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LUTHER W. PLUMB, son of Ansel H. and Lois (Alcott) Plumb, married Eliza A. Harrison, May 11, 1856.
Children : 53 Frank ; 54 and 55 two daughters, twins.
ROLLIN JESSE.
ROLLIN JESSE, son of Rollin W. and Caroline N. (Brooks) Plumb, married Cora J. Rossiter, July 29, 1872, and lives in Ter- ryville.
Child : 56 Charles Wetmore, b Dec. 28, 1873.
POTTER.
Dr. JOHN POTTER, son of Joel Potter of Southington, came to Wolcott and married Sept. 11, 1783, Lydia, the daughter of Dea. Aaron Harrison, and was a practicing physician many years. He identified himself fully with the religious, social, and political interests of the town and secured only a comfortable living. For many years the " brethren " used to go over to Dr. Potter's house, at intermission on Sunday and smoke the pipe of peace, and talk over the important events of the town and nation ; events more important as then regarded than any that transpire in later days. (See Biog., page 35.) His wife Lydia died Sept. 26, 1796. He married, 2d, widow Highly Clark, March 30, 1797, and removed West about 1820.
Children : I Zephna, b Oct. 19, 1785, became a physician and went West ; 2 Samuel Young, b Feb. 11, 1794. By second wife : 3 John Adams, b Feb. 25, 1798 ; 4 Lydia Maria, b Sept. 23, 1799, d Oct. 12, 1799; 5 Albert Rodney, b Nov. 29, 1800; 6 Sarah Maria, b March 5, 1803.
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PRITCHARD.
I ROGER.
ROGER PRITCHARD came from England and settled adjoining Wolcott territory in the Big Plains near Mark Warner's late resi- dence, on the south road from Woodtick to Waterbury. He was a very stout, fearless man and was chosen leader to keep the In- dians from committing depredations. He died Sept. 19, 1792, ae. 76, and was buried in the old burying ground in Waterbury city.
Children : 2 Roger ; 3 Amos; 4 Abraham. All settled on Buck's Hill.
2 ROGER, JR.
ROGER PRITCHARD, son of Roger Pritchard the first settler, was a tailor by trade and had no children.
3 AMOS.
AMOS PRITCHARD, son of Roger Pritchard the first settler, was a farmer, and was called the " Old Trumpeter " on account of his strength of voice, which could be heard distinctly three miles. He was twice married.
Children : 5 Amos ; 6 Lydia, m Eleazar Hall, had three chil- dren ; 7 Roger, who died in infancy ; 8 Sabra, m Isaac Alling, had children, Elvira, Norman ; 9 Roger; 10 Orry ; 11 Elias ; 12 Ruth, never m, d Jan. 16, 1873, ae. 80.
4 ABRAHAM.
ABRAHAM PRITCHARD, son of Roger Pritchard the first settler, married Anna Hotchkiss and had children.
Children : 13 Reuben ; 14 Abigail, m Lemuel "'leaveland and had children ; 15 John ; 16 Sarah; 17 Abraham.
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5 AMOS, JR.
AMOS PRITCHARD, eldest son of Amos, Senr., married Limera Lounsbury.
Children : 18 Asahel; 19 Roxanna; 20 Harvey; 21 Marinda; 22 Erastus ; 23 Marshall; 24 Lovicy ; 25 Esther; 26 Betsey ; 27 Isaac.
9 ROGER.
ROGER PRITCHARD, son of Amos Pritchard, married Chloe Nichols.
Children : 28 Gilbert; 29 Dennis ; 30 Amy, m Charles Seeley, Dec. 24, 1843, and had children, Chloe, George, Charles, Grace Dwight, Polly. She died May 3, 1870.
IO ORRY.
ORRY PRITCHARD, son of Amos, Senr., married Dyer Hotch- kiss.
Children : 31 Charles ; 32 Henry ; 33 Mary ; 34 Amos ; 35 Sarah.
II ELIAS.
ELIAS PRITCHARD, son of Amos, Senr., married Hannah Payne. Children : 36 Luman ; 37 Minerva; 38 Emeline ; 39 Rebecca ; 40 Clarissa ; 41 Roxanna; 42 George ; 43 David ; 44 Harvey ; 45 Infant, d.
13 REUBEN.
REUBEN PRITCHARD, son of Abraham and Anna (Hotchkiss) Pritchard, had
Children: 46 Sarah, m Arad Wakelee, and had children, David and Sarah; 47 Amera, m Henry Oaks.
