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443 PRISCILLA, b. , m. David Lester May 17, 1738.
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ROBERT WILLIAMS FAMILY.
CHILD:
444 PRISCILLA WILLIAMS LESTER, m. Jonathan Wheeler April 29, 1756 (No. 342), that family.
Nehemiah Williams (No. 438) m. Deborah Williams (No. 158) June 16, 1719, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Aug. 25, 1778; she d. Jan. 31, 1756; m. 2d, Hannah Stoddard March 2, 1757, who d. Aug. 7, 1818, aged 77 years.
CHILDREN:
445 DEBORAH, b. Aug. 25, 1720.
446 NEHEMIAH, b. Jan. 20, 1723, m. Abigail Allen.
447 EUNICE, b. Sept. 20, 1726, m. Elisha Williams (No. 51).
448 MARTHA, b. May 23, 1728, m. Jonathan Denison (No. 161), Denison family.
449 ELEAZER, b. Aug. 1, 1730, m. Abigail Prentice.
450 LUCRETIA, b. April 21, 1733, m. Titus Smith.
451 PRUDENCE, b. July 17, 1738, d. Sept. 14, 1744.
Nehemiah Williams of Stonington (No. 446) m. Abigail Allen of Groton April 29, 1747. He d. Aug. 19, 1797; his wife d. June 23, 1767. He m. 2d, Mrs. Bethia Wilber of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
452 NEHEMIAH, b. Sept. 26, 1749, m. Mary Noyes.
453 CHRISTOPHER, b. July 5, 1751, d. in the West Indies.
454 EUNICE, b. July 25, 1753.
455 PARK, b. July 25, 1755, m. Deborah Williams (No. 460).
456 DANIEL, b. April 6, 1758.
457 ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 5, 1760, m. Seth Williams of Groton (No. 39), Robert Williams family.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
458 ELAM, b. Nov. 4, 1769.
Dea. Eleazer Williams of Stonington (No. 449) m. Abigail Prentice (No. 28), that family, March 14, 1754; she d. Aug. 18, 1786.
CHILDREN:
459 MARTHA, b. Oct. 26, 1755, d. Aug. 18, 1756.
460 DEBORAH, b. July 24, 1757, m. Park Williams (No. 455).
. 461 ELEAZER, b. June 27, 1759, m. Mary or Polly Billings (No. 120), that family.
462 GILBERT, b. April 16, 1761, m. Grace Billings April 15, 1799 (No. 121), that family.
463 MARTHA, b. Dec. 15, 1762, m. Oliver Denison (No. 305), Denison family. 464 AMOS, b. Dec. 31, 1764.
465 DANIEL, b. Jan. 28, 1767, m. Eunice Smith.
466 PRENTICE, b. April 15, 1769.
467 FANNY, b. Feb. 8, 1771, m. Daniel Chesebrough Jan. 6, 1793 (No. 317), Chesebrough family.
468 ELAM, b. July 14, 1773, m. 1st, in the spring 1797, Katharine Bogart; 2d, m. Abbie Weed, -; 3d, m. Eliza Ten Eyck; 4th, m. Deb- orah Vanderpool.
469 HANNAH, b. June 16, 1775, m. Amos Hallam.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Nehemiah Williams, 3d, of Stonington (No. 452) m. Mary Noyes. He d. at sea, aged 29 years. His wife m. again, Joseph Culver of Groton.
CHILDREN:
470 NEHEMIAH, b. -.
471 POLLY, b.
Park Williams of Stonington (No. 455) m. Deborah Williams (No. 460) of Stonington, in 1779. He d. Dec. 9, 1833 ; his wife d. June 20, 1846.
CHILDREN:
472 AMOS, b. April 9, 1780, m. Lucy Coats.
473 BETSEY, b. Feb. 14, 1782, d. in infancy.
474 ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 20, 1783, d. Sept. 20, 1819.
475 PARK, b. June 26, 1786, m. Sarah B. Avery.
476 ALLEN, b. Oct. 30, 1788, d. in infancy.
477 RUSSELL, b. Aug. 19, 1790, m. Nancy Wheeler.
478 Son, b. , d. May 6, 1793.
479 FANNY, b. Feb. 6, 1795, d. June 30, 1818.
480 PRENTICE, b. July 22, 1798, m. Roxanna Williams (No. 46), Groton Williams family.
481 SANFORD, b. Aug. 27, 1800, m. twice.
Eleazer Williams of Stonington (No. 461) m. Mary Billings (No. 120), that family, Nov. 5, 1786, of Stonington. He d. March 20, 1814.
