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Hattie Gray, born 1861, married Ralph W. Gallup.
George Gray, born 1863, married Miss Snyder.
Edwin Gray, born 1865, married Lena A. 'Turner.
William Gray, born 1873.
Frank Gray, born 1875.
Jennie B. Gray, born 1876, married Frank E. King.
Francina P. Gray, wife of Amandar W., died 1897.
Amandar W. Gray married, for his second wife, Mrs. May Staubly, who was Miss May Sawyer.
Prudence M. died at the age of 18 years.
Lucy A. Gray married Henry M. Durfey. Their children were Harry and Lucy.
Eneas M. Gray, born 1851, married Sarah J. Harvey. Their children were Martha A., Mason T., Benjamin U., Nathan G. and Mary E.
Eneas M. Gray married, for his second wife, Millie Mckenzie. They had one child, Eneas M. Gray, Jr.
William Morgan Gray, son of Philip, 3rd, born 1814, married Sarah Gallup. They had five children-Ellen, Edwin, Emily M., William M. and Mary.
Emily M. married Semore Church. They had one child. Emily.
William M. married Nellie Pettigrew. They had one child, Sarah.
William married second wife. Four children.
Benjamin Shapley Gray, son of Philip, 3rd, born 1812, mar- ried Sarah J. Lewis. They had three children-John S., Eunice and William W.
John S. married Delia Baldwin. They had three sons- George, Benjamin and Harry.
Eunice Gray married Amos Cutler.
William W. married Anna Wing. They had one daughter, Hattie J. She married Rev. Joseph Carey, 1899.
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Sabrina Gray, daughter of Philip, 3rd, married James Will- iams. Their children were John S. Jackson, James, Sarah, Julia A., Mary Nelson, Charles and Edwin.
Mary Gray, daughter of Philip, 3rd, born 1806, married Charles S. Hewitt.
Sarah M., born 1808, died 1821.
Julia A. Gray, daughter of Philip, 3rd, married Amos M. Allyn. Their children were John and Charles B. Allyn.
Betsey Gray, daughter of Philip, 3rd, born 1821, married Rufus M. Gallup. Their children were Erastus, born 1845, and Russell Gallup, born 1851.
Asa Gray, 2nd, son of Asa and Susannah Gray, born 1802, married Lusanna Prosser. Their children were Asa F., Denman, George, Montgomery, Mercy, Susan and Sarah.
Asa F., born 1823, died 1846.
Denman, born 1830, died 1831.
George, born 1835.
Montgomery, born 1837, died in the War of the Rebellion.
Mercy, born 1822, died 1838.
Susan, born 1825, married Stanton Main. They had two sons-Wilmot and Stanton Main.
Sarah, born 1833, died 1839.
The members of this family living in 1901 :
George Gray living now in Ledyard, a printer by trade, and Susan (Mrs. Main), residing in Rhode Island.
Stephen Gray, 2nd, a mechanic, born 1775, died 1841, married Lydia Stedman. They had five children-Stephen, 3rd, Austin, Norman, Lydia and Ardelia.
Stephen Gray, 3rd, son of Stephen, 2nd, a wagon-maker, born 1800, married Caroline Babcock. They had one son, Stephen, 4th ; he lived at Gale's Ferry.
Austin L., son of Stephen, 2nd, born 1807, a well-known me- chanic and wagon-maker, married Betsey F. Smith. They had five children-Lydia E., Julia F., Sarah J., Austin L., Jr., and John M.
Lydia E. married Austin Benham. They had two sons- John and George.
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Julia F. married Daniel Strong. They had one son, Daniel W.
Sarah J. married Erastus Gilbert.
John M. Gray married Flora I. Peckham. Their children were Marion I., John R. and Leslie P. Gray.
Austin L. Gray, 2nd, and John M. Gray, reside in Ledyard. John M. is the well-known groceryman and general store- keeper and post-master.
There now reside in Ledyard fifteen voters by the name of Gray, all of them descendants of the three heads of families who were living here when the town was set off from Groton in 1836. The name outnumbers every other on the registry list. This brief history is for nearly two hundred years, from the first land- ing in this country, to the present time.
The Grays are widely scattered over this country.
"Where are they-the companions of our games, With whom in youth we gamboled on the sod, The gray-haired fathers and the gentle dames,
Whose hospitable thresholds once we trod !
The beauteous forms that taught our hearts to love, And woke our hopes and fears with magic spell
The cheerful friends with whom we wont to rove,
Who twines around the hearts we loved so well."
