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95 CHATFIELD.
CHATFIELD ALCOTT, son of Joseph C. and Anna (Bronson) Alcott, married Ist, Nancy Comstock of Paris, N. Y., 2d, Miranda Bailey, and lived at Oriskany Falls, N. Y.
107 ALBIN.
ALBIN ALCOTT, son of Mark and Mary (Lane) Alcott, married Chloe Finch of Wolcott, June 24, 1807. He died Dec. 11, 1871. His wife died Sept. 24, 1870.
.Children : 152 Emeline, b Sept. 7, 1829; 153 Henry Gilbert, b Feb. 27, 1832; 154 Mariette, b March 10, 1834; 155 Sarah Jane, b April 19, 1836 ; 156 Amos Newton, b Oct. 17, 1838; James P.
III LUCIUS.
LUCIUS ALCOTT, son of James and Esther (Castle) Alcott, married Emily Roberts of Burlington, and removed to Plymouth Hollow, where he died Oct. 14, 1856, ae. 56.
Children : 157 Robert C., m Mary Trowbridge; 158 John, m Frances Knowles, and has a son Charles.
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I14 JAMES, 3D.
JAMES ALCOTT, son of James and Esther (Castle) Alcott, mar- ried Salina, daughter of Mark Alcott, Aug. 27, 1833, and resides on the homestead of his father and grandfather.
Children : 159 Esther Melissa, b April 9, 1835, m Albert N. Lane, Nov. 17, 1855 ; 160 Harriet Ann, b Dec. 15, 1837, m William F. Grilley, Jan. 8, 1860, and has daughter, Eva Melissa, b Oct. 16, 1866; 161 Emily, b March 15, 1841, m Ist, Berlin Pritchard, Nov. 1, 1860, and has a son, Evelin James, b Dec. 16, 1866; 162 Mary b Sept. 12, 1842, m Coral D. Blakeslee, May 31, 1868.
115 PHINEAS C.
PHINEAS C. ALCOTT, son of James and Esther (Castle) Alcott, married Ist, Emily Horton, and removed to Medina, O., 2d, Sarah Welton of Ohio.
Children: 163 Esther ; 164 Mary ; 165 Lois; 166 Eva. 116 LEVERETT.
LEVERETT ALCOTT, son of James and Esther (Castle) Alcott, married Mary Williams of Ohio. After some experience in selling goods in Southern States, while quite young, he engaged with the Suspender Co., of Waterbury, for a time, in selling their goods in Ohio. After his engagement . with this company expired he engaged in the mercantile business for himself. His first store was in Medina, O., and from that place he removed to Cleveland, where he has had large success.
Children : 167 Eddie, d young ; 168 Willie ; 169 Frankie.
I20 WILLIAM ANDRUS.
DR. WILLIAM A. ALCOTT, son of Obed and Anna (Andrus) Alcox, married Phebe . L., daughter of Deacon Irad Bronson June 14, 1836. He died March 28, 1859. (See Biog. p. 265.)
Children; 170 William Penn, b July 11, 1838; 171 Phebe Ann, b Oct. 17, 1840, m Walter Crafts, resides in Alabama, and has a son, Walter Nathan, and daughter, Phebe R., b Nov. 17, 1873.
123 GEORGE GARY.
GEORGE G. ALCOTT, son of Obed and Anna (Andrus) Alcox, married Harriet Nichols, Oct. 25, 1835. He died June 27, 1869.
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Children: 172 Lovina A., b Dec. 29, 1836, m H. F. Bassett, April 8, 1855, and has children, Sarah Antoinette, b May 23, 1857, and Frank Alcott, b April 19, 1867. 173 George Edwin, b Oct. 1, 1838; 174 Antoinette, b April 24, 1840, m O. E. Smith, May 14, 1863, resides in Massachusetts, and has children, Hattie, b June 6, 1864, d March 8, 1867; Annie Alcott, b Oct. 19, 1866; Mabel, b March 23, 1870, d Dec. 19, 1872 ; Olive, b Dec. 15, 1872. 175 Anna, b May 29, 1843, m Edward W. Peck, Sept. 13, 1865, resides in Birmingham, Conn., and has children, Lewis A., b Jan. 17, 1866 ; Beulah, b May 29, 1868; Lovina, b Jan. 14, 1870, Archibald A., b Sept. 24, 1872. 176 Elmer, b March 4, 1848, m Adeline Johnson.
