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CANFIELD FAMILY.
THOMAS CANFIELD, Sen., of Milford, Conn., was not one of the early settlers of the place, but was there in 1646; had wife, Phebe, and two sons and eight daughters. Ilis son, Jeremiah, married Alice or Elee .- Both names are on the records of M. He and his wife both died in N. M. He and his four sons went to New Milford. Rev. Stanley Griswold, in a century sermon preached in New Milford, in 1801, says, Canfield's family was the 8th that came into ! town,-in 1706. One of those sons, Zorobabel, resided in Bridgewater Soc., in. and had children, one of which was Lemuel, who m. Sarah Burton, and had issue as follows ;- Daniel, Anna, Burton, Charles A., Augustine, Lemuel. Orlando.
BURTON, Esq., b. Feb. 28th, 1778, settled at South Britain about 1800, m. Polly Mitchell, April 1st, 1802, and had 2 Harriet, b. Dec. 27th, 1802, m. Anson Bradley, Feb., 1824 2 Mitchell Munroe, born March 30th 1809, m. Eliza J. Averill, Nov. 24th, 1830. ' Samuel Munson, b. April 19th, 1820, m. Emeline
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Northrop, March 16th 1843. Harriet Elizabeth, b. March 16th, 1850, d. Aug. 18th, 1870. Sarah Eleanor Burton d. Jan. 10th, 1868-his wife, Jan. 10th, 1861. Lemuel, M., d. Sept. 5th, 1854.
AVERILL BURTON m. Alice S. Angevine, Sept. 9th, 1857. Children : Corne- lia Elizabeth, b. Dec. 18th, 1858. Robert Monroe, b. Feb- 26th 1863. Averill B., b. Nov. 8th, 1831. Lemuel, b. March 26th, 1787; came to South Britain with his brother and m. Betsey Mitchell, 1807, and d. March 15th, 1817. He had one son.
JEROME, b. March 26th, 1808, who m. Hannah Smith, Nov. 26th 1828. Children : Lemuel L. ; Mitchell M .; Cornelia C .; Edward J. ; Chandler ; Emma G. These all removed from the place years ago
MR. C .- I have endeavored to make out correctly the Canfield family-my branch of it-brought down to the present time. The earliest name appears on the m. records spelled Campfield, then Camfield, then Canfield.
AVERILL B. CANFIELD.
DEFOREST FAMILY.
It is a tradition in the family, that three brothers of the name of DeForest, or De la Forest, came to New Amsterdam, now New York, about the year 1635, viz. Hendrick, Isaac, and - -. The name of the third brother is in doubt ; if there was one, his name was probably Johannes, (ride Albany Colo- nial Records, Vol. II., page 221.) What became of him is not. known.
HENDRICK d. soon after his arrival, withont children.
ISAAC settled in New York, was m. in 1641, and d. abont 1672-3. leaving five sons, viz. Johannes, b. 1650 ; Phillip, b. 1652; Isaue, b. 1655 ; Henry, b. 1657; Darid, b. 1669.
The descendants of Isaac are numerous. One or more of his sons settled in or near Albany, and intermarried with the Dutch ; hence the name became corrupted, and many of his descendants are called DeFrees, DeFrieze, or De- Frest.
DAVID, youngest son of Isaac, b. in 1669, settled in Stratford, Conn., m. in 1696, and d. there in 1721. The following are his descendants in the male line: Darid, b. 1702: Samuel, b. 1704 ; Isaae, b. 1706; Edward, b. 1708 ; Henry, b. 1710; Benjamin, b. 1716 ; Isaac and Henry d. without male issue.
DAVID, son of David, (2,) had sons : Samuel, no male issue ; Darid, Heze- kiah, Elihu, Ephraim.
SAMUEL, son of David, (2,) had sons : Joseph, b. 1731 ; Samuel, b. 1739, no male issue ; Nehemiah, b. 1743 : Darid, b. 1745 ; Josiah, b. 1748.
