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gar, molasses, and the fat from the pot in which the dinner was boiled. Instead of this, sometimes butter and molasses was used. After the pudding came a dish of boiled pork and beef, with round turnips, and (after they were introduced) a few potatoes. Supper commonly consisted of what was left of dinner, with the addition of a basin of bread and milk.
The table furniture of old times was very plain. At first pieces of boards were used for plates ; then trenchers turned out of wood ; next pewter plates and dishes, basins, porringers, &c., came into use. Spoons, for common use, were of. a composition metal called alchymy. Instead of pitchers, sil- ver or pewter tankards were used, which were covered with bell-shaped covers of the same metal. Silver and glass cans supplied the place of tumblers; they were cups which held about half a pint, with a handle attached to them. A large china punch bowl, and a beaker glass, holding nearly two quarts, were thought necessary articles of crockery. When tea was first used, blue china tea sets were introduced with it. The tea-pot was globular, and would hold about a pint, and the tea-cup nearly a gill. China tea-pots were sometimes seen, with silver nozzles, and were considered a mark of su- perior finery. Instead of japanned waiters, as now, they had round tea-boards, which being turned on an axle underneath the center, stood upright like an expanded fan or palm leaf, usually in one corner of the room. The tables were round, with a leaf on each side. Chairs were made of maple posts and slats, with high perpendicular backs, and were rush or splinter-bottomed. Every householder deemed it essential to convenience and comfort to have a large chest of drawers in the parlor, in which the linen and clothes of the family were always of ready access, and it was thought no sin to rummage them before company. A brass wheeled clock, in a high case, which reached from the top of the room to the floor, was a piece of furniture seen only in the houses of the affluent.
There being no chaises or wagons in old times, trav- eling was performed on horseback. It was a common thing to see pedlars carrying around their wares to sell on " pack horses," stowed in large sacks, which hung down on each side of the animal. Wooden ware, such as dishes, trays, trenchers, and ladles, and sometimes the less heavy articles of pewter, were in this way exposed for sale. Ladies rode on side- saddles if alone on the horse; if behind another person, on
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a "pillion," which was buckled to the crupper of the saddle. Farmers who lived at a distance from the meeting-house, frequently took their familes to meeting with a cart and oxen.
Farming utensils were formerly very coarse and clumsily made, compared with those now in use. The plough had only one handle, and was guided with the left hand; in the right was held the " plough staff," used to clean off the earth from the plough when clogged. Fanning machines were unknown ; large willow fans were used to winnow grain. Pitchforks and rakes were large and heavy. Cart bodies were made fast to the axletree and tongue, and would not turn up to dis- charge the load. Wood, when carted, was consequently obliged to be thrown out by hand. Half a cord of wood was considered as a monstrous load for an ordinary team. The price of walnut wood, eighty years ago, was from 9 to 128. per cord. A farmer generally killed from three to five hogs, which would weigh from five to eight score each ; but it was an extraordinary hog that weighed eight or ten score. A horse that would fetch forty dollars was considered of the first quality, and those most prized for the saddle were pacers. To this end the breed was propagated with much care. The Narragansett pacers, of Rhode Island, were in such repute, that they were sent for at much trouble and expense by some few who were choice in their selections. The most import- ' ant crops raised were Indian corn, wheat, and meslin, (wheat and rye mixed,) and field peas. When potatoes were intro- duced, if a farmer raised five bushels he considered he had a very large crop. The author heard it from an aged person, that a man in Milford, soon after they began to come in use, one year raised ten bushels. It soon became the " town talk," and people wondered what he could do with so many. They were at first considered a very unhealthy thing to eat, and there was a notion, which many believed, that a person who made daily use of them would live only seven years.
In conclusion, it may be remarked, that the tide of fashion, which overwhelms everything in its onward course, has almost effaced every trace of what our forefathers possessed or used in the way of dress, household furniture, or equipage, but whether the change which has taken place is "for better or worse," in left for the reader to decide.
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A GENEALOGICAL SKETCH OF THE LAMBERT FAMILY, OF MILFORD, CONN.
