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CHILDREN:
293 MERCY, b. July 16, 1774, d. young.
294 HULDAH, b. Nov. 19, 1776, m. Rev. B. Howe, 1800.
295 EBENEZER, b. March 25, 1778.
296 SAXTON, b. Aug. 10, 1779, m. Mary Young, 1799.
297 NATHAN, b. Feb. 11, 1781, m., went to sea, never heard from.
298 OBED, b. Feb. 2, 1783, m. Margaret Conger.
299 BERIAH, b. March 2, 1785, m. Sarah Young.
300 MARY, b. Sept. 29, 1796.
301 NICHOLAS, b. July 9, 1788, m Clara Crippen.
Amos Chesebrough (No. 158) m. Mary, daughter of Richard Christophers.
CHILDREN:
302 MARY, b. -, m. Gideon Babcock of South Kingston, R. I., June 27, 1776.
303 DESIRE, b. -, m. Charles Congdon.
304 HENRY, b. Sept. 30, 1764.
305 LYDIA, b. Oct. 26, 1766, m. a Mr. Leavitt.
306 FRANCES, b. Aug. 27, 1768, m. Benedict Babcock.
307 RICHARD CHRISTOPHERS, b. and d. young.
308 ABIGAIL, b. -, m. Hazzard Perry.
Samuel Chesebrough (No. 163) m. Mary, daughter of William Slack, April 26, 1772, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Oct. II, 1825 ; she d. Aug. 25, 1814.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
CHILDREN:
309 AMOS, b. Dec. 14, 1773, m. Phebe Denison.
310 ABIGAIL, b. June 13, 1776, m. Nathan Langworthy.
311 DESIRE, b. Aug. 31, 1778, m. Robert Williams, son of Robert Williams.
312 ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 21, 1780, m. John Noyes (No. 171), that family.
313 MARY, b. Aug. 29, 1783, m. Elisha Fish; 2d, Rev. Elihu Chesebrough (No. 316), Chesebrough family.
314 PRISCILLA, b. March 26, 1786, m. John Noyes (No. 171).
315 GEORGE, b. Aug. 16, 1788, m. Elizabeth Bass.
Lieut. Elihu Chesebrough (No. 169) m. Phebe Denison May 19, 1768 (No. 219), Denison family. He d. Oct. 26, 1781 ; his widow m. Gilbert Smith Jan. 30, 1793, and after his death she m. Rev. Silas Burrows, and died April 8, 1833, aged 86 yrs ; buried by her first husband at Wequetequock.
CHILDREN:
316 REV. ELIHU, b. Dec. 26, 1769, m. Lydia Chesebrough; m. 2d, widow Mary Fish Chesebrough.
317 DANIEL, b. Jan. 12, 1771, m. Fanny Williams (No. 467), that family, Jan. 6, 1793.
318 PHEBE DENISON, b. March 11, 1773, m. Zebulon Chesebrough (No. 247), Feb. 6, 1791.
319 HENRY, b Feb. 25, 1775, d. young.
320 HENRY, b. June 15, 1778, d. young.
321 NANCY, b. Oct. 5, 1780, m. Samuel Corwin of Long Island.
William Chesebrough (No. 170) m. Esther Williams (No. 212), Williams family, Feb. 3, 1774, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Dec. 21, 1840; she d. June 2, 1814.
CHILDREN:
322 WILLIAM, b. Dec. 11, 1774, m. Fanny Page, Oct. 27, 1796 (No. 27), that family.
323 ESTHER, b. Aug. 26, 1776, m. Rev. Reuben Moss (No. 29), Moss family. 324 EPHRAIM, b. June 12, 1778, m. Hannah Pickett Latimer of Waterford.
325 MARTHA, b. July 7, 1780, m. Col. William Randall (No. 71), Randall family.
326 EUNICE, b. Dec. 27, 1781, m. Joseph Noyes (No. 167), that family. 327 LUKE, b. April 1, 1783, d. July 5, 1783.
328 HENRY, b. May 13, 1784, m. Sarah Williams (No. 301), that family, July, 1813; m. 2d, Martha Williams (No. 303), that family.
329 SILAS, b. Nov. 19, 1796, m. Phebe Esther Williams (No. 307), Williams family, Feb. 1, 1819.
Naboth Chesebrough (No. 173) m. Phebe, daughter of Capt. Andrew Palmer, Oct. 29, 1775 (No. 307), that family. He d. Jan. 27, 1804 ; she d. April 22, 1787.
CHILDREN:
330 NABOTH, b. in 1776, d. young.
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305
WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH FAMILY.
