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Fisk, b. April 6, 1781; d. May 31, 1781.
V. Colonel MILES BEACH (s. Adna, John, Johu, Thomas), b. Nov. 14, 1743; m. (1) Jau. 3. 1771. Abigail Hopkins; (2) Oct. 6, 1783. Sarah Butler of Hartford; d. at Hartford, Feb. 14, 1828. She d. at H., Dec. 19, 1840.
Children.
Sally, b. July 31, 1785: d. Dec. , 1800.
Abigail, b. Sept. 28, 1787.
Miles, b. Sept. 21, 1789; m. 1817, Catherine Butler. Children: Henry,
b. June 7. 1818; Mary, b. July 7. 1820.
John, b. Jan. 28, 1792; m. (1) Nov. 6, 1816, Mary Tabor Danforth, and (2) June 9, 1828, Jerusha Danforth. Children: Mary Cath-
erine, b. July 30, 1817; Edward Danforth: Sarah Elizabeth; Jolin; George Spencer: James Seymour: Maria Jerusha, b. July 11, 1831: Alfred Mosely, b. April 26, 1835. Betsey. b. May 26, 1794; unm.
V. ADNA BEACH (s. Adna. John, John, Thomas), b. Nov. 10, 1757: m. Oct. 11, 1781. Mary, dau. Capt. Timothy Stanley; d. at Winchester, April 20, 1820; she d. Sept. , 1837.
Childreu, born Goshen and Winchester.
Horace T., b. Sept. 10, 1784; ni. (1) Nov. 30, 1809, Harriet A. Camp of Lexington, N. Y .; she d. Dec. 31, 1812: (2) Oct. 25. 1814, Hul- dah, dau. Joseph Bailey. Children: Infant, b. and d. April 5. 1811; Infant, b. and d. Jan. 9, 1812; Horace, b. Dec. 24. 1812; m. Catherine Giddings. Children: Harriet Camp. b. Feb. 15, 1837; Caroline H., b. Feb. 11, 1839; - Cicero, b. Sept. 23. 1815; m. Dec. 7. 1843, Samantha Bailey; Infant, b. and d. Dec. 5, 1816; Albert N .. b. July 19, 1818; Adna S .. b. June 25. 1820; Joseph M., b. March 28, 1822; Harriet U., b. Jan. 10. 1824: Ann Maria, b. Jan. 27, 1826: d. March 27, 1826; Mary S., b. May 27, 1827; Sarah C., b. March 30, 1829; Mary Johnson, b. Aug. 9, 1832. Sally, mn. Samuel Wetmore of Winchester. Children: Mary S. and Harriet E. Fisk, m. Roxa Tyler. Polly.
Hannah. m. Henry Blake of Winchester. Children: Sarah and Mary, h. July 21, 1813; Henry B., b. May 20, 1817; Lucius D., h. Sept. 9, 1819; Hannah H. and Harriet, b. May 6, 1824; d. April, 1825; George, b. April 16, 1826: Elijah F., b. May 22, 1830; Hubert, h. Aug. 31, 1832; d. June, 1841.
Adna, m. Abigail (Bailey) Showers.
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Sybil, m. Allen Blake of Winchester. Children: Hervey V., Maria E., Samuel A., Celia, Louisa, Infant, d .- Silas, in. Lovina Ford.
V. CHAUNCEY BEACH (s. Amos, John, John, Thomas), b. Oct. 31, 1748; m. Dec. 24, 1772, Catherine, dau. of William Alvord; d. May 12, 1825.
Children, born Goshen.
Infant, b. and d. June 3, 1774.
Erastus, b. June 3, 1775.
Olire, b. May 2, 1777; d. Feb. 9, 1797.
Lucy, b. Oct. 6, 1778.
Ambrose, b. Aug. 14, 1780.
Abraham, b. May 12, 1782; d. Jan. 15, 1842.
Elisha, b. June 23, 1783; m. Nov. 5. 1812, Lucretia, dau. of Nathaniel Norton of E. Bloomfield. N. Y. Children: Mary Norton, b. Dec. 26, 1813; Julia. b. Nov. 5, 1815; Henry, b. Aug. 6, 1817; Nathaniel Norton, b. Dec. 9, 1818; Martha Elizabeth, b. July 16, 1820; William Augustus, b. April 17, 1822; George, b. March 22. 1824; d. April. 1825; Sarah, b. July 1, 1827; d. April 30, 1831; Elisha, b. Nov. 21, 1828.