CHILDREN:
482 MARY, b. March 28, 1788, m. Charles Crary.
483 ELIZA, b. Oct. 28, 1789, m. Ethan Denison (No. 345), Denison family.
484 ELEAZER, b. July 30, 1791, m. Nancy S. Avery of Groton.
485 DENISON, b. March 2, 1793, m. Hannah Avery of Groton.
486 MATILDA, b. Jan. 29, 1797, m. 1st, James Avery; 2d, Rev. Ira Stewart. 487 FRANK, b. March 4, 1797, m. Nancy Hutcherson.
488 NOYES, b. March 28, 1799, m. Emily Pendleton (No. 119), that family. 489 GILES, b. March 26, 1801, m. 1st, Abbie Stanton; 2d, Mary Vanderpool.
490 AUSTIN, b. March 19, 1803, m. Mary Avery of Groton.
491 ALFRED, b. July 16, 1805, m. Frances Phelps.
492 PHEBE, b. Dec. 16, 1808, m. Frank Pendleton Feb. 11, 1830 (No. 117). 493 IRA, b. , m. Eliza Sanger of Syracuse, N. Y.
Daniel Williams of Stonington (No. 465) m. Eunice Smith April 1, 1792.
CHILDREN:
494 EUNICE, b. Dec. 25, 1792, d. Oct. 12, 1801.
495 CHARLES SMITH, b. Nov. 25, 1796, d. Jan. 17, 1797.
496 MARY SMITH, b. March 5, 1804, d. unmarried.
497 CHARLES SMITH, b. March 25, 1806, m. LMcy R. Swan Jan. 6, 1850.
Amos Williams of Stonington (No. 472) m. Lucy Coats Sept. 27, 1807.
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ROBERT WILLIAMS FAMILY.
CHILDREN:
498 CYNTHIA C., b. March 20, 1809, m. Henry Williams.
499 CALVIN, b. Nov. 17, 1819, d. June 1, 1882.
500 LEONARD, b. Nov. 24, 1812, m. Mary Copp May 11, 1843 (No. 73), Copp family; he d. May 30, 1876.
501 EDWARD, b. Aug. 21, 1819, d. Dec. 21, 1819.
502 MARY ELLEN, b. June 18, 1825.
Park Williams of Stonington (No. 475) m. Sarah Belton Avery of Groton, Jan. 13, 1811 ; he d. in Vermont in 1875.
CHILDREN:
503 ELIZABETH, b. May 7, 1812, d. May 24, 1812.
504 PERRY ALLEN, b. Sept. 10, 1813, d. June 3, 1814.
506 PARK AVERY, b. March 10, 1815.
507 ALFRED GRISWOLD, b. Dec. 19, 1817.
508 JAMES AUGUSTUS, b. Nov. 29, 1819, d. Nov. 15, 1835.
509 COURTLAND AURELIUS, b. Oct. 14, 1821, d. Aug. 12, 1822.
510 SARAH ELIZABETH, b. May 23, 1823.
511 DEBORAH, b. Feb. 15, 1825.
512 MARY, b. Dec. 23, 1826.
513 FRANCES ANN, b. Sept. 3, 1829, d. June 3, 1892.
Russell Williams of Stonington (No. 477) m. Nancy Wheeler (No. 436), Wheeler family, Jan. 30, 1817. He d. April 14, 1852; she d. June 10, 1877.
CHILDREN:
514 FRANCES E., b. Feb. 4, 1818, m. Appleton A. Woodward Aug. 12, 1840.
515 ABBY, b. Jan. 19, 1820, m. Oliver H. Perry Aug. 10, 1842.
516 ESTHER D., b. Aug. 11, 1829, m. Rev. William Turkington Oct. 11, 1852. 517 NANCY B., b. Aug. 28, 1831, m. Samuel Gladding May 11, 1854.
Prentice Williams of Stonington (No. 480) m. Roxanna (No. 46), of the William Williams family, May 28, 1820. He d. March 14, 1869; his wife d. July 2, 1872.
