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Children : 44 George W., b Jan. 18, 1811 ; 45 Henry J., b Feb. 17, 1813 ; 46 John M., b Oct. 2, 1815; 47 Mary E., b March 12, 1818, married William W. Steel, and has children Fannie and Truman ; 48 L. Salina, b Feb. 25, 1820; 49 Cyrus H., b Oct. 19, 1822.
22 GAIUS.
GAIUS CARTER, son of Jacob and Mary (Hitchcock) Carter, married Hannah Perkins of Wolcott, and removed to Becket, Mass.
Children : 50 Mark ; 51 Stephen ; 52 Mary ; 53 Lydia. 23 LOAMI.
LOAMI CARTER, son of Jacob and Mary (Hitchcock) Carter, married Marcia, daughter of David Harrison, of Wolcott.
Children : 54 Ezra ; 55 Esther ; 56 Joel; 57 Irad ; 58 Ami.
44 GEORGE WILLIS.
Deacon GEORGE W. CARTER, son of Uri and L. S. (Baxter) Carter, married Sarah A. Bronson, who died March 12, 1868. Married, 2d, Mary P. Baldwin, May 10, 1871. She was born March 27, 1823. He is deacon of the church, and has served the Society continuously, as clerk and treasurer, over twenty years. Has been a senator and representative in the State Legislature.
Children : 59 Henry B., b Dec. 2, 1839; 60 Mary M., b May
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23d, 1842, m George W. Walker; 61 Sarah S., b May 23, 1842, d Aug. 24, 1866 ; 62 Hannah J., b Jan. 26, 1844, m Elmer Hotch- kiss ; 63 Frederick W., b Oct. 27, 1845; 64 Walter S., b Dec. 3, 1853, d May 8, 1855.
45 HENRY J.
HENRY J. CARTER, son of Uri and L. S. (Baxter) Carter, mar- ried Mary Elton, of Burlington, and removed to Michigan, in 1840; has three children.
46 JOHN M.
JOHN M. CARTER, son of Uri and L. S. (Baxter) Carter, mar- ried, removed to New Madrid, Missouri, and died Feb., 1865, leaving three children. His wife's death occurred previous to his.
59 HENRY B.
HENRY B. CARTER, son of George W. and Sarah A. (Bronson) Carter, married Mary R., daughter of Stiles L. Hotchkiss, Feb. I, 1860, and resides near his father-in-law's home.
Child : 65 Charles H.
CHURCHILL.
I DAVID.
DAVID CHURCHILL married Sarah, daughter of Jesse Alcox, Senr., and lived near Amos Seward's.
Children : 2 Ruth, b Aug. 31, 1787; 3 Clara, b Jan. 8, 1789; 4 Ithimar, b May 18, 1790 ; 5 Milton, b Nov. 15, 1791 ; 6 Lewis, b Oct. 8, 1793 ; 7 Polly, b Aug. 29, 1795, d Sept. 5, 1795 ; 8 Polly, b Jan. 28, 1797 ; 9 Sally, b July 3, 1798; 10 Alma, II Albert, 12 Alfred, triplets, b May 28, 1804; Albert d Aug. 16, 1804. This is the only case of triplets I have found on Wolcott records.
12 ALFRED.
ALFRED CHURCHILL, son of David and Sarah (Alcox) Churchill, married.
Children : 13 Eveline, b Oct. 3, 1830 ; 14 Newell B., b July II, 1833 ; 15 Dennis A., b Feb. 5, 1837.
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CURTISS.
ABEL.
ABEL CURTISS married Anne Alcox, and lived on a farm a lit- tle west of the " mill place," where he died.
Children : I Deborah, b Dec. 31, 1771, m Zephaniah Parker ; 2 Abel, b Nov. 29, 1773; 3 John, b Dec. 7, 1775 ; 4 Anna, b Nov. 23, 1778, m Truman Sanford, and had children Pamelia, Triphena, Maria, Curtiss, Rhoda, Marilla, Ruel, Rufus ; 5 Sylvia, b Dec. 9, 1780, m Silas Merrill of Wolcott ; 6 Isaac, b Feb. 11, 1783, removed to New York; 7 Joel, b Sept. 21, 1786; 8 Bar- tholomew, b April 19, 1788, m --- Brockett, and removed; 9 Roxanna, b April 28, 1790, m William Parker, March 22, 1808, lived a time in Wolcott.
