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504 LODOWICK, b. July 27, 1790, m. Elizabeth Irish.
505 FANNY, b. Jan. 18, 1793, m. Hazard Holmes (No. 148), that family.
James Denison (No. 297) m. Eunice Stanton (No. 150), dau- ghter of Joseph Stanton, Jr., Sept. 29, 1773. He d. April 26, 1813; she d. April 9, 1813.
CHILDREN:
506 JOSEPH A., b. Dec. 22, 1774, m. Rachel Chane of New Hampshire.
507 ANNA, b. Dec. 1, 1780, m. Nathan Geer.
508 DIMIS, b. Feb. 3, 1783, m. Stephen Paine.
509 EUNICE, b. June 19, 1785, m. Timothy Fay.
510 LUCY, b. Aug. 4, 1788, d. young.
511 JAMES, b. Oct. 24, 1791, twice m.
512 GEORGE, b. June 21, 1794, d. young.
Robert Denison (No. 299) m. Ist, Alice Denison (No. 295). CHILDREN: 513 ROBERT, b. Sept. 2, 1774, m. Betsey Baker.
514 MARTHA, b. Sept. 2, 1777, m. Cary Ingraham.
515 BENADAM, b. April 1, 1783, m. Harwiet Babcock.
516 JONATHAN, b. Feb. 2, 1780, m. Catharine Brown.
517 JAMES, b. July 1, 1785, m. Cynthia Babcock.
518 EDWARD, b. Feb. 6, 1788, d. young.
519 ELSIE, b. June 4, 1790, m. William Dewey.
520 ELIAS, b. June 15, 1794, d. young.
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Mrs. Alice Denison d. Sept. 2, 1794, and he m. for his 2d wife Deborah Dewey, Nov. 2, 1796.
CHILDREN:
521 DEBORAH, b. 1797, m. Dea. Charles Lewis.
522 JOSEPH S., b. March 8, 1798, m. 1st, Martha Gallup. In 1826 he m. 2d, Maria Babcock, and had three children.
523 LUCY A., b. 1800, m. 1st, Nathaniel Lewis, and 2d, Capt. Henry Crary. 524 WILLIAM, b. Oct. 7, 1802, m. Mary Allen.
525 NOYES P., b. in 1804, m. 1st, Harriet L. Smith, Dec. 8, 1830; she d. March 30, 1846, and m. 2d, Mary A. Minor Feb. 17, 1861.
526 ALLEN, b. in 1807, m. Eliza Parke.
527 GEORGE, b. in 1809, m. Almira Chesebro.
528 EMELINE, b. Oct. 13, 1811, m. Francis W. Miner (No. 38).
529 ELIZA A., b. May 8, 1815, m. Thomas Minor (No. 181).
Mr. Robert Denison d. Feb. 9, 1820, in Stonington, Conn.
George Denison (No. 300) m. Theody Brown (No. 208), Jan. 9, 1772, in Stonington, and after he removed to Hartland, Vt., where he was a prominent man and was called Col. George Denison. Had ten children.
George Denison (No. 302) m. widow Abigail Palmer (No. 243), Palmer family, in 1784, and d. in 1835.
CHILDREN:
530 GEORGE, b. 1785, m. Hannah Latham of Pennsylvania.
531 WILLIAM G., b. April 26, 1788, lived in Vermont.
532 HENRY, b. in 1784, d. in Kentucky.
533 JULIA, b. May 20, 1798, m. John Phillips of Somers, Conn.
William Denison (No. 304) m. Anna Slack. They went to Zanesville, Ohio. Had eight children, and he d. July 21, 1820, and she d. June 19, 1841.
Oliver Denison (No. 305) m. Martha Williams (No. 463), that family, Jan. 1, 1786. He d. Feb. 14, 1817, aged 59 yrs. His wife lived till Aug. 20, 1855, and d. at the ripe age of 93 yrs. They lived at the Old Denison Homestead.