CHILD:
518 ALLEN PRENTICE, b. March 27, 1821, m. Delia Avery of Groton, Conn., Oct. 13, 1863; he d. May 9, 1894.
Sanford Williams of Stonington (No. 481) m. Ist, Sally Pren- tice, who d. May 2, 1827. He m. 2d, Betsey Williams (No. 520) Dec. 31, 1829. He d. Aug. 16, 1847.
CHILD BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
519 BETSEY, b. - , m. - Cook.
Isaac Williams of Stonington (No. 192) m. Phebe Hurlbert of Groton Aug. 14, 1783.
CHILDREN:
520 BETSEY, b. Oct. 13, 1790, m. Sanford Williams (No. 481).
521 POLLY, b. July 17, 1793.
522 ISAAC, b. May 9, 1797.
523 JOHN, b. April 29, 1801.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Eleazer Williams of Stonington (No. 484) m. Nancy S. Avery of Groton Nov. 30, 1815.
CHILDREN:
524 ELEAZER, b. Dec. 7, 1816, m. Eliza Ann Bradley Dec. 10, 1849.
525 YOUNGS, b. Oct. 4, 1819, d. July 23, 1830.
526 ANN ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 17, 1827, m. Dr. Francis M. Manning Dec. 8, 1847.
527 MARY ABBY, b. June 24, 1829, m. Abel N. Simmons Nov. 20, 1850.
Denison Williams of Stonington (No. 485) m. Hannah Avery of Groton.
CHILDREN:
528 MARY ESTHER, b. March 13, 1818, m. John Brewster April 2, 1840. 529 CELIA, b. July 9, 1822, m. Welcome Browning Aug. 24, 1857.
530 DENISON, b. June 30, 1819, d. Feb. 28, 1867.
531 LUKE L., b. Jan. 12, 1824, d. Feb. 16, 1859.
532 PARK AVERY, b. Feb. 28, 1826, d. Aug. 31, 1892.
533 YOUNGS AVERY, b. May 25, 1833, d. Aug. 24, 1865.
534 ELAM V., b. July 1, 1837, d. March 9, 1849.
535 EUNICE, b. March 1, 1828, m. Richard A. Roberts July 24, 1866.
536 FRANK, b. April 26, 1830, m. Mary Clark Sept. 8, 1858.
Giles Williams (No. 489) m. Ist, Abby Jane Stanton (No. 61), Robert Stanton family, March 23, 1831. She was drowned by the burning of the steamer Erie on Lake Erie. Mr. Williams m. 2d, Mary Elizabeth Vanderpool Dec. 12, 1848. He d. Apr. 3, 1888; his widow d. May -, 1900.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
537 ABBY JANE, b. Aug. 10, 1832, m. Charles A. Jones June 5, 1878. 538 JOSEPHINE, b. Nov., 1839, m. Joseph Oscar Cottrell Oct. 22, 1863 (No. 57), that family.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS FAMILY.
I. Descendants of WILLIAM WILLIAMS, b. in Wales, a part of the British dominions. He came to this country in 1662 and settled in New London, now Ledyard, in 1663. He served in King Philip's war. He m. Arabella Thompson, date not given. CHILDREN:
2 RICHARD, b.
3 WILLIAM, b. -, m. Margaret Cooke.
4 HENRY, b. -, m., name of wife unknown.
5 STEPHEN, b.
6 MARY, b.
William Williams (No. 3) m. Margaret Cooke. CHILDREN:
7 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 26, 1709, m. Margaret Morgan. He d. in 1795. Their son,
8 LIEUT. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 17, 1741. He was in the military and Naval Service during the war of the Revolution, from 1775 to 1783. (Gro- ton Town Records.) He m. Mrs. Prudence (Stanton) Fanning.
CHILDREN:
9 WILLIAM, b. Oct. 13, 1780, m. Amy Stanton.
10 JAMES, b. June 4, 1783, d. unmarried.
11 ERASTUS, b. Sept. 16, 1785, m. Nancy Hewitt (No. 182), Hewitt family.
12 SALINA, b. April 24, 1788, m. Mr. Packer.
13 SARAH, b. Nov. 6, 1790, m. Elisha Ayer.
14 MELINDA, b. Sept. 8, 1793, m. Luke Gallup (No. 258), Gallup family.
15 AMANDA, b. April 7, 1798, m Baxter Gray.
Judge William Williams (No. 9) was appointed by the General Assembly in 1819, Judge of the Probate District of Stonington, which then included the towns of Stonington, Groton, Ledyard and North Stonington, which office he held twelve years. He m. Amy Stanton, daughter of Amos Stanton (No. 158), that family.