3 JOHN.
JOHN CURTISS, son of Abel and Anne (Alcox) Curtiss, married, and lived on the old homestead, where he died.
Children: 10 Carlos ; II Augustus; 12 one other.
7 JOEL.
JOEL CURTISS, son of Abel and Anne (Alcox) Curtiss, married Hannah, daughter of David Pardee, and removed to Cairo, N. Y., where he died. His wife died in Illinois.
Children : 13 Polly ; 14 Harriet ; 15 George ; 16 Elmira ; 17 Anson ; 18 Ann Eliza.
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FAIRCLOUGH.
JOSEPH FAIRCLOUGH was born in Birmingham, England, Feb. 16, 1792, and married Elizabeth Mills, Oct. 1, 1817. They came to New York early in 1828. He died, Nov., 1865, in Waterbury. Children : I John, b in England, July 10, 1818; 2 Mary, b in England, Jan. 28, 1820, married, Ist, Laurin Russell, March 19, 1841 ; 2d, Edward de Bellefonds, Aug. 7, 1848 ; 3 Charles, b in England, Jan. 19, 1822, d Jan. 20, 1822; 4 Susanna, b in Eng- land, Jan. 24, 1825, m Thomas Royce, Feb. 18, 1844; 5 Charles S., b Feb. 17, 1828, in New York ; 6 Thomas, b Feb. 11, 1831 ; 7 Joseph, b Sept. 6, 1833; 8 Matthewo, b March 13, 1834, d Sept. 25, 1836; 9 James, b March 11, 1837, d July 4, 1863, not mar- ried ; 10 Peter, b Nov. 4, 1841, d Nov. 11, 1841.
I JOHN.
JOHN FAIRCLOUGH, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mills) Fair- clough, m Lavinia Merrill, Feb. 17, 1844, and resides in Water- bury.
5 CHARLES S.
CHARLES S. FAIRCLOUGH, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mills) Fairclough, married Eliza Brodrick.
6 THOMAS.
THOMAS FAIRCLOUGH, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mills) Fairclough, married Elizabeth Ann Kahoe, April 4, 1859, in New York ; now resides in Wolcott.
7 JOSEPH.
JOSEPH FAIRCLOUGH, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mills) Fair-
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clough, married Catharine A. Baldwin, July 2, 1857; lives in Wolcott.
Children : 11 Mary E., b March 26, 1859, d May 25, 1864; 12 Charles S., b March 24, 1861; 13 Harriet E., b May 3, 1863 ; 14 Benjamin F., b Oct. 8, 1865; 15 Henry H., b March 15, 1868 ; 16 Emma J., b Sept. 17, 1870 ; 17 Laura E., b Nov. 15, 1872.
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FINCH.
H GIDEON.
GIDEON FINCH was born Oct. 23, 1743, and married, in Wol- cott, Abigail, daughter of Joseph Atkins, Senr., and settled in Wolcott. She was born Aug. 19, 1745.
Children : 2 Isaac, b Feb. 6, 1769 ; 3 Samuel, b 1771, d young ; 4 Gideon, b Jan. 6, 1775, removed to Ohio ; 5 Abigail, b Feb. 16, 1778, m Daniel Hall of Waterbury; 6 Samuel, b Dec. 2, 1780 ; 7 Joel, b June 21, 1783, d in Wolcott, not married ; 8 Jerusha, b Feb. 5, 1786, d in Wolcott, not married ; 9 Adah, b Dec. 16, 1789, d in Wolcott, not married.
6 SAMUEL.
SAMUEL, FINCH, son of Gideon and Abigail (Atkins) Finch, married Sarah Barnes of Waterbury, and lived on a farm half a mile west of the "mill place." He died April 22, 1841, ae. 60. His wife, Sarah, was born May 5. 1786, died Dec. 26, 1870, ae.
Children : 10 Sarah E., b Dec. 29, 1804, m Ist, William Blakes- lee, 2d, Munson Wilcox ; 11 Chloe B., b June 24, 1807, m Albin Alcott; 12 Samuel G., b Aug. 23, 1810, d Aug. 10, 1827; 13 Lucian R., b March 19, 1813, resides in New Haven ; 14 Eliza A., b Dec. 18, 1818, m Hendrick Norton ; 15 Benjamin F., b Sept. 24, 1821 ; 16 George S., b Jan. 30, 1827, d Jan. 12, 1828.