CHILDREN:
534 OLIVER, b. Jan. 2, 1787.
535 JUSTIN W., b. in March, 1789.
536 MARCIA P., b. in 1791, m. Warren Palmer (No. 363).
537 MARTHA, b. in 1793, m. Denison Chesebro (No. 398), son of Elder Elihu, Nov. 15, 1818. They lived in Stonington.
538 ELAM, b. in 1794, m. Clarissa Palmer (No. 306).
539 GRACE B., b. Aug. 24, 1799, m. Joseph Noyes. See that family (No. 263). 540 LUKE P., b. in 1797, d. unmarried.
541 EUNICE W., b. Oct. 24, 1801, m. Thomas Noyes. See that family (No. 264).
542 THOMAS J., b. May 30, 1804, d. unmarried.
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Nathan Denison (No. 306) m. Thankful Dean (No. 30) in 1787. They lived in Coleraine, Mass. He d. in 1803, and his wife d. in 1814.
CHILDREN:
544 NATHAN, b. in 1789, m. Ascah Hendee.
545 PRUDENCE, b. in 1791, m. John D. Gallup (No. 151).
546 THANKFUL, b. Aug. 1, 1794, m. Calvin Tyler of Norwich.
Joseph Denison (No. 329) m. his cousin, Prudence Denison (No. 335) Feb. 12, 1797. Lived in New York State; had five children, and they all died unmarried.
Samuel F. Denison (No. 331) m. Mary Cleveland Nov. 6, 1804. They lived in Stonington.
CHILDREN:
547 MARY E., b. Aug. 18, 1805, d. young.
548 CAROLINE G., b. Feb. 21, 1807, d. young.
549 WILLIAM C., b. Dec. 11, 1809, d. young.
550 REV. SAMUEL D., b. Oct. 7, 1810, m. Sarah F. Bleeker.
551 MARY C., b. July 11, 1812, m. William H. Plummer.
552 ANN E., b. 1814, m. Giles Babcock (No. 164).
553 JANE I., b. March 31, 1816, m. John A. Burnham.
554 HARRIET M., b. Aug. 20, 1818, m. Joseph Bennet.
555 HENRY C., b. Sept. 10, 1820.
556 EVELINA (twin), b. Sept. 14, 1822, m. Stephen D. Thatcher.
557 EDWARD C. (twin), b. Sept. 14, 1822, m. Elizabeth Lathrop.
558 PULASKI, b. Feb. 4, 1825, d. young.
559 FRANKLIN B., b. July 1, 1832, d. young.
Mr. Samuel F. Denison d. Jan. 28, 1855, and his wife d. Oct. II, 1866.
Ethan A. Denison (No. 345) m. Eliza Williams (No. 483) of the Williams family, March 14, 1809. They lived in Stonington on the Rev. Mr. Rossiter's farm, inherited from his father.
CHILDREN:
560 NANCY, b. Jan. 24, 1810, m. Nathan Noyes (No. 268), of the Noyes family.
561 LOIS W., b. Oct. 4, 1811, m. Joseph Griswold. They lived in Griswold- ville, Mass., m. Nov. 23, 1828.
562 ABBY C., b. March 14, 1813, d. young.
Mr. Ethan Denison d. Oct. 2, 1814.
Ebenezer Denison (No. 399) m. Jane (Branch) Williams Feb. 10, 1798 (No. 134) of Williams family. CHILDREN:
563 DANIEL, b. May 15, 1800, d. young.
564 EBENEZER, b. May 30, 1802.
565 SARAH, b. July 22, 1805, d. young.
Mr. Ebenezer Denison's first wife d. March 19, 1806, and Sept. 12, 1816, he m. 2d, Phebe Smith, but had no children. He was a
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deacon, and Mrs. Phebe was one prominent in organizing Sun- day Schools in Stonington. He d. Dec. 20, 1856, and she d. April 4, 1840.
Ebenezer Denison, Jr. (No. 564), m. Mary N. Hazard Nov. 5, 1831, and had five children, and his wife d. in 1846, and he m. Lydia S. Noyes (No. 341) of the Noyes family, April 9, 1849; they had five children.
Isaac Denison (No. 406) m. Levina Fish (No. 48) Feb. 18, 1817. He d. Aug. 28, 1855. Mrs. Levina Denison d.
