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The following record was collected by Alexander Gordon, 3d, (29) of Woodbury, Conn. :
ROBERT GORDON, b. March 14th, 1730, d. March 30th, 1816 ; Jeane Kasson, (his widow,) b. July 16th, 1736, d. Oct. 14th, 1822. They had seven children, viz. 1 Esther,2 (generation from Robert), b. Dec. 23d, 1757, d. March 7th, 1826 ; 2 Mary,? b. Nov. 5th, 1759, d. March 23d, 1827 ; 3 Elizabeth,2 b. Dec. 6th, 1761, d. June 12th, 1827 ; 4 George,2 b. July 30th, 1764, d. Aug. 9th, 1811 ; 5 Alexander,2 b. May 1st, 1767, d. Feb. 22d, 1821 ; 6 Jane,2 b. June 1st, 1711, d. Feb. 18th, 1833 ; 7 Olice,2 b. Nov. 9th, 1774, d. June 8th, 1841.
ESTHER GORDON,2 (2). She had a dau., Minerva Gordon, who was b. July 16th, 1791, d. July 1822. Both were buried in Bethlehem.
MARY GORDON,8 (3,) m. Seth Martin, 6th June, 1788, of Bethlehem. He was b. March 8th, 1763. They had seven children, viz: 1 Sally Marcin,3 b. March 10th, 1789 ; 2 Gideon,3 b. Dec. 12th, 1790, d. Feb. 20th, 1862 ; 3 Polly,3 b. March 21st, 1793, d. Jan. 25th, 1865: 4 Wealthy,3 b. July 14th, 1795, d. Feb. 2d, 1868 ; 5 Seth,3 b. Jan. 3d, 1798, d. March Ist, 1871 ; 6 Charles, b. Nov. 4th, 1800, d. Oct. 6th, 1851 ; 7 Olive, b. Aug. 17th, 1804, d. young. No one except Gideon, were ever m. of this family.
ELIZABETH GORDON,2 (4,) m. Daniel Hannahs, of Bethlehem ; removed to York State. They had four sons; may not be in the order as recorded. 1 Chauney Hannah, 2; 2 Marvin,3 ; 3 William,3 a prominent merchant in New York City ; 4 Daniel.3
GEORGE GORDON,2 (5,) m. Bethia Leavenworth, of Woodbury, Feb. 1786. He d. Aug. 9th, 1811. She m. 2d, Nehemiah Judson, of Woodbury, and still survives him. They had three children, viz ; 1 Althera Gordon,3 b. April 22d, 1788, m. Jeremiah Smith, of Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. She had no children ; d. July 29th, 1855 ; 2 William Henry Gordon,3 b. Dec. 26th, 1790 ; He m. and had children ; he d. March 10th, 1>59 ; 3 Julia Gordon,3 h. May 22d, 1797, m. Daniel Brayton, of Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. She had ro children ; d. in 1865.
ALEXANDER GORDON,2 (6,) m. for his first wife, Nancy Burritt, of Bethle- hem, who d. Aug. 25th, 1808; was buried in Bethlehem. They had four
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children, viz : 1 Sophronia Gordon,3 b. Dec. 30th, 1799, at Ellsworth, d. April 2d. 1863; 2 Susan Ann,3 b. Ang. 8th, 1802, m. William Everett, of Ellsworth, Ct. Had four children. She d. April 19th, 1866; 3 William Chauncu Gordon,3 b. July 4th, 1804, d. June 11th, 1840, m. Martha Greenleaf, of Ithaca, N. Y. Had one child, he d. at Ithaca, N. Y .; 4 Charles Gordon,3 b. June 7th, 1806, d. Oct. 17th, 1822, buried at Bethlehem.
ALEXANDER GORDON,2 (6,) m. for his second wife, Laner Marvin, daughter of David and Sylvia Everett Marvin. They had four children, viz : 5 Edwin Everett Gordon,º b. Jan. 15th, 1811, m. Sara A. DeGraff, of Albany, N. Y. Had no children, he d. at Mayfield, N. Y., Jan. 27th, 1851, was a Physician ; 6. Robert Gordon,º b. July 18th, 1812, m. Mary Elizabeth Hoyt, of New Canaan, Ct .; had one child, d. May 9th, 1854, at Bedford, N. Y., he'was a Shoemaker ; 6 Alexander Gordon,3 b. March 13th, 1814, m. Maria Holley Cogswell, dan. of Stephen and Susan Whittlesey Cogswell, of New Preston, Ct., Oct. 15th, 1839. She was b. Sept. 14th, 1816. They had seven children. He is a Tan- ner and Currier, lives in Woodbury. Ct ; 8. John Marvin Gordon,3 b. June 27th, 1816, m. Ann B. Sneath Miner, a widow, daughter of John and Eliza- beth Sneath, of New York City. They had three children. She d. in 1857; he d. July 24th, 1866, was buried in Greenwood, L. I., in Lot No. 2,965, Syca- more Avenue, Blossom Path.
