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(1). Judge Gideon, b. June 22d, 1744, d. Dec. 8th, 1809 ; (2). Isaac. m. Belden, of Wethersfield; (3). Sarah, m. Wm. Battell, b. 1753, d. 1806; (4). Urania, m. Phillips, of Long Island, Nov. 10th, 1785 ; (5). Ann, who died at 20.
BUTLER FAMILY.
RICHARD BUTLER was among the earliest Stratford settlers, and had two daus., Phebe m. Benj. Peet ; and Mary m. John Washborn, of Hempstead, L. I., in 1655, and afterwards Thomas Hicks, and thus became ancestress of Elias Hicks, founder of the Hicksite sect. There was in Stratford, a Dr. John Butler, from 1684, till his death in 1695. He was a grantee of lands in Woodbury be- fore 1697. He was probably son of Dr. John Butler, of Boston, afterwards of Branford, Conn., where he died in 1680. John, Sen., had sons, John, Richard, Jonathan and Jonas. There was a Dea. Richard Butler in Hartford, who died in 1684, and had sons, Thomas, Samuel, Nathaniel, Joseph and Daniel. Their descendants are numerous. Zebulon and John Butler, who figured in the troubles in Wyoming Valley, was of this race. Benjamin F. Butler, late Attorney General of New York, was also of this lineage, Capt. Zephaniah Butler was in the campaign of Gen. Wolfe at Quebec, marching with other brave soldiers from Woodbury. His son, father of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, now member of Congress, was a Captain of the War of 1812, and Gen. Butler has his commission signed by Madison, as well as the powder-horn of his grandfather, who fought under Wolfe, marked " Zephaniah Butler, his horn, Woodbury, Connecticut, ye 27, 1758." This Zephaniah and his brother Benjamin moved to Nottingham, N. H., and settled there.
Gen B. F. Butler, M. C., gives the writer the following account of his family :
My grandfather was m. to Abigail Cilley, of Nottingham, d. of Gen. Joseph Cilley of that town. By her he had children, Benjamin, Susan, Enoch, Alice, William and John, who was my father.
BENJAMIN II. Betsey Morrill, at Deerfield, N. H., and d. childless.
SUSAN was never m., and lived and d. in Nottingham
ENOCII m. Abigail Page, settled in London, and had by her two children : Betsey Morrill, who d. unmarried ; Enoch, who married Sarah Marden, by whom he had children, Benjamin M. and Clymena, both now living.
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SARAH m. Israel Bartlett, of Nottingham, and had three children : Sarah, who d. childless ; Hamilton, now living, unmarried ; and a younger brother, name forgotten, now deceased, childless.
ALICE m. Samue! Philbrook, of Washington, N. H., subsequently removed to the State of New York. She had children : Samuel, who settled in Savan- nah, and d. leaving one dau., now living; Betsey, who m. Mr. Mapes and settled in New York ; Franklin also settled in New York ; both the last are living, having children.
WILLIAM d. a bachelor.
JOUN m. Sally Bachelder, by whom he had three children, daughters, Mary, Sarah and Betsey.
MARY m. Theodore Houlton, and d. in Greenville, Me., bearing one child, Albert, now living.
SARAH m. Jonathan Maloon, and had three children, John, Horace, and Sarah, the two former now deceased, the latter living. Mrs. Maloon is now living.
BEYSEY m. Daniel Stevens, of Nottingham, and had children : Betsey, Thomas Addis, Amanda, Charlotte, Joanna, John and Walter.
BETSEY m. Col. J. B Bachelder, still living, having one child Sarah ; Thos. Addis m. Sarah Sanborn, and has three children all living; Amanda and Charlotte living unmarried ; Joanna, deceased ; John, still living; Walter, still living.
The wife of JOHN, ancestor, having d. he m. Charlotte Ellison, by whom he had three children, Charlotte, Andrew Jackson and Benjamin F.