I26 DENNISON.
DENNISON ALCOTT, son of Medad and Sylvia (Bronson) Alcox, married Emily Blakeslee, June 24, 1825, at Paris, N. Y., resides, now, in Wisconsin.
Children : 177 Amelia, b May 4, 1826 ; 178 Maria, b Oct. 31, 1827 ; 179 William, b July 31, 1833.
I28 JOHNSON.
JOHNSON ALCOTT, son of Medad and Sylvia (Bronson) Alcox, married Harriet, daughter of Silas Merrill of Wolcott, June 21, 1830. He died Jan. 23, 1872.
Children : 180 Adeline, b April 18, 1831, d July 22, 1848 ; 181 Martha, b. March 21, 1833, m John Howd, April 5, 1855, and has a daughter, Hattie, b June 23, 1861; 182 Emily, b Jan. 3, 1837, d Aug. 10, 1840 ; 183 Burritt, b May 3, 1839, d May 12, 1863 ; 184 Emma, b Aug. 4, 1844, m Frederick C. Neal of Southington, and has sons, Charlie and Frank.
130 ADDISON.
ADDISON ALCOTT, son of Medad and Sylvia (Bronson) Alcox, married Almira Norton of Wolcott, Sept. 12, 1838, resides in Iowa.
Children : 185 Amos Bronson, b June 2, 1839 ; 186 Emmerson C., b Sept. 22, 1843 ; 187 Mary Elizabeth, b March 12, 1847; 188 Hannah Jane, b Aug. 22, 1849; 189 Celia Maria, b June 9, 1852; 190 Carrie Eugenia, b May 16, 1855.
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135 GAYLORD .- EIGHTH GENERATION.
GAYLORD ALCOTT, son of Riley and Ruth (Frisbie) Alcott, married Caroline E. Blackman of Roxbury, May 20, 1850. She died Feb. 10, 1862. He married 2d, Elizabeth Bronson of Southington, April 18, 1870.
Children by first wife : 191 Hubert Gaylord, b June 25, 1851, d Sept. 6, 1851 ; 192 Abel Seward, b Nov. 6, 1852; 193 Morris Blackman, b March 13, 1854; 194 James Lorenzo, b Feb. 27, 1856; 195 Edmund Gaylord, b May 27, 1858, d Sept. 22, 1865; 196 Carrie E., b March 20, 1861, d May 11, 1862.
I39 SIDNEY W. 5
SIDNEY W. ALCOTT, son of Almon and Polly (Cleveland) Alcott, married Mariette Alcott in 1854 ; resides in Waterbury.
Children : 197 Clara E., b Sept., 1856 ; 198 Rufus C.
140 RUFUS C.
RUFUS C. ALCOTT, son of Almon and Polly (Cleveland) Alcott, married Ist, Mary B. Pinks of New Britain, May 8, 1853, 2d, Maria Hitchcock of Oxford, Sept. 30, 1858.
Children by first wife: 199 Alice J. C., b June 27, 1854. By second wife : 200 Frederick C., b April 8, 1860, d Feb. 4, 1868; 201 Hubert, b Sept. 28, 1861 ; 202 George A., b Oct. 22, 1864; 203 William R., b Feb. 21, 1867 ; 204 John F., b April 25, 1868; 205 Antoinette L., b July 28, 1871.
14I LUCIAN P.
LUCIAN P. ALCOTT, son of Almon and Polly (Cleveland) Alcott, married Maria E. Robinson of Goshen, March 22, 1859, and lives on his father's homestead.
Children: 206 Bertha, b June 7, 1861; 207 Frances E., b May 10, 1864; 208 Lois G., b Jan. 28, 1866 ; 209 Eddie L., b April 20, 1867.
