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I think Savage errs in supposing him dead before 1682, for he is named- Sammel of Woodbury, 1699-1708-sometimes as " Ensign Samuel Stiles." " brother of Ephraim."
HANNAII, dau. of Francis Stiles, m. Edward Hinnan of Stratford. He d. Nov. 21, 1681. They had Surah, b. Sept. 1653, m. Wm. Roberts ; Titus, b. Jan. 1655 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 1658; Benjamin, b. Feb. 1662 ; Hannah, b. July. 1666; Mary, b. 1668 ; Patience, b. 1670, m. John Burroughs ; Edward2, b. 1672, had 12 children in Stratford. It was his wife, Hannah, who lived to 99 years, and foretold the day of lier death.
MARY, dan. of Francis Stiles, (b. not later than 1640,) in., about 1660, Hope, son of William Washborne, of Stratford, and then of Hempstead, L. I. Hope Washborne removed from Stratford to Derby) upon the settlement of that town. He was however for some years with his father, in L. 1., at Oyster Bay, &r. His children recorded in Stratford are, Sarah, b. Dec. 1661 ; John, b. May 1666 ; William, b. March 1669 ; Samuel, b. March 1671; Ephraim, b. Aug. 1678. Savage adds Mary and Jane.
SARAH, dau. of John Stiles, (p. 695, m., about 1650, John Stewart, of Spring- field. In 1691 she m. John Sacket, of Northampton.
Isaac Stiles, (son of John). p. 696-(7,) m. Hannah, dau. of Robert Rose, of Stratford. (R. R., Senior, came from Ipswich, Suffolk Co., England, in the ship Francis, 1634, having among other children Robert, aged 15. Robert Rose, Jr., came to Stratford before 1648, and there had wife Rebecca-, and children ; Mary, 1655 ; Rebecca, 1657; Elizabeth, 1659 ; Dorcas, 1661 : Sarah, 1664: Mercy, 1672; Hannah, 1666. Mary m. Moses Johnson, of Woodbury. Sarah in. John Minor, Jr., of Woodbury, and Hannah m. Isaac Stiles, Jr.)
Isaac Stiles, son of John, is termed Jr., for what cause does not appear- but it implies another Isaac, of whom I find no mention. By his wife Han- nah, who outlived him, he had, 1. Sarah, b. 1677, m. - Perry, of Derby. 2. Deborah, b. Jan. 1682, m. John Shether, of Killingworth. 3. Jonathan, b. March 10, 1688-9. Isaac, (who may have come between Deborah and Jon- athan), m. Abigail Adams, of Milford, Feb. 1618-9, and had William, Jan 23, 1719-20.
John and Joseph, whom you name, I do not find on Stratford Record as children of Isaac. Jonathan, son of Isaac, went to New Jersey. He was on Stratford Record-wife Rebecca and children : Joseph, 1706 ; John, May, 1709 ; Thomas, Dec. 1711 ; Rebecca, Sept. 1719; Ephraim, Feb. 1723-4. Isaac Stilesd. in Jan. 1714-5.
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Isaac Stiles, son of Isaac, (at bottom of your page 700) is the above-named husband of Abigail Adams, who was his first wife, and who seems to have d. before 1724, for in that year his wife " Sarah" was dismissed to Ripton church, from Stratford.
SHIPMAN FAMILY.
Daniel Shipman, b. May 13, 1773. Sarah Eastman, b. Ang. 11th, 1774. Parson G. Shipman, April 18, 1799. Azariah B. Shipman, March 22d, 1803. John O. Shipman, Jan. 5, 1805. Eleanor W. Shipman, Feb. 11, 1807. Daniel M. Shipman, March 29, 1810. Joseph A. Shipman, Dec. 15, 1812. Richard E. Oct. 1815.
Marriage. Daniel Shipman and Sarah Eastman, Dec. 27, 1797.
Deaths. Daniel Shipman, March 3d, 1820, aged 49 years 6 months and 10 days.
Sarah Shipman, his wife, Oct. 27, 1842, aged 68 years 2 month and 16 days.