331 FREDERICK, b. in 1778, m. Priscilla Miner (No. 276). 332 FANNY, b. in 1780, m. Adam States, Nov. 21, 1800.
333 MARY, b. in 1782, m. John Pendleton.
334 LUCY, b. in 1784, d. young.
335 PAUL S., b. in 1786, d. young.
Amos Chesebrough (No. 309) m. Phebe Denison (No. 394), Denison family, July 13, 1801, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Aug. 3, 1846; she d. Oct. 9. 1846.
CHILDREN:
336 GRACE, b. July 13, 1803.
337 EDMUND D., b. Aug. 26, 1805, m. Nancy D. Clift (No. 36).
338 HENRY D., b. Dec. 5, 1807, m. Sophia Williams (No. 114), that family.
339 RICHARD C., b. March 14, 1810, m. Nancy Chesebrough (No. 182), that family.
340 SAMUEL, b. Oct. 8, 1814, d. unmarried.
341 AMOS, b. Dec. 22, 1816, m. Eunice Gates, Sept. 24, 1851.
342 GIDEON, b. Aug. 17, 1823, m. Anna Adelia Lasher Sept. 5, 1854.
Samuel B. Chesebrough (No. 205) m. Sally Robinson Dec. 25, 1814; she d. April 23, 1830. He m. 2d, Mrs. Harriet (Haskell) Pollard Dec. 5, 1830; she d. Dec. 11, 1855. He m. 3d, Mrs. Lydia (Fellows) Langworthy, March 19, 1857; she d. Aug. 24, 1882. He d. May 24, 1858.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
343 JOHN ROBINSON, b. Nov. 7, 1815, m. Almira F. Burdick Jan. 2, 1842. 344 DUDLEY R., b. May 28, 1818, m. Jane Tinker Sept. 24, 1843.
345 ANN ELIZABETH, Sept. 23, 1820, m. George W. Ashbey Oct. 11, 1838. 346 FRANCES MARY, b. Sept. 13, 1822, m. Ichabod Dickinson, Dec. 25, 1842. 347 SAMUEL, b. April 29, 1826, d. Sept. 9, 1830.
348 SARAH JANE, b. April 29, 1829, m. Marcus M. Swazey; 2d, Mr. Wolfe. CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE.
349 HARRIET, b. Sept. 13, 1831, d. Sept. 29, 1831.
350 SAMUEL, b. Aug. 2, 1836, d. Sept. 22, 1836.
351 HARRIET, (twin), b. Aug. 2, 1836, d. Sept. 15, 1836.
352 SAMUEL HENRY, b. Dec. 8, 1838, m. Lucretia Maria Babcock (No. 246), Sept. 26, 1865.
Jesse Chesebrough (No. 193) m. Martha Putnam Dec. 26, 1790. He d. June 23, 1830. She d. Nov. 15, 1825. They removed to Manluis, N. Y., in 1798.
CHILDREN:
353 JESSE, b. Dec. 25, 1791. 354 GURDON, b. Aug. 20, 1793. 355 ELI, b. April 4, 1795.
356 JOHN P., b. April 22, 1795.
357 SAMUEL, b. March 13, 1799.
358 REUBEN, b. Nov. 6, 1800.
359 MARTHA, b. Oct. 27, 1802.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
360 ABISHA, b. Feb. 21, 1805. 361 SUBMIT, b. Aug. 30, 1807.
362 ANNA, b. July 8, 1809.
363 JOSEPH, b. Oct. 8, 1811.
364 ELMANSON, b. May 29, 1813.
365 Infant, b. Aug. 25, 1815.
Elias Chesebrough (No. 195) m. Lucretia Palmer (No. 296), that family, Nov. 14, 1793. He d. Feb. 22, 1849; she d. May 23, 1841.
CHILDREN:
366 HULDAH, b. Aug. 16, 1794, d. young.
367 SALLY, b. April 26, 1796, d. April 10, 1836, unmarried.
368 MARVIN, b. Feb. 23, 1798, d. Jan. 26, 1872, unmarried.
369 ELIAS, b. Dec. 12, 1799, d. Jan. 21, 1800.
370 LUCRETIA P., b. Dec. 20, 1800, d. Nov. 5, 1864, unmarried.
371 DENISON P., b. Jan. 24, 1803, m. Sarah Jane Hancox Oct. 28, 1854.
372 RODMAN, b. Jan. 24, 1805, d. Oct. 17, 1806.
373 JOSEPH, b. March 3, 1807, m. Louisa S. Noyes Jan. 18, 1831 (No. 358), Noyes family.
374 SOPHIA, b. Jan. 31, 1809, m. Thomas J. Wheeler (No. 215), that family. 375 MARY ANN, b. Feb. 3, 1811, m. Fred D. Chesebrough (No. 403), Oct. 25, 1837.