EDWARD, son of David, (2,) had, Isaac, b. 1736 : Elisha, b. 1738 ; Edward, b. 1743 ; John, b. 1745 ; William, b. 1752, no male issue ; Joseph, b. 1758.
HENRY, son of David, (2,) had, Henry, b. 1750 ; Timothy, b. 1751 ; David, b. 1755. Neither of them had sons.
BENJAMIN, son of David (2,) had Hezekiah, b. 1745 ; Nehemiah, b. 1748, no issue ; Benjamin, b, 1749; Isaac, b. 1758 ; Othniel, b. 1761.
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DAVID, son of David. (3,) had, Eliud, b. 1769 ; Samuel ; David, no male issue ; Isaac ; Clark, b. 1772.
HEZEKIAH, son of David, (3,) had, Uriah, no male issue ; Hezekiah, b. 1770.
ELIIIU, son of David, (3,) had, Joseph, no male issue; David L., b. 1763 ; Benjamin, no mail issue ; Bill Clark, no male issue.
EPIIRAIM, son of David, (3,) had, Nathan, b. 1765; Zalmon, b. 1770 ; HIenry, b. 1778 ; Samuel, b. 1784, no sons ; Ephraim B., b. 1787.
JOSEPH, son of Samuel, (4) had, Samuel ; Abel, b 1761 ; Mills, b. 1763, no male issue ; Elihu, b. 1777 ; Gideon.
NEHEMIAH, son of Samuel, (4,) had, William, b. 1773 ; Lockwood, b, 1775 ; Philo, b. 1779 ; Delauzun and Charles.
DAVID, son of Samuel, (4,) had Isaac N .; David L .; Samuel and Joseph. The first three had no sons.
ISAAC, son of Edward, (5,) had Benjamin.
ELISHA, son of Edward, (5,) had, Isaac, b. 1768, no male issue ; Daniel, b. 1771 had Albert, who d. without male issue.
EDWARD, son of Edward, (5,) had James, no male issue.
JOHN, son of Edward, (5,) had, Curtis ; Philo, b. 1772; John ; Edward ; the two last no male issue ; James had a son James.
JOSEPH, son of Edward, (5,) had, 1 William, b. 1787, had sons, Charles P. and George ; 2 Joseph, b. 1790, had Willium, Curtis W., Runsford S., John D., and Daniel A. ; 3 Mitchell, b. 1797, had sons, Daniel and William ; 4 Curtis, b. 1803, had William, Darwin and Charles.
HEZEKIAH, son of Benjamin, (7,) had, Philo, b. 1782, and Samuel A., b. 1784.
BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin, (7,) had, David C, b. 1774 ; John H., b. 1776; Benjamin, b. 1780; Ezra, b. 1782.
ISAAC, son of Benjamin, (7,) had, Alonzo, b. 1788; Lemuel, b. 1788 ; Aaron, b. 1790 ; Isaac, b. 1794 ; Grandison, b. 1797. Nome but the first had male issue.
OTHNIEL, son of Benjamin, (7,) had, Linson ; Sidney, no male issue ; Charles.
ELIUD, son of David (8,) had, 1 Hiram, b. 1793, had, William J .; 2 Charles, b. 1796, had Harvey B .; 3 William, no sons ; 4 Samuel, b. 1800, no sons ; 5 Darid L., b. 1804, had John E. and Cyrus R. ; 6 Edward, b. 1806, had Charles E. and Samuel E.
SAMUEL, son of David, (8,) had, William, no male issue ; Henry, no male issue ; Ira.
ISAAC, son of David, (8,) had, 1 Darid, who had Legrand and Durid L. ; 2 Harvey, had George and Alanson B. ; 3 Lewis, no male issue ; 4 Isaac J., had Josiah and Samuel J.
CLARK, son of David, (8,) had, 1 Curtis, b. 1804, who had Samuel C. Run- sille B. and William W. ; 2 Jared, b. 1807, had William II. and Giles A .; 3 William C., b. 1811, had John W., Heury W., Daniel W. and Isaac ; 4 George, b. 1812, had Sylvester, Charles HI. and James.