15 JOHN.
JOHN PRITCHARD, son of Abraham and Anna (Hotchkiss) Pritchard had
Children : 48 Eben ; 49 Beza; 50 Celestia; 51 Buel; 52 Luther ; 53 Mary Ann ; 54 Abigail.
28 GILBERT.
GILBERT PRITCHARD, son of Roger, grandson of Amos, Senr., married Julia Ann Sutton.
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Children : 55 Mary, m John B. Downs and had child, Nellie ; 56 Candee ; 57 Julia.
29 DENNIS.
DENNIS PRITCHARD, son of Roger, and grandson of Amos, mar ried, Ist, Julia A. Downs, Jan. 30, 1831. She died Dec. 16, 1868, ae. 57. 2d, Mrs. Polly (Welton) Minor, March 10, 1870. He owns the John Norton mill property and resides on a farm a little east of the mill.
Children : 58 John D., b Sept. 25, 1834; 59 Berlin, b March 31, 1839.
58 JOHN D.
JOHN D. PRITCHARD, son of Dennis and Julia A. (Downs) Pritchard, married Caroline Norton and lived on the Thomas Up- son place. He died Oct. 13, 1866, in the midst of prosperity.
Children : 60 Harriet J., b Jan. 27, 1859, d April 17, 1874; 61 Willey E., b Dec. 7, 1863 ; 62 Esther C., b Aug. 30, 1866.
59 BERLIN.
BERLIN PRITCHARD, son of Dennis and Julia A. (Downs) Pritchard, married Emily, daughter of James Alcott, Nov. 1, 1860. He died Oct. 17, 1872.
Child : 63 Evelyn, b Dec. 16, 1866.
RICHARDS.
Col. STREAT RICHARDS, son of Abijah and Huldah (Hopkins) Richards of Waterbury, was born Dec. 12, 1750 and married Eu- nice Culver, and was among the early settlers in Wolcott, near Potucco's Ring. He became a prominent man in the parish So- ciety about 1790, and for twenty years was a stirring, energetic citizen. He was ambitious of distinction in the way of usefulness to his fellow men, never shunning work or responsibility. As a farmer, he has left the marks that show his home to have been the scene of energy and thrift. The house, still standing, must have been equal to any in the town, in comfort, convenience and appearance, all of which cost energy and work. In the militia, and in the town offices, agencies, and enterprises, he was ready, always, to go to the front, with a helping hand, an open purse, and a resolute heart. And though at times, he may have used some large words with a little flourish, yet he was equal, under all circumstances, to the propositions he introduced. His was a use- ful life to the community and would have received higher consid- eration than it did but for a slight pretentiousness in performing the duties assigned him. He removed from Wolcott about 1815, to Westminster, Vt., where he died in July, 1835.
Children : 1 Polly, b June, 1778, d March, 1780; 2 Miles Hop- kins, b 1779, d 1834, in Waterbury, never married; 3 Achsa, b May 30, 1783, m Nathaniel Lewis of Wolcott, and died in 1847 ; 4 Luther Abijah, b Sept. 25, 1785 ; 5 Sally, b in 1789, m Daniel Steel of Waterbury, 1813, d in Illinois, Feb. 1, 1853 ; 6 Amanda, b April 10, 1792, m Jasper Johnson, 1813, and after her sister's death, married Daniel Steel Feb., 1854, d in Waukegan, Ill., Aug. 29, 1868.
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4 LUTHER ABIJAH.
LUTHER A. RICHARDS, son of Streat and Eunice (Culver) Rich- ards, married in 1813, Mary Page of Vermont, and settled in Westminster, Vt., to which place he went in 1807 or 8. He died Jan. 29, 1840.
Children: 7 Mary A., m Hobart V. Welton of Waterbury, Oct. 28, 1834, where she resided until her death in 1873, leaving four children ; 8 Roderick S .; 9 Abijah, d an infant ; 10 Luther A .; II Sarah A .; 12 Amanda ; 13 Harriet ; 14 Huldah H. ; 15 Mark ; 16 Henry G. ; 17 George A. ; 18 Frances E .; 19 William E.
ROGERS.
I JOSIAH.
Deacon JOSIAH ROGERS, a descendant of John Rogers, the martyr of England, was a wealthy and influential man in North Branford, now Northford. He bore the rank of captain as well as deacon. He bought land in Wolcott, on which his son, Josiah, afterwards settled as early as 1724. His sons, Edward and Medad, owned lands in Wolcott. He died Oct. 5, 1784, ae. 76. Martha, his wife, died Dec. 17, 1794, ae. 85.
