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65 BETSEY or ELIZABETH or ELIZA, b. -, m. Joshua Burdick, and m. 2d, a Carr.
66 BILLINGS,, b.
67 KATY, b. , m. Chipman.
68 THOMAS, b.
69 MARTHA, b.
Samuel Burtch (No. 63) m. Polly Sloan, March 7th, 18II. He d. March 21st, 1861, and she d. May 28, 1828.
CHILDREN:
70 SAMUEL, b. May 23, 1812, d. March 28, 1815.
71 WILLIAM HENRY, b. Feb. 12, 1814, m. Rhoda Thompson, and lived at Hanover, Conn., and had four children.
72 SAMUEL JAMES, b. March 8, 1816, m. Susan Bennett; had four children. 73 GEORGE C., b. Sept. 27, 1820, m. Mary Esther Holmes, Oct. 26, 1843, and had seven children. He d. Aug. 14, 1893.
74 BILLINGS, b. Oct. 19, 1818, now living at Stonington, Conn. He m. Nancy Maria Chesebrough (No. 415), March 10, 1847; have had six children. 75 MARY, b. Sept. 20, 1822, m. Capt. William E. Brewster; no children. 76 CHARLES, b. Sept. 20, 1825, d. in 1893, m. Harriet Newhall States; had two children, but they are both dead.
BURROWS FAMILY.
I. ROBERT BURROWS probably came from Boston, Mass., or vicinity, and settled first at Wethersfield, Ct., where he owned land in 1641. He m. Mary, widow of Samuel Ireland, prior to 1642, moved to New London about 1650, and soon set- tled at Poquonnock, and was one of the earliest settlers on the west side of Mystic River. He was by appointment the first ferry- man on Mystic River ; he d. 1682, and his wife d. Oct. 2, 1672.
CHILDREN:
2 JOHN, b. 1642. -
3 SAMUEL, b.
John Burrows (No. 2) m. Hannah, b. April II, 1651, dau. of Edward and wife Ann Culver, Dec. 14, 1670. He d. in Groton, Conn., Feb. 12, 1716.
CHILDREN:
4 JOHN, b. 1671.
5 MARY, b.
6 MARGARET, b.
7 SAMUEL, b. m. Mary Chester Nov. 21, 1706.
8 ROBERT, b.
9 JEREMIAH, b. -.
10 ISAAC, b.
John Burrows (No. 4) m. Lydia Hubbard, dau. of Hugh and Jane (Latham) Hubbard, Oct. 14, 1700; d. in Groton, 1752. CHILDREN:
11 JOHN, b. Nov. 14, 1701.
12 LYDIA, b. April 19, 1703, m. William Pendleton (No. 18), March 10, 1726, d. in Westerly Aug. 18, 1750.
13 MARY, b. Nov. 4, 1704, m. Nathan Fish, d. May 11, 1732,
14 HUBBARD, b. Feb. 10, 1707, m. Mercy Denison (No. 155).
15 HANNAH, b. Jan. 23, 1709, m. William Denison Jan. 30, 1733 (No. 106).
16 SILAS, b. Oct. 4, 1710, m. Hannah Gore (No. 36), Gore family.
17 ABIGAIL, b. July 19, 1712, m. - Latham.
18 AMOS, b. Aug. 6, 1714, m. Mary Rathbun, d. 1773.
John Burrows (No. II) m. Desire Packer. CHILDREN:
19 MARY, b. June 17, 1732, m. Samuel Ahorn, d. 1797.
20 LYDIA, b. -, m. John A. Ahorn.
21 PHEBE, b. -, m. William Holdredge May 27, 1770.
22 LUCRETIA, b. -, m. William Burrows Nov. 19, 1767.
23 WAITY, b. , m. Dea. Jabez Smith.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
24 DESIRE, b. -, m. Joseph Elliot.
25 NABBY, b. -, m. Uriah Wilbur.
26 JOHN, b. , m. Hannah Wilbur Sept. 13, 1761.
27 NATHAN, b. 1744, m. 1st, Amy Williams, and 2d, Sarah Williams, 1788. -, m. Kezia Rhodes and 2d, Abigail E. Park.
28 DANIEL, b. -
29 JAMES, b.
d. young.