13 LUCIAN R.
LUCIAN R. FINCH, son of Samuel and Sarah (Barnes) Finch, married, Feb. 18, 1837, Charlotte, daughter of Chauncey Turner, of Susquehannah Co., Penn. She was born Sept. 28, 1816. He
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resides in New Haven, and is a commission merchant in New York city.
Children : 17 Leroy W., b Jan. 18, 1839; 18 Henry T, b June 24, 1843, m Sarah Barker of Glens Falls, N. Y., July 2, 1873; 19 Edward L., b May 31, 1845; 20 George Chauncey, b Nov. I, 1852, d July 28, 1854, at New Haven, Conn.
15 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
BENJAMIN F. FINCH, son of Samuel and Sarah (Barnes) Finch, married Janette Hall of Plymouth, daughter of Sherman Hall, and grand-daughter of Jonathan Hall, of Wallingford. He re- sides on his father's homestead.
17 LEROY W.
LEROY W. FINCH, son of Lucian R. and Charlotte (Turner) Finch, married, Oct. 14, 1862, Martha H. Hunter of Montgomery Co., Md. She died Aug. 15, 1870. He died July 19, 1872.
Child : 21 Lucian J., b April 5, 1867, living with his grand- parents.
19 EDWARD L.
EDWARD L. FINCH, son of Lucian R. and Charlotte (Turner) Finch, married Anna R. Crane, of New York City, Feb. 12, 1873. Child : 22 Edward Ridley, b Nov. 15, 1873.
FRISBIE.
I JOHN.
JOHN FRISBIE, and Abigail Culpepper, his wife, came from Wales, and settled in Branford, Conn.
2 ELIJAH.
ELIJAH FRISBIE, son of John and Abigail (Culpepper) Frisbie, married, Ist, Abigail Culver, who died April 19, 1771; 2d, Eliza- beth Ives, who died Oct. 11, 1776. He married, 3d, Lydia Red- field. He came from Branford to Wolcott, in 1759, and lived on the road to Waterbury, near John Frisbie's present residence. He died Feb. 15, 1800, ae. 81. ยท
Children : 3 Esther, b 1743, d 1795 ; 4 Judah, b Sept. 12, (o. s.) 1744; 5 Reuben, b 1746; 6 Abigail, m Dan Tuttle ; 7 Charles, b 1752 ; 8 Hannah, m Elnathan Thrasher, and lived in Woodtick, on the farm now owned by Orrin Hall, and had child- ren, John, Abigail, Betsey, Hannah, and Elnathan; 9 Sarah, m Ichabod Merrill ; 10 John, b 1762.
4 JUDAH.
JUDAH FRISBIE, son of Elijah and Abigail (Culver) Frisbie, married Hannah, daughter of Israel Baldwin of Buck's Hill, Aug. 12, 1779, and settled in Woodtick. (See Biog., P 303.)
Children : 11 Mary, b 1780, m Abner Hotchkiss ; 12 David, b Jan. 12 (o. s.), 1782; 13 Hannah, b Nov. 10, 1783, m Orrin Jackson, and had children, Northrop, Mary M., Andrew B., Fris- bie J., Eliza, Orrin H., Hannah J. ; 14 Judah, d 1829.
5 REUBEN.
REUBEN FRISBIE, son of Elijah and Abigail (Culver) Frisbie,
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married, Ist, Hannah Wakelee, born 1751, d 1778; 2d, Ruth, daughter of Amos Seward, June 3d, 1779. She died 1833. He died 1824.
Children by first wife: 15 Elizabeth, m Mark Warner; 16 Daniel, m Eunice Hill; 17 Ebenezer, m Deborah Twitchell : 18 Abigail, m - Sanford. By second wife: 19 Polly, m Dan- iel Jackson; 20 Samuel, m Ist, Isabella Barnes, 2d, Margaret Conner ; 21, Ruth, m Riley Alcott; 22 Sally, m Zara Warden.
7 CHARLES.
CHARLES FRISBIE, son of Elijah and Abigail (Culver) Frisbie, married Lydia Alcott. He died 1799, ae. 47. His widow mar- ried Capt. Nathaniel Lewis.