HEZEKIAH, son of Hezekiah, (9,) had, 1 Hiram O., b. 1794; 2 LeGrand, b. 1802, who had George B., Charles E. and Stephen C.
DAVID L., son of Elihu, (10,) had, 1 Archibald, b. 1787, no male issue ; 2
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Alfred, b. 1791, no male issue : 3 Benjamin, had David L., Benjamin and Alfred A.
NATHAN, son of Ephraim, (11,) had, 1 IIenry, b. 1790, who had Edward, James, Hiram and John ; 2 Samuel J., b. 1793, had George 'S. ; 3 Silas G., b, 1794, had Gilbert ; 4 J. Hoyt, b. 1806, had George ; 5 Charles, b. 1-08, had George and Charles.
ZALMON, son of Ephraim, (11,) had, 1 John W., no male issne ; 2 William S., b. 1815, had James HI.
HENRY, son of Ephraim, (11,) had Henry E., b. 1818.
EPHRAIM B., son of Ephraim (11,) had, 1 William S., b. 1812, who had Albert ; 2 Samuel HI., b. 1827 ; 3 Darid C., b. 1822, had Charles H.
SAMUEL, son of Joseph, (12,) had, 1 Marcus, no male issue ; 2 Legrand, no male issue ; 3 William C., had Joseph and Samuel.
ABEL, son of Joseph, (12,) had. 1 Henry, who had William II. and Charles ; 2 Mills, no male issue ; 3 William ; 4 M. Delauzun, had Samuel M.
GIDEON, son of Joseph, (12,; had, 1 Lee, who had George and Henry S. ; 2 Abel B. ; 3 Cyrus H., had Charles, Heman and James ; 4 Charles A., had Charles A., A. Henry, Dewitt C. and Edward ; 5 Tracy R., had Cyras HI., Lewis G., Charles L. and Albert W.
WILLIAM, son of Nehemiah, (13,) had, 1 Isaac, who had Thomas and William ; 2 Lockwood M. ; 3 William, had Edward ; 4 Marcus.
LOCKWOOD, son of Nehemiah, (13,) had, 1 W. Wheeler, , b 1794; 2 George B., b. 1806, and had Benjamin L. and George B ; 3 Henry G., b. 1820, had Robert W. and Lockwood ; 4 Jones G , b 1822 ; 5 Frederick L., b. 1825.
PHILO, son of Nehemiah, (13.) had Delauzun, b. 1808, who had George and William.
DELAUZUN, son of Nehemiah, (13,) had William B., b. 1811, who had William A.
JOSEPHI, son of David, (14,) had, 1 Isaac N., b. 1809, who had Moulton, Newton, Henry C., Theodore, Joseph and Charles ; 2 John J., b. 1811 ; 3 James, G., b. 1817, and had John and Frank.
BENJAMIN, son of Isaac, (15,) had, 1 Isaac, b. 1791, who had Benjamin, Andrew and David ; 2 Darid, b. 1801, had .David.
PHILO, son of John. (18,) lived in Woodbury, had, 1 Marcus, b. 1794, who had John P., George and Marcus, and Lucy, who m. David S. Bull ; 2 George, b, 1804.
PHILO, son of Hezekiah, (20,) had, 1 Charles, who had Charles ; 2 David D., had George HI. and Frederick C. ; 3 .John ; 4 William, had Edward. ; 5 George.
SAMUEL A., son of Hezekiah, (20,) had 1 Charles, who had William L. and Francis E, ; 2 Spencer HI.
DAVID C., son of Benjamin, (21,) and founder of the " DeForest Fund " of Yale College, had a son Carlos M., b. 1813, who had a son David, b. 1847.
JOHN H., son of Benjamin, (21,) had, 1 George S., b. 1812, who had Henry W. ; 2 Henry A., b. 1814 ; 3 Andrew W., b. 1817, who had Edward L., Charles S., and Eugene ; 4 John W., who had Louis.
BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin, (21,) had, 1 John, b. 1806, who had Erastus L., b. 1834 ; 2 Samuel S., b. 1811, nc male issue ; $ Benjamin, b. 1818.