30 THOMAS, b. , d. young .
31 Son, b. , d. young.
John Burrows (No. 26) m. Hannah Wilbur Sept. 13, 1761. CHILDREN:
32 MARY, b. -, m. Nathan Niles.
33 PHEBE, b. , m. William Thornton.
34 LYDIA, b. , m. Thomas Eldredge.
35 HANNAH, b. , m. George Eldredge.
36 ELEANOR, b. , m. Zebulon Williams.
37 ELAM, b. Sept. 6, 1773, m. Sarah Denison Oct. 15, 1797, d. Jan. 8, 1840.
38 DELIGHT, b. - , m. Daniel Deboise.
Elam Burrows (No. 37) m. Sarah Denison (No. 401), that family, Oct. 15, 1797. She was b. April 9, 1778; d. Oct. 13, 1835. CHILDREN:
39 JOHN, b. Oct. 28, 1798.
40 EUNICE, b. March 29, 1801, m. Elam Eldredge Aug. 12, 1821,
41 DENISON, b. Oct. 7, 1804.
42 HANNAH, b. June 15, 1806.
43 PHEBE, b. Feb. 19, 1809, m. Isaac D. Miner May 10, 1832 (No. 278).
44 SALLY, b. May 22, 1811, m. Nathan Noyes March 18, 1830 (No. 337).
John Burrows (No. 39) m. Roxanna Brown (No. 228), Aug. 23, 1821.
CHILDREN:
45 EUNICE E., b. April 3, 1823, m. Isaac W. Denison (No. 566).
46 FRANCES E., b. May 23, 1825, m. Horace H. Clift Oct. 25, 1848 (No. 45).
47 MARY E., b. April 29, 1827, d. young.
48 MARY E., b. July 12, 1828, m. John L. Denison May 10, 1853 (No. 570).
49 LYDIA E., b. June 20, 1831, m. Daniel Morgan Dec. 25, 1861.
50 SARAH J., b. April 15, 1834, m. Samuel Buckley Nov. 26, 1860.
,51 JOHN, b. July 21, 1836, d. young.
Nathan Burrows (No. 27) m. Ist, Amy Williams, June 2, 1765 ; d. in 1808.
CHILDREN:
52 JOSEPH, b. July 18, 1765, m. 1st, Sarah Rice, March 30, 1788; m. 2d, Hen- rietta Rice, Sept. 25, 1803, and 3d, Frances Packer Jan. 10, 1808.
53 WAITY, b. - , m. Latham Fitch,
54 GEORGE, b. , m. Sarah Fitch.
55 BETSEY, b. , m. Benjamin Ashby.
56 AMY, b. - - -, m. Mason Packer.
57 ABIGAIL, m. -, m. Samuel Rathbun.
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BURROWS FAMILY.
58 JAMES, b. , m. Polly Brown.
59 NANCY, b. - m. Beriah Grant.
60 EXPERIENCE, b. -, m. John Woodward.
'61 LYDIA, b. - -, m.
62 DESIRE, b.
.Mr. Nathan Burrows m. 2d, Sarah Williams in 1788. CHILDREN:
63 BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 20, 1789.
64 JESSE, b. 1791.
*65 NATHAN, b. 1793.
66 SIMEON, b. -.
67 BETSEY, b.
68 EDWARD, b. -, d. young.
69 EDWARD, b. June, 1806.
Mrs. Sarah Burrows (nee Williams) d. May Ist, 1820.
Benjamin Burrows (No. 63) m. Ist, Rebecca Thompson March 17, 1808; m. 2d Lucy Perkins, Nov. 10, 1844; m. 3d Williams, and m. 4th, Sarah R. Holdredge, Nov. 22, 1864. CHILDREN BY REBECCA THOMPSON:
70 NATHAN, b. July 12, 1809.
71 WILLIAM T., b. Dec. 26, 1810, m. Almira W. Smith July 4, 1833.
72 HANNAH, b. April 1, 1813, m. Franklin Gallup (No. 206); she d. Jan. 1, 1843.
73 BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 6, 1815, m. 1st, Sarah Hammond July 25, 1838, and m. 2d, Ann M. Avery Oct. 23, 1854, and m. 3d, Frances L. Denison March 26, 1867 (No. 574), Denison family.