Theron. b. July 9, 1785; m. March 30, 1815. Hannah, widow of Bird- sey Norton. Child: Hannah, b. Jan. 7, 1816; m. Nov. 11. 1835, Edgar S. Van Winkel of New York. Children: Mary DuBois, b. Nov. 3, 1836; Louisa Hannah, h. Nov. 24, 1837; Elizabeth Starr, b. June 5. 1840; Edgar Beach, b. March +, 1842.
Catherine. b. June 29, 1787; d. Aug. 4, 1814.
Chauncey, b. May 5, 1789.
Nathaniel, b. Oct. 24, 1791; d. Sept. 30, 1819.
V. FRANCIS BEACH (s. Jacob, Jolin, John, Thomas), b. Oct. 13, 1755; m. (1) April 28, 1779, Rachel, dau. of Benjamin Ives, who d. without children, Feb. 27. 1796: (2) Grace, the widow of Seth Roberts, who d. Feb. 28, 1834. He d. Ang. 24, 1844.
Children, born Goshen.
Rachel Ices, b. Sept. 6, 1797; m. Nov. 1, 1818, Charles Humphrey, and removed to Wadsworth, Ohio. Children: Infant son, d .; Lois Eliza; Louisa; Charles. Francis A., b. Oct. 3, 1799; m. Dec. 25, 1822, Maria, dau. of William Hurd. Children: William Hopson, b. Sept. 19, 1824; Martha, b. July 20, 1826; m. Dec. 25, 1846; one child, Mary, b. 1851. Watson, b. July 16, 1829; Mary, b. July 3, 1832; m. April, 1852, one child, Rhoda, b. May, 1853; Francis, b. May 18, 1835.
Anna E., b. Nov. 25, 1801; m. Henry Trowbridge; removed to Lewis- ton, N. Y.
Sophronia W., b. Nov. 10, 1807; d. aged 22.
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HISTORY OF GOSHEN.
V. JULIUS BEACH (s. Jacob, John, John, Thomas), b. Jan. 19, 1765; m. Eunice, dan. Samuel Oviatt, Jr .; d. Nov. 7, 1848. She d. Jan. 1, 1845.
Children, born Goshen.
Abigail. b. Oct. 5, 1790. (Humphrey Gen.) Julius, d. age five.
Stella, b. Sept. 24, 1797.
(Humphrey Gen.)
Eunice, b. Nov. 21, 1799; m. (1) Abijah Brown of Norfolk; (2) May 8, 1839, Samuel Palmer of Goshen.
Julius, b. Feb. 8. 1802; m. Betsey Humphrey; removed to Ohio. Children: Harriet Eliza, Julius Clinton, Elizabeth, Louisa L., Mary Emily, George W.
Eveline, b. June 4, 1805; m. Munson Carter; removed to Illinois. Child: Munson, b. Sept. 11, 1836.
Clarissa, b. Dec. 5. 1807; m. Ezra Foot; removed to Wisconsin.
Albert, b. Nov. 13, 1809; m. Sept. 11, 1831, Adeline Pinney: d. June 3,
1849. She d. Nov. 25, 1853. Children: Ellen Adelaide, b. March 24, 1833; m. March 26, 1854, James O. Northway: Julius Albert. b. Feb. 6, 1835; Stella Adeline, b. Nov. 28, 1836; Grove Pinney, h. Feb. 26, 1839: d. Sept. 24. 1840; Antoinette, b. June 15, 1844; Amorette, b. May 25, 1817; Joseph Ashbel, b. July 2, 1849.
VI. HUNN BEACH (s. Fisk, Adna, John, John, Thomas), b. July 7, 1764; m. Peggy Foot; d. Oct. 28, 1796.
Children, born Goshen.
Clarinda Thomson, b. May 26, 1791; d. Aug. 30, 1805.
Hunn Carrington, b. Sept. 18, 1794; m. Aug. 10, 1836. Mary C. De Koven of Middletown. Children: Helen, b. Jan. 18, 1842; Mary, b. June 17, 1844; Elizabeth, b. 1847: Margaret. b. Nov., 1853.
