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SIMON AND ANNE'S CHILDREN.
2 JAMES, b. Nov. 4, 1757, bapt. July 15, 1761, d. aged 4 yrs. 6 mos.
3 MARY, b. in Stonington Dec. 11, 1758, bapt. Aug. 9, 1761, and m. Lieut. Robert Rogers of Coventry, R. I., April 2, 1780, being Sunday.
4 SIMON, b. in Stonington June 22, 1760, bapt. Aug. 9, 1761.
5 HENRY, b. in Stonington April 25, 1762, bapt. Aug. 15, 1762. He was a sea captain, m. and settled at South Hampton, L. I., and d. Jan. 7, 1848. He had children. One son was a noted master ship builder, and was employed during his career in the naval departments of the Government of Great Britain and Turkey. His name was Foster Rhodes, suggesting to me that it might have been the family name of his mother.
6 ANNE, b. in Stonington Sept. 19, 1764, and m. Benjamin Hunting of Long Island Nov. 6, 1784, and d. Feb. 9, 1789.
7 ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 27, 1768, bapt. Aug. 21, 1769, m. Col. Job Greene of Warwick, R. I .; she d. April 18, 1845. Col. Greene was b. Nov. 19, 1759, and d. Aug. 23, 1808.
SIMON AND MARTHA'S CHILD:
8 GEORGE, b. July 30, 1771, d. May 3, 1776, aged 5 yrs.
Simon Rhodes (No. 4) m. Sarah Woodbridge (No. 29), Jan. 14, 1790. She was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Woodbridge and wife, Sarah (Sheldon) of Hartford, Conn. She was b. June 28, 1767, and d. Feb. 9, 1855, aged 88 years. Simon Rhodes d. Feb. 8, 1844, aged 84 years.
CHILDREN:
9 NANCY, b. Sept. 6, 1790, d. unmarried Feb. 8, 1871, aged 80 yrs.
10 DUDLEY, b. March 8, 1792.
11 LUCY, b. Jan. 12, 1794, d. unmarried March 7, 1871, aged 77 yrs.
12 SALLY, b. Aug. 8, and d. Aug. 28, 1801.
13 HENRY, b. Jan. 1, 1803, and d. Oct. 13, 1877.
Dudley Rhodes (No. 10) m. - -, was a physician and d. at Zanesville, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1840.
CHILDREN:
14 EMMA R., b. -.
15 HENRY S., b.
16 CHARLES, b.
17 DUDLEY W., b.
18 JOHN RATHBUN, b.
Henry Rhodes (No. 13) m. Bridget M. Palmer (No. 421), of the Palmer family, Jan. 7, 1828, of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
19 DUDLEY W., b. Oct. 30, 1829.
20 ABBY P., b. in Trenton, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1832, d. Dec. 18, 1866.
21 EMMA M., b. July 23, 1834, and was twin to
22 CHARLES H., b. July 23, 1834; he d. April 17, 1878.
23 JOHN D. P., b. July 14, 1837.
24 JAMES L., b. Aug. 23, 1839, d. May 20, 1844.
25 MARY J., b. June 30, 1841, d. Aug. 24, 1854.
26 LUCY A., b. Dec. 4, 1843.
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Dudley W. Rhodes (No. 17) m. Oct. 23, 1854, Lydia Sophia Stanton of Trenton, N. Y.
Charles H. Rhodes (No. 22) m. June 5, 1867, Harriet Hazard of Westerly, R. I.
John D. P. Rhodes (No. 23) m. Oct. 9, 1867, Sophia Jones of South Trenton.
CHILDREN OF COL. JAMES RHODES AND FIRST WIFE, ANNA CRANDALL:
1 WILLIAM, b. Sept. 13, 1753, m. Sarah d.
2 NANCY, b. Oct. 20, 1755, m. - Foster;, d. Aug. 10, 1835.
3 JOSEPH, b. Sept. 10, 1757.
4 CHRISTOPHER, b. -
5 SARAH, b. June 7, 1761, m. Capt. Amos Palmer, Oct. 16, 1785 (his second wife); she d. Dec. 29, 1832.
6 JAMES, b. Aug. 20, 1763.
7 ANNE, b. May 9, 1765.
8 PAUL, b. Sept. 20, 1767, m. Amy, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Babcock) Denison; he d. Jan. 21, 1817.
