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48 NATHAN, b. Nov. 29, 1776, d. young.
49 JOHN, b. April 8, 1779.
50 ELKANAH, b. July 27, 1781.
51 NATHAN, b. Sept. 20, 1783.
52 HALLET, b. Nov. 2, 1766, d. young. 53 ABBY, b. Nov. 9, 1788.
Ebenezer Cobb (No. 37) m. Patty or Martha Stanton (No. 400), dau. of Enoch and wife Waity Dyer Stanton, Jan 12, 1794.
CHILDREN:
54 JOHN, b.
55 EMELINE, b.
56 ELIZA, b. 57 ENOCH, b.
58 EDWARD, b.
Oliver Cobb (No. 39) m. Abigail Denison (No. 328), that fam- ily, Nov. 1, 1795.
CHILDREN:
59 JULIAN, b. Aug. 6, 1796, d. Aug. 6, 1797.
60 MARIAH, b. Jan. 24, 1798.
61 OLIVER E., b. Oct. 5, 1799, d. Sept. 24, 1801.
62 OLIVER E., b. March 6, 1802.
63 SAMUEL D., b. - , and d. Sept. 3, 1805.
64 CHARLES D., b. Oct. 4, 1804.
65. SANFORD, b. Dec. 12, 1806. 66 ABBY D., b. Sept. 27, 1809.
The Henry Cobb who came to Stonington in 1703 lived in the southeastern part of the town, near the present residence of Mr. Daniel Brown.
Nathan Cobb (No. 26) m. Catharine Copp (No. 30) Dec. 28, 1757, and went to Norwich, Conn. She d. in 1793.
CHILDREN:
67 HENRY, b. Jan. 5, 1759, d. 1761. 68 HENRY S., b. 1761. 69 KATHARINE, b. in 1762.
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70 JERUSHA, b. in 1764.
71 MARGARET, b. 1766.
72 MARY, b. 1768.
Henry Stanton Cobb (No. 68) m. Mary (No. 38) Cobb family, dau of Ebenezer and wife Mary (Brown) Cobb, of Stonington, in 1791.
CHILDREN:
73 FRANCES, b. in 1793.
74 CATHARINE, b. 1794, d. 1796.
75 HENRY HALLET, b. in 1796.
76 ALFRED, b. 1797.
77 CATHARINE, b. 1800, in Stonington, Conn.
78 MARY, b. in 1803 in Stonington.
79 NATHAN, b. in 1805 in Stonington, Conn.
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COLLINS FAMILY.
I. DANIEL COLLINS, b. A. D. 1710, d. July 16, 1797. He was the son (or grandson) of James Collins, who, with his broth- ers John and Robert, came from Kent or Essex in England in 1669, and settled in Massachusetts. His birthplace is not known, but at the time of his marriage he dwelt in New London, and afterwards removed to Stonington. He m. Alice Pell of New London, Feb. 7, 1731, and had by her one son, Daniel Collins (No. 2). By the records of the first Congregational Church of Stonington it appears that Daniel Collins of New London mar- ried Rebecca Stanton of Stonington, July 7, 1754, widow of Samuel Stanton (No. 18), that family. She d. childless in 1755.
CHILD BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
2 DANIEL, b. March 10, 1732, d. April 6, 1819. He was born in New London, but made Stonington his abiding place and became the progenitor of a large family, one branch only of which, viz., that descended from his son Gilbert, remained here. He served in the Continental army from 1775, and was 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Regi- ment of the Connecticut line, formation of 1776. He was a man of prominence in the town. His farm was on the old Post Road, oppo- site the present meeting house of the First Congregational Society of Stonington. He m. 1st, Dorothy Wells, Dec. 26, 1756; 2d, Anne Potter (widow Hillard) of Stonington.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
3 WILLIAM, b. March, 1759, m. Polly Ross.
4 PELL, b. - -, d. unmarried.
5 HANNAH, b.
6 DANIEL, b. - -, d. unmarried. 1
7 LYDIA, b. -.
8 POLLY, b.
9 ELEY, b. -, d. young.
10 JOHN WELLS, b. Dec. 5, 1773, m. Mercy Langworthy.
The fact as to the marriage and descendants of the daughters have not been ascertained.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
11 ROBERT, b. April 14, 1788, m. Ruth Browning.
12 GILBERT, b. April 14, 1790, m. Prudence Frink; 2d, Lucy Breed.
13 REBECCA, b. -
- -, m. Henry Worden.