[Ancestral history is almost entirely neglected in America. We have no herald offices, where the pedigree of every family is traced out and recorded with unerring accuracy. It may perhaps be urged by some, that there is not the use or necessity here, where property is conveyed by will, or equally divided among heirs, as there is in England, where estates are entailed in the line of the eldest male heir. True, it is the tendency of a republican government, where " all are born free and equal," to level all family distinctions, as far as property is concerned. But there are other considerations why family pedigree should be preserved. There is a satisfaction in knowing one's lineage, apart from all pecuniary considerations ; and if man is worthy of a higher destiny than to share the fate of the lower grades of animated nature,-to die and sink into eternal oblivion,-it must be acceded by all, that the subject of family biog- raphy is too much neglected.
The author of this work is aware, that motives of vanity will be ascribed to him, for introducing a family genealogy before the pub- lic. He would state, however, that one object of the following sketch is to gratify a number of his friends, who have requested him to pre- pare something of the kind, and have it printed. Having room for it at the end of this work, he deemed ft a favorable opportunity, and as the insertion will not increase the price of the book, he thinks there can be no reasonable objection to the insertion.]
THE Lambert family can trace its descent from high anti- quity. They can go back, with all the certainty of written records, to the time of William the Conqueror, in the eleventh century, and by history of undoubted credibility, to the king- dom of the Lombards in Italy. That such was the origin of the family cannot be doubted, for were there no proofs of it in the records of heraldry, the name itself would indicate such to be the fact, (according to the ancient orthography,) as it was formerly spelt Lombard. This orthography some mem. bers of the family still retain.
The earliest account we have of the Lombards is, that they were a roving clan from Scandinavia, (Norway,) that they settled awhile in Vindili, (in Germany,) till attracted by the fair plains of Modena, they rushed from their mountain-fast. nesses, took possession and founded one of the most powerful states in Italy. The signification of the name in their lan- 18
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guage was long beard, as history states, " that this clan parted their hair and suffered it to grow to whatever length it might attain ;" from which circumstance the state where they established themselves took its name. This clan is described as being of a warlike temper, as the fact of their establishing themselves in Italy would prove. Their state of society was but about half civilized. They were of a stern, independent disposition, which would not brook restraint. They lived on the spoils of war and pasturage. Such were the ancestors of the family in question, in ancient times. Upon the subver- sion of the kingdom, the descendants of the clan were dis- persed into various parts of Europe. Many of them settling in cities, engaged in mercantile business-which accounts for there having been and yet are so many merchants of the name in the cities and large towns in that part of the world. This is the first we read of the name of Lombard as a family name.
The family from which the Milford branch is descended, we find in history had established itself in Normandy, in France. It appears from the records of heraldry, that they were of the highest respectability in the said place, and on them were bestowed the various orders of knighthood. When William the Conqueror invaded England, he took with him Rodolph de Lambert, as his armor bearer, or knight at arms. He is the first of the name of which we have any account in England. His name appears to indicate that his family was from Lombardy, as the particle de signifies from or of, which amounts to Rodolphus from Lombardy ; thus retaining in what has now become the family name, the memorial of the place from which he or his ancestors emigrated.
It appears by English heraldry, that he had a family in Normandy, previous to his going into England. It says, " Of this ancient family of Norman French extraction, one branch settled in Bolonga, in Italy, and has always been con- sidered one of the most illustrious in that place. Cardinal Lambertini, of this family, was elected Bishop of Rome, Au- gust 27th, 1730, and took the title of Benedict XIV. He claimed relationship with the Earl of Cavan's family, who trace their descent from Rodolph de Lambert, who went into England with William the Conqueror."
RODOLPH DE LAMBERT left one son, HUGH, and from him are descended all of the name in England and North Ameri- ca. HUGH had by his wife, Matilda, Sir William, his heir, who married Gundred, daughter of the Earl of Warren and Surrey, by Gundred, fourth daughter of William the Con.