Children : 23 Ransom ; 24 Polly ; 25 Isaac ; 26 Sheldon, Ist, d in infancy ; 27 Sheldon, 2d; 28 Charles.
IO JOHN.
JOHN FRISBIE, son of Elijah and Abigail (Culver) Frisbie, mar- ried Rosanna Alcott, Jan. 4, 1787. He died in 1846, ae. 84.
Children: 29 Levi, d Nov. 14, 1852; 30 Amanda, m Green Perkins, had children, Rosanna, Mark, Parley, m Dr. Byington of Wolcott, and later of Southington; 31 Esther, m Salmon Johnson, had children, Charlotte, John F., Charles; 32 James, d Dec., 1862 ; 33 Parley, m Leonard Beecher, had children, Merritt, Noble; 34 Ira.
I2 DAVID.
DAVID FRISBIE, son of Judah and Hannah (Baldwin) Frisbie, married Leva Hall, Feb., 1805. He lived on his father's home- stead.
Children : 35 Samira, b Aug. 10, 1806, m Joel Johnson, Aug. II, 1825, and removed to California, where both died, leaving three sons : 36 Hannah V., b Nov. 15, 1810, m Oct. 10, 1829, Carlos R. Byington of Southington, d Nov. 10, 1870, leaving three sons; 37 Almira, b Nov. 17, 1812, m David Somers, Oct. 16, 1830 ; 38 David B., b July 19, 1814.
27 SHELDON.
SHELDON FRISBIE, son of Charles and Lydia (Alcott) Frisbie, married Urana Bronson.
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Children : 39 Isaac ; 40 Bronson ; 41 Sheldon.
34 IRA.
IRA FRISBIE, son of John and Rosanna (Alcott) Frisbie, mar- ried Sarah E. Hotchkiss, Dec. 20, 1826. He died July 6, 1863.
Children : 42 John, d in infancy ; 43 Emogene ; 44 Elizabeth, b Jan. 21, 1832 ; 45 John, b Oct. 1, 1838.
38 DAVID B.
DAVID B. FRISBIE, son of David and Leva (Hall) Frisbie, mar- ried Charlotte Hall of Cheshire, and lived on his father's home- stead.
Children : 46 David L., b March 15, 1841.
46 DAVID L.
DAVID L. FRISBIE, son of David B. and Charlotte (Hall) Fris- bie, married Ann Downes of Waterbury, Oct. 8, 1868, and lives on the old homestead.
Children : 47 Frank David, b Dec. 30, 1870; 48 Berkley Levi, b March 8, 1874.
FROST.
I DAVID, SENR.
DAVID FROST, Senr., was born Sept. 5, 1742, and married Mary -- , born Dec. 22, 1740. They lived three miles east of Water- bury, on Southington road, at a place now called East Farms. He died Dec. 15, 1812. His wife, Mary, died Feb. 6, 1819, ae. 79.
Children : 2 Jesse, b Oct. 18, 1762, became a Baptist minister, living not far from his father's home ; is well and favorably re- membered by the old people now living ; 3 Enoch, b Jan. 8, 1765, lived in town of Waterbury; 4 David, b March 1, 1767, settled on Southington mountain; 5 Naomi, b July 1, 1770; 6 Mary, b March 24, 1775, d Sept. 14, 1778 ; 7 Mary, b March 1I, 1780.
4 DAVID, JR.
DAVID FROST, son of David and Mary Frost, married Mary Ann, daughter of David Hitchcock of Southington. He settled on Southington mountain, a little north of Capt. Nathaniel Lewis, and was a man of considerable responsibility and influence in the town. He died March, 18, 1850, ae. 83. His wife, Mary Ann, was born June 14, 1770, and died Nov. 24, 1832, ae. 62.
Children : 8 Naomi, b Aug. 10, 1792, m - Neal ; 9 Levi Brown, b Aug. 21, 1794; 10 Lucy, b March 29, 1797, m Seth Alcox ; II David Hitchcock, b Oct. 16, 1799; i2 Martha, b Feb. 14, 1803, d Aug. 16, 1803 ; 13 Patty, b Nov. 4, 1804, m Herrick Payne ; 14 Sylvester, b May 8, 1807; 15 Polly Ann, b Aug. 31, 1809.