170 WILLIAM PENN.
REV. WILLIAM P. ALCOTT, son of Dr. William A. and Phebe (Bronson) Alcott, married Sarah Jane, daughter of Rev. David Merrill, of Vermont. (See Biog. p. 278.)
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Children : 210 William Bronson, b Jan. 6, 1870, d Sept. 10, 1872 ; 211 Mary Hunt, b March 17, 1871; 212 David Merrill, b Aug. 25, 1873.
173 GEORGE EDWIN.
GEORGE E. ALCOTT, son of George G. and Harriet (Nichols) Alcott, married Sarah E., daughter of Willis Upson, March 4, 1861. They removed to Page Co., Iowa, November, 1868.
Children : 213 Willis Upson, b Jan. 7, 1867 ; 214 Maria Antoinette, b Aug. 18, 1869; 215 Harriet Eliza, b Aug. 28, 1871.
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ATKINS.
ADKINS, ATKINS.
This name was written on Hartford and Waterbury records Adkins until near 1770, and after that time it uniformly appears on the Waterbury records as Atkins. Adkins is an English name, the heraldic signs indicating that the family were in the Crusades, and received special honor for faithfulness in the defence of forti- fications.
JOSIAH.
JOSIAH ADKINS, of Middletown, Conn., married Elizabeth Wet- more, Oct. 8, 1673; died Sept. 12, 1690, leaving seven children minors, and three older, probably by a former wife.
Children : I Thomas; 2 Samuel ; 3 Elizabeth. Minors: 4 Sarah, ae. 16; 5 Abigail, 14; 6 Solomon, 12; 7 Josiah, 10; 8 Benjamin, 8 ; 9 Ephraim, 6; 10 Elizabeth, 3.
7 JOSIAH, JR .- SECOND GENERATION.
JOSIAH ADKINS, son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Wetmore) Adkins, married Mary Wheeler of Stratford, Dec. 16, 1708, and resided in Middletown. He died Nov. 1, 1724.
Children : 11 Joseph, b Sept., 1709; 12 Mary, b Oct. 14, 1710; 13 Elizabeth, b Feb., 1712 ; 14 Abigail, b Aug. 14, 1713; 15 Josiah, b Oct. 11, 1715 ; 16 John, b Oct. 14, 1717, d Nov. I, I724.
II JOSEPH .- THIRD GENERATION.
JOSEPH ADKINS,* son of Josiah and Mary (Wheeler) Adkins, married Abigail Rich, and removed to Bristol, Conn., where he purchased seventeen acres of land, the deed being dated, “March
* See Biog. p. 279. See also pp. 18 and 20.
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6, in the 23d year of the reign of King George, 1749-50." He was a miller, and sold, in 1753, eighty acres of land with a corn mill, to Samuel Thompson of Kensington. He removed to Wolcott about 1759, where he had purchased land a year or two before. He was a very important and highly esteemed man in Farmingbury parish. He died in 1782 ; his wife, Abigail, died in the Autumn of 1796.
Children : 17 Sarah, m Isaac Cleveland of Wolcott, and removed to " Cherries Brook" parish, in East Simsbury, Conn. She had two sons and two daughters. 18 Mary, m Simeon Plumb of Wolcott; 19 Joseph, b about 1743; 20 Rebecca, m Heman Wooster, and died in the Eastern part of Massachusetts, leaving two sons and two daughters; 21 Samuel, b 1753; 22 Abigail, b Aug. 19, 1745, m Gideon Finch of Wolcott; 23 Eliza- beth, m Joel Lane of Wolcott, May 22, 1776; 24 Josiah.
19 JOSEPH, JR .- FOURTH GENERATION.
DEACON JOSEPH ATKINS, son of Joseph and Abigail (Rich) Adkins, married Phebe Hall, and was a respected and reliable citizen, and was deacon of the church nineteen years. He removed to Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1805, and died there April 5, 1820, ae. about 77 ; his wife, Phebe, died in the Summer of 1828. (See Biog. p. 280.)