14 MARIA, b. - -, m. Justin Denison (No. 535), that family.
15 BETSEY, b. - - -, d. young.
16 ANNE, b. -, m. John D. Noyes (No. 217), Noyes family.
William Collins (No. 3) m. Polly Ross of Stonington and emi-
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grated to Brownville, Jefferson County, New York. He d. in 1852.
CHILDREN:
17 POLLY, b. - -, m. Freeman Kilburn.
18 JOHN B., b. 1787, m. Clarissa Rhodes.
19 RACHEL, b. , m. Robert Smith.
20 TRACY, b. -, m. Lawrence Kilby.
21 SOPHIA, b. , m. Moses Huse.
22 HANNAH, b. , m. William Rouse.
23 WILLIAM, b. 1791, m. Sally Crawford in 1816.
24 LYDIA, b. - , m. Roswell Baxter.
John Wells Collins (No. 10) m. Mercy, dau. of Sanford and Anna (Babcock) Langworthy of Stonington, Jan., 1794; d. Dec., 1810; removed to Oneida County, New York.
CHILDREN:
25 NANCY, b. - , m. Selah Bronson.
26 BETSEY, b. , m. Lewis Bailey.
27 DANIEL, b. -, d. young.
28 JOHN WELLS, b. May 10, 1801, m. Amy Kinney; 2d, Sarah Peck.
29 POLLY, b. - -, m. Henry Greenleaf.
30 SANFORD LANGWORTHY, b. April 4, 1805, m. Harriet, dau. of Major Noah Ashley Whitney, Jan. 19, 1834.
31 MORGAN LEWIS, b. Feb. 8, 1807, m. Lucinda Lewis.
32 HARRIET, b. - , m. Silas Penoyer.
Robert Collins (No. II) m. Ruth Browning of Stonington Jan. 13, 1812, and removed to West Halifax, Vt.
CHILDREN: 33 SARAH, b. - , d. unmarried.
34 ROBERT, b. March 15, 1815, m. Louisa Plumb; 2d, Mary Plumb.
35 LEWIS, b. Feb. 22, 1817, m. Mary E. Potter in 1848.
36 DANIEL, b. March 22, 1819, m. Eliza M. Carter.
37 SAMUEL B., b. Oct. 13, 1821, m. Elizabeth Steenbarger.
38 SMITH, b. Dec. 27, 1823, m. Mary E. Thurber; 2d, Arminta Sheridan.
39 GILBERT, b. - , d. young.
40 ANN ELIZABETH, b. - -, d. young.
41 THOMAS G., b. July 24, 1831, m. Mary M. Carter.
42 SUSAN A., b. - , m. her cousin, Thomas B. Collins.
Gilbert Collins (No. 12) m. Prudence Frink of Stonington (No. 103), that family, May 3, 1807. After her death he m. 2d, Lucy Breed (No. 106), that family, April 28, 1816. He m. for his 3d wife, Susan Wells (widow Dickens) of Stonington. He was a farmer by occupation, a highly respected citizen and for several terms represented the town in the State Legislature. He always lived in Stonington and d. March 24, 1865.
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COLLINS FAMILY.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
43 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Sept. 10, 1808, m. Mary Denison. 44 ANNE, b. - , m. John Robbins.
45 DANIEL PRENTICE, b. Aug. 21, 1813, m. Maria E. Stanton; 2d, Sarah R. Quinn.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
46 GILBERT WILLIAMS, b. Feb. 19, 1817, m. Mary Randall (No. 115), that family, of Stonington, April 1, 1845. He d. Jan. 19, 1865.
47 ETHAN ALLEN, b. Nov. 24, 1818, m. Lucy Grant of Stonington, Conn. He d. in 1896.
48 JOHN NOYES, b. - -, d. young.
49 THOMAS B., b. Feb. 10, 1823, m. Frances Morgan; 2d, Lucy Ann Morgan; 3d, Susan A. Collins, (No. 42).
50 FRANCES MARION, b. - -, d. young.
51 JOHN PIERCE, b. Oct. 21, 1827, m. Mary Margaret Palmer of Stoning- ton, Aug. 19, 1850. He d. Feb. 28, 1857.
Benjamin Franklin Collins (No. 43), m. Mary Denison Oct. 12, 1835 (No. 630), that family, by whom he had nine children. He removed to Cleveland, Ohio.