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queror, and widow of Roger de Bellamont, Earl of Warwick. By her he had a son, Henry, standard bearer to Heney II. He married Alice, sister to William Manderville, Earl of Es- sex. He had a son, John, who settled in Skipton, in York, who had two sons, Sir Edmund and Thomas. Sir Edmund had three sons : Edmund, who settled in Skipton ; Richard, the third son, settled in Lincolnshire. Sir John, the second, had two'sons : Edmund, who died unmarried, and Sir Thom- as, who married Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Cressy, and had Henry, his heir, who by Isabel, eldest daughter of John Lambert, of Preston, grandson of Edmund, of Skipton, had Sir Henry, who by Maudaunt, daughter of Baldwin de Vere, had Alayne, who had two sons, Sir Thomas of Oldton, in Northumberland, and Godfrey, who was seated in Long Pres- ton, and married Ellen Fulthrop, cousin to Lord Clifford, and had John, his heir. He married Elizabeth Whitmore, and had six sons : William, who died without children ; Thomas, who lived in Skipton, from whom are descended a numerous issue ; particularly noted are John Lambert, who commanded the parliamentary forces against King Charles the first ; and Richard, ancestor of the Earl of Cavan. John left a numer- ous issue. Christopher and Henry were slain, and left no children. Richard, the third son, left Walter, his heir, who resided in Carlshalton. He had, by a daughter of Sir John Gaynesford, Thomas, who left no issue ; Roger, slain in the siege of Bulloine, unmarried; Walter, and Richard, an al- derman of London, in 1567, in which year he died. His son, Thomas, settled in Laverstock, Hants, from whom is de- scended a numerous issue. Walter, the third son, had by Rose, daughter of Oliver Wallop, ancestor of the Earl of Portsmouth, Oliver, his heir, the first baron, who was crea- ted Lord Lambert, and earl of the county of Cavan, in 1617. He died July 9, 1718. His Lordship married Hester, daugh- ter of William Fleetwood Knight, by whom he had two sons, Charles, his heir, and Carey, who died unmarried. Charles, on the 12th of May, 1642, was made governor of the city of Dublin. He married Jane, second daughter of Robert Ro- baites, Baron of Truro, and sister of John Robaites, Earl of Radnor, by whom he had Richard, his heir, Thomas, Charles, and Walter, who left no children. Oliver, the third, settled in Payneston, in the county of Meath, married four wives, and left a numerous issue.
Richard, the second earl, married Rosa, daughter of Sir James Wade, and left one son, Charles, the third earl, who
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married in 1670, Castillina, daughter of Henry Gilbert, Esq., who had Charles. Lord Lambert died 1689. Richard, the fourth earl ; Henry died Nov. 18, 1774, left three sons, Rich- ard, the late earl, Thomas, and Oliver. Richard, the fourth earl, was an officer in King William's army, in Spain, Portu- gal, and the West Indies, and one of his majesty's private counselors. He married in Barbadoes, W. I., Margaret, daughter of Capt. Trant. He died in 1741, aged 76. He had Gilbert, lord, who died young, and Ford, the fifth and late earl, who married Elizabeth, daughter of James Wade, Esq., and left two daughters, Sophia and Gertrude. He died Nov. 29, 1782, aged 54. Sixth earl, Richard, was son of Henry, third son of Charles, the third earl. He married first, Sophia, daughter and co-heir of Oliver Lambert, fourth son of the third earl of Cavan, by whom he had no children ; second, Elizabeth, daughter of John Davies, Fsq., Nov. 13, 1762, by whom he had Sophia and one son, his successor, Richard, the seventh earl. He succeeded on the death of his father, Nov. 13, 1762.
JESSE, the ancestor of the Lambert family of Milford, Con- necticut, emigrated from England, about 1680. He was from a collateral branch of the Earl of Cavan's family, settled in Wiltshire, (or Devon .* ) About the same time emigrated Roger Lambert, who settled in New Jersey, whose descend- ants are now numerous. The author visited them in the spring of 1834, for the purpose of collecting materials for making out their genealogy, as recorded on Milford records, Lib. 2, of marriages, &c. Jesse and Roger Lambert were first cousins, as appears by the following ancient letter, which is now in the possession of the author :
Loving Kinsman-
After my loue to you with my wife's, these are to lett you vnder- stand that I have been informed by seuerall, of your being att Mil- forde, in New Englande, the which caused me to write seuerall let- ters to you before this, but neuer could haue one line from you, the wch. causeth me att this time to trouble you agayne by this oppor- tunity, hoping that these few lines may moue you to put pen to pa- per in way of answear, ye wch. will be very wellcome to me, for my great desire is to heare from you.
I haue written very often home to England-to my father, but never could heare from him, and soe ye last letter that I did send it was to your father, and I doe hope soon to receive an answer from him how all relations doe ; for it is my great desire to have a lou- ing and friendly correspondence with all relations; and seeing it
* The author is not certain which, but expects soon to astertain, having written to England for the information.