CHILDREN:
566 ISAAC W., b. Nov. 20, 1817, m. Eunice E. Burrows (No. 45), May 10, 1843, and 2d, Mrs. Julia M. Wilbur; had nine children by first wife.
567 REV. FREDERICK, b. Sept. 28, 1819, m. Amy R. Manton Jan. 12, 1848, and had two children.
568 CHARLES C., b. Sept. 20, 1821, d. unmarried, 1847.
569 BRIDGET G., b. March 13, 1824, m. Cyrus W. Noyes (No. 305) of the Noyes family.
570 JOHN L., b. Sept. 19, 1826. m. Mary E. Burrows (No. 48), May 10, 1853, and 2d, Frances M. Breed, March 5, 1861; had five children by first wife.
571 DANIEL W., b. Sept. 5, 1828, m. Eleanor C. Harris Jan. 16, 1856, and had two children.
572 EMILY F., b. March 13, 1831, m. George W. Noyes (No. 267), of the Noyes family; had two children.
573 ELIZA F., b. Aug. 21, 1833, m. Dudley W. Stewart (No. 56), May 6, 1856. Had three children. See Stewart family.
574 FRANCES L., b. May 8, 1837, m. Benjamin Burrows, Jr., March 26, 1867 No. 73).
Elisha W. Denison (No. 409) m. Fanny Hicks June 5, 1820. They lived at Mystic and had
CHILDREN:
575 ELISHA A., b. April 8, 1821, m. Susan A. Dickenson Feb. 2, 1845.
576 FRANCES I., b. Aug. 25, 1823, m. Robert Greene.
577 PHEBE E., b. Sept. 22, 1825, m. John Prentice.
578 HIRAM C., b. Nov. 27, 1829, m. Eliza A. Minor.
579 ABBY C., b. Aug. 29, 1827, m. William B. Noyes.
580 EUNICE C., b. June 8, 1833, m. Henry P. Hewitt.
581 SARAH M., b. Dec. 8, 1835, m. Caleb Burdick.
582 ANN E., b. April 11, 1841, d. young.
John Denison (No. 446) m. Ede Brown, daughter of Samuel Brown of Stonington, Conn., Sept. 24, 1786.
CHILDREN:
583 MARY, b. Oct. 14, 1787, m. Isaac Champlin Nov. 8, 1807.
584 LOIS, b. Dec. 16, 1789, m. Amos Denison (No. 463), Nov., 1808.
585 EDWARD, b. Oct., 1793, m., no child; d. 1874.
586 JOHN, b. in 1795, m. Jane Mott, and 2d, Elizabeth Nitchie.
587 SAMUEL, b. in 1797. No record.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Peleg Denison (No. 457) m. Harriet Eldredge in 1809. He d. March 12, 1843.
CHILDREN:
588 HANNAH E., b. March 26, 1810, m. George W. Noyes. See Noyes family (No. 267).
589 HARRIET E., b. Dec. 13, 1811, d. young.
590 PELEG, b. Dec. 16, 1816, m. Martha A., Haverstraw, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1843.
591 MARY, b. April 13, 1814, m. Hiram DeW. Keyser.
592 BRIDGET, b. Nov. 7, 1818, m. Pardon T. Kinney.
593 DANIEL E., b. June 20, 1821, d. young.
594 CAROLINE E., b. Feb. 23, m. Rev. J. B. Gould,
Charles W. Denison (No. 462) m. Elizabeth Stanton (No. 404), daughter of Zebulon, Nov. 24, 1805. He d. Aug. 14, 1817 ; she d. Aug. 8, 1825.
CHILDREN:
595 ELIZA, b. Aug. 30, 1806, m. J. E. Culver.
596 REV. CHARLES W., b. in 1808, m. Mary Palmer; m. 2d, Mary A. Andrews 597 ELISHA, b. in 1810, d. young.
598 SARAH, b. in 1812, m. Nathan Storrs.
599 HARRIET, b. in 1814.
Amos Denison (No. 463) m. Lois Denison (No. 584), daughter of John and Ede (Brown) Denison. Lived in Stonington, and he d. there. His wife d. in Ohio, 1875.