9 LEVI BROWN.
LEVI B. FROST, son of David and Mary Ann (Hitchcock) Frost,
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married Sylvia, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Lewis, and lived in Marion, Southington.
Children : 16 Ira Sylvester, b Aug. 20, 1820; 17 James L., b Aug. 15, 1823, d Sept. 24, 1843 ; 18 Lewis Hall, b March 10, 1826; 19 Levi Dwight, b Oct. 10, 1830; 20 Reuben Thomas, b Aug. 20, 1835 ; 21 Mary Ann, b July 17, 1841, m Lewis Dailey of Watertown, Conn.
18 LEWIS HALL.
LEWIS H. FROST, son of Levi B. and Sylvia (Lewis) Frost, mar- ried Adaline Lewis ; resides in Marion.
Children : 22 Lewis E .; 23 James.
19 LEVI DWIGHT.
LEVI I). FROST, son of Levi B. and Sylvia (Lewis) Frost, mar- ried Cornelia Thorp; resides in Marion.
Children : 24 Cora M., b June 4, 1859; 25 Edson L., b April II, 1862 ; 26 Edgar W., b June 9, 1864; 27 Cornelia C., b Sept. 26, 1866, d Aug. 5, 1868 ; 28 Cornelia G., b Jan. 22, 1869.
20 REUBEN THOMAS.
REUBEN T. FROST, son of Levi B. and Sylvia (Lewis) Frost, married Helen Stever of Bristol ; lives in Marion.
Child : 29 Helen J., b May 22, 1874.
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GILLET.
Nathan and Jonathan came from England to Dorchester, Mass., in 1630. Nathan was admitted freeman in Dorchester in 1634, and removed to Windsor in 1635, and afterward removed to Sims- bury where his wife died Feb. 21, 1670.
Children : I Elizabeth, b Oct. 6, 1639; 2 Abia, b Aug. 22, 1641 ; 3 Rebecca, b June 14, 1646, d July 13, 1647 ; 4 Elias, bapt July 1, 1649 ; 5 Sarah, bapt July 13, 1651 ; 6 Benjamin, b Aug. 29, 1653 ; 7 Nathan, b Aug., 1655 ; 8 Rebecca, b Dec. 8, 1657.
7 NATHAN, JR.
NATHAN GILLET, Jr., son of Nathan the emigrant, married, Ist, Rebecca Owen, June 13, 1692; 2d, Hannah Buckland.
Children by first wife : 9 Isaac, b Aug. 2, 1693; 10 Dinah, b Oct. 18, 1696. By second wife : 11 Azariah, b March 28, 1705 ; 12 Ann, b April 3, 1707 ; 13 Zabed, b April 6, 1710 ; 14 Hannah, b Aug. II, 1712 ; 15 Gothiniel, b Jan. 7, 1714; 16 Gideon, b Aug. 12, 1717.
9 ISAAC.
ISAAC GILLET, son of Nathan and Rebecca (Owen) Gillet, mar- ried Elizabeth Griswold Oct. 29, 1719. His will was dated Dec. 24, 1762.
Children : 17 Isaac, b May 16, 1720, married Honora Stephens Dec. 28, 1742 ; 18 Zaccheus, b Dec. 18, 1724; 19 Jacob, b Jan. 29, 1726; 20 Elizabeth, b Feb. 2, 1728; 21 Ava, b Dec. 28, 1731, d Dec. 28, 1736 ; 22 Ava, b Dec. 10, 1739.
18 ZACCHEUS.
ZACCHEUS GILLET, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Griswold) Gillet, married, Ist, Ruth Phelps, Dec. 15, 1743 ; 2d, widow Sarah Dean
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of Wolcott, Dec. 17, 1778. He resided in Granby until 1773 or [774, when he removed to Wolcott. He died Jan. 7, 1793.
Children : 23 Zaccheus, b Nov. 11, 1745 ; 24 Ava, b Oct. 4, 1747, d Sept. 3, 1748; 25 Alexander, b Aug. 14, 1749 ; 26 Ruth, b Sept. 29, 1751 ; 27 Mary, b Aug. 4, 1753, m Josiah Atkins, of Wolcott, Nov. 25, 1779 ; 28 Nathan, b Sept. 29, 1755 ; 29 Eli- zabeth, b March 30, 1758, m Elkanah Smith of Wolcott, July 26, 1781; 30 Benoni, b July 23, 1760; 31 Anne, b Jan. 3, 1763, m George Cornish, d March 13, 1793 ; 32 Rachel, b Nov. 28, 1764, m Noah Uzza Norton, April 22, 1784; 33 Timothy, b July 21, 1770, d April 22, 1780.