Ezra Chesebrough (No. 196) m. Sarah Palmer Dec. 18, 1796 (No. 300), that family. He d. Feb. 13, 1838; she d. Aug. 24, I828.
CHILDREN:
376 SABRA, b. Oct. 21, 1797, m. Nathaniel Robinson.
377 HULDA, b. June 9, 1799, d. July 5, 1801.
378 RHODA, b. Aug. 4, 1801, m. Cyrus Grant Nov. 18, 1820 (No. 72), Grant family.
379 EZRA, b. March 31, 1804, m. Nancy Deane Dec. 28, 1828 (No. 37), Deane family.
380 SALLY ANN, b. Nov. 18, 1806, d. April 15, 1849, unmarried.
381 ALBERT, b. Dec. 14, 1808, m. Phebe E. Cobb Dec. 20, 1832.
382 NANCY LORD, b. July 10, 1811, m. Richard B. Eldred Jan. 22, 1832.
383 EMMA, b. Aug. 24, 1815, m. Amos Allen Palmer Oct. 4, 1846 (No. 444).
384 HANNAH, b. June 26, 1818, m. Amos Allen Palmer in 1834 (No. 444), Palmer family.
Enoch Stanton Chesebrough (No. 272) m. Sally Sheffield, b. Nov. 23, 1793, dau. of Capt. Amos Sheffield, Jan. 1, 1811. He d. Sept. 25, 1859; she d. July 5, 1863.
CHILDREN:
385 FRANCES MARIA, b. Dec. 2, 1811, d'y March 12, 1814.
386 AMOS SHEFFIELD, b. Aug. 22, 1813, m. Harriet, dau. of George H. Chap- man, Nov. 16, 1841. She was b. April 15, 1819, d. June 14, 1897.
387 ELLSWORTH, b. July 10, 1816, m. Anna Louise Addison June 28, 1842; m. 2d, Anna Euphenia Kearney April 10, 1847. He d. Oct. 24, 1864.
307
WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH FAMILY.
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388 ABBY SHEFFIELD, b. Aug. 23, 1818, m. Joseph Eells Smith, Feb. 16, 1841 (No. 112), Smith family; she d. Feb. 17, 1880; he d. March 15, 1893.
389 NICHOLAS HALLAM, b May 13, 1821, m. Henrietta Hatfield Nov. 21, 1848. He d. April 6, 1899; she d. Jan. 1, 1899.
389 DANIEL CAREW, b. Nov. 17, 1823, d. Aug. 24, 1826.
Thomas Randall Chesebrough (No. 251) m. Mercy Chese- brough (No. 204) Jan. 27, 1805. He d. Dec. 21, 1817; she d. Oct. 18, 1864.
CHILDREN:
390 MERCY SUBMIT, b. Oct. 20, 1805, d. Aug. 31, 1836.
391 THOMAS W., b. Feb. 11, 1807, m. Eliza Birdsell Feb. 3, 1835.
392 COURTLAND P., b. Feb. 6, 1809, m. Hannah Maria Hinckley Jan. 17, 1842.
393 THANKFUL C., b. Oct. 26, 1811, m. Peter Forsyth Sept. 28, 1831.
394 SABRINA N., b. Sept. 21, 1812, d. Oct. 4, 1836.
395 LYDIA C., b. Jan. 24, 1814, m. Charles Niles Dec. 17, 1835. .
396 PRUDENCE MARY, b. May 16, 1816, m. Henry Hinckley Dec. 12, 1838 (No. 81), that family.
Rev. Elihu Chesebrough (No. 316) m. Lydia Chesebrough (No. 249) March 20, 1791. She d. May 31, 1841. He m. 2d, Mrs. Mary (Chesebrough) Fish Oct. 8, 1848 (No. 313), Chesebrough family. He d. April 29, 1868; she d. July 22, 1866.
CHILDREN:
397 ELIHU, b. Jan. 3, 1792, m. Nancy Pendleton.
398 DENISON, b. Jan. 16, 1794, m. Martha Denison.
399 LYDIA, b. March 28, 1796, d. young.
400 GILBERT S., b. Sept. 21, 1798, m. Prudence Miner, Lucy Stanton.
401 PRUDENCE, b. Oct. 5, 1800, m. Samuel Langworthy.
402 ETHAN ALLEN, b. Dec. 25, 1803, m. Eliza Ann Pendleton.
403 FREDERICK D., b. Oct. 20, 1805, m. Mary Chesebrough (No. 375), Oct. 25, 1837.
404 LYDIA, b. Aug. 1, 1807, m. Joseph Sewell Wright.
405 AMELIA, b. July 17, 1809, m. Thomas J. Wheeler (No. 315), that family. 406 MARY ANN, b. Sept. 29, 1811, m. William Chesebrough Stanton, son of Jonathan G. Stanton of Voluntown.