Sarah A. Wallace, dan. of Daniel and Sarah Shipman, May 16, 1863, aged 49 years 6 months and 1 day.
John O. Shipman, Sept. 24, 1866, Azariah B. Shipman Sept. 15. 1868, in Paris, France.
Parson G. Shipman, January 19, 1871, aged 71 years 8 months and 29 days.
. Parson G. Shipman's family. Parson G. Shipman b. April 18, 1799. Sa- rah Fairchild, Nov. 9, 1802. Eliza Shipman, April 21, 1824. Henry Ship- man, May 3, 1828. Helen Shipman, Ang. 8, 1830. Sarah Shipman, July 20, 1834. Elizabeth L. Way, July 1, 1832. Sarah Eastman Shipman, Eeb. 25. 1855. Daniel Shipman, July 15, 1857. Elizabeth Shipman, Dec. 4, 1858. Parson G. Shipman, Feb. 25, 1861. Eleanor Weller Shipman, April 25, 1863. Jane Evans Shipman, Oct. 29, 1865. Azariah B. Shipman, 7, 1868. John Orville Shipman, June 13, 1870.
Marriages. Parson. G. Shipman and Saral Fairchild, July 3d, 1823.
Parson G. Shipman and Elizabeth L. Way, May 10, 1854.
Eliza A. Shipman and Francis Jewell, June 22, 1847.
Helen Shipman and Rufus K. Chandler' Feb. 4, 1857)
Deaths. Henry Shipman, son of P. G. and Sarah Shipman, June 25. 1831. aged 3 years 1 month and 22 days.
Sarah Shipman, dau. of P. G. and Sarah Shipman, March 20, 1835, aged 8 months.
Sarah Shipman, wife of P. G. Shipman, May 28, 1853, aged 50 years 6 months and 19 days.
Daniel, son of P. G. and Elizabeth Shipman, Jan. 16, 1858, aged 6 months and 1 day.
Helen Chandler, dan. of P. G. and Sarah Shipman, March 5, 1864, aged 33 years 7 months and 3 days.
Parson G. Shipman, Jan. 19, 1871, aged 71 years 8 months and 29 days.
Lydia Daniels, sister of Daniel Shipman, was born July 13, 1763; d. in Mulnott, U. C., July 19th, 1861.
SARAH E. SHIPMAN.
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Marriages. Arad, son of Arad and Martha Evans, of the town of Paris, . Oneida Co., N. Y., m. Eleanor W. Shipman, Sept. 24, 1826.
Births. Martha Jane Evans, b. June 24th, 1827, at Cazenovia, N. Y.
Daniel Shipman Evans, b. June 15th, 1830, Cazenovia, N. Y. John Orville Evans b. Feb. 7, 1837, at Fayetteville, N. Y.
Edwin Henry Evans, Dec. 4, 1839, Fayetteville, N. Y.
Deaths. Martha Jane Evans, June 18, 1842.
Edward Henry Evans, Oct 1st, 1841.
Married. John Orville Evans m. Carrie Beard, Nov. 15, 1865.
Sarah Ammarilly Shipman, m. Sept. 1836, to William H. Wallace, of Ro- chester, N. Y.
Births. Henry William Wallace, 1838. Matthew Thornton Wallace, 1841.
Dr. John Orville Shipman m. Rachel Green, of Chenango Co., N. Y. Dr. Daniel Madison Shipman, m., Ist, Sarah Townsend. Children : Mary Antoi- nette and Sarah m. 2d, Mary Yelverton. Children : Henry and Louisa. Dr. Joseph A. Shipman m. Hannah Hunter in 1841. Children : Martha Jane, Madison, Mary, Orville and Henry. The last two are dead.
STRONG FAMILY. [Additions.]
On page 708 it is said that Ebenezer Strong was " probably the son of Adino Strong, Sen., b. before his removal to Woodbury." Further investigations render this supposition to be a truth. Ebenezer was the oldest son of Adino, b. Sept. 27, 1704. His 2d w., Mary Smith, was b. 12th Feb. 1707. This has been stated to the writer by Rev. Benj. W. Dwight, of Clinton, N. Y. The conclusive evidence, however, is found in the wills of Adino and his wife, Eunice, where he is especially mentioned as the first born. Mr. Hermou Perry, of Southbury, searched ont these wills.