JANE GORDON,2 (7,) m. Bristoll Hall, Dec. 29th, 1791, formerly of Bethle- hem. They had ten children, viz : 1 Timothy Hull,3 b. Dec. 3d, 1792, m. Sally Knox, Jan. 9th, 1813. Had eight children, seven living in 1868, lived in Tully, N. Y. ; 2 Olire Hall,3 b. Aug. 20th, 1794, m. Russell Knox, in Feb., 1815, had eleven children ; 3 Cyrus Hall,3 b. Nov. 25th, 1796, m. Almira Walker. She d. in 1835, he d. in Oct., 1866, at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin ; 4 Betsey Hall, b. Aug. 20th, 1798, m. Joseph Beach, March 15th, 1823. She d. Aug. 9th, 1823 ; 5 Chauncy Hall,3 b. Sept. 3d, 1802, n. Matilde Hotchkiss, was a Ilome Missionary at Redwood Falls, Minn, in 1868 ; 6 John C. Hall,3 b Nov. Ist, 1804, m. Lucetta Rose ; 7 Nancy Hall,3 b. Aug. 21st, 1809, never was in., lives in Phelps, N. Y. ; 8. George L. Hall,3 d. young ; 9 Clarinda Hall,3 b. Nov. 13th, 1812, d. March 4th, 1831 ; 10 George L. Hall,3 b. Oct. 28th, 1815. m. Ellen M. Cleaver, is a Congregational Clergyman.
OLIVE GORDON,2 (8) m. Elijah Brown. They had children: 1. Truman Beeman Brown,3 b. Aug. 3, 1804, m. Amanda Smith, Oct. 10th, 1831. She was born Feb. 14th, 1811 ; 'lives in Auburn, N. Y. 2. Susan Diana Browns, b. Sept. 18, 1806, m. Ludowiek Tabor. 3. Nancy M. Brown3, b. Aug. 28, 1808, m. a Mr. Conklin. 4. Ada June Brown3, b. Dec. 11, 1810, m. Avery Babbitt, of Auburn, had three children, who died young. She d. June 1st, 1864. 5. Olive II. Brown3, b. March 14, 1812, m. Edgar Smith, Baptist Cler- gyman, are living in Auburn N. Y. 6. Clarinda Kusson Brown3, b. Sept. 3, 1814, m. Charles Smith, a Baptist Clergyman, and a brother of Edgar Smith.
GIDEON MARTIN3 (10) m. Samantha Ingersoll, of Bethlehem, Nov. 6, 1820. They had three Children, viz: Mary Martin, b. Aug. 6, 1821, m. George Smith, of Morriss. Had twin daughters, and five sons. 2. Henry I. Martin, b. March 23, 1833, lives in Bethlehem. 3. Elizabeth Martin, b. Jan. 14, 1836, m. Jarvis E. Ellis, of Waterbury, Nov. 21st, 1859.
WILLIAM HENRY GORDON,3 (21) m. Maria Cheever, had three children, viz :
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1. Frederick William Gordon, b. Jan., 1819, d. Dec. 3, 1851. 2. George Chee- ver Gordon, b. May, 1827. 3. Catherine M. Gordon, b. March, 1832.
Children of Susan Ann Gordon (24). 1. Helen Sophronia Everett, b. Aug., 1829, m. Enoch Everett, of Ellsworth. She d. Sept. 14th. 1866. Left two sons. 2. Sarah Amelia Everett, b. July, 1833. 3. Mary Ely Everett, b. Oct. 1st, 1836, m. Charles Swift, of Cornwall, Conn. 4. Martha Lavinia Everett, b. Sept. 19th, 1841. She died in 1842.
Child of William Chauncey Gordon, (25), Sarah Roselia Gordon, b. Sept. 19, 1834. d. Sept. 12, 1868.
