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Johu Lyman d. at N. Aug. 20, 1690. His wife lived to a great age and d. April 21, 1725, being, probably; between 90 and 100 years old.
III. MOSES LYMAN, 1st (2d son John, Richard), b. Northamp- ton Feb. 20, 1662-3; m. Ann -, said to be from Long Island. He d. Feb. 26, 1701. They had eight children: Ann, Moses, Hannah, Martha, Martha, Bethiah, Sarah, and Elias. Five of the daughters died young.
IV. Captain MOSES LYMAN, 2d (first son of Moses, John, Richard), b. Northampton, Feb. 27, 1689; m. Mindwell Sheldon Dec. 18, 1712. Captain Moses Lyman d. March 24, 1762; his wife d. May 23, 1780. They had ten children, seven of whom were sons. The oldest was named Moses, b. Oct. 2, 1713.
V. Ensign MOSES LYMAN, 3d (s. of Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. at Northampton Oct. 2, 1713; m. Sarah Heighton (Hay- den) of Windsor March 24, 1742. She was b. Sept. 17, 1716; d. Aug. 27, 1808, of old age. He d. Jan. 6, 1768.
Children, born Goshen.
Moses, b. March 20, 1743.
Sarah, b. Sept. 29, 1744; m. the Rev. Daniel Collins, Episcopal, of Guilford and for many years rector of church, Lanesboro, Mass. They had four sons and five daus., and their num- erous descendants are settled mostly in the Western states. Anne, b. March 1, 1746; m. Gideon Wheeler, resided at Lanesboro. Her children: Ruth, m. Mr. Savage, chief justice of the state of New York, and member of Congress. She d. in Albany, 1837, aged 81. Her children, 8th gen .: two daus., one of whom m. Judge Shaw of Lanesboro, chief justice of Mass., and member of Congress.
Samuel, b. Jan. 25, 1749; m. Mary Pynchon of Springfield. Children: Charles P., m. Miss Chapin, and d. soon after his marriage; Samuel, graduated from Yale College, and, by request of his father, studied theology, but not with design of entering the ministry. He then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Litchfield, Conn., and m. Clarissa Gates of Belchertown, Mass. He went to Hartford and opened an office as a lawyer and with flattering prospects of success, but shortly had an appointment in the pay table office. In that business he con- tinued until he left the state. While in Mass. he was a judge of the circuit court in that state, and a member of the first Congress convened under the constitution of the U. S. He d. at the age of 55 years, leaving six children: Mary, m. Mr. Emery, captain of a ship in the East India trade; d. at Springfield, leaving three children.
Hannah, b. June 25, 1751; m. Epaphras Sheldon, Jr., of Torrington; d. at Putney, Steuben Co., N. Y., leaving three sons and one dau.
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Esther, b. Sept. 16, 1754; m. Samuel Baldwin of Harwinton, resided at Whitestown, N. Y .; d. there, leaving three sons.
Phebe, b. Dec. 29, 1756; m. David Ellsworth of Windsor, brother of Judge Ellsworth; lived and d. there, leaving three sons and three daus.
VI. Colonel MOSES LYMAN, 4th (s. of Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. G. March 20, 1743; m. Ruth, dau. William Collins, Guilford, --; she d. June 8, 1775; he m. (2) Mary Judd, nee Buell, b. Nov. 1, 1745, - -; she d. Oct. 7, 1835; he d. Sept. 29, 1829.
Children, born Goshen.
By first wife.
Moses, b. April 16, 1768; m. Elizabeth Buell.
Daniel, b. June 11, 1769; m. Sarah Bray.
Samuel, b. July 23, 1770; m. Sarah Webster.
Erastus, b. Nov. 1, 1773; m. Abigail Starr.
By second wife.
Mary, b. June 27, 1787.
Darius, b. July 19, 1789; m. Huldah Hudson.
