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As his sons became old enough to go into business for themselves. be pro- vided each with a farm, taking the burden upon himself, and in no case al- lowing them to become indebted to others. In more than one instance he gave up his own homestead to a son, and at great inconvenience to himself sought another residence. Nor did his parental solicitude cease after he had
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started his children in life-lie continued to watch over and advise with them as long as he lived, and so elevated was his character, that not one of them would have deemed it prudent to have disregarded his wishes. During his life he became interested in some manufacturing enterprises, which he carried on in connection with his farm. He transacted a large amount of public business, and his services were in frequent requisition as administra- tor and executor in the settlement of estates, and as guardian for minors. It was his custom to take his wards into his own family, and treat them as his children. A man of lofty character and rigid, perhaps stern ideas of duty, he expected those placed under his charge to conform to the same standard he had set up for himself. His widow used to relate, that at one time he was appointed guardian for a refractory boy, who had been the terror of a whole neighborhood. She begged her husband not to take this boy into the family, for fear his example might be injurious to their own children. But she was overruled, the boy came, and, with no coercion beyond the influence and example of his guardian, turned ont to be one of the best behaved boys she had ever seen. If any disagreements arose among his neighbors or friends, he constituted himself a peace-maker, and his efforts were always successful. The late Chief Justice Hinman used to say, that he had met with but few persons who possessed so strong a mind and as well-regulated a judgment as Newton Tuttle.
He represented the town of Southbury in the General Assembly in 1824 and 1828, and died on the 12th of December, 1833. His wife survived him and died in July, 1850, aged eighty-three years.
JOHNSON TUTTLE, No. 66, p. 726, b. Feb. 23d, 1797, farmer, resides in Southbury, Conn. Married, Jan. 21, 1818, Esther Hinman, who was born Feb. 6, 1800. Had one child : Jennette E., who was born Sept. 3, 1811. Far- mer, resides in Newtown, Conn., had two children : Johnson Tuttle Platt. b. Jan. 12, 1844, m. Sept. 3d, 1867, Mary Jay Pettee, of Mass., who was b. June 7, 1846. Occupation, Lawyer ; resides in New Haven, Ct. LL.B Harvard University, 1865 ; Theron E. Platt, b. May 16th, 1848; occupation farmer, re- sides in Newtown, Conn.
The following is a continuation of the genealogy of the family of Aaron Tuttle, No. 35, p. 725, and Rebecca Wooster. Aaron died Sept. 15, 1836, aged 76 years. Rebecca, his wife, died Oct. 4, 1855, aged 83 years. They had 11 children : Olin, Cyrus, Anna, Daniel, Betsey, Mary B., William L., Darid V. Harry, Silas, Aaron.
Olive, b. Jan. 14, 1791, m. Daniel Rigly March 11th, 1813; d. Nov. 28th, 1824, aged 34 years, had five children : Ezekiel, Darid, AAlijah, Elkanah, Wil- liam T.
Cyrus, b. Jan. 1793, in. Hezekiah Riggs, had no children. Ile d. July 20, 1870, aged 77 years. Time of her death unknown.
Anna, b. 1795, m. Isaac Benham, had three children : William, Jared, Bet- sey Ann.
Daniel, b. Sept. 4th, 1797, m. Sally Platt, Oct. 7, 1818, had seven children : Rebecca, Ruby, Melissa, Sarah, Elizer, Aaron, Edmund A.
Betsey, b. Jan. 31. 1800, m. Samuel W. Treat, Dec. 5th, 1822, had four chil- dren : George, Mary Ann, Olice, Jane.
Aaron in. Anna Abbott, had three children : James, Jerome, Celestia.
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William m. Emerett Manvill, had four children : Cyrus, Mary, E'meret, Et len. Win. d. in 1865.
David N. m. Euphemia Dockerty, had three children : Washing G., George, Darid. He was the youngest son ; was Captain of a Company in the late Rebellion, and was killed by a rebel bullet at Donaldsonville, Louisiana. David N., the father, died Jan. 16th, 1870.