Zebulon Chesebrough (No. 241a) m. Hopestill, daughter of Nathaniel Fellows, she b. May 16, 1776, d. July 1, 1868. He d. Feb. 28, 1851.
CHILDREN:
407 ELDREDGE, b. Sept. 3, 1801, d. Feb., 1824.
407a SALLY, b. Sept. 13, 1803, m. William Murphy Aug. 23, 1829.
408 DUDLEY, b. Oct. 27, 1805, m. Celia Ann Sheffield Aug. 27, 1826.
409 ELIZA, b. Jan. 12, 1808, d. unmarried Feb. 8, 1876, aged 68 years.
410 ANDREW, b. Sept. 13, 1810, m. Betsey C. Lewis; 2d, Elizabeth Read. He d. July 31, 1864, aged 54 years.
411 EZRA D., b. May 7, 1813, d. March 29, 1878, unmarried .
411a LUCENA P., b. Sept. 8, 1815, m. Josiah Baylies, 1835; they had seven children.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Elihu Chesebrough (No. 397) m. Nancy Bell Pendleton Jan. 10, 1819 (No. 115), that family. She d. May 26, 1871 ; he d. Sept. 20, 1881.
CHILDREN:
412 ELIHU, b. Nov., 1819, m. Mary Ann Wilbur.
413 CHARLES H., b. Aug. 26, 1821, m. Prudence Potter Oct. 20, 1844.
414 ENOCH C., b. Nov. 20, 1823, m. Margaret Conant Dec. 3, 1855.
415 NANCY MARIA, b. Sept. 25, 1825, m. Billings Burch March 10, 1847 (No. 74), that family.
416 ANN ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 29, 1827, m. 1st, Warren Palmer (No. 414), that family; 2d, William E. D. Miller, Aug. 14, 1846.
417 FRANCES MARIAN, b. Aug. 17, 1829, unmarried.
418 ERASTUS S., b. May 13, 1832, m. Emeline Hancox Sept. 17, 1860.
419 PRUDENCE MARY, b. Oct. 22, 1834, d. unmarried.
420 HARRIET, b. Dec. 11, 1836, m. Oscar Miller.
421 DENISON ALLEN, b. Feb. 21, 1839, m. Jemima Giles Jan. 8, 1863.
Andrew Chesebrough (No. 242) m. Deborah Lewis, as given on her grave stone, but on record found Deborah Haley.
CHILDREN:
422 LUKE, b. in 1814, m. Mary E. Miner, (No. 311d), that family, d. Sept. 6, 1852.
423 MARY ANN, b. in 1816, m. Nathaniel Brand, d. Dec. 26, 1835.
424 ANDREW, b. Feb. 17, 1819, m. 1st, Nancy Wilcox April 4, 1847; 2d, Avis Wilcox, April 7, 1850.
425 GRACE M., b. May, 1822, m. Sanford Holdridge in 1857.
426 WILLIAM, b. in 1827, d. May 17, 1830.
William Chesebrough (No. 244) m. Eliza Noyes (No. 328), that family, Nov. 25, 1830. He d. Dec. 8, 1876; she d. Aug. 18, 1803.
CHILDREN:
427 NANCY, b. Sept. 5, 1832, m. John A. Fish; 2d, Dr. William C. Hussey. 428 WILLIAM F., b. April 1, 1837, m. Elizabeth Davis March 28, 1871. 429 ALMIRA, b. Oct. 8, 1839, d. unmarried March 10, 1862.
Zebulon Chesebrough (No. 247) m. Phebe Chesebrough (No. 318) Feb. 7, 1791 ; she d. June 21, 1815. He m. 2d, Abigail Ran- dall, his cousin (No. 78), that family. He d. Dec. 15, 1828; she d. June 20, 1849.
CHILDREN:
430 PHEBE, b. - -, m. Joshua Lawton.
431 POLLY, b. -, m. Acors Lawton Dec. 2, 1821.
432 EMMA, b. m. Andrew Billings Holmes.
433 MARIA, b. -. 435 JANE, b.
434 ALEXANDER, b. -- , m. Harriet Wilcox.
Nathaniel Chesebrough (No. 266) m. Polly, dau. of Elisha and Priscilla (Noyes) Sanford, May 29, 1799.
