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14. JARVIS, b. March 29, 1819, m. Elizabeth J. Fox, April 8, 1858. Children : Rhoda Grace, b. March 8, 1861, d. Sept. 21, 1861. May, b. May 1, 1864, d. May 10, 1864. Truman E., b. Aug. 28. 1866.
16. SHELDEN m. C. Barnes. Children : Mary B., Justus, Adella and others. Live in Rockland, Mich.
20. WILLIAM. Children : William, Charles, Justux, George, Jason.
35. Abel, m. -. Children : Currence, b. May 26, 1765. Lydia, bap. 6th March, 1768. Abel, bap. Feb. 14, 1773. Elizabeth, bap. June 19, 1774. Eu- nice, bap. June 28,1778. Lydia, mother of the above, bap. April 13, 1763.
The following items the anthor does not readily connect with their appro- priate places in the family. The relatives may. Mehetabel, dau. of Heze kiah Parker. b. 1st Aug., 1725. Marcus L., Lorenzo M., and Antoinette W. bap. 1825. Thomas Newell, George Willis, Mary Elizabeth, Abigail Esther, bap. 1825. Thomas Newell Parker, d. Dec. 26, 1826, and Charles Parker of Washington, and Deborah Isbell, were m. 15th March, 1822.
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PRESTON FAMILY.
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Page 663. JEIIIEL. His Mother (wife of William, of New Haven) was Mary, dau. of Robert Seabrook, one of the original proprietors of Stratford. His dau. Sarah m. Thomas Fairchild as his Ist wife, and his dau. Alice m. Thomas Sherwood, and his dau. . Ann. m. Thomas Wheeler.
JEHIEL PRESTON m. his cousin Sarah, dan. of Thomas Fairchild. She was born Feb. 1643. They had (as per Record) Samuel, July, 1663. Joseph, July 1666, and a dan. Mary, with whom Samuel, in 1702, divides land once their father Jehiel's. Samuel, son of Jehiel, d. in 1707, in which year Daniel Jack- son, of Stratfield, who m. Jehiel's dau. Mary, calls " Samuel Preston, deceas- ed," "my brother." Mrs. Mary Jackson d. Ang., 1734. Samuel, son of Je. hiel, calls Mary Preston, in 1702, " sister," and in 1707, refers to Daniel Jack. son and Mary," my sole heir, which would imply that he himself was unmar- ried or childless. Temperance Preston joined Stratford church in 1686. Was she Samuel's wife ?
Hackaliah Preston m. his cousin Emma, dau, of Thomas Fairchild, of Strat- ford, April 20, 1676.
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PRESTON, ELIASAPII, m. about the close of 1672, or beginning of 1673, Mary, widow of Thomas Kimberly, who d. January 167}. She was T. K's 2d wife, and much younger than he. They had Mary, (plain Mary, Mary Rowe is an error,) April 12, 1674. He removed to Wallingford, and there m. for his 2d wife, Elizabeth Beach, b. in Stratford, in April, 1654, dan. of John Beach Ist, who removed to Wallingford 1670, and d. 1677. Savage says Eliasaph Pres- ton d. in Wallingford, in 1705.
Eliasaph Preston, Jr., of Wallingford (one of the foregoing) says, in Strat- ford Land Records, (Vol. 2, p. 384,) in 1709, that he m. Rebeka, dau. of Tim o- thy Willcoxson, of Stratford. She was b. July, 1680.
PERRY FAMILY.
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PERRY. Among the earliest of this name in Stratford was Arthur Perry, (whom Savage failed to secure). He m. Anna, dau. of Joshua Judson, about 1675. They had William, June 1677; Anna, Jan. 1678-9, Samuel, Feb. 168} ; Sarah, Jan. 1682-3; Elizabeth, Sept. 1684; Yelverton, Ang., 1686 ; Seth, Jan., 1687-8; Ruth, May 1690; Daniel, April 1692 ; Joshua, Dec. 1694; Caleb, Aug. 1296 ; Deborah, March 1697-8 ; Josiah, Aug. 1699. (By some strange careless - ness, the ages of these last six are each erroneously given in Stratford Town Record an entire century-1790 instead of 1690, &c.) I think the entry is not made contemporaneously with the birth of the parties, but at some later time. Joshua Perry, (above) born Dec. 1604, d. at Ripton in 1777, aged 83 years- thus corroborating his true birth date.