Henry, b. Jan. 20, 1809. d. Nov. 30, 1882, aged 24 years, m. Harriet Mun. son, had one child : Harriett.
Silas, b. June 26, 1812, m. Susan Allen, Sept. 1st, 1833, had three children : Julia S., m. Algernon O. Beach, Feb. 20th. 1861. Had one child. Frances Emily, d. March 26, 1866 : Emily Augusta, Mary Ellen.
David, b. Sept., 1814, d. Oet. 27, 1871, aged 56 years, m. Eliza Munson, has three children : Frank, Helen, Flora.
I cannot give the names or number of the grand-children of all of the sons and daughters of Aaron and Rebecca Tuttle. I have only named that of my own grandfather, he being in the eighth generation in the direct line from Wil- liam Tuttle, who emigrated from England in 1635. 1 will however say, that my brother Daniel has one great-grandchild that is in the 9th generation in the direct line. I am not able to give full dates, as I should like to do.
Yours respectfully. SILAS TUTTLE.
George F. Tuttle, Esq., of N. Y., furnishes the following :-
Wm. Tuttle, of New Haven, and wife Elizabeth and three ehh : John. Aun and Thomas, aged respectively 34. 24 and 3 months, sailed from London in the ship Planter, in April, 1635. Wm. Tuttle was at that time 26 years of age, and his wife was three years his junior. They landed in Boston the same year, and he removed to New Haven in 1639. In the meantime two more children were born, namely David and Jonathan. The rest of his twelve children were born in the New Haven Colony. The following is a list of his children, and their births and marriages. John. b. 1631. m. Catharine Lane : Ann, b. 1633: Thomas. b. 1635, m. Hannah Powell : Jonathan, b. 1637, m. Hannah Powell : Jonathan, b. 1637, m. Rebecca Bell ; Darid, b. 1639, d. child- less ; Joseph. b. 1640, m. Hannah Munson : Sarah. b. 1642, m. John Slauson ; Elizabeth, b. 1645. m. Richard Edwards : Simon. b. 1647, m. Abigail Beach ; Benjamin. b. 1648 d. unmarried ; Mercy, b. 1650, m Samuel Brown ; Nathan- iel, b. Feb. 24, 1632. m. Sarah Howe.
Nine of these twelve children had families, and I have gathered several hundred names of each of the nine. John and Thomas remained in New Haven. Jonathan removed to North Haven in 1670, and was one of the first settlers there, and many of his descendants still remain in that town. The town records were destroyed several years ago, which makes the task of tracing his descendants more difficult. Joseph settled in East Haven, Conn. Two of his sons removed to Morris Co., New Jersey, and were the progeni- tors of a numerous and highly respectable family in that State. Sarah set- tled with her husband in Stamford, Ct. Elizabeth was the mother of Rev. Timothy Edwards, D. D., 64 years minister of East Windsor. He was her only son. Timothy had a son Jonathan, who was President of Princeton College, and the most celebrated theologian that America ever produced- Jonathan Edwards, Presdent of Union College, was his son. Timothy Dwight,
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President of Yale College, was the elder Jonathan's grandson. Col. Aaron Burr, Vice President U. S., was also a grandson of the 1st Jonathan Edwards. Theodore Woolsey, recently President Yale College, is a great-grandson. A very large number of distinguished men descended from Elizabeth and Rich. ard Edwards. William Tuttle was a leading man in New Haven, much em- ployed in public affairs. All of his children married in the leading families and the blood of Wm. Tuttle still remains the best blood in Connecticut. Col. Brown, of Waterbury, (Brown & Elton,) is a direct descendant of Mary Tuttle and Samuel Brown. Joseph Tuttle, President of Wabash College, descends from Joseph and Hannah Munson ; as does the Rev. James M. Tut tle, D.D., a very eminent man in the Methodist Epis. Church. Every branch of William's descendants has given birth to a large number of clergymen. Bishop Tuttle, of Montana, is descended from Simon and Abigail Beach. His wife is also a Tuttle, her mother being 2d cousin to the Bishop. I have made considerable collections in every one of these nine families, and the subject grows in interest every day.