Children of Ebenezer and Mary Strong. 1. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 27, 1729, m. Asa Johnson. Children : Justus, Asa, Amos, and a dan. who m. David San- ford. 2. Eunice, b. 14th Ang., 1731, m. David Birce. Children : Eunice, m. Phineas Barnes ; Comfort, m. John Edwards ; Currence, m. John Platt ; Mer- cy m. Wm. Platt; Betty d. young ; Patience m. Samuel Botsford.
3. Dorcas, b. Oct. 13, 1733, m. Amos Bronson.
4. Charles, b. June 26, 1735, m. Betty Hinman, dan. of Andrew Hinman. Children : 1. Benjamin, removed to Coos. 2. Lucretia, m. Oliver Chatfield ; 3. Anna, m. Simeon Mitchell ; Betty, m. Thomas Ames, removed to Coos ; Andrew m. Sarah Hopkins, removed to Bangor, Me .; 4 and 5. Mary and Ol. ive, (twins) ; Mary m. Deacon Frederick Perry. Children : Betsey, Charles, Sophia and Andrew ; 6. Olire, m. Abner Clark, of Northampton, and re- moved to Ohio. Children by 2d wife: Charles and Harmon-removed to Western New York. 5. Josiah, b. 5th Jan., 1737, m. Mary Baldwin, of Woodbridge. 6. Molly, b. 14th Oct. 1740, d. nnm. ; 7. Ebenezer, b. 8 June, 1743, m. Patience Hinman. Children : Ephraim, m. - Hale, of Glaston. bury, Rebecca, who m. Nathaniel Bacon. 8. Mercy, b. 13th Sept., 1745, m. Sylvester Wooster-removed to Herkimer Co., N. Y.
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STODDARD FAMILY.
Charles S. Woodward, Esq., a great-grandson of Rev. Anthony Stoddard, has furnished me the following additional matter, including some repetitions of the items contained in the former edition for the sake of greater clearness in tracing the connections of the family :
Issue of Rev. Anthony Stoddard. Rev. ANTHONY STODDARD, b. Aug. 9, 1678, d. Sept. 6, 1760, graduated at Harvard, 1697. Settled as minister at Woodbury, Conn., where he continued sixty years. He m. 1st, Prudence Wells, dan. of Robert and Elizabet Goodrich Wells, of Wethersfield, Conn. Oct. 20, 1700. Prudence was born 1682, died May, 1714, aged 32 ; m. 2d, Jan. 31, 1715, Mary Sherman, dau. of Edmond and Susannah Sherman, who died Jan. 12, 1720, aged 29. Children : 1. Mary, b. June 19, 1702, m. Joseph Curtiss, son of Stephen and Sarah Minor Curtiss, b. Oct. 20, 1700. 2. Solomon, b. Oct. 12, 1703, died May 23, 1727, of sickness called " great fever." 3. Eliakim, b. April 3, 1703, d. 1750. He m. Joanna Curtiss, - dau. of Ensign John and Johanna Curtiss, in 1729. 4. Elisha, b. Nov. 24, 1706, d. 1766. He m. Rebekah Curtiss, dau. of Stephen and Sarah Minor Curtiss. Ixruel, b. Ang. 7, 1708, d. May 30, 1727_ John, b. March 2, 1710. 7. Prudence, b. Oct. 12, 1711, m. Mr. Glover, and settled in Newtown Conn. 8. Gideon, b. May 27, 1714, m. in 1734, Olive Curtiss, dau. of Peter Curtiss, and grand-daughter of Israel and Rebecca Curtiss. 9. Esther, b. Oct. 11, 1716, m. Preserved Strong. 10. Abijah, b. Feb. 28, 1718, m., April 4, 1739, Eunice Curtiss, dau. of Ensign John and Johannah Curtiss. 11. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 15; 1119, m. Daniel Munn. They had one child, Elizabeth, who m. Lewis Be-I's.