CHILDREN:
600 HARRIET E., b. Aug. 27, 1809, m. Frederic Cogswell.
601 AMOS E. W., b. Sept. 20, 1811, m. Mary Dexter April 12, 1838.
602 MARY C., b. May 19, 1814, m. Samuel H. Greene.
603 CAROLINE EDITH, b. Nov. 11, 1816, m. William C. Moss (No. 42), that family.
Oliver Denison (No. 534) m. Ist, Nancy Graves March 3, 181I. ONE CHILD:
604 MARTHA A., b. Dec. 21, 1811, m. Nathaniel Clift (No. 41), in Clift fam- ily.
Mrs. Nancy Graves Denison d. Feb. 24, 1825, and Mr. Oliver Denison m. 2d, Nancy D. Noyes (No. 336) of Noyes family. He d. Sept. 8, 1873, she d. June 1, 1870.
CHILDREN:
605 EMMA C., b. Oct. 24, 1828, m. Asa F. Kendrick.
606 OLIVER, b. April 18, 1825, m. Harriet N. Wilcox.
607 MARCIA P., b. April 8, 1830, m. Paul B. Stanton (No. 67) Robert Stan- ton family.
608 EDGAR, b. Jan. 20, 1833, m. Margaret §. Mandeville, and m. 2d, Phebe E. Green.
609 SARAH E., b. March 29, 1835, d. unmarried.
610 NATHAN N., b. Jan. 29, 1838, m. Sarah A. Green.
611 PHEBE M., b. May 30, 1840, m. Reuben Ford.
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DENISON FAMILY.
Justin W. Denison (No. 535) m. Maria Collins (No. 14) of the Collins family, March II, ISII. He d. Oct., 1839, and his wife d. Aug. 2, 1839.
CHILDREN:
612 JUSTIN W., b. Jan. 1, 1815, d. unmarried.
613 OLIVER, b. Aug. 25, 1815, m. Charlotte Sawyer.
614 ELISHA P., b. July 31, 1817, m. Mary Dickenson.
·615 MARIA, b. May 30, 1819, m. James Fish.
616 ANN E., b. Jan. 10, 1821, m. Stephen Denison (No. 378), of Denison family. 617 MERCY A., b. Feb. 2, 1825, m. Fred Funch.
618 THOMAS L., b. July 25, 1825, d. Aug. 13, 1837.
619 ELIAS W., b. June 18, 1827, m. Phebe A. Stoddard.
620 ANDREW L., b. Nov. 4, 1829, d. unmarried.
Elam Denison (No. 538) m. Clarissa Palmer (No. 306) of Pal- mer family. He d., and Mrs. Clarissa Denison m. 2d, Amos Chesebrough (No. 243).
CHILDREN:
621 CLARISSA, b. - , m. John Green. 622 ELAM, b. in 1822, d. Jan. 21, 1824.
Gilbert Denison (No. 307) m. Huldah Palmer (No. 291), Dec. 26, 1784. They lived in Vermont. CHILDREN:
623 GILBERT, b. in 1786, m. Sophia Culver.
624 HULDAH, b. in 1788, m. Phineas Stewart.
625 SOPHIA, b. in 1790, m. Henry Clark.
626 ELISHA, b. in 1792.
627 HENRY, b. - -, d. unmarried.
Gilbert Denison (No. 623) m. Sophia Culver in 1808. CHILDREN: ·628 GILBERT P., b. Oct. 31, 1810.
629 HENRY C., b. May 27, 1812.
630 MARY, b. April 2, 1814, m. Benjamin F. Collins (No. 43), of Collins family. 631 ANN MARIA, b. in 1818, m. Dr. Ezra Vincent (No. 28) of Vincent family. 632 CHARLES W., b. Sept. 20, 1818, d. young.
633 CHARLES H., b. in 1821, m. Mary A. Cottrell (No. 55) of Cottrell family. 634 JANE B., b. in 1823, m. Rev. Pliny S. Warner.