[R. G.]
THE HURLBUT FAMILY.
Thomas Hurlbut, the first of the name in this region, came to Saybrook in 1635. Stephen Hurlbut, descendant of Thomas, in the third generation, settled in New London soon after 1690. John Hurlbut, son of Stephen, married Mary Stoddard, and settled on the farm now owned by Henry Hurlbut. He died May 5, 1761, and she May 22, 1790. Their son, John Hurlbut, Jr., married Abigail, daughter of Dea. John Avery, of Preston. They resided for several years in the north-east part of Groton ; but in the spring of 1778 moved to Wyoming, Pa., where they spent the remainder of their days. He was three times a mem-
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ber from Westmoreland, Pa., to the General Assembly of Con- necticut. They had eight children. He died March 10, 1782, aged 52; and she March 29, 1805, aged 70 .- See biographical sketch.
Rufus Hurlbut, fourth child of John and Mary (Stoddard) H., married Hannah, daughter of Peter and Anna Lester. They lived a few rods north of where the Gale's Ferry Church now stands. Mr. Hurlbut was killed in Fort Griswold, Sept. 6, 1781, when the oldest of their nine children was only fourteen years of age.
Hannah, fifth child of John and Mary S. Hurlbut, married James Stoddard Dec. 4, 1761. They lived near Poquetanuck Cove.
Ralph Hurlbut, sixth child of John and Mary S. Hurlbut, died near Lake Champlain, during the French and Indian War. He was never married.
Lydia was the seventh child of John and Mary S. H.
Rispa, their eighth child, was married to Amos Champan Feb. 26, 1786. They lived at Gale's Ferry, near the old wharf.
Freelove, their ninth child, became the wife of Dea. Shapley Morgan, of North Groton.
Freelove Hurlbut, first child of Rufus and Hannah, died April 19, 1767, aged two years.
Ralph, their second child, and oldest son, was born May 19, 1767, and died May 8, 1850 .- See biographical sketch.
Rufus Hurlbut, Jr., (1769-1850), third child of Rufus and Hannah, in early life moved to Western New York. After spending three years there, where the city of Rochester now stands, he returned and spent the remainder of his life in Groton. He was married Sept. 29, 1803, to Mary Stuart, of Kent, Conn.
Amos Hurlbutt (1770-1832), fourth child of Rufus and Han- nah, had two wives ; the first, Sally Starr (1773-1804), of Groton ; the second, Betsey Starr (1768-1805). To the first wife he was married Jan. 4, 1796 ; to the second Sept. 27, 1804. He had four children-1. Sophia (oldest), was born Nov. 10, 1796. In the winter of 1797 he moved with his family from Groton to Venice, N. Y., driving an ox-team and sled, crossing the Thames, the Connecticut and the Hudson rivers on the ice.
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Asaph Hurlbut (1772-1810), fifth child of Rufus and Hannah, lived in Groton and Salem, Conn. He had two wives. The first was Hannah Woodbridge, of Groton, who died at Salem, February 27, 1809. They had four children - Hannah (1802-1829), Asaph (1804-1858), Anna (1805-1861), Ralph (1807-1886). His second wife was Hannah Stoddard (1773-1823), of Groton, to whom he was married June 11, 1809. By her he had two children-Tabitha (1810-1853), and Mary (1811-1893).
Hannah (1774-1839), sixth child of Rufus and Hannah, was married March 21, 1793, to Joshua Allen, son of the first Thomas Allen, of Allyn's Point. About 1822 they moved to Homer, now Cortland, N. Y. They had eight children-Hannah (1796-), Eunice (1798-1850), Joshua (1800-), Rufus (1803-), Anna (1804-), Isaac (1807 -- ), Mary (1810-), Thomas (1812-).
Peter Lester Hurlbut (1776-1837), seventh child of Rufus and Hannah, was married Feb. 3, 1822, to Fanny Bill (1792-1866), daughter of Benjamin and Amy Bill, of Groton. They located on the farm, first owned by James Smith (1674-1756), then by his son, then by his grandson, who sold it to Peter Lester Hurlbut about 1822. It is now (1900) owned by Amos Hurlbut, the fifth in the direct line of descent from the above-named James Smith. Peter Lester and Fanny (Bill) Hurlbut had four children-Sarah B. (1823-1859), John (1826-1894), Amos (1828 -- ), Peter Lester (1838-1853).
Lucy (1778-1837), eighth child of Rufus and Hannah, was never married.