Issue of Eliakim and Joanna Curtiss Stoddard. 1. Lieut. John, b. Jan 26, 1780, d. June 22, 1795, m. Mary Atwood, April 15, 1751. She was dau. of Lient. Jonathan and Hannah Sherman Atwood, born April 20, 1733 and d. Jan. 16, 1802, residence Watertown, Conn. 2. Israel, b. Jan. 28, 1732, d. Aug. 8, 1794. He m. July 4, 1759, Elizabeth Reade. 3. Anthony, b. Oct 21, 1734, d. 1785, m. Phebe Reade, sister of Elizabeth, wife of Israel 2. 4. Joanna, b. July 16, 1738, m. Reuben Squires. 5. Prudence, b. Sept. 24, 1740, m. John Marchant. 6. Eliakim, b. July 25, 1742, d. in infancy. " Seth, b. Dec. 2, 1744, m. Hannah Noyes, of Sharon, Conn. 7. Abigail, b. Aug. 2, 1747, d. Dec. 17, 1803, m. Oct. 17, 1765, Israel Woodward, b. March 17, 1740, d. Nov. 22, 1814. 9. Eliakim, b. Dec. 11, 1749, d. in Canada.
Issue of Lieut. John and Mary Atwood Stoddard. 1. Sumson, b. Oct. 25, 1752, d. Nov. 1, 1809, m. 1st, Susannah Nettleton, who d. April 24, 1779 ; m. 2d, Amy Goodwin, who d. Sept. 16, 1827. 2. Abiram, b. Oct. 25, 1756, d. Oct. 25, 1776. 3. Wells, b. July 1, 1759, d. Nov. 11, 1838, m .Sarah Hickcox, who .d. June 3, 1841, aged 80. 4. Phebe, b. Feb. 19, 1761, d. Sept. 25, 1827, m. Dec. 2, 1779, Josiah Hickcox, who was b. Sept. 9, 1760, d. Sept. 20. 1786. 5. John, b. July 1, 1763, d. Feb. 24, 1821, m. Sarah Woodward, dau. of Nathan and Sarah Hickcox Woodward, who was b. Sept. 17, 1766. 6. Submit, b. March 17, 1766, d. Sept. 7. 1775. 7. Joanna, b. Feb. 19, 1767, d. June 5, 1847, m. Eri Parker. 8. Mary, b. June I1, 1771, d. in 1845. m. 1st, Randall Judd, pa- rents of Lewis Judd, late of Woodbury. He d. 2d. Nathaniel Curtis. 9.
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Sarah, b. May 13, 1773, d. May 20, 1831, mn. James Williams, b. May 13, 1773, d. at Cherry Valley, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1809. 10. Israel, b. Feb. 15, 1726, d. April 4, 1859, m. Ist, Polly Wilson ; 2d, Mary Wilson, both of Harwinton. Conn. 11. Eliakim, b. Aug. 10, 1779, d. Feb. 28, 1860, m. 1st, Lois Matthews. b. April 23, 1781, d. Dec. 12, 1842; 2d, Nancy Adsit, July 13, 1843, She was b. Dec. 20, 1794, d. Oct 29, 1860.
Issue of Israel and Elizabeth Reade Stoddard : 1. Phebe, b. Nov. 25, 1760, d. in 1775. 2. Asa, b. Sept. 4, 1762, d. in Dayton, Ohio April 11, 1842, m. Ar- menal Prindle, who d. at Woodbury Nov. 8, 1825, aged 63. 3. James, b. May 14, 1765, d. in Washington, Conn., 1805, m. Mary Judson, by whom he had five children. He was a Physician. 4. Elizabeth. b. June 17, 1769. d. Aug. 2, 1848, at Mansfield, Ohio, m. Taylor Sherman, son of Hon. Daniel and Mindwell Sherman. He was a lawyer, resided at Norwalk, Conn., where he d. May 4, 1815.