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hath pleased God to separate us soe farr one from another, the least that we can doe one for ye other, is to write each to ye other by all convenient oportunities; that therebye, our loues may be renewed, and not a forgetfulness of each other soe much seize vpon as to bury all remembrance in oblivion. Soe having nothing else att present but my loue with my wife's and my son~es to you, I rest praiing for your health and happinesse in this worlde, and in ye worlde to come life euerlasting. Your Loueing Kinsman, ROGER LAMBARD.
New Jersey, September ye 25th, Anno Domini, 1684.
Jesse Lambert, (according to the tradition in the family,) previous to his coming to New England, had been an officer in the British navy, had been up the Mediterranean Sea against the Turks, and had a desperate engagement with a Turkish corvette, which they captured, and returning to England, land- ed amid the acclamations of the people.
His first landing in America was at Boston, but in a few days he proceeded on to New Haven, and soon after to Mil- ford, where he settled.
Southeast view of J. Lambert's house.
His residence was on the west side of the Wepowage river, a few rods north of the first Presbyterian meeting-house, on . No. 7, of lots of early planters. (See plan of Milford.) The following is the facsimile of his signature :
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He married Deborah Fowler, daughter of Capt. William Fowler, and grand-daughter of William Fowler, magistrate, one of the first planters of Milford, on the 10th day of May, 1688 .* He had three sons and six daughters, viz :
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Rachel, married Samuel Smith, December 30,-1703.
Martha, died unmarried, aged 20 years.
Richard, died in childhood. Sarah, married Jobn Dunning, settled in Norwalk.
Jesse, born April 20, 1693. Deborah, dies unmarried.
Elizabeth, married Joseph Birchard, of Norwarlk. David, born in 1700.
Jesse Lambert died in the autumn of 1718. He gave his real estate to his sons and legacies to his daughters. David had his " homelot lands with the housing, barn, and orchard thereon," which he sold April 20, 1722. (Milford records, Lib. 6, page 259.) Jesse had the lot which fell to his father in the division of common land of 1689, No. 70, below Wal- nut tree hill, " with ye house, barn, fulling-mill, and water stream." Jesse Lambert's will is recorded on Probate records, New Haven, Lib. 4, page 553. See also Milford records, Lib. 5, page 340. It appears by his will, that he had a second wife#Joanna.
" JESSE LAMBERT and MARY GILLET, (born 1695,) daugh- ter of Eliphal and Mary (Wheeler) Gillet, were married on the 6th day of December, 1717, per Jonathan Law." He settled on the place above mentioned, given him by his father, in. Milford, East Farms, since called North Milford. He was the second who settled in said Farms, one Bryan being the first.
South view of J. Lambert's house, East Farms.
The family place is situated on the east side of the New
heir, Mary, who married John Bills and settled in New London ; Susannah, who married Daniel Buckingham; Sarah, who married John Smith; Temperance, who married Nathan Burwell; and Mary, who died unmarried, in 1686.
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Haven and Milford turnpike, on the road which goes from the old country road, crossing the turnpike at right angles, to North Milord meeting-house. The house stood on the emi- nence just east of the brook. This has been the family place for more than a century. Jesse lost his house by fire, in April, 1748, in which were burnt many valuable family pa- pers. He immediately rebuilt the house, at present standing. He received, on that occasion, the following letter from his brother David, dated
' Norwalk, May ye 10th, 1748.
Louing Brother,
My hearty Loue and Respects to you and your Family, being heartily grieved for your Affliction and Loss. Let ye loss of Tem- porall Enjoyments wean us off more and more from ye world, and lett us make things aboue our chief good. I did intend to come and bring you a bushel or two of wheat, butt for ye want of a horse I must omit at ye present ; but I would gladly send it. I haue sent you a small matter in this letter; if we were near I should be glad to help you in your distresses. Here is fifteen shillings Isaiah DAVID LAMBERT. Birchard sends you, ye rest is from me. So I remain your Louing Brother,
Jesse Lambert died Dec. 26, 1773. Mary, his wife, died June 26, 1776. They were burried near the middle of the burying-ground, (Milford :) a low red stone marks the place of their interment. The children of Jesse and Mary Lam- bert were,
Mary, born Oct. 10, 1717, married John Sandford, Sept. 14, 1743. Jesse, born Oct. 28, 1719.