Children : 25 Rosannah, b March 5, 1768, m Jonas Heacock of Waterbury, Conn., d Jan. II, 1790 ; 26 Sylvia, b Nov. 3, 1769, d Jan. II, 1790 ; 27 Asahel, b Feb. 20, 1772 ; 28 Samuel, b Jan. I, 1774, of whom we have no account ; 29 Xenia,t b June 30, 1776, d Jan. 8, 1777; 30 Adah, b Jan. 9, 1778, d Oct., 1778; 31 Phebe, b May 26, 1780, m Joseph Twitchell of Wolcott; 32 Abigail, b June 7, 1783, m Ziba Norton of Wolcott ; 33 Joseph, and 34 Joel, twins, b Feb. 10, 1786.
2I SAMUEL.
SAMUEL ATKINS, son of Joseph and Abigail (Rich) Adkins, married Esther, daughter of Jedediah Minor of Wolcott, May 19, 1774; lived and died in Wolcott, July 13, 1788, ae. 35.
Children : 35 Levi, bapt Feb. 20, 1785 ; 36 Ashbel, bapt Feb.
+ Xenia, on church book.
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20, 1785 ; 37 Betsey, bapt Feb. 20, 1785, m Reuben Chatfield of Waterbury, removed to Colbrook, Conn., where she died; 38 Esther, bapt Sept. 4, 1785, d unmarried ; 39 Samuel, bapt June 16, 1788.
24 JOSIAH.
JOSIAH ATKINS, son of Joseph and Abigail (Rich) Adkins, married Sarah, daughter of Deacon Josiah Rogers. He left Wolcott in 1802 or 3, and settled in Ashtabula Co., O., sixty miles east of Cleveland. Josiah Atkins was a remarkably strong man, being about six feet in height and very muscular, and of great ambition in work. He is said to have walked seven miles in November and chopped seven cords of coal wood (seven feet long) in one day, and walked home before dark. Charles Upson, Esq., measured off one acre of grass for him, and he mowed it in four hours, then took his place with the other mowers and worked with them all day. There was at least three tons of hay on the acre he mowed. Capt. Nathaniel Lewis said of him, "that he would mow or reap or chop more in one day, or any number of days, than any man in the town.
Children: 40 Paulina ; 41 Flaminius ; 42 Lucinda ; 43 Philin- tus, who d March 19, 1801, by a flood which carried away the grist mill he was in, at Canton, Hartford Co., Conn .; 44 Diana ; 45 Josiah ; 46 Albertus ; 47 Philintus.
27 ASAHEL .- FIFTH GENERATION.
ASAHEL ATKINS, son of Deacon Joseph and Phebe (Hall) Atkins, married Ist, --- Warner, 2d, Widow Prudence Metcalf. He resided in Chenango Co., N. Y., where he died April 6, 1857, ae. 85.
Children. by first wife: 48 Fardice W., b May 19, 1797, m Pleuma Judson of Connecticut, and lives in the western States ; 49 Selma, b May 3, 1799, m Robert Ames, Nov. 13, 1818, had sons Fardice, Robert, and two others, and daughter Sallie ; 50 Loverna, b March 6, 1802, m Jira Fish, has sons Asahel J. and Luke M., and daughters Pleuma, Vienna, and Alvira ; 51 Aaron G., b Feb. 12, 1804 ; 52 William S., b Dec. 8, 1805 ; 53 James T., b in 1808, m Matilda Cash, had three or four children. Children by second wife: 54 Sarah Ann, b Dec. 22, 1814, m
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John D. Truman, and has children, Charles E., b March 4, 18 35 ; Arsenith, b Sept. 8, 1836; Sarah M., b Aug. 21, 1838 ; Mariette A., b March 19, 1841 ; Marcus H., b June 4, 1844; Harriet C., b July 6, 1846, d Feb. 8, 1847 ; Harriet L., b May 21, 1849. 55 Alvira Malinda, b in 1817, m Ludington Frink, March 18, 1835, had children, Rosina, b Jan. 18, 1836; Frances A., b Sept. 24, 1837 ; Billings C., b Dec. 30, 1839 ; Philo L., b May 7, 1842 ; Marvin A., b Oct. 27, 1845; Mary E., b March 17, 1847. 56 Mary S., b March 26, 1820, m Benjamin Ingersoll, had three sons ; 57 Eliza D., b Nov. 6, 1822, m James Becker, has one son ; 58 George ; 59 Charles D., b Dec. 8, 1811.
