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109 HANNAH, b. Dec. 22, 1758, m. Col. Joseph Smith (No. 56), that family.
110 STANTON, b. Oct. 8, 1760, m. Lucinda Grant.
111 ISAAC, b. Jan. 28, 1762, m. Cynthia Swan.
112 ELI, b. July 31, 1764, m. Betsey Williams.
113 PEREZ, b. April 29, 1770, m. Nancy Williams.
114 PALMER, b. Jan. 14, 1777, m. Eunice Williams.
115 ANNA, b. Aug. 27, 1779, m. Jonathan Avery (No. 182), that family.
116 POLLY or MARY, b. Dec. 1, 1781, m. Richard Wheeler (No. 362), that family
Nathaniel Hewitt (No. 56) m. Rebecca Grant April 24, 1740 (No. 18), Grant family.
CHILDREN:
117 JOSIAH GRANT, b. May 12, 1742, m. Mercy Williams Jan. 27, 1763.
118 GRACE, b. May 25, 1744.
119 NATHANIEL, b. Oct. 15, 1746, m. Anna Hobart, Sarah Avery.
120 MARY, b. July 6, 1751, d. young.
121 REBECCA, b. Feb. 22, 1754.
122 JOSEPH, b. May 10, 1756.
123 MARY, b. Jan. 25, 1759.
Elkanah Hewitt (No. 66) m. Elizabeth Miner (No. 166), that family, Oct. 11, 1749.
CHILDREN:
124 LYDIA, b. April 22, 1751.
125 THANKFUL, b. Sept. 2, 1753.
126 REBECCA, b. Jan. 19, 1756.
127 ELKANAH, b. March 19, 1759.
128 ROBERT, b. June 2, 1760.
129 ELIZABETH, b. March 2, 1763.
130 HANNAH, b. June 2, 1765.
131 ROGER, b. Dec. 18, 1767.
132 LOT, b. May 2, 1770.
Henry Hewitt (No. 69) m. Sarah Keeney Jan. 23, 1751 ; she d. He m. 2d, Phebe Prentice Jan. 2, 1772 (No. 30), that family ; he m. 3d, Mrs. Content (Wheeler) Palmer March 30, 1784 (No. 348), Wheeler family.
CHILDREN:
133 JOSEPH, b. Aug. 8, 1774.
134 BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 8, 1774, m. Desire Babcock.
135 AMOS, b. Nov. 14, 1776.
136 PHEBE, b. Dec. 9, 1778.
137 PRENTICE, b. , m. Peggy Brown.
423
HEWITT FAMILY.
Jonas Hewitt (No. 72) m. Temperance Holmes, date of m. un- known, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
138 JONAS, b. Aug. 5, 1791.
139 EUNICE, b. Feb. 16, 1793.
140 THOMAS, b. Sept. 30, 1794.
141 BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 4, 1797.
142 DENISON, b. Nov. 4, 1797.
Simeon Hewitt (No. 73) m. Rachael Geer, date unknown. CHILDREN:
143 SIMEON, b. -
144 ZEBRA, b. -.
145 ISAAC, b.
146 ABEL, b.
Amos Hewitt (No. 74) m. Anna Miner in 1774 (No. 200), Miner family, both of Stonington, Conn. He was lost at sea, and his widow went to Cayuga, New York, to live with her son, but did not long remain there; she returned to Stonington, and lived with her husband's brother, Thomas Hewitt, until her death in 1838.
CHILD:
147 AMOS, b. Jan., 1775, m. - -.
Increase Hewitt (No. 77) m. Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Tyler, and wife, Mehitable Shurtleff.
CHILDREN:
148 MEHITABLE, b. in 1664.
149 AMOS, b. in 1665.
150 DANIEL, b. June 13, 1768, d. 1801.
151 WILLIAM, b. in 1770, m. Abigail Hill.
152 INCREASE, b. in 1772.
153 THOMAS, b. in 1773.
154 BETSEY, b. in 1775, m. Elisha Bugbee, 1795.
155 ELIZABETH, b. in 1776.
156 MARY, b. in 1777, m. Abial Bugbee, Jr.
157 EUNICE, b. in 1780, d. unmarried.
158 HENRY, b. in 1782, m. Hannah Bugbee, 1802.
159 JAMES, b. in 1783, d. 1803.
160 JOSEPH, b. in 1787, d.
Dethic Hewitt (No. 84) m. Elizabeth Searle July 11, 1773 (No. 25), Searle family.
