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King's Secretary returned the foresaid Henry Miner a compliment for his Loyaltie in these words. Oceanus quamvis magniftury multique torrentes sint ei stipendary. Non de dignatur recipere minares Riviloso id est. The Ocean (though great rivers pay him tribute) disdains not also to receive the Lesser, if Loyal Brooks, which by one only urne pour themselves into its bosom.
This Henry died in the year 1359, leaving behind him Henry, Edward, Thomas and George Miner, of whom little is to be said, save as only that Henry married one Henrietta Hicks, daughter of Edward Hicks, of Glouces- ter, of whom as appears by the paling of their arms, are the Hicks of Bevers. ton Castle, in Glocester, descended, and had issue, William and Henry.
William married one Hobbs of Wiltshire, and had issue, Thomas and George. Henry, the 2d son, served Richard the second, in the year 1384. Thomas, in 1399, married one Miss Gressleys, daughter of Cotton, in the Countie of Stafford, and had issue, Lodovick, George and Mary. Lodovick married Anna Dyer, daughter of thomas Dyer, of Stoughton, in the Countie of Huntington, and had issue, Thomas, born 1436 (and after that twins, being twenty-two years after ye birth of the said Thomas, and the twins, George and Arthur, who both served the House of Austria, the younger married (as Philipe Comins relates) one Henrietta de la Villa Odorosa. Thomas mar- ried Bridget, second daughter to Sir George Hervie de St. Martins, in County Middlesex, and died 1480, leaving his son William and daughter Anna Miner in tutorage to their mother Bridget, whom she resigned to her father, and turned to a Monasterial life in Dutford, where she remained during the re_ mainder of her life. William married Isabella Hartope de Frolibay, and lived to revenge the death of the two young Princes murdered in the Tower of London, upon their inhuman uncle, Richard the 3d. It was said of this William Miner, that he was Flos Militiae, the flower of chivalrie. He left behind him ten sons. William, George, Thomas, Robert, Nathaniel and John ; the rest are not recorded. The two last went, over to Ireland, in 1541, when King Henry the 8th was proclaimed 1st King of Scotland. Nathaniel married one Fitzmorris, neigh Caterburgh, in the province of Leinster, in Ire- land, John married Joselina O'Bryan, daughter of Teig O'Bryan, of -- , in County of Clare, whose posteritie remain there in the name of Miner, bear_ ing the same coat. George married and lived in Shropshire, Thomas in He- reford. William, the oldest son, had issue, Clement and Elizabeth Miner, and was buried at Chow Magna, the 23 day of February, Anno Domini 1585, and lies interred in the Priests' chancel, about four feet from the wall, with this inscription :
HERE
MYNER
ETI OF
PSH
OBYT
IRM FERRU, MDLXXXV.
This and no more is legible upon the stone, with the coat expressed in the margin (at the | signe) but by the Records and Registry of said church it is evident that his name was William Myner, they both a greeing in the same date and place, and must needs have been the head of the same family, as by the paternal coat of arms clearly appear.
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Clement, his son, succeeded his father in Heritage, and married, and had issue, Clement, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary Miners, and departed this life the 31st of March, 1640, and lies interred in Chow Magna, in the County of Somersett. Clement, the eldest brother, married Sarah Pope, daughter of Jolin Pope, of Norton, Small Reward, in the County of Somersett, and had issue, William and Israel. This Clement was buried at Burslington, County of Somersett, and Thomas, his brother, is now (in 1683) alive at Stonington, Connecticut Colony, in New England, Anno Domini 1683, and has issue, John, Thomas, Clement, Manassah,1 Ephraim and Judah Miners, and two daughters, Marie and Elizabeth. William Miner, eldest son of Clement Mi. ner, 2d, married Sarah, daughter of John Batting, of Clifton, in Gloucester- shire, and lives, Anno Domini 1683, in Christmas street, in the city of Bristol, and has issue, William and Sarah. Israel, the second son, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Jones, of Burslington, in County of Somersett, and had issue, Clement, Thomas, Sarah, Jean and Elizabeth, Anno Domini 1683.