Child of Robert Gordon3 (28), Julia Maria Gordon, b. March 22, 1845, m. William J. Clark, of Woodbury, Oct. 26, 1870.
Children of Alexander Gordon (29). 1. William Augustus, b. Dec. 28, 1840, m. Sara E. Blake, dau. of J. P. and Emeline Blake, of Waterbury, Ct , Sept. 3, 1862. 2. Maria Cogswell Gordon, b. May 15, 1845, d. Feb. 28, 1854. 3. Al- erander Gordon, Jr., b. Nov. 16, 1847. 4. Susan Laner Gordon, b. April 29, 1851, d. Oct. 31, 1861. 5. George Cogswell Gordon, b. June 30, 1854. 6. Charles Robert Gordon, b. Jan. 5, 1858, d. Oct. 26, 1861. 8. Eewin Stephen Gordon, b. Sept. 20, 1860.
Children of John Marvin Gordon (30) 1. Elizabeth Smeath Gordon, b. June 14, 1847, m. Everett E. Dunbar, Feb. 14, 1867, d. July 23, 1868. No Children. 2. Charles Chauncey Gordon, b. July 30, 1850, lives in Sharon, Conn. 3. Ann Smeath Gordon, b. Aug., 1857, d. in infancy.
Children of Truman Beenian Brown, (41). 1. Charles Gordon Brown, b. April 7, 1833. 2. Alice Adell Brown, b. July 29, 1837, m. a Mr. Croel. Live at Seneca Falls. 3. Henry Jay Brown, b. May 16, 1843, d. March 27, 1867.
Child of Olive H. Brown, (45). Eliza Smith, d. Nov. 25, 1861, aged 22 years 6 months and 6 days.
Children of William Augustus Gordon, (59). 1. Caroline Maria Gordon, b. Jan. 7, 1865. 2. Susan Cornelia Gordon, b. Feb. 9, 1868. 3. Alexander Irving Gordon, b. Dec. 22, 1870.
Children of Mary Ely Everett, (55). 1. Harry Gordon Swift, b. Feb. 19, 1869. 2. William Everett Swift, b. Jan. 1, 1871.
GRAHAM FAMILY.
[Corrections and additions.]
LOVE Graham, spoken of on p. 547, m. 1st, Jolin Brinkerhoff, who died soon after his marriage, leaving no children She m. 2d, Rev Jonathan Lee, the 1st minister of Salisbury, Conn. She was his 2d wife. They had children : Chauncey, Love, and Walker.
Rev. Chauncey Lee graduated at Yale College in 1784. and was made a D.D. by Columbia College afterwards. He was for thirty years a minister at Colebrook, Conn. Love Lee m. Rev. Aaron C. Collins. Walker Lee m. and had children.
William Hackalinh Preston Graham had three children : 1. Maria, who has deceased. 2. Elizabeth, who ni. Thomas H. Pease (2d wife) of New
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Haven, bookseller. She d. March, 1849, leaving a son, Salmon Graham Pease. From her earliest years she was distinguished for uncommon gifts and graces. 3. William Preston, now residing in Boston, Mass.
HINMAN FAMILY.
Rev. Benjamin L. Swan furnishes the following items concerning the Hin- man Family :-
HINMAN. There is no trace of the name at Stamford. It is not among lists of the original or immediately succeeding settlers, nor does Huntington (Hist. of Stamford) give the name in any of his lists from the Records. Edward Hinman's name first appears in Stratford in 1651, in which year he has a grant from the town of a home lot. He died in Stratford, Nov. 26, 1681. The children of Edward and Hannah Hinman, were Sarah, b. Sept., 1653, ın. Wm. Roberts; Titus, b. Jan. 1655 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 1658; Benjamin, b. Feb. 1662 ; Hannah, b. July 1666 ; Mary, b. 1668; Patience, b. 1670; Edward, b. 1672.
It does not appear how Titus could have married a Coe, of Stamford, for long before he was marriageable, that name had become extinct in Stamford. Robert had gone to Stratford and died there, having had a dau. Hannah born in Stratford in 1651. But as she is not named in his will, in 1659, she had probably died young. Robert Coe, the elder, with all the rest of his family, had gone to Hempstead, L. I. Probably Titus H. found a wife over there among the Coes of Long Island.