VII. MOSES LYMAN, 5th (s. of Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Johu, Richard), b. April 6, 1768; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Ira Buell of Litchfield, Milton Society, Jan. 21, 1796; d. G. May 22, 1844, aged 77 years.
Children, born Goshen.
Lucretia, b. Feb. 13, 1801; a communicant in the church May 5, 1822; m. Caleb Day, Esq., Catskill, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1826. Their children: Moses Lyman, b. Nov. 3, 1826; d. April 29, 1833; Caleb Atwater, b. Oct. 23, 1829; Edward Lyman, b. Feb. 2, 1835; Elizabeth Henrietta, b. March 27, 1837; d. March, 1858; Ellen Augusta, b. July 15, 1840.
Moses, b. Oct. 1, 1810.
VII. Doctor DANIEL LYMAN (s. of Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. June 11, 1769; m. Sarah Bray, dau. of the Rev. Thomas W. Bray of Guilford, b. Guilford Oct. 16, 1768. He d. at Guilford, while on a visit there, Sept. 28, 1795, leaving one child, Sarah, b. Feb. 21, 1792; m. Rev. Munson C. Gaylord, April 18, 1816. Her children: Samuel, b. March 18, 1818; Sarah, b. March 18, 1821; Cornelia, b. April 25, 1824. Doctor Daniel Lyman was a man of great promise in his profession, in Norfolk, his residence, and where his children were born.
VII. SAMUEL LYMAN (s. of Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. July 23, 1770; m. Sarah Webster, Nov. 20, 1799, who d. at Newark, N. J., April 2, 1848, aged 72. Both united with
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the church in G. July 1, 1827. His residence was on Town Hill, managing his farm; a man of superior talents, education, and character, honorable and beloved in his family and the community with whom he lived. He held many offices in the gift of the town, and was several times representative.
Child, born Goshen.
Elisa, b. Oct. 1, 1800, united with the church March 7, 1817; m. James B. Pinneo of Newark, N. J., Nov. 7, 1832. Her children: Samuel L., b. Sept. 22, 1835; Mary E., b. Aug. 7, 1837; James C., b. July 17, 1839; William M., b. May 31, 1842; d. Aug. 4, 1843.
VII. ERASTUS LYMAN (s. of Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. Nov. 1, 1773; m. Abigail, dau. of Ephraim Starr of G., Sept. 8, 1803; hoth united with the church Jan. 1, 1832, and re- sided through life in G. He d. Dec. 20, 1854, aged 81. His wife d. Jan. 22, 1855, aged 77.
Children, born Goshen.
Horatio Nelson, b. May 2, 1804.
Lucy, b. Dec. 19, 1805; m. May 16, 1831, Doctor John De Forest of Watertown, a graduate of Yale College, 1826. She was an exemplary Christian, and d. in the faith Aug. 3, 1855. Her children: John Lyman, b. Feb. 27, 1832; d. Sept. 17, 1832; Erastus Lyman, b. June 27, 1834.
Jane M., b. Feb. 7, 1808; united with the church Aug. 28, 1831, and Oct. 4, of the same year, m. Alexander H. Holley of Salisbury, Conn .; July 20, 1832, she gave birth to Alexander Lyman, and d. Sept. 8, in the peace and serenity of Christian faith and hope.
Ephraim, b. June 3, 1810.
William, b. Oct. 2, 1812.
Abigail, b. Sept. 4, 1814; resided New Haven, unm.
Erastus, b. Nov. 29, 1816.
Frederick, b. Dec. 7, 1819.
Samuel, b. July 29, 1822; resided in New York; unm.
VII. MARY LYMAN (dau. of Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. June 27, 1787; m. Amos Morris Collins, son of Dea. William Collins, resided in Blandford, Mass., until 1819, removed to Hartford.
Children.
William, b. Feb. 10, 1812; m. Harriet Pierson.
Morris, b. Oct. 15, 1813; m. Martha Blatchford.