CHILDREN BY SECOND WIFE:
9 OLIVER, b. June 16, 1769, m. Eunice Pendleton Dec. 14, 1796.
10 ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 1, 1772, m. Charles Pendleton April 1, 1792, son of Amos and Susannah (Chesebrough) Pendleton.
11 HANNAH, b. - , m. James Babcock May 6, 1802.
ROSSITER FAMILY.
I. REV. EBENEZER ROSSITER, b. Feb. 4, 1699, was the first of the name that came to Stonington, Conn. He was the seventeenth and youngest child of Josiah and Sarah (Sherman) Rossiter, and grandson of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth Rossiter, and great-grandson of Edward Rossiter of Plymouth, Eng., from which he came to this country in 1630, with the Rev. John Ware- ham and others, and settled in Dorchester, Mass. Rev. Ebenezer Rossiter was a graduate of Yale College in 1718. He was the second minister of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, and was ordained Dec. 19, 1722, which relation he sustained until his death, Oct. II, 1762. He was a devoted, earnest and success- ful minister of the gospel. He m. Hannah White Oct. 7, 1723, daughter of the Rev. Ebenezer White of Long Island.
CHILDREN:
2 EBENEZER, b. June 17, 1724, d. young.
3 EBENEZER, b. Aug. 27, 1726, d. Jan. 9, 1750.
4 MEHITABLE, b. Dec. 29, 1728.
5 HANNAH, b. Dec. 22, 1730, m. John Hillard March 5, 1761.
6 SARAH, b. Nov. 19, 1732, d. Nov. 7, 1740.
7 MARY, b. Dec. 8, 1735, m. Thomas Palmer (No. 208), that family.
8 ELNATHAN, b. July 3, 1739, m. Mercy Coleman.
9 JOHN COTTON (twin), b. July 3, 1739, m. Phebe Palmer.
Hannah Rossiter (No. 5) m. John Hillard of Stonington, Conn., March 5, 1761. He gave by deed to the First Congrega- tional Society of Stonington, Conn., the burial ground near the church. They had one
CHILD:
10 SARAH HILLARD, b. - , and m. 1st, Daniel Fish of Preston and Stonington (No. 25), Fish family. She m. 2d, Thomas Stanton (No. 271), Stanton family; m. 3d, John Nichols of Preston, Conn. She lies at rest in the Road Church cemetery, the gift of her father to the Road Society.
Elnathan Rossiter (No. 8) m. Mercy Coleman (No. 293), Stan- ton family.
CHILDREN:
11 RUSSELL, b. -.
12 WHITE, b.
13 ROBERT, b.
14 HETTIE, b.
15 MOLLY, b.
16 PRUDENCE, b. -
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
John Cotton Rossite: |No. 9) m. Phebe Palmer Oct. 20, 1765 No. 181). that family, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
17 SARAH. b. July 3, 175%.
18 EBENEZER. b. Oct 11, 1761.
19 MERITABLE, . Feb. 17, 1:5%, =. Elijab williams (No. "7), that family. 2 ASA, C. Dec. 9. 1772.
11 JOHN COTTON. b. Oct 4 112, 22 HANNAR FISH, b. March 18, 174.
13 WILLIAM, b. July 31, 17%.
2: JOHN COTTON, b. War 2. 11
PHEBE (trin), b. May £, 1 .... ANDREW. B. Oct. 10, 1772. : WILLIAM LEDTARD, b. March EL 1714.
9 GILBERT FANNING, b. May 2, 1756.
29 EDWARD, b Atg. 10, 12%.
ELIARIM (CO2), 3. Ang. 12, 185%.
01 REV. DUDLEY DENISON, b. May 25, 1789, =. Elizabe % Woodbridge Rogers Dec. 3, 1515.
RUSSELL FAMILY.
I. WILLIAM RUSSELL, son of James Russell, bapt. in England Oct. II, 1612, settled in New Haven, Conn., and m. Sarah Davis, daughter of William Davis, in 1643.