EDWARD HINMAN, JR., youngest son of Edward Hinman Ist, married Han- nah -, who was b. Aug. 14, 1678, and d. at North Stratford, (Trumbull,) Aug. 25, 1777, 99 years old. She died on her birth day. Twenty years be- fore her death, she affirmed that in a dream one told her she would die on her 99th birth day,(Old Style). Repeatedly, afterward, she said the same thing, and in fact on the day predicted she died.
Edward Hinman, Jr. and Hannah, had many children. 1. Josiah, b. Nov. 5, 1700. 2. Hannah, b. March 3, 1702-3. 3. Zechariah, b. Jan. 27, 1704-5. 4. Samuel, b. Jan. 6, 1705-6. 5. Justus, b. Dec. 28, 1707. 6. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 5, 1709. 7. Sarah, b. Oct., 1711. 8. John, b. Nov. 4, 1713. 9. Rachel, b. Dec. 4, 1715. 10. Eunice, b. Aug. 16, 1717. 11. Amos, b. Oct. 18, 1720. 12. Charity, b. June 6, 1723.
Of these children, 1 find in Trumbull Records, Justus5, who married Han- nah, and had Mary, Oct. 1739; Elizabeth, Jan. 1742-3; Sarah, Dec. 1749 ; Ra- chel, Feb. 1752; Mary, Feb. 1757.
JOHN®, who m. Eunice -, and had John, Feb. 1748; David, Feb. 10, 1750; Jonas, March 1752.
By 2d wife, Anna Nichols, m. Aug. 15, 1754, had Eunice, June 1755; Mar- tha, Aug. 1757; Ann, May 1760; Isaac, April 1762.
AMOS9, m. Abigail -- , and had Josiah. Dec. 1747; Elijah, Feb. 1749 ; Patience, Nov. 1750; Justus, July 1752; Rachel, March 1754 ; Fnoch, March
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1756; Samuel, March 1758; a son unnamed, Jan. 1760; Phebe, May 1762; Mary, May 1764; Abigail, Ang. 1770.
By all which it appears that Samuel, son of Edward and father of Lemuel was not " the ancestor of" all " the Fairfield County Hinmans," by far.
ZECHARIAH HINMAN, grandson of Edward, Jr. (but I know not by which sire) m. Mary (Bootlı), and had Mary Booth, b. May 1772.
ELIJAH HINMAN, son of Amos, m. Mercy Hoyt, and had a dau., bap. Dec. 1776, (name not given).
JOSIAH HIINMAN, son of Amos, m. Phebe Summers, Jan 16, 1772, and had Abijah, Nov. 1776; Elijah Summers, May 1777; Eunice, Oct. 1779; Ruth Anne, June 1782 ; Patience, March 1786.
JOHN HINMAN, son of John and Eunice, married Anna, and had Orilla, (probably Aurelia,) Aug 1785.
JUSTUS HINMAN, (son of Amos,) m. Abigail Summers, of Stratfield, Feb. 1, 1774.
JONAS HINMAN (son of John and Eunice,) m. Katy Fairchild, May 16, 1779. They had Joseph Curtiss, Ang. 1780. (Her mother was a Curtis) ; Polly, July 1783; Sally, July 1786; James, Dec. 1738.
SAMUEL HINMAN, (son of Amos and Abigail,) m. Hannah Seeley, Nov. 1786.
ISAAC HINMAN, son of John and Anna,) m. Charity Edwards, Jan. 2, 1785.
ENOCH HINMAN, (son of Amos and Abigal,) m. Hannah Stratton, Jan 3,
. 1782.
Hon. Charles Adams, of Litchfield, furnishes the following items :-
DEACON SCOVILL HINMAN, mentioned on page 561, had children : Myra, b. Feb. 27, 1793, lived one day ; Peter, b. July 12, 1784, d. Oct. 4, 1775 ; Serena, b. Aug. 22. 1786. d. Jan. 29, 1833 ; Erastus, b. Nov. 22, 1798, d. about 1835 ; Herbert, b. Dec. 26, 1800, d. Feb. 26. 1829 ; Giles, b. Aug. 22, 1603, d. Nov. 30, 1804; Jane Cunningham, b. May 6, 1806, d. June 10, 1828 ; Charles Wm., b. May 22, 1808, d. April 17, 1845; Julia Maria .. b. Dec. 7, 1810, d. Sept. 13, 1869 ; Mary, b. May 24, 1813, d. April 7, 1856 ; Augusta, b. April 19, 1816, d. July 16, 1031 ; Henry S., b. April 7, 1819, d. Oct. 30, 1848.