CHILDREN:
161 ISAAC, b. -.
162 DANIEL, b.
163 ELIZABETH, b.
Col. Henry Hewitt (No. 89) m. Phebe Morgan of Groton Nov. 26, 1786.
CHILDREN:
164 PHEBE, b. March 17, 1790.
165 ELIZABETH, b. April 28, 1792.
166 HENRY LEEDS, b. March 3, 1794.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
167 -, b. June 17, 1796.
168 JAMES, b. Feb. 27, 1798.
169 CHARLES, b. Jan. 12, 1801.
170 SARAH, b. June 7, 1808.
This family moved to Genoa, New York.
Israel Hewitt (No. 94) m. Sarah Williams in 1781. CHILDREN:
171 TABITHA, b. Aug. 25, 1782.
172 SARAH, b. May 10, 1784.
173 ISRAEL, b. Sept. 25, 1785.
174 POLLY, b. July 11, 1787.
175 FREEMAN, b. March 23, 1790.
Rufus Hewitt (No. 106) m. Martha Wheeler in 1788 (No. 114), Wheeler family.
CHILDREN:
176 NABBY, b. Jan. 8, 1789.
177 DESIRE, b. Feb. 14, 1791.
178 PATTY, b. July 30, 1795.
179 RUFUS, b. Nov. 27, 1798.
180 CYRUS, b. March 27, 1797.
Elias Hewitt (No. 107) m. Anna Hull (No. 13), Hull family, Jan. 27, 1791.
CHILDREN:
181 ELIAS, b. May 5, 1792, m. Polly Miner.
182 NANCY, b. June 23, 1793, m. Erastus Williams (No. 11), William Wil- liams family.
183 EZRA, b. Oct. 16, 1794, m. Phebe Esther Randall (No. 102), that family. 184 LYDIA, b. May 7, 1797, m. Dudley R. Wheeler (No. 191), that family.
185 JOHN, b. April 6, 1799, d. unmarried.
186 GURDON, b. Sept. 1, 1800, d. unmarried.
Stanton Hewitt (No. 110) m. Lucinda Grant (No. 40), that family, May 15, 1784, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
187 CHARLES, b. July 13, 1786, m. Eunice Witter.
188 STANTON, b. July 11, 1788, m. Mary Avery Sept. 7, 1820.
189 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 23, 1792, m. Eliza Williams.
190 OLIVER, b. Oct. 15, 1795, m. Julia Punderson; m. 2d, Sarah A. Brown- ing (No. 62), that family.
191 LUCINDA, b. April 17, 1797, m. Ezra Stanton in 1833 (No. 312), that family.
192 EPHRAIM, b. April 20, 1801, m. Eliza Prentice.
193 ELIZA, b. April 17, 1803, m. Henry Prentice Nov. 30, 1824 (No. 63), that family.
194 MARY, b. May 19, 1808, m. Asher Prentice (No. 75), Prentice family. 195 DENISON, b. Jan. 19, 1811, m. Mary Browning.
Isaac Hewitt (No. III) m. Cynthia Swan in 1787 (No. 67), that family.
CHILDREN:
196 HANNAH, b. July 9, 1788, m. Robert Stanton (No. 172), that family. 197 POLLY, b. July 26, 1790, m. George P. Stewart Jan. 1, 1812 (No. 40), that family.
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HEWITT FAMILY.
198 CYNTHIA, b. Dec. 19, 1791, m. Coddington Swan, Feb. 5, 1818 (No. 171), that family.
199 NANCY, b. June 8, 1795, m. Charles P. Wheeler (No. 146), that family.
200 SOPHIA, b. Nov. 17, 1798, m. Elias Smith Dec. 15, 1824.
201 HARRIET, b. Jan. 1, 1800, m. Joshua C. Stanton (No. 196), that family; 2d, E. Williams Bennet (No. 60), that family.
202 ISAAC, b. March 19, 1802, m. Caroline Allyn, Nov. 27, 1822.
203 CHARLES S., b. May 9, 1804, m. Cynthia Hewitt Sept. 4, 1825 (No. 217); 2d, Mary Gray, May 8, 1837.
204 AUSTIN D., b. 1806, m. Eunice Hewitt Dec. 9, 1828 (No. 218).
205 AMOS, b. 1808, m. Eunice Packer of Groton. He d. and his widow m. Charles Stanton.
Eli Hewitt (No. 112) m. Elizabeth or Betsey Williams April 24, 1796 (No. 283), that family.