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LINSON, son of Othniel, (23,) had, 1 Charles H., b 1821 ; 2 Linson, b. 1822, had William II.
CHARLES, son of Othniel, (23,) had, 1 Charles B., b. 1819, who had Charles E., Clarence R., Benjamin and William HI. ; 2 Benjamin, b. 1821 ; 3 Alfred, b. 1822 ; 4 Othneil, b. 1826 ; 5 David, b. 1828 ; 6 Thomas B., b. 1832 ; 7 William H., b. 1837 ; 8 Linson, b. 1829.
FRAZER FAMILY.1
The history of the Frasers, who constituted a clan of the Highland Scotts, extends far back into the region of antiquity. An elaborate history of the clan, by John Anderson, was published at Edinburgh and London in 1825, but the limits of this paper will allow of the introduction of a simple pedi- gree, only, of the family now residing in the city of New York, with a few collateral relatives. The Frisels or Frasers are first recognized in the array of those adventurers who accompanied the Norman William to the English shores. The precise time when they extended northward is not well defined. The first Fraser who is supposed to be found in characters, is GILBERT DE- FRASER, who flourished some time after the year 1100, during the reign of Alexander I. The lands of Hales, in East Lothian, were held by him under the Earls of Dunbar. He possessed large estates both in. Tweeddale and Lothian. His third son, name not preserved, was father of Bernard of Oliver Castle, who lived in the time of Alexander II. His son, Sir Gilbert of Oliver Castle, Vicecomes of Tracqnair, lived in the time of Alexander II. and III., and was father of Sir Andrew (his second son) of Caithness, and Sheriff of
Sterling These were styled the " Frasers of Oliver Castle." This Sir Andrew was father of Simon Fraser of Inverness-shire, who m. the heir- ess of the earldom of Caithness, and was killed in 1333. His second son, Hugh, of Ard and Lovat, m. Isabel, dau. of Sir David Wemyss, and d. in 1397. Hugh, second son of the latter, became the first Lord Lovat, and m. Janet, sister of Lord Fenton. Their second son, Hugh, became the second Lord Lovat, and m. a dan. of Wemyss of Wemyss. Hed. in 1450. Hugh, second son of the latter, was the third Lord Lovat. Hem. Margaret Lyon. Their first son, Thomas, was the fourth Lord Lovat. He was m. first, to Janet, dan. of Andrew, Lord Grey. He d. in 1524, Hugh, first son of the latter, became fifth Lord Lovatt, m. Ist, Anne Grant, of Grant ; 2d, Janet, dau. of Walter Ross, of Balnagown. He was killed July, 1544. Alexander, second son of the latter, was the sixth Lord Lovat. He m. Janet, dan. of Campbell, of Calder. and d. Dec., 1557. He had children as follows, viz. 1. Hugh, seventh Lord Lovat, b. 1534, who m. Lady Elizabeth Stewart, dau. of the Earl of Athol, and d. Jan., 1576 or '7 ; 2. Thomas of Knockie and Strichen, who m.
1 It was originally intended that the information contained in this article should have been incorporated with the information concerning Hugh Fraser, contained on page 732, but it was not received in time.
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Isabel Forbes, of Corfundie ; 3. James, of Ardochy ; 4. Anne, who m. John Fraser. From James, of Ardochy, was descended Anne, who was m. to Alexander Fraser, (Tacksman), of Drummond. This iady, on account of great personal beauty, received the appellation of "Fair Anne." She was second, or perhaps first, cousin to the Gen. Fraser who lies buried at Saratoga. This Alexander went to Quebec, accompanied by his son Hugh, a lad twelve or thirteen years of age, as a volunteer in the 71st Regiment, a Highland one, and served under Col. Fraser, eldest son of the twelfth Lord Lovat, who was beheaded in consequence of the part he was supposed to have taken in the battle at Culloden. In this capacity he was engaged in the action on the Piains of Abraham, where Wolfe fell. Alexander Fraser was of the Drum- mond family, and resided at Drummond till he left for Quebec. Both Drum- mond and Ardochy are situated in the Braes of Stratharick, parish of Bole- skin, and county of Inverness. The cause of Mr. Fraser's emigration was his dissatisfaction at the feudal controversies existing in the clan, which was very numerous and powerful. The remaining branch of the Drummond family emigrated to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1804. Mr. Fraser was offered a large consideration for his moiety of the lease of Drummond, by "Tack," but he chose, however, to make it over to his first cousin, who held the other half, to dispose of as he should see fit.