CHILDREN:
2 SAMUEL, bapt. Feb. 16, 1645.
3 HANNAH, bapt. Aug. 4, 1650.
4 JOHN, bapt. Aug. 4, 1653.
5 NOADIAH, bapt. July 24, 1659.
Noadiah Russell (No. 5) and Mary Hamlin were m. in 1688. CHILDREN:
6 WILLIAM, b. in 1690.
7 NOADIAH, b. in 1692.
8 GILES, b. in 1693.
9 MARY, b. in 1695.
10 JOHN, b. in 1697.
11 ESTHER, b. in 1699.
12 REV. DANIEL, b. in 1702.
13 MEHITABLE, b. in 1704.
14 HANNAH, b. in 1705.
Rev. Daniel Russell (No. 12) graduated at Yale College and was ordained as the first settled minister in that part of Wethers- field known as Stepney, now Rocky Hill, Conn., in July, 1726, which position he held until his death, which took place Sept. 6, 1764. He m. Lydia Stillman, daughter of George and Rebecca Stillman of Wethersfield, Conn., Nov. 13, 1728; she d. Sept. 3, 1750. Rev. Daniel m. 2d, Catharine Chauncey, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel and wife, Sarah Chauncey of Durham, Conn. No chil- dren by last wife.
CHILDREN:
15 GILES, b. Nov. 8, 1729.
16 LYDIA, b. Jan. 29, 1731, d. Nov. 30, 1735.
17 DANIEL, b. June 21, 1732, m. Rachel Stowe Oct. 16, 1755, d. Feb. 17, 1759.
18 JOHN, b. Feb. 8, 1734, d. Sept. 3, 1741.
19 BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 13, 1735, d. Jan. 31, 1758.
20 MARY, b. Aug. 15, 1737, m. John Robbins Nov. 25, 1784, d. Aug. 31, 1825.
21 LYDIA, b. Nov. 26, 1739, d. Sept. 24, 1841.
22 NATHANIEL, b. May 5, 1741, m. Elizabeth Willard d. Dec. 18, 1810.
23 JOHN, b. Dec. 26, 1742, d. Dec. 16, 1760.
24 HANNAH, b. May 31, 1746, d. Aug. 23, 1753.
Col. Giles Russell (No. 15) was graduated at Yale College and was admitted to the bar in Hartford, Conn., after which he came
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to Stonington about 1760. He commanded a company of Rhode Island and Connecticut men in the expedition against Havana in the early part of the year 1762, under Admiral Pococke and Lord Albemarle. The company of which he was the captain consisted of 55 men, of whom 37 were either killed or died of wounds and disease, so that only 18 reached home to die with friends.
After his safe return he was m. Dec. 8, 1762, to Prudence Stanton (No. 279), Stanton family, daughter of Thomas Stanton and wife, Thankful (Denison) Stanton. She had been previously m. to Juda Coleman March 4, 1747, and had two children, viz .: Mercy Coleman, b.July 18, 1748, and Robert Coleman, b. Oct. 26, 1749.
Capt. Russell purchased the John Denison house, now owned and occupied by Mrs. Eliza P. Noyes and son, Joseph Noyes. He built a lean-to on the east side of the house for an office, which was subsequently enlarged and was used as the town clerk and probate office by John D. Noyes during his service as town clerk, and until the office was removed to Stonington borough. Giles Russell was nominated and appointed a tavern keeper or inn keeper there as early as 1763, which position he held by subse- quent yearly appointments at the old place until he entered the army of the American Revolution as lieutenant colonel in the third battalion, Wadsworth brigade, which was raised in June 1776, to reinforce Washington at New York; served there and on Long Island ; suffered in the retreat from the city and engaged in batttle at White Plains. He re-entered the fourth regiment Connecticut line, Jan. 1, 1777, went into camp at Peekskill in the spring and in September ordered to Washington's army in Penn- sylvania ; engaged in battle of Germantown, was assigned later to Varnum's brigade and continued the brave defence of Fort Mifflin on the Delaware. At this time he is reported by Varnum as a "veteran of four campaigns in the French and Indian wars, in one of which he was wounded. Is now a sensible and excel- lent officer, but totally destitute of health, and had requested to be relieved, but was promoted to colonel of the Eighth regiment March 5, 1778, which was that winter at Valley Forge ,and the next June was at the batttle of Monmouth." Col. Russell d. at Danbury, Conn., Oct. 28, 1779, from effects of service, and is buried in Stonington in the cemetery near the Road Church.