Erastus, b. Feb. 12, 1815; m. Mary S. Atwood. Charles, b. April 2, 1817; m. Mary Hull Terry.
Edward, b. Nov. 5, 1820; (I. Aug. 4, 1821.
Maria Elizabeth, b. Nov. 25, 1822; m. the Rev. Caleb Strong of Mon- treal; resides in Hartford, Conn.
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Henry, b. Jan. 7, 1827; d. Aug. 22, 1828.
Mary Frances, b. June 13, 1829.
VII. DARIUS LYMAN (s. of Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. July 19, 1789; m. (1) Huldah O. Hudson, widow of Ira Hudson, Hudson, O., b. Aug. 8, 1793, who d. Aug. 15, 1832; (2) Lucy Ann Walbridge of Geneva, N. Y., dau. of Almon Rose of Geneva. He d. at the residence of his son-in-law, W. S. C. Otis, Esq., of Cleveland, O., Dec. 13, 1865. He held many positions of honor and trust, aided in the organization of the Congregational church in Ravenna, O., and was one of the trustees of its society for nearly twenty-five years.
Children.
Mary Ann, b. June 4, 1819; d. July 4, 1820.
Darius, b. June 6, 1826; m. Oct. 26, 1847, Betsey C. Converse. Chil- dren: Clement Longstreet, b. Oct. 14, 1848; Henry Darius, b. April 12, 1852.
Laura, b. Sept. 6, 1823; m. Nov. 1, 1842, William S. C. Otis, Esq. Children: Lucy L., b. June 17, 1844; d. July 24, 1845 ;. May, b. June 14, 1847; Alla, b. May 11, 1851; William Lyman, b. May 6, 1853; Grace, b. July 19, 1855; Edith, b. June 29, 1861, Cleveland, Ohio.
William, b. July 23, 1827; m. June 3, 1854, Margaret Moore, d. Aug. 18, 1865; he d. July 8, 1868. Children: John D., b. - d. Sept. 9, 1869; Laura Otis, b. Nov. 8, 1865, El Paso, Ill. Mary Rose (of second marriage), b. Sept. 28, 1835; m. Oct. 14, 1857. Edmund B. Hood. Children: Edmund, b. Aug. 18, 1858; William C., b. June, 1866.
Anna Haskell, b. Nov. 3, 1839; m. Oct. 1, 1861, George W. Woodworth; no children.
VIII. MOSES LYMAN, 6th (s. of Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. Aug. 20, 1810; m. May 6, 1834, Mary Ann, dau. John Milton Holley of Salisbury, b. Salisbury May 30, 1813. He d. G. May 5, 1883; his widow is living in G., 1897.
Children, born Goshen.
Moses, b. Aug. 20, 1836.
Mary, b. Aug. 15, 1839; m. June 15, 1865, Philip Wells of Brattleboro, Vt., who d. Amenia, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1872; m. (2) the Rev. Lyman Phelps Aug. 15, 1877; d. Jan. 24, 1897.
Alice, b. May 15, 1845; m. Oct. 24, 1872, Hon. J. T. Sawyer, Waverly, N. Y., where they now reside. Their child, Ellen, b. May 12, 1874, Waverly, N. Y. Richard, b. June 27, 1848; d. Dec. 24, 1851.
Holley Porter, b. Jan. 22, 1855; d. Dec. 5, 1865.
VIII. HORATIO NELSON LYMAN (s. of Erastus, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. May 2, 1804; m. (1) Marana Elizabeth Chapin of G., May 9, 1836, who d. Jan. 26, 1846; and (2)
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June 4, 1850, Juliet North, nec Thomson, widow of William North of Elmira, N. Y.
Children, born Goshen.
Jane E., b. July 11, 1837. Living (1895) New Haven.
Henry Alexander, b. Sept. 5, 1839.
Josephine Maria, b. Oct. 2, 1841. Living (1895) New Haven. Abby, b. June 13, 1843; d. in infancy.