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WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH FAMILY.
CHILDREN:
436 ELIZA ANN, b. 1802, m. Simeon Palmer Feb. 26, 1824. 437 MARY ANN, b. -. 438 FRANCIS, b.
439 HALLAM, b. , m. Mary
Denison Chesebrough (No. 398) m. Martha Denison (No. 537), that family, Nov. 15, 1818. He d. Aug. 31, 1834; she d. Dec. 4, 1863.
CHILDREN:
440 OLIVER D., b. Jan. 20, 1820, m. Frances, dau. of Benjamin F. Hancox, Jr., and wife Eunice Stevens, dau. of Stanton Stevens, and wife, Eunice (Hall) Short.
441 JAMES MONROE, b. Aug. 2, 1820, m. Frances Wilcox, daughter of Phi- neas and Mercy (Taylor) Wilcox.
*442 BENJAMIN F., b. Nov. 22, 1825, d. unmarried in California.
*NOTE .- Rebecca Chesebrough, which was (No. 442), will now be found as (No. 450).
443 EMILY, b. Oct. 18, 1831, m. Capt. John Brown.
Ethan Allen Chesebrough (No. 402) m. Eliza Ann Pendleton July 14, 1828. He was lost at sea Sept., 1833. She m. 2d, Deni- son Palmer.
CHILDREN BY FIRST HUSBAND:
444 ELIZA ANN, b. -, m. William J. H. Pollard (No. 19), that family. 445 MARY, b. -, m. James Miner, b. Jan. 27, 1825.
Sarah Chesebrough (No. 76) m. Zebediah Mix Feb. 17, 1725. CHILDREN:
446 AMOS MIX, bapt. Feb. 6, 1726.
447 ZEBEDIAH, bapt. March 3, 1728, m. Olive Bell Dec. 2, 1751.
448 HANNAH, bapt. Jan. 11, 1730, m. Nathaniel Thompson (No. 10), that family.
449 SARAH, bapt. Nov. 3, 1734, m. Noyes Palmer (No. 127), that family. 450 REBECCA, bapt. -, m. John Chesebrough July 27, 1760 (No. 90).
CLIFT FAMILY.
The first Clift in this country is given by "Savage" as
I. WILLIAM CLIFT, born in England and came to Scitu- ate, Mass., in his youth, and later was of Marshfield, Mass., mar- ried Nov. 25, 1691, Lydia, dau. of Samuel Willis or Wills, who was the son of William Wills, the first of the name in Scituate, who lived on Wills Island and died in 1688. William Clift d. Oct. 17, 1722.
CHILDREN:
2 LYDIA, b. July 13, 1697.
3 WILLIAM, b. April 30, 1700, m. Judith , d. in Marshfield, Jan 23, 1750.
4 SAMUEL, b. Oct. 22, 1709.
5 JOSEPH, b. in 1712, d. in North Carolina in 1766, m. Mary Edgell.
6 MARY, b. July 6, 1714.
Samuel Clift (No. 4) m. before 1733 Lydia Dagget ; he removed to Plainfield, Conn., about 1745, and d. in Griswold, Conn., Aug. 22, 1794.
CHILDREN:
7 RHODA, b. in Marshfield Aug. 29, 1733, d. Dec. 22, 1734.
8 RHODA, b. in Marshfield, Mass., April 29, 1735, d. Sept. 5, 1739.
9 AMOS, b. in Marshfield, Mass., Sept. 20, 1737.
10 MARY, b. in Marshfield, Mass., Oct. 7, 1738, m. Joseph Kimball and d. July 9, 1780.
11 LEMUEL, b. in Marshfield, Mass., April 20, 1740, d. Feb. 14, 1741.
12 WATERMAN, b. in Marshfield, Mass., Dec. 28, 1741, settled in Windham, Conn.
13 BETHIAH, b. in Marshfield, Mass., Feb. 21, 1744, m. Elian Woodward.
14 WILLS, b. in Marshfield, Mass., June 18, 1745, d. 1810.
15 DEBORAH, b. in Plainfield, Conn., June 6, 1749.
16 JOSEPH, b. in Plainfield, Conn., Sept. 13, 1750, d. May 9, 1827.
17 LEMUEL, b. in Plainfield, Conn., Oct. 10, 1755, m. Sarah Hall, d. Sept. 13, 1821.
Amos Clift (No. 9) m. Mary Coit, Feb. 12, 1761, and 2d, Anna Denison Avery, Sept. 2, 1798. He d. in Griswold, Conn., July 29, 1806.