The name Yelverton, which is peculiar, corrects what I must think an er- ror, Yelberson, on your page 666, and I am quite sure, an examination of Derby Records, would show Gideon Perry to have been, not an original im- migrant from Wales-but a grandson of Stratford Arthur, who in turn I fully believe to have been son of Arthur, of Boston, b. posthumously, or in the last year of his father's life, after his will was made.
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Page 675. Trumbull Church Record says, Adonijah Root, of Woodbury , and Ruth Lake, of North Stratford, were married March 20, 1754, which, be- sides being probably correct, relieves them of the odium of a ? months child. Ruth was dan. of Edward Lake, and was born March 10th, 1735. Edward, her father, was son of Thomas, of Straford.
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SHERMAN FAMILY.
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The personal investigations made by Rev. Henry Beers Sherman have ad- ded valuable materials to this genealogy. Edmond Sherman came over from England before 1636, with his sons Edmond, Samuel and John. He was a cloth-worker, and a man of means. He came from Dedham, Essex Co., Eng- land, where Rev. H. B. S. found one of the church windows of stained-glass, bearing his initials, as having been his gift, and the record showed that one of the buttresses of the church was erected at his expense ; but still more in- teresting was it to see the pupils of a free school (endowed by him and still in operation) attending the church in procession. So far back as 1560, the pedigree of Sherman was as follows: From the Parish Records, Dedham, Eng., Edmond Sherman married Ann Pellet, April 30, 1560. They had Ed- mund2, who, Sept. 11, 1584, married Ann Clark. They had 1. Richard, (who married Elizabeth -, and had Anna, Nov. 1613, and Priscilla, 1618.) 2. Edmond (older than Richard) who ma. Judith Angier, May 26, 1611, and had John, bap. Jan. 4, 1614. Edmond, bap. June 18, 1618, and Samuel, bap. July 12, 1618. Of these, Edmond or Edmund, (as all of like name spelled it then,) returned with his father to England in 1636 or 7, and their descendants still live in Dedham, England, and the same business is still carried on among them.
JOHN SHERMAN, (Rev. John,) Mr. Savage's personal researches and better information, correct Mather's account of Mr. Sherman. He was of Trinity College, not Immanuel. He was not obliged to leave College without a de- gree, as a College Puritan. Mr. Savage saw his subscription on taking his degree, 1630 and 1633. J. S. came to New England, April, 1634, in the "Eliz- abeth," from Ipswich, Eng., and arrived in Boston in'June. He did not go to New Haven in a few weeks, but resided in Watertown nearly a year, and was dismissed May 29, 1635, to form with others a new church on the Con- necticut River. In 1640 he sold his house and lot in Wethersfield, and re- moved to Milford, and was representative in 1643. In 1647 he removed to. Watertown, Mass. His first wife was Mary -- , who died Sept. 1644, by whom he had Mary, b. probably in 1639. Bezaleel, (bap. at Milford) Nov. 15, 1640, (gradu, at Harvard 1661). Daniel, March 22, 1642. Samuel, April 14, 1644, d. Sept. 1644. His second wife was Mary Launce, regarding whom Mather committed extraordinary blunders. Thus-she was not a grand- daughter of Earl Rivers, and did not have 20 children. Fourteen children by both marriages are all whose names have been discovered on record, and one more is supposed to have been lost by wear of the record, 15. The remainder Mather is supposed to have gotten by confounding together the list of Rev. John's children with those of his cousin, Capt. John, who was Town Clerk of Watertown. Of the first wife's children, Mary m. Daniel Allen about 1658. Bezaleel, whom one authority says d. before 1685. He d. before 1697, and a letter of Higginson to his son at Madras, 1697, implies that B. S. had lived there, and that his family were yet there. Of the second wife's children, Abigail married, Aug .. 1661, Rev. Samnel Willard. Mary, (of second wife
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says Savage) married, May 27, 1679, Ellis Barron, Jr. Mercy m. Samuel Barnard, April 4, 1700. (Compare Savage article " Sherman.")