Anna (1780-1804), ninth child of Rufus and Hannah, was married in 1801 to Stoddard Niles, of Groton. They moved to Genoa, N. Y. They had a son, Ralph, born in Groton in 1802, and a daughter, Anna, born in Genoa.
Asaph Hurlbut (1804-1858), second child of Asaph and Hannah (Woodbridge) Hurlbut, was married November 7, 1830, to Bridget N. Stoddard (1807-1890). They resided on a farm near Gale's Ferry. After the death of Mr. Hurlbut, Mrs. Hurl- but sold the farm and bought a place in Groton, where she spent the remainder of her life. They had five children-Hannah J.
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(1834-1860), Henry J. (1836-1838), Ralph A. (1839-1862), Will- iam H. S. (1843-1860), Mary Etta (1853-1864).
Anna Hurlbut, third child of Asaph and Hannah, was born in Salem, Conn., in 1805, and died in Ledyard, in 1861.
Ralph Hurlbut (1807-1886), was the fourth child of Asaph and Hannah. His father died before he was four years old, and he went to live with his uncle and guardian, Rev. Ralph Hurlbut. He inherited the old homestead, where his great-grandfather, John, his grandfather, Rufus, and his uncle, Ralph, in succes- sion, resided. Here he spent his whole life, with the exception of the early years of his childhood and a single year (1864) in Genoa, N. Y. He was married Jan. 27, 1833, to Margaret Bolles. They had seven children-an infant (1837-1837), Ralph W. (1840-1863), Mary A. (1842-1859), Tabitha (1845-), an infant (1848-1848), George W. (1851-1891), Henry W. (1857-).
Mrs. Margaret (Bolles) Hurlbut, born in 1813, is still (1900) living
Tabitha Hurlbut, fourth child of Ralph and Margaret (Bolles) Hurlbut, was married Ang. 10, 1865, to Robert M. Bailey, of Gale's Ferry. They moved to Belle Plain, Iowa, where they now reside.
George W. Hurlbut, sixth child of Ralph and Margaret B., was married Sept. 14, 1876, to Lucy A. Perkins, of Gale's Ferry. They had five children.
Henry W., seventh child of Ralph and Margaret B., was married Oct. 17, 1881, to Lydia A. Perkins, of Gale's Ferry. They had seven children.
Sarah B. Hurlbut, first child of Peter L. and Fanny B., was married June 18, 1854, to Amos C. Stevens, of Pike, Pa. They had one child, John Hurlbut Stevens, born at Gale's Ferry, Nov. 21, 1859, who is now living near Camptown, Pa.
John Hurlbut (1826-1894), second child of Peter L. and Fanny B. was married January 7, 1857, to Abby Jane Bailey (1830 -- ). They resided on a part of his father's farm near Gale's Ferry. They had three children-Francis Edgar, born 1860; Isaac Lester (1864-1887) ; Fanny B., born 1866.
Francis Edgar Hurlbut, oldest child of John and Abby Jane
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B., is an engineer and electrician. He married Minnie A. Miller, of Colchester, Conn. They have two sons.
Amos Hurlbut (1828-), third child of Peter L. and Fanny B., was married Feb. 8, 1858, to S. Rosella Bolles (1836-), daughter of Elkanah Bolles, of Jessup, Pa. They reside on the ancestral homestead at Gale's Ferry. They have four children- Emma R., born at Jessup, Pa., Dec. 12, 1860 ; Annie B .. born at Ledyard, April 16, 1863; Fanny R., born at Montrose, Pa., May 24, 1872; Ralph Amos, born at Montrose, Pa., Nov. 14, 1880.
[A. H.]
THE LAMB FAMILY.
The first ancestor in this country, of the Lamb family of Ledyard, came from England, and settled in Haverhill, Mass. Having lost possession of his lands in that place, through some difficulty with the Indians, he moved to Connecticut, and bought of Peter Crary a tract of land near the present village of Old Mystic. At a later date he obtained possession of lands which include the place now occupied by Deacon James C. Lamb. This ancestor (whose name has not come down to us) was suc- ceeded in the ownership of the place by his son, Isaac Lamb, whose wife's name was Elizabeth. Daniel Lamb, son of Isaac and Elizabeth, born 1704, was the next owner. He built the house which now stands upon the place. He married Zerviah Button. They had eight children, four sons and four daughters. Their son, Samuel, became the next owner and occupant. He was born in 1748, and died in 1834. His wife was Tabitha Wightman. Daniel W. Lamb (1783-1859), succeeded his father, Samuel, in the occupany of the place. He was a famous school- teacher in his day. He taught in the Lamb district no less than eleven winters. He was the father of Deacon James C. Lamb, who with his son, Daniel, now (1900) lives on the place.