33 JOSEPH, 3D.
JOSEPH ATKINS, son of Deacon Joseph and Phebe (Hall) Atkins, married Elizabeth Cutting.
Children : 60 Rumin ; 61 Cemantha ; 62 Harriet ; 63 Lois ; 64 Norman.
34 JOEL.
JOEL ATKINS, son of Deacon Joseph and Phebe (Hall) Atkins, married Esther Burrows of Connecticut. He was skilled as a joiner. He built the first Presbyterian Meeting house in Norwich village, the county seat of Chenango Co., N. Y., and also the first Meeting house in the village of Smyrna of the same county, besides much other work of a superior kind. He left Chenango county many years ago, and has not been heard of since.
Children : 65 Emily, d June, 1874; 66 Julia ; 67 Adaline ; 68 Leander, m Eunice Chapman, and has a son, Irvin ; 69 William ; 70 Riley.
35 LEVI.
LEVI ATKINS, son of Samuel and Esther (Minor) Atkins, served seven years as apprentice to Deacon Elisha Stevens of Naugatuck, as shoemaker and tanner. He married Eunice Smith of Naugatuck, and removed to Middlebury, Conn., where he built a house near the brick-yard, and afterwards removed to Wolcott, where Dennis Pritchard now resides. He afterwards removed to Bucks Hill and thence back to Wolcott, where his son Levi now resides. Here he took care of his grandfather, Jedediah Minor,
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while he lived, and here, also, he died, April 4, 1856, ae. 81 ; his wife, Eunice, died July 29, 1869, ae. 91.
Children: 71 Julia, b 1797, d Oct. 29, 1835, unmarried ; 72 John S., b Aug., 1798 ; 73 Garry, born May, 1800; 74 Harriet, b 1802, m Asaph Hotchkiss of Wolcott, removed to Medina, O., and died there, leaving one daughter, Caroline ; 75 Erastus, b 1804; 76 Betsey, b 1808, m Prosper Hull of Tolland, Mass., d Oct. 30, 1847, leaving no children ; 77 Esther, b 1810, m Anson H. Smith of Wolcott ; 78 Levi and 79 Leva, twins, b Nov. 5, 1813 ; Leva m William Johnson of Wolcott, her children were Henry, b 1835, and Theron, b 1841. 80 Vina, b June 13, 1816, d June 10, 1832.
36 ASHBEL.
ASHBEL ATKINS, son of Samuel and Esther (Minor) Atkins, married -- Cowles of Southington, removed to Genesee, N. Y., and died there.
39 SAMUEL, JR.
SAMUEL ATKINS, son of Samuel and Esther (Minor) Atkins, married a daughter of Philo Bronson, and lived and died in Waterbury.
Children : 81 Edwin ; 82 Ellen.
4I FLAMINIUS.
FLAMINIUS ATKINS, son of Josiah and Sarah (Rogers) Atkins, went to Ohio with his father in 1802-3. He carried the first mail from Buffalo to Detroit, on foot, through the wilderness. He had with him a large dog, two rifles, and an axe. He continued to carry the mail, when he went only half way and met the mail from Detroit and returned to Buffalo. On one occasion he waited for the mail two days and three nights, in a shanty he had put up for the purpose, and while there the old dog drove a large panther up a tree, in the night, and in the morning the long rifle despatched him, to the great relief of the master of the shanty. Mr. Atkins, it is said, was over six feet in height, and chopped, in Ohio, an acre of heavy forest timber as a fallow, for one dollar and a half.
5I AARON G .- SIXTH GENERATION.