74 CALVIN, b. March 22, 1817, m. 1st, Mary A. Niles; 'm. 2d, Catharine Gates.
75 EDWIN S., b. April 19, 1819.
76 ROSWELL S., twin, b. Dec. 2, 1820, m. Clarissa Edgecomb.
77 RUFUS S., twin, b. Dec. 2, 1820, d. young.
78 SARAH, b. Feb. 19, 1823, m. Franklin Gallup (No. 206), her sister's hus- band.
79 SIMEON S., b. July 9, 1825, m. Frances Lewis.
80 MARY A., b. May 2, 1827, m. G. W. Morgan Feb. 18, 1849.
81 GEORGE, b. Feb. 17, 1829, m. Maria Burdick, and 2d, Anna
82 JOSEPH, b. Feb. 3, 1831.
CHILDREN BY LUCY PERKINS:
83 LORENZO, b. June 24, 1845.
84 DANIEL, b. April 3, 1847. These both died in the army.
Hubbard Burrows (No. 14) m. Mercy Denison (No. 185), old- est dau. of William and Mercy (Gallup) Denison, May 28, 1730. CHILDREN:
85 ESTHER, b. Nov. 21, 1731, m. ---- Packer.
86 HANNAH, b. Nov. 21, 1733, m. Daniel Packer.
87 HUBBRAD, Jr., b. June 26, 1739, m. Priscilla Baldwin (No. 33) Dec. 24, 1761.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
88 ELISHA, b. Nov. 27, 1744, d. young.
89 SARAH, b. Aug. 6, 1747, m. Elisha Niles.
90 MARY, b. Oct. 7, 1749, m. Benjamin Avery.
91 MERCY, b. , m. Nathan Avery.
92 JONATHAN, b. May 3, 1752, m. Lucy Avery.
93 ANNA, b. - , m. Nathan Whiting.
Capt. Hubbard Burrows, Jr. (No. 87) m. Ist Priscilla Baldwin (No. 33), dau. of Capt. John and wife Eunice (Spalding) Baldwin, and he was killed at Fort Griswold Sept. 6, 1781.
CHILDREN:
94 HUBBARD, b. -, m. Mary Dickenson.
95 JOHN B., b. -, m. Betsey Haley (No. 35). John was born Feb. 2, 1768.
96 VYIBY, b. , unm.
97 SETH, b. d. young from smallpox.
Capt. Hubbard Burrows m. 2d, Sarah Avery. CHILDREN:
98 SARAH, b. July 2, 1770, m. Caleb Haley (No. 32), that family.
99 ELISHA, b. , m. Rebecca Turner.
100 PERCY, twin, b.
, m. Deborah Wightman.
101 PRISCILLA, twin, b. -, m. Daniel Morgan.
102 BENJAMIN, b. scalded to death when two years old.
103 SOLOMON, b.
104 DANIEL, b. , d. young.
105 DENISON, b.
, m. Nancy Burrows.
Silas Burrows (No. 16) m. Hannah Gore (No. 36), Gore family, June 17, 1740, and died in Groton April 19, 1741. CHILD:
106 SILENCE, b. July 1, 1741, nearly three months after her father's death, and she m. Richard Wheeler, Dec. 24, 1761. See Wheeler family. No. 343). Mrs. Hannah Gore Burrows m. 2d, Nathaniel Gallup, and had several children. See Gallup family.
Amos Burrows (No. 18) m. Elizabeth or Mary Rathbun of Col- chester, Conn. She d. Jan. 25, 1808, aged 87 yrs. CHILDREN:
107 AMOS, b. -; went to New York State.
108 SILAS, b. Aug. 8, 1741, d. in Groton, Aug. 8, 1818.
109 JOSHUA, b. - -, m. Jane Fish, dau. of John Fish, of Groton.
110 ELISHA, b. -, m. Susan, dau. of John Fish, and m. 2d, a Fish.
111 PAUL, b. m. Catharine Haley, d. Feb. 28, 1834.
112 NATHAN, b. , m. Ann Smith, July 24, 1774.
113 JOSEPH, b. ", m. Abby Chipman, d. in Pennsylvania.
114 ELIZABETH, b. , m. 1st, Richard Mitchell of Block Island Nov. 16, 1769, and 2d, Sylvester Havens.
115 ANNA, b. - , m. Asa Franklin Jan. 5, 1769, and 2d, Daniel Lewis. 116 EUNICE, b. -, m. Solomon Tift.
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BURROWS FAMILY.