25 ALEXANDER.
Rev. ALEXANDER GILLET, son of Zaccheus and Ruth (Phelps) Gillet, married Adah, daughter of Deacon Josiah Rogers, Dec. 3, 1778. He died Jan. 19, 1826, in the 77th year of his age and the fifty-third of his ministry. His wife, Adah, died May 10, 1839, aged 77. (See Biog., p. 313).
Children : 34 Timothy Phelps, b June 15, 1780, d Nov. 5, 1866, ae. 86. (See Biog., p. 322.) 35 Asaph, b Oct. 15, 1782, d Aug. 21, 1846, ae. 64 ; 36 Esther, b May 26, 1785, d Dec. 30, 1834, ae. 50; 37 Adah, b Oct. 10, 1787, still living, being in her 87th year ; 38 Elias, b June 11, 1792, d Oct. 26, 1871, ae. 79 ; 39 Ma- rianna, b Jan. 13, 1796, d Nov. 4, 1815, ae. nearly 20.
23 ZACCHEUS.
ZACCHEUS GILLET, son of Zaccheus and Ruth (Phelps) Gillet, married Elizabeth -- , and lived in Wolcott, where five of his children were baptized.
Children : 40 Zaccheus Phelps, bapt May 8, 1777; 41 Sarah Thrasher, bapt Oct. 14, 1781 ; 42 Dinah Holcomb, bapt Oct. 3, 1784; 43 Selina, bapt July 15, 1787; 44 Rachel, bapt Oct. 28, 1790.
28 NATHAN.
NATHAN GILLET, son of Zaccheus and Ruth (Phelps) Gillet, married Lucy, daughter of Dea. Aaron Harrison of Wolcott, April 16, 1779.
30 BENONI.
BENONI GILLET, son of Zaccheus and Ruth (Phelps) Gillet,
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married Phebe Dean, daughter of his father's second wife, Oct. 16, 1783, and, after some years, settled in Fair Haven, Conn., where he died.
Children : 45 Theophilus, and 46 another brother, went to St. Augustine, Florida, one being captain and the other an officer on a vessel. They were invited to tea, and the next day they died, having been poisoned. 47 John was a merchant in Dublin, 120 miles west of Savannah, Ga., where he became wealthy, and then returned to Fair Haven, Conn. He was afterward one of a firm called "Gillet, Hotchkiss, & Tuttle." They purchased a large tract of land at Nauvoo, Ill., to which place Mr. Gillet removed. 48 Merritt lived awhile in Georgia. 49 Marcus went to Florida, and was a successful merchant, and died there leaving children.
HALL.
Lieut. HEMAN HALL, the first of the Halls in Wolcott, was the son of Nathan Hall of Wallingford, and Nathan was the son of John Hall of New Haven, and this John was the son of John Hall of Boston, New Haven, and Wallingford, who was an emigrant, having come to America before 1660. The emigrant's sons, John, Thomas, and Samuel, settled in Wallingford before their father.
I JOHN.
JOHN HALL, of England, married Jane Woolen. He was freed from training in 1665, being then in his 60th year, and was most certainly in New Haven as early as 1639, and at Wallingford about the year 1670. He died early in the year 1676, ae. 71.
Children : 2 John, bapt Aug. 9, 1646; 3 Sarah, bapt Aug. 9, 1646, at New Haven ; 4 Richard, b July 11, 1645 ; 5 Samuel, b May 21, 1646, d March 5, 1725 ; 6 Thomas, b March 25, 1649; 7 Jonathan, b April 5, 1651 ; 8 David, b March 8, 1652, d July 17, 1727, ae. 75.
2 JOHN, JR.
JOHN HALL, son of John and Jane Hall, married Mary, daugh- ter of Edward Parker, at New Haven, Dec. 6, 1666, and settled in Wallingford with the first planters in 1670. He died Sept. 2, 1721, ae. 86. She died Sept. 22. 1725.