CHARLOTTE m. Horace Houlton, and d. leaving one child, Francis ; Andrew J. m. Joanna Harris and had one child, now living, Geo. H. Butler, Consul General at Alexandria, Egypt. Andrew is now deceased. Benjamin F., the writer, m. Sarah Hildreth, and had three children. Blanche, who married Gen. Adelbert Ames, U. S. Senator from Mississippi, and two boys, Paul and Bere Israel, all living.
BOOTH FAMILY.
RICHARD BOOTH m. Elizabeth Hawley ; chh. John, m. Ist, June 16, 1678, Dorothy (who d. 1710). dau. of Thomas Hawley ; 2d., m. Hannah, wid. of Robert Clark, she d. 1717. ; chh. Thomas, b. March, 1679 ; Jonathan, Martha, Ephraim, John, and probably Sarah and Ann ; John Booth, Jr., had a son John, b. 1726, d. 1728, p. 510; Samuel Booth, who m. Sarah Walker, was son of Nathan, who was son of Zechariah, who was son of Joseph, who was son of Richard. He was b. -- , 1743, p. 510 ; David Booth was son of David, son of Joseph, son of Richard.
BRINSMADE FAMILY.
JOHN BRINSMADE appeared first in Charlestown, 1637, was made freeman, 1638. His wifes name was Mary, who survived him. His children were Marg, b. July 24th, 1640. She m. John Bostwick. John, b. March 2d, 1643 ;
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Daniel -; Zachary, 1647, drowned in 1667. (The only manuscript ser- mon of Mr. Israel Chauncey, now extant, is one preached at the funeral of Zachary. Prof. Fowler owns it). Paul, Sarah, Elizabeth.
Mr. B. removed to Stratford before 1650; was representative 1669 and "71 ; and d. 1673. His son JOHN d. before 1680, and his brother shared his estate. PAUL m. Oct., 1678, Elizabeth Hawkins, a daughter of Anthony H., of Wind- sor (whose wife was Ann, daughter of Gov. Thom. Wells). Paul had Ann b. Oct., 1679 ; John, 1681 ; Zechariah in 1684 ; Hester, Deborah. Elizabeth was unmarried in 1673.
DANIEL BRINSMADE m. Sarah, dau. of Daniel Kellogg, of Norwich. He d. in Oct., 1702, and his widow m. John Betts, of Norwalk. Daniel and Sarah Brinsmade had children : Mary, 1684 ; Daniel, 1687 ; Abigail, 1691 ; Samuel, 1694; Ruth, 1700.
DANIEL BRINSMADE, son of Daniel and Sarah, m. Mercy (or Mary) about 1715. She was b. in 1696, and d. in 1731, Oct. 35. He then m. Hannah -, of New Haven, in 1732. By his first wife he had Mary, b. May, 1716; Daniel, July, 1718 ; Hannah, May, 1720; Abraham, Feb., 1726-7 ; Mary m. Israel Munson ; Hannah m. Abraham Hawley ; Daniel m. Rhoda Sherman ; Abraham m. Mary Wheeler, Jan., 1747-8.
DANIEL, son of Daniel and Mercy, m. Rhoda Sherman.
ABRAHAM BRINSMADE, son of Daniel, settled at Trumbull, and has de- scendents there.
ZECHARIAH, son of Paul, m. Sarah Cobbett, of Fairfield, Oct., 1710. They had 10 children.
CAPEWELL FAMILY.
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This family was descended from How Capell, of Hereford. The descend- ants spell the name Capewell.
Arms .- Chequy or. and az., on a fesse gu., three mascles az.
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Crest .- A plume of three Ostrich Feathers, two az. and one gu.
Motto .-- Fide et fortitudine.
MARK CAPEWELL, father of George and Joseph. Mark Capewell was born in Dudley, England, and was in the employ of Lord Hanks, in the Glass Works, and m. Mary Southall, of Birmingham Heath. She was sister to William and Joseph Southall, of Dudley. Joseph Southall was a Constable in Dudley, and William was a Nail Manufacturer in Dudley.