CHILDREN;
18 HEZEKIAH, b. in Preston, Conn., Dec. 4, 1761, m. Lucy Walton, d. in Vermont Oct. 10, 1822.
19 WILLIAM, b. in Preston, Conn., Aug. 28, 1763, m. Nancy D. Avery June 5, 1813, d. Jan. 30, 1831; she d. Nov. 27, 1871.
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CLIFT FAMILY.
They had two children, viz., William Clift, who was b. Sept. 12, 1817. He graduated from Amherst College in 1839, and from Union Theological Seminary, N. Y. city, in 1843. He was pastor of the Congregational Church at Stonington Borough for twenty years, and pastor of the Mystic Bridge Congregational Church for nine years. He m. Harriet A. Peters, dau. of Rev. Absolom and wife, Harriet Peters, of New York. They had three children. His brother, Samuel Clift, was b. June 4, 1820, and m. Mary J. Prentice, but had no children.
20 MARY, b. May 31, 1765, m. John Watson in 1784, d. March 10, 1840. 21 LYDIA, b. July 24, 1767, m. Nathan Coggswill, d. June 28, 1790.
22 AMOS, b. in Preston, Conn., May 27, 1769, d. in Mystic, Conn., Nov. 15, 1818.
23 BETSEY, b. Feb. 6, 1772, m. John Prentice, d. July 1, 1814.
24 ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 4, 1774, m. Nathan Prentice in 1794, d. July, 1859.
25 NATHANIEL, b. Oct. 29, 1775, d. in Stonington, Conn., Feb. 14, 1837.
Amos Clift (No. 22) m. Esther Williams (No. 132) R. Wil- liams family, of Stonington, Conn., Sept. 28, 1791. CHILDREN:
26 LYDIA, b. at Berne, New York, where her parents had moved Dec. 28, 1792, and she m. Jabish Holmes (No. 43), of that family, of Stoning- ton, Conn., May 26, 1811.
27 DENISON, b. in Berne, N. Y., and d. there.
28 LEMUEL, b. April 22, 1798, m. Mary Fish in Feb., 1829; after her death he m. Almira Harris Dec. 25, 1844.
Mrs. Esther Williams Clift d. and Mr. Amos Clift m. 2d, Thankful Denison (No. 402), Denison family, Aug. 4, 1798. He d. Nov. 15, 1818.
CHILDREN:
29 ESTHER, b. Aug. 7, 1805.
30 MARGERY, b. July 4, 1802, d. young.
31 AMOS, b. Aug. 7, 1805, m. Charity Morgan Jan. 29, 1829.
32 JOHN C., b. May 2, 1807, m. Lydia P. Gillson Sept. 30, 1828.
33 WATERMAN, b. Sept. 17, 1809, m. Esther Hazard Aug. 31, 1835.
34 HORATIO, b. March 24, 1811, d. young.
35 FREDERICK D., b. Oct. 10, 1815, m. Prudence A. Welch July 11, 1837.
36 NANCY D., b. March 23, 1817, m. Edmund Chesebrough (No. 337), Sept. 30, 1840.
Nathaniel Clift (No. 25) m. Eunice (No. 403), Denison family, daughter of Isaac Denison and wife Eunice Williams, Aug. 5, 1801. He d. Feb. 14, 1837.
CHILDREN:
37 HIRAM, b. April 3, 1803, m. Mary E. Crary Jan. 1, 1852.
38 WILLIAM, b. April 20, 1805, m. Bridget Fish June 18, 1833 (No. 53).
39 NATHAN, b. May 20, 1807, d. young.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
40 MARY C., b. Nov. 26, 1808, m. Capt. John Holdredge Jan. 14, 1829.
41 NATHANIEL, b. May 20, 1811, m. Martha Ann Denison (No. 604), May 11, 1837.
42 HARRIET, b. Feb. 10, 1816, m. Benjamin F. Hoxie Nov. 19, 1843. 43 IRA H., b. April 27, 1818, m. Frances A. Leeds April 22, 1846. 44 EUNICE, b. July 19, 1819, m. Charles H. Mallory July 25, 1841.
45 HORACE H., b. Feb. 8, 1821, m. Frances E. Burrows, Oct. 25, 1848 (No. 46).
46 ISAAC D., b. Oct. 14, 1822, m. Elizabeth I. Tift Oct. 5, 1853.
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COATES FAMILY.
There were three men by this family name that settled in Stonington, Conn., now North Stonington, soon after the year 1700. They are supposed to be brothers, if not, they were doubt- less near relatives. Their names were:
1 ROBERT, b. -.
2 WILLIAM, b. -.
3 JOSEPH, b.
Robert Coates (No. I) and Mary were probably m. in 1705.