All the above were born in Woodbury except the last two, who were born in New Haven.
Jane C. and Julia M. were m. to Charles Adams, of New Haven, (now of Litchfield). Mary mn. Rev. Hiram A. Graves, of Boston, Charles m. Rhoda A. Mills, of New Havon. Henry m. IIester Foster, of New Haven.
The wife of Deacon Hinman was Deborah Minor, dan. of Deacon Josiah Minor, who was born March 9, 1774.
Of the children of Deacon Josiah Miner, mentioned on page 689 : Hannah, m. Rollin Mallory ; Ann, m. Philo Judson, father of Rev. Philo, who resides at Rocky Hill. On page 599 you have her name Emma Minor, instead of Ann Her 2d husband was Deacon Seth Minor.
Thankful, m. Reuben Ilotchkiss. Deborah, mn. Scovill Hinman.
Captain ELISHA HINMAN, b. March 9th, and baptized March 10th, 1734, was son of Capt. Andrew Hinman, of Woodbury, grandson of Capt. Titus, and great-grandson of Edward Hinman, the Pilgrim, of Stratford.
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Ile was a seaman by profession, of an accomplished character. He settled at New London, Ct., in early life, where he married, lived and died. In the Revolutionary War he commanded the frigate Alfred. In this ship he made several successful cruises, and took many valuable prizes.
" He was one of the fortunate naval officers who gained laurels for them- selves and many valuable prizes for the country, by their skill and bravery, during the Revolution, in that unequal contest at sea.
After Capt. Hinman left the service, he entered into mercantile pursuits at New London for a time, and for several years commanded the Revenue Cutter at New London. Ile m. Abigail Dolebeare, daughter of George Dolebeare, of New London, March Ist, 1777.
Capt. Hinman died Dec. 39, 1816.
His wife died Ang. 29, 1805.
Their children were: 1. Mary Sherwood, b. Jan. 6th, 1778, m. Ebenezer Di- mon, of Fairfield, Conn., for many years Sheriff of Fairfield County, and d. May 25, 1852.
2. Hannah, b. Oct 11th, 1780, m. James Day, May 19th, 1811, and d. -
3. Elisha, Jr., b June 29th, 1784, and d. April 7th, 1835.
4. Ann Welsh, b. July 29th, 1786, now living nt Fairfield, Conn., the widow of Cyrus Kellogg. She had no children.
The children of Mary Sherwood, wife of Ebenezer Dimon, were : 1. Eliza- beth Huntington, who m. Thomas B. Osborne, resided at Fairfield, Conn., and had three children : Arthur D. Osborne, now of New Haven, Conn. ; Thomas Fitch, deceased ; Mary Elizabeth, wife of Henry B. Harrison, of New Haven, Conn.
2. Mary S., who m. Day O. Kellogg, of Troy, N. Y., and d., leaving three children : George D., Theodore and Day O, Jr.
3. Samuel S., who d. in May, 1854, nnmarried.
4. David, now a physician at Auburn, N. Y., nnmarried.
5. Theodore, now a physician at Auburn, N. Y., m. Sarah Williams, dau. of Judge Williams of Utica, N. Y., and has three children : Theodore W., George, and James Wager.
6. George D., who d. Sept. 16, 1833, at Fort Crawford, Prarie du Chein, Wis., while a Lieutenant in the regular army, unmarried.
7. Abigail Hinman, who d. unmarried at Fairfield, Jan. 31, 1843.
8. Oliver, who was a lawyer in Boston, Mass., for several years; then stud- ed for the ministry three years at Andover, and was settled as a minister at Keosauqua, Iowa, where he lost 'his health, and died at New London, Conn., Aug. 22d, 1855.
9. Harriet died in infancy.
The children of Hannah who married James Day were : 1. James Ingersoll, Jate of Stonington, Conn., now of New Orleans, La. He is married and has several children.
2. Abigail, who married John P. Brown, of Medway, S. C., and has several children.
3. Mary Sherwood, who married Dr. MeEwen, of Stratford, Conn., now de_ ceased, and at present resides in New York City.
4. Thomas Dacis, formerly a merchant in St. Louis, Mo., now in New York City.
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HICOCK FAMILY.
[Additions and corrections from page 564.]