Issue of Abigail Stoddard Woodward : 1. Rev. Israel Beard Stoddard. b. Dec. 4, 1767, Congregational minister, d. at Wolcott, Conn., Nov. 17, 1810, 1 ... Sally, dau. of Rev. John Smalley, of New Britain, Conn. 2. Pamela, b. April 15, 1770, d. Dec. 18, 1830, m. Chester Belden, resided at Hudson, N. Y. :. Abigail, b. May 19, 1772, d. at Watertown, Conn., Sept. 21, 1850, unmarried. 4. Annu, b. Dec. 4, 1774, «1. at Watertown, Conn., April 21, 1862, m. Young- love Cutler. March 19, 1805, who d. April 29, 1816. Children : Dotha Stone ('utler, b. Dec. 23, 1805, d. at Watertown, Conn., Jan. 26, 1826 ; Hon. Leinan Woodward Cutler, b. Dec. 12, 1807, m. Oct 31, 1831, Mary E. Holcomb, dau. of Rev. Frederic Holcomb, D. D., residence, Watertown, Conn. 5. Asy, b. Aug. 24, 1779, d. June 1st, 1864, m. April 6, 1801, Hannah Hickcox, dau. of Josiah and Phebe Stoddard Hickcox, b. April 6, 1781, d. April 14, 1851, resi- dence, Watertown, Conn. They had one son, Charles Stoddard Woodward. b. Oct. 10, 1804, m. Jan. 20, 1852, Maria L. Andrew, of Litchfield, Conn. 1. March 6, 1820. Children : Charles Asa, b. April 12, 1855 ; Andrew Jackson. b. July 3, 1857.
Issue of Phebe Stoddard Hickcox : 1. Hannah, b. April 6., 1781, m. Asa Woodward. 2. Samuel, b. Jan. 17, 1783, d. Oct. 29, 1839, m., about 1805, Hui- dah, dau. of Col. Aner Bradley, of Watertown, Conn. Issue, one son, San- nel Josiah, b. Oct. 20, 1806, d. at New Orleans Oct. 18, 1832, unmarried. 3. Josiah, b. Feb. 13, 1786, d. Jan. 10, 1787.
Issue of Asa ard Armenal Prindle Stoddard : 1. Henry, born in Woodbury. Conn , March 18, 1788, was a Lawyer, residence, Dayton, Ohio, where he d. Nov. 1, 1869 ; m. Ist, Harriet L. Patterson, Dec. 4, 1821. She d. Oct. 1, 1822. leaving one son, Asa P. b. Sept. 21, 1822. Henry m., Aug. 27, 1833, Susan C. Willianis. Children : Henry, b. Jan. 2, 1835 ; John W., b. Oct. 1, 1837 : Eb. enezer Fowler, b. July 16, 1845. 2d w. d. April 4, 1861. 2. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 23, 1789, d. April 30; 1861, m. Ebenezer Fowler ; one son, Henry S. Fowler, residence, Dayton, Ohio. 3. Ann M., b. Nov. 21, 1792, m. Sheldon T. Gibbs ; one daughter, Mary Ann, residence, Dayton, Ohio.
Issue of Elizabeth Stoddard Sherman : 1. Charles Robert Sherman, b. Sept. 26, 1778, at Norwalk, Conn .; d. June 24, 1829, m., May 10, 1810, Mary Hoyt, of Norwalk, Conn. He studied law in the office of his father and of Judge Chapman, of Newtown ; was admitted to the bar in 1810, and soon after re-
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moved to Lancaster, in Fairfield County, Ohio. 2. Daniel Sherman, b. March 26, 1790, d. in Monroeville, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1864. 3. Elizabeth Sherman, b. Dec. 7, 1791, d. at Mansfield, Ohio, April, 1851, m. Jacob Parker, who d. Dec- 31, 1858 ; three children only are living.