In those days, the aristocracy of England owned much of the land in Scotland. The proprietors were called "Lairds." The term "tacksmen " was applied to the persons who leased large tracts of those estates from the original proprietors for a long term of years. Some of this class lived on these leased estates for many generations, were of the first respectability, and connected. by blood and marriage with the best families in the kingdom, Of this class was Mr. Fraser's family. He never returned from this country to Scotland but died in Canada, two years after the British got possession of the country- Ile had by his wife, " Fair Anne," one son, Hugh, named above, being the same mentioned on page 732 of " Cothren's History of Ancient Woydbury." He left his mother at Ardochy, went to Quebec with his father, entered the counting-house of a relation there of the name of Simon Fraser, generally known and revered by the Canadians as " Bon Homme " Fraser, and after remaining with him for a few years, he commenced busi- ness on his own account. At an early age he m Ann, dau. of Robert Jackson, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, and an artillery officer under Gen. Wolfe, at Quebec. Mr. Fraser carried on a prosperous business for some years, when he went to England to increase his stock in trade, leaving his Quebec busi- ness in the charge of his clerks, who, in his absence, managed it badly. On his return, his premises, with his entire stock of new goods, took fire and were entirely consumed. From this misfortune he never recovered. His wife soon after died, leaving him two sons and one daughter.
SIMON, the eldest son, was employed for nearly two years in the counting. house of " Bon Homme " Fraser, but not liking the business, he left it, re- moved to the United States, settled at Woodbury, Conn., m. Amy, dau. of Hezekiah Thompson, Esq., of that place, had children, as will be seen on page 733 of the history before referred to, and was lost at sea between New York and Wilmington, N. C., whither he had gone on business.
ALEXANDER, second son of Hugh Fraser, went to Halifax, Nova Scotia,
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where, under the advice of his relative, the late Hon. James Fraser, he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a draper. After serving his time, in 1806, Mr. Fraser sent him to his establishment (Fraser, Thorn & Co.) at Miramichi, on Baubour Island, where he remained first as clerk and afterwards as part- ner, till the death of Hon. James Fraser, in 1822. In 1824, he m. an English lady of the name of Gregg, and has seven sons and two dau., viz. James, Alexander, Davis II., William, John, Edward, Robert, Elizabeth and Ann Four other children died young.
MARGARET, dau. of Hugh Fraser, after her mother's death, was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Beek, intimate acquaintances of her mother. Mr. Beek was notary public and collector of his majesty's customs at Montreal, until his death in 1822. His widow and adopted dan. then removed to Chambly, where Mrs. Beek died two years after. Margaret then went to Miramichi, in the fall of 1824, to reside with her brother, and in Oct., 1825, was mar. to John Fraser. She is now dead. They had three children, viz. 1. Margaret Ann, who died aged twenty-one years. 2. John James, now a barrister at Fredericton. 3. Sarah Jane, who resides with her father. Hugh Fraser died in Canada in 1828, aged 82, and his wife at the same place, in 1799, aged 44.
We now return to the relatives of " Fair Anne," of Ardochy. William Frasar, of Ardochy, her brother, studied law, and entered into a lucrative practice. lle held the appointment of Commissary of Increase, and became the factor of the leading landholders in the country, particularly those of his own name, who were then very numerons as large proprietors, and were deeply engaged in politics. He m. Miss Fraser, of Balnain, first cousin of Gen. Fraser, who was killed at Saratoga. They had four sons and four dau. He died and was buried at Halifax, N. S., in 1826 or 1827.