CHILDREN WHO REACHED MAJORITY WERE:
52 CHARLES D., b.
53 ELLA, b. -, m. a Mr. Draper.
54 FRANK S., b. - -, d. unmarried.
55 JANE, b. - - -, m. Eben Boalt.
Daniel Prentice Collins (No. 45) m. Ist, Maria E. Stanton, Feb. 1839 (No. 329), that family ; m. 2d, Sarah, daughter of John and Clarissa (Wells) Quinn, Dec. 25, 1843.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
56 DANIEL WEBSTER, b. Dec. 13, 1839, d. Feb. 9, 1858, unmarried.
57 MARIA SMITH, b. Dec. 3, 1840, m. Lewis Neil, d. Jan. 5, 1868.
58 HANNAH ELIZABETH, b. - , d. young.
SON BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
59 GILBERT, b. Aug. 26, 1846, m. June 2, 1870, Harriet Kingsbury Bush of Jersey City. He has been Mayor of Jersey City and is now a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey. He resides in Jersey City, N. J., but has his summer home in Stonington, Conn.
COPP FAMILY.
I. WILLIAM COPP came over to this country from Eng- land in the good ship Blessing in 1635. He located himself at Boston, Mass. He was 26 years of age at the time of his migra- tion. He was by trade a shoemaker, was from London, England, and was admitted freeman of the Massachusetts Colony June 2, 1641. He m. Judith
CHILDREN:
2 JOANNA, b. in England, --.
3 ANN, b. in England,
4 DAVID, b. in England, -, m. Obedience Topliff.
5 NAOME, b. in Boston Aug. 5, 1638.
6 JONATHAN, b. Aug. 23, 1640.
7 REBECCA, b. May 6, 1641.
8 RUTH, b. Nov. 24, 1643.
9 LYDIA, b. July -, 1646.
David Copp (No. 4) m. Obedience Topliff Feb. 20, 1660. CHILDREN:
10 DAVID, b. Dec. 8, 1661, d. young.
11 DAVID, b. March 2, 1663.
12 JONATHAN, b. Feb. 23, 1665, m. Catharine Laye.
13 WILLIAM, b. March 14, 1667.
14 SARAH, b. March 4, 1669.
15 SAMUEL, b. April 15, 1671.
Jonathan Copp (No. 12) m. Catharine Laye Aug. 18, 1690. CHILDREN:
16 CATHERINE, b. July 7, 1692.
17 JONATHAN, b. June 12, 1694, m. Margaret Stanton, Sarah Hobart.
18 OBEDIENCE, b. Sept. 17, 1696.
19 MARY, b. Oct. 27, 1698.
20 SARAH, b. Sept. 24, 1700.
21 DAVID, b. Oct. 3, 1702.
22 SAMUEL, b. Jan. 24, 1705.
23 ANN, b. Sept. 24, 1707.
24 JOHN, b. Sept. 29, 1709.
25 SARAH, b. and d. Dec. 21, 1710.
26 SARAH, b. Dec. 3, 1712.
Jonathan Copp (No. 17) m. Margaret Stanton (No. 128) Dec. 28, 1721, Stanton family.
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CHILDREN:
27 DOROTHY, b. Nov. 25, 1722.
28 JONATHAN, b. July 22, 1725.
29 MARGARET, b. May 29, 1727, m. her cousin, Hobart Mason (No. 65), Nov. 10, 1749.
30 CATHERINE, b. July 15, 1730, m. Nathan Cobb (No. 26), that family. 31 JOSEPH, b. Nov. 28, 1732, d. 1815, m. Rachel Denison.
Mrs. Margaret Copp (nee Stanton) d. Dec. II, 1740. Her hus- band, Mr. Jonathan Copp, m. for his second wife Sarah Hobart of New London, June 30, 1742.