Rev. Silas Burrows (No. 108) m. Ist, Mary, dau. of Isaac and Esther Smith, April 7, 1764; she was b. Nov. 15, 1743, and d. Oct. 26, 1816, aged 72 yrs and II mos. He m. 2d, widow Phebe Smith, Feb. 8, 1818. He was the first pastor of the Fort Hill Baptist Church and held the position till his death, a period of 53 years.
CHILDREN:
117 SILAS, b. March 14, 1765, d. Dec. 22, 1781.
118 DANIEL, b. Oct. 28, 1766, m. Mary Avery Dec. 16, 1787, d. Jan. 23, 1858, aged 91 years. He was a Methodist minister and had 10 children.
119 ROSWELL, b. Sept. 2, 1768, m. Jerusha Avery, Jan. 28, 1790, d. May 28, 1836; his wife d. Nov. 3, 1838, aged 67 years. He was pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Groton.
120 ENOCH, b. July 28, 1770, d. Dec. 5, 1852, aged 82 years.
121 JABEZ, b. April 13, 1772, m. Betsey Bell, d. March 13, 1855.
122 GILBERT, b. May 10, 1774, d. Oct., 1775.
123 JOSHUA, b. Jan. 10, 1779, d. in Spain, Jan. 28, 1809.
124 MARY, b. May 9, 1782, m. Jedediah Randall (No. 132), May 19, 1799, d. May 25, 1871.
125 ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 9, 1784, d. Dec. 9, 1785.
126 LUCY, b. Dec. 5, 1786, d. Jan. 28, 1809.
Roswell Burrows (No. 119) m. Jerusha Avery, dau. of Latham and Jerusha Avery, Jan. 28, 1790.
CHILDREN:
127 LATHAM AVERY, b. Aug. 30, 1792, m. Sarah Lester, d. 1855.
128 JERUSHA AVERY, b. June 24, 1795, d. Oct. 12, 1814.
129 ROSWELL S., b. Feb. 22, 1798.
130 LUCY L., b. Jan. 19, 1801, m. Alexander Stewart Feb. 22, 1821.
131 LORENZO, b. April 7, 1809, d. Oct. 7, 1814.
132 MARY E., b. April 7, 1809, d. Oct. 7, 1814.
133 JULIA A., b. Aug. 20, 1811, m. Albert G. Smith May 13, 1830.
Roswell Burrows (No. 129) m. Mary Ann Randall (No. 133), dau. of Jedediah and wife Mary Randall, Jan. 19, 1822.
CHILDREN:
134 CHARLES R., b. Aug. 26, 1826.
135 WILLIAM, b. July 11, 1828, d. 1859.
136 MARY E., b. July 11, 1830, m. Alexander Stewart May 25, 1852.
Enoch Burrows (No. 120) m. Ist, Esther, dau, of George and wife Jane (Smith) Denison (No. 310), D. family, Aug. 28, 1791 ; m. 2d, Mrs. Caroline Hyde King, Dec. 28, 1826, and he d. Dec. 5, 1852, aged 82 yrs. They had one child, Randall King, bapt. Aug. 1, 1830.
CHILDREN:
137 LUCY, b. Jan 8, 1791, m. John Hyde Feb. 21, 1808 (No. 14), Hyde family. 138 MARY, b. in 1793, m. Esquire Elias Brown (No. 25), Brown family. 139 SILAS ENOCH, b. Oct. 29, 1794.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Silas E. Burrows (No. 139) m. Ist, Mary Van Buskirk, Nov. 20, 1820, by whom he had 4 children.
CHILDREN:
140 ENOCH, b. June 7, 1822, d. young.
141 SILAS E., b. March 28, 1824, m. Mary W. Trowbridge, Feb. 21, 1860.
142 MARY J., b. June 2, 1826, m. Charles A. Greene Feb. 12, 1850.
143 OGDEN HOFFMAN, b. July 22, 1828, m. Sarah E. Maynard June 3, 1863.
Mrs. Mary Burrows d. Jan. 30, 1831, and Mr. Burrows m. 2d, Mary D. Russ, May 19, 1834.