In the same ship in which Willium arrived in Boston in 1635, there came Richard Tuttle, wife and son, and John Tuttle and son. Richard settled in Boston, and became a wealthy and distinguished man there, and all the Tut- tles in Eastern Massachusetts for several generations were descended from Richard and from John, who settled in Ipswich. Whether these were related to William, is not certainly known. Another John Tuttle arrived a few years later at Boston, and was one of the company that made the first settlement in Dover. New Hampshire. There are many descendants, and a geneological account of them has been compiled by Charles W. Tuttle, of Boston, Mass. There is a tradition among the Dover Tuttles that John was a brother of William, of New Haven.
John Tuthill came to New Ilaven with William, and was soon appointed by the Court, to take charge of their new settlement on the East end of Long 1×land. It is asserted by some writers that this John Tuthill was brother to William, and there is some foundation for the asserfion. This family has continued to spell the name Tuthill, and are thrus distinguished from all the other families of the name in the country. The wife of Wm. Henry Harrison was of this family. Many years ago I stopped at the house of one of her sons, " John Scott Harrison, a little below North Bend, and was hospitably entertained He told me his family had always held their Tuttle relations in high esteem. Judge Tuthill, of Iowa, is compiling the genealogy. The de- scendants of William are probably more numerous than all the others com- bined, and Charles W. Tuttle, of the Dover family, wrote me, they are " the most distinguished." It is marked by honesty and worth of character, as well as capacity.
You may perhaps feel some curiosity to know my own line. It is from Simon Tuttle and Abigail Beach. They had a son Deacon Timothy, who em- igrated from Wallingford to Cheshire, and built the first frame house in the latter town-in which house four generations of his descendants were born and lived. Deacon Timothy had a son Ephraim, who married Hannah Paine- They had a son Ephraim, who married 1st, Mary Hull, a sister of Gen. An- drew Hull, and grand aunt of Andrew Hull Foote, Admiral U. S. Navy.
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Capt. Lucius Tuttle, a brother of my grandfather Ephraim, married Hannal. Hull, a sister of my grandmother, Mary Hull. Andrew Hull Tuttle, a son of Capt. Lucius, moved to North Carolina, and some of his grandchildren were killed in the Confederate service, as were some of the other branch on the Union side. Mary (Hull) Tuttle had but one child, Uri (my father). She died when he was three years old, and he removed to New Haven when he was about 20, married, and had a large family of children. So much for my- self.
I thank you for the list of names who would give information. With seve- ral of them, we have been for some time in correspondence. I will write to the others.
I would now like to ask if you can tell me what family John Tuttle belongs to, to whose memory the citizens of Waterbury erected a monument. Seve. ral years ago he lost his life in attempting to rescue two young girls from a burning building. The circumstances are related in Barber's "Historical Collections of Connecticut."
Your very valuable genealogical notes are received. I am very much pleased with the verses by your grandmother, and will endeavor to embody them in our work.
Nathaniel, of Woodbury, son of William, of New Haven, had eight chil- dren. I have the names of 7, as follows : Mary, bap. May 1683. Ephraim, b. July 20, 1683. Hezekiah, Sergeant, Isaac, Feb. 3, 1697. Temperance, Nov. 24, 1684. Ann and Aaron.
Nathaniel was married to Sarah Howe, Aug 10, 1682. He died Aug. 10, 1721.
TOMLINSON FAMILY.
More research is needed in the records of this name, particularly in New Haven, regarding Thomas Tomlinson, who took the freeman's oath there in April, 1644. What became of him? Were Henry and he brotherz ? Did Thomas leave any family in New Haven ? Was WILLIAM, (whom the Derby people gave in 1671 50 acres of land, if he will settle thereon by March, 1673.) a son of Charles ? or of Henry ?
Derby Records need examination for the children of Jonas (son of Henry Tomlinson, of Stratford,) who settled there so early at least as 1676, probably indeed was among the first company of settlers.