Children : 2 Ruth, b Oct. 8, 1728, m Amos Seward and d April 29, 1810, ae. 82; 3 Rebecca, b June 10, 1731, d 1809, ae. 76 ; 4 Josiah, b Sept. 16, 1733, settled in Wolcott ; 5 Edward, b Jan. 12, 1736 or 7, d Dec. 6, 1801 ; 6 Gideon, b Nov. II, 1739, d Nov. 3, 1807, ae. 68 ; 7 Martha, b June 6, 1741, d Oct. 16, 1819, ae. 79; 8 Mary, b Oct. 13, 1743; 9 Elihu, b Jan. 28, 1745; 10 Ebenezer, b Jan. 29, 1747 ; II Medad, b 1750; 12 Timothy, b Dec. 24, 1752.
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Deacon JOSIAH ROGERS, eldest son of Josiah and Martha Rogers of Branford, married, Ist, Sarah -, who died Sept. 17, 1779, ae. 40; 2d, Mary -, and settled in Wolcott, about 1760. He was elected Deacon of the church in Wolcott, Jan. 26, 1774, which office he held twenty-nine years, being one of the reliable and faithful men of the parish. All of his descendants have long since left Wolcott. Some of them are in the "Black river " country, near Oswego, N. Y. He died Oct. 1, 1803, ae. 70.
Children by first wife : 13 Sarah, b Nov. 22, 1756, m Josiah Atkins of Wolcott, 1777, and d Dec. 31, 1778, ae. 22. (Mr. Atkins married, 2d, Mary Gillet, Nov. 25, 1779, and had
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children) ; 14 Mary, b Oct. 25, 1758, m Joel Hotchkiss ; 15 Adah, b Sept. 5, 1762, m Rev. Alexander Gillet, Dec. 3, 1778, d May 10, 1839, ae. 77 ; 16 Josiah, b April 2, 1765, d July 16, 1815, ae. 50; 17 Enoch, b Sept. 28, 1769, d June 20, 1813, ae. 44 ; 18 Joseph, b Nov. 26, 1771, d Dec. 27, 1798, ae. 27 ; 19 Jacob, b July 3, 1774 ; 20 Lydia, b Nov. 19, 1777. By second wife : 21 Samuel, b April 11, 1781 ; 22 Ruth, b Jan. 1, 1783 ; 23 Martha, b Nov. 15, 1784.
II MEDAD.
Rev. MEDAD ROGERS, son of Josiah and Martha Rogers of Branford, married Rachel Baldwin of Kent. He died Aug. 25, 1824, ae. 74.
Children : 24 Flora, m Ira Kellogg of New Fairfield, Conn .; 25 Louisa, m Seeley Barnum of New Fairfield ; 26 Amzi.
12 TIMOTHY, M. D.
Dr. TIMOTHY ROGERS, son of Josiah and Martha Rogers of Branford, married, removed to Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., was a practicing physician for many years, and had several chil- dren.
27 MEDAD.
MEDAD ROGERS, son of Dr. Timothy, married Lydia Crosby, aunt to the author of this book. She was born May 23, 1789, and died Aug. 25, 1832, ae. 42. They resided in Hamilton, Mad- ison Co., N. Y. He died Dec. 18, 1866, ae. 82.
Children : 28 Amanda, b May 23, 1808 ; 29 Asahel Timothy, b June 28, 1810 ; 30 Hinkley, b Feb. 1, 1812, d Oct. 8, 1815 ; 31 Harriet, b Sept. 22, 1814, m John R. Baldwin of Branford, Conn; 32 Henry H., b Sept. 13, 1819, d Sept. 17, 1819 ; 33 Ly- man, b Sept. 14, 1821.
ROOT.
TIMOTHY ROOT, son of Mark Root of Farmington, was born April 19, 1830, and married, Oct., 1852, Mary Jane Goodwin of Wolcottville. She was born Aug. 27, 1835, died May 18, 1860. He married, 2d, Lucelia Merrill of Wolcott, April 18, 1861, and lives a little north of Woodtick.
Children by first wife: I Anna Elizabeth, b July 19, 1853, m Ransom B. Hall, Feb. 25, 1874; 2 Ellena Goodwin, b Oct. 3, 1857, d March 22, 1858. By second wife : 3 Jane Luetta, b Feb. 20, 1863, d March 13, 1873 ; 4 Julia Ellena, b Aug. 29, 1864 ; 5 Marguretta Burd, b Nov. 8, 1867.
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ROSE.
I DANIEL.
DANIEL ROSE came from Branford to Wolcott, settled on "Pike's Hill," afterward "Rose Hill" where he died.