Mary Southall, wife of Mark Campbell, was mother to George, Joseph and Mark Capewell, who emigrated to this country in 1840, and have resided in this town since that date, except that Mark Capewell d. Sept. 27th, 1854, and left two children : George Joseph and Eliza.
GEORGE JOSEPH, son of Mark, m. in West Cheshire, where he now resides, and has two children.
ELIZA, d. of Mark, m. James Bates of Roxbury, where they now reside, and havetwo children.
JOSEPH THOMAS, was b. in England, December Ist, 1818, and married Sarah Pitt, Aug. 7th, 1838, daughter of John and Ann Pitt. Sarah Pitt was born June 8th, 1820. Children : Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 7th, 1840. Married July 1st, 1858, Henry S. Conrad. He d. in the U. S. service. She afterwards m. George Warner of Woodbury, and now resides in Watertown ; John Pitt, b. Aug. 2d, 1842, d. Aug. 28th, 1851 ; Julia, b. May 23d, 1844, m. Sept. 14th, 1864, Charles E. Warner, of Roxbury ; Emily, b. Dec. 8th, 1845, m. Oct. 22d, 1865, George L. Beardslee, of Bridgewater; Ellen, b. Jan. 10th, 1848, m. Dec. 3d, 1870, Frank J. Atwood ; Joseph Thomas, b. June 10th, 1851, d. July 15th, 1861 ; Walter Stanley, b. June 16th, 1853.
JOHN PITT, father of Sarah Capewell, was b. in England, Dec. 2d, 1791; served seven years in the British army under the Duke of Wellington ; was wounded by a bombshell, and afterwards got his discharge and emigrated to this country in Feb., 1848, and d. 19th of Aug., 1870, aged 79 ; George Au- gustus, b. Jan 27th, 1817, m. May 9th, 1836, dau. of Thomas and Harriet Davis ; Harriet Daris. b. Sept. 25th, 1818, George Davis, b. June 27th, 1737, m. Nov. 22d, 1866, Mary E. Judson, dau. of Nathan S. and Flora Judson ; Caroline Elizabeth, b. Dec. 18th, 1840, m. Jas. Sheldon Stone, Dec. 28th, 1858, son of Sheldon and Julia A. Stone ; Marcus Augustus, b. Jan. 8th, 1843, d. Jan. 11th, 1843 ; Mary Ann, b. April 30th, 1845, m. April 30th, 1867, Charles Henry Percy, son of Clement and Louisa Percy ; Martha Louesa, b. Oct. 28th, 1848, d. Feb. 27th, 1862 ; Seymour Landon, b Dec. 14th, 1849 ; Hannah Eliza, b. Sept. 22d, 1853, d. Feb. 7th, 1857; John Edward, b. June 17th, 1856 ; Harriet Amelia, b. March 22d, 1858; Frank Eugene, b. Aug. 27th, 1860 ; James Henry, b. March 15th, 1863, d. same day.
CRAFTS FAMILY.
During the early settlement of Massachusetts, two brothers by the name of Crafts emigrated from Great Britain and settled at Newtown, in the vicinity of Boston, Mass. One of the brothers died leaving no posterity ; the other left a number of children, some in Newtown, and some in Boston and its vicinity. And it is believed from this original stock, all who bear the name of Crafts within the United States, descended. Of these, SAMUEL CRAFTS
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came from Newtown and settled in Pomfret, Conn., in 1686. Joseph, sup- posed to be the son of Samuel, m. Susannah ---- , and d. Jan. 25th, 1754. His wife d. Aug. 28th, aged 84.