635 LOUISA, b. March 28, 1825, d. young.
Nathan F. Denison (No. 431) m. Mary E. Avery Dec. 25, 1823. CHILDREN:
636 MARY E., b. June 18, 1825, m. Erastus Avery.
637 HANNAH F., b. Feb. 15, 1827, m. Hiram C. Holmes (No. 111) of Holmes family.
638 EMILY A., b. Nov. 14, 1828, m. Gurdon Bill. 639 LUCY C., b. June 30, 1831, m. Frederick Bill.
EELLS FAMILY.
I. JOHN EELLS, the progenitor of the Eells family, ap- pears first on this side of the Atlantic Ocean at Dorchester, Mass. He was made freeman May 14, 1634. His son
2. Samuel Eells, bapt. May 3, 1640, removed to Newbury, Mass., in 1645; there he was called "Beehive Maker." He m. Ann, daughter of Rev. Robert Lenthall of Newport, Aug. 1, 1663. CHILDREN:
3 SAMUEL, b. June 1, 1664, d. young.
4 JOHN, b. July 3, 1665, d. young.
5 SAMUEL, b. Sept. 2, 1666.
6 JOHN, b. - , 1668.
7 MARY, b. Feb. 18, 1672.
8 ROBERT, b. Dec. 4, 1672, d. young.
9 ROBERT, b. Jan. 25, 1675.
10 NATHANIEL, b. Nov. 26, 1677, m. Hannah North.
Rev. Nathaniel Eells (No. 10), of Scituate, ordained June 14, 1704, m. Hannah North, of Hingham.
CHILDREN:
11 SARAH, b. Aug. 5, 1705.
12 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 23, 1707.
13 JOHN, b. Jan. 23, 1709.
14 NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 4, 1711, m. Mercy Cushing, Mrs. Mary Darrel.
15 EDWARD, b. Jan. 4, 1713.
16 HANNAH, b. Jan. 30, 1715.
17 MARY, b. May 13, 1716.
18 NORTH, b. Sept. 28, 1718.
19 ANN, b. Oct. 16, 1721.
Rev. Nathaniel Eells (No. 14) was the third ordained minister of Stonington, a graduate of Harvard College in 1728. After he was ordained in 1733, he pursued his labors with unremitting zeal and success. He lived on Hinckley Hill, and preached in the Center meeting house until 1762, when Mr. Rossiter d. in 1762. Then, upon the request of the east and west parishes in Stoning- ton, he preached at the Centre and Agreement Hill or Road meet- ing house for a year or two, after which he preached at the Road in the morning, and in the old Academy at Stonington Point, in the afternoon, until the Centre meeting house was taken down, and re-erected in the village of Stonington. When the war of
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the Revolution broke out, and the news of the battle of Lexing- ton set the patriotism of the country on fire, Putnam left his. plough and Mr. Eells his pulpit, and rushed to Boston to defend with their lives if need be, the liberties of their country. Mr. Eells was a great favorite, especially among the young people, and an able devoted preacher of the Gospel. He m. Ist, Mercy Cushing Oct. 18, 1733 ; she d., then he m. 2d wife, Mrs. Mary Darrell, Oct. 10, 1753. He d. June 16, 1786, in the 76th year of his age, and the 53d year of his ministry.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
20 NATHANIEL, b. May 9, 1735, m. Martha Babcock (No. 228).
21 JOHN, b. March 8, 1737.
22 EDWARD, b. Jan. 9, 1739, m. Mercy Denison.
23 SARAH, b. and d. March 17, 1741.
24 MERCY, b. Jan. 4, 1743, m. Dr. Joshua Lathrop Nov. 5, 1761.
25 SARAH, b. March 10, 1745.
26 LUCRETIA, b. June 15, 1747.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
27 REBECCA, b. Aug. 8, 1754.
28 LYDIA, b. Dec. 3, 1755, m. Jedediah Parker of Boston Sept. 18, 1783.
29 SAMUEL, b. Sept. 27, 1757.
30 JOSEPH, b. March 13, 1759, m. Anna Stanton.
31 HANNAH, b. Sept. 14 1760, m. Samuel Palmer Nov. 9, 1780 (No. 212), that family.
32 ELIZABETH, b. July 25, 1762, m. William Sheffield May 29, 1783. 33 BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 6, 1763, m. Dorcas Denison.