And now, having done with the description Genealogicall, I hope that TOV TIC, etc., etc.
¿ egdaba naian Tima, ang. ugabo.
And if I have used any old or ancient words, yea, words differently now Syllibicated, I may excuse myself with Quintialianm Verbosa restuetate repe- tites non solume maquis assentores aliquam non sine de lulatonat, and for the ingenuous reader I am not that every Peasant should venture his siek-brained opinion upon this essay, knowing well that asy neminem habet inimicume praetor ignorantum, but if he will take counsel (an illegible Greek quotation here follows, translated by the author to mean, " If thou hast no taste for learning, meddle no more with what thou understandest not.") and keeping himself silent, he may pass for a wit, while on the contrary, his too much garrulity shows his nakedness as much as Prester John, who describes him- self fromes Logues of Solomon, or Fishulf from a seth : but I shall be very much beholden to the learned reader, who, if he can give more satisfaciion in the essay, would, for the honor of antiquitie (who now lies in profundo Democratis Putio) mind the Errata chronologically, and see if he can derive the surname from a longer time, it being supposed that Henry Miner's name, before the King's progress into Somersett was Bullman, but how cer ain. however, I know not, but leave it to some other, whose experience and learn- ing exered mine. Desiring nothing more than that Heraldie should be re- stored to its pristine splendour and truth, and not be abused by every com. mon painter and plasterer, who, before he will lose a fee, will fansie a coat of arms to the loss of their estates and goods, and sometimes their very names. Quid non mortalium pectora coginis aure Sacra Fames ?
Emblemata ad voluntatem Domini Riges sunt portanda et non alius andi Heraldrie, stands in need of the dose gaperapsusys, and now I will con- clude with Ralph Brooks, Esquire, and York Ileraldie.
1 Manassah was younger than Ephraim and Judah ; the latter came from England with their father and older brothers, but Manasseh was born in this country, and is the ancestor of the Stonington Miners.
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To make these names alive again appear, Which in oblivion well nigh buried were, That so your children may avoid the jarres, Which might arise about their ancestors ; And the living might those titles see With which these names and houses honored be, Yet I have hope of more acceptance from Those future times that after we shall come. For when beneath the stroke of death I fall, And those that live these lines examine shall, Detraction dying, you that do remain Will credit me and thank me for my pains. Very-si quid nodisti rectius Candidas imperti-si non utere mecum.
This coat of the Miners of Chow, I attest to be entered at Bath, in Somer - sett, by Clarenceux, the 4th of King James the first, which visitation is in custody of me, 1606.
ALEX. ('UNNINGHAM.
NOTE .- The original essay (of which the forgoing is a copy) was sent over from England to the first Thomas Miner, some years after he emigrated to this country, and was preserved by the descendants of Manassah Miner, who still occupy the Homestead in Wicketegnack, till within a few years, when it was deposited with the Connecticut Historical Society for preservation.
Children of Thomas Miner :
1. John, moved to Stratford, then to Woodbury.
2. Thomas, of whom we find no record.
3. Clement, married and settled in New London, where . some of his de- scendants now live, and from whom the Lyme Miners sprung.
4. Ephraim settled in Stonington.
5. Judah, record says, went East
6. Manassah settled in Stonington, ancestor of the North Stonington Mi- ners. 7. Joseph. 8. Samuel. 9. Ann. 10. Marie. 11. Eunice. 12. Eliz- abeth. 13. Hannah.
Page 643. Elizabeth, w. of John Minor, and dau. of Richard Booth, was b. Sept., 1641, and d. Oct., 1732. Page 644. John Minor (5 (16) ) m. Sarah, dan. of Robert Rose, of Stratford.
On page 644 is recorded, " 20 V. Grace5 (dau. of Capt. John Minor, b. Sept. 20, 1670, m. -- Grant." She was the grand-daughter of Thomas Minor, the emigrant, by his wife, Grace Palmer, dau. of Walter Palmer. Grace Minor was m. to Samuel Grant, Jr., of Windsor, Conn., Ap. 11, 1688. Thus the above blank is filled. She thus became the ancestress of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the President of the U. S.