SAMUEL SHERMAN, son of Edmond 1st, was born in Dedham, England July 1618, bap. July 12, 1618, settled first in Wethersfield, Conn., then in Stamford, and last and permanently in Stratford, where he died. He m. Sa- rah Mitchell, dan. of Matthew, but not before he came from England, for then he was but 16 years of age. Mr. Sherman was in Stamford 1640-1, as one of the original proprietors. He appears first on Stratford Records in 1650. The record of his children's births, however, is complete in Stratford Record from 1641, the date of his oldest child's birth. And Huntington, who says he thinks no record of a birth has escaped him on Stratford Records from 1640 to 1700, finds no entry of a child to Mr. Sherman. Yet his first four children at least must have been born there. The explanation probably is, that not until he felt himself permanently settled in Stratford, did he carry the names and births of his family to public Record. They were as carefully taken from Stratford Record, Vol. 1. 1. Samuel2, b. Jan 19th, 1641, m. Mary Titterton, 1665, and Abigail (nee Thompson, and widow saccessively of Jonathan Curtis and of Nicholas Huse. 2. Theophilus, b. Oct. 28, 1643, I find no trace of his m. nor of his death. He conveyed land in Stratford in 1675. 3. Matthew, b. Oct. 21, 1645. 4. Edmond, b. Dec. 4, 1647, m. Susanna, dau. of Richard Hardy, of Stamford, about 1670-1. 5. John, b. Feb. 8, 1651, went to Woodbury. 6. Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1653, m. Josiah Rossiter, of Guil- ford, about 1675. 7. Nathaniel, b, March 21, 1656-7, m. June 3, 1680, Mary dau. of Benjamin Phippeny, of Boston, had a dau. Comfort, who m. Richard Nichols. Nathaniel was a Locksmith. 8. Benjamin, b. March 29, 1662, 111. June 1683, Rebekah, dau. of Benj. Phippeny, who m. Richard Nichols. 9. Durid, b. April 15, 1665, m. Mercy -- , was dea. in Litchfield Church, d. 1753.
SAMUEL SHERMAN2, son of Samuel, m., June 19, 1665, Mary, dau. of Dan- iel Titterton, of Stratford. In August, 1695, he m. Abigail, widow of Nicho- las Huse, and previously widow of Jonathan Curtis. She was dau. of John Thompson. Samuel Shermon?, was a nason by trade. Mr. Sherman's children were by his first wife. They were: 1. Mary, b. May 9, 1666, probably died young. 2. David, b. March 23, 1668-9. He m. Rebecca Wheeler, Dec. 1694. Page (9,) (children of Samuel Shermane continued.)
3. Susanna, b. 1670, m. Daniel Mitchell. 4. Sarah, b. Nov. 1673, d. young. 5. Grace, b. July 1676, m. Daniel Sention (St. John), of Norwalk. 6. Eliza- beth, b. Jan. 1678-9, m., Nov. 1702, Isaac Clark. 7. Sarah, b. Dec. 16, 1681, m., Jan 1706-7 Samuel Beers, of Newtown, Conn. Abigail, b. Aug. 4, 1688, m. Dec. 1708, James Beebe, of Danbury, Conn.
I think Mary, as well as the first Sarah, must have died young. In 1719, the heirs of his estate are Daniel Sherman, Daniel Mitchell (husb. of Susan- na,) Daniel Sention (husband of Grace,) James Beebe, (husband of Abigail,) Isaac Clark, (husband of Elizabeth ) and Samuel Beers, (husband of Sarah.)
Matthew Sherman, Son of Samuel 1st, m. Hannah --. He d. in 169s. He was one of the original members of Stratfield church, 1695. She also. They had Darid, 1692, m., June 1718, Dinah Rise, of Wallingford. She d. April, 1732. He married twice afterward. Hannah, 1694, m. in Jan. 1716-7,
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David Beach. Jubez, 1697, bap. in Stratfield, lived in Stratfield, had son Sol- omon bap. there.