Edward Eells (No. 22) m. Mercy Denison (No. 190), Denison family, May 10, 1764, by Rev. Joseph Fish, both of Stonington ; moved to Preston, Conn.
CHILDREN:
34 LUCRETIA, b. May 8, 1766.
35 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 14, 1768.
36 CUSHING, b. Aug. 27, 1769.
37 EDWARD, b. Jan. 24, 1773.
38 REBECCA, b. April 28, 1774.
Joseph Eells (No. 30) m. Anna Stanton (No. 39), Feb. 2, 1785, Stanton family. He d. Dec. 19, 1791, aged 33 years. Anna then m. Dea. Sans Cole of Hopkinton, R. I., and d. Aug. 8, 1850. She was called Nancy Stanton.
CHILDREN:
39 NANCY, b. Sept. 11, 1786, m. Col. Joseph Smith Jr. (No. 105), son of Joseph and Hannah (Hewitt) Smith, m. Feb. 9, 1806.
40 BETSEY, b. Oct. 31, 1788, m. Russell Hall of Hopkinton, R. I., Jan. 20, 1811.
41 JOSEPH, b. July 19, 1791, d. young.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Benjamin Eells (No. 33) m. Dorcas Denison Dec. 20, 1789, (No. 326), Denison family.
CHILDREN:
42 MARIA, b. Sept. 22, 1790, m. B. F. Babcock April, 1813 (No. 157), that family.
43 LYDIA, b. Nov. 13, 1791, d. July 25, 1795.
44 CHARLOTTE, b. July 12, 1793, m. Nathan Smith Dec. 24, 1818 (No. 108). 45 BENJAMIN S., b. June 12, 1795, d. Sept. 5, 1796.
46 ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 30, 1798, m. Rev. Oliver Brown July 8, 1828.
FANNING FAMILY.
I. EDMUND FANNING, the emigrant ancestor of the Fan- ning family of this region round about, d. in Stonington, Conn., in Dec., 1683. He left a widow, Mrs. Ellen Fanning, five sons and one daughter.
He was doubtless of Irish origin, but his native place cannot be defined, for there are two storied traditions relative to it, which are so variant in their conditions and locality, that it is im- possible to determine his nativity. One tradition speaks of him as escaping from Dublin in Ireland, in 164I, at the time of the great rebellion in which 100,000 Protestants fell victims to the fury of the Roman Catholics, which tradition followed him in his travels over the ocean and to America, where after a few years he located himself in that part of New London, now Groton, in 1652. Later on he removed to Stonington, Conn., where he lived the remainder of his life. The other tradition would make him a descendant of Dominicus Fanning, who was mayor of a city in Ireland under Charles the First, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Drogheda in 1649. All of the garrison except him- self was put to the sword. He was beheaded by Cromwell, and his head was stuck on a pole at the principal gate of the city. His property was confiscated, because when Charles the First made a proclamation of peace, he was a member of the Irish Council. He advised not to accept, unless the British Government would se- cure to the Irish their religion, their property and their lives. His son Edmund, was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, and m. Cath- arine, daughter of Hugh Hayn, Earl of Connaught, and emigrat- ed to this country with two sons, Thomas and William, and set- tled in Stonington, Conn. This tradition is taken from an old tombstone at Riverside, Long Island, and is claimed by many as the ancestral connecting line of Edmund Fanning, who d. in Dec., 1683, neither of which storied traditions are to be relied upon as correct, for they are so variant in their descriptions of his ancestry, marriages and names of his wives that places them beyond an intelligent belief.
CHILDREN OF EDMUND AND WIFE, ELLEN FANNING:
2 EDMUND, b. --
3 THOMAS, b.
4 JOHN, b.
5 WILLIAM, b.
6 JAMES, b.
7 MARY, b. , m. Benjamin Hewitt.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Edmund Fanning (No. 2) m. Margaret Billings (No. 3), that family, Aug. 31, 1678. He was in King Philip's war.
Thomas Fanning (No. 3) and Frances Ellis were m. Oct. 19, 1684. He served in King Philip's war.