Also examine there for the children of William Tomlinson, mentioned above. In 1696 (June), Sarah Tomlinson, in Derby, married Andrew Smith. John, Isaac, Abraham, Samuel, William, Jr., are also on Derby Records. How many of them belong to Jonas and how many to William ?
" Elizabeth Tomlinson of Derby," covenants and is bap. in Stratford Oct. 8, 1693. Was she a dan. of Jonas? Can you draw from the Town Clerk of Derby any facts regarding these parties? The Derby Town Records were beautifully written and are very easily examined. The Church Records are miserably defective.
Henry Tomlinson appeared in Milford in 1652. (Perhaps earlier.) His
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wife Alice was dismissed to Stratford church in Oct. 1653, (though a clerical error on the Milford Church Record styles her wife of Robert Tomlinson, by mistake, insead of Henry). His children were: 1. Jonas ; 2. Margaret, m. Jabez Harger, of Stratford and Derby. 3. Mary, m. -- Pierson. 4. Tabi- tha, m. Edward Wooster as his second wife. These were before he came to. Stratford. From Edward W's son Abraham, by his first wife, Gen. David Wooster descended.
5. Phebe, b. in Stratford, Aug. 14, 1656, m. Thomas Wooster.
6. Agur, Nov. 1, 1658, d. 1728, aged 70.
7. Bathsheba, “ Jan. 3, 1660-1, m. Ephraim Stiles.
8. Abraham, “ d. May, 1662.
Henry Tomlinson died March 16, 1681. His widow, Alice, in 1688 m. John, Birdsey, Sen., as his 2d wife. She outlived Mr. B. eight years, and d. 1698. Henry Tomlinson's estate is given in the Probate Record as £509.
Of his children, JONAS settled in Derby, had wife Hannah, named in his will of 1692. Had children : Agur Tomlinson, son of Henry, m., Dec 13, 1681, Elizabeth, dau. of Jeremiah Judson. She was b. Feb. 1658. In_Octa 1692 he m. Sarah, widow of Ephraim Hawley, and daughter of Samuel, youngest son of Gov. Thomas Welles. By his wife Elizabeth he had Alice, d. in Oct. 1684. Elizabeth, b. Ang. 11, 1684. By his 2d wife, Sarah, he had Zcehariah, b. Oct. 1693. Mrs. Sarah Tomlinson d. in June 1694, and in April 102, Mr. T. m. wid. Abigail brown.
ZECHARIAH TOMLINSON, (son of Agur, m. Hannah, dau, of Joseph Beach, of Stratford. She was b. Feb. 1702-3, and d. 1740, aged 37. About 1742 or '43 Zech. Tomlinson m. for his 2d wife Mary, widow of Daniel Homes. She d. in Oct. 1749. They had, Agur, Sept. 13, 1720 ; Sarah, Sept. 1722 : Joseph, Nov. 13, 1724 ; Beuch, Dec. 1726 ; Zachariah, March 1729-30 ; Gileon, March, 1730-1; Abraham, April 1733; Henry, July 1735, d. Dec. 1738 ; dau. (unna- med) Aug. 1737. d. same day ; Henry, April 1739, d. Feb. 1740. By 2d wife he had Mary, bap. Nov. 1744.
AGUR (Dr.), son of Zechariah Tomlinson, m. Mary -- , who d. 1802. He d. 1774. They had Cotce, bap. June 1746; Hezekiah, (Dr.) bap. Dec. 1747; Hannah, bap. Feb. 1749-50; Agur, bap. April 1752, d. young ; Mary, bap- July 1758 ; Agur, Sept. 1754, d. young ; Henry Agur, bap. Dec. 1755 : Mary> bap. Sept. 1758; Ann, bap. June 1760; William Agur, bap. June 1763: Mary Alice, July 1766, d. 1771.