WILLIAM, his eldest son, m. at Halifax, soon afterward, moved to the United States, and finally settled at Pittsburg, Penn., where his descendants are numerous and respectable.
ALEXANDER, second son of William Fraser, went as a medical man to the East Indies, where he made an ample fortune. He afterwards returned with his family, consisting of two sons and four dau., and settled in London. The names of the sons are William and Hugh, both barristers, the eldest of whom, William, is a leader in his profession, and is also an author of some note The names of the dau. are June, Ann, Margaret and Harrict. The latter was m. to Dr. Benjamin D. Fraser, a son of the late Hon. James Fraser, of Halifax, N. S .; she lived only about a year.
HUGH, the third son of William Fraser, went to the East Indies as a mili- tary man, in the company's service, where, by good conduct and bravery, he was advanced to various lucrative stations, amassed wealth, attained the rank of Major-General, and retired on full pay as such in 1828. He has since been knighted and advanced to the rank of Lieut-General. He m. in India the dau. of the Dutch Governor of Pondicherry, and by her had several children. Their names are not known to the writer. Some of the sons are officers in the East India Company's service. Sir Hugh purchased an estate at Brea- langwell, in Cromarty-shire, on which he resided. He m. for his second wife a Scotch lady. He had no issue by her, and died about 1852.
THOMAS, fourth son of William Fraser, died young.
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The daughters, who were Jane, Ann, Harriet and Marjory, all m. except Ann, who died in early life.
ALEXANDER FRASER, of Ardochy, another brother of " Fair Anne," a merchant at Inverness, where he died at the age of eighty years, was father of the late Hon. James Fraser, of Halifax and Miramichi, Nova Scotia. He arrived first at Halifax and spent some years in one or two of the first mer- cantile houses there. Ile ultimately formed a business connection with Mr. Thorn, at Miramichi, where they continued for twelve years, and, in 1798, formed a copartnership with a house in Liverpool, Eng .; extended their business, removed to Halifax, and became one of the first houses in the two provinces. In 1803, Mr. Fraser m. a Miss DeWolf, of Windso, N. S., a native of Boston, she having removed with her father and mother, who were loyalists, to Windsor, about 1784 They were nearly related to the De Wolfs, at Bristol, Rhode Island. Barney Smith, of Boston, one of whose dau. m. Mr. Rush, while Minister of the United States at the Court of Russia, was an uncle of this Miss DeWolf. They had two sons and six dau., three of whom died unmarried. Rachel, the oldest dau., m. in 1825 the Hon. Major Gore, a brother of the Earle of Arran, Ireland. He became a Major-General and a commander of the troops stationed in New Brunswick, and neighboring provinces. Gen. and Mrs. Gore's eldest dau. m. the Earl of Errol, a Scotch nobleman, and first cousin of Queen Victoria. The Duchess of Inverness, who was m. to the Queen's uncle, the late Duke of Sussex, is the sister of Gen. Gore. She has apartments allotted to her in Kensington Palace, and when the Earl and Countess of Errol are in London, they also have apart- ments in one of the Queen's palaces, Several of the Frasers residing in New York are second cousins to the countess, whose husband, the Earl of Errol. as above stated, is first cousin to Queen Victoria.
GRISWOLD FAMILY.
Joanna Steele, b. March 26th, 1781, m. March 12th, 1801, OZIAS GRISWOLD, She d. Feb. 17th, 1844. He was b. Aug. 7th, 1772, d. Oct. 22d, 1815.
Children of JOANNA STEELE and OZIAS GRISWOLD : 1. Sally, b. April 9th, 1802, m. May 10th, 1827, Solomon Dunham, he was b. April 12th, 1795 ; 2. Chester, b. Jan. 5th, 1805, m. May 10th, 1827, Ermina Palmer, she was b. July 2d, 1827, d. Aug. 25th, 1864 ; 3. Allen Steele, b. Oct. 13th, 1808. m. Nov. 18th, 1830, Mary Jane Steele, she was b. Jan. 16th, 1809 ; 4. Thomas Franklin, b. March 6th, 1813, m. May 12th, 1841, Mary Ann Bishop, she was b. Nov. 15th, 1816 ; 5. Lucy Joanna, b. March 18th, 1815, d. March 10th, 1816.