William Thomson, b. March 5, 1851; d. Feb. 15, 1853. George Nelson, b. Aug. 29, 1852; d. G. Feb. 19, 1853.
Edward Norman, b. July 1, 1855; d. Waterbury Oct. 29, 1855.
Horatio N. removed from G. to Waterbury some 20 years after his first marriage.
VIII. Rev. EPHRAIM LYMAN (s. of Erastus, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. June 3, 1810; graduate Yale Col- lege, 1832; member of College Church; ordained over the church and society of Plymouth, Conn., Oct. 28, 1835; dismissed June 8, 1851; in- stalled at Washington, Conn., June 30, 1852; dismissed on account of long-continued ill health, June 7, 1863; removed to Northampton, Mass., May, 1864, and joined the old church, of which his great- grandfather was a member.
Children.
Lucy De Forest, b. Plymouth Jan. 15, 1841.
Ann Eliza, b. Plymouth Nov. 24, 1842; d. at Washington Feb. 8, 1857. George Richards, b. at Plymouth Dec. 27, 1841. Ellen Hart, b. at Plymouth Feb. 14, 1847.
Frederick Wolcott, b. at Plymouth June 18, 1849. Hart W., b. at Plymouth Dec. 8, 1851.
Richard Huntington, b. at Washington, Conn., Sept. 22, 1854; d. at Washington Sept. 5, 1860.
Jane Richards, b. at Washington Feb. 3, 1857; d. at Washington Dec. 12, 1862.
VIII. WILLIAM LYMAN (s. of Erastus, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. Oct. 2, 1812; m. Mary Ann, dau. of Mineas Ives, March 19, 1834.
Children.
Horatio Nelson, b. G. Feb. 10, 1835; d. El Paso, Ill., Jan. 29, 1865. John De Forest, b. June 18, 1836; d. El Paso Sept. 9, 1867. Edgar William, b. Jan. 14, 1838.
Mary Abby, b. Oct. 30, 1841.
Daniel, b. Oct., 1844; d. in camp at Alexandria, Va., Nov. 2, 1862, aged 18; member of Co. C, 19th Regt. Conn. Vols.
Lucy Starr, b. Sept. 1, 1846; d. El Paso Aug. 30, 1866.
Helen Frances, b. - 30, 1851; d. G. March 11, 1863. Alfred, b. July 24, 1853.
VIII. ERASTUS LYMAN (s. of Erastus, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. Nov. 29, 1816; m. Abigail Wade May 6, 1846. He d. New York.
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Child.
Erastus, b. Jan. 20, 1847, at New York.
This Erastus Lyman, b. in G. 1816, is spoken of in one of the New York journals as "among the most intelligent and efficient members of the business community in the city of New York. He established a commission house, and became a large receiver of cotton and other southern products, until his business became one of the most extensive in the city. Later, he organized the Knicker- bocker Life Insurance Company, of which he became the president, holding the office for a long term of years. His whole life has been a settled plan and purpose, followed with zeal and courage, and wherein action and reason have ever been made to accord."
VIII. FREDERICK LYMAN (s. of Erastus, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. G. Dec. 7, 1819; m. Julia, dau. Dr. Samuel W. Gold of Cornwall Sept. 14, 1843. She d. Aug. 12, 1875. He married (2) Mary, dau. Major Thomas Talmage of Somerville, N. J., Oct. 9, 1878. He d. at Morris, Conn., November 19, 1895.
Children.
Samuel Gold, b. June 26, 1846; d. Oct. 24, 1846.
Anna Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1847. Frederick Gold, b. Aug. 27, 1850. Sarah Mead, b. Oct. 21, 1852.
Theodore, b. Nov. 19, 1858; d. Dec. 31, 1858.
Edward C., b. June 16, 1860; d. Aug. 5, 1862.
Charles Reckard, adopted son, b. June 17, 1860.