CHILDREN:
144 MARY RUSS, b. Dec. 14, d. April 23, 1857.
145 JOHN RUSS, b. Sept. 13, 1838, d. Aug. 11, 1871, unmarried.
146 WILLIAM H., b. Dec. 21, 1840, d. Aug., 1841.
Mr. Silas E. Burrows d. Oct. 12, 1870, and his last wife d. March 22, 1841.
John B. Burrows (No. 95) m. Betsey Haley (No. 35), Haley family, Nov. 25, 1788. Betsey was born Sept. 14, 1767.
CHILDREN:
147 BETSEY, b. May 2, 1790, m. Coddington Burch.
148 SETH, b. Oct. 13, 1791, m. Charlotte Stark.
149 HUBBARD, b. Oct. 10, 1793, m. 1st, Amy Newton, and 2d, Mary E. Wheel- er (No. 438).
150 PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 12, 1795, never m.
151 CALEB, b. Nov. 5, 1797, m. Julia Leeds.
152 JOHN, b. March 7, 1800, m. Sylvia A. Wells.
153 WAITY, b. Oct. 21, 1801, never m.
154 STEPHEN, b. Sept. 14, 1803, never m.
155 CHARLES, b. Oct. 29, 1805, m. Emily A. Wheeler (No. 440).
156 PRISCILLA, b. Nov. 12, 1809, m. Capt. Simeon Haley (No. 31).
157 MARY, b. Jan. 31, 1812, m. Henry Haley.
CHAPMAN FAMILY.
I. JOHN CHAPMAN, the progenitor of the Chapman fam -- ily of this region round about, was of English origin, the son of John Chapman and wife, Joanna Sumner, who resided about fifty miles from London. Tradition has it that he was forced into the British Navy, by a press-gang, and after a while, the ship visited Boston, New England, when he availed himself of the opportun- ity to assume the liberty of which he had been deprived. He fled and found succor in the abode of Samuel Allen, in what is now called Wakefield, in Rhode Island. He was a weaver, having be- come proficient therein by several years service. He came to, Stonington, now North Stonington, where he worked at his trade. the remainder of his life. He m. Sarah Brown, Feb. 16, 1710, and d. in 1760.
CHILDREN:
2 SARAH, b. Nov. 25, 1710, m. Ichabod Brown (No. 32).
3 JONAH, b. Sept. 2, 1712.
4 JOHN, b. Sept. 9, 1714, m. Mary Boardman, April 28, 1742.
5 WILLIAM, b. Dec. 19, 1716, m. Abigail Plumb, Jan. 31, 1740.
6 ANDREW, b. March 3, 1719, m. Hannah Smith.
7 THOMAS, b. about 1721, m. Mary
8 SUMNER, b. about 1723, m. Elizabeth Herrick.
9 EUNICE, b.
Andrew Chapman (No. 6) m. Hannah, daughter of Benomi Smith and Ruth Pendleton, Oct. 15, 1745. He lived in North. Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
10 ANDREW, b. Jan. 27, 1748, d. Dec. 19, 1752.
11 JOSEPH, b. June 2, 1749, m. Prudence Lewis; 2d, Mary Main.
12 RUTH, b. March 20, 1751.
13 HANNAH, b. Dec. 10, 1752.
14 ANDREW, b. May 10, 1754, m. Ann York.
15 NAHUM, b. Nov. 6, 1757, m. Mary Stewart.
16 NATHAN, b. Oct. 7, 1760, m. Abigail Peabody.
17 AMOS, b. Sept. 7, 1763, m. Abigail Burdick.
18 SARAH, b. Sept. 4, 1766, m. Jabez Breed (No. 44), Breed family.
19 JONAS, b. Aug. 25, 1768, m. Susannah Peabody (No. 40).
Sumner Chapman (No. 8) m. Elizabeth Herrick, Feb. 23, 1756. He resided in Westerly, R. I. CHILDREN:
20 JOHN, b. - -, d. unmarried.
21 SUMNER, b. -- , m. a Miss Greenman.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
22 ELIZABETH, b. -, m. John Taylor.
23 TIMOTHY, b. May 28, 1760, m. Nancy Pendleton.
24 JOSEPH, b. 1767, m. Elizabeth Kenyon; 2d, Eunice Clark.
25 ISRAEL, b. 1769, m. Mary Kenyon; 2d, Nancy Kenyon .
26 CASE, b. 1171, m. Mary Pendleton (No. 70).
Joseph Chapman (No. II) m. Prudence Lewis, April 18, 1771 ; 2d, Mary Main Nov., 1780. Resided in Bolton, Conn.