AARON G. ATKINS, son of Asahel and - (Warner) Atkins,
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married Maria P. Garton, Feb. 22, 1826. He resides in North Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., and is seventy years old, being a grandson of Deacon Joseph Atkins.
Children : 83 David H., b Sept. 17, 1829, m Margaret Cratson- bury, Oct. 25, 1854 ; 84 Mary M., b Oct. 15, 1831, m David E. Williams, Dec, 15, 1852, d May 31, 1855 ; 85 Sally G., b Oct. 21, 1839, m David E. Williams, March 31, 1858, d Feb. 2, 1866; 86 James T., b Aug. 7, 1841.
52 WILLIAM S.
WILLIAM S. ATKINS, son of Asahel and - (Warner) Atkins, married Eunice C. Babcock, Jan. 6, 1839.
Children : 87 George H .; 88 Delos L., a lawyer of ten years' standing, now residing in Sherborne, N. Y .; 89 Carlos; 90 Pluma.
72 JOHN SMITH.
JOHN S. ATKINS, son of Levi and Eunice (Smith) Atkins, mar- ried Esther, daughter of Rollin Harrison of Wolcott. He removed to Berlin, Conn., where he died Oct. 25, 1864, ae. 64.
Children : 91 Wealthy, m Charles Higgins of Berlin, Conn ; 92 Rollin, d young ; 93 Adaline, m Joseph Eggleston, resides in Winsted, Conn. ; 94 Juliette, d young.
73 GARRY.
GARRY ATKINS, son of Levi and Eunice (Smith) Atkins, mar- ried, Ist, Melvina Welton of Plymouth, Conn., and removed to Medina, Ohio, in 1829.
Children : 95 Ellen W .; 96 Harriet A .; these were born in Wolcott. He has a daughter, 97 Elizabeth, by his fifth wife.
78 LEVI, JR.
LEVI ATKINS, son of Levi and Eunice (Smith) Atkins, married Ist, Dec. 11, 1836, Emily Buckingham, of Roxbury, Conn. She died May I, 1847, and he married, 2d, widow Eunice A. Gril- ley, Feb. 6, 1848. He is professionally a farmer and shoe- maker, but practically a musician. His drum band has long been celebrated through the State, and especially so during the late war. With the violin he is quite at home, as is also his son Ho- mer with the piccolo, and Atkins' Quadrille Band is well and fa-
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vorably known throughout the county. The one peculiarity about his music is a little preference for the "old-fashioned tunes." He lives comparatively at his ease, but retains the characteristic of his great and first ancestor in Wolcott,-" whatever he undertakes must be carried to completion."
Children by first wife : 98 Infant, b 1837, died young ; 99 Mary Emily, b Nov. 7, 1839, m Leverett Sandford of Wolcott, d Feb. 6, 1873, leaving one son, Leverett, b July 7, 1862 ; 100 George, b Jan. 26, 1842 ; IOI Stiles H., b Sept. 29, 1844, d March 28, 1871, not married. Children by second wife : 102 Homer L., b Oct. 23, 1850.
IOO GEORGE.
GEORGE ATKINS, son of Levi and Emily (Buckingham) Atkins, married Cora Sandford, Oct., 1866.
Children : 103 Emma, b March, 1869.
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BARNES.
I STEPHEN, IST.
STEPHEN BARNES, said to have come from Long Island, resided a short time in Branford and married Mary
Children : 2 Benjamin, b Dec. 13, 1702 ; 3 Stephen, b Jan. 2, 1704 or 5; 4 Sarah, b May 17, 1708; 5 Experience, b Dec. 4, 1710.
2 BENJAMIN.
BENJAMIN BARNES, son of Stephen, Ist, married, Dec. 7, 1727, Hannah Abbott, and settled in the eastern part of Southington.