CHILDREN:
16 WILLIAM, b. - -. d. unmarried.
17 JEFFERSON, b. , d. unmarried.
18 JAMES, b. , m. Sabra Gray.
19 MARY LOUISA, b.
-, m. Rufus Leeds Fanning.
20 JENNETTE, b. -, m. John D. Williams.
21 LAURA, b. Oct. 23, 1817, m. Nehemiah M. Gallup Oct. 27, 1841 (No. 279), that family.
Erastus Williams (No. II) m. Nancy Hewitt Feb. 15, 1818 (No. 182), that family. He served in the war of 1812, and was at the
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
bombardment at Stonington, Aug. 10, 1814. He lived at the Wil- liams homestead in Ledyard, on Cider Hill.
CHILDREN:
22 ELIAS H., b. July 23, 1819, m. Hannah Larrabee April 23, 1849.
23 PRUDENCE A., b. Sept. 11, 1821, m. Gustavus A. Appelman Oct. 28,1841.
24 WILLIAM, b. May 21, 1823, m. Mary Allen April 26, 1848; m. 2d, Mary E. Williams May 14, 1855.
25 DUDLEY R., b. April 16, 1825, m. Mrs. Alice Otis March 1, 1883.
26 JOHN, b. Jan. 31, 1827.
27 LYDIA W., b. March 21, 1829, m. William R. Fish Jan. 19, 1848 (No. 63), Fish family.
28 JOHN HEWITT, b. Oct. 1, 1831, d. Sept. 21, 1850.
29 HANNAH MARIA, b. Dec. 12, 1834, d. June 5, 1854.
30 SARAH LOUISE, b. Feb. 25, 1837, d. Sept. 21, 1850.
Henry Williams (No. 4), m., name of wife and date of marriage unknown. Their son,
31 HENRY, b. June 13, 1716, m. Mary Boardman in 1743. She was b. March 14, 1725. CHILDREN :
32 JOHN, b. Sept. 5, 1744.
33 JOSEPH, b. Aug. 7, 1747, m. Hopestill Elliott.
; he was killed in 34 LIEUT. HENRY, b. Dec. 14, 1749, m. Eunice the massacre at Fort Griswold Sept. 6, 1781.
35 A daughter, b. and d. Feb. 28, 1752.
36 PELEG, b. March 20, 1753.
37 ABIGAIL, b. March 17, 1756.
38 AMOS, b. July 13, 1758.
39 SETH, b. Jan. 21, 1761, m. Abigail Williams; 2d, Anna Smith Gallup.
40 ROGER, b. Dec. 24, 1763.
41 RUSSELL, b. June 26, 1769.
Joseph Williams (No. 33) m. Hopestill Elliott. Their son,
42 JOSEPH, b. -- , m. Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Phebe Hurlbert, Feb. 4, 1780.
CHILDREN:
43 STEPHEN, b.
44 SALLY, b.
45 PRUDENCE, b. ., m. 1st, Ambrose Fish; 2d, Nathan Barnes.
46 ROXANNA, b. -, m. Prentice Williams May 28, 1820 (No. 480), Rob- ert Williams family.
Seth Williams (No. 39) m. Abigail Williams (No. 457), Robert Williams family, Jan. II, 1787. He m. 2d, Mrs. Anna Smith Gallup Jan. 30, 1825. He d. May 21, 1843.
CHILDREN:
47 BETHIA, b. Nov. 11, 1787, m. John Sands Avery in 1812.
48 WARREN, b. April 15, 1789, m. Elizabeth Gallup (No. 175), Gallup family. 49 GURDON, b. March 28, 1791, d. at Detroit, Mich., July 20, 1854, aged 63. 50 ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 24, 1792, m. John Avery of Griswold Dec. 9, 1812. 51 ELIZA, b. Sept. 18, 1794, m. William Hewitt (No. 189), that family. 52 EUNICE, b. Dec. 20, 1797, m. Dea. Erastus Gallup (No. 171), that family. 53 SETH, b. Jan. 25, 1802, m. Lucy Ann Noyes (No. 269), that family. 54 ASENETH, b. Jan. 25, 1804, m. Col. Isaac W. Geer Jan. 9, 1825.