Harrey Foot, b. April 30, 1796; d. at Auburn, N. Y.
VIII. EDWARD BEACH (s. Horatio, Jesse, Fisk. Adna, John. John, Thomas), b. May 19, 1831; m. Feb. 22, 1860, Laura Johnson; d. April 3, 1871.
Children, born Goshen.
Mary E., b. May 7, 1861.
Laura Jane, b. May 9, 1864; graduated Vassar College, 1896. Ella C., b. Feb. 22, 1866.
VI. AARON LOOMIS BEACH (s. Wait), mn. and had Aaron Loomis, Flarel, Edmund, and Hannah.
VI. MILES BEACH (s. Wait), m. Huldah Grant, and had chil- dren, Almeda, who m. William H. Whiting. Children. Malinda. Janet, William D .; Lewis, d. young; Milex, m. Charlotte Bancroft. Children: Emmeline, Loomis, Mary, and Jonathan; Hannah, m. Henry Judd of Litchfield; Edmund, m. Ann E. Mackay of New York.
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VII. CLARINDA C. BEACH (dau. Uri), m. Henry T. Levi, and had children, Henry B., Mary Eliza.
VII. JOHN C. BEACH (s. Uri), m. and had children: Lyman A. and Ellen Janet.
VII. HUNN BEACH (s. Uri), m. and had children: Sally, Eliza M., and Julia.
III. SAMUEL BEACH (s. John, Thomas), b. at Wallingford, Dec. 29, 1696; m. (1) April 29, 1718, Phebe Tyler, dau. of William Tyler of W .; b. Oct. 5, 1700; d. Feb. 12, 1731; (2) March 23, 1732, Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Hope (Cook) Benham. After her hus- band's death she in. Noah Wadhams, Sr., with whom she lived about seven years previous to his death.
Children.
Beulah, b. at W., March 19, 1719; m. Sept. 28, 1737, Euos Abernethy of W. Children: Naomi, m. John Cook of Coos, N. Y .; Abigail, m. Elisha Miller of Farmington; Samuel, resided in Cheshire; Beulah, m. Abner Beach of Litchfield.
Rhoda, b. Nov. 26, 1720; m. Matthew Blakely of W.
Zophar, b. Feb. 10, 1723; m. Dec. 10, 1741, Elizabeth, dau. of Noah Wadhams of G .; d. at Litchfield, March 24, 1799. Children,
b. Litchfield: Abner, b. Oct. 13, 1748; m. April 23, 1770, his cousin, Beulah Abernethy; Benoni, b. Aug. 24, 1750; m. - Long; Cephas, b. June 30, 1752; Anne, b. April 23, 1754; m. Seth Landon of Litchfield; Daniel, b. Dec. 9, 1755; Elihu, b. March 17. 1758; m. Mercy Moseley of Simsbury; Zophar, b. Feb. 1, 1761; m. Martha Gilbert of Litchfield; Noalı, b. Aug. 21, 1764.
Phebe, b. Jan. 2, 1725; m. - Tuttle.
Samuel. b. Dec. 22, 1728.
Esther, b. Jan. 6, 1733; m. (1) The above-named born at Wallingford.
Birge; (2) -
- Davis.
Benias, b. Litchfield; m.
Children:
Senior, Lovell, Rebecca.
David, b. Litchfield.
Laban, b. Litchfield, Sept. 2, 1745.
Juno, d. when a child.
Eunice, m. (1) Culver; (2) --- Blanchard. ~ Hannah, m. Abiel Smith of Goshen.
IV. SAMUEL BEACH (s. Samuel, John, Thomas), b. Dec. 22, 1728; m. Sept. 7, 1749, Rachel Strong.
Children, born Litchfield.
Lois, b. Nov. 6, 1749; m. July 8, 1773, Earl Stanley of Goshen. Chil- dren: Mercy, b. Nov. 21, 1773; Rachel, b. May 19, 1775; Lois, b. Jan. 29, 1777; Sibyl, b. Nov. 12, 1778; Norman, b. July 25, 1780; d. April 26, 1781; Norman, b. Nov. 18, 1782; Anne, b. July 26, 1784; George, b. Sept. 18, 1787; d. Nov. 4, 1788.