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RUSSELL FAMILY.
CHILDREN OF GILES AND PRUDENCE RUSSELL:
25 HANNAH, b. Jan. 20, 1764, m. Samuel Stanton (No. 358), son of Nathan and Elizabeth Billings Stanton, Dec. 15, 1782, and their only child, Hannah Russell Stanton (No. 392), m. Denison Noyes March 22, 1815 (No. 175), of the Noyes family. Few of the family can now be found in Stonington, but in Wayne county, New York and in Erie, Penn., are many of their descendants.
26 REV. EBENEZER, the first ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in North Stonington, Conn., Feb. 22, 1727, was not of the same line as Col. Giles Russell. He was b. May 4, 1703, graduated at Yale Col- lege in 1722. He m. Content (No. 15), daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Fanning) Hewitt, June 14, 1728, and d. May 22, 1731. He was the son of Rev. Samuel and wife, Abigail (Whiting) Russell, and grandson of the Rev. John and wife, Rebecca (Newbury) Russell, and great-grand- son of Mr. John Russell, who came to this country from England in 1632.
SEARLE FAMILY.
I. JOHN SEARLE, the emigrant ancestor and progenitor of the Searle family, appears first, on this side of the Atlantic ocean in Boston, Mass. By his age at death, we learn that he was b. in 1629. Who his parents were has not been ascertained. In 1668 he came to Stonington with his family to reside. He was admit- ted a freeman of Connecticut for Stonington in 1673, and joined the First Congregational Church of Stonington, July 29, 1677. He bought and received from the town large tracts of land, which were all located in Stonington, became a useful citizen and d. Oct. 14, 1711, aged 82 years, and was buried in the We- quetequock burial place. He m. in Boston Katherine Warner Nov. 26, 1661, by Gov. John Endicott ; she d. July 17, 1707.
CHILDREN:
2 ELIZABETH, b. in Boston Oct., 1662, d. July 8, 1664.
3 JOHN, b. in Boston Nov. 19, 1665, m. Mary Ruggles, Mary Feiler.
4 EBENEZER, b. in Boston March 6, 1666, m. Margaret Searle, probably of Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 14, 1697. They both joined the First Congrega- tional Church of Stonington July 8, 1705, and became prominent and useful members thereof. He represented Stonington in the General Assembly of Connecticut in 1715, 1720, 1725, and served several years as selectman of the town. He d. Jan., 1740, leaving no children.
NOTE .- Ebenezer Searle (No. 4) left in his will £5 for the purpose of purchas- ing a Communion service for the First Congregational Church of Stonington, Conn., which is used at the present time.
John Searle (No. 3) went back to Massachusetts to live in early life, and took up his abode in Roxbury, where he m. Mary Ruggles June 6, 1682. No record appears of children. He m. 2d, Mary Feiler Oct. 2, 1713, and came to Stonington soon after to reside, and d. here Oct. 2, 1717. Two days after his death a son was born to him Oct. 4, 1717, which was named Benoni Searle, signifying a child of grief. The mother, Mrs. Mary Searle, united with the First Congregational Church of Stonington Nov. 17, 1723, at which time her son, Benoni Searle, was baptized. We
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SEARLE FAMILY.
have no date of her death. She was living here in 1740, as ap- pears by her husband's brother, Ebenezer Searle's will.
CHILD:
5 BENONI, b. Oct. 4, 1717, m. Content Holdredge Nov. 29, 1738, by Rev. Ebenezer Rossiter.
CHILDREN:
6 EBENEZER, b. March 11, 1740.
7 JAMES, b. Aug. 10, 1742.
8 JOHN RUGGLES, b. Aug. 17, 1744, m. Mary, daughter of Napley Brown, Jan. 24, 1772. No record of children.
9 MARGARET, b. April 22, 1747, d. Jan. 13, 1750.
10 MARY, b. May 10, 1749, d. young.
11 MARY, b. April 10, 1750, m. David Fanning Feb. 3, 1772.
12 CONTENT, b. July 30, 1762.
ROBERT SEARLE FAMILY.