EDMUND SHERMAN, son of Samuel 1st, m. Susanna, dau. of Richard Hardy of Stamford. After death of E. S. she, in 1694 had become wife of one Ray- nor. They had, Bezaleel, b. Jan. 1st, 1673-4, d. 1717, m. widow Jane Cornwell, March 1706-7. Sumuel, b. Jan. 8, 1677-8. Edmond, b. March 29, 1779-80. Matthew, b. Jan. 8, 1682-3, mn. Dec. 1710, to - -
With regard to Sarah, whom you add, " bap. 1678. There are no baptis- mal Records of infants in Stratford, and only here and there one of adults in Stratford till after 1700. I never met with Sarah's name on any record, but cannot correct it. There was room for her to come in, in 1676.
Bezaleel, son of Edmond Shermon, m., March 1706-7, widow Jane Corn wall. They had, Susanna, 1707. Bezaleel, Oct. 1717, and the father d. the same year. I find no other children recorded to then.
Matthew Sherman, son of Edmond and Susanna, m. - , Dec. 1710. He had Abigail, bap. in Stratfield, March 1711-2. Rebecca, b. in Stratfield, July 1713. I find no others recorded to them, and am strongly convinced that the Lemuel and David given to him (page 683) belong to his uncle Matthew, who d. in 1698, who had a David at least.
Page 683. John, son of Samuel Sherman Ist. I have nothing to add to or alter your account of hin.
SARAI, dan. of Samuel Sherman 1st, m. John Rossiter, of Guilford, about 1675. They had, 1. Sarah, 1677, died 1678. 2. Elizabeth, 1679, May 16. 3. Josiah, 1680, May 30. 4. Samuel, Jan. 28, 1682, died soon. 5. Timothy, June 5, 1683. 6. John, Oct. 13, 1684, died young. 7. Samuel, 1685-6, Feb. 8. Darid, April 1687, died 1688. 9. Jonathan, April 3, 1688. 10. Nathaniel, Nov. 10, 1689. 11. Sarah, Feb. 25, 1691. 12 Patience, April 6, 1692. 13. Joanna, April 23, 1693, died 1703. 14. Mary, Sept. 3, 1694. 15. Theophilus, Feb. 12, 1696. 16. Susanna, Jan. 13, 1697. 17. Ebenezer, Feb. 4, 1699. 17 children in 22 years ! !!!
NATHANIEL SHERMAN, b. 1657, son of Samuel, m., June 1681, Mary, dau. of Benjamin Phippeny, of Boston. Mr. Sherman was a Locksmith. In Nov., 1707, he m. a second wife, Mrs. Abigail Hanford, of Fairfield. Child. ren : By 1st wife, only one is recorded to him, viz : Comfort, b. probably 1683, m. in 1702 Richard Nichols , son of Isaac N. Jr. By his second wife, Abigail, Nathaniel Sherman had, Sarah, Sept. 3, 1708, m. John Lewis, Dec. 1727. Pe- ninah, April 5, 1710. Naomi, May 12, 1712, m. John Lewis, Dec. 1731.
BENJAMIN SHERMAN b. 1661-2, son of Samuel 1st, m., June 1683, Rebe_ kah, dau. of Benjamin Phippeny. of Boston. He died 1741, aged 80. She died, Aug. 1739, aged 75. Their grave stones are in good preservation.