Joseph Hicock, Jr., m. Ruth Fairchild. Samuel Hicock, baptized Sept. 1687, was brother, not son of Joseph Hicock. This Samuel m. Eleanor Bost- wick. On page 565, nine lines from the bottom, erase the words :- " m. Phi- loman Trowbridge, 1773," and insert them after the Eunice mentioned in the Ist line of page 566. The name Ithel, on page 564, should be Ithiel, wherever it occurs.
Frances Amelia, sister of George A. Hickox, of Litchfield, Conn., m. Caleb Jewett, of Cortlandville, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1855 : died at Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1856, giving birth to a daughter. Frances Hickox, b. Oct. 26, 1856, d. Jan. 15, 1858. George A.,Hickox, Editor of the Litchfield Enquirer, m. Mary Cath- erine Brisbane, of Charleston, S. C., April 22, 1856, and has two children : William Brisbane, b. March 18th, 1663, and Frances Eliot, b. April 1. 1864.
3. Eleanor m. Nehemiah De Forest, and had Charles, who died in Bridge- port about six years ago. (Charles was half brother of William).
HILL FAMILY.
[Additions to page 567.]
JONATHAN HELL, father of Charles Hill, b. in Bethlehem. March 25th, 1769, m. Sarah Judson, dan. of Jonathan Judson, of Woodbury, Feb. 9th, 1792, removed to Livingston County, New York, about the year 1818. He d. at Lima, N. Y., Jan. 6th, 1849, in his 80th year. His wife died there April 4, 1847, aged 75 years. Had children :
1. Clarissa Maria, b. Nov. 13, 1792, married - Bushnell, d. May 8, 1837.
2. Louisa Sophia, b. Nov. 13, 1792, d. in infancy.
3. Frederick Bennett, b. April 21st, 1794, m. Bushnell, d. in Canada West. Sept. 2, 1846.
4. Charles Judson, b. April 13, 1796, settled in Rochester, N. Y., Nov., 1816,
5. Ruth Alma, b. May 28, 1798, m. -- Bushnell, settled in Livingston Co., N. Y. Died March 2d, 1844.
6. Erastus, b. April 30, 1802, settled in Livingston County, N. Y., after- wards removed to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he died June 10th, 1870, greatly respected, leaving a widow and children.
7. Polly, b. June 29, 1804, m. -- Johnson, Feb. 20th, 1828. Settled in Western New York. Died at Iloneyage Falls, Nov. 11th, 1841.
S. Truman Curtiss, b. Jan. 10th, 1807. Graduated at Union College, and entered the ministry. Married Miss Ilowland, May 24th, 1840. Died at his residence, near Kalamazoo, Mich , Aug. 25, 1864, leaving a widow and chh.
9. George Gilbert, b. April 23d, 1814. Married Sarah Backus, Dec. 29, 1836. 10. Julia Sophronia, b. Jan 1, 1820. Died in infancy.
CHARLES J. HILL, b. at Woodbury April 13th, 1796. Married Salome Mor- gan, of Brimfield, Mass., Jan. 15, 1823. Settled in Rochester, 1816. Com. meneed the mercantile business at Rochester, 1818, with Andrew N. F. Leav- itt, of Bethlem, under the firm of Leavitt & Hill, who built the first brick dwelling-house in Rochester, in 1822, which now numbers 75,000 inhabitants.
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In 1831, C. J. H. entered the merchant milling business, in which he is still engaged-for the last twenty years, under the firm of "C. J. Hill & Son."
Have children : 1. Charles Benedict, b. Aug. 8th, 1826, now of the milling firm of C. J. Hill & Son, m. Catherine Elizabeth Clarke. Has children : Effie Heaton, Charles Judson, Emily Hill, Walter Phelps, Weltha Hill.
2. Cornelia, died in infancy.
3. Weltha Burwell, b. March 20, 1831 ; unmarried.
4. Harriet Hempsted, b. Aug 9th, 1834. Married Edward J. Owen, Attor- ney at Law, New York City, where she d., with her first child. June, 1863.
5. Emily Williston, b. Aug. 22d, 1842. Married Edward H. Pierce, Attorney at Law, Boston, May 5th, 1869, where she now resides. One child : Hattie Hill.
HOLLISTER FAMILY.
FUIMUS
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Sable, between a greyhound courant, bendways, and a dolphin hauriant, in base argent, 3 roses gules ; on a chief of the second, 2 slips of strawberry, fructed proper.
Crest-an arm in armor embowed between 2 sprigs of strawberry, as in the arms, and holding a branch of holly proper.
Motto-" Fuimus, et sub Deo Erimus."