CHILDREN:
32 SAMUEL, b. April 20, 1743, m. Dolly Brown (No. 69), Rev. Chad Brown family.
33 JOHN, b. June 11, 1744.
34 MARY, b. Nov. 28, 1745.
35 EBENEZER, b. March 3, 1747.
36 DAVID, b. Sept. 18, 1748.
Joseph Copp (No. 31) m. Rachael Denison, daughter of Daniel Denison and Rachael Starr, Dec. 11, 1757.
CHILDREN:
37 JOSEPH, b. in January, 1760.
38 RACHAEL, b. in -, 1762.
39 ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 11, 1768.
40 DANIEL, b. Aug. 4, 1770, m. Sarah Allyn.
41 CATHERINE, b. in - -, 1772.
42 MARGARET, b. Nov. 13, 1773.
43 JONATHAN, b. in - -, 1778.
Daniel Copp (No. 40) m. Sarah Allyn, daughter of Dea. Jo- seph Allyn of Groton, now Ledyard, date unknown.
CHILDREN:
44 BELTON ALLYN, b. May 22, 1796, m. Betsey Ann Barber.
45 DANIEL, b. in 1798.
46 SARAH, b. in 1801.
47 JOSEPH, b. in 1804.
48 MARY, b. in 1809.
49 WILLIAM, b. in 1811.
50 ELIZA, b. in 1815.
51 GEORGE, b. in 1819.
Belton Allyn Copp (No. 44) m. Betsey Ann, dau. of Noyes Bar- ber, by his Ist wife, Catharine Burdick, Aug. 15, 1833.
CHILDREN:
52 ELLEN BARBER, b. July 20, 1834.
53 SARAH M., b. May 29, 1836.
54 DANIEL ROGERS, b. March 4, 1838.
55 JOHN JOSEPH, b. June 28, 1840.
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56 CATHARINE B., b. Aug. 27, 1842.
57 GEORGE D., b. Nov. 17, 1845.
58 JULIA, b. Aug. 13, 1848.
59 WILLIAM, b. Feb. 2, 1851.
60 BELTON ALLYN, b. Jan. 8, 1854.
Dea. Samuel Copp (No. 32) m. Ist, Dolle Brown, Dec. 10, 1769 (No. 69), Rev. Chad Brown family.
CHILDREN:
61 SARAH, b. Oct. 9, 1770.
62 DOLLE, b. Feb. 12, 1772.
63 JONATHAN, b. Feb. 3, 1774.
64 BETTE, b. Dec. 2, 1775.
65 MOLLY, b. Aug. 30, 1777.
66 JOHN BROWN, b. Aug. 16, 1779.
67 ESTHER, b. Aug. 2, 1781.
68 NANCY, b. Jan. 4, 1785.
69 SAMUEL, b. April 28, 1787, m. Phebe Pheale, Betsey Chapman, Mrs. Mercy (Williams) Stanton.
Samuel Copp (No. 69) m. Phebe Pheale in New York city July II, 1812; she was b. in Rye, New York, Oct. 17, 1795; m. 2d, Betsey Chapman, Nov. 12, 1844 (No. 77), that family ; she d. July 15, 1859. He. m. 3d, Mrs. Mercy (Williams) Stanton, Aug. 6, 1860 (No. 353), Williams family. He d. June 8, 1865 ; she d. Aug. 6, 1866, aged 66.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
70 PHEBE, b. Nov. 9, 1813, d. in New York Feb. 8, 1837.
71 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 16, 1816, m. Sarah Anna Chappell at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 16, 1843.
72 JOHN HOWARD, b. in Sharon, Conn., July 18, 1818, m. 1st, Louise Barnes, Sept. 10, 1839; 2d, Anna Eliza Whiting, July 3, 1855.
73 MARY ELIZABETH, b. in Stonington, Conn., March 12, 1821, m. Leon- ard C. Williams (No. 500), that family, May 11, 1843.
74 DAVID HENRY, b. in Stonington, Conn., Oct. 10, 1823.
COTTRELL FAMILY.