The Lambs, through their several generations, have been decidedly religious people. Isaac Lamb, the first name on the above list, was one of the first deacons of the first Baptist Church (1705), in Groton, which was the first Baptist Church in Con-
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necticut. His grandson, Samuel, was a deacon of the same church, and Samuel's grandson, James C., is now deacon of that church.
The family has been very fruitful in clergymen. Two uncles of Deacon James C. Lamb, Nehemiah and John, were Baptist ministers. The former preached in the States of New York and Michigan ; the latter at different places in the State of New York.
Rev. Nehemiah Lamb, above-named, had four sons who were Baptist ministers. Rev. Roswell Lamb, a brother of Deacon James C., preached in Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Rev. J. Curtis Lamb, of Noank, has preached in Lyme and Haddam. Conn .; Hays City, Kansas; Brewster, Mass., and Wilmington, Del.
THE LATHAM FAMILY.
The home of the family, whence all of the Lathams sprang, is Derbyshire, England, and they can be traced back to the time of the Danish conquest of England. The title of Earl of Latham is now held by one of the family there.
Susannah Winslow, the daughter of John Winslow, who came over in the Mayflower, married a Robert Latham.
The first ferryman between New London and Groton was Carey Latham, from whom the Lathams, of Groton and Ledyard descended.
For an account of Carey Latham and his descendants see Miss Caulkins' History of New London.
Among them, as connected with the early history of North Groton (now Ledyard), we note Thomas Latham, who was born April 8, 1744. He married Eunice Perkins July 15, 1770. She was the daughter of Ebenezar and Saralı Perkins and was born Oct. 27, 1750.
Thomas Latham became a ship carpenter and built at Gale's Ferry several vessels, including two ships, one of which called "The Phenix," was of "the burthen of 500 tons."
For services rendered to the United States Government, in the ship-building line, during the Revolutionary War, he received a grant of a considerable tract of land, in the western part of the
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State of New York, but owing to his death away from home and the wanton destruction of his papers and documents, his claim, which might have been a rich legacy to his heirs, seems to have been invalidated. He died at Burlington, Vt., Oct. 17, 1801. The children of Thomas and Eunice Latham were Thomas, born March 28, 1771 ; Eunice, born Oct. 8, 1772 ; Sarah, born Aug. 6, 1774; Comfort, born Dec. 31, 1777 ; William, born April 25, 1780; Jacob, born Aug. 29, 1783.
Thomas was drowned at sea Jan. 7, 1796.
Eunice was married to Jonathan Gardner, Dec. 14, 1792, and they moved to Pennsylvania, where they reared a numerous family.
Sarah married Alexander Allyn, Sept. 8, 1791, and was the mother of Captains Christopher and Latham Allyn, also of Henry Allyn, who removed to Palmyra, N. Y., and of Mrs. Sarah Brown, who reared at Gale's Ferry a large family, including Christopher A. and Latham A. Brown.
Comfort Latham died in Virginia, in 1802.
THOMAS LATHAM, EsQ.
William married Esther, daughter of Obadiah and Esther (Williams) Bailey, Sept. 9, 1807. Their chil- dren were Emmeline, born July 1, 1808; Sally Maria, born Oct. 3, 1811 ; Thomas Morgan, born Aug. 29; 1813.
Emmeline married Sim- eon A. Bailey.
Sally Maria died young.
Thomas M., the father of the writer of this sketch, died October 13, 1898. He was thrice married, and his surviving children at date of writing (Oct., 1900), are Thomas and Orrin, who re-
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side at Gale's Ferry ; Lyman A. and Mrs. Fanny Spicer, of Led- yard ; Ira C., of Stonington ; John N., of Groton ; and Mrs. Sarah Lamb, of Meriden. Their dates, deeds and descendants we leave to future chroniclers.
In writing a sketch of ancestors we have an idea of the senti- ment which caused the poet Gray to say :
"No longer seek their merits to disclose Nor draw their frailties from their dread abode,
There they alike in trembling hope repose,
The bosom of their Father and their God."
[T. L.]
THE LESTER FAMILY.
Genealogy of the Lesters that settled in the town of Ledyard, New London County, Conn. :
Andrew Lester first appears at Gloucester, Mass. An early settler from 1643. (Then called Lister). He was licensed to keep a house of entertainment by the county court, Feb. 26, 1648-9.