HIS SON:
8 JAMES, m. Hannah Smith, time not known.
THEIR SON:
9 GILBERT, m. Huldah Palmer (No. 175), Palmer family, Dec. 25, 1753. They were both of Stonington.
CHILDREN:
10 NATHANIEL, b. May 31, 1755.
11 GILBERT, b. Jan. 30, 1757.
12 WILLIAM, b. July 19, 1758.
13 JAMES, b. April 10, 1760.
14 HULDAH, b. July 19, 1762, d. April 10, 1765.
15 THOMAS, b. May 17, 1765.
16 HULDAH, b. May 30, 1767.
17 EDMUND, b. July 16, 1769.
18 SAMUEL, b. April 21, 1771.
19 RICHARD, b. June 22, 1774.
20 HENRY, b. April 13, 1778.
Mary Fanning (No. 7), m. Benjamin Hewitt, Sept. 24, 1683. See Hewitt family (No. 3).
Capt. Nathaniel Fanning (No. 10) was a midshipman com- manding the main top of the ship called Good Man Richard, under Capt. John Paul Jones, in her famous fight with the English ship Serapis. He so distinguished himself in that action as to draw from Capt. Jones the following certificate: "I do hereby certify that Nathaniel Fanning of Stonington, State of Connecti- cut, has sailed with me in the station of midshipman eighteen months, while I commanded the Good Man Richard, until she was lost in the action with the Serapis, and in the "Alliance" and Ariel frigates. His bravery on board the first mentioned in the action with the Serapis, a King's ship of fifty guns, off Flam- borough Head, while he had command of the maintop, will, I hope, recommend him to the notice of Congress in the line of promotion with his other merits. "JOHN PAUL JONES."
Dec. 17th, 1780.
He was promoted to a lieutenantcy in the United States Navy, and d. of the yellow fever while in command of the United States Naval Station at Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 30, 1805.
FELLOWS FAMILY.
I. WILLIAM FELLOWS came to this country from Eng- land prior to 1641 and settled in Ipswich, Mass., and became an inhabitant of that town.
He was m. in the old country, but the name of his wife is not known. The following named children are mentioned in his will : CHILDREN:
2 EPHRAIM, b. in England.
3 SAMUEL, b. in England.
4 JOSEPH, b. in England.
5 ISAAC, b. in England.
6 MARY, b. in England.
7 ELIZABETH, b. in New England.
8 ABIGAIL, b. in New England.
9 SARAH, b. in New England.
Isaac Fellows (No. 5) and Joannah Brown were m. Jan. 29, 1672.
CHILDREN:
10 ISAAC, b. Nov. 27, 1673.
11 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 8, 1676.
12 EPHRAIM, b. Sept. 3, 1679.
13 JONATHAN, b. Sept. 18, 1682.
14 JOANNA, b. Nov. 19, 1689.
Ephraim Fellows (No. 12) m. Hannah Warner, dau. of Na- thaniel Warner, May 19, 1703.
CHILDREN:
15 EPHRAIM, b. in Massachusetts, and probably others.
16 SARAH, b. Jan. 3, 1711.
17 NATHANIEL, b. June 22, 1713.
18 NATHAN, b. , 1714.
19 ISAAC, b. Feb. 19, 1719.
20 JOHN, b. Oct. 8, 1722.
21 JOANNAH, b. April 4, 1724.
22 MARY, b. Aug. 16, 1726.
Mr. Ephraim Fellows d. March 12, 1726, and his wife, Han- nah d. March 19, 1758.
Nathaniel Fellows (No. 17) and Hopestill Holdredge were m. March 2, 1737.
CHILDREN:
23 DEBORAH, b. April 4, 1738, d. April 11, 1738.
24 NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 4, 1739.
25 WARNER, b. Feb. 11, 1741.
26 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 19, 1743.
27 HOPESTILL, b. Feb. 8, 1745.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
28 LYDIA, b. Feb. 20, 1747, m. Nathan Noyes (No. 142), that family.
29 MERCY, b. Aug. 1, 1749.
30 ELNATHAN, b. Aug. 13, 1751.
31 EPHRAIM, b. Nov. 19, 1753.
32 PRISCILLA, b. April 14, 1755.
33 MARY, b. and d. May 16, 1757.
34 JOSEPH, b. Sept. 29, 1759.
35 DAVID, b. March 16, 1760.
Ephraim Fellows (No. 15) and Prudence Plumb were m. May 13,173I.