CHILDREN:
206 GEORGE W., b. June 26, 1797, m. Bridget Wheeler (No. 256), that family .. 207 BETSEY, b. Aug. 30, 1799.
208 CHARLES GRANDISON, b. Dec. 20, 1801, m. 1st, Lucy Randall. He m. 2d, Mary Wheeler.
209 HANNAH, b. Feb. 20, 1804, m. Rowland Stanton (No. 313), that family. 210 ELIZA, b. March 10, 1806.
211 BENADAM, b. April 30, 1808, m. Desire Wheeler Randall (No. 113), that : family, Jan. 5, 1837; m. 2d, Phebe Wheeler.
212 ELI, b. Jan. 28, 1810, m. Mary Lamb.
Perez Hewitt (No. 113), m. Nancy Williams of Waterford (No ... 3II), that family, Feb. 12, 1797.
CHILDREN:
213 PEREZ, b. Feb. 24, 1798, m. Abby S. Crandall Nov. 13, 1823 (No. 315), Stanton family. After his death she m. Richard Main of North Ston- ington, Conn.
214 HANNAH, b. May 30, 1800, d. unmarried.
215 NANCY, b. May 30, 1800, d. unmarried.
216 HENRY, b. Sept. 7, 1802, m. Maria Williams July 9, 1837 (No. 113), that family.
217 CYNTHIA, b. June 10, 1804, m. Charles S. Hewitt (No. 203).
218 EUNICE A., b. Aug. 5, 1806, m. Austin D. Hewitt (No. 204).
219 MARY E., b. Oct. 16, 1808, m. William Comstock, Nov. 19, 1833.
220 GEORGE W., b. May 26, 1811, m. Louise Brown Oct. 17, 1841.
221 CHARLES G., b. Sept. 27, 1813, d. young.
Palmer Hewitt (No. 114) m. Eunice Williams Feb. 23, 1800 (No. 312), that family. She d. March 9, 1869; he d. April II, 1850.
CHILDREN:
222 ELISHA JEFFERSON, b. Dec. 18, 1800, m. Desire Gallup Nov. 27, 1823 (No. 263), Gallup family.
223 ELIZA W., b. March 11, 1803, m. Alfred Gallup (No. 261), that family.
224 EMELINE S., b. July 24, 1806, m. Joseph Keeney Dec. 25, 1831.
225 EUNICE A., b. July 15, 1814, m. Edward Ashbey May 22, 1836.
226 AVERY P., b. July 15, 1814, m. Harriet Miner April 29, 1838.
Nathaniel Hewitt (No. 119), m. Anna Hobart of Stonington, Conn., Nov. 3, 1766. He m. 2d, Sarah Avery (No. 153), Avery family, in 1787.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
227 ELIPHALET, b. Aug. 7, 1767.
228 SARAH, b. June 30, 1770, m. Elam Chesebrough (No. 260), Chesebrough family.
229 NATHANIEL, b. March 12, 1774.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
230 REV. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 25, 1788, m. Rebecca Hillhouse.
231 SARAH, b. 1790.
232 NANCY, b. 1792.
233 JOSEPH, b. 1794.
234 HENRY, b. 1797.
235 MARY, b. 1800.
Prentice Hewitt (No. 137) m. Peggy Brown Feb. 16, 1794. After her death he m. Eliza Prentice March 27, 1802.
CHILDREN:
236 PEGGY, b. March 27, 1795.
237 AMOS, b. April 6, 1797.
Benjamin Hewitt (No. 134) m. Desire Babcock Oct. 21, 1798. CHILDREN:
238 DESIRE, b. Dec. 28, 1800, d. young.
239 SARAH, b. Jan. 17, 1802, m. Hezekiah Haskell.
240 DESIRE, b. Sept. 27, 1803, m. Ezra D. Miner Oct. 9, 1823 (No. 235), that family.
241 PHEBE, b. Aug. 24, 1806, m. Isaac P. Breed Nov. 25, 1837 (No. 136), that family.
242 EMMILLA, b. June 19, 1808, m. Joseph H. Robinson Dec. 25, 1827.
243 BENJAMIN BABCOCK, b. Oct. 11, 1811, m. Sally Brown Oct. 13, 1834; m. 2d, Rhoda (Pendleton) Richmond.
244 JOSEPH DENISON, b. Nov. 15, 1815, m. Emily L. Stanton March 14, 1839. 245 MARY LOUISE, b. April 13, 1818, m. William W. Maine of Windham Sept. 12, 1838.