JOSEPH had nine sons and six daughters. These children were Susannah, b. Sept. 23d, 1720, in. Abial Lyon, and d. Sept. 2d, 1748; Samuel, b. July 15th, 1722 ; Joseph, b. July 4th, 1724; Mary, b. Nov. 27th, 1725 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12th, 1727; Mehetable, b. March 27th, 1728; Hannah, b. March 8th, 1730; Joseph, b. March 8th, 1732; Benjamin, b. Feb 20th, 1734 ; Griffin, b. Feb. 21st, 1736, d. May 11th, 1737; Griffin, b. July 9th, 1738, d. Jan. 20th, 1743 ; Ebenezer, b. Sept. 22d, 1738 ; Erancis, b. Jan. 27th, 1743 ; Moses, b. April 15th, 1744; Sarah, b. Jan. 5th, 1746, d. Jan. 20, 1750.
Children of SAMUEL and JUDITH CRAFTS: Griffin, b. July 18th, 1748 ; Sarah, b. April 13th, 1750. Edward, b. April 19th, 1752, d. March 17th, 1821; Samuel b. May 19th. 1754, d. Jan. 23d, 1755; Samuel, b. Jan 15th, 1761 ; John, b. --.
Children of JOSEPH and CRAFTS : Samuel, John, Royal, Polly and Susan.
Children of BENJAMIN and ANNA CRAFTS: Susannah, b. Jan. 2d, 1762, d, Sept. 21st, 1764; Frederick, b. Oct. 11th, 1763; Susannah, b. Nov. 23d, 1765 ; Gardner, b. Jan. 1st, 1768 ; Benjamin, b. March 4th, 1770; Anna, b. July 5th, 1772 ; Joseph, b. Oct. 15th, 1774; Hannah, b. July 13th, 1777; Moses, b. July 4th, 1780, d. Aug. 18th, 1780.
Children of Col. EBENEZER and -- CRAFTS : Gov. Samuel C., Matilda, who in. Mr. Corbin ; Augusta, who m. Dr. Paddock, and two dau. who d. young.
Children of GRIFFIN and HANNAH CRAFTS : Elizabeth, m. Martin Bridge ; Judith, m. Erastus Lathrop; Sabrina, in. Wm. Campbell ; Mehetabel, m. A. Grover ; Erastus and Alfred, ch. by Sarah, his second wife; infant son d .; Sarah Emily, infant, d. ; Samuel.
Dr. EDWARD CRAFTS m. 1st Abigail Clark, b. 1759, d. Oct. 23d, 1795 ; 2d, Ann Baldwin, b. 1759, d. June 8th, 1813; 3d, Mellissa Holbrook, b. 1769, d. . Jan. 19th, 1844. Children by first wife: Julia, b. 1781, d. Sept. 16th, 1801 ; Samuel, b. 1783, d. at sea June 5th, 1810; Pearl, b. 1785, d. Dec. 29th, 1821 ; Chauncey, b. June 1st, 1787, d. Oct. 12th, 1828 ; Laura, b. 1789, d. June 15th, 1805; Edward, b. 1790, d. Feb. 20th, 1892 ; Edward, b. 1794, d. Nov. 1826.
Dr. PEARL, son of Edward, m. Sarah Blakeley. Children : Edward B., b. Jan. 13th, 1814 ; Elizabeth M., b. May 30th. 1816. Married Edward S. Clark; Julia M., b. Dec. 31st, 1817, d. Oct. 14th, 1818 : Samuel P., b. 1820, d. July 31st, 1822.