Issue of Charles Robert and Mary Hoyt Sherman : 1. Charles Taylor, b. Feb. 3, 1811, residence Mansfield, Ohio. 2. Many Elizabeth b. in Lancaster, Ohio, April 21, 1812. 3. James, b. Dec. 12, 1814, d. at Cincinnati, Ohio, July 10, 1864. 4. Amelia, b. Feb. 1816, d. Jan. 9, 1862, residence, Mansfield Ohio. 5. Julia Ann, b. July 24, 1818, d. April 7, 1842. 6. William Tecumseh, b. Feb. 8, 1820, m. in Washington, D. C., May 1, 1850, Ellen Boyle, dau. of Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, has six children and is now General of the United States Army. 7. Sampson Parker, b. Oct. 13, 1821; a banker, Des Moines Iowa. 8. John, b. in Lancaster, Ohio, May 10, 1823, m. Aug 31, 1848, M. L. Cecelia Stewart ; now Senator in Congress of United States. 9. Susan Den- man, b. Oct. 10, 1825, m. Nov. 7, 1848, Hon. Thomas W. Bartley, Ex-Governor and Supreme Judge State of Ohio, residence Cincinnati, Ohio. 10. Hoyt, b. Nov. 1, 1827. Lawyer and banker, residence Des Moines, Iowa. 11. Fran ces Beecher, b. May 3, 1829.
On page 534, "Curtiss Family," the following correction should be made, viz : Joseph Curtiss, son of Stephen and Sarah Minor Curtiss-he was b. Oct. 20, 1700, d. June 5, 1727, m. Mary Stoddard, b. June 19, 1702, d. May 27 1727. She was daughter of Rev. Anthony Stoddard and left two children. 1. Pru- dence, b. June 1724, m. Wm. Martin, settled in Bethlehem, Conn. Reared a numerous family. One of her sons, Samuel Stoddard Martin, m. Olive Minor and resided on the homestead many years. 2. Thaddeus, bap. April 24, 1726, m. -- Stoddard, and removed to Rutland, Vt. about 1761. Six children : 1. Mary, bap. April 8, 1750. 2. Sarah, bap. Sept. 24, 1752. 3. Thaddeus, bap. Sept. 29, 1754. 4. Mary, bap. July 11, 1756. 5. Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 19, 1758. 6. Prudence, bap. May 25, 1760.
Mr. Elijah W. Stoddard (I believe he sails under the title of Reverend) in his genealogy of the Stoddard family, published in 1865, p. 45. Speaking of the late Col. Henry Stoddard, of Dayton Ohio, mentioned on page 714, chose to make the following false and slanderons remark, with what good purpose cannot be seen. " In Cothren's ' Ancient Woodbury,' references are made to Henry above, which, as I learn, ' are very incorrect as to datex, farts and inj'e- rences, and were in no part furnished by him, and were not known to him till read in the printed copy of the book." The author has to say, that all the dates and facts were furnished him by Col. Stoddard, and he has now in his possession the original manuscript. He had been for a great number of years, indeed from his very youth, residing in the West, and the writer had no other means of obtaining the facts and dates except from himself. It is to be remarked here, that this statement is not to be so much wondered at, when one examines the account of the Woodbury Stoddard families in. this Mr. Stoddard's Genealogy, and notes the manifold and inexcusable blunders and inaccuracies contained in it.
Col. Henry Stoddard remained to the end of his life a friend to the writer never finding any fault with anything in the Woodbury History. He always was liberal in donations towards any Woodbury local object. As an instance, he contributed $50 towards the erection of our " Father's Monument."
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He was b. in Woodbury, March 18, 1788, and d. at Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1869. Went into a store when 16 years of age, (1804,) remained five years, (1809,) when he commenced the study of the law, and was admitted to the bar in 1812. In 1816 he went West. He commenced the investigation of the Amos Stoddard matter in 1837, which eventuated in his great and suc- cessful lawsuit before the Supreme Court of the United States. He retired from the active practice of the law in 1844, giving his attention only to the Amos Stoddard matter, his own private business, and the business of a few of his old country clients, whose affairs he had managed for 25 or 30 years, and who would not be thrown off. Age and its infirmities came creeping on- however, and for the last six years of his life, he had not been away from his home.