246 FRANCES M., b. March 25, 1820, m. Charles Maine of Windham Sept. 12, 1838.
Stanton Hewitt (No. 188) m. Mary Avery Sept. 7, 1820. CHILDREN:
247 MARY ANN, b. Sept. 10, 1821, d. Nov. 6, 1821.
248 WILLIAM S., b. March 23, 1823, d. unmarried.
249 MARY AUGUSTUS, b. April 1, 1825, d. March 29, 1835.
250 OLIVER A., b. April 3, 1827, d. Oct. 26, 1848.
251 MARGARET L., b. April 27, 1829, d. June 10, 1830.
252 MARGARET, b. April 28, 1831, d. young.
253 CHARLES EDWIN, b. Feb. 1, 1834, m. Eliza A. Hillard Feb. 22, 1860.
254 JANE ELIZA, b. July 13, 1836, m. Andrew J. Avery May 19, 1864.
255 MARIA LOUISE, b. March 30, 1841, d. young.
William Hewitt (No. 189) m. Eliza Williams (No. 51) William Williams family, March 6, 1814. He d. Jan. 25, 1869; she d. April 9, 1867.
CHILDREN:
256 FRANCES E., b. Sept. 6, 1816, m. George S. Browning; m. 2d, Roger W. Griswold.
257 ABBY LUCINDA, b. June 21, 1818, m. Russell B. Coates Sept. 27, 1838. 258 MARY ANN, b. Oct. 29, 1828, m. Gilbert Billings Aug. 24, 1852 (No. 200), Billings family.
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HEWITT FAMILY.
Ephraim Hewitt (No. 192) m. Eliza Prentice Dec. 4, 1828, both of North Stonington, Conn. (No. 74), Prentice family.
CHILDREN:
259 ELIZABETH, b. - -, m. Elisha Rood.
259 EPHRAIM, b. -, d. young.
260 HARRIET PRENTICE, b. -
-, m. Austin Maine.
261 MARY ESTHER, b. - -, m. Daniel B. Morgan of Preston.
262 EMILY, b. - -, m. Samuel O. Grant.
263 GILES, b. , m. Harriet Eggleston.
Denison Hewitt (No. 195) m. Mary P. Browning (No. 60), that family.
CHILD:
264 THOMAS BROWNING, b. - , m. Amanda Brower. He is a prominent lawyer in New York; residence in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Charles Grandison Hewitt (No. 208) m. Ist, Lucy Randall Dec. 25, 1823. She d. April 19, 1839 (No. 108), that family. He m. 2d, Mary, daughter of Richard Wheeler, Jan. 18, 1843 (No. 428), Wheeler family.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
265 DUDLEY R., b. April 28, 1825, m. Martha Gallup (No. 221), that family. 266 LUCY ANN, b. Jan. 3, 1831.
Perez Hewitt (No. 213) m. Abby S. Crandall Nov. 13, 1823 (No. 315), Stanton family. After his death Mrs. Hewitt m. 2d Richard Maine of North Stonington.
CHILDREN:
267 ANN MARIA, b.
268 LYDIA, b. - -, d. unmarried
-, m. - Hewitt, daughter of Isaac 269 WARREN STANTON, b. Hewitt.
Rev. Nathaniel Hewitt (No. 230) m. Rebecca Hillhouse June, 1815.
CHILDREN:
270 REBECCA, b. Jan. 22, 1817.
271 JAMES, b. Jan. 14, 1819.
272 NATHANIEL, b. Nov. 24, 1820.
273 SARAH, b. April 13, 1823.
274 HENRY, b. Dec. 26, 1825.
Elias Hewitt (No. 181) m. Polly, daughter of Alpheus and De- sire Miner (No. 215), Miner family, Feb. 6, 1817, by Stephen Avery, Esq.
CHILDREN:
277 ALPHEUS M., b. Sept. 16, 1818, m. Mary E. Manning Dec. 6, 1858.
278 ERASTUS W., b. Jan. 14, 1821, m. Ann Hull Aug. 13, 1851 (No. 39), that family.
279 NANCY MARY, b. Aug. 3, 1823, m. Charles G. Sisson June 21, 1840 (No. 54), that family.
280 DESIRE MATILDA, b. Nov. 24, 1825, m. John S. Schoonover May 13, 1851. 281 FRANCES ADELIA, b. Aug. 31, 1828, d in girlhood.
282 PHEBE ESTHER, b. March 23, 1831, m. Lathrop. W. Hull Sept. 1, 1851 (No. 40), Hull family.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Darius Hewitt (No. 100) m. Wealthy Avery (No. 161) in 1793. He d. 1802.
