, 1755 ; m. Graham Hurd. Joseph5 (53) m. Mary Walker, who d. May 27, 1727. d. June 5, 1727. Ch .. H 82 IV. Olive.6 bap. April 5, 1752.
84 I. Prudence,6 b. June, 1724.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
85 1:7 II. Thaddeus, bap. April 24, 1726.
Dea. Daniel5 (54) m. 1. Phebe Martin, June 3, 1730; 2. Wid. Sarah Hinman, Sept. 2, 1760. Ile d. Aug. 14, 1784; second wife d. Jan. 12, 1807. Ch.,
86 I. Phebe,6 b. Oct. 18, 1736 ; m. Amos Hicock, Jan. 15, 1759.
87 II. Elizabeth,6 bap. June, 1738; d. young.
88 III. Sarah,6 bap. Ang. 6, 1762; m. Col. Joel Hinman, April 10, 1778.
89 IV. Mary,6 bap. June 7, 1767 ; m. Park Brown, May 2, 1785.
Israel3 (60) m. Martha Towner, Jan. 31, 1738. He died in 1796. Ch.,
98 133 I. Joseph,6 b. March 22, 1740.
9 138 II. Israel,6 b. April 24, 1742.
92 III. Stephen,6 b. Jan. 8, 1744.
93 IV. Daniel,6 b. May 18, 1746 ; m. and had two daus.
94 V. Eunice,6 b. July 8, 1748 ; m. Stephen Bateman, Sept. 26; 1768.
95 VI. Sarah,6 b. April 3, 1749; m. Thomas Strong, Dec. 16, 1767.
96 VII. Benjamin,6 b. May 18, 1751. 144
97 VIII. Ruth,6 b. Aug. 24, 1753 ; m. Luther Bateman, Nov. 18, 1773.
98 IX. Reuben,6 b. Feb. 25, 1755; m. Hannah Peck. who d. March 13, 1804. He d. March, 1804.
99 X. Abijah,6 b. Sept. 26, 1756 ; d. Oct. 12, 1805.
100 XI. Olive.6 b. Nov. 24, 1759; m. Solomon, son of Gideon Johnson. She d. Oct. 18, 1797.
Nathan6 (68) m. 1. Esther -, who d. April 5, 1803: 2. Martha Preston. She d. Feb. 16, 1845. IIe d. Nov. 29, 1845. Children,
101 I. Elizabeth,7 bap. July 5, 1772.
102 II. Martha,7 bap. March 13, 1774.
103 III. Betty,7 bap. June 9, 1776; m. Truman Hinman, Nov. 22, 1798.
Gideon6 (72) m. Mary Hicock, Sept. 28, 1756. IIe d. in 1793. Children,
104 I. Betterise,7 bap. June 19, 1757.
105 II. Gideon.7
106 III. Aaron,7 bap. Jan. 27, 1762.
107 IV. Susanna.7
108 V. Eldad King,7 bap. Aug. 7, 1773,
536
HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
109 VI. Mary Eve,7 bap. Sept. 24, 1775. Jolin® (75) d. 1803, leaving children,
110 I. Sherman,7 m. Sarah Benham, June 2, 1796.
111 II. Levi.7
. 112 III. John.7
David6 (79) m. Sarah Minor, Sept. 27, 1764. HIe. d. in 1819, and his widow d. in 1820. Children,
113 I. Phebe,7 b. Feb. 14, 1765 ; m. Anthony Strong, Nov. 13, 1791.
114
148 II. David Stiles,7 b. Jan. 14, 1767.
115 III. William Preston,7 b. May 11, 1769.
116 IV. Anna,7 b. Oct. 26, 1771 ; m. Aaron Sherman.
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