An extract from a Dayton paper will show the appreciation of Col. Stod. dard by his fellow-citizens :-
" Another of the pioneers of the Dayton Bar is gone. Henry Stoddard, Sr., the oldest lawyer in Dayton, died at his residence in this city, yesterday, at one o'clock. P. M. Although advanced in years and of feeble health, the an- nouncement of his death will be received by his many friends with surprise. On Friday last he was as well as usual ; on Saturday, though not so well, his indisposition was not such as to seriously alarm his family, but early on Sun. day morning there was an alarming change for the worse, which continued until the last.
" The deceased was a son of Asa Stoddard, who died, at an advanced age, in this city in 1842. The family of Stoddard are descendants of Rev. An- thony Stoddard, whose grandfather, Anthony Stoddard, a citizen of London, emigrated to this country and settled in Boston, Mass., more than two hundred years ago. It is large, and comprises many men of eminence and worth, among whom are Senator Sherman, of Ohio, and his distinguished brother, General W. T. Sherman.
" Henry Stoddard, Sr., was born at Woodbury, Connecticut, on the 18th day of March, 1788, and at the time of his death was in the 82d year. In his 25th year he was admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut, and four years after he emigrated to the West, and settled in Dayton, then a vil. lage of six hundred inhabitants. He made the journey from the East on horseback, in company with Judge George B. Holt, who, since the death of Mr. Stoddard, is the oldest member of the Dayton Bar.
" Mr. Stoddard was eminently successful as a lawyer, and by his ability and exertions as such, early acquired a competency, upon which, after an ac- tive and well spent life, about twenty years ago, he retired from practice and devoted his time to his own affairs and to the care of his estates.
" As a lawyer, Mr. Stoddard was remarkable for the care with which his cases were prepared, and for the learning and ability displayed during their trial. His strict integrity and determined character enabled him to acquire a large practice, and for many years after he had retired from the active du- ties of his profession. he received from a number of his old clients in this county such earnest entreaties to attend to their legal business, that their death only relieved him from what he looked upon as a duty. For many years before his death, Mr. Stoddard was an earnest and consistent Christian, - a member and one of the founders of the First Presbyterian Church of this
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city, and contributed liberally toward its support. For all charitable objects his hand was open, and his abundant means enabled him to accomplish much good.
" It is with unmixed sadness we chronicle the loss to our community of one of its most prominent members, and the Bar of its oldest, and for many years its leading practitioner. But we mourn not for him. He had passed the al- ' loted time of three score years and ten, and will now enjoy the rest, he has earned by a long and virtuous life."
Col. Stoddard m. 1st, Harriet L. Patterson, Dec. 4, 1821, who d. Oct. 1, 1822, leaving children : Asa P., b. Sept. 21, 1822. He m. 2d, Susan C. Williams, who d. April 4, 1861. Children : Henry, b. Jan. 2, 1835, m. Sallie L. Kemper. Children : 1. Henry, b. Aug. 11, 1860. 2. Carleton, b. Dec. 27, 1861. 3. Frank, b. Sept. 13, 1863. 4. Rebecca L., b. Nov. 4, 1866.
John W., b. Oct. 1, 1837, m. May 7, 1861, Susan Kiefer. Children : 1. Su- sun K., b. April 1, 1863, d. Aug. 2, 1868. 2. Charles Grimes, b. Jan. 31, 1865. 3. Daniel Keifer, b. July 29, 1869, d. July 1st, 1870.
Eliza Jane, b. March 25, 1843.
Ebenezer Fowler, b. July 16, 1845. Entered Yale College Sept. 1863. m. Nov. 10, 1868, Elizabeth W. Lowe. Child: Marianna Phillips, b. Sept. 30, 1869, d. April 6, 1870.
Dea. Gideon Stoddard4, (11) p. 715, had three more children than he is cred- ited with on that page, viz : Chloe, b. Nov. 30, 1764, m. Samuel Martin ; Ruth, b. May 30, 1768, and Oliver, b. in 1771.
SEDGWICK FAMILY.