I. NICHOLAS COTTRELL is first mentioned at Newport, R. I., in 1639, he died in 1680, left a widow, Martha and a will in which he mentions eight children, viz .:
CHILDREN:
2 NICHOLAS, b. -.
3 JOHN, b.
4 GERSHOM, b.
5 ELEAZER, b.
6 MARY, b.
7 HANNAH, b.
8 JAMES, b.
9 JABEZ, b.
Nicholas Cottrell (No. 2) was admitted freeman at Westerly Oct. 28, 1668, and served in the Narragansett war of 1675. He was Constable, Fenceviewer, Deputy Councilman and Juryman. He married -, and died in Westerly in Dec., 1715. He left a will, not signed, which the court refused to probate, and the records also state that there were five
CHILDREN:
10 NICHOLAS, b. about 1658.
11 JOHN, b.
12 MARY, b. - -, m. Edward Larkin before 1701, his second wife.
13 ELIZABETH, b. -.
14 DOROTHY, b. - -, and m. Samuel Cottrell, son of Nathaniel Cottrell. THEIR CHILDREN WERE:
15 SAMUEL, b.
16 NATHANIEL, b.
16a AMEY, b. - -, m. Joseph Crumb.
17 ELIZABETH, b. - - -, m. Sands Niles Sept. 4, 1745.
John Cottrell (No. 3) m. Elizabeth -; he d. 1721.
CHILDREN:
18 HANNAH, b. 1679.
19 JOHN, b. - , m. Elizabeth Gardiner.
20 SAMUEL, b. in 1687.
21 Daughter, b.
Gershom Cottrell (No. 4) married Bethia Wilcox Feb. 15, 1677 ; he was in Norwich in 1678, in Westerly in 1679 and then in North Kingstown, where he died in 17II.
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CHILDREN:
22 STEPHEN, b. -.
23 GERSHOM, b. d. young.
24 Daughter, b.
25 MERCY, b.
26 SARAH, b.
27 RACHEL, b.
28 ELIZABETH, b.
29 SUSANNAH, b.
30 JUDITH, b.
31 MARY, b.
Jabez Cottrell (No. 9) married Ann, dau. of John Peabody. Nicholas Cottrell (No. 10) married Dorothy Pendleton (No. 14) in March, 1706. She was dau. of Capt. James Pendleton and wife, Hannah Goodenow, bapt. at Stonington Oct. 3, 1686. She was admitted to membership in the same church July, 1709. He was in the early Colonial wars. Nicholas Cottrell died in 1727.
THEIR CHILDREN:
32 DOROTHY, bapt. July 31, 1709, m. John Randall (No. 8), Dec. 22, 1726. 33a MARY, bapt. Aug. 19, 1711, m. Nathan Randall (No. 12), Dec. 16, 1730; she d. Dec. 2, 1735.
33b AMEY, bapt. July 31, 1709, m. Josiah Smith (No. 16).
34 ELINNER, bapt. June 12, 1715, m. her sister's husband, Nathan Randall (No. 12), July 22, 1736.
35 NICHOLAS, b. July 7, 1717.
36 JOSEPH, b. Aug. 7, 1726.
Dorothy Cottrell, wife of Nicholas, was admitted to the First Church in Stonington July 24, 1709; also two children, Dorothy and Amie, were bapt. July 31st, 1709. They were called daugh- ters of Gershom, but as no Gershom appears, it is supposed that they belonged to Nicholas Cottrell.
John Cottrell (No. II) m. Penelope - - -, and their son,
called
37 MAJOR JOHN, b. - , m. Lois Boardman of Preston, Conn; he d. in Westerly, R. I., in 1778. Their son 38 ELIAS, b. - -, m. Nov. 7, 1776, Phalley, daughter of Joseph and Thankful Gavitt, born May 13, 1752. Their son
39 LEBBEUS, b. Jan. 29, 1792, m. Lydia Maxson, and
Their son, Calvert B. Cottrell, was b. in Westerly Aug. 20, 1821, and m. Lydia W. Perkins, day. of Elisha and wife, Nancy Russell Cottrell, May 4, 1849.