ONE CHILD:
283 WEALTHY AVERY, b. Dec. 29, 1794, m. Hon. William Randall, Jr. (No. 92), that family, Dec. 23, 1813.
Charles Hewitt (No. 187) m. Eunice Witter Feb. 28, 1813. CHILDREN:
284 CHARLES, b. Nov. 20, 1813.
285 STANTON, b. June 19, 1815.
286 FRANCINA E., b. July 5, 1817, d. Feb. 27, 1825.
287 ERASTUS F., b. Nov. 26, 1824.
288 JOSEPH H., b. May 30, 1827.
289 JOHN H., b. Aug. 8, 1835.
HINCKLEY FAMILY.
I. SAMUEL HINCKLEY, the first of the Hinckley family that appears in the early settlement of New England, came to this country with wife, Sarah , and four children, from Tenderden, in Kent, England, in the good ship Hercules of Sandwich in the year 1635, and settled in Scituate, Mass.
THEIR CHILDREN:
2 THOMAS, b. in England about 1618, m. 1st, Mary Richards, and 2d, Mary Glover, widow.
3 SUSANNAH, b. in England, m. John Smith in 1643.
4 MARY, b. in England.
5 SARAH, b. in England, m. Henry Cobb of Barnstable (No. 1), Cobb family.
Mrs. Sarah Hinckley joined the Scituate church Aug. 30, 1635, and had their child, Elizabeth, bapt. the next Sunday.
CHILDREN:
6 ELIZABETH, bapt. Sept. 6, 1635, m. Elisha Parker July 15, 1657.
7 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 4, 1638, d. young.
8 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 10, 1639, d. young.
Samuel Hinckley, Sr., and family, removed to Barnstable, Mass., in 1640, where the next children were born.
CHILDREN:
9 SAMUEL, b. July 24, 1642, m. Mary Goodspeed Dec. 14, 1662.
10 JOHN, b. May 26, 1644.
During the years 1640 and 1641 he had three other unbaptized children born and buried there. Mrs. Sarah Hinckley d. Aug. 18, 1656. Her husband m. for his second wife, Bridget Bodfish, and d. Oct. 31, 1662.
John Hinckley (No. 10) m. in 1668, Bethia, daughter of Thomas Lathrop, of Barnstable, Mass. He was a distinguished military man.
THEIR CHILDREN:
11 SARAH, b, in May, 1669.
12 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 20, 1671, m. Martha Lathrop.
13 BETHIA, b. in March, 1673.
14 HANNAH, b. in May, 1675.
15 JONATHAN, b. Feb. 15, 1678.
16 ICHABOD, b. Aug. 28, 1680.
17 GERSHOM, b. April 2, 1682.
Mrs. Bethia Hinckley d. July 10, 1694, and her husband m. 2d, Mary Goodspeed Nov. 24, 1697, and d. Dec. 7, 1709.
Samuel Hinckley (No. 12) m. Martha Lathrop Sept. 29, 1694,
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
and he and Henry Cobb, son of Dea. Henry Cobb of Barnstable,. Mass., came to Stonington and bought a large tract of land, which they held and improved together until 1717, when they di- vided the same, Samuel Hinckley taking that part of their joint purchase that lay on Hinckley Hill, near Pawcatuck River, and Henry Cobb that part which lay on both sides of the road from Wequetequock to Pawcatuck Bridge. Samuel and Jonathan Hinckley (Nos. 12 and 15) joined the First Church at Stonington, 1708 and 1710.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARTHA:
18 JOHN, b. in Barnstable July 25, 1700, bapt. Nov. 19, 1710, m. Elizabeth Breed.
19 MARTHA, b. in Barnstable March 8, 1702.
20 SAMUEL, b. in Barnstable March 4, 1706, m. Zerviah Breed; 2d, Mary Wyatt.
21 JOANNA, b. in Stonington March 29, 1708, m. George Denison (No. 66) of that family May 10, 1727, for his second wife.
22 MARY, b. Jan. 27, 1709, bapt. Nov. 19, 1710.
23 THANKFUL, b. March 22, 1712, bapt. June 4, 1712, m. Jedediah Thompson .. 24 MERCY, bapt. Oct. 7, 1716, m. Walter Palmer Dec. 29, 1736 (No. 152). 25 NANCY, b. Jan. 17, 1717.
Mrs. Martha Hinckley d. June 21, 1737, in the 59th year of her age.