Gen. CHAUNCEY, son of Dr. Edward, m. Maria Bacon, Sept. 11th, 1811 ; she was b. Sept. 3d, 1794, d. Ang. 26th, 1859. Children : A dau. b. May 30th 1813, d. same day ; Julia Maria, b. Ang. 20th, 1814, m. Rev. B. Y. Messenger, Feb. 7th, 1838, d. Aug. 25th, 1839 ; twins b. July 1st, 1816, d. same day ; Charles Bacon, b. July 18th, 1817, m. Cornelia A. Trowbridge, Sept. 11th, 1868; Chauncey, b. March 20th, 1820, d. June 18th, 1841 ; Rebecca Bacon, b. May 7th, 1822, m. Win. B. Hotchkiss, June 6th, 1843, Their'ch. were Lydia T. C., b. July 3d, 1846 ; William Josiah, b. Jan. 6th, 1850 ; Chauncey Crafts, b. Oct. 28th, 1852; James, -; Samuel Pearl, b. March 30th, 1824; Fanny A .. b. June 4th, 1826, m. 1st, Samuel W. Andrew, Jan. 4th, 1848, and had
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Samuel W. Andrew, Jr,, b. April 20th, 1849 ; m. 2d, Wm. S. Charnley. Children : Fanny Adele, b. June 22d, 1856, d. March 1st, 1864 ; Edith, b. Aug. 3d, 1861 ; George Bethume, b. July 26th, 1864; Lydia Thompson, b. Dec. 2d, 1828, d. July 25th, 1846.
EDWARD B .. son of Dr. Pearl, m. Sarah Ann Thompson, Oct. 15th, 1845. Children : Elizabeth, b. July 25th, 1848 ; Edward, b. Dec. 29th, 1850 ; John Y., b. Jan. 8th, 1852, d. Sept. 20th, 1852.
SAMUEL PEARL, son of Gen. Chauncey, m. Sarah A. Thompson, July 13th, 1859. Child : Nellie, b. July 23d, 1860, d. July 9th, 1862.
COLTON FAMILY.
A considerable part of the following Genealogical record was taken from a manuscript left by Rev. George Colton, of Bolton, Conn., who was a great- grand-son of George the Ancestor, or Pilgrim.
The record is principally confined to the descendants of Ephraim, the second son of the Pilgrim, through Benjamin, his fifth son.
The account of this branch, in the original manuscript, is brought down to the time of George, who was the son of Benjamin, and gives the names of Benjamin's children, with those whom they married, where the account ceases.
Three or four generations have since appeared, and the descendants of Benjamin are numerous. Their names and alliances, as many as could be ascertained, have been here recorded, taken principally from the recollections of one who has been familiar with their history. The part thus added occu- pies about one-third of the succeeding pages. Much difficulty was found in transcribing some portions of the manuscript of Rev. George Colton, owing to the apparent endeavor of the author, (no uncommon thing we believe with writers of that day), to crowd the greatest number of words into the small- est quantity of space, the faculty of doing which he seems to have possessed in a good degree, and to have exercised, ad libitum. Consequently many abbreviations occurred not to be found in the list in Webster's Spelling Book, and not a little puzzling, making the exercise of copying often slow and per- plexing.
Such care however has been taken that very few mistakes, it is believed, have been made, and the copy may be considered mostly correct.
It is much to be regretted, that this history is so defective in regard to dates and localities, and yet, imperfect as it is, it will be highly valued by all who feel an interest in the Colton Family.
GEORGE COLTON, the first of the family, of whom we have any record. came from Sutton Cofield, England and settled in that part of the old town of Springfield, called Long-Meadow, where he is known in the records as Quartermaster Colton. He came first to Windsor, and married Deborah Gardner, of Hartford. They had five sons and four daughters, viz : Isaac, b. Nov. 21st, 1646, d. Sept. 3d, 1770 ; Ephraim, b. April 9th, 1648, d. 1715; Mary, b. 1649 ; Thomas, b. 1651, d. 1728; Sarah, b. 1653 ; Deborah, b. 1655, d. 1733 ; Ilepzibah, b. 1657; John, b. 1659, d. 1727; Benjamin, b. 1661.
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Deborah, his wife; d. Sept. 5th, 1689. His second wife was Lydia Lamb, whom he m, March 1st, 1692. George and Lydia d. the same year, 1699.
ISAAC m. Mary Cooper, from Springfield, Mass., by whom he had three sons and four dau., George, Joseph, Benjamin, Mury, Rebecca, Deborah and Hannah.