The generations upward run thus :- Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant, son of Jesse Root, and Hannah (Simpson) Grant, b. April 27, 1822, son of Capt. Noah and Rachel (Kelley) Grant, b. Jan., 1794 : son of Noah and Susanna (Delano) Grant, b. June 20, 1748; son of Noah and Martha (Huntington) Grant, b.
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July 12, 1718 ; son of Samunel Jr. and Grace (Minor) Grant, dau. of John Minor, of Woodbury, b. Dec. 16, 1692 ; son of Samnel and Mary (Porter) Grant, b. April 30, 1659 : son of Deacon Matthew and Priscilla Grant, of Windsor, Conn., b. Nov. 12, 1631.
" Besides the Grant blood, there is intermingled in the veins of the Gene- ral, by successive marriages, the blood of some of the best Connecticut fami- lies-the Huntingtons, the Lathrops, the Porters, the Minors, the Putnams,- all strong names, and significant of good training and sterling growth."1
Mr. Trowbridge thinks that Ann, No. 147 p. 649, should read Emm m. Philo Judson.
Rhoda (187) m. Seth Bacon. Samuel (142) m. Molly Handy.
Burke Minor, (299) b. Aug. 16, 1809, m. Eliza Turner, Sept. 3, 1834. She was b. May 24, 1815, Child : Catherine Eliza, b Sept. 9, 1842.
Charles M. Minor, b. Dec. 12, 1817, m. Harriet N. Ketchell, Ang. 23, 1841. Children : Arthur, L. b. Jan. 23, 1853, d. Dec. 7, 1865; Charles II., b. April 7, 1855, d. July 20, 1870.
NICHOLS FAMILY.
[Addition.]
P. 657. Four Nichols appear originally in Stratford.
1. Francis, who died 1650 leaving small estate. He had three sons : John, Isseur and Caleb. The two latter settled in Stratford. The former, John, came to Fairfield, from Watertown. about 1653, and by wife Grace had Isque, Sarah and John The father, John, d in June, 1655, and the widow had Samuel soon after his death. She mentions him with Sarah and John, in a deed given her son Isaac. Savage infers that three daughters men- tioned in inventory of the husband's estate, were by former wife, as they are not named in the widow's deed to Isaac. The son John d. unmarried, 1676. The son Isaac was brought up by his Uncle Isaac, in Stratford, and settled there. Widow Grace, the mother, who had m. Richard Perry, and in 1659 was his widow, gives land in that year to her son Isaac, " now apprentice with his Uncle Isaac, in Stratford." This younger Isaac is commonly styled Isaac3, Nichol's " cousin," to distinguish him from Isaac2, Jr., son of " Uncle "' Isaac.
Isaac Nichols", Jr., son of Isaac 1st, m. Mary -, and had Francis, June 1676. Richard, Nov. 1678, m. Comfort Sherman 1702. Joseph, Nov. 1680, m. Mary Curtis 1704.
Isaac Nichols3, (cousin) son of John and Nephew of Isaac Ist, m., Ang. 15, 1672, Esther Clarke, (dau, of John, of New Haven,) and had Grace, June 1673. Alice, Oct. 1674 John, Oct. 1676, and Samuel, Dec. 1678, and went to Derby.
Page 658. The Samuel who was in Woodbury 1687, was Caleb Nichols' fifth child, born 1658. (See above, Caleb N.)
Same page. Robert Nichols, of Roxbury Society, 1759, was son of Abra-
2 History of Connecticut during the recent War, p. 756.
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ham N., Jr. and Abigail (Walker). Abraham, Jr., was son of Abraham N. and Rachel (Kellogg), and Abraham was son of Caleb.
Robert was born in North Stratford or Unity, (Trumbull.) Feb. 3. 1734.