CHILDREN:
40 EDGAR H., b.
41 HATTIE, b. -.
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42 CHARLES P., b. 43 C. B. Jr., b. -
44 L. ANGIENETTE, b.
45 ARTHUR M., b.
Nathaniel Cottrell (No. 16) m. Mary Niles March 3, 1744-5. CHILDREN:
46 DOROTHY, b. Jan. 22, 1746.
Nicholas Cottrell (No. 35) m. Rebecca Randall Oct. 3, 1735. Joseph Cottrell (No. 36) m. Mary -, and in 1750 were living in Stonington in the vicinity of Pendleton Hill. CHILDREN:
47 PRUDENCE, b. March 25, 1746.
48 JOSEPH, b. Aug. 16, 1748.
49 MARY, b. Dec. 28, 1750.
50 ABIGAIL, b. April 15, 1775.
51 REUBEN, b. Aug. 15, 1758.
52 CHARLES, b. Aug. 17, 1769.
53 ROYZEL, b. Jan. 10, 1772.
Charles Cottrell (No. 52) m. Esther Denison (No. 400), that family, dau. of Isaac Denison, and wife, Eunice Williams, Oct. 18, 1795. They had one child
54 JOSEPH, b. in 1797, and he m. Fanny (No. 442), dau. of Capt. Jabez and wife Fanny Potter Stanton. She was b. in 1807 and d. on July 19, 1865, at Mystic, and her husband d. there April 19, 1865.
THEIR CHILDREN:
55 MARY A., m. Charles H. Denison May 24, 1848 (No. 633), Denison family. 56 HARRIET, m. George Harris.
57 JOSEPH OSCAR, m. 1st, Josephine Williams, Oct. 22, 1863 (No. 538), Rob- ert Williams family; 2d,
58 CHARLES H., m. Georgianna Crary.
59 IDA, d. unmarried.
60 FANNY E., m. Joseph Griswold of Coleraine, Mass. 61 EMMA.
DAVIS FAMILY.
I. JOHN DAVIS, the progenitor of the Davis family of Stonington, was b. in England in 1612. The family name of his wife is unknown, probably she was b. in England. She d. in East Hampton, L. I., Dec. 17, 1696; he d. there Dec. 22, 1705, aged 93 years.
Four children came with them to this country
2 JOHN, b. in England in 1767, m. Susanna Osborne; she d. July, 1704. He m. 2d, Puah, widow of Abraham Reeves, July 3, 1706.
3 HANNAH, b. in 1680, m. Jonathan Baker Jan. 6, 1701.
4 THOMAS, b. in 1686, m. Abigail Parsons.
5 MARYETTE, bapt. Sept. 16, 1704. "Under head of adult baptism." Thomas Davis (No. 4) m. Abigail Parsons Jan. II, 1722. CHILDREN:
6 JOHN, b. at E. Hampton, L. I., March 4, 1723, m. Catharine Talmage; 2d, Mary Conklin.
7 ABIGAIL, b. at E. Hampton April 26, 1725, m. Daniel Conklin of E. Hampton, L. I., in Dec., 1746.
John Davis (No. 6) was a farmer at East Hampton, L. I., and carried on, in connection, an extensive business in manufacturing leather, and shoe making. In 1765 he hired a farm in Stonington, Conn., situated on the east bank of the Pawca- tuck River, near Osbrook, which he afterwards purchased, and put his eldest son John, then only seventeen years of age, in charge of. He came to Stonington with his family in 1772 to re- side, having purchased said farm from Robert Stanton. "The Old Mansion House," with its spacious fireplace in the dining room, and hand carved solid mahogany staircase, is still in good preser- vation; the farm having been handed down from father to son, and is now occupied by his great great-grandsons, John J. and Alphonso W. Davis. John Davis (No. 6) returned to East Hamp- ton in April, 1784, that he might have better opportunity for educating his younger children, at Clinton Academy, which had been established about that time. He carried on the business of cordwainer and shoe making, in connection with his farming in Stonington. He m. Ist, Catharine Talmage, Dec. 31, 1744; she d. April II, 1759. He m. 2d, Mary Conklin of East Hampton. He d. Dec. 15, 1798. Mrs. Davis returned to Stonington, Conn.,
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and resided with her stepson, John Davis, until after his death in 1809, when she went to live with her stepson, Thomas Davis, in Preston, Conn., whose wife, Mary Conklin, was her neice, where she lived until her death, Jan. 18, 1814, in the 80th year of her age.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
8 CATHARINE, b. at East Hampton, L. I., March 13, 1746.
9 JOHN, b. at East Hampton Jan. 20, 1748, m. Abigail Baker.
10 BENJAMIN, b. at East Hampton Jan. 4, 1750, d. young.
11 THOMAS, b. at East Hampton Nov. 27, 1751, m. Mary Conklin.
12 BENJAMIN, b. at East Hampton May 15, 1754, d. young.
13 ENOS, b. at East Hampton Oct. 14, 1755, m. Phebe Mulford; m. 2d, Mrs. Lois (Palmer) Perkins.
14 CATHARINE, b. at East Hampton April 5, 1758, m. Capt. Amos Pendle- ton, Jr., of Westerly, R. I., Feb. 24, 1782 (No. 36), that family.