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WILLIAM WILLIAMS FAMILY.
Warren Williams (No. 48) m. Elizabeth Gallup Jan. 12, 1815 (No. 175), that family.
CHILDREN:
55 HENRY WARREN, b. Jan. 20, 1816, m. Lucy J. Stone May 20, 1846. 56 GURDON OSMOND, b. Nov. 14, 1817, m. Frances C. Griggs July 17, 1847. 57 ELIZABETH MARTHA, b. Feb. 2, 1820, m. John Pattern Feb. 3, 1846.
58 HEZEKIAH UFFORD, b. Aug. 10, 1822, m. Cynthia A. K. Niles Sept. 8, 1850.
59 JULIA ANN, b. Feb. 11, 1825, m. Edward P. Hayward April 20, 1854.
60 ASENETH GEER, b. May 13, 1827, d. Jan. 9, 1890.
61 CHARITY MORGAN, b. May 2, 1829, m. C. K. Robinson July 3, 1861.
62 SARAH GALLUP, b. Aug. 6, 1831.
63 NATHAN GALLUP, b. June 28, 1833, m. 1st, Helen C. Dunham April 14, 1859; 2d, Julia Hanna Dec. 14, 1870.
64 JANE EMERETTE, b. Dec. 25, 1838, m. John P. Derby March 18, 1863.
Seth Williams (No. 53) m. Lucy Ann Noyes Feb. 23, 1827 (No. 269), Noyes family. He d. June 20, 1854. She d. at Mystic, June 8, 1890, in the 85th year of her age.
CHILDREN:
65 LUCY ANN, b. Jan. 31, 1823, m. Ulysses Avery (No. 228), that family. 66 EUNICE ZERVIAH, b. March 19, 1829, m. Erasmus Avery (No. 235), that family.
67 SETH NOYES, b. April 23, 1831, m. Eliza P. Noyes Nov. 26, 1857, (No. 377), that family; she d. May 20, 1870. He m. 2d, Mary Emma Morgan June 28, 1871 (No. 22), that family. He d. April 7, 1889.
68 HARRIET NEWELL, b. Nov. 22, 1823, m. Frank Grant (No. 98), that family.
69 GURDON, b. Nov. 6, 1834, m. Eliza Cook, daughter of Rev. Nehemiah Cook.
70 JOSEPH WARREN, b. Aug. 27, 1837, m. Emma M. Pine, Oct. 4, 1865. 71 WILLIAM HENRY, b. Oct. 22, 1839, m. Susan Hunter.
72 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Sept. 7, 1841, m. Anna Louisa Noyes (No. 399), Noyes family.
73 ABBIE ELIZA, b. July 7, 1843.
74 ORIN MERWIN, b. Nov. 17, 1845, d.
WITTER FAMILY.
WILLIAM WITTER, the first of this family of whom we have any certain knowledge, was evidently one of the early settlers of Lynn, Mass. He appears there in court in April, 1657. In his depositions he said that he was a farmer in Swampscot, Mass., which was a short distance from Nahant, Mass. The court pro- ceedings to which he was a party at this time related to the title of the land upon which he had erected his then dwelling house. The contention was between him and an Indian, called Duke William, who claimed that his house site was the ground where his wigwam formerly stood. After a conference and com- promise the affair was settled satisfactorily to both parties.
1 WILLIAM, b. in the year 1584, and died in the year 1659, as his will is dated May 6, 1659, he was, therefore, 75 years old. He m. Annis -, doubtless before he came to this country, and they became the parents of two children, viz .:
2 JOSIAH, b.
3 HANNAH, b. , m. Robert Burdick, and 2d, Edmund Chamberlain, and she d. in 1696. Her father, William Witter, left a will which gave one-half of his estate to his wife and the other half to his son, Josiah Witter, simply giving his daughter Hannah an ewe and lamb, in one year after his death.