Gen. Robert Sedgwick was m. in England, emigrated to this country, and was one of the early settlers of Charlestown, Mass. He d. at Jamaica, W. I., May 24, 1656. His wid. Johanna d. later than 1657. Children : 1. Sam. bap. 1639. 2. Hannah, bap. 1641. 3. WILLIAM, bap .. 1643. 4. Robert. 5. Sarah. 3. WILLIAM, of Hartford, Conn., m. Elizabeth Stone, dau. of Rev. Samuel Stone, second minister of Hartford, Conn. Had one child. 4. Samuel, b. 1667.
This child Samuel (4) m. Mary Hopkins, of Hartford, grand-dau. of Ste - phen Hopkins, one of the early settlers of that town 1689. Capt. Samuel Sedgwick d. March 24, 1735, in his 69th year, and was buried in West Hart- ford burial ground. His wid., buried in the same place, d. Sept. 4, 1743, aged 73. Children : 4. Samuel, b. Aug. 22, 1690. 5. Jonathan, b. March 29, 1693. 6. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 25, 1695. 7. Joseph, b. May 16, 1697. 8. Stephen, b. Mar. 17, 1701. 9. Abigail, b. Feb. 23, 1703. 10. Mary, b. July 1, 1705. 11. WILL_ IAM, b. June 29, 1707. 12. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 10, 1708. 13. Thankful, b. Nov. 3, 1710. 14. Mercy, b. Jan. 18, 1713. 15. Benjamin, b. Nov. 7, 1716.
WILLIAM, (No. 11,) of Hartford, Conn., m. Mirriam Hopkins, widow of Elias Hopkins, of Hartford, and dau. of Capt. Daniel Webster. of Hartford, May 14, 1761.1 Elias Hopkins was son of Consider Hopkins, of Hartford, b.
3 Capt. Daniel Webster was great-grandson of John Webster, one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn., and one of the early Governors of Connec- ticut,-in the line of his son Robert Webster, and grandfather of the late
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.
in 1726. William Sedgwick d. 1771, aged 64. His wid., after two other in- termarriages, d. Sept. 17, 1819, aged nearly 90. Children : 16. William, bap. June 6, 1762. 17. TIMOTHY, born Dec. 7, 1763. He d. Oct. 2, 1833, aged nearly 70.
17. TIMOTHY m. Lucy Sedgwick, Oct. 4, 1787. She was b. Oct. 17, 1771. . She d. Dec. 12, 1858. Children : 18. Hannah m. Timothy C. Steele, Jan. 1, 1809. She d. Feb. 19, 1868. 20. Nancy, b. Feb. 15, 1791, m. Timothy An- derson, Jan. 26, 1815. 21. Timothy Jr., b. June 30, 1793, in. 1st, June 12. 1820, Amni Mix, who was b. 22d March, 1777. She d. Feb. 2, 1866 ; m. 2d, Ma- riva E. Holmes, May 23, 1867. 22. Hiram, b. Sept. 16, 1795, m. Almira S. Merriam, Ap. 29, 1819. 23. Pamela, b. Feb. 28, 1798, m. Horace Wells, Dec. 24, 1823. 24. Leri, b. Aug. 11, 1800, d. June 10, 1868, m. 1st, Lucy Ensign, Oct. 12, 1825. She d. Sept. 1, 1830, aged 26. Mar. 2d, Sarah Lewis, who d. Sept. 6, 1853, aged 51. Children : George Ensign, d. Dec. 28, 1849, aged 31. Thomas, d. Dec. 9, 1850, aged 18. Willard Whiting d. June 15, 1856, aged IS. Levi A., d. Sept. 11, 1861, aged 31. 25. WILLIAM, July 12, 1803, d. March 11, 1864; in. 1st, Louisa Brace, March 20, 1828. She d. April 6, 1854 ; m. 2d, Anne Louisa Barber, Feb. 1, 1855. 26. Mary, b. Jan. 31, 1806, m. Harry Good- win March 15, 1832, d. April 4, 1843. 27. Amos, b. May 6, 1808, d. Dec 5. 1866. 28. Lucy Ann, b. July 28, 1810, d. Oct. 23, 1815.
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