CHILDREN:
4 BARTHOLOMEW, b. Sept. 1, 1707.
5 MARY, b. April 8, 1713.
6 OBADIAH, b. March 26, 1715.
7 SUSANNAH, b. May 4, 1717.
8 DANIEL, b. Oct. 3, 1719.
9 MARTHA, b. Oct. 28, 1721.
10 VICTORIA, b. Oct. 17, 1723.
11 DAVID, b. Dec. 28, 1726.
12 THANKFUL, b. Feb. 23, 1728.
William Coates (No. 2) and Hannah Bill were m. by the Rev. Mr. Ephriam Woodbridge, pastor of the church of Groton, Conn., June 9, 1714.
CHILDREN:
13 EXPERIENCE, b. Aug. 7, 1717, d. Dec. 3, 1743.
14 MARY, b. Oct. 14, 1719.
15 WILLIAM, b. Nov. 31, 1721.
16 JOHN, b. July 8, 1723.
Joseph Coates (No. 3) and Hopestill Elliot were m. by the Rev. Mr. Hezekiah Lord of Preston, Conn., Nov. 7, 1723. No children recorded.
John Coates (No. 16) of Stonington and Anna Gray of Little Compton, R. I., were m. Dec. 14, 1749, by Rev. Jonathan Ellis. CHILDREN:
17 THOMAS, b. Oct. 14, 1750, d. Feb. 28, 1753.
18 EDWARD, b. Jan. 15, 1753.
19 ASAHEL, b. Sept. 8, 1755.
20 ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 6, 1756.
21 REBECCA, b. May 28, 1759.
22 AMOS, b. Oct. 17, 1761.
23 RUBIE, b. March 18, 1764.
24 DAVID, b. Dec. 17, 1766.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
David Coates (No. 24) and Molly Brown (No. 104), that fam- ily, both of Stonington, were m. by Elder Eleazer Brown June 29, 1788.
CHILDREN:
25 DAVID, b. Jan. 4, 1789, m. Susan Maine (No. 164), that family, Oct. 14, 1824.
26 ASHER, b. Oct. 16, 1790, m. for his 1st wife Lucy, dau. of Capt. John Holmes, March 27, 1817, and m. for 2d wife, Lucy, dau. of Gilbert Billings, April 18, 1826 (No. 184), that family.
27 ANSEL, b. March 4, 1794, m. Eunice Randall (No. 101), Randall family. 28 POLLY, b. Feb. 28, 1799, m. Cyrus Swan.
29 CLARISSA H., b. June 16, 1801.
30 LUCY P., b. July 22, 1806, m. Austin Wheeler Feb. 9, 1843.
31 JOHN C., b. Nov. 1, 1811, m. Mary E. Cates Sept. 3, 1854.
COBB FAMILY.
I. ELDER OR DEACON HENRY COBB came to this country from Southwark, Kent, England, in 1630, and located first at Plymouth, Mass., where he remained about seven years, afterwards moving to Scituate. He was deacon of the church and pastor of the church at Barnstable, Mass., in 1645, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was also deputy five terms. He married Patience, daughter of Dea. James and Catharine Hurst of Plymouth, Mass., in 1631, and had
CHILDREN:
2 JOHN, b. at Plymouth, Mass., June 7, 1632, m. Martha Nelson in 1658, dau. of William Nelson.
3 JAMES, b. at Plymouth Jan. 14, 1634, m. Sarah Lewis in 1663.
4 MARY, b. at Plymouth or Scituate March 24, 1637, m. Jonathan Dunham.
5 HANNAH, b. at Scituate Oct. 5, 1639, m. Edward Lewis.
6 PATIENCE, b. at Barnstable March 15, 1641, m. Robert Parker.
7 GERSHOM, b. at Barnstable Jan. 10, 1644, m. Hannah Davis.
8 ELEAZER, b. March 30, 1648.
Mrs. Patience Cobb was buried May 4, 1648, and on the 12th of . Dec., 1649, Dea. Henry Cobb married Sarah (No. 5), dau. of Samuel Hinckley. Dea. Henry Cobb d. in 1679.