Josiah Witter (No. 2) m. for his first wife, Elizabeth (No. 3), daughter of Thomas and Mary Wheeler, in Lynn, Mass., Feb. 25, 1662, and soon after came to Stonington, Conn., to reside. He purchased large tracts of land and built him a dwelling house thereon, situated a short distance from the residence of Thomas Wheeler, his father-in-law, where he lived the remainder of his life, and where all of his children were born. The house was situated in what is now North Stonington, a short distance north of the present residence of Col. James T. Brown, which occupies the homestead site of Thomas Wheeler, born in 1602. The house was more recently occupied by James Irish, and before that owned by Jeremy Wheeler. Mrs. Elizabeth (Wheeler) Witter d. Aug. 5, 1672, and Mr. Josiah Witter+m. 2d, Sarah Crandall, daughter of Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island, date not known. He d. before 1690, and his widow m. for her second hus- band Peter Button, and had four children, viz .: Peter, Mary,
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WITTER FAMILY.
Matthias and Eliphal Button. Josiah Witter's two sons, Ebenezer and John, after their father's death, relinquished all their right, title and interest in and to their late father's estate, by giving to the administrator thereof a receipt in full discharge in the year 1689. The son John Witter, also by his receipt, relinquished all right, title and claim against his mother, Mrs. Sarah Crandall Button, and her husband, Peter Button. After the death of his father, Mr. Ebenezer Witter moved to the town of Preston, Conn., where he became a prominent and useful citizen.
CHILDREN OF JOSIAH WITTER AND MARY WHEELER WITTER.
4 ELIZABETH, b. March 15, 1663.
5 MARY, b. Feb. 20, 1665.
6 EBENEZER, b. March 25, 1668.
CHILDREN OF JOSIAH WITTER AND SECOND WIFE SARAH CRANDALL:
7 JOHN, b. March 11, 1677, m. Sarah Tefft, and 2d, Mary -
8 SARAH, b. Feb. 9, 1679.
9 HANNAH, b. March 17, 1681, m. Thomas Parke Nov. 5, 1703.
Ebenezer Witter (No. 6) m. Dorothy Morgan, daughter of Joseph (No. 5), Morgan family, and Dorothy (Park) Morgan, May 5th, 1693; she was b. Feb. 29, 1675. She was then of New London, which was later Groton, Conn. Ebenezer Witter d. Jan. 31, 1712, and his widow m. Daniel Brewster (No. 8), of that family, Dec. 19, 1727, and she d. March 9, 1759.
CHILDREN:
10 ELIZABETH, b. March 3, 1694, m. Benjamin Brewster Oct. 16, 1714.
11 MARY, b. March 2, 1696, m. Jeremiah Tracey Oct. 13, 1713.
12 JOSEPH (twin), b. June 12, 1698, m. Elizabeth Gore.
13 JOSIAH (twin), b. June 12, 1698, d. Sept. 20, 1698.
14 EBENEZER, b. Nov. 30, 1700, m. Elizabeth Brown March 26, 1726.
15 DOROTHY, b. Dec. 11, 1702.
16 HANNAH, b. Nov. 26, 1705, m. Ephraim Smith (No. 15), Smith family.
17 WILLIAM, b. May 24, 1707.
18 ABIGAIL, b. and d. Jan. 31, 1712.
John Witter (No. 7) m. Ist, Sarah Tefft, daughter of Samuel Tefft of South Kingston, R. I. She d. some time before March 16, 1725, and m. 2d, Mary , who probably died very soon after Dec. 22, 1743. He was admitted a freeman in Wester- ly Jan. 29, 1702, and became a prominent man and a large land- holder, some of which remains in the possession of his descend- ants now. It is not surely known just how many children he had.
CHILDREN:
19 SARAH, b.
20 JOHN, JR., b. -, m. Sept. 7, 1740, Annie Davis.
21 JOSEPH, b. April 4, 1716, m. Dec. 9, 1736, Sarah Steward.
22 MARTHA, b. - -, m. Oct. 18, 1747, Stephen Lewis.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Joseph Witter (No. 12) m. Elizabeth Gore (No. 29), of that family, Aug. 13, 1722.
CHILDREN:
23 SAMUEL, b. May 28, 1723.
24 JOSEPH, b. Dec. 15, 1724.
25 EZRA, b. Jan. 22, 1729.
26 HANNAH, b. Oct. 3, 1730.
27 EBENEZER, b. Sept. 11, 1732.
28 ELIJAH, b. April 7, 1735.
29 EUNICE, b. Dec. 8, 1740.
Ebenezer Witter (No. 14) m. Elizabeth Brown, daughter of John Brown, March 26, 1729. She d. Aug. 27, 1754, and he m. 2d, Mrs. Mary Avery of Groton.