GEORGE m. Mary Hitchcock, by whom he had four s. and five dau., Timo- thy, George, Isaac, Jonathan, Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Miriam.
JOSEPH, second son of Isaac, m. Abiline Chapin, of Springfield, Mass., by whom he had two s. and four dau., Joseph, Gideon, Mary, Hannah, Dinah and Mary.
BENJAMIN, third son of Isaac, m. Elizabeth Pynchion, by whom he had fifteen or sixteen children, some of whom were, Benjamin, Charles, Isaac, Gideon and William.
MARY, first dau. of first Isaac, m. Daniel Graves.
REBECCA, second dau., m. Joseph Stebbins.
DEBORAH, third d., m. -- Morgan.
HANNAH, fourth, m. Benjamin Chapin.
EPHRAIM, second son of the Pilgrim, or Quartermaster, m. Mary Drake, of Windsor, by whom he had four s., Ephraim, Samuel, Josiah and Job.
MARY d. Oct. 19th, 1681. He m. 2d, Esther Marshall, or Marshfield, March 25th, 1685. Children : Josiah, Benjamin, David, Isaac, Nathaniel, Noah, Thomas, Esther, Sarah, Margaret and Mary.
EPHRAIM Ist, s. of Ephraim, m. Magaret Nolle, of Weathersfield, Conn. Children : Ephraim, John, Samuel, Mary, Deborah, Jerusha, Demaris, Han- nah ; Ephraim m. Sarah Burt ; John d. young ; Samuel m. Mary Store ; Debo- rah m. -- Store ; Jernsha m. David Burt ; Hannah m. Stephen Heep.
SAMUEL, 2d s. of Ist Ephraim, m. 1st, Margaret Bliss, by whom he had a dau., who m. Capt. Frost, and a s. Samuel, who m. Flavia Colton. Married 2d, Lucy Colton.
JOSIAH, fourth s. of 1st Ephraim, m. Margaret Pease, of Enfield.
BENJAMIN, S. of 1st Ephraim, and grandson of the Pilgrim, was ordained Pastor of the Congregational Church in West Hartford, Feb. 24th, 1713, and continued his labors there till his death, March 1st, 1759. He m. 1st, Ruth Taylor. Children : Eli, Benjamin, Ruth and Theodosia. Married 2d, Eliza- beth Pitkin, of East Hartford. Children : Lucina, Elizabeth, Abijah, Esther and George.
ELI, first s. of Rev. Benjamin, m. Eunice Smith, of Simsbury. Children : Jonathan, Samuel, Eliakim, Eunice. Eliakim m. Betsey Viets; Jonathan m. 1st, Alenda Wells, m. 2d, Mirriam Benton ; Eunice m. Joseph Higby.
BENJAMIN, second s. of Benjamin, m. Anna Whiting. Children : Benja- min, Anna, Joseph and Ruth.
JOSEPHI m. Esther Belden, d. 7th March, 1800. Children : Joseph, b. 15th Nov., 1776 ; Anna, b. 28th Oct., 1778 ; Ruth, b. 10th March, 1781 ; Esther, b. 8th Oct., 1783; Benjamin, b. 16th Jan., 1785; Laura, b. 23d Dec., 1786 ; Alma, b. 8th June, 1790 ; Sarah, b. --; Whiting, b. 4th March, 1792 ; Benjamin, b. 30th Oct., 1794, n. April 21st, 1850 ; James, b. 5th April, 1797.
LAURA, b. Dec. 22d, 1786, m. Dr. Samuel Steele, Nov. 6th, 1811. Children : Laura Sophia, b. March 4th, 1813, m. Win. E. Woodruff, April 22d, 1841 ;
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Esther M. b. Oct. 9th, 1815; Mary Joanna, b. Nov. 7th, 1820, m. William Cothren, Sept. 3d, 1849.