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HISTORY OF GOSHEN.
Ezekiel, b. March 13, 1751.
Thomas, b. March 4, 1753.
Ashbel, b. April 4, 1755.
Phebe, b. April 1, 1757; m. Sill of Lyme.
Rachel, b. Sept. 17, 1760; m. Joseph Gilbert of Hartland.
Samuel, b. Aug. 13, 1763.
Nancy, b. Feb. 28, 1766.
Charles, b. May 20, 1768; m. (1) Wealthy Bond; (2) Child: Laura, m. Austin Ensign of Hartland.
Sybil, b. June 2, 1771.
Candace, m. Apollos More.
IV. DAVID BEACH (s. Samuel, John, Thomas), m. Jan. 24, 1763, Lucy Muckelstone.
Children.
Orange, m. Lucy Stocking. Children, born at L .: Harvey, b. Oct. 16, 1791; Almira, b. Feb. 7. 1794: David, b. Feb. 9, 1796. Jesse.
Lucinda, b. April 18, 1772; m. Samuel Woodward or Woodin.
IV. LABAN BEACH (s. Samuel, John, Thomas), b. Sept. 2, 1745; m. Feb. 25, 1765, Sarah Kilbourn.
Children.
Laban, b. -; m. -- , 1787, Naomi Cook of Wallingford. Chil- dren: Almon, b. 1788; d. June 27, 1805; Nancy, b. Feb. 27, 1790; Elias, b. 1791; d. Nov. 14, 1793; Raphael. b. June 6, 1795; Lydia, b. April 18. 1797: Seymour, b. Dec. 26, 1798; m. Nov. 28, 1822, Lucina Catlin. Children: David S., b. Feb. 3. 1824; John Henry, b. Feb. 14, 1826; Ann Maria, b. June 28, 1828; Infant, Dec. 1, 1831; Andrew Catlin, b. June 8, 1833; Lucy Eliza, b. April 21, 1836; - Laban, b. March 25, 1801; m. March 9, 1823, Ann Webster; Frederick, b. 1803; d. Jan. 23, 1805; Frederick, b. April 7, 1806; m. Nov. 7, 1828, Amelia Stephens; Maria, b. 1809: d. Sept. 20, 1809; Almon, b. Nov. 8, 1810; Spencer, h. June 6, 1816.
Sarah, m. Calvin Gilbert of L.
Lydia, b. June 10, 1771: m. Deacon Daniel Norton.
Lucretia, b. May 27, 1774; m. - Clark of L.
Anson, b. Feb. 11, 1777; m. Sept. 20, 1798, Pamelia Abernethy. Chil- dren: Anson B., b. May 5, 1804; Ursula, b. May 12, 1813; m. Oct. 27, 1831, Alvin Beach; Almira, b. Feb. 22, 1816. Honor, m. Samuel Green, Canaan.
Ursula, m. (1) Leman Emmons; (2) - Page.
Julius, m. Jan. 10, 1811, Fanny Atwell. Children: Lorenzi and Louisa, daus., Jan. 6, 1812; Theron, b. Feb. 17, 1814; Soph- ronia, b. March 19, 1816.
Andrew, m. Polly Garner of Goshen.
James, m. - Merrills, dau. of Nathaniel.
V. ABNER BEACH (s. Zophar, Samuel, John, Thomas), m. April 23, 1770, ' Ruth Abernethy.
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Children.
Enos, b. April 23, 1771; in. Jan. 27, 1796, Susannah Green. Chil- dren: Lymau, b. April 2, 1796; Aune, b. June 20, 1797; Al- meda, b. Aug. 14, 1798; Malinda, b. Oct. 20, 1799; Harriet, b. March 20, 1801; Lucinda, b. July 21, 1802; Beulah, b. Jan. 6, 1804; Catherine, b. June 6, 1806; Alvin, b. July 20, 1807; m. Oct. 27. 1831, to Ursula Beach; Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1811; Samuel G., b. May 27, 1815; m. Jan. 17, 1836, Elmina Beach; Susan, b. Dec. 19, 1819.
Prudence, b. Dec. 2, 1772: m. William Spencer of L.