Children : 9 Elizabeth, b Aug. 11, 1670, in New Haven; 10 Daniel, b July 26, 1672, m Thankful Lyman, March 15, 1693; II Mary, b June 23, 1675 ; 12 Nathaniel, b Feb. 8, 1677 ; 13 John b March 14, 1681, m Elizabeth Royce ; 14 Lydia, b Jan. 21, 1683 ; 15 Samuel, b Dec. 24, 1686, d Nov. 1, 1689 ; 16 Esther. b Aug. 30, 1693 ; 17 Caleb, b Sept. 14, 1697.
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12 NATHANIEL.
NATHANIEL HALL, son of John and Mary (Parker) Hall, mar- ried Elizabeth Curtiss, May, 1699. She died Sept. 30, 1735, and he married, 2d, Lydia Johnson, Sept. 15, 1736. He died Aug. 16, 1757.
Children : 18 Amos, b Jan. 24, 1700, m Ruth Royce ; 19 Mar- garetta, b Dec. 21, 1701, d Oct. 30, 1707; 20 Caleb, b Jan. 3, 1703, d May 11, 1766, ae. 62 ; 21 Moses, b June 6, 1706, d Feb. 15, 1765, ae. 59; 22 Mary, b Oct. 30, 1707 ; 23 Nathaniel, b April 17, 1711, d Dec. 18, 1727 ; 24 James, b April 23, 1713 ; 25 Elizabeth, b Sept. 22, 1715 ; 26 Desire, b June 19, 1719 ; 27 He- man, b Oct. 17, 1720.
27 HEMAN .*
Lieut. HEMAN HALL, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Curtiss) Hall, married Elizabeth -- , and was among the early settlers in Wolcott. He died in 1769, and the date on his grave-stone is the earliest in the Center grave-yard in Wolcott. Elizabeth, his wife, married, 2d, Mr. Lee, who came to Wolcott with Mr. Hall and his family. She died about 1804.
Children : 28 Curtiss, b 1746 ; 29 Heman, b 1750 ; 30 Phebe, m Dea. Joseph Atkins ; 31 Elizabeth, m Daniel Byington, Jr.
28 CURTISS.
CURTISS HALL, son of Heman and Elizabeth (Curtiss) Hall, married Rachel Beecher, said to have been first cousin to Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher. Mr. Hall was killed "by falling from a tree which was already down," in 1799, ae. 53. His widow married, John Bronson.
Children : 32 Moses, bapt Nov. 2, 1788 ; 33 Richmond, b March 23, 1773; 34 Mary, bapt Nov. 2, 1788, m Reuben Lewis ; 35 Anne, bapt Nov. 2, 1788, m Luther Hotchkiss, Nov. 24, 1800 ; 36 Leva, bapt Nov. 2, 1788, m David Frisbie ; 37 4mos, bapt Nov. 2, 1788 ; 38 Sukey, d 1778; 39 Sukey, bapt Nov. 2, 1788, m Thomas Wiard, removed to Massachusetts ; 40 Rachel, bapt Nov. 2, 1788, d Nov. 3, 1788 ; 41 Infant, d Aug. 23, 1785 ; 42 Infant,
* This name is written Harmon in the Wallingford History, but is Heman on Wallingford Town Records. .
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d 1786 ; 43 Infant, d July 27, 1787 ; 44 Sylvia Curtiss, bapt May I, 1789 ; 45 Infant, d March 9, 1790; 46 Infant, d 1795 ; 47 Child, d 1797.
29 HEMAN.
Capt. HEMAN HALL, son of Heman and Elizabeth Hall, mar- ried Rebecca Finch of Wolcott, and lived on the homestead, where he died, 1795, ae. 45. His wife, Rebecca, was born in 1746, and died June 3, 1805, aged 59. (See Biog., P 338.)
Children : 48 Sally ; 49 Rebecca, m Osee Bronson, and re- moved to Madison Co., N. Y., where they both died. Their son, Miles Bronson, has been a missionary in India about thirty years. 50 Heman, b 1775; 51 Levi, bapt Sept. 18, 1778; 52 Sally, bapt April 30, 1780; 53 Ursula, bapt Aug. 18, 1782, m Noah Walker, and removed to Saybrook; 54 Sarah, b 1780, m Willsey, d July. 19, 1860, ae. 80 : 55 Lizzie E., m Daniel Byington.