Constant Searle, no known relative of the family of John Searle, Sr., came to Stonington from Little Compton, R. I., and descended from Robert Searle of Dorchester, Mass, as follows :
I. Robert Searle and Deborah - -, were m. in 1660. He.
d. Feb. 17, 1717 ; she d. March 2, 1714. CHILDREN:
2 NATHANIEL, b. June 9, 1662.
3 SALTER, b. June 26, 1664.
4 EDNA, b. Feb. 24, 1669, d. young.
5 ROBERT, b. July 2, 1671.
6 EDNA, b. March 18, 1674.
7 DEBORAH, b. April 4, 1677.
8 JABEZ, b. March 16, 1679.
Nathaniel Searle (No. 2) m. Sarah Rogers, 1694.
NOTE .- Nathaniel Searle (No. 2), Robert Searle family, m. Sarah, daughter of John Rogers and Elizabeth Pebodie, granddaughter of John Rogers and Ann Churchman, and great-granddaughter of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower. Elizabeth Pebodie was the daughter of William Pebodie (No. 4), that family, and wife Elizabeth Alden, and granddaughter of John and wife, Isabel Pebodie. Elizabeth Alden was the daughter of John Alden of Mayflower fame, and the first white woman born in New England in 1622. CHILDREN:
9 DEBORAH, b. Nov. 16, 1695.
10 JOHN, b. March 12, 1698.
11 SARAH, b. April 2, 1700.
12 NATHANIEL, b. April 26, 1703, m. Elizabeth Kinnecutt in Dec., 1725, and settled in Little Compton, R. I.
CHILDREN.
13 JOHN, b. Aug. 24, 1726.
14 CONSTANT, b. June 17, 1728.
15 DANIEL, b. Sept. 5, 1730.
16 BETSEY, b. June 3, 1732.
17 SARAH, b. Jan. 28, 1733.
18 NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 25, 1735.
19 JAMES, b. Oct. 5, 1739.
20 RUTH, b. Sept. 12, 1740.
21 COMFORT, b. Sept. 17, 1742.
Constant Searle (No. 14), who came to Stonington from Little Compton, R. I., m. Hannah, daughter of Simeon Miner and wife, Hannah Wheeler, May 16, 1751 (No. 117), Miner family.
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ROBERT SEARLE FAMILY.
CHILDREN:
22 WILLIAM, b. Dec. 2, 1751, m. Philura Frink Oct. 17, 1773 (No. 50), Frink family.
23 HANNAH, b. Jan. 25, 1754, m. Nathan Daton Miner.
24 CONSTANT, b. March 17, 1756, d. young.
25 ELIZABETH, b. March 4, 1757, m. Capt. Dethic Hewitt July 13, 1773 (No. 84), Hewitt family. The above children all born in Stonington.
26 CONSTANT, b. in Little Compton, R. I., in 1759.
27 REV. ROGER, b. in Preston, Conn., Aug. 13, 1762.
28 RUTH, b. in Preston, Conn., March 1, 1765, m. Nathan Crary of Groton, Conn.
NOTE .- Ruth Searles (No. 28) m. Nathan Crary, son of Peter Crary, and wife, Christobel Gallup (No. 12), that family of Groton, in 1788. She was b. in Pres- ton, Conn., where her parents were living at the time, in the year 1755. Her father removed with his family in 1773 to Wyoming, Pa., where he and his. son-in-law, Capt. Dethic Hewitt, were both killed in the battle and massacre of Wyoming, July 3, 1778. Ruth's brother swam the river to get away the next morning. Ruth and her sister, Sarah or Sally, as she was called, came away from Wyoming with some of the Gallup friends, and after reaching Groton,. Ruth taught school for a while and was in the family of Nathan Crary before. the death of his wife. At the time of his marriage to Ruth Searles he was over 70 years old, and she was a little more than 20. They were married in 1788. Their son, Jesse Crary, b. April 1, 1789, m. Catharine Burrows, Nov. 29, 1812; their son, Capt. George B. Crary, m. Catharine Latham; their daughter, Geor- giana Crary, m. Charles Cottrell (No. 58), that family.
29 SARAH, b. in Stonington, Sept. 30, 1768, m. Jared Collins of Groton.
30 JAMES, b. in Stonington Aug. 4, 1769, m. Abigail Thurston in Providence, R. I., Aug. 25, 1793.
Rev. Rogers Searle (No. 27) of Preston, Conn., m. Catharine Scott. He d. June 19, 1813. Their son, Leonard Searle, b. Nov. 7, 1808, in Pittston, Pa., m. Lydia Dimock Oct. 23, 1832. He d. Dec. 31, 1880.