JOSEPH TOMLINSON, son of Zechariah, m. He d. 1774, aged 49 years 11 months. Had bap. Stephen, Oct. 1749 ; Elizabeth, Oct. 1758, m. Phil- ip Wells, father of Tomlinson Wells, of Litchfield ; Hannah, Dec. 1763, m. Othniel DeForest ; Katy, Aug. 1771.
BEACH TOMLINSON, (son of Zechariah,) m. Charity, (dau. of Josiah) Shel- ton, in Oct. 1752. She d. in Ripton 1809, aged 72. Had Josiah, July 1753 ; Henry, March 1755 ; Agur, ? 1757, who m. Sarah Curtis. She d. 1790 ; Gid. eon, 1774, bap. in Huntington ; Darid, 1779, bap. in Huntington.
ZECHARIAH (son of Zechariah,) TOMLINSON, m. Amy -, had Sarah, Oct. 8,1753.
SARAH, (dau. of Zechariah) TOMLINSON, m. Nov. 1748, Hezekiah Thomp- son. He died in Sept. 1750. They had Zechariah, b. Oct. 1749 ; Sarah, h. Feb. 1750-1, after his death. The widow m. in 1757, Thomas Alcott.
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GIDEON, (son of Zechariah) TOMLINSON, m. Oct. 1757, Mary, widow of - Wells. She d. June 6, 1758, in childbed, aged 26. He then m., Jan. 17, 1760, Hannah, dau. of Col. Jabez Huntington, of Windham. She d. in 1769, aged 27. Capt. Gideon Tomlinson d. in 1766, aged 35. By Ist wife he had Mary, b. June 6, 1758, d. with her mother, same day. By 2d wife he had Jabez Huntington, b. Dec. 24, 1760.
Capt, Gideon Tomlinson was present at the taking of Ticonderoga and of Montreal. A sermon preached from Ephesians, vi, 11, by Rev. Izrahiel Wet- more, in Stratford, May 1759, to Capt. Tomlinson and his Company, on their departure for the northern campaign, is still preserved in the Wetmore family
JABEZ HUNTINGTON TOMLINSON, son of Gidon, m. June 1780. Rebecca, dau. of Joseph Lewis, of Stratford, and had Gideon, b. Dec. 31, 1780; Gov. of Conn. Rep. in Congress, Senator in Congress, LL.D .; Hannah, b. Jan. 10, 1784 ; Nancy, b. Jan. 23, 1785 ; Surah Lewis, b. Feb. 27, 1789; Huntington, father of Gideon, now resident in Stratford ; George, bap. July, 1796.
ABRAHAM (son of Zecharialı) TOMLINSON, m. Ist Rebecca dau. of Rev. Hezekiah Gold, of Stratford. She d. 1774; m. 2d, Anne dau. of Samuel Ful- som. By Ist wife he had Jerusha, Sept. 1756 ; Alexander, Jan. 1759, d. 1759 ; Sarah ; May 1760; Rebecca, Aug. 1762 ; Huldah, May 1766, d. unm. in old age; Henry Abraham, Jan, 1768, d. 1785 ; David, Nov. 1769 ; Mary, Jan. 1772, d. 1861 unm. : Charles, Sept. 1774.
By 2d wife, A. T. had Elizabeth, Jan. 1778 ; Annu, Aug. 1782.
Mrs. Abby J. Hubbard, wife of Hon. J. H. Hubbard, of Litchfield, has fur- nished the following account of her branch of the family. A part of the names and dates are a repetition of the preceeding account of Mr. Swan, but is introduced entire to show more clearly her connection with the main branch of the family.
HENY TOMLINSON, or (Tomline,) was one of the first settlers of Stratford. His wife's christian name only is recorded, Alice.
Their children were: Jonas, settled in Derby ; Margaret, b. 1642, m. Jabez Hardyear, 1662 ; Mary, m. a Pierson ; Tubitha, m. Edward Wooster 1669, (an- cestor of Gen. David Wooster); Abraham, d. May 30, 1662; Phebe, m. Thom- as Wooster, (who d. in Derby 1713 ;) Agur, b. 1658; Bathsheba, b. Jan. 1661, m. Ephraim Stiles.