IX. MOSES LYMAN, 7th (s. of Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. Goshen Aug. 20, 1836; m. (1) Dec. 31, 1863, Ellen A., dau. of Edwin A. Douglas of Mauch Chunk, Pa., who d. in Goshen Aug. 17, 1871; m. (2) Sarah H. Beebe of Litchfield, March 6, 1873, who d. at Waverly, N. Y., April 28, 1894. He was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R. I., Sept., 1858; served in the Fifteenth Vermont Volunteers, 1862-1863, engaged in the lumber business from 1865, for seven years, then for twelve years treasurer and general manager Cayuta Wheel & Foundry Co .; later, for a number of years, proprietor Waverly Toy Works. Resides at Waverly, N. Y.
Children.
Moses, b. July 17, 1865, at Windsor Locks, Conn .; the Eighth Moses L., in regular succession of first born sons; m. Florence Van Fleet of Williamsport, N. Y.
Isabel Douglas, b. March 21, 1867, at Waverly; m. Lewis D. Atwater of Waverly. Their child, Dorothy.
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Harriet Dexter, b. July 27, 1870; d. Jan. 28, 1875.
By Sarah Beebe. Mary Alice, b. July 8, 1877; in Smith College, 1895.
IX. HENRY ALEXANDER LYMAN (s. of Horatio, Erastus, Moses, Moses, Moses, Moses, John, Richard), b. Sept. 5, 1839, in G .; m. Sept. 12, 1866, in Westminster, London, by the Rev. Samuel Martin, to Isabella Maria, dau. of F. K. Faulls, Esq., of London.
He removed with his father to Waterbury, Conn., and from thence to New York city, Jan. 1, 1859. Became a citizen of New York by registration in Nov., 1860. Emigrated to London, England, in the same month and year, and settled at Upper Norwood, in the county of Surrey. Connected in business, as resident partner at London, with the brothers of his father's second wife, William S. and Charles H. Thomson, who had commercial houses in New York, London, Paris, and Brussels.
This Mr. Lyman has devoted a great deal of time to the investi- gating of the Lyman ancestry in England, and it was largely through his influence that so complete a genealogy of the family was pub- lished in 1872, and because of his thorough search that it was so perfect and complete. He resides at present (1895) at Wyoming, Beulah Hill, Norwood, S. E., England.
MERWIN.
II. FOWLER MERWIN (s. of JOSEPH and Margaret Merwin of West Haven), b. there July 25, 1740; came to Goshen 1762; m. Oct. 23, 1764, Amy Nettleton, who was b. July 10, 1743, at Milford. He d. at G. Feb. 9, 1823; she d. at G. March 9, 1823.
Children, born Goshen.
Amy, b. Feb. 4, 1767; unm .; d. May 5, 1818.
Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1770.
Fowler, b. Sept. 11, 1773; d. Oct. 6, 1776. David, b. May 11, 1776.
Fowler, b. Nov. 11, 1778.
Uri, b. July 8, 1783.
III. MARY MERWIN (dau. Fowler, Joseph), b. Sept. 28, 1770; m. James B. Bradford of Cornwall, where she resided and died.
Children, born Cornwall.
Laura, m. Lyman Fox. Mary, m. Ebenezer S. Millard. Emeline, m. William Marsh, M.D.
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John, m. (1) Lucretia Harrison; (2) Maria Blinn; (3) Cornelia Beebe. Fowler, m. Charlotte Belden.
Charlotte, m. William H. Rugg.
James Fiteh, m. Catherine Catlin.
Eleanor, m. John R. Harrison.
Uri, m. Charlotte Hurlbut.
Sarah Maria, m. William H. Rugg (same as above).
Benjamin, m. Rebecca Jackson.
III. DAVID MERWIN (s. Fowler, Joseph), b. May 11, 1776; m. June 11, 1800, Lois, dau. of Samuel Humphrey. She was b. Goshen Nov. 2, 1783; d. G. Aug. 25, 1848. He d. G. 1850.