Martha, born Jan. 28, 1721, married Benjamin Pritchard, a de- scendant from Roger Pritchard, from Springfield, Mass., 1652.
Richard, born June 8, 1725. He married Ann Emmanuel, but left no children. He died April 25, 1777, aged 52.
Rachel, born Feb. 15, 1728, married Henry Peck.
David, born Dec. 2, 1731.
Hannah, born Aug. 18, 1734, married John Woodruff, and moved to Watertown, Conn. Died Feb. 22, 1813.
JaSSE LAMBERT, the eldest son of Jesse and Mary Lam- bert, married Anne Peck, daughter of Capt. Henry Peck, October 28, 1745. He settled in the house built for him by his father, and deeded him Oct. 18, 1745, which stands near the (north) corner of the old country road, and the above mentioned road which crosses the turnpike, &c. He died July 30, 1794, aged 76. His wife died July 3, 1809, aged 84. Their children were four sons and seven daughters, viz. :
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Mary, born September 27, 1746. She died Dec. 31, 1765.
Anne, born January 7, 1788. She married Nathan Bristol, of Milford.
Sarah, born in 1750. She married Stephen Treat, of Milford. Mehitable, born January 21, 1752. She married Samuel Tibbals, and died March 2, 1774.
Lurania, born March 9, 1754.
Hannah, born August 22, 1756. She married Joseph Peck.
Abigail, born March 22, 1759. She married John Smith, and was the mother of Perry Smith, of New Milford, (United States Senator.) She died January 18, 1836.
Nehemiah, born May 2, 1763, and died April 21, 1767. Jesse, born May 2, 1765, and died May 12, 1765.
Nehemiah, born October 21, 1766, and died April, 1825.
Jesse Peck, born September 5, 1769, and died October 21, 1836.
NEHEMIAH LAMBERT went to Bethlehem, Conn., when 20 years old, and married Sarah, daughter of Moses Galpin, Esq. She was born July 23, 1770. He was a man of high re- spectability, and filled many public offices. He died March 26, 1825. Their children are as follows :
Stephen Treat, born July 8, 1791, settled in Canton, (Cherry- brook society,) Conn. He married Charlotte, daughter of Azariah Barber, born Nov. 19, 1790. Their children are,-The first, born October 24, 1825, died in infancy ; Julius Nehemiah, born May 25, 1827, died May 25, 1828; and Julius Treat, born July 29, 1829.
Frederic, born Oct. 29, 1794. He married Sally Potter, who lived with Harvey Steele, of Ontario county, N. Y. They settled in the town of Friendship, Alleghany county, N. Y. Children,- Charlotte and Harvey.
Nancy, born July 30, 1799, 3 married Charles Bloss. Sarah, S married Noble Allen. Clarissa, born August 25, 1801, married Nicholas Morse.
JESSE PECK LAMBERT married Anne, daughter of Thomas Clark, a farmer, of Milford, and moved to Woodbury, Conn., and settled on a tract of land which his father bought of the Indians, lying one and a half miles west of the center of the town. He died in 1836. Their children are four sons and four daughters :
Nancy, born 1797. She married Asahel Mitchel, of Woodbury. Stephen Treat, born 1798.
Julia, born 1799. She married Anthony P. Strong, Esq. of Wood- bury.
Willis, born 1801. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Miner, Esq. Their children are, Elizabeth Jane, Willis Peck, and Charlotte.
Harvey, born 1804, married Jennet Leavenworth. Children,- Frances and Henrietta.
Henry, born 1807, married Margaret, daughter of Philo De
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Forest, and settled in the state of New York. They have had one son, George De Forest.
Harriet, born 1809. She married Seth Strong.
Martha, born 1811.
DAVID LAMBERT, third son of Jesse, (and brother of Jesse, who married Ann Peck,) married Martha Northrop, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Gunn) Northrop, in 1755. She was born July 21, 1737. They had ten children, and died, David Lambert, November 8, 1815, aged 84 years, and Martha, his wife, October 27, 1815, aged 78. He was a large, well built man, of erect, dignified carriage ; he had a firm, unbending soul, and was noted for his decision and independence of mind. He was sincere in his attachments as a friend, and stubborn and uncompromising to those who offended him. He was truly benevolent, and his house was ever open to the poor and friendless. He settled in the family place, and was owner of a large real estate. Children :
David, born December 29, 1757, settled in Sharon.