Their children were : 1. Abigail, b. April 10, 1684, d. unmarried, 1743. 2. Wilmitt, Jan. 21, 1688, named for Rebecca's mother, who was " Wilmot Phip- peny." 3. Job, b. April 7, 1690, m. Sarah Seeley, may 28, 1713, had Ann, 1714. 4. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 1, 1692, m. Ruth Curtis, Dec. 1720 (d. 1726,) m. Eunice Patterson, May 1728. 5. Martha, b. Dec. 20, 1695. 6. Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1696-7. 7. Enos, b. April 15, 1699, m. Abigail Walker, Jan. 1725, had Walker, 1732; Olive, 1736. 8. Benjamin, April 1703, m. Obedience, (widow of Nathan Fairchild) Nov. 29, 1740, had Benjamin, 1741; Bceca, 1743. She
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was Obedience Mallory, m. Edmund Curtis, 1723, m. Fairchild. 1727. 9. Sam- er, - 1705, bap. in Stratfield. 19. James, b. March 1706-7, mn. Sarah Cooke, Jan. 17, 1733-1. He had Adonijah, 1734 ; Billee, 1736.
DAVID, " Ensign, "Lieut., " Captain," (not Daniel,) son of Samuel Sher- man Ist., settled in Stratfield, was dea. of the church there. He married Mercy -- , (whose family name has been the object of abundant enquiry. Goodwin and Savage thought her a dau. of Jeremiah Judson, but his dau. Mercy in. Solomon Burton in 1687. And there is not another disposable girl of the name on record in the second generation in Stratford.)
Dea. David Sherman died 1753. He and his wife were dismissed 1695 to inite, as original members, with the Stratfield church (now Bridgeport First.) They had : 1. Tamar, bap. March 1695-6, m. Henry Howland 1718. 2. Abi- ah, bap. Oct. 1697. 3. Eunice, bap. Jan. 1699-00. 4. Esther, bap. April 1702. 5. Mercy, bap. May 1704. 6. Prudence, bap. Oct. 1706, m. Robert Denison, April 1733. 7. Elnathan, bap. May 1709, with wife joined Stratfield church hy renewing covenant, Feb. 1750-1, and had bap. Eunice, April 1781 ; Ahijah, March 1756. 8. Mehetabel, bap. May 1711. 9. Dorothy, bap. Aug. 1714. 10. Jerusha, m. 1744, Joseph Seeley.
There is an error on page 680. " Mary m. John Brattle," should read Me- Retabel m. John Battell, of Dedham.
To the children of Daniel (12) p. 684, should be added IV. Rebecca, who r. Gideon Hollister.
To the children of Samuel (37) p. 684, should be added III. Beers, IV. Cyrus. No. 136, p. 688, Lewis G. b. April 4, 1813. Flora, b. April 5, 1815.
Deacon Elijah Sherman, (86) p. 687, d. Oct. 23, 1854. His dau. Margaret S. (128) m. Dr. Stephen B. Fairchild, formerly of Newtown, the same day. The deacon requested the ceremony to be performed before he died, and his wishes were gratified.
Hon. John Sherman, U. S. Senator of Ohio, has furnished the principal part of the following account of his branch of the family, to the writer.
One branch of the Sherman family is descended from Taylor Sherman, No. ~ 3 of your Sherman family. He was m. in 1787 to Elizabeth Stoddard. (dan. of Israel, S., No. 16 of your Stoddard family,) and lived and died as a Lawyer and Judge, in Norwalk, Conn. He died May 4, 1815. His widow came to Ohio, and died in Mansfield, Aug. 1st, 1848. Their children are as flows : 1. Charles Robert, b. Sept. 26, 1788. 2. Daniel, b. March 26, 1790. 3. Betsey, b. Dec. 7, 1791.
. 'harles R. m. in Norwalk, Conn., Mary Hoyt, May 8, 1810. Soon after, he renloved to Lancaster, Ohio, where he became distinguished as a Lawye :, and especially as an advocate. He held several important offices, and in 1823 be? came Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, in which position he acted until, on the 24th day of June, 1829, when, while on the Bench at Lebanon, O., he Eickened and Died. He was buried at Lancaster. His widow died at Mans. feld, Sept. 23, 1852. Their children were : 1. Charles Taylor, b. Feb. 3, 1811, m Feb 2, 1841, with Eliza Williams, of Dayton, and have five children. A Lawyer at Mansfield, O.
2. Mary Elizabeth, b. April 21st, 1812, m. Oct. 29, 1829, with Gen. W. J Reese, and have five children, one of whom is married. Live in Lancaster, O.