Children, born Goshen.
Erastus, b. May 22, 1801; m. April 24, 1834, Ann Roberts; d. Feb. 13, 1879.
Mary, b. Dec. 10, 1802; d. Aug. 16, 1861; unm.
Edwin A., b. Dec. 31, 1805; m. Oct. 15, 1828, Betsey S. Hubbard of Vermont; d. May 25, 1870.
Samuel H., b. Jan. 30, 1808; m. Sept. 18, 1837, Sarah Ann Miner.
Harriet A., b. April 24, 1810; m. Ezekiel Fitch.
J. Lyman, b. April 24, 1812; m. March 20, 1834, Charlotte D. Gaines; d. Feb. 8, 1878.
Darid, b. July 16, 1815; m. Oct. 1, 1840, Abigail Coe; d. March 28, 1870. Silas B., b. March 15, 1820; d. Aug. 22, 1874; unm.
Ashbel F., b. Aug. 11, 1822; m. Elizabeth Emmons.
III. URI MERWIN (s. Fowler, Joseph), b. July 8, 1783; m. (1) May 10, 1811, Julianna Pendleton, b. at Guilford, Aug. 29, 1785; d. G. Oct. 6, 1820; he m. (2) Jan. 20, 1825, Catherine Adams, b. Dec. 21, 1783, at New Marlborough; d. -. He d. at G. Oct. 14, 1859.
Children, born Goshen.
Harvey P., b. Sept. 21, 1812.
Orrin F., b. May 13, 1818; m. April 25, 1860, Edna Rugg; d. May 21, 1870.
Julius I., b. July 13, 1820; m. Nov. 26, 1874, Sarah L. Richards; d. Jan. 24, 1880.
III. FOWLER MERWIN (s. Fowler, Joseph), b. Nov. 11, 1778; m. Nov. 24, 1803, Mercy Johnson of Cornwall; b. Sept. 27, 1784. The family removed to Ohio.
Children, born Cornwall.
Lewis Johnson, b. Sept. 13, 1804; m. Dec. 21, 1826, Mary Ann Stow. Amy Amanda, b. May 1, 1808; m. Jan. 28, 1827, Adua Daily. Uri Nettleton, b. Jan. 9, 1811; m. Dec. 2, 1835, Irena, dau. Eli Barnum. Laura Catherine, b. Oct. 17, 1815; m. April 9, 1838, Isaac Stanley. Emily Alvira, b. May 5, 1817; m. May 12, 1836, Edward Lyman. Harriet Newell, b. Jan. 28, 1820; m. - , 1839, Noble W. Merwin. Edward Parsons, b. May 17, 1824; m. - , 1843, Mary Ann Mix.
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IV. HARVEY P. MERWIN (s. Uri, Fowler, Joseph), b. Sept. 21, 1812; m. (1) Nov. 10, 1835, Charlotte, dan. of Charles Norton; she d. G. Sept. 27, 1836; m. (2) March 6, 1838, Almira, sister of Char- lotte; she d. Jan. 3, 1849; m. (3) May 28, 1850, Sarah Persons. He was elected deacon of the church Jan. 28, 1852, and held the office until his death, April 8, 1877.
Children, born Goshen.
Sarah Roselle, b. Sept. 11, 1851.
Julia Elisa, b. March 17, 1855; m. Oct. 23, 1872, Morris Tuttle. Child: May M., b. Sept. 3, 1875.
MILES.
I. RICHARD MILES, Immigrant. He came from England with the company who arrived in Boston, July 26, 1637. They were urgently solicited to remain in the Massachusetts colony, but it ap- pears that they had planned for a colony of their own, and were unwilling to relinquish their original intention. After an exploring tour in the fall of that year, the company set sail from Boston, March 30, 1638, for Quinnipiac, at which place they arrived in about a fort- night. In the fall of that year there were explorations made in the country west of New Haven, and a part of the company settled Milford (Wepawaug).