15 ABIGAIL, b. in East Hampton, L. I., April 5, 1758, d. in infancy.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
16 MARY, b. in East Hampton, L. I., April 27, 1763, d. unmarried April 6, 1852.
17 DR. SAMUEL, b. in East Hampton, L. I., Oct. 7, 1765, m. Mrs. Mary (Kirby) Dunham, Oct. 3, 1789.
18 ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 15, 1767, m. John Stratton Nov. 20, 1803.
19 REV. HENRY, b. Sept. 15, 1771, m. Hannah Phoenix Treadwell Sept. 22, 1801.
20 BENJAMIN, b. at Stonington, Conn., Feb. 6, 1774, m. Abigail Foster Sept. 30, 1804.
John Davis (No. 9) m. Abigail, daughter of Daniel Baker of East Hampton, Nov. 14, 1773. They lived in Stonington at the "Old Family Homstead." He d. March 31, 1809.
CHILDREN:
21 JOHN, b. Sept. 19, 1776, m. Sally Stanton.
22 ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 12, 1778, m. Lemuel Palmer (No. 204), that family.
23 DANIEL, b. March 6, 1783, m. Mary Robinson.
24 MARIA, b. Oct. 16, 1786, m. Benjamin Franklin Stanton (No. 44), Robert Stanton family.
25 NANCY, b. June 13, 1793, m. Elias Stanton Oct. 27, 1812 (No. 311), Thomas Stanton family.
Thomas Davis (No. II) m. Mary Conklin Dec. 25, 1780. He lived in Stonington until in the spring of 1802, in company with his brother Enos. He purchased of Jonathan Brewster a farm on the left bank of the Thames River, about two miles below Chelsea Landing, now Norwich City, Thomas taking the north and Enos the south part. He was also engaged in the manu- facture of leather and shoe making, in connection with farming. He d. Jan. 23, 1831, in the 80th year of his age.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
CHILDREN:
26 THOMAS, b. in Stonington, Conn., Sept. 21, 1781, m. Mary, daughter of Peleg and Lucretia Billings Shaw, of Westerly, R. I., April 4, 1813. 27 MARY, b. in Stonington, Conn., July 12, 1784. 28 HENRY, b. in Stonington, Conn., Aug. 26, 1788.
29 DUDLEY, b. in Stonington, Conn., March 18, 1795.
30 JULIA, b. in Stonington, Conn., Aug. 24, 1797.
31 CLARISSA, b. in Stonington, Conn., March 29, 1803.
Enos Davis (No. 13) m. Phebe Mulford in 1792; m. 2d, Mrs. Lois (Palmer) Perkins of Groton, Conn. He d. May 31, 1837. CHILDREN:
32 PHEBE MULFORD, b. in Stonington, Conn., in 1793, m. Jason Rogers. 33 JEREMIAH, b. in Stonington, Conn., Oct. 1, 1795, m. Harriet Sydleman. 34 HULDAH, b. in Stonington, Conn., Aug. 15, 1799, m. George A. Sydleman. 35 FANNY, b. in Preston, Conn., Sept. 12, 1802, m. George A. Sydleman.
John Davis (No. 21) m. Sally Stanton Feb. 27, 1804 (No. 65), Thomas Stanton family, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. April 21, 1864; she d. Sept. 6, 1861.
CHILDREN:
36 CLARISSA, b. June 18, 1806, m. James Green of Westerly March 10, 1857. 37 JOHN, b. April 11, 1808, m. Phebe M., daughter of Jeremiah Davis (No. 33), Dec. 22, 1851.