CHILDREN:
31 DAVIS DIMOCK, b. March 25, 1836, unmarried.
32 KATHARINE ELIZABETH, b. May 17, 1838, m. Gen. William H. Mc- Cartney of Wilkesbarre, Pa.
33 JOSEPHINE, b. Nov. 4, 1840, m. Benjamin S. Bentley.
34 KITTIE, b. Sept. 4, 1848, m. Leonard Searle, b. Nov. 6, 1850.
SHEFFIELD FAMILY.
I. JOSEPH SHEFFIELD was the first of this name in this country in 1640.
CHILDREN:
2 ICHABOD, probably also Edmund and Frederick.
Ichabod Sheffield (No. 2), b. 1626 and d. Feb. 4, 1712, m. Mary, daughter of George Parker, at Portsmouth; they were published in 1660.
CHILDREN:
3 JOSEPH, b. Aug. 22, 1661, d. in 1706.
4 MARY, b. April 30, 1664.
5 NATHANIEL, b. Nov. 8, 1667, d. Nov. 12, 1729, m. 1st, Mary -- , and
2d, Catharine Gould. Had five children.
6 ICHABOD, b. March 6, 1670, d. in 1736, m. Elizabeth Manchester Dec. 27, 1694.
7 AMOS, b. Jan. 25, 1673, d. 1710; m. 1st, Annie Pearce March 5, 1696, and m. 2d, Sarah Davis, Dec. 22, 1708.
Joseph Sheffield (No. 3) m. Feb. 12, 1685, Mary, daughter of Thomas and wife, Martha Sheriff, who d. in 1706.
CHILDREN:
8 JOSEPH, b. Nov. 2, 1685.
9 MARY, b. Nov. 2, 1687.
10 ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 15, 1688, d. young.
11 BENJAMIN, b. June 18, 1691.
12 EDMUND, b. April 5, 1694.
13 WILLIAM, b. Nov. 30, 1696.
14 ELIZABETH, b. June 1, 1698.
Joseph Sheffield (No. 8) m. Mary Earl Jan. 27, 1708. CHILDREN:
15 JOSEPH, b. April, 1711, at South Kingston, R. I.
16 MARY, b. in 1712.
17 NATHANIEL, b. in 1714.
18 ELIZABETH, b. -
19 GEORGE, b. July 12, 1718.
20 MARTHA, b. Sept. 29, 1719.
Nathaniel Sheffield (No. 17) m. Feb. 6, 1740, Rebecca Stanton (No. 231), who d. Sept. 25, 1775, aged 61 years. He d. July 7, 1790.
CHILDREN:
21 THOMAS, b. Nov. 25, 1740.
22 JOSEPH, b. Aug. 11, 1742, d. April 20, 1776. 23 MARY, b. Jan. 9, 1745.
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SHEFFIELD FAMILY.
Thomas Sheffield (No. 21) m. Weltha Pendleton, who was b. Feb. 14, 1744.
CHILDREN:
24 JOSEPH, b. Oct. 14, 1763, drowned June 3, 1789.
25 AMOS, b. Feb. 12, 1766, drowned June 3, 1789.
26 SAMUEL, b. June 27, 1768, d. Jan. 22, 1841, m. Susanna Daniels.
27 DORCAS, b. April 11, 1771, d. Feb. 16, 1856.
28 JAMES, b. Aug. 27, 1773.
29 THOMAS, b. Jan. 9, 1776.
30 GEORGE, b. June 27, 1778, d. June 18, 1847.
31 NANCY, b. Aug. 30, 1780, d. April, 1858.
32 NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 9, 1782, d. March 4, 1864.
33 ABEL, b. April 27, 1786.
34 CATHARINE, b. Sept. 14, 1788.
George Sheffield (No. 30) m. Rhoda (No. 54), Burch family, daughter of Henry and wife Mary (Irish) Burch, Jan. 3, 1802. She was b. July 13, 1773, d. Feb. 1, 1850. She was sister of Phebe Burch, who m. Stephen Babcock.