Ephraim Northrop, born January 3, 1760. He was a soldier of the revolutionary war. He lived in the family place, and never married. He was possessed of a kind, fatherly disposition, but was rather given to the practice of a too rigid economy. He died in 1829.
Jesse, born March 24, 1762. He died in infancy.
Sarah, born October 28, 1763, died of pulmonary consumption, August, 1817.
Mary, born February 3, 1766. She married Thomas Smith, and left six children, viz. : Mary, David, Martha, Launcelot, Sydney, and Thomas Lambert. She died in 1810.
Richard Lott, born November 3, 1768. He was engaged in mer- cantile business in the West Indies, and was lost in his second pas- sage out, in 1791. The ship was never heard of, after sailing.
John, born November 26, 1770.
Mabel, born June 17, 1774. She now owns and resides in the family place.
Edward Allyn, born August 3, 1780.
Benjamin Lott, born September 29, 1782.
DAVID LAMBERT, first son of David and Martha Lambert, married Louis Prindle, daughter of Stephen Prindle, Esq. They moved to Sharon, Conn., in the spring of 1806. The house in which the family reside stands on the road from Sharon center to Amenia, New York, one mile from Amenia. He accumulated a large property, and died March, 1837. Children :
Enoch, born September 10, 1789. He married Azibah, daughter of Capt. Richards, of West Haven, Conn. Their children are,
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John, born February 22, 1831; Charlotte, born June 10, 1823; George Benjamin, born July 22, 1825; David Edward, born March 20, 1832.
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Louis, married George White, Esq., of Sharon.
David, born March 23, 1799.
Sarah. Elizabeth. Martha, died in youth.
JOHN LAMBERT, fifth son of David and Martha Lambert, married Esther Woodruff, daughter of Matthew and Ann (Bull) Woodruff, of North Milford, January 3, 1799, who was born December 21, 1779. He resides at the place be- fore mentioned, which was his uncle Jesse Lambert's. Chil- dren :
John, born August 5, and died August 26, 1779.
John Lott, born March 10, 1801.
Esther Maria, born November 23, 1802, died January 7, 1811.
Elizabeth Marietta, born September 12, 1804, died March 1, 1816. Mary Emeline, born November 30, 1806.
Hetty Matilda, born May 1, 1809, married (after twelve years courtship) Clark Fowler, second son of Josiah Fowler, of North Milford, in 1836.
Esther Maria, born January 20, 1811, married Austen Treat, son of Jonah Treat, of North Milford.
Mabel Louisa, born January 25, 1814.
Elizabeth Marietta, born June 30, 1816. She died April 19, 1834, aged 18.
David Jesse, born October 17, 1818, died in infancy.
Benjamin Richard, born June 30, 1819, died in infancy. Jane Olivia, born January 11, 1823.
EDWARD ALLYN LAMBERT, sixth son of David and Martha Lambert, married Anne, only child of Jeremiah and Anne (Gunn) Bull,* January 16, 1806, by B. Pinneo. She was born August 20, 1781. Her mother was eldest daughter of Stephen Gunn, Esq. His residence was on No. 34, of house lots of early planters. (See plan of Milford.) He died February 15, 1831, aged 51. Children :
Edward Rodolphus, born March 20, 1808. He married Eliza Boothe, daughter of John Boothe, of Wallingford, January 1, 1833.
* Jeremiah Bull was born March 10, 1757, and died May 24 1832. He was son of Jirah, and grandson of Benedict, who settled in Milford, from Newport, R. I., and descended in a direct line from Thomas Bull, one of the early governors of the colony. He was a soldier of the revolution, and went to Canada under Gen. Wooster, in 1776, and was in a number of engagements,-on Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Yorktown, &c. He was an honest man, and a patriot. His integrity and virtues commanded the respect and esteem of the community, and his death was sincerely lamented.
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They were married in Trinity Church, New Haven, by Dr. Cros- well. Their children are, Edward Richard, born February 10, 1834, and Eliza Boothe,* born January 1, 1836.
Martha Anne, born May 13, 1809, died August 2, 1811.
Martha Anne, born March 10, 1813. She married Sheldon Clarke, Esq., second son of Isaac Clark, November 24, 1831. Their son, George Lambert Clarke, was born September 24, 1833.