CHILDREN:
27 SYBIL, b. Jan. 7, 1775.
28 HANNAH, b. Nov. 28, 1776, m. Thomas Main (No. 66), that family.
29 SARAH, b. Feb. 24, 1779.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
30 LEWIS, b. June 10, 1782.
31 STEPHEN, b. Oct. 1, 1785, m. Keturah Palmer Sept. 27, 1801.
32 GIDEON, b. - , m. Hannah Wheeler Sept. 4, 1808 (No. 180), that family.
Andrew Chapman (No. 14) m. Ann York (No. 78), that family, March 30, 1780, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
33 ANNA, b. July 3, 1781.
34 LOUIS, b. July 6, 1783.
35 ANDREW, b. Nov. 27, 1785.
36 LUCY, b. Oct. 23, 1787.
37 JESSE, b. Nov. 20, 1789.
38 KETURAH, b. Dec. 28, 1791.
Nahum Chapman (No. 15) m. Mary Stewart Dec. 11, 1783 (No. 23), that family, both of North Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN: 39 CHARLES, b. Dec. 24, 1785.
40 EZRA, b. June 22, 1787.
41 ELIAS, b. Feb. 20, 1790.
42 SANFORD, b. March 10, 1792.
43 PALMER, b. June 18, 1794.
44 SILAS, b. March 8, 1796.
45 STEWART, b. May 15, 1797.
46 ELISHA, b. Aug. 9, 1801.
47 BETSEY, b. Feb.24, 1803.
Nathan Chapman (No. 16) m. Abigail Peabody in 1785. He was for many years deacon of the First Baptist Church of North Stonington, and d. Feb. 14, 1824.
CHILDREN:
48 NATHAN, b. March 17, 1786.
49 NABBY, b. Oct. 19, 1787.
50 SAMUEL, b. Sept. 15, 1789.
51 THOMAS, b. Sept. 12, 1791.
52 LYDIA, b. Jan. 21, 1795.
53 POLLY, b. March 4, 1796.
54 SMITH, b. Feb. 9, 1796, m. Eunice Miner Dec. 11, 1823.
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CHAPMAN FAMILY.
Amos Chapman (No. 17) m. Abigail Burdick, Nov. 20, 1783. They lived in North Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
55 AMOS, b. July 23, 1784.
56 BETSEY, b. Nov. 24, 1785, m. Zebulon T. York (No. 105), that family.
57 JOHN, b. July 29, 1787.
58 LUCY, b. May 26, 1789.
59 SARAH, b. Nov. 2, 1791.
60 ABEL, b. Oct. 3, 1793. 61 ADAM, b. Feb. 12, 1796.
62 HANNAH, b. Jan. 17, 1798.
Jonas Chapman (No. 19) m. Hannah Peabody April 28, 1792. He removed from Stonington to Knox, Albany County, N. Y. Seven of his children are recorded on Stonington records. The ·other six are supposed to have been born after his removal
CHILDREN:
63 SALLY, b. July 3, 1792. 64 JONAS, b. May 20, 1795. 65 CYRUS, b. March, 1797.
66 THOMAS P., b. May 24, 1798.
67 CLARISSA, b. May 17, 1799. 68 LAVINIA, b. May 28, 1801.
69 ROXANNA, b. Aug. 15, 1802.
70 ERASTUS, b.
71 ELDRIDGE, b. -.
72 ALBERT, b.
73 DANIEL, b.
74 THADDEUS, b.
75 CORDELIA, b.
Capt. Timothy Chapman (No. 23) m. Nancy, daughter of Maj. Joseph Pendleton of Westerly, R. I. (No. 63), that family. He d. at Franklin, Conn., in 1827 ; she d. there in 1831.