CHILDREN:
35 HENRY, b. Jan. 2, 1803, d. Oct. 18, 1858.
36 FRANCIS, b. Dec. 20, 1805, d. July 11, 1807.
37 FRANCIS, b. June 29, 1808, d. Nov. 13, 1881.
38 Twins to Francis, b. June 29, 1808, d. in infancy.
Francis Sheffield (No. 37) m. Betsey D. Noyes (No. 323), that family, Oct. 22, 1835. They had four children : Thomas ; Han- nah m. George Tapley of Springfield, Mass .; Maria, and William who d. in young manhood.
SISSON FAMILY.
I. RICHARD SISSON, b. 1608, was of Portsmouth, R. I., and Dartmouth, Mass., where he was a freeman May 17, 1653. He d. 1684. He m. Mary - -, who d. 1692.
CHILDREN:
2 GEORGE, b. 1644, d. Sept. 7, 1718.
3 ELIZABETH, b. April 8, 1650, m. Caleb Allen April 8, 1670.
4 James, b. and d. 1734, m. Elizabeth Hathaway.
5 JOHN, b. d. 1687, m. Mary
6 ANNE, b. d. 1713, m. Peleg Tripp.
7 MARY, b. d. 1674, m. Isaac Lawton.
George Sisson (No. 2) m. Sarah Lawton, daughter of Thomas Lawton; she d. July 5, 1718. He went to Dartmouth with his father, but later returned to Portsmouth, where he was constable, deputy and justice of the peace.
CHILDREN:
8 ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 18, 1669, d. 1752, m. Jeremiah Clark.
9 MARY, b. Oct. 18, 1670, d. 1718.
10 ANN, b. Dec. 17, 1672, m. Philip Weeden.
11 HOPE, b. Dec. 24, 1674, m. William Sanford.
12 RICHARD, b. Sept. 10, 1676, d. 1752, m. Ann Card.
13 RUTH, b. May 5, 1680, m. Richard Tew.
14 GEORGE, b. March 23, 1683, m. 1st, Mercy -; m. 2d, Lydia Cole.
15 ABIGAIL, b. March 23, 1685, d. Aug. 30, 1723, m. William Tew.
16 THOMAS, b. Sept. 10, 1686, d. 1775.
17 JOHN, b. June 26, 1688, d. 1784, m. Rebecca
18 JAMES, b. July 26, 1690, m. Deborah Cook.
Thomas Sisson (No. 16) m. Jane - - -, d. 1758.
CHILDREN:
19 GILES, b.
20 WILLIAM, b.
21 THOMAS, b.
22 PELEG, b.
23 REBECCA, b.
William Sisson (No. 20) m. CHILDREN:
24 OLIVER, b. March 30, 1738.
25 NATHAN, b. April 14, 1740.
26 HANNAH, b. June 17, 1742.
27 WILLIAM, b. July 12, 1744, d. Oct. 15, 1798.
28 BENAJAH, b. Sept. 17, 1746.
29 JAMES, b. Aug. 25, 1748.
30 ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 24, 1750.
31 JONATHAN, b. May 2, 1753.
32 HANNAH, b. June 17, 1755.
33 THOMAS, b. April 4, 1758, d. Oct. 2, 1841.
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SISSON FAMILY.
Oliver Sisson (No. 24) and Mary Park of Preston were m. June 17, 1762.
CHILDREN:
34 JOSEPH, b. June 12, 1762.
35 EUNICE, b. Dec. 8, 1764.
36 MARY, b. Sept. 5, 1767.
37 REBECCA, b. July 3, 1771.
William Sisson (No. 27) m. Mary or Marcy Noyes (No. 291), of that family of Stonington, Conn., April 10, 1766.
CHILDREN:
38 GILBERT, b. March 13, 1769, d. Sept. 11, 1840.
39 MARCY, b. April 15, 1771.
40 LUCY, b. Jan. 28, 1773.
41 ABIGAIL, b. July 11, 1775.
42 HULDAH, b. Feb. 28, 1778.
43 NANCY, b. July 9, 1780.
44 WILLIAM, b. April 29, 1784.
45 POLLY, b. May 20, 1787.
46 HANNAH, b. Aug. 25, 1792.
Gilbert Sisson (No. 38) m. Desire Maine (No. 108), that family, March 22, 1791. She was b. March 31, 1772, d. Nov. 17, 1842.