John Hinckley (No. 18) and Elizabeth (No. 8), Breed family, daughter of John and wife, Mercy (Palmer) Breed, of Breed fam- ily, were m. March 3, 1725, and they were admitted to the church Feb. 16, 1734-5.
CHILDREN:
26 JOHN, b. April 19, 1727, bapt. Oct. 26, 1729, m. Johanna Rose.
27 GERSHOM, b. Sept. 4, 1730, m. Catharine
28 ELIZABETH, b. May 12, 1735.
Samuel Hinckley (No. 20) and Zerviah (No. 10), Breed fam- ily, daughter of John and wife, Mercy (Palmer) Breed, were m. Jan. 22, 1730.
CHILDREN:
29 ZERVIAH, b. April 11, 1731, m. Thaddeus Cook of Preston, Conn., Jan. 30, 1754.
Mrs. Zerviah Hinckley d. June 14, 1731, and Mr. Samuel Hinckley m. for his second wife, Mary Wyatt, Dec. 30, 1736.
CHILDREN:
30 SAMUEL, b. Aug. 22, 1737, d. Aug., 1757.
31 WYATT, b. Jan. 18, 1739, m. Eunice Breed, and 2d, Mrs. Lucy Frink.
32 DAVID, b. Jan. 28, 1741, d. Oct. 31, 742.
33 ABEL, b. April 10, 1743, m. Sarah Hubbard.
34 ELIJAH, b. July 15, 1745.
35 NATHAN, b. Feb. 23, 1748, m. Mary Babcock Sept. 8, 1776 (No. 226), Bab- cock family.
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HINCKLEY FAMILY.
36 MARY, b. July 8, 1750, m. David Babcock March 17, 1769 (No. 227), Bab- cock family.
37 GERSHOM, b. April 5, 1753, d. April, 1753.
38 VOSE, b. Aug. 28, 1754, m. Mary Miner Oct. 10, 1776 (No. 185), Miner family. 39 MARTHA, b. June 5, 1758.
40 GRACE, b. Sept. 14, 1760, m. Robert Babcock Feb. 27, 1780, (No. 229), Bab- cock family.
Mrs. Mary Wyatt Hinckley d., and Mr. Hinckley m. for his. third wife Mary Bacon, Dec. 13, 1761, and he d. Nov. 9, 1763.
John Hinckley (No. 26) m. Johanna Rose Dec. 23, 1746, and after Mr. Hinckley's death she m. Samuel Frink (No. 43), Frink family, Nov. 24, 1764.
CHILDREN:
41 JOHN, b. July 15, 1747, d. Oct. 26, 1753.
42 DAVID, b. Aug. 4, 1749.
43 THOMAS, b. April 28, 1751, m. Eliphal Slack.
44 PAUL, b. Oct. 31, 1753, m. Mary
Gershom Hinckley (No. 27) m. Catharine CHILDREN:
45 ANNE, b. Nov. 8, 1757.
46 PRUDENCE, b. June 4, 1759.
47 ELIZABETH, b. March 16, 1761.
48 GERSHOM, b. July 27, 1763.
49 DANIEL, b. Aug. 30, 1765.
50 JOHN, b. Jan. 22, 1768.
Wyatt Hinckley (No. 31) m. Eunice Breed (No. 20), Breed family, July 31, 1760.
CHILDREN:
51 SAMUEL, b. April 22, 1761.
52 WYATT, Jr., b. July 26, 1763,
53 EUNICE, b. Dec. 13, 1766.
54 MARCY, b. Dec. 19, 1768.
55 LUCY, b. Sept. 3, 1770, m. Frederick Pendleton (No. 42), Pendelton fam- ily; m. 2d, Jonathan Pendleton (No. 43), Pendleton family.
Wyatt Hinckley (No. 31) m. 2d, widow Lucy Frink of Ston- ington, Dec. 3, 1774.
CHILDREN:
56 ESTHER, b. Aug. 19, 1775.
57 DENCY, b. Dec. 9, 1776.
58 HARRY, b. Aug. 7, 1778.
59 CHARLES, b. June 5, 1780.
60 LUTHER, b. May 26, 1782.
61 EUNICE, b. May 15, 1784.
62 DAVID, b. March 23, 1786.
Abel Hinckley (No. 33) m. Sarah Hubbard or Hobart, 1764. She d. Oct. 16, 1806, and he d. March 20, 1818.
CHILDREN:
63 SARAH, b. March 11, 1765, m. George Fish.
64 REBECCA, b. Oct. 6, 1766, m. Ezra Gallup (No. 104), that family. 65 MARY, b. Feb. 23, 1768, m. Theophilus Morgan (No. 33), that family.