Jeremiah Bull, born October 29, 1814. He married Louis, daug- ter of Joshua Goodyear, (deceased,) of Hamden, (a descendant of Joshua Goodyear, one of the first settlers of New Haven, deputy- governor of the colony, &c.,) October 29, 1834. In the spring of 1837, they moved to Talmadge, Ohio.
BENJAMIN LOTT LAMBERT, seventh son of David and Mar- tha Lambert, married his first wife, Anna Tomlinson, daugh- ter of David Tomlinson, of Milford, March 27, 1811. She was born August, 1793, died January 22, 1815, aged 22. Married his second wife, Sarah Humphreys, of Derby, Feb- ruary 1, 1816, died December 8, 1816. Married his third wife, Eunice, daughter of Isaac Hemingway, of Woodbridge, September 8, 1817. He died October 11, 1825. The house in which he resided stands on the north corner of the turnpike and the road which goes towards North Milford meeting-house. Children :
David D., son of first wife, born March 27, 1812, died in infancy. Anna Tomlinson, daughter of first wife, born September 19, 1813, married Dr. Edwin Woodruff, May 14, 1837.
Sarah H., daughter of second wife, born November 11, 1806, married Sherman Pettibone, of Burlington, Conn., May, 1835, and settled in Talmadge, Ohio.
Charlotte H., daughter of third wife, born November 8, 1818. David Dennison, born September 21, 1820.
Louisa Beecher, born March 31, 1823. .
Benjamin Lott, born December 21, 1825.
DAVID LAMBERT, (the other son of Jesse, from England, in 1680,) married Lurania Bills, of Lebanon, Conn., (daugh- ter of John Bills, who married Mercy Fowler, ) February 1, 1727, and moved to Norwalk. He settled on land lying in the present town of Wilton, which he so named when it was incorporated, after Wilton, in England. The family house stands on the road which goes from Norwalk to Wilton center, a mile south of the center, on the point where the road from Westport comes into the road above mentioned. It is at pre- sent occupied by Samuel F. Lambert, Esq. Children :
Elizabeth, born February 17th, 1728, married - Lockwood.
* In April, 1837, this child had a dangerous fit of sickness, but her life was saved by the skill and indefatigable attention of Dr. Ed- win Woodruff, and the virtues of Thomsonian remedies.
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Rachel, born in 1730, married Benjamin De Forest.
David, born in 1739. He graduated at Yale College in 1761.
DAVID LAMBERT, only son of David and Lurania Lambert, married Susannah Rogers, of the state of New York, Decem. ber 17, 1769. When in college, he was a frequent visitor at his Uncle Jesse's, in North Milford, and his friendship for the family continued during his life. He died at his place, in Wilton, March 4, 1815. His wife died in 1828. They had nine children, viz. :
Elizabeth, born February 3, 1771.
David Rogers, born December 8, 1772. He was a merchant in New York, engaged in extensive business. He was killed in 1824, by a blow from a ruffian, while attempting to defend a woman from insult.
Lurania, born January 22, 1775.
Henry Bills, born March 8, 1777.
Esther, born April 14th, 1780.
Sarah Susannah, born June 26, 1782. She married an English gentleman, (member of parliament,) and lives in York, Upper Canada.
Samuel Fitch, born December 25, 1784.
John James, born June 18, 1787. He married Eliza Betts, of Wilton, and had a son, who died in infancy.
Julia Maria, born April 5, 1792.
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HENRY BILLS LAMBERT, second son of David and Susan- nah Lambert, married Emma Cluett, of New York. Chil- dren :
Emma Louisa, born in 1808, died in 1835.
Henry Augustus, born in 1810. He is a lawyer by profession, and is located in Oakland Co., Michigan.
George William, born in 1812, died in 1836. He was a young man of fine talents, and had a finished education.
David Rogers, born in 1815. He graduated at Washington Col- lege, Hartford, Conn., in August, 1836, with much honor.
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NOTE .- It is hoped that each member who is or may be the head of a family, will keep an accurate and particular record of their re- spective branch; as perhaps at some future time an individual may arise, who, prompted by curiosity or some other motive, will col- lect the requisite information, and continue down this pedigree.
To each descendant of our common ancestor, Jesse Lam. Bert, who settled in Milford, in 1680, this Genealogical Sketch is respectfully inscribed, by their
Affectionate kinsman,
Edward R. Lambert.
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