On the first page of Milford Records is the following entry, viz .: "Nov. 20, 1639, Those persons whose names are hereunder written, are allowed to be Free Planters, having for the present, liberty to act in the choyce of public officers, for the carrying on of public affaires in this plantation." The name of Richard Miles is the sixth on this list, from which it is evident that he was a member of the church, which was a requisite qualification in the view of these colonists, before a person could be admitted a " free planter." He was also appointed one of the " Five Judges," in all civil affairs, to try all causes between man and man, and as a court to punish any offense and misdemeanor. He removed to New Haven previous to 1643.
His wife, Katherine, with whom he came from England, was his second or third wife, and had had children by a former husband. He d. Jan. 7, 1666-7; she d. Wallingford Jan. 27, 1687, aged 95.
Children.
Richard, swore fidelity at New Haven, 1654; m. Experience -; removed to Boston, where she d. Jan. 26, 1690. Children: Elizabeth, b. Dec. 22. 1664; Richard, b. Oct. 10, 1667; bap. June 20, 1671.
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Murtha, b. -; m. Oct. 20, 1650, George Pardee; dead in 1666. Mary, b. --; m. Dec. 12, 1654, Jonathan Ince; (2) Oct. 22, 1661, the Rev. Thomas Hanford.
Anne, b. -; m. Nov. 3, 1664, Mr. Samuel Street, minister at Wal- lingford.
Samuel, bap. at Milford April 12, 1640 (the first in that town), was a freeman at New Haven, 1669; m. (1) unknown; (2) April 9, 1667, Hannah, dau. Benjamin Wilmot. He d. Dec. 24, 1678, and his widow m. Sept. 20, 1681, Miles Merwin, Jr. Chil- dren: John, b. Jan. 29, 1663-4; d. young; Samuel, b. and d. 1668; Abigail. b. Jan. 3, 1669-70; Samuel, b. July 15, 1672; m. Sarah Gunn of Milford; d. 1730; Stephen, b. Dec. 5, 1674; m. (1) Mary Holbrook; (2) Patience Wheeler; removed to Derby; Theophilus, b. March 17, 1676-7; m. Bethiah --; d. at Derby, 1701.
Hannah, bap. New Haven Oct., 1642.
II. Captain JOHN MILES (s. Richard), bap. New Haven, 1644; m. (1) April 11, 1665, Elizabeth, dau. John Harriman, she d. Dec. 3, 1675; (2) Nov., 1680, Mary, dan. Joseph and Elizabeth (Preston) Alsop. In 1686 removed to Wallingford. He served as lient. under Major Robert Treat, at "The Great Swamp Fight," in the King Philip War. Was captain at the time of his death, Dec., 1704. (New Haven records say "Nov. 7.")
Children.
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 21, 1665; m. Jan. 21, 1686, Nathan Andrews. John, b. Jan. 9, 1667-8; m. about 1694, Abigail, dau. John Thompson and wid. Joseph Alsop, but probably she was not his first wife. He d. Feb., 1709-10. Children: Thomas, b. -; m. Sept. 7, 1709, Abigail, dau. John Mix; d. Oct. 5, 1741; John, b. 1687; m. Sarah, dau. John and Sarah (Glover) Ball; d. Nov. 18, 1760; Joseph, b. - -; m. Elizabeth Trowbridge. Mary, b, March 10, 1669-70; m. Keenyone.
Richard, b. March 21, 1671-2.
Samuel, b. April 6, 1674; d. young.
By second wife, Mary.
Hannah, b. Aug. , 1681; m. Richard Hall.