The history of the origin of the name of Hollister, given on page 583, though furnished the writer by a very painstaking and accurate genealogist, turns out to be erroneous, as well as some subsequent particulars in the same account. Hon. Gideon H. Hollister, of Bridgeport, Conn., late Minister to Hayti, while collecting the materials for his valuable History of Connecticut, engaged the services of the late Payne Kenyon Kilbourne, of Litchfield, a careful inves- tigator, to make full examination of the records, the result of which was
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that he was able to obtain a perfect pedigree, from John Hollister of Weth- ersfield, to the John Hollister who, in 1608, was Lord of the Manor of Stinch- comb and Burleigh, with many particulars in regard to the generations of the family, their residences, and final resting places. In the various changes which Mr. Hollister has made in his places of business, including his resi- dence abroad, those data have, for the most part, been lost, and cannot be in- troduced here. He informs the writer, that the name, Hollister, is derived from two French words, which mean holly-land, or the place where the holly tree abounds, and that there is, in Gloucestershire, Eng., a hamlet called Hol- lister.
Rev. Benjamin L. Swan, of Oyster Bay, N. Y., has sent the following cor- rections in this genealogy :-
HOLLISTER, page 585. Gideon,19 son of Thomas, was not he who came to Stratford. He married Rachel -, and settled in Glastenbury, where he d. in 1753. Gideon, of Stratford, was son of Stephen. (See Goodwin's Histori- ical Notes).
JOHN HOLLISTER, freeman in Weymouth, 1643, resided in Mass , 1644. Nov. of same year, in Westfield, Conn. Hadley, 1659, m. Joanna, dau. of Richard Treat, Ist, and died, April, 1665, leaving widow Joanna and children :
John, b. 1642, Thomas, Stephen, Joseph, Lazarus, b. about 1656, d. Sept., 1709, (Probably not in that order,) and dau., Mary wife of John Wells, of Stratford, Elizabeth, Sarah, who m., 1674, Rev. Hope Atherton, of Hatfield, and 1678 or 9, Timothy Baker, of Northampton. Joseph and Lazarus died childless. John, Jr. married, Nov. 20, 1667, Sarah, eldest dau. of William Goodrich 1st, (not W. J. Jr., who had no children till 1681, and no Sarah at all). Children : John, b. Aug. 9th, 1669 ; Thomas, Jan. 14, 1672 ; Joseph. July 8, 1674; Sarah, Oct. 25, 1676 ; Elizabeth, March 30, 1678 ; David, Nov. 21, 1681; Ephraim, March 15, 1684; Charles, July 29, 1686; Elizabeth, (no date,) (probably the first Elizabeth died young, and this latter one married Dr. Steele).
STEPHEN HOLLISTER, son of the first John, m. Abigail, b. 1659, dau. of Matthias Treat, A.D. 1683. His children were : Jonathan, (says Savage,) probably correct ; Jerusha, (says Goodwin,) b. Jan. 7, 1684; Stephen, b. Nov. 12, 1686, died 1706; Abigail, b. Aug. 16, 1688; Ann, b. March 16, 1690; Ger- shom, b. April 2, 1692; Samuel, b. 1694; Eunice, b. 1696; Gideon, b. 1698; Daniel, b. 1700; Nathaniel, b. 1702. By second wife, Elizabeth, widow (or daughter) of Jonathan Reynolds, he had Stephen, b. Sept. 12 1709, and died Oct. 2, 1709. (This widow Elizabeth could not have been the widow of Jonathan Reynolds, who died 1673, for his wife could not have been born later than 1638, and would be too old in 1709. (May not Savage have been misinformed-widow for daughter-because J. R's daughter Elizabeth, born 1667, would meet the conditions better).
GIDEON, b. 1698, son of Stephen Hollister, married Rebecca Sherman. You will have noticed (on your page 586) the typographical error, 1823 for 1723. The marriage is on Stratford Record. Gideon Hollister married Rebecca Sherman, March, 1722-3. They had Sarah, bap. Jan. 1722. She had bap. Gid- con, Sept., 1725.
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
Gideon Holister was drowned in Pequonnock River (Head of Bridgeport Ifarbor) May 10, 1725, a little more than four months before his son's birth.
(Hollister's settlement in Stratford may have been influenced by the fact that his sister, Ann, had married Robert, son of Joseph Booth, of Stratford. and Mary Hollister (his cousin) m. Joseph Shelton, of Stratford).
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