CHILDREN:
47 POLLY, b. Nov. 17, 1791, d. Aug. 17, 1794.
48 ESTHER, b. Dec. 8, 1793, d. Feb. 18, 1875, m. William Lewis.
49 BETSEY, b. Sept. 19, 1796, d. April 11, 1869, m. Clark D. Thompson.
50 NOYES, b. Sept. 21, 1798, d. Aug. 7, 1872, m. 1st, Eliza Browning and 2d, Rachel Avery.
51 GILBERT, b. Sept. 1, 1800, d. July 27, 1876, m. Elizabeth Lewis.
52 WILLIAM, b. Sept. 6, 1802, d. April 6, 1875, m. Abbie Browning.
53 LUCY A., b. -, d. Nov. 26, 1890, m. Henry Bliven.
54 CHARLES G., b. April 15, 1807, d. Aug. 21, 1874, m. 1st, Martha Wheel- er (No. 269), that family; 2d, Nancy Mary Hewitt (No. 279), that fam- ily; 3d, Elizabeth Gasabrandt.
55 EMILY, b. June 7, 1809, d. Feb. 19, 1855, m. Robert A. Bliven.
56 BENJAMIN F., b. April 20, 1811, d. Sept. 8, 1885.
57 CYRUS S., b. March 5, 1813, d. March 22, 1813.
58 OLIVER A., b. May 1, 1816, d. 1885, m. 1st, Mary M. Segar; 2d, Sarah M. Perry.
Benjamin F. Sisson (No. 56) m. Ist, Manita York (No. 170), of that family ; she was b. Sept. 26, 1815, d. Aug. 23, 1866.
CHILDREN:
59 MARTHA, b. May 26, 1839, d. April 11, 1842.
60 MARY E., b. March 20, 1845, m. James R. Welden.
61 CHARLES F., b. July 24, 1846, m. Annie Cary.
62 WILLIAM W., b. Oct. 15, 1849, m. Ida Bronson.
63 JULIA A., b. Nov. 16, 1854, d. June 1, 1860.
64 BENJAMIN F., b. Dec. 22, 1860, m. Harriet Frazier.
Benjamin F. Sisson (No. 56) m. 2d, Margaret Hillard of North Stonington, Conn.
JOHN SMITH FAMILY OF STONINGTON, CONN.
I. DANIEL SMITH of Watertown, Mass. (probably son of John and wife, Isabel), m. Elizabeth Rogers of Watertown, Mass., (daughter of Roger and Grace Porter by her former husband, Thomas Rogers), for her will mentions grandson Daniel Smith. He d. July 14, 1660, which is the date of his will and he makes wife, Elizabeth, executrix, and names son Daniel and brother Abraham, who, with Rev. John Sherman, he makes overseers. The town records show Daniel was the only
CHILD OF DANIEL AND ELIZABETH SMITH.
2 DANIEL, b. Sept. 27, 1642, m. Mary, daughter of Christopher and wife, Sarah Grant of Watertown, Mass., Feb. 22, 1668. He d. Jan 7, 1681, and in his will (see Appendix) made eight days before his death, he mentions wife and three sons, "My two eldest sons, Dan- iel and John, and my third son, Joseph." The will of Daniel Smith speaks of his three sons as being under age at the time of the date of his will, and as his son John was born July 13, 1672, it corresponds with the age recorded on the gravestone of John Smith, buried in North Stonington, Conn., east of the farm owned by Mr. Nathan Stewart, proving conclusively that this Stonington John Smith is the son of Daniel Smith of Watertown, Mass. The gravestones of both John and wife, Susannah Smith, bear the following inscriptions: "Mr. John Smith departed this life May the 8th, A. D. 1739, in the 67th year of his age." Also by the side of this grave is another stone of "Susannah Smith, who died Sept. 28th, 1746, in the 78th year of her age." Here are also found the stones of their son, Daniel Smith and wife Thankful, who died in the years 1740 and 1741. The original will of John Smith is found at New London. (See Appendix.) The maiden name of his wife Susannah is not known, but a Susan- nah Chesley and John Smith were m. in Massachusetts in 1694, which would be about the time of the m. of this John Smith to Susannah -, as their first child was born May 8, 1695.
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