CHILDREN:
30 JOSIAH, b. and d. Nov. 17, 1729.
31 NATHAN, b. Nov. 15, 1731.
32 JOHN, b. and d. Sept. 17, 1733.
33 MARY, b. July 11, 1735.
34 JACOB, b. May 6, 1737.
35 ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 2, 1739.
36 JOHN, b. and d. Sept. 10, 1742.
37 EZRA, b. Oct.
38 JAMES, b. and d. Sept. 30, 1746.
39 ESTHER, b. May 12, 1753.
Capt. William Witter (No. 17) m. Ist, Mary Douglass, and she d. Nov. 30, 1734, and Capt. Witter m. 2d, Zerviah Smith of Can- terbury, Conn., Jan. 1, 1735. She d. Jan. 30, 1737, and Capt. Witter m. 3d, Hannah Freeman Nov. 6, 1738. She d. April 19, 1759, and Capt. Witter m. for his fourth and last wife, Elizabeth -; she d. Aug. 9, 1798, aged 81 years, and Capt. Witter d. Sept. 9, 1798, aged 91 years.
CHILDREN BY THIRD WIFE, HANNAH FREEMAN:
40 MARY, b. May 12, 1740.
41 JOSIAH, b. Feb. 19, 1741.
42 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 31, 1744, d. 1759.
43 ZERVIAH, b. and d. March 19, 1746.
44 DANIEL, b. May 9, 1748.
45 HANNAH, b. May 15, 1750, m. Jonathan Smith Nov. 23, 1769, and she d. May 29, 1823.
46 FREDERICK, b. Aug. 13, 1752.
47 ELISHA, b. April 27, 1755.
John Witter, Jr. (No. 20) m. Annie Davis Sept. 7, 1740. He d. Nov., 1793.
CHILDREN:
48 SAMUEL, b. June 29, 1745, m. Tacy Porter Jan. 3, 1769.
49 SARAH, b. -, m. David Dewey Jan. 12, 1768.
50 JOHN, b. , m. Meriam Worden April 7, 1763.
51 HANNAH, b. -, m. Nathan Porter Nov. 29, 1764.
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WITTER FAMILY.
Joseph Witter (No. 21) m. Sarah Steward Dec. 9, 1736. She was b. May 23, 1715, and d. March 23, 1802. He d. Jan. 12, 1799.
CHILDREN:
52 JOSEPH, JR., b. - , never married, d. Feb., 1831.
53 JOSIAH, b. Jan. 25, 1739, m. Tacy Reynolds Feb. 2, 1764.
54 WILLIAM, b. - -, m. Martha Cole Nov. 1, 1764.
Ezra Witter (No. 25) and Anna Morgan, both of the town of Preston, Conn., were m. Feb. 1, 1752.
CHILDREN:
55 ANNA, b. April 30, 1753.
56 EZRA, b. Jan. 4, 1755.
57 ISAAC, b. Jan. 10, 1757.
58 WILLIAM, b. March 16, 1759, m. Esther Breed (No. 62a), daughter of Dea. Nathan and Lucy (Babcock) Breed, date unknown, and moved with his family to Eastern New York State.
Ezra Witter (No. 25) while in a state of mental aberration, conceived the idea that his wife and children were alienated from him, which alienated him from them, in consequence of which he determined to end their existence and his own, and before his friends and neighbors suspected his purpose he succeeded in tak- ing the lives of his wife and three oldest children, but before he consummated his determination to take the life of his youngest child, William Witter, and his own life, he was seized and bound by his friends, which had been attracted to the awful scene by the heartrending screams of his wife and children. Almost immediate- ly after the consummation of this awful tragedy he became a rav- ing maniac, followed by idiocy. During the remnant of his life his friends made an enclosure of timber in one of the rooms of his dwelling house, in which he was kept confined, until death ended all of his besetting horrors. His uncle, Joseph Witter (No. 24), was appointed guardian of the surviving son, William Witter (No. 58), who took him to Stonington, Conn., and by a proper business indenture bound him to Richard Wheeler in 1760, to live with him until he became 21 years of age, and to learn the farmers' oc- cupation and weavers' trade, which he faithfully performed, grow- ing up to manhood a model young man and subsequently becom- ing a prominent and useful citizen. He m., as told above, Esther Breed.
Samuel Witter (No. 48) m. Tacy Porter Jan. 5, 1769.