Heman, b. Jan. 25, 1775; m. (1) Oct. 27, 1794, Clarissa Kilbourn, who d. Sept. 20, 1818; (2) Feb. 14, 1819, Phebe Landon; he d. in 1840. Children: Mercy, b. June 8, 1801; Milo, h. June 9, 1803; m. Nov. 18, 1823, Rhoda P. Hungerford; Clarissa, b. June 15, 1810; Heman, b. June 23, 1813; m. Jau. 16, 1837, Eliza Thomas.
Ruth. b. May 24, 1777; m. Samuel Garner of Goshen.
John. b. April 17. 1779; m. (1) Dec. 26, 1806, Delia Hillhouse, who d. March 14, 1820; (2) Nov. 9, 1820, Lucy Wadhams. He d. at G. April 18, 1852. Children, b. G .: Sarah, b. July 4, 1808; Eliza, b. Sept. 30, 1810; Delia, b. Sept. 9, 1814 (See Norton Gen.); John, b. April 16, 1817; Abraham, h. May 27, 1824; m. Aug. 18, 1851, Pamelia D. McCarter. Children: Anna Alida P., b. June 28, 1853; d .; Ella S., b. Aug. 5, 1854; d .; Anna S., b. March 30, 1856; Flora, b. 1860; Abraham L- -; Joseph, b. April 8, 1826; m. April 9, 1850, Eliza A. Tabor. Child: John Cornelius, b. April 5, 1854.
Abner, b. -; m. Eleanor, b. Feb. 14, 1788.
V. DANIEL BEACH of Goshen (s. Zophar, Samuel, John, Thomas), b. Dec. 9, 1755; m. Feb. 1, 1771, Susannah Beach; d. 1838.
Children.
Olire, b. Aug. 3, 1772; m. Daniel B. Gale.
Huldah, h. March 18, 1784; m. Levi Neil of Goshen.
Susannah, b. Feb. 7, 1787; m. Jeremiah Ranney.
Daniel, b. April 13, 1789; m. Alice, dau. of Reuben Hart; d. Dec. 26, 1859. She d. Jan. 18, 1880. Children: Mary, h. Jan. 28, 1812; m. William Landon; d. March 30, 1881; Lucia, b. Sept. 19, 1813; m. Smith Beach; d. June 2, 1881; Lois, h. Sept. 10, 1817; m. Lewis Richards; Amzi, b. Feb. 18, 1820; m. (1) Blake; (2) Chloe Bartholomew; Lorenzo, h. Dec. 3, 1825; d. Jan. 11, 1847.
Deborah, h. ---; m. Harry Collins, Litchfield.
Asahel, b. -; m. (1) July 4, 1822, Almeda Osborn; (2)
-. Anne.
V. NOAH BEACH (s. Zophar, Samuel, John, Thomas), b. Aug. 21, 1764; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1783, Elizabeth Harrison; (2) Aug. 21, 1808, Sally Spencer; d. at L., April 12, 1851.
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HISTORY OF GOSHEN.
Children, born Litchfield.
Luman, b. Sept. 9, 1783; m. May 15, 1804, Sally Barnard. Children: George B., b. Feb. 15, 1806; m. Caroline Richards; David, b. March 6, 1808; Chauncey, b. Nov. 29, 1810; Betsey, b. June 7, 1812; Emeline, b. March 5, 1814; Zophar, b. Jan. 10, 1821. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 7, 1785.
Zaphar, b. Nov. 16, 1788.
Samuel, b. May 30, 1792.
Erastus, b. Feb. 9, 1795.
Minerva, b. Sept. 28, 1798.
Louisa, b. June 5, 1805.
Henry Harrison, b. May 24, 1809; m. Oct. 8, 1832, Mary Louisa Sage of G. Children: Minerva L., b. Sept. 30, 1835; m. Hiram Grant of Smithville, N. Y .; Elizabeth H., b. Sept. 13, 1837; m. Sept. 13, 1858, Horace Bancroft; M. Gertrude, b. June 24, 1839; William II., b. Dec. 22, 1841; Sarah E., b. May 22, 1844; Helen M., b. June 13, 1846; Edward, b. June 27, 1848; Infant, b. 1849; d. 1850; Charles, b. Nov. 4, 1852.