38 ABIGAIL, b. April 6, 1810, m. Thomas W. Robinson Nov. 25,' 1830.
39 SARAH, b. Dec. 15, 1813.
40 MARY, b. May 29, 1814, m. Oliver D. Cole of Hopkinton, R. I., Jan. 14, 1839.
41 THOMAS WILLIAM, b. June 11, 1818, m. Susan Davis March 14, 1842.
DEAN FAMILY.
I. JAMES DEAN, the first person of this family who came to Stonington to reside, was the son of Walter Dean and wife, Eleanor Cogoes Dean, of Somerset, South County, England, and the grandson of William Dean of said county, England.
Walter Dean, the father of Mr. James Dean, after he reached New England in 1638, lived for about one year in Dorchester, Mass., after which he moved with his family to Taunton, Plymouth County, Mass., where his son, James Dean, was born in 1647, and married Sarah Tisdale, daughter of John and Sarah (Walker) Tisdale, in 1693, and for a short time resided in Scituate, Mass. In 1675, James Dean came to Stonington and entered into an ar- rangement with the town by which it was agreed and made obli- gatory on both parties by a vote of the town, legally warned and held Feb. 28th, 1676, and publicly assented to by him. He was a. blacksmith, and agreed to do the smith work of the inhabitants of the town in consideration of a grant of land and pledge, on the part of the most prominent persons then residing here, to assist him in money and material for building him a dwelling house and smith shop. In 1677 the town granted him another tract of land of one hundred acres. Mr. Dean continued to do the smithery of the town until 1682, when at a legal town meeting it was passed by a vote that Mr. Dean had performed all of the condi- tions of his agreement with the town.
Mr. James Dean erected him a dwelling house a short distance east of the Quarry Ledge at Quiambaug, with his shop nearby, and commenced business there in the latter part of the year 1676. Subsequently he received other grants of land from the town and individuals, and became a prominent man in the affairs of the town, until 1698, when, with several planters here, he went up and joined the settlement of the town of Plainfield, Conn., and was chosen town clerk there in 1699.
When Mr. James Dean had in contemplation his migration to Plainfield, he sold and turned over his smithing business to his son, James Dean, who was his oldest child.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
CHILDREN OF JAMES DEAN AND WIFE, SARAH DEAN:
2 JAMES, b. Oct. 31, 1674.
3 SARAH, b. Sept. 4, 1676.
4 JOHN, b. May 15, 1678, m. Lydia Thatcher, June 10, 1708.
5 MARY, b. March 28, 1680, m. Thomas Thatcher of Lebanon, Conn.
6 ONESIPHORES, b. March 28, 1680, twin, d. young.
7 FRANCIS, b. in 1682, d. Aug. 9, 1700.
8 WILLIAM, b. Sept. 24, 1684, d. Oct. 7, 1684.
9 HANNAH, b. in 1686.
10 WILLIAM, b. Sept. 12, 1689, m. Sarah , who d. in Plainfield, Dec. 21, 1746.
11 NATHAN, b. in 1693, m. Joannah Fisher at Dorchester, Mass., May 17, 1716.
12 JONATHAN, b. in 1694, m. at New London, Conn., Jan. 17, 1716, Sarah Douglass, and they became the parents of nine children.
Our Stonington records show that Mr. James Dean, Sr., con- veyed by deed to his son, James Dean, Jr., two of his land grants in Stonington, Conn., and James Dean, Jr., remained in Stoning- ton and built the old Dean House in the year 1700, which was de- stroyed by fire in 1848. Mr. James Dean, Jr., did not confine him- self to the smithing business, but learned the business or trade of fulling and dressing woolen cloth, and for that purpose erected a dam and fulling mill on the Mistuxet brook, about one-half of the distance from the old Post road down to the dam of the Dean mill pond. There he continued his business until his son, John Dean, reached manhood, when he and his father built a new dam and erected another fulling mill near his dwelling house, where the dam now crosses the Mistuxet brook. Afterward they devoted their time and attention to cloth dressing until 1807, when the fulling mill was enlarged into what was known as a factory build- ing, with a grist mill, with new and improved machinery, for cloth dressing, wool carding and for the manufacturing of cotton and woolen goods. The new deal was consummated mainly by James Dean, the son of John Dean, with whom he had been in business from his early manhood. Mr. James Dean continued in business until 1830, when he retired.
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