ALMA m. John DeForest, June 16th, 1834, d. 14th Jan., 1868. Had one ch. Abigail, b. July 15th, 1835, who m. John A. Candee, March 25th, 1845, and have one son, Elward D., b. 25th Feb., 1849.
JOSEPH, s. of Joseph, mn Sabrina Howe. Children : 1 Mary, 2 Melancthon, 3 Charles, 4 Nehemiah, and 5 Joseph 1 Mary m. Dr. Edward Brace, of West Hartford, Conn. Child : John M. G., who m. Mary Crane, of West Hartford. 3 Charles m. Ist, Mary Grant ; 2d Ruth Winship 4 Nehemiah was b. Nov. 8th, 1812, m. Harriet Atkins Leach, Feb. 22d, 1844. Child : Mary Howe, b. Jan. 5th, 1845.
RUTH m. Ist, Amos Sedgwick. Children : Joseph Colton and Sabrina Sabrina m. Gilbert Somers Minor ; chh. Frederick M., m. Samantha Frank. lin. Children : Thomas B., Ellen F., and Seth Franklin. Sabrina F., m. Alfred F. Betts. Children : Sabrina F., Gilbert S., Walter W., and Edwin M., in. 2d, Daniel Hosmer. Child : Maria, m. Richard Parsons, and has two children.
ESTHER m. John Perkins, d May 27th, 1847, and was buried in Woodbury, aged 63. Her mother, Esther Colton, d. in Woodbury, Aug. 30th, 1826. Children : 1 Laura, and 2 Lucy Ann. 1 Laura was b. Jan. 2d, 1805, m. Marcus DeForest, Jan. 22d, 1822, d Feb. 7th, 1862. Marcus DeForest was b. July 6th, 1794. Children : 1 John Perkins, b. Feb. 23d, 1823 ; 2 George, b. Jan. 15th, 1825, d. April 2d, 1871 ; 3 Marcus, Jr., b. Aug 27th, 1826 ; 4 Lucy Ann, b. Jan 13th, 1832. f John P., in Mary Jane Morris, Feb. 10th, 1847. Children: Emily Morris, b. Nov. 20th, 1849 ; Martha Jane, b. Nov. 18th, 1853; John Levi, b, July 23d, 1855, d. July 30th, 1853; Mary, b. Aug, 27th, 1860, d. 25th Sept., 1863 ; Charles Eli. 2 George m. Mary A. Linsley, Oct. 3d, 1849. Child : George L., b. July 15th, 1854. 3 Marcus, Jr., m. Mary Hine, of Middlebury, Dec. 29th, 1859. He is a highly respected citizen and success- ful practitioner of medicine in the town of Middlebury. 4 Lucy Ann m. David S. Bull, March 12th, 1860. Children : Laura Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9th, 1861; Thomas Marcus, b. Aug. 27th, 1863 : Lucy Emily, b. Aug. 10th, 1865, d. Nov. 28th, 1871.
BENJAMIN In. Jerusha W. Porter, of Hadley, Mass. He d. April 21st, 1850, aged 57. She d. Feb. 27th 1825, aged 28. Children ; 1 Julia M., b. March 2d, 1819, m. Theodore Judson, March 11th, 1852. He was b. Feb. 7th, 1818. 2 Harriet, b. March 5th, 1820, d. Nov. 19th, 1852, m. Henry Lambert. Children : Wilaur Colton, b. Dec. 17th, 1846; Margaret Emily, b. March 2d, 1851. 3 Benjamin Augustin, b. April 2d, 1821, m. Catherine Williams, Jan. 9th 1851. 4 Frederick Pierpont, b. April 20th, 1823, m. Ann Maria Austin, Oct. 22d, 1815. Children: Benjamin Seymour, b. May 17th, 1849, d. Aug. 1st, 1851 ; Julia Maria, b. July 16th, 1851.
The author has a large number of additional names in this family, but as not a single date is furnished, it is not thought best to insert them.