Miranda Spencer, b. Dec. 28, 1811.
Naah Wadhams, b. June 24, 1816; m. Angeline Bierce.
V. SENIOR BEACH (s. Benias, Samuel, John, Thomas), b. Litchfield; m. March 10, 1781, Rachel Stocking.
Children.
Anne, b. Nov. 30, 1781.
Barnia, b. March 2, 1784.
Candace, b. March 30, 1786.
Dennis, b. Jan. 28, 1788.
Amanda, b. May 15, 1792.
Aleida, b. April 23, 1794.
Lovel, b. July 26, 1796; m. Nov. 5, 1822, Harriet A. Prescott.
Horatio, b. March 30, 1799.
Cynthia, b. April 26, 1802.
Luma, b. Sept. 21, 1804.
V. LOVEL BEACH (s. Benias, Samuel, John, Thomas), b. -; m. Jan. 27, 1799, Orilla Kilbourn.
Child.
Clarissa, b. April 15, 1804.
VII. ZOPHAR BEACH (s. Luman, Noah, Zophar, Samuel, John, Thomas), b. at Litchfield Jan. 10, 1821; m. Aug. - , Mary Hazard; she was b. Jan. 7, 1828; d. May 7, 1894, at G.
Children, born Goshen.
Charles H., b. March 10, 1848; d. Dec. , 1858. Frances Elizabeth, b. July 28, 1849. Anna Louisa, b. Sept. 12, 1851.
Mary Ella, b. Aug. 11, 1857; in. Aug. 23, 1882, the Rev. Charles B. Strong. Child: Carl Humphrey, b. June 27, 1893.
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Emma Clara, b. Oct. 29, 1860; d. Aug. 9, 1862.
Arthur Nelson, b. Sept. 18, 1867; m. May 2, 1894, Mary Emuma Owen of W. Suffield. Child: Charles Owen, b. March 1, 1895; d. March 3, 1895.
BROOKS.
I. CHARLES BROOKS resided in Durham and d. there. He m. Mehitabel, dau. of Joseph Norton. She was b. at Durham July 12, 1730; and probably removed after husband's death, with her father, to Goshen, in 1760. She d. Goshen Jan. 1, 1767.
Children, born Durham.
Joseph.
Phebe, b. July 19, 1755; m. Augustus Hills, , and was mother of four sous and three daus. Her husband was in company of horse commanded by Capt. Theodore Parmele, at New York, in 1776. She d. at Geneseo, N. Y.
Asa, b. Nov. 19, 1756; m. Betsey, dau. Samuel Francis.
II. JOSEPH BROOKS (s. Charles), b. Durham about 1753; m. Amanda, dau. Cyprian Collins, -; d. Goshen, Aug. 17, 1808. She united with the church in G. July, 1792, and her life adorned her Christian profession. She d. at E. Bloomfield, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1830.
Children.
Harvey, b. Oct. 26, 1779. .
Leeman, b. March 1, 1781; d. at E. Bloomfield May 21, 1839.
Birdsey, b. Jan. 3, 1783; m. Huldah Boughton of E. Bloomfield.
John, b. Aug. 31, 1784; unmarried.
Nancy, b. Aug. 4, 1786; m. Heman Parmele of Litchfield.
Hiram, b. Nov. 4, 1788; m. Harriet Taylor of Bloomfield, N. Y. Collins, b. Feb. S, 1791; d. unmarried in Pa.
Philo, b. April 15, 1793; d. on the Miss. River.
Ira, b. Feb. 21, 1795; d. at Irondequoit, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1839, unm. Clarissa, b. Aug. 15, 1796; m. Jabez Fosdick, Hartford, N. Y. Homer, b. Sept. 11, 1799; d. in Texas, June 30, 1836; unm. Fabius, b. Aug. 23, 1802; d. at Sharon young.
III. HARVEY BROOKS (s. Joseph, Charles), b. at Goshen Oct. 26, 1779; m. Polly, dau. John and Mary (Pratt) Taylor, April 24, 1803. She was b. at Goshen July 14, 1781; d. Goshen Aug. 22, 1858. He d. Feb. 17, 1873. They united with the church at the same time, Nov. 5. 1820. He was chosen one of the deacons of the church Nov. 2, 1838, and held the office until his death. A memorial window in the church edifice bears the truthful inscription:
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HISTORY OF GOSHEN.