Children : 6 Lydia, b Oct. 22, 1728; 7 Mary, b June 17, 1730, m Noah Woodruff, Dec. 5, 1752; 8 Sarah, b Sept. 29, 1732, m John Bronson, March. 30, 1750 ; 9 Deborah, b Nov. 10, 1734; m Luke Hart, March, 1764; 10 Eunice, b Nov. 8, 1737, m Joseph Mallory, 1774, and settled in Wolcott, d Nov. 22, 1793.
3 STEPHEN, 2D.
STEPHEN BARNES, son of Stephen and Mary Barnes, married, Jan. 5, 1725 or 6, Martha Wheadon of Branford, and settled in the southwest part of Southington. He was a large land-holder, and a man of influence and respectability in the community. His wife, Martha, died March 18, 1773, ae. 65, and was buried in Plantsville burying-ground, and on her headstone is written : "I am the first brought here to turn to dust." He died March 27, 1777, ae. 73.
Children : II Mary, b Oct. 22, 1726, m Jacob Carter, Jr. ; 12 Stephen, b. Dec. 3, 1728, settled in Wolcott ; 13 Jonathan, b. Feb. 21, 1730 or 31 ; 14 Martha, b Aug. 22, 1734; 15 William, b Nov. 10, 1738; 16 Nathan, b Aug. 25, 1742; 17 Asa, b Aug. 24, 1745.
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I2 STEPHEN, 3D.
Sergeant STEPHEN BARNES, son of Stephen and Martha (Whea- don) Barnes, married Sarah Barnes Nov. 14, 1751, and settled in Wolcott on Southington mountain. He was an active and influ- ential man in Farmingbury Society a number of years from its commencement in 1770, serving as Society's committee, school committee, and Society's collector, and in other offices. He is called Sergeant in 1772, and must have been one of the first offi- cers in the first military company organized under the king, in Farmington part of Farmingbury. He died Aug. 26, 1784, ae. 50. His wife Sarah died March 4, 1798, ae. 69.
Children : 18 Sarah, b Aug. 13, 1754, d Nov. 6, 1784 (a few days after her father), ae. 31 ; 19 Philemon, b June 26, 1757, m Anna Scott of Waterbury, in 1779, d Jan. 29, 1795, ae. 38, and his wife, Anna, d Aug. 9, 1798, ae. 41 ; 20 Farrington, b Dec. 2, 1760; 21 Mark, b March 12, 1764; 22 Martha, b Jan. 29, 1768, m Samuel Poole of Bristol, June 24, 1788; 23 Nathan, b Jan. 8, 1771.
13 JONATHAN.
JONATHAN BARNES, son of Stephen and Martha (Wheadon) Barnes, married Elizabeth Woodruff, Aug. 4, 1757, and lived in Southington. He died Jan. 7, 1807, ae. 76. She died Feb. 8, 1814, ae. 76.
Children : 24 Jonathan, b March 13, 1763, m Rachel Steel, Feb. 19, 1789 ; 25 Elizabeth, b Oct. 21, 1764, m Rufus Ward, Oct, 10, 1787, went to Ohio; 26 Mary, b Mar. 4, 1767, d July 6, 1772 ; 27 Stephen, b Feb. 12, 1769, m Sally Andrews ; 28 Syl- via, b Aug. 7, 1771, m Roswell Hart, d March 21, 1857 ; 29 Lois, b 1772, m Gideon L. Smith, Nov. 15: 1793 ; 30 Levi, b June 28, 1777, m Hezekiah Woodruff, Oct. 28, 1800 ; 31 Joel, b 1779, m Rebecca Stevens ; 32 Truman, bapt July 6, 1783, m Lowly Barrett, Jan. 3, 1815.
I5 WILLIAM.
WILLIAM BARNES, son of Stephen and Martha (Wheadon) Barnes, married Martha, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Judd) Upson, of Waterbury. He removed from Southington to South- ampton, Mass., in March, 1800.
Children : 33 Hannah, b Aug. 8, 1757 ; 34, Azuba, b Feb. 27,
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1759; 35 Benjamin, b Oct. 6, 1761 ; 36 Experience, b Sept. 17, 1763 ; 37 William, b Feb. 2, 1767 ; 38 Elijah, b July 22, 1771.