66 ANNE, b. Aug. 16, 1769, m. Joshua Gallup (No. 141), that family.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
67 ABEL, b. May 13, 1771.
68 SAMUEL H., b. Dec. 26, 1772, m. Abigail Helms; 2d, Nancy Chapman. 69 ESTHER, b. Nov. 25, 1777, d. unmarried.
Thomas Hinckley (No. 43) m. Eliphal Slack Feb. 20, 1780. CHILDREN:
70 ELIPHAL, b. Nov. 16, 1780.
71 CAROLINE, b. Aug. 16, 1782.
72 ABIGAIL, b. March 13, 1786.
73 THOMAS, b. Dec. 11, 1787, m. Mary Scholfield.
Paul Hinckley (No. 44) m. Mary CHILDREN:
74 PAUL, b. March 22, 1775.
'75 MARY, b. Feb. 15, 1773.
Samuel Hobart Hinckley (No. 68) m. Abigail Helms April 13, "1800. She was daughter of Oliver Helms and Katharine Green- man.
CHILDREN:
76 SAMUEL, b. Jan. 11, 1801.
77 ABBY, b. Sept. 4, 1802.
78 ABEL, b. Nov. 3, 1803, m. Abbie Babcock.
79 ELIAS B., b. June 26, 1805, m. Catharine Barnes.
80 FRANK P., b. April 10, 1807, d. unmarried in 1833.
81 HENRY, b. July 15, 1809, m. Prudence M. Chesebrough (No. 396), Chese- brough family.
82 MARY E., b. April 11, 1811, m. Charles M. Davis.
Mrs. Abigail H. Hinckley d. May 31, 1813, and on the 9th day of March, 1815, Mr. Samuel H. Hinckley m. 2d, Mrs. Nancy Chapman Clarke (No. 76), Chapman family, widow of William Clarke.
Thomas Hinckley (No. 73) m. Mary Scholfield Dec. 9, 1810. She was b. Feb. 3, 1787, and d. May 23, 1882. Mr. Thomas Hinckley d. Dec. 11, 1876.
HOBART FAMILY.
I. DANIEL HOBART and Zerviah Miner, daughter of James and Abigail (Eldredge) Miner, were m. Dec. 4, 1729. CHILDREN:
2 MARGARET, b. July 26, 1731, m. William Thompson March 21, 1751 (No. 9), Thompson family.
3 HANNAH, b. Oct. 11, 1733, m. John Hinks Jan. 22, 1756.
4 SUSANNAH, b. March 24, 1736, m. Nathaniel Hall Nov. 26, 1761.
5 JOHN, b. April 15, 1739.
6 DANIEL, b. Aug. 31, 1741, m. Hannah Shaw Sept. 21, 1760.
7 SAMUEL, b. May 24, 1744, m. Rebecca Shaw Sept. 8, 1768.
8 PETER, b. March 2, 1750.
9 ELIPHALET, b. June 20, 1752.
10 ZERVIAH, b. Nov. 12, 1755, m. Zebulon Chesebrough (No. 138) of the Chesebrough family, April 25, 1776.
Peter Hobart (No. 8) and Mary or Mercy Frink (No. 62), daughter of David Frink and Eunice (Gallup) Frink, were m. May 20, 1781.
CHILDREN:
11 MERCY, b. June 22, 1782, m. Christopher Leeds March 7, 1819.
12 NANCY, b. Feb. 16, 1784, never m.
13 RUSSELL, b. June 30, 1785, never m.
14 RILLA, b. Feb. 7, 1787.
15 HENRY, b. March 3, 1789, m. Jane Skinner.
16 FANNA, b. Sept. 20, 1790, never m.
17 WILLIAM, b. -, never m.
Eliphalet Hobart (No. 9) m. Mrs. Hannah (Page) Chese- brough (No. 19), of the Page family. Her former husband was Chesebrough, date of m. thereof not known; but five children are given, viz .:
CHILDREN:
1 PRISCILLA CHESEBROUGH, b. - -, m. Roswell Breed for his 2d wife. They had Roswell Breed, Jr., Thomas and Sally Ann.
2 DAVID CHESEBROUGH, b. , m.
3 HANNAH CHESEBROUGH, b. , m. Benjamin Hancox, son of Ben- jamin, who m. Eunice, daughter of Stanton Stevens, and wife, Mrs. Eunice (Hall) Short. Hannah d. in 1861, aged 82 yrs.