The births of four children of Andrew and Barbara Lester, are recorded at Gloucester, Mass. :
Daniel Lester, born April 15, 1642, married Hannah Fox, daughter of Thomas Fox, 1669.
Andrew, Jr., born Dec. 26, 1644, married Lydia Bailey.
Mary Lester, born Dec., 1647, married Samuel Fox.
Anna Lester, born March 21, 1651, married Thos. Way.
Andrew Lester removed to Pequot (now New London, Conn.), in 1651. Eearly in 1651 a new street was laid out in the rear of the town plot in New London, for the accommodation of "The Cape Ann Company." This street was called "Cape Ann Lane." The lots on this street were nine in number. Hugh Caulkins had the first lot, Hugh Roberts lot 2, Mr. Coit had lot 3, and Andrew Lester lot 4.
April, 1651, the marsh land laying along Alewive cove, was given to a company of undertakers, viz., Mr. Denison, Hugh Caulkins, John Elderkin and Andrew Lester, who undertook to
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drain it, and were to have all the land "Now under water for- ever."
Barbara, wife of Andrew Lester, died at New London Feb. 2, 1653-4, being the first death of a woman recorded in New London.
Andrew Lester's second wife was Joanna, widow of Robert Hempstead, and probably daughter of Isaac Willy. She died in 1659, without issue.
Andrew Lester married, for his third wife, Anna Clark. They had three children-Timothy, born July 4, 1662. Joseph, born June 15, 1664. Benjamin, born 1666, married Ann Sted- man.
Andrew Lester was constable and collector of New London in 1668, and bought land in said town, July 12, 1659. He died in 1669. His widow married Isaac Willey. She died in 1692.
Andrew Lester, Jr., removed to Groton and was constable in 1669, and is supposed to have been the first deacon of the Groton Church, and the first Lester that settled in Groton. He settled on land granted to his father. He married Lydia Bailey, daugh- ter of Thomas Bailey. He died in 1708. Their children were Andrew Lester, 3d, born about 1675, married Lydia Stark- weather. Jonathan Lester, born 1677, married Deborah Allyn, Sept. 22, 1724. Samuel Lester, born 1679, married Hannah Bill. Hannah Lester, born 1681, married Ralph Stoddard, June 3, 1723. Margaret Lester, born 1683, married - Duglass.
Daniel Lester, son of Andrew and Barbara, married Hannah Fox, daughter of Thomas Fox, of Concord, 1669. Children- Ann, born Aug. 30, 1670. Hannah, born March 11, 1671, mar- ried William Chapman, March 22, 1690. Elizabeth, born Feb. 25, 1672, married probably Philip Bill. Daniel, born April 5, 1676, married Mary Wells, Oct. 20, 1702. John, born Oct. 15, 1679.
Sergeant Daniel Lester, son of Andrew and Barbara, lived upon the great neck, New London, where he died June 16, 1716. He was brought in to town and buried under arms.
Joseph and Benjamin Lester, sons of Andrew Lester and Ann Clark, his wife, settled on farms in the vicinity of the town
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of New London. The descendants of the latter are quite num- erous. By the first wife, Ann Stedman, he had nine sons, and two daughters, and probably other children by a second wife. Only six children are recorded to Benjamin and Ann Lester in New London.
Andrew Lester, 3d, born about 1675, married Lydia Stark- weather. He died May 22, 1757. Their children were John Lester, born Jan. 2, 1716. Timothy Lester, born Aug. 2, 1718. John Lester, born July 19, 1721. Mary Lester, born Oct. 19, I723.
Jonathan Lester, son of Andrew, Jr., and his wife, Lydia Bailey, daughter of Thomas Bailey, born about 1677, married Deborah Allyn, daughter of Robert and Deborah Allyn, Sept. 22, 1724. Children of Jonathan and Deborah Lester-Jonathan, born about 1725. Deborah, born -, baptized Oct. 10, 1731. Thomas, born -, baptized Oct. 10, 1731. Amos, born 1728. . baptized Oct. 10, 1731. Wait, born -, baptized Oct. 10, 1731. Peter, born -, baptized Aug. 8, 1732. Simeon, born baptized Aug. 4, 1734. David, born -, baptized Nov. 7, 1736.
On July 3, 1742, a severe thunder storm occurred, in which a son of Jonathan Lester was killed. He and his two brothers were at work on hay at the time. The lad killed was ten years of age.