CHILDREN:
76 NANCY, b. about 1784, m. Samuel H. Hinckley (No. 68), that family.
77 BETSEY, b. 1787, m. Samuel Copp (No. 69), that family.
78 JOSEPH P., b. - , d. in 1825, and left one son.
79 DEMARIOUS, b. 1793, m. David Leeds of Stonington.
80 OLIVER, b. - -, d. in the last war with Great Britain.
81 SUMNER, b. -- , d. at 8 years of age.
82 JOHN, b. -- -, d. at Natchez, Miss .; unmarried.
83 ENOCH C., b. 1802, m. Elizabeth Demarest of New York, 1826.
84 FREEMAN C., b. 1804, m. Fanny Hide of Franklin, Conn.
85 WILLIAM P., b. 1806, m. Eliza Pendleton of New London; removed to Sandusky, Ohio.
:86 DUDLEY B., b. 1810, m. Mary Setchel of Norwich, Conn.
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WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH FAMILY.
WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH, the first white man who made what is now Stonington, in Connecticut, his permanent place of abode, was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, in the year 1594, where he m. Anna Stevenson, December 6th, 1620. He was a gunsmith, and worked at his trade in England, and in this coun- try, until he came to Stonington in 1649, when he changed his occupation to that of farming and stock raising, occupying and. improving the large grants of land given him by the town of Pequot, now New London.
In the early part of the year 1630 he joined a large party of immigrants who came with John Winthrop, Esq., to this coun- try. Mr. Chesebrough located himself in Boston, Mass., and soon after became a member of the first church. He was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts Colony in May, 1631, and after- wards took an active part in public affairs. In 1632, Mr. Chese- brough was elected as "one of two" from Boston to unite with two from every plantation to confer with the court about raising a public stock, and "Prince" in his "Annals" says that this seems to pave the way for a house of representation in the General Court.
In 1634, Mr. Chesebrough was elected constable of Boston, where he continued to reside for several years. Previous to 1640 he removed to Braintree, and that year was elected deputy to the. Massachusetts General Court. Soon after which he removed his residence to Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, where in 1643 his list was returned at £450. The next year lots were drawn for a di- vision of the woodland near the town, and Mr. Chesebrough re- ceived lot No. 4. During this year the planters of Rehoboth drew up and signed a compact by which they agreed to be gov- erned by nine persons, "according to law and equity until we shall subject ourselves jointly to some other government." Mr. Chesebrough was a party to that transaction, which was partici- pated in by thirty of the planters of the new settlement. He had taken an active and prominent part in organizing the town of
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Rehoboth, and at a public meeting held July 12, 1644, his services were recognized by the town in ordering that he "should have di- vision in all lands of Seakunk, for one hundred and fifty three pounds, besides what he is to have for his own proportion, and that in way of consideration for the pains and charges he hath been at for setting off this plantation." He was propounded for freeman at the General Court in Plymouth in 1645, but was not admitted till 1648. Notwithstanding the prominent part he acted in establishing the plantation of Rehoboth, and the recognition of his services by the new town, he was not treated with much favor by the General Court of that colony, which ordered him to be arrested for an affray with an Indian by the name of Vassa- mequine, and harshly treated him in other respects. This led him to look further for a permanent place of abode. About this time Mr. John Winthrop, Jr., acting under a commission from the Massachusetts General Court, commenced a settlement at Name- aug, afterward called Pequot, and then New London. Mr. Chese- brough visited the place in 1645 for the purpose of making it his future home. He was kindly treated by Mr. Winthrop, and urged to settle there ; but finding the place in several respects unsuitable to his expectations, he concluded not to stay. Subsequently he examined the Pawcatuck region, and finally concluded to settle at the head of Wequetequock Cove. He shared the friendship of Roger Williams, and was encouraged and assisted by him in removing his habitation to Pawcatuck. He did not, however, im- mediately remove his family there, and not until he had pro- vided for them a comfortable place of abode. It was during the summer of 1849 that his family came to Wequetequock and oc- cupied their new house in the wilderness. The marsh land bor- dering on Wequetequock Cove furnished hay for his stock in abundance.
He brought his entire family with him, which consisted of his wife and four sons, namely, Samuel, Nathaniel, John and Elisha. The two eldest and the youngest subsequently married and had families, and after the death of each, their widows married again. John died single in 1660.