ISAAC NICHOL> 1st. had wife " Margaret." or " Margery." (whom I suppose to have been a sister of William Washborne, of Stratford and afterwards of Oyster Bay, L. I. for John, the son of William Washborne, calls Isaac Nich. ols " Uncle." (To be sure. Washborne may have married a sister of Nichols.) They had children: Mory1, 1647, married Rev. Israel Chauncey, 166 ;. Strah?, 1649, m. Stephen Burrit, 1673. Joxian3. 1651, m. Hannah Hawley ( who after his death in 1691. m. John Wolcott for his second wife.) Ixd we4, 1654. Jon- athun5, 1655. m. Hannah Hawkins in 1681. Ephraim5, 1657. m. Esther, wid. of Ebenezer Hawley. (She was previously widow of William Ward, of Fair- field, and after Nichol's death, about 1690. m. Eliphalet Hill. four husbands). Patience, 1659. Temperance. 1862. Margery9. Nov. 1663. Benjamin10, 1665. Elizabeth11, 1668. m. Rev. Joseph Webb, of Fairfield.
CALEB NICHOLS. brother of Isaac 1st, m. Anna. dau. of Andrew Ward, of Fairfield, end had, Stroh1, Dec. 1650. (Savage errs in saying 1651). She m. Moses Wheeler, Jr. Ame. March, 1052. (Savage errs in saying 1659). Es- ther, Feb. 1653. (Savage errs in saying 1655). Joseph4. Dec. 25. 1656. Sim_ urls. March 1658. Ladrem. Nov. 1659. Almond, Jan. 1765. Abigit's. Feb. 166%, m. W.M. MARTIN .* Harmake. Aug. 1667, unmarried in 1706. Calebio, Feb. 1668-9. Phebe 11, bar. 1670. m. Isaac Knell. John12. bap. 1676, and his will adds, Mary13.
PARKER FAMILY.
Parker has always been a common name in New England. We find Abra- ham, Amariah. Edmund. George, Jacob. James, Joseph, Matthew, Nicholas, Robert, Thomas. two or more Williams, and as many Johns.appearing in as many of the different settlements in Massachusetts and Connecticut, at an early day. Abraham was the first of the family in this country. It is sup_ posed he came from Wiltshire. England. He first settled in Woburn, Mass. where he m. Rose Whitlock, Nov. 18, 1644.t
1. WILLIAM was early in Hartford and Saybrook, and had 3 children. The 4th child, 2 John, was b. Oct. 8, 1648, m., Nov. 8, 1670, Hannah, dau. of Wm. Bassett. He was among the early planters in Wallingford, and settled at Parker's Farms, about two miles West of the village, which first gave the name to that locality. He d. - , 1711. His w. d. June 7, 1726. They had 10 children. The 5th, 3. Joseph, m. Sarah Curtis, June 7, 1705. They had 10 children. The 4th child. 4. Thomas, b. June 7, 1709, m. Abigail Dutton, Aug. 30 1748, and settled in Woodbury, Conn., 1756. He d. in 1788. Chh. : 5. Thomas, b. April 3, 1749. 6. Amasa, b. Feb. 28, 1751, graduate of Yale,
* Here is Martin's wife-the true Abigail-21 years old when she was m., in 1685.
+ Davis' Hist. of Wallingford.
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m. Thankful Andrews, Ang. 28, 1771. 7. Peter b. March 11, 1753, removed to the State of New York. 8. Abigail, b. Ang. 28, 1755. 9. Abner removed to the State of N. Y. 10. Joseph was a physician in Morris, Conn. 11. Dan- icl m. Miriam Curtis, Nov. 18, 1762.