In Memory of HARVEY BROOKS Born 1779 - Died 1873 An Officer Of This Church For 35 Years He Was A Faithful Man And Feared God Above Many.
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Children. Isaac P., b. Jan. 31, 1804.
Watts H., b. July 24, 1808.
IV. ISAAC P. BROOKS (s. Harvey, Joseph, Charles), b. Jan. 31, 1804; m. (1) Elizabeth Ann Ganey of -, Ga .; (2) her sister, Edna Ganey, who d. Oct. 9, 1841. He m. (3) Eliza Mclendon of -, Ga., who was the mother of his youngest child.
Children.
Hervey, b. Feb. 18, 1826.
Ann, b. April 15, 1827.
Napoleon, b. April 11, 1829; d. Oct. 4, 1840.
Isaac Watts, b. June 14, 1830.
Mary Candace, b. March 28, 1832.
Reddick Henry, b. Aug. 17, 1834; d. Aug. 28, 1846. Elizabeth, b. June 17, 1836.
Homer, b. June 8, 1838.
Augustus, b. Jan. , 1842.
IV. WATTS H. BROOKS (s. Harvey, Joseph, Charles), b. at Goshen, July 24, 1808; m. Mary, dau. John and Mary (Ripley) Wad- hams, April 30, 1834. She united with the church Sept. 3, 1826; d. at G. Sept. 5, 1873. He was held in high esteem as a neighbor and citizen. Three times he was elected to represent the town in the legislature. He d. at G. July 3, 1886, leaving behind him an un- spotted record as a man, a husband, and a citizen.
Children.
John W., b. Jan. 19, 1836.
Isaac W., b. Nov. 8, 1838; unm.
Mary Elizabeth, b. April 30, 1842; d. May 9, 1862.
Amanda Collins, b. May 8, 1849; unm.
V. JOHN W. BROOKS (s. Watts, Harvey, Joseph, Charles), b. Jan. 19, 1836; m. Marana, dau. Lewis Mills and Laura (Foot) Norton, Nov. 20, 1860. Residing at Torrington, engaged in banking in partnership with his brother, Isaac W. (1897).
Children, born Goshen.
Charles Lewis, b. Oct. 3, 1861; d. Aug. 26, 1862. Mary Eliza, b. Nov. 19, 1863. John Norton, b. Aug. 25, 1870.
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VI. JOHN NORTON BROOKS (s. John, Watts, Harvey, Joseph. Charles), b. Aug. 25, 1870; m. Alice Elizabeth Atkins of Torrington, Sept. 21, 1892.
Children, born Torrington.
Laura Marana, b. Jan. 22, 1894.
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1895.
BUELL.
Among the company who, with their pastor, the Rev. John War- ham, emigrated from England to this country, in the year 1630, and who first located at Dorchester, near Boston, and later removed to Windsor, was WILLIAM BUELL, the common ancestor of all of that name in this country. It is supposed that he was from Wales. His name is said to be on the first distribution of lands in Windsor, in 1639-1640. His death is recorded on the records of the church in Windsor as having occurred Nov. 23, 1681.
His sons were Samuel, b. Sept. 2, 1641, and Peter, b. in 1644.
II. SAMUEL BUELL (s. William), b. Sept. 2, 1641; m. De- borah Griswold of Windsor Nov. 13, 1661; removed to Killingworth. They had twelve children.
Children.
Samuel, b. about 1663.
Deborah, b. Oct. 18, 1665.
Hannah, b. Sept. 6, 1667; d. young.
Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1669; m. Henry Porter of Windsor.
John, b. Feb. 17. 1671; removed to Lebanon.
Hannah, b. May 4, 1674; m. Joseph Porter of Windsor. William, b. Oct. 13, 1676.
David, b. Feb. 15, 1678.
Josiah, b. March 16, 1680.
Mehitabel, b. Aug. 22, 1682; d. young.
Peter, b. Dec. 3, 1684.
Benjamin, b. 1686.
It appears by genealogical records that the family of Buells had become numerous in the early part of the last century, particularly in Killingworth.