THEIR CHILDREN:
9 MEHITABLE, b. Sept. 1, 1651, at Barnstable, d. March 8, 1652.
10 SAMUEL, b. Oct. 12, 1654, at Barnstable, m. Elizabeth Taylor.
11 SARAH, b. Jan. 15, 1658, at Barnstable, d. Jan. 25, 1658.
12 JONATHAN, b. April 10, 1660, at Barnstable, m. Hope Hawkins in 1683.
13 SARAH, b. March 10, 1663.
14 HENRY, b. Sept. 3, 1665.
15 MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 15, 1669.
16 EXPERIENCE, b. March 11, 1671.
Henry Cobb (No. 14) inherited the paternal mansion at Barn- stable, Mass., and was m. April 10, 1690, to Lois, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Hallet, who were m. in 1666. The Stonington church records say that Henry Cobb's dismission from the church at Barnstable was read Nov. II, 1705. He d. Sept. 24, 1722.
CHILDREN BORN AT BARNSTABLE WERE:
17 GIDEON, b. April 11, 1691.
18 EUNICE, b. Sept. 18, 1693, m. Benadam Gallup (No. 36), Jan. 11, 1716.
19 LOIS, b. March 2, 1696, m. Samuel Stanton (No. 332a) of Stonington, Conn., March 19, 1718.
20 NATHAN, b. Jan. 1, 1701, d. Nov. 15, 1726.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
In 1703 Henry Cobb and family came to Stonington to reside, and their children born here as follows. In 1725 they removed to Windham, Conn.
CHILDREN:
21 EBENEZER, b. Jan. 28, 1705, d. Nov. 17, 1726.
22 MARY, b. Feb. 7, 1707.
23 HENRY, b. April 15, 1710, m. Mary Babcock.
24 HALLET, b. May 2, 1719, m. Bridget Champlin in Feb. 3, 1748. There was also a Mary Cobb, who m. Joshua Thompson of Westerly, whose birth does not appear in the records, and also a Bridget Cobb, who married Hezekiah Monroe Aug. 12, 1752, and these may have been the children of these same parents.
Gideon Cobb (No. 17) m. Margaret Fish (No. 7) Sept. 25, 1717, dau. of John Fish, Jr., and wife Margaret. The daughter Mar- garet was sometimes called Margaret Cleveland, as her mother married Samuel Cleveland of Canterbury, Conn., after the death of her first husband, John Fish, Jr.
CHILDREN:
25 GIDEON, bapt. at Stonington, Conn., Oct. 19, 1718, and the same day his parents were admitted to the Stonington Church. They were dismissed from the church here June 12, 1726, and recommended to the church at Canada, but joined the church at Hampton, Conn. Gid- eon Cobb (No. 25) married Abigail Dyer of Canterbury, Conn., in 1726.
Henry Cobb (No. 23) m. Mary Babcock (No. 61) of the Bab- cock family, about 1732 or 1733. He m. 2d, Prudence Champlin, March 2, 1768.
THEIR CHILDREN WERE:
26 NATHAN, b. June 12, 1734, d. 1805.
27 SUSANNAH, b. Nov. 10, 1735, m. Azariah Stanton (No. 44), that family, Oct. 15, 1760, and m. 2d, Jeremiah Tenney in 1774.
28 LOIS, b. Oct. 24, 1737, m. Acors Sheffield Nov. 26, 1761.
29 MARY, b. Feb. 15, 1740, m. Thomas Noyes (No. 140), that family, Jan. 24, 1760, d. March, 1833.
30 EBENEZER, b. March 30, 1742.
31 OLIVER, b. March 13, 1744.
32 ELKANAH, b. March 6, 1746.
33 EUNICE, b. Aug. 3, 1748, m. Sylvester Pendleton April 11, 1773.
34 SARAH, b. Sept. 30, 1750, m. Andrew Brown Feb. 14, 1771 (No. 126), Lynn Brown family.
35 ANNE, b. Jan. 4, 1756, m. - Ward.
Ebenezer Cobb (No. 30) m. Mary Brown (No. 70), Rev. Chad Brown family, Jan. 16, 1766.
CHILDREN:
37 EBENEZER, b. Dec. 9, 1766.
38 MARY, b. Aug. 7, 1769, m. Henry Stanton Cobb of Norwich (No. 68). 39 OLIVER, b. Jan. 29, 1772.
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COBB FAMILY.
40 HENRY, b. March 14, 1774, d. 1776.
41 NATHAN, b. March 28, 1777, d. young.
42 HENRY, b. Feb. 7, 1778. 43 NATHAN, b. Dec. 18, 1780. 44 SARAH, b. Dec. 27, 1783.
45 SANFORD, b. April 23, 1785.
46 JAMES NOYES, b. April 29, 1787.
Elkanah Cobb (No. 32) m. Abigail Brown (No. 72), Rev. Chad Brown family, April 18, 1773. CHILDREN: 47 NABBY, b. July 2, 1774.
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