CHILDREN:
59 MARY, b. Dec. 10, 1769.
60 HULDAH, b. March 1, 1772.
61 DAVIS, b. May 4, 1774, d. Nov. 1, 1775.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
62 SAMUEL, JR., b. Jan. 17, 1776, m. Mary Popple Nov. 12, 1796.
63 TACY, b. Feb. 14, 1779.
64 JOHN, b. March 31, 1781.
65 HANNAH, b. July 27, 1784.
66 PAUL, b. Sept. 19, 1787.
67 ANNIE, b. Nov. 9, 1789.
John Witter (No. 50) m. Merriam Worden, daughter of James Worden of Stonington, April 7, 1763. He d. before March 5, 1790.
CHILDREN:
68 ANNE, b. May 9, 1766. 69 JOHN, b. Dec. 19, 1768. 70 HOLLY, b. July 14, 1772.
Josiah Witter (No. 53) m. Tacy Reynolds Feb. 2, 1764. She was b. March 19, 1743.
CHILDREN:
71 WEEDEN, b. April 30, 1765.
72 SUSANNAH, b. May 7, 1767, m. Amos Langworthy Jan. 21, 1802.
73 LOIS, b. Oct. 1, 1768, never married.
74 HANNAH, b. Aug. 12, 1771.
75 JOSEPH F., b. March 28, 1773.
76 EUNICE F., b. Oct. 31, 1775.
77 JOSIAH, b. March 28, 1777.
78 SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1779.
William Witter (No. 54) m. Nov. 1, 1764, Martha Cole. CHILDREN:
79 SARAH, b. Nov. 12, 1765, d. Dec. 6, 1765.
80 SARAH, b. Dec. 3, 1766.
81 MARTHA F., b. April 27, 1769.
82 ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 4, 1771.
83 MARY, b. Nov. 6, 1773.
84 WEALTHY, b. Feb. 17, 1776.
85 WILLIAM, b. Aug. 26, 1778, m. Lucy Crandall Jan. 2, 1800.
86 ANNE F., b. Aug. 24, 1780.
87 JOSEPH, b. Dec. 13, 1782.
88 PHEBE, b. -
Susannah Witter (No. 72) m. March 21, 1802, Amos Lang- worthy, Jr., son of Amos Langworthy and wife, Sarah Babcock. She d. July 29, 1859, aged 92 years. Their daughter, Susan Lang- worthy, b. Dec. 8, 1810, m. Benjamin F. Chester, who was b. Sept. 13, 1816, and d. Jan. 23, 1889. She d. March 26, 1880. Their son, Albert L. Chester of Westerly, R. I., has contributed to the families of Witter and York.
WOODBRIDGE FAMILY.
Rev. John Woodbridge, a follower of Wickliffe, b. not far from 1492, and his descendants by the name of John to the fifth generation, braved the dangers of the same faith. The fifth in succession was the Rev. John Woodbridge, pastor of a Puri- tan church in Stanton, Wilts, England. He was the father of the first
I. REV. JOHN WOODBRIDGE in America. The family on this side of the water has also been illustrious by a long line of ministers.
Rev. John Woodbridge (No. I), b. 1613, bred at Oxford, but left the university and was brought to New England by his uncle, Rev. Thomas Parker, in company with his cousin, Rev. James Noyes, in 1634, and were some of the first at Newbury, Mass. He seems to have had but little tendency to preach, for in 1637, the same year his father died in England, he was made Surveyor of the Arms and Representative to the General Court. Afterwards he taught school in Boston. He was living in Newbury when his father-in-law, Gov. Thomas Dudley, stirred him up to seek ad- vancement as a minister, and on Oct. 24, 1645, he was ordained as first minister at the new town of Andover. In 1647, he went to England and remained there sixteen years. He was employed while there as a minister and teacher, but returned to Boston July 27, 1663, and was engaged with his uncle Parker in the ministry for a few years, until some dissension arose in the church, when he was dismissed before 1670. He d. March 17, 1695. He m. in 1639, Mercy, daughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley, who was the son of Capt. Roger Dudley, b. in England in 1576, came to New Eng- land in 1630, was several years Governor of Massachusetts Col- ony, and d. at Roxbury July 31, 1653, aged 77 years. His first wife, or the one who came with him, d. in 1643. He m. again be- fore 1645, and had five more children, four by the first wife, of
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