III. Deacon JOHN BUELL (s. of Samuel, William), b. at Kil- lingworth Feb. 17, 1671, m. Mary Loomis Nov. 20, 1695; removed from Lebanon to Litchfield in 1720; he d. at L. April 9, 1746; she d. at L. Nov. 4, 1768. They were buried in the cemetery southwest fron the village. The following inscriptions are on the stones at their graves. "Here lies interred the body of Capt. Jobn Buell, Esqr.,
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who lived in the office of a deacon in the Church in Litchfield, and departed this life April the 9th, 1746, in the 75th year of his age."
" Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary, wife of Deacon John Buell. She died Nov. 4, 1768, aged 90, having had 13 children, 101 grand- children, 22 great-grandchildren."
In the "ancient family book " of John Buell is the following record, evidently made by himself:
" The time when we, John and Mary Buell was married, with the time of our children's births.
" We was married Nov. 20, 1695: and Mary our first daughter was born November the 11, 1696. John our second child but first son was born February the 1, 1698. Isaac, our second son was born March 27, 1701: and he deceased May 3, in the same year: and Abi- gail our fourth child was born March 26, 1702: and Hannah our fifth child was born December 7, 1703; and Louis our sixth child was born March 12, 1706: and Deborah our seventh child was born January 24, 1708: and Peter our third son but eighth child was born May the 22, 1710: and Ebenezer our fourth son but ninth child was born March 16, 1713. Solomon, fifth son but tenth child was born August 30, 1715: and Jonathan our sixth son but eleventh child was born De- cember 13, 1717, and Elizabeth sixth daughter but twelfth child was born April 27, 1720: and Rachael our seventh daughter but thirteenth child was born May 22, 1723."
In an ancient manuscript book kept by Deacon John Stanley of Farmington there is a copy of a resolution of the General Assembly, . relative to the settlement of Litchfield, the Indian name of which was " Bantum ":
" At a General Assembly held at Hartford May 14, 1719. Upon the petition of Leftenant John Marsh of Hartford, and deacon John Buell of Lebanon, with others, praying liberty under Committees appointed by the towns of Hartford and Windsor, to settle a town westward of Farmington at a place called Bantome :-
" This Assembly did grant liberty and full power unto the said John Marsh and John Buell, and partners settling, being in the whole 57 in number, - to settle a town at said Bantome: - the said town to be divided into sixty rights; three whereof are to be improved for pious uses in said town; and the other fifty seven, shall be as soon as may conveniently, settled upon by the Undertakers, or upon their failure by others that may be admitted: - said town to be in length East & west 8 miles 3 quarters and 28 rods: and in breadth seven miles and a half; being bounded Eastward by Mattatuck river; - westward, the bigger part of the most Western branch of Shipag river, and partly upon the wilderness; and South by Waterbury bounds, and a West line from Waterbury unto Shipage river, - said town to be known by the name of Litchfield, and to have the follow-
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ing figure for a brand for their horse-kind Viz 9. - and the same powers and privileges that other towns in this colony do enjoy are hereby granted unto said town."
From the above it appears that he was a deacon in the church in Lebanon before his removal to Litchfield, and also that he was one of the most active promoters of the settlement of the then wilderness of Bantome. He was one of the first deacons of the church in L., and was associated for a time in this office with Deacon Nathaniel Baldwin from Guilford, who in 1738 or 9 became one of the first settlers of Goshen.
He was in comfortable circumstances as regards property when he came to L. and added to his means by industry and economy and used his money freely in relieving the wants of the needy.
The following incident illustrates his readiness and ability to do this and the story has traveled to the far West and we have read of its location in Wisconsin, and, later, Nebraska. During one of the hard winters (supposed to be about 1740), there came a man from Cornwall whose family were destitute of bread, it being a time of great and general scarcity. Entering the door of the good man, the conversation was substantially as follows: "Deacon Buell, have you any grain?" "Yes, I have some." "Well, if you will let me have some I'll pay you the money for it; for we are in great want." "Have you got any money?" "Yes, a little." "Here," said Deacon Buell, leading him to the door, and pointing to a house not far off; " Go to that man, and you can get some grain for the money, and not without money; mine I want to keep for people that have'nt got any money."
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