The following has been furnished by Dr. John Meigs, of Vermont :
THOMAS PARKER, who removed from Wallingford to Woodbury in 1756, was born June 7, 1728, and m. Abigail Clark. He d. 15th Feb. 1788, in his 60th year. She d. July 14, 1808. The children of Thomas and Abigail were : 1. Thomas, b. April 3, 1749, d. April 15, 1822. 2. Amasa, b. Feb. 28, 1751, m., Aug. 28th, 1771, Thankful Andrews. Woodbury Records say Diadema Parmelee, 30th Nov. 1771, Eunice dan. of Amasa and Diadema Parker, b. 19th Sept., 1772. 3. Peter, b. March 11th, 1753. m . Nov. 24th, 1774, Esther Clark. 4. Abigoil, b. Aug. 28th, 1755, m. David Root, Sept. 29, 1773. 5. Justus. b. March 6, 1758, m. --. Shed. 29th Oct. 1799. 6. Joseph, b. 21st April, 1760, m. --. He was father of Frederick S. and Joseph Parker, of New Haven. 7. Surah, b. Oct. 10, 1762, m. Daniel Richards, of Milton, 12th April. 1782. 8. Abner, bap. 14th April, 1765. 9. Rebecca, bap. 21st June, 1767, m. Joseph Smith, of Newburg, 20th March, 1785. 10. Durid, bap. March 6, 1770.
PETER removed to Washington County, New York, but not till after 1781. The children of Peter and Esther Parker were: 1. John Clark Parker, b. Nov. 9th, 1775, m., March 21, 1804 Susan Mason. 2. Rebecca Parker, b. July 28th, 1777. m. Dr. Ira Hall. 3. Esther Parker, b. June 25th, 1780, in. Na- thaniel Hall. 4. Luther Parker, b. Dec 26th, 1781. m. Martha Curtis. 5, William Henry, b. July 31st. 1787, m. Harriet Blin. His 2d wife was Mary Ann Wheeler.
1. JOHN CLARK PARKER was a Lawyer in Granville, Washington County, N. Y. The children of John Clark and Susan Parker were : 6. John Mason Parker, b. June 14th, 1805, m., Sept. 1835 Catherine Pumpelly. March 1, 1854, m. Stella Pumpelly. 7. Edward William Parker, b. Aug. 11th. 1807, m. Oct. 1834. Mary B. Carpenter. Married, for 2d w. March 29th 1850, Jane B. (foodrich. S. William Henry Parker, b. Aug. 23d, 1809, m. 1st, March 22d, 1837, Ruth Robinson : m. 2d, Nov. 24th, 1846, Catherine Denton. 9. Su- san Parker, b. Jan. 26th, 1813. 10. Geo. West Parker, b. Sept. 5, 1815, in., Sept. 6th, 1842, Emily M. Smith.
The children of John M. and Catherine Parker were : Charles Edward Par- ker, b. Aug. 25th 1836; Francis Henry, b. July 1st, 1838 ; John Pumpelly, b. Sept. 17th, 1842. died. Norman Pumpelly, b. Dec. 15th 1845. Died.
The children of Edward W. and Mary Parker were : Harriet, b. Aug. 17, 1835, d. Sept. 29th, 1836; Edward John, b. March 27th, 1837 ; George Henry, b. Sept. 28th, 1839. Died. Henry W., b. April 22d, 1841 ; Harriet Maria, b. April 4th, 1843.
Children of Edward W. and Jane, his 2d w. were: Mary G., b. Nov. 2, 1852, died : Cornelia Mason, b. Sept. 30, 1855; William Horace, b. Feb. 9th, 1858, died.
The children of William Henry (son of John C.,) and Ruth Parker, were : John Edmund, b. Jan. 25th, 1838: William Robinson, b. Feb. 21st, 1846, died Sept. 12th, 1846.
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The children of William H. and CAtherine were : Rath Robinson, b. March 5th, 1851 ; Catherine Denton, b. May 21st, 1852, d. Dec. 29th, 1857 ; Susan, b. Feb, 28th, 1854; Jessie Elizabeth, b. July 21st, 1856, d. March 6th, 1860 ; William Henry, b. Ang 23d, 1858, d. March 14th, 1860; Edward Mason. b. June 27th, 1860.
The children of George W. and Emily Parker were : George Mason, b. June 22d, 1844; William Smith, b. Sept. 29th 1847, d. April 17th, 1850; Ed- ward Dir, b. Oct. 5, 1853 ; Jessie Emily, b. Sept. 18th, 1861 d. May 8, 1863, Gilbert Dolloff, b. Oct. 1st, 1866, d. Sept. 15th, 1867 ; Charles Francis, b. Dec. 7th, 1868.