Samuel Lester, son of Andrew Lester, Jr., and Lydia Bailey Lester, was born about 1679. He married Hannah Bill, probably daughter of Philip Bill, Nov. 5, 1707, and died Jan. 15, 1750. She died Nov. 24, 1751. Their children were Samuel, Jr., born Sept. 23, 17II. Elizabeth, born March 23, 1715. Elamuel, born July 18, 1719. Sarah, born Jan. 30, 1722. Hannah, born Jan. 12, 1727. Margaret, born Feb. 17, 1729. Zarniah, born Nov. II, 1733.
Thomas Lester, probably son of Jonathan and Deborah Allyn Lester, born about 1727. He married Mary Allyn, Feb. 28, 1754. Their children were Thomas, Jr., born March 1, 1755. Mary, born March 14, 1756. Wait, born Dec. 17, 1759; killed in Fort Griswold, Sept. 6, 1781. Ebenezer, born Aug. 1, 1761. Daniel,
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born March 27, 1763. Jonathan, born April 9, 1765. Ebenezer, 2d, born Dec. 2, 1766. Charles, born Nov. 14, 1768.
Peter Lester, Sr., probably son of Jonathan Lester, born about 1705. He married Anna Street, probably daughter of James. Street, August, 1733. He died Sept. 10, 1789. She died March 6, 1790. Their children were Peter, Jr., born April I, 1734, married Delight Karon Bailey, daughter of Jedediah Bailey. Anna, born Dec. 17, 1736, married Amos, son of Jonathan Lester. Hannah, born March 17, 1737, married Rufus Hurlbutt, son of John. Asa, born Dec. 13, 1738, died while young. John, born Oct. 13, 1740, married Dorothy Morgan, Dec. 14, 1775. He was slain in Fort Griswold, Sept. 6, 1781. Nathan, born July 25, 1742, married Susanna Gallup. Lucy, born June 4, 1744, died April 18, 1814, age 70 years ; never married. Elizabeth, born April 2, 1746, died 1749. Eunice, born Jan. 8, 1748, married Nathan Conda. Deborah, born March I, 1751, died while young. Sarah, born May 8, 1753, married John Dean, died Feb. 4, 1838; no children. Mary, born June 18, 1755, married Solomon Perkins. They had a large family.
Nathan Lester, son of Peter Lester, Sr., and Anna Street Lester, born July 25, 1742, married Susanna Gallup, April 24, 1798. They had one child, Hannah G. Lester, born June 8, 1798, married Adam Larrabee.
Amos Lester, Sr., son of Jonathan Lester, married Anna daughter of Peter Lester, Sr., and Anna Street Lester. They had five children-Deborah, born -. Anna, born 1762, mar- ried Peter Lester, 3d. Hannah, born -, married Lathrop Allyn. Lyra, born -, died ---. Amos, Jr., born March 25, 1776, married Sarah Avery, Jan. 18, 1801.
Asa Lyman Lester, son of Asa Lester and Dorothy Morgan Lester, married Eliza Mariah Lester, daughter of Amos Lester, Jr. He died Oct. 5, 1841. Their children were Sarah, born Sept., 1836, married Edmond Chapman. Dolly, born Aug., 1838, married Ephraim Chapman. Hellen, born Sept., 1840, mar- ried Russell Wells. Mary, born May, 1846, married Henry Gay, Jan. 7, 1868.
Asa Lyman Lester died Oct. 5, 1841. His widow, Eliza
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Mariah Lester, married, second, Asa Allyn. Child, Henry, born Jan. 18, 1855, married Nellie Gray.
Hannah, daughter of Peter Lester, Ist, married Rufus Hurl- butt, son of John Hurlbutt. Rufus was born 1741 ; killed in Fort Griswold, Sept. 6. 1781. They had nine childern-Freelove, born 1765, died April 19, 1767. Ralph, born May 19, 1767, mar- ried Mary Jones, daughter of John and Sarah Jones. Rufus, Jr., born March 19, 1769, married. Amos, born Nov. 10, 1770, mar- ried. Settled in Cayuga County, New York. Asaph, born Sept. 10, 1772, married Hannah Woodbridge. Hannah, born Oct. 12, 1774, married Joshua Allyn. Peter L., born June 2, 1776, mar- ried Fanny Bill. Lucy, born Dec. 14, 1778, single, died Oct. 17, 1837. Anna, born July 10, 1780, married Stoddard Niles.
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