16 NATHAN.
NATHAN BARNES, son of Stephen and Martha (Wheadon) Barnes, married Sarah Byington, Dec. 1, 1763, and lived and died in the west part of Southington. No children.
I7 ASA.
ASA BARNES, son of Stephen and Martha (Wheadon) Barnes, married Phebe Barnes, and lived in what is now called Marion, in Southington. He died Feb. 13, 1819, ae. 73. Sarah, his widow, died Jan., 181I.
Children : 39 Naomi, b April 27, 1766 ; 40, Allen, b July 15, 1767, d Sept. 27, 1809 ; 41 Selah, b March 4, 1769 ; 42 Ruth, b Dec. 21, 1771 ; 43 Martin, b June 17, 1773, d. Sept. 29, 1776; 44 Eli, b May 21, 1775 ; 45 Asa, b July 22, 1777 ; 46 Martin, b March, 1779, d Sept., 1780 ; 47 Ira, b Nov. 15, 1781; 48 Philo, b March 2, 1783 ; 49 Dennis, who died Sept., 1811.
20 FARRINGTON.
FARRINGTON BARNES, son of Stephen and Sarah (Barnes) Barnes, married Sally Talmage of Wolcott, Dec. 25, 1783, and resided a little north of David Frost, on Southington, Mountain. He afterwards removed to Northampton, Mass.
Children : 50 Archibald ; 51 Nathan.
2I MARK.
MARK BARNES, son of Stephen and Sarah (Barnes) Barnes, married Sarah Roberts of Wolcott, Nov. 16, 1786.
Children : 52 Abigail, b March 11, 1789; 53 Sarah, b April 26, 1791 ; 54 Mark, b Dec. 13, 1795 ; 55 Sylvia, b Aug. 11, 1798; 56 Martha, b Nov. 18, 1800; 57 Moses Roberts, b June 18, 1803.
23 NATHAN.
NATHAN BARNES, son of Stephen and Sarah (Barnes) Barnes, married Elizabeth
Children : 58 Nathan Whiting, b Sept. 18, 1797; 59 Eliza, b Dec. 14, 1798 .*
* There have been other families of this name (Barnes) in Wolcott, some of whom came from Waterbury.
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BARTHOLOMEW.
WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW was born in Northford, Conn., Nov. 13, 1783. He married Hannah C., daughter of Dea. Isaac Bron- son, Nov. 13, 1811, and lived in Wolcott, nearly a mile south of the center. He united with the church in 1828, under the labors of Mr. Scranton, and was a valuable man to the church and com- munity, serving both in various offices. He died March 22, 1850, aged 66. His wife, Hannah, is still living (1873).
Children : I Thankful Bronson, b Sept. 22, 1812; 2 Israel Beard Woodward, b June 23, 1814; 3 Bertha, b Sept. 3, 1816, m David Gaylord, of Wallingford, Oct. 4, 1841 ; 4 John Milton, b Feb. 3, 1818, d Feb. 4, 1818 ; 5 Sarah Jane, b Nov. 28, 1819, m Ira H. Smith of North Haven, Feb. 27, 1846; 6 Emeret Amelia, b Oct. 12, 1832, m Julius Morse of Cheshire, June, 1855.
2 ISRAEL B. W.
ISRAEL B. W. BARTHOLOMEW, son of William and Hannah (Bronson) Bartholomew, married Maria Theresa Byington of Southington, Sept., 1841. He died in Hannibal, Mo., Sept. I, 1846, ae. 32. His wife, Maria Theresa, died in St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 26, 1844, ae. 21.
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BEECHER.
I JOHN.
JOHN BEECHER'S name appears very early in New Haven records.
Children recorded in New Haven: 2 John, b Aug. 9, 1671 ; 3 Mary, b Feb. 23, 1672 ; 4 Johanna, b July 21, 1677 ; 5 Jemima, b Feb. 11, 1681 ; 6 Joseph, b Feb. 13, 1683; 7 Ebenezer, b April 12, 1686.
6 JOSEPH, IST.
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