The children of Luther (son of Peter) and Martha Parker were : Samuel Curtis, b. Dec. 19th, 1806, m. Rosetta Sylvester ; Esther Hall, b. April 7th 1809, m. Hiram Brown ; Rebecen Locisa, b. Oct. 18th, 1812, m. Elias H. Hedg- es : Theda Clarke, b. May 15th, 1819, m. Wm. S. Hedges.
The children of William Henry (son of Peter) and Harriet, were: William b. March 4th, 1822, m. Fanny Green ; Caroline, b. Aug. 8th, 1820, m. Edward Crosby ; Harriet Eliza, b. Sept. 1834, m. Wm. H. Meyers.
Children of Wm. H. and Mary Ann, were: Funny Henry, b. March 3d, 1842.
The children of William and Fanny (Green) Parker, were : Henry Green, b. Oct 10th, 1858 ; Mary, b. Dec. 21st, 1862; William Henry, b. June 23d, 1865 ; Nellie, b. April 5th, 1867.
6. JOHN MASON PARKER, LL.D., graduated at Midd. College, 1828, resi- ded in Owego, N. J., was Lawyer, Editor and member of Congress, and Judge of the Supreme Court.
7. EDWARD WILLIAM PARKER, Cashier of Bank, White Hall New York. 8. WILLIAM HENRY PARKER, Midd. College, 1830, Professor of Mathemat- ics and Nat. Philosopy, since 1848, Treasurer of the College since 1855.
10. GEORGE W. PARKER, Midd. College 1835, Lawyer in New York City. II. WILLIAM Parker removed from Hartford, had children born at Say- brook, viz : Sarah, b. 1637 ; John, Feb. 21, 16 41; Ruth, June 15, 1643 ; Wil- lium, Jan. 1845 ; Joseph, Feb. 1647; Margaret ; Jonathan, 1652 ; Darid, 1656 ; Deborah, 1658. Elder William died at Saybrook, 1686. Margaret, his wife, 1680.
TAOMAS PARKER, son of the first Thomas, of Judea Society, Woodbury. m. Jerusha Clark, March 26, 1770. She d. July 1, 1809 ? He d. April, 1822. Children : 1. Esther, b. Macrh 17, 1771, m. Isaac S. Foot, 1 Dec., 1793. 2, Susannah, b. - - m. Gideon Foot, 14th March, 1797. 3. Abigail, d. Jan. 29. 1812, m. Jonathan Hine, 22d Nov. 1797, m. 2d, Gideon Foot. 4. Jerusha d. unm., 4th July 1829, aged 49. 5. Truman, b. Feb. 28, 1773, m. Rhoda War- ner, Feb. 21, 1798. She was b. April 29, 1775. 6. Justus, b. May 6, 1758, m. 1 st, Elizabeth Hunt ; m. 2d Patty Burrell, Nov. 4, 1801. 7. Thomas, d. Dec. 5, 1826, m. Betsey Weller, June, 1813. 8. Philo, d. Sept. 26, 1826, m. Sally Minor.
5. TRUMAN, In. Rhoda Warner. She d. April 5, 1859, aged 84. He d. July 13, 1859, aged 86. Children : 9. Daniel S. b. May 20, 1799. 10. Laura, b. June 18, 1802, m. James Thompson, Jan. 24, 1826. 11. Norman, b. March 4, 1805-killed by Norwalk Railroad accident, May 6, 1853. 12. Rufus, b. Feb. 21, 1809.