32 MOSES.
MOSES HALL, son of Curtiss and Rachel (Beecher) Hall, mar- ried Olive Porter, and removed to Waterbury.
Children : 56 Nelson ; 57 Hopkins ; 58 Samuel ; 59 Olive, m John P. Elton.
33 RICHMOND.
RICHMOND HALL, son of Curtiss and Rachel (Beecher) Hall, married Lucy Dudley, July 3, 1795, lived in Wolcott, and died Nov. 12, 1825. His wife, Lucy, was born Jan. 22, 1774, and died Nov. 14, 1842.
Children : 60 Rachel Beecher, b Feb. 16, 1796, m Stephen Mer- riman of Southington, d Jan. 30, 1839 ; 61 John, b Jan. 24, 1798, d April 7, 1844 ; 62 Abigail, b Oct. 25, 1799, now living in Mer- iden ; 63 Curtiss, b Oct. 8, 1801, settled in Susquehanna Co., Penn., d 1870 ; 64 Richmond, b July 27, 1803, d in Meriden, Conn., April 23, 1848 ; 65 Lucy, b Oct. 5, 1805, m Mansfield Merriman of Southington ; 66 Emeline, b Aug. 7, 1807, m Richardson, removed to Slatersville, R. I. ; 67 Susan, b Nov. 24, 1809, m Lewis Woodruff, and resides in Southington ; 68 Leva, b June 5, 1812, m John Davidson, lives in South Meriden ; 69 Eleanor. b Nov. 22, 1814, m Jared Matthews, and removed to
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New York, d July 26, 1854; 70 Elizabeth, b Sept. 1, 1818, m Steel, and resides in Windham, N. Y.
50 HEMAN.
Sergt. HEMAN HALL, son of Heman and Rebecca (Finch) Hall, married, Dec. 12, 1796, Lydia, daughter of David Hitch- cock of Southington. His commission as sergeant is dated at Farmington, 1797. He and his widowed mother changed the farm on the road towards Marion for the one owned by Elnathan Thrasher, in Woodtick, where he died, Feb. 4, 1848, ae. 73. Lydia, his wife, b Aug. 4, 1777, d Feb. 9, 1856, ae. 79.
Children : 71 Orrin, b Oct. II, 1797 ; 72 Ephraim, b Sept. 5, 1799 ; 73 Polly, b Aug. 17, 1801, m Willard Plumb, Jan. 1, 1822 ; 74 Lydia, b June 21, 1804, m William Frost, June 24, 1823, and lived at East Farms in Waterbury; 75 Rebecca F., b Aug., 1808, m William H. Payne, May 31, 1829, and settled in Waterbury ; 76 Roxanna, b April 1, 1816, m Laurin L. Stevens, Sept. 30, Sept. 30, 1838, d Dec. 11, 1867, ae. 50.
5I LEVI.
Capt. LEVI HALL, son of Heman and Rebecca (Finch) Hall, married, Ist, Sarah Welton, who died Oct. 13, 1842, ae. 64 ; 2d, Miss Warner, of Plymouth. He was a leading man in the Epis- copal Church a number of years. He died June 27, 1857, ae. 80.
Children : 77 Kneeland T., not married, d April 6, 1859; 78 Hector H., b July 30, 1808 ; 79 Rufina, b Oct. 9, 1810, m Lucius C. Hotchkiss ; 80 Sarah Ann, b Oct. 26, 1813, m Simeon H. Norton.
7I ORRIN.
Dea. ORRIN HALL, son of Heman and Lydia (Hitchcock) Hall, married Nancy Minor, and lives in Woodtick, on his father's homestead, and is in his 77th year. His wife, Nancy, died Feb. 9, 1873.
Children : 81 Heman W., b June 11, 1824; 82 Harriet Julina, b Nov. 6, 1834.
72 EPHRAIM.
EPHRAIM HALL, son of Heman and Lydia (Hitchcock) Hall,
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GENEALOGIES.
married Mary Minor, Sept. 9, 1824. His wife, Mary, was born Nov. 23, 1800, d July 19, 1870, ae. 69. He died June 7, 1874. (See Biog., p. 340.)
Children : 83 Lydia Ann, b 1825, d Sept. 5, 1826 ; 84 Charles Y., b March 6, 1827 ; 85 Julia Ann, b. Nov. 18, 1829, m Wm. A. Munson of Wolcott.
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