Mr. Chesebrough, like most of the early planters, traded more or less with the Indians, and was also engaged in trade with peo- ple of Long Island and elsewhere. The first act of the General Assembly of Connecticut was an order prohibiting all persons
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from selling firearms and ammunition to the Indians; another act was passed in 1642 "forbidding smiths from doing any work for the Indians, or selling them any instruments or matter made of iron or steel without a license from two magistrates." Various other acts were passed regulating and in some cases prohibiting trade with the Indians. Mr. Chesebrough while living at Reho- both, had incurred the displeasure of certain parties in the Plym- outh Colony, and no sooner was he located here, than they in- formed the General Court of Connecticut that he had removed here for the purpose of selling firearms to the Indians ; whereupon the Court, in November, 1649, issued a warrant "to the constable of Pequot to repair forthwith to Chesebrough of Long Island (where he was trading at the time), and to let him understand that the government of Connecticut doth dislike and distaste the way he is in and trade he doth drive among the Indians, and that they do require him to desist therefrom immediately; and that he should repair to Capt. Mason of Seabrook or some of the Magistrates upon the river (Connecticut) to give an account to him or them of what he hath done hitherto." Mr. Chesebrough at first disregarded this order, claiming that his new home was within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, but subsequently, acting under the advice and assurance of Mr. Winthrop and other friends at Pequot, he so far yielded to the authorities of Connec- ticut as to engage to appear at the General Court at Hartford in March, 1651, some sixteen months after the issue of said order, and related to them the reason why he had taken up his abode at Wequetequock, and that he was not engaged in any unlawful trade with the Indians, and assured them that his religious opin- ions were orthodox, neither did he intend to remain alone in the wilderness, and was in hopes that in a short time he should be able to procure a competent company of desirable persons for the planting of the place. The court reluctantly permitted him to remain on condition that if he would give a bond of £ 300 not to prosecute any unlawful trade with the Indians, and that he would furnish them with the names of such persons as he could induce to settle at Pawcatuck before the next winter, they would not compel him to remove. While the planters of Pequot were friendly to Mr. Chesebrough, they preferred that he should become an inhabitant of that settlement, rather than to establish a new township. In September of the same year, Mr. Chese-
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brough again visited Hartford for the purpose of obtaining a legal title to the land he occupied. Mr. Winthrop and the deputies from Pequot engaged that if he would put himself on the footing of an inhabitant of Pequot he should have his lands confirmed to him by a grant of the town. To this he acceeded, but the bounds of Pequot did not include his lands, whereupon "on request" the court extended the bounds of the settlement to Pawcatuck River, and the town in November following gave him a house lot at Pequot, which he never occupied. In January, 1652, a large tract of land was given him by the town of Pequot, which was afterwards liberally enlarged until it embraced between two and three thousand acres, and was included within the following boundaries, namely, beginning at the harbor of Stonington, run- ning northerly up the same, and Lambert's Cove, and Stony Brook to the old Post Road, thence following said road easterly to Anguilla Brook; thence down said brook and Wequetequock Cove and the Sound, to the place of beginning. Mr. Chesebrough succeeded in drawing around him a sufficient number of "accepta- ble persons" to satisfy the General Court; and the settlement of the town was begun, went on in a flourishing condition until 1654, when the planters here desired a separation for religious, as well as civil purposes. This measure was resisted by the planters at Pequot. Meantime, Massachusetts laid claim to the settlement, and the controversy went up to the court of the Commissioners of the United Colonies, and terminated in 1658 in awarding all the territory east of Mystic River to the Massachusetts Colony, under the name of Southertown, and so remained until 1662, when it was included in the new charter, and again became a part of the colony of Connecticut. In 1665, the name of Southertown was changed to that of Mystic, and in 1666, it was again changed to Stonington. Mr. Chesebrough was a man of more than ordin- ary ability, and held positions of trust not only in the Massachu- setts Colony, but was prominent in the settlement of the town of Rehoboth, in Plymouth Colony. After his place at Wequetequock was included in the township of Pequot, he was elected deputy thereof to the General Court at Hartford in 1653-4-5-6, and on one occasion rate-maker or assessor.
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