Henry Tomlinson d. March 16, 1680-1. His wife afterwards m. John Bird- wey 1st, as his 2d wife, and d. 1698.
Agur Tomlinson 3d, son of Henry and Alice, and b. Nov. 1658, m. Dec. 13, 1681, Elizabeth Judson, dau. of Jeremiah J. Their children were : Elizabeth, b. Aug. 11, 1684. Mrs. Elizabeth J. Tomlinson d. before 1692, and Agur Tom- linson m. Sarah, widow of Ephraim Hawley, and dau. of Samuel Wells, son Gov. Thomas Wells. They had one child: Zechariah, b. Oct. 1693. Mrs. Sarah Wells Tomlinson d. in 1694, and Agur Tomlinson m. 3d Abigail Brown. He d. in 1727.
ZECHARIAH TOMLINSON, son to Agur, m. 1719, Hannah Beach, dau. of Jo_ seph Beach, and Abiah (Booth), his wife. Joseph Beach was son to John Beach, first of the name in Stratford, Their children were : Agur, b. Sept. 13, 1720 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 1722 ; Joseph, b. Nov. 13, 1724 ; Beach, b Dec. 1726 ;
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Zechariah, b. March 1730; Gideon, b. 1731, d. 1766 ; Abraham, b. April 1738 ; Henry, b. July 1735 d. ; a dau. d. 1737 ; Henry, b. April 1739.
Mrs. Hannah Tomlinson d. Oct. 1740, and Zephaniah Tomlinson afterwards m. Mary, widow of Daniel Homes, and dau. of John Moss. They had one child : Mary P .. b. Nov. 1744. Mrs. Mary Tomlinson d. 1749.
AGUR TOMLINSON, Ist son of Zechariah and Hannah, and b. at Stratford 1720 ; Sarah ; Joseph, b. at Stratford, Jan. 13, 1724, m. Elizabeth or Betty Curtiss, an only dau. Their children were: Stephen, b. Oct. 1749, d. young ; Phebe, m. Capt. Moore ; Curtiss, m. widow Martin ; Joseph, m. Sally Curtiss ; Elizabeth. b. Oct. 1757, m. in April, 1776, Philip Wells, of Stratford ; Sally, m. Samuel Mills : Hannah, b. Dec. 1763, m. Capt. Hovey ; Katy, b. Aug 1771, m. a Shelton.
BEACH, b. 1726, son of Zechariah and Hannah Tomlinson ; Zechariah ; son of Zechariah and Hannah ; Gideon, son of Zechariah and Hannah, and b. 1731, m. 1757, Mary Wells, and had in 1758, one dau., Mary. Mrs. Tomlin- son d. and Mr. T. then m. Hannah, dau. of Jabez Huntington, of Windham, Ct., and had one son : Jabez Huntington, b. Dec. 24, 1760.
Gideon Tomlinson was a Captain at Ticonderoga and Montreal. His death occurred 1766.
JABEZ HUNTINGTON TOMLINSON, son of Gideon and Hannah, m. June 1780. Rebecca Lewis, had two sons: Gideon, b. Dec. 31, 1781, who was Gov. of ('onn., and Huntington, who settled in Stratford.
Abraham, son of Zechariah and Hannah Tomlinson, and b. April, 1733, m. Dec. 1754, Rebecca Gold, dau. of Rev. Hezekiah Gold. Their children were : Jeruxha, b. 1759; Alexander. b. 1759, d. ; Sarah, b. 1760; Rebecca, b. 1762; Henry A., b. 1763; Hulda, b. 1766 ; Darid, b. 1769; Mary, b. 1772, d ; Charles, b. 1774.
Abraham Tomlinson m. 1777, Anna Fulsom, and had two children : Elizo- beth, b. 1778: Anna, b. 1782.
Henry, son of Zephaniah and Hannah Trowbridge; Mary, dau. of Zecha- riah and Hannah Trowbridge.
Ann Fulsom, second wife to Abraham Tomlinson, was a near relation of Cloriana Fulsom, a lady of very great beauty, who m. 1771, a Scoth Noble- man, Lord Sterling.