Rev. WILLIS S. COLTON, furnishes the following in regard to his branch of his family :
(1.) My great grandfather, Rev. BENJAMIN COLTON, lineal descendant of George Colton, of the north of England, and of Puritan stock, was born in Long-Meadow, Mass., 1687; graduated at Yale College, 1710. He settled in
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the Gospel Ministry, over the Congregational Church, in West Hartford, Conn., 1713, and d. there in 1759.
His first wife was a dau. of Rev. Mr. Taylor, of Westfield, Mass., and d. in 1725, aged 28.
His second wife, Mary Pitkin, was a sister of Gov. Win. Pitkin, of East Hartford, Ct., she d. in West Hartford, 1761 or '60, at the age of 70. Her children were the following : 1. Lusina Colton, who d. a maiden lady in West Hartford, 1817, Dec. 9th, aged 92; 2. Abijah, my grandfather, who d. Aug. 8th, 1815, aged 85. He was for many years a deacon of the Congregational Church in West Hartford; 3. Elizabeth, who m. Josiah Steele, of same place, and d. in Vermont, aged 84; 4. George Colton, b. 1735, who became a min- ister of the Gospel for more than forty years in Bolton, Ct., and d. there June 12th, 1812, aged 77 ; Esther, who m. a Mr. Allen, and her dau. Nancy Allen was the wife of Mr. Goodrich, father of Prof. Goodrich formerly of Yale College.
(2.) The children of Dea. ABIJAH COLTON (my grandfather) were the fol- lowing : 1. Mary, wife of Ebenezer Faxon, of West Hartford, b. March 30th, 1775, d. 1850, at 74. They had three or four children ; 2. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1777, d. in West Hartford, 1859, aged 82; 3. George, b. Jan, 12th, 1779, d. in Wethersfield, Conn., Feb. 13th, 1858, aged 79. He was educated at Yale Col- lege; graduated with the Class of 1804; studied for the ministry with Dr. Nathan Perkins; was a Home Missionary from 1806 to 1808 ; afterwards was a Presbyterian Clergyman in New York State, at Westford, Otsego, Oo., and at Royalton, Elba, and Wyoming, in Niagara and Genessee Counties, for many years ; 4. Chester, b. Dec., 1783, d. in Ohio, 1851, aged 68, having had two children ; 5. Charles, b. March 5th, 1787, d. 1816, Jan. 10th, aged 29 ; 6. Rod- erick, b. 1790, d. (I think) in West Hartford, in 1863, aged 73, He had four children.
(3.) The children of Rev. GEORGE COLTON, were as follows: 1. John O., b. at Westford, N, Y., 1810, March 13th, and d. (Pastor of the Chapel Street Church, New Haven, Conn.) April 20th, 1840, aged 30; 2. Oscar C., b. April 12th, 1812, a lawyer by profession ; 3. Amelia D., b. Oct., 1814, d. at Lock- port, N. Y , 1843, aged 84; 4. Horace B, b. Sept. 29th, 1816, d. in the Civil War, a member of the 139th Penn. Vols., at Stafford Court House, Va., near Fredericksburg, Dec. 1st, 1862, aged 46; 5. George H., b. Oct. 1818, d. in New York (while editing Whig Review) in Dec., 1847; 6. Theron G., b. July, 1820, now a Congregational Clergyman in Whitewater, Mass ; 7. Julia P., b. at Royalton, N. V., Oct., 1824; 8. Henry M., b. Nov., 1826, now teaching a Classical School in New York City ; 9. Willis S., b. June 25th, 1828, at Royal- ton, N. H .; graduated at Yale College in 1850 ; was Rector in that Institution from 1852 to 1856; was settled in the ministry as Pastor of the Congrega- tional Church at Wallingford, Conn., Sept. 27th, 1856, and installed as Pastor of the Church in Washington, Conn., Aug. 22d, 1866.
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