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3. James, b. Dec. 10, 1814, m. Sophia Connell, Oct. 11, 1842. Have three children. Merchant in Fort Fort Des Moines, lowa.
4. Amelia, born Feb. 11, 1816, .m. Robert McComb, Aug. 2, 1832. Have seven children, one of whom is m. and has a child. Farmer in Mansfield.
5. Julia Ann, b. July 24, 1818, m. June 5, 1838, to John G. Willock, of Lancaster. Died April 3, 1842. having one child.
7. William Tecumseh, b. Feb. 8, 1820, grad. at West Point. Served in Mexican War as Capt. and Brev. Major. Married, May 1, 1850, with Ellen B. Ewing, dau. of Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio. Children : Maria Ewing Sherman, b. Jan. 28, 1851. Mary Elizabeth Sherman, b. Nov. 17th, 1852. William Tecumseh Sherman, b. June 8th, 1853, d. Oct. 3, 1863. Thomas Een- ing Sherman, b. Oct. 12, 1856. Ellen Mary Sherman, b. Sept. 5, 1859. Ra- chel Ewing Sherman, b. July 5, 1861. Charles Celestine Sherman, b June 11, 1864, d. Dec. 4, 1864. Phileman Tecumseh Sherman, b. Jan. 9, 1867.
Gen. Sherman, at a late New England dinner, gave the following account of his family :
" I learned from books alone, that in 1634, fourteen years after the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth Rock, three persons by the name of Sherman reached the Boston coast [applause] : the Rev. John Sherman ; his cousin, John Sherman, who was styled the Captain ; and his brother, Samuel Sher- man. The Rev. John Sherman and the other cousin settled at Watertown, Mass., and it is related of the Rev. John Sherman that he preached a sermon under a tree there. Samuel Sherman, a young man, about 14 years of age, and adventurous, emigrated to Connecticut. Samuel Sherman was the an. cestor of my branch of the family, and settled at Stratford, Connecticut, and lived there fifty years after reaching his home. He married and had chil- dren, and bis second son, John Sherman, adopted the legal profession. [Laughter.] That John Sherman had another son John, who had a son Dan_ iel Sherman, a man of note in his day, a cotemporary of Roger, and a mem- ber of the Council of Safety and the Legislative Assembly. His youngest child, Taylor Sherman, settled at Norwalk, Conn., was Judge of the Probate Court, and was one of those who lost property by Arnold's descent upon the coast of Comecticut. He also was one of those who inherited part of the land which the State of Connecticut donated in the Western Reserve, and was one of those who went to the West to arrange a treaty with the Indians. In 1808 he returned to Connecticut. He went out again in 1808 and made a partition of the fire-lands. His son, my father, then a young man of 20 years, married Mary Hoyt at Norwalk, Conn., in 1810, and their families still live there. My father went to Lowcastle, Ohio, followed by my mother and her child, on horseback. That child was my brother, Judge Charles Sherman of Ohio. I was the sixth child. Our father died and left us all very bare. [Laughter.] But friends came up and assisted us, and we all reached matu- turity, and we all married, and the number of children we had I really can- not keep on counting. [Cheers and laughter.] Gentlemen, the Shermans are a numerous family, and I may safely assert that they all obeyed the Divine commandment-they went forth, increased and multiplied [laughter], and 1 hope they have done their share toward replenishing the earth. [Laughter and cheers.]"
7. Lamson Parker, b. Oct. 13, 1821, m. at Cincinnati, O., Mary Gichell. Has one child. Live in Fort Des Moines, lowa.
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8. John, b. May 10, 1823, m., Aug. 31, 1848, S. C. Stewart, dau. of Judge Stewert. Live in Mansfield. Now Senator of Ohio.
9. Susan Denman, b. Oct. 10, 1825, m., Nov. 7, 1844, Hon. T. W. Bailley, now Supreme Judge of Ohio. Have two children. Reside in Mansfield.