Children of CHESTER and ERMINA GRISWOLD: 1. Watson Chester, b. June 24th, 1829, d. 22d, 1831 ; 2. Lucy Joanna, b. July 27th, 1830, d. Feb, 16th, 1831 ; 3. Thomas C., b. Jan. 9th, 1832, d. April 9th, 1835 ; 4. James N., b. March 6th, 1834, d. March 31st, 1835; 5. Sarah E., b. Feb. 20th, 1836, m. Oct. 28th, 1856, Julius Elmore, he was b. Dec. 4th, 1835 ; 6. Warren O .. b. May 26th, 1838, m. Dec. 16th, 1858, Jane M. Dunham, she was b. Feb. 8th, 1843; 7. George A., b. Oct. 9th, 1843, d. April 8th, 1867 ; 8. Ellen E., b. Feb. 9th. 1851.
Children of ALLEN STEELE and MARY J. GRISWOLD : 1. Mary J., b. June
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2d, 1833 ; 2. Samuel A., b. Dec. 14th, 1834, m June 9th, 1859, Frances P. Flagg, she was b. Nov. 17th, 1837 ; 3. Charles Steele, b. Jan. 9th, 1837, m. May 12th, 1858, Lucia I. Bishop, she was b. June 12th, 1840; 4. Henry O., b. Nov. 21st, 1842 ; 5. Seth P., b. Jan. 27th, 1850.
Children of THOMAS FRANKLIN and MARY ANN GRISWOLD ; 1. Seth B., b. Oct. 22d, 1848, d. Sept. 4th, 1849 ; 2. Franklin Steele, b. Oct. 6th, 1850; 3. Charles W., b. May 15th, 1852.
Children of SARAH E. GRISWOLD and JULIUS ELMORE : 1. Mary E., b. Oct. 14th, 1858 ; 2. Lillian I., b. March 13th, 1861; 3. Delia E., b. Sept. 18th, 1863 ; 4. Alice G., b. Feb. 1st, 1869.
Children of WARREN and JANE M. GRISWOLD: 1. Frederick W., b. Aug. 1st, 1861 ; 2. Lena F., b. May 14th, 1867.
Children of SAMUEL A. and FRANCES P. GRISWOLD: 1. Edwaed A .; b. April 22d, 1865 ; 2. William S., b. Oct. 28th, 1870.
Children of CHARLES STEELE and LUCIA I. GRISWOLD: 1. Charles A., b. Sept. 16th, 1860; 2. Gerty B., b. July 3d, 1863, d. July 16th, 1865 ; 3. Joseph H., b. May 28th, 1866.
GORDON FAMILY.
BYDAND
ANIMO
ASTUTIA
NON
Az. three boars heads couped or-
Crest .- In a ducal Coronet or a Stag's head and neck, affrontée ppr. attired with ten tynes of the first.
Motto-(above the Crest)-Bydand; (and below the Shield) Animo Non Astutia.
ALEXANDER GORDON, and JANE, his wife, left Scotland on the 27th day of August, 1719. They left with five children, and arrived in Boston, Mass., on the 2d day of Nov., 1719, with three children.
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Alexander Gordon d. July 27th, 1774, aged 104 years. Ile had a son Robert. I do not know what became of him. Alexander Gordon was buried on the Plains, so called. I think I can get more information about them in a week or two.
D. GORDON.
VOLUNTOWN, May 14th, 1853.
The above is a copy of a letter from Daniel Gordon to Alexander Gordon, collector of the following record of the Gordon Family. He was quite an aged man when he wrote the above, and died soon after.
I am inclined to believe that the ROBERT GORDON, Ist, (that our record be- gins with) must have been a grandson of the above Alexander and Jane, as he was about sixty years old when Robert Gordon, Ist, was born.
I think he came to Woodbury from Voluntown. He lived in the north part of this town, near Bethlehem line, where he died, and was buried in Bethlehem.
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