Daniel, b. Sept. 20, 1683; m. Sarah, dau. Samuel Newton; d. Dec. 25, 1711. The widow m. Jonathan Ingersoll of Milford March 12, 1712. Children: John, b. May 2, 1708; m. Nov. 3, 1737, Martha, dan. Joseph and Martha Smith; d. 1763; Daniel, b. 1709; m. , Elizabeth Joseph, b. Oct. 26, 1690.
III. Lieutenant RICHARD MILES (s. John, Richard), b. March 21, 1671-2; m. (1) Hannah Easton, who d. Sept. 28, 1714, in her 41st year; (2) April 10, 1716, Elizabeth Sherwood, wid. of the Rev. Charles Chauncey of Stratford,(?); (3) Nov. 22, 1721, Mrs. Abigail Treadwell of Stratford. -
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Children.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 10, 1695; m. -- Thompson.
Hannah, b. Oct. 27, 1697; m. Aug. 6, 1717, Mr. Isaac Gerum of New Bristol; d. before 1756, her father's will calling her "Han- nah Gorham, deceased."
Samuel, b. Aug. 4, 1701; m. Sarah - -; he d. previous to June, 1761. His will, dated April 15, 1761. Children: Sarah, b. Aug. 6, 1731; m. - Lyman; Hannah, b. March 7, 1732-3; m.
Alling; Samuel, b. - -; m. Sarah, dau. John Woodward, her mother was a Roswell; child, Roswell, d. Dec. 16, 1753, in his 19th year; Mary, b. - - -; m. - - Rice.
Timothy, b. Dec. 24, 1703; m. March 13, 1721-2, Mabel Cooper. Child: Hannah, b. May 10, 1722. (Probably others.)
Mary, b. March 19, 1707; m. (1) Stephen Whitehead; (2) David Gil- bert. Child, by first wife: Sarah, who m. Col. Leverette Hubbard. . James, b. April 20, 1709; d. Feb. 1, 1715.
Joseph, b. April 24, 1712; m. Jan. 12, 1737-8, Elsie Munson. Children: Luce, b. Feb. 26, 1738-9; Abigail, b. Oct. 24, 1741; James, b. Jan. 31, 1745-6; Richard, b. Nov. 25, 1748. (And probably others.)
Katherine, b. March 22, 1722-3; d. April 29, 1723.
III. JOSEPH MILES (s. John, Richard), b. Oct. 26, 1690; prob- ably m. Elizabeth Trowbridge, in 1718.
Children.
Mary, b. Dec. 18, 1719.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 26, 1720(?); m. Sept. 7, 1743, Daniel Perkins, Jr.
Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1722.
Joseph, b. March 27, 1725; m. Jan. 24, 1748-9, Anne Bishop. Child: Joseph, b. Oct. 19, 1752. John, b. May 21, 1727.
Hannah, b. Nov. 15, 1731; d. Oct. 25, 1738.
IV. Major THOMAS MILES (s. John, Johu, Richard), b. m. Sept. 7, 1709, Abigail Mix; d. Oct. 5, 1741.
Children.
John, b. Jan. 14, 1711; m. Sarah Child, John.(?) Children, James, b. - , 1713; m. Jan. 10, 1733, Phebe Thompson.
b. Wallingford: Thomas, b. Oct. 14, 1733; Samuel and Anne, b. March 24, 1735; Joseph, b. March 9, 1737; John, b. Nov. 25, 1739; Katherine, h. Nov. 23, 1741; James, b. Feb. 19, 1744; Abigail, b. Nov. 9, 1746; Sarah, b. May 20, 1749; George, b. April 22, 1752.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 16, 1718; m. April 17, 1755, Daniel Clark.
Mary, b. Nov. 19, 1719; m. March 14, 1739, Josiah Stanley. Martha, b. Nov. 5, 1723.
Eunice, b. Dec. 5. 1725; m. Feb. 12, 1746, Stephen Culver.
Abigail, b. April 2, 1727; m. Jan. 8, 1747, Timothy Hall.
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IIISTORY OF GOSHEN.
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