4 POLLY CHESEBROUGH, b. -, m. Henry Lewis, d. 1865, aged 84 yrs.
5 ELISHA CHESEBROUGH, b. , m. Lucy Chapman.
Children of Eliphalet Hobart and Hannah Page Chesebrough Hobart, who were m. before 1777.
CHILDREN:
18 DANIEL, b. Oct. 23, 1777, m. Fanny Slack.
19 JOSEPH, b. 1785, d. 1860, never m.
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20 HANNAH, b. - , m. 1st, Capt. John Sterrett, and had one child, Mary Ann Sterrett, who m. Capt. Joshua Stevens. After Capt. Sterrett's death, Mrs. Sterrett m. 2d, Capt. John Barnum; they had one child, Edward P. Barnum.
Daniel Hobart (No. 18) m. Fanny Slack, daughter of William Slack, and Lucy (Breed) Slack (No. 60), Breed family. She was b. Jan. 23, 1784, and m. Dec. 25, 1814.
CHILDREN:
21 ELAM W., b. Nov. 23, 1815, m. Julia A. Grinnell Oct. 21, 1846.
22 FRANCES M., b. May 18, 1817, m. Nelson Forsyth.
23 LUCY S., b. June 1, 1819, d. young.
24 WILLIAM S., b. Sept. 26, 1821, m. Caroline Bottum.
25 HANNAH T., b. March 7, 1824, d. young.
26 NANCY N., b. March 30, 1828, d. young.
27 EMMA P., b. Dec. 16, 1830, d. young.
28 PHEBE D., b. Sept. 14, 1834, d. young.
HOLMES FAMILY.
I. ROBERT HOLMES, the progenitor of the Stonington Holmes family, came to this town before the town was named Stonington, and purchased large tracts of land, and made this his permanent place of abode. He was registered here as an inhabitant Dec. 25, 1670, which implied previous residence, besides being a land holder and taxpayer. He served in the Co- lonial Indian wars. Where he resided is not certainly known, nor who he m., nor her family name and m. date. He had one child, whose name was :
2. Joshua Holmes, whose birth date does not appear in town or church records. He was doubtless b. before his father set- tled in Stonington. He did not long remain here after his m. with the widow Abigail (Ingraham) Chesebrough, widow of Sam- uel Chesebrough (No. 6), that family, June 5, 1675. He pur- chased land in Westerly, R. I., upon which he built him a dwell- ing house, which he occupied during his life, and by his will gave it, with all his land, to his widow, children and son-in-law. He served in King Phillip's war. After his death his widow m. Capt. James Avery, for his second wife, and her third husband (No. 2), Avery family.
CHILDREN:
3 MARY b. date not recorded, m. Isaac Thompson.
4 JOSHUA, b. Aug. 20, 1678, m. Fear Sturges.
Mary Holmes (No. 2) m. Isaac Thompson of Westerly, R. I., in 1696.
CHILDREN:
5 MARY, b. July 1, 1697.
6 ISAAC, b. Sept. 26, 1698.
7 SAMUEL, b. July 29, 1700.
8 ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 1, 1701.
9 SARAH, b. March 3, 1703.
10 WILLIAM, b. April 11, 1704.
11 NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 31, 1705.
12 ANNA (twin), b. Dec. 31, 1705.
13 ELIAS, b. Nov. 14, 1708.
14 MARY, b. March 18, 1710.
15 ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 14, 1711.
16 SUSANNAH, b. Nov. 25, 1713, m. Joseph Babcock Dec. 9, 1730 ..
17 JOSHUA, b. Aug. 13, 1714.
18 PRUDENCE, b. March 11, 1716.
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Joshua Holmes (No. 4) lived with his father's family in West- erly. During his youth and young manhood, and before he reached his majority, he became acquainted with Miss Fear Sturges of Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Mass., whose house he often visited with increasing pleasure, until they were m. Nov. 21, 1698. Miss Sturges was the daughter of Edward Sturges, who came to this country from England to Charlestown, Mass., in 1634, and settled in Yarmouth. He was the son of Phillip Sturges of Hamington County, Northampton, and a descendant of Roger Sturges of Clifton County, Northampton, England, who was a resident there in 1530. He bought and received large tracts of land in Stonington, now North Stonington, which is intersected by the highway from Pawcatuck Bridge to Voluntown, at, above and below the junction of the highway leading therefrom to the Wassup Reservoir, upon which he built him a dwelling house, which he occupied during life.
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