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13. Jason, b. April 10, 1811, m. Harriet Thompson, March 4, 1844, d. April 8, 1871. On the occasion of his death the author wrote the following :
Saturday afternoon our quiet community experienced a shock. The start- ling announcement was made that our friend and neighbor, Mr. Jason Par- ker, had suddenly died. A few hours before, in full health and strength, he had gone with his assistant to his farm, some two miles from the village, to put up the fences and burn some brush, when the fire became unmanagable, and, in consequence of the extreme heat of the day, the heat of the fire, and his efforts to extinguish it, he fell exhausted, and almost immediately died, departing this life at the age of sixty years. In the death of Mr. Parker, the First Congregational church, of which he had long been a consistent and use- ful member, a large circle of friends, to whom he was endeared by more than the ordinary ties of consanguinity and friendship, and the community at large have met with an irreparable loss. To the poor he was a constant bles- sing. His hand and his heart were ever open to relieve the needy. And the blessings of the poor have long been upon him. Without children of his own, he has adopted those of others, and been the dispenser of all the ennobling charities, and paternal kindness and sympathies of the charmed circle of a happy home. Charged by the community with various offices of public trust, he has been faithful in them all, and discharged them to the full acceptance of those whom he served. Beginning life without means, and by careful in- dustry and integrity, gaining a competency and an honorable position in the community, he was well gifted to sympathise with, and assist others in the struggle of existence. Of peculiarly even temperament, and purity of life, his example was ever potent for good. In all the relations of life he fully ex- emplified the virtues and generosities of that noblest work of God, an honest man. The good die.carly. A good man has passed away and left a void that may never be filled. This, and the many other deaths that have lately occurred here, speak to us with emphatic voices. In these oft recurring deaths, the First Society is greatly afflicted. We are cast into mourning, and may well inquire why God has so afflicted us. C.
6. JUSTUS. Children : 16. Elizabeth A. m. Nehemiah Pope, 6th Dec. 1824. Their chh. Elizabeth, m. Ist, Abner Mansfield ; m. 2d, Wm. Bassett. Frede- rick m. Harriet Buckingham. Julius m. Josephine Stephens. Clarina m. 1st, Charles Daskum ; m. 2d, Stephen Gunn. George S. m. Harriet Minor. Benjamin m. Ellen Pierce. John m. Jane Nichols.
17. Shelden, b. - -. 18. Frederick, b. - - m. Sarah, child Edwin. 19. Charles m. Sarah Johnson, child Walter. 20. William m. Sarah -. 21. Susan H. m. David B. Davidson, 16th Aug. 1846, child David. 22. Jen- mette m. James M. Bronson, of Roxbury, 30th Nov. 1844, as his 2d wife, Betsey m. Edward O. Tyler, June 10th, 1839. children : William and Charles
7. THOMAS m. as above. Children : 24. Abigail. 25. Marcus and others.
8. PHILO m. Sally Minor. Children : 26. Orley M., bap. 1821, and 27. Ed- wrin M.
9. DANIEL S., b. May 20, 1799, m. Olive J. Ransom, Dec. 11, 1827. Chh. 28. Mary Jane b. - , m. William P. Thompson. 29. Eliza Ann, b .-- , m. Merit Thompson. 1 dau. 30. Susan M. b. - , m. John Betts.
11. NORMAN In Eunice Thompson, Oct. 12, 1826. Hle d. May 6, 1853. She
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d. Dec. 21. 1870. Chh. : 31 George De Witt. b. Nov. 18, 1827, d. Jan. 8, 1829. 32. Norman Llewellyn, b. Nov. 6, 1829, m. Jan. 1st, 1855, Mary E. Smith. Children : Norman Smith, b. May 3, 1858. Malcolm Greame, b. June 16, 1869. Infant, b. Jan., 1872. 33. Helen Elizabeth, b. March 31, 1837, m. Hon. James Huntington, June 11th, 1868. Mr. Huntington m. for his first wife Rebecca Huntley Hurd, at Honesdale, Penn., Jan. 6, 1863. She d. Feb. 28, 1865. They had a dau., Rebecca Annistine, b. Feb. 18th, 1865. 34. Isabella Amelia, b. Jan. 28, 1840, d. June 1, 1841.
12. RUFUS, b. Feb. 21, 1809, m. Selina Merwin, April 28, 1839. Children : John, Mary and William. 13. NOBLE, b. Sept. 28, 1818, m. Julia Ann Van Buskirk, Mov. 1841. Child : Arabelle.
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