10. Hoyt, b. Nov. 1, 1827. Now Banker in Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
11. Fanny Beecher, b. May 3, 1829, m., May 9, 1855, Charles W. Moulton, of Mansfield.
(2.) Daniel, removed early to Huron Co., O., and resided there ever since. Farmer, m., July, 1813, to Abby Guthrie. He died April 23, 1820 ; m. 2d to to Laura Hubble, 3, 1824. Has children : 1. Betsey, b. Nov. 5, 1814 ; m., May 1835, to C. B. Hall, of Vermont, and has several children. 2. William, b. Jan. 20,9817, unmarried. 3. Harriet E., b. April 4, 1825 ; m. S. D. Fish, of Mon- roeville, and have children.
(3.) Betsey, m. July 10, 1820, Jacob Parker, of Mansfield, O., (Late Judge of Com. Pleas). She died April 25, 1851. Had three children : Charlotte, b. 28th Sept., 1833, m. John Wood, of Mansfield, and have children : Charles W., b. 11th Sept., 1828, unmarried. In Fort Des Moines, Iowa ; Elizabeth, b. 24th May, 1831, m. Dr. Mowry, and d. April, 1855, childless.
HOMER B., son of Amos Sherman, (see No. 30, p. 683,) b. Dec. 7, 1797, m. Laura, dau. of Stephen Crane, of New Milford, Dec. 1818. Children ; 1. Frederick L., b. Nov. 18, 1819. He took an active part in recruiting for the late war, and was very effective in many capacities. He was appointed As- sistant Provost Marshall of Conn., Nov. 17, 1862, and Enrolling Officer for Roxbury and Bridgewater, May 28, 1863, both of which offices he filled with loyal vigor and success. 2. Mury J .. b. Nov. 10, 1821, m. Stephen Wells, of New Milford, Oct. 1847; have two dau. 3. George T., b. Feb. 10, 1824, m. Mary Robbins, of Cold Spring, N. Y., Oct. 1844. Children : Mary, b. Oct. 1845. 4. Laura C., b. June 15, 1826.
1. FRED. L. m. Lydia E. dau. of Joel Bishop of Washington, Nov. 16, 1843. Children : Homer W., b. June 17, 1846, d. April 20, 1870. Horace M., b. July 6, 1847 ; resides in New York city.
STILES FAMILY.
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STILES, Francis, is not named in any Stratford Record, and there seems to be no reason for thinking he ever came to that town. Savage notes the re- corded birth of a child to Francis, at Windsor, Aug. 3, 1645. He also thinks Francis Stiles died at Windsor, not later than 1653. Very likely he may have been an original patenter or proprietor of Stratford, but, like William Judson, came not himself to dwell there. Several of his sons however, set- tled in Stratford. Robert Clark m. Sarah, widow of F. Stiles, some years be- fore 1665.
THOMAS STILES, (brother of Francis, and son of Thomas, of England,) was an original patentee of Flushing, L. 1., 1645, and his descendats were there.
EPHRAIM STILES, eldest son of Francis, m., July 8, 1669, Ruth, widow of Obadiah Wheeler, b. 1645, d. June, 1714, aged 69, in Stratford. His second wife m. after 1680 ; was Bathsheba, dau. of Henry Tomlynson, b. Jan. 1660-1.
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After Stiles death, in 1714, she m. a Curtis. Her grave-stone strangely omits the name of her last husband, and reads " Bathsheba Curtis, formerly wife of Ephraim Stiles," aged 74, d. 1735. Mr. Stiles d. in June, 1714. His will was made 1712. He had Elizabeth, Feb. 18, 1687, m. Ephraim Curtis, 1707, had 12 children ; Sarah, Nov, 4, 1693, m. Thomas Welles, Aug. 1710, had nine children ; Phebe, March 25, 1696, mn. David Judson, Oct., 1713, had 10 children, of whom Ruth, b. 1726, in, Benjamin Stiles, of Woodbury, p. 699, (72).
BENSAMEN STILES, son of Francis (p. 696, Benjamin (11) seems to have d. in Stratford. " Benjamin Stiles, aged 60, April, 1711." This places his birth in 1651.
Samuel Stiles, son of Francis, m., Dec. 31, 1664, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sherwood.
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