CHILDREN:
36 HANNAH, b. Dec. 28, 1731.
37 EPHRAIM, b. Oct. 2, 1733.
38 GEORGE, b. Aug. 15, 1735, and d. Dec. 1, 1736.
39 SAMUEL, b. Oct. 4, 1737.
40 WARNER, b. Oct. 13, 1739, d. Nov. 3, 1739.
41 JOHN, b. Nov. 7, 1740.
42 PRUDENCE, b. Nov. 2, 1742.
43 SARAH, b. Sept. 28, 1744.
44 JOSEPH, b. Oct. 7, 1746.
Warner Fellows (No. 25) and Eunice Hall, both of Stoning- ton, Conn., were m. Nov. 22, 1762. No children on record.
Ephraim Fellows (No. 37) and Rhode Smith, both of Stoning- ton, were m. April 24, 1766.
CHILDREN:
45 EPHRAIM, b. Jan. 27, 1767.
46 JEREMIAH, b. Feb. 24, 1769.
47 RHODA, b. Jan. 3, 1771.
48 ASA, b. March 15, 1773.
49 MARTHA, b. Feb. 2, 1775.
50 PRUDENCE, b. Oct. 17, 1777.
51 RHODA, b. Jan. 12, 1782, and d. young.
Samuel Fellows (No. 39) and Mary Udall, both of Stonington, were m. March 7, 1765. CHILDREN:
52 MARY, b. March 27, 1766.
53 MARTHA, b. July 20, 1776.
54 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 4, 1770.
55 SARAH, b. July 20, 1776.
56 ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 31, 1779.
Dea. Jeremiah Fellows (No. 46) and Lois Miner (No. 339), that family, both of Stonington, were m. May 30, 1802.
CHILDREN:
57 LOIS FELLOWS LEE, daughter of Tully and Lois Lee, b. in Stonington May 5, 1805. and was an adopted child of Jeremiah Fellows and his wife, Lois Miner Fellows, and m. Dea. - Potter Dec. 18, -. He was a native of Middletown, Conn.
FISH FAMILY.
I. It has not yet been ascertained when Mr. John Fish, whose mature life and declining years were spent in Groton and Ston- ington, came to this country, or of what nationality he was. Miss Caulkins, in her History of New London, speaks of a John Fish of Lynn, Mass., as early as 1637, but the history of Lynn does not mention his name. Miss Caulkins gives no further account of him until 1655, when he appeared with his wife and children, John, Jonathan and Samuel Fish. She gives no account of Mr. Fish between 1637 and 1655, when she locates him and his fam- ily in New London, prior to 1655. A Mr. John Fish was living in the town of Stratford, Conn. How long he made that town his abiding place does not appear, nor when he was married to Miss Eland, whose ancestral home was Yorkshire, Eng. He sold out his home lot and about six acres of land in Stratford to John Willcockson, Sept. 29, 1655, the same year that Miss Caulkins locates him and family in New London. She was doubtless mis- taken in saying that his son Samuel Fish was one of his family when he came to New London to live, for the epitaph on his gravestone shows that he was not born until 1656. How long Mr. Fish lived in New London is not certainly known, but his residence there was of short duration, for the Stonington records show that he had lived here long enough in 1668 to become an in- habitant of Stonington, which requires a two years' residence to obtain. The following biographical sketch of Mr. John Fish, written by Mr. John D. Fish, one of his descendants, was care- fully prepared by him, and is doubtless correct :
"In 1654, and probably for several years previously, John Fish lived in the town of Stratford, Conn. He was a young man and impulsive. The family name of his wife was probably Eland, as Sarah Eland, his sister-in-law, was a young woman and a mem- ber of his household. The Elands were an ancient and knightly family of Yorkshire, Eng. John Fish's house lot of about six acres, where he lived, was at the northerly end of the present vil- lage of Stratford, and bounded on the west by Main street, on the north and east by Ferry road and on the south by land of
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