Curtiss Tomlinson, who lived in Huntington, was the father of John Tom- linson, M. D., who early removed to Harrodsburg, Ky., and was the father of the late Mrs. Carity Tomlinson Belknap, wife of the Secretary of War.
Elizabeth Tomlinson, dau. of Joseph, was b. Oct. 1757, m. to Philip Wells, 1776. Philip Wells d. Dec. 23, 1818, aged 65. Elizabeth, his wife, d. Nov. 27th, 1848, aged 92. Children : Hezekiah m. Eunice Blackney ; Sally m. Marsh ; Philip m. Nancy Watson ; Betsey m. Cyrus Northrop : Tomlinson mn. Electa Smith ; Sophia m. McMahon ; John m. Jane Vanderbergh ; Joseph m. Anna Marsh : Stephen unmarried.
TOMLINSON WELLS was m. to Electa Smith June 16, 1823. Children : Philip ; Abby Jane m. John H. Hubbard ; Virginia M ; Frank, who served as Capt. in the 13th Conn. Vols., from its enlistment until it was mustered out, a period of four years and four months, and with but one exception a lon- ger time than any other known officer served in one Conn, Regiment during the war.
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Abby Jane Wells was m. to John H. Hubbard, Sept. 1855. Children : John Tomlinson ; Philip Parley, Anna Electa, twins; Frank Welles
Betsey Wells, who m. Cyrus Northrop, had children : Caroline, who m. Wm. Mygatt, Oxford, N. Y. ; Sarah, m. Col. Wm. J. Starr, New Milford ; Emily, m. Earl Bostwick, New Milford ; Joel m. Catharine Canfield, New Mil- ford ; Sophia m. Eli Mygatt, New York ; Catharine m. James Hine, M.D. New Milford, from whom I have received much information regarding the Tom- linson family, as well as other family records.
I find, in looking over old records, that John Hollister 1st, (page 585 An- cient Woodbury,) m. Joanna Treat, dau. of Richard Treat, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, sister of Robert Treat, for thirty years Governor of the colony of Conn.
Their dau. Mary 2d, m. John Wells, of Stratford, son of John Wells and grandson of Thomas Wells, one of the early Governors of Conn.
Thomas Wells, the son of John and Mary Hollister, m. Sarah Stiles, who m. Bathsheba Tomlinson (Page 696.)
Hezekiah Wells, son of Thomas and Sarah Stiles, was father of Philip Wells, who m. Elizabeth Tomlinson.
Thus I find that we are descended from the Tomlinson family, on the Welly side, too, as well as from the Stiles family.
There is shown us an old well in Stratford in which my grandmother. Elizabeth Tomlinson, descended on the stones, coming up in the same way, bringing her child, about two years old, who had fallen into the well. The well was eighteen feet deep before reaching the water where the child was found, playing on a large stone. It being " town meeting day," no one could be found to go down. I fear her descendants do not inherit her courage.
William R Tomlinson, Esq., of Oxford, furnishes the following :-
Family of Russell Tomlinson. Esq.,, of Woodbury. RUSSELL TOMLINSON was b. Dec. 23, 1764. Agnes Cortelyou, of New Utrecht, L. I., was b. March Ist. 1764, m. April 25, 1779. Their children were : Sarah, b. March 14, 1780; Isaac, b. May 26, 1782 : Peter, Nov. 18, 1784 ; Simon, b. May 22, 1787 ; James, b. Aug. 18, 1789 ; Betsey, b. April 29, 1792 ; Russell, b. March 27, 1801 ; James C., b. March 4, 1806.
James was drowned in the Housatonic river, April 22, 1804 ; Esq. Russell d. June 22d, 1809.
Family of Peter, son of Russell Tomlinson, Esq. : Esther Holbrook, wife of Peter, was b. Sept. 27, 1783. Their children were : Willard, b. Aug 22, 1820 ; Peter and Edwin, b. Dec. 17, 1823.
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