Children : 2 Hannah, b 1773, m, Ist, Capt. Page of North Branford and had one son, Andrew S. Page, who raised a large and respectable family, and died 1864, ae. 66. She married, 2d, Swayne Moulthrop and had two sons : Major, the eldest, has an Art Gallery in New Haven; and Lembert, who died in New Haven about 1864. 3 Sally, never married, died recently in Grand Isle, near Canada; 4 Bela ; 5 Daniel; 6 Chandler, lived and died in Middlebury, Vt., leaving a family ; 7 Rensselaer, lived and died in Berlin, Conn., leaving three daughters; 8 Betsey, b 1791, m Wm. Butler of Hartford, Conn., and died Oct. 30, 1867, leaving several children " well to do."
4 BELA.
BELA Rose, son of Daniel, married Mary Brockett, and lived and died in Wolcott. He lost both hands in a wool picking ma- chine in Plymouth Hollow.
Children: 9 Charles : 10 Augustus, b May 28, 1812 ; 1I Re- becca, m Asahel Thomas; 12 Mary, m John Payne and lives in Straitsville, Conn .; 13 Jessie B., b Jan. 10, 1821; 14 Daniel, married ; 15 Jane, m - Moses ; 16 Henry, m Harriet Seeley ; 17 Bela, m Amanda Todd.
IO AUGUSTUS.
AUGUSTUS ROSE, son of Bela and Mary (Brockett) Rose, mar- ried, Ist, Rachel, daughter of Moses Byington, 2d, Mrs. Charlotte Frisbie, 3d, Mary A. Comer, April 9, 1856, who was born Dec.
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25, 1834. Children by first wife : 18 William Bela, b Feb. 19, 1838; 19 Cornelia E., b July 22, 1842, m Sept. 1, 1862, Edwin L. Bolster of Waterbury and has a son, Elvin S., b July 17, 1863. By second wife : 20 Edwin, b Dec. 31, 1853. By third wife : 21 Ella Jane, b Jan. 1857; 22 Everette E., b Jan. 5, 1862, d June 14, 1874.
13 JESSE B.
JESSE B. ROSE, son of Bela and Mary (Brockett) Rose, married, Ist, Perlina Hart of Bristol, 2d, May 7, 1867, Mrs. Harriet E. Griswold of Goshen. She was born Nov. 29, 1840. He learned his trade by six years apprenticeship in a Woolen Mill in Bristol, and settled in Wolcottville in 1850 as an overseer. He after- wards became partner in the Union Manufacturing Company, having a business employing $230,000 capital.
Children : 23 Edwin C., b May 18, 1844; 24 Wallace A., b Dec. 16, 1848, d Feb. 16, 1850; 25 Willie A., b Aug. 22, 1852. His second wife has a son, 26 Frederick H. Griswold, b May 4, 1862.
23 EDWIN C.
EDWIN C. ROSE, son of Jesse B. and Perlina (Hart) Rose, mar- ried Mattie E. Hamilton, Nov. 26, 1870. She was born in Cin- cinnati, Sept. 20, 1852.
Child : 27 Edwin H., b April 19, 1872.
SCARRITT.
JEREMIAH SCARRITT was an important man in Wolcott, from 1790 to 1815, being engaged to considerable extent in buying and selling farms. His wife, Mary, united with the Congregational church, May 4, 1777, by letter, making it certain that they came into Wolcott before that time. He died March 21, 1825, aged 91. His wife, Mary, died Jan. 26, 1827, aged 92.
As near as I can ascertain some of their children were: I Sarah, b 1779 m, Ist, Samuel Plumb, Jan. 17, 1797, 2d, Truesdell, and d 1873, ae. 94 ; 2 David, b 1781, m Hannah and had a son David, who died April 25, 1870, aged 65 ; 3 Jere- miah, bapt. March 1, 1782.
JAMES SCARRITT married Sylvia Plumb June 13, 1871, and was probably brother to Jeremiah.
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SEWARD.
I AMOS.
AMOS SEWARD was born in Durham, Conn., and baptised March 27, 1726. He had two brothers and a sister ; Salmon, bapt Jan. 21, 1721 or 2 ; Catharine, bapt. Dec. 31, 1727; Nathan, bapt. June 14, 1730, who removed to Cornwall, Conn., thence to Utica, N. Y. Amos Seward came to North Branford, where he married Ruth Rogers, sister to Deacon Josiah Rogers of Wolcott, and from that place he removed to Wolcott about 1760, and set- tled on a farm a mile southeast of Woodtick. He was one of the solid, respected men of the first Society, being appointed with Deacon Aaron Harrison for a number of years to lead the wor- ship of the congregation, before they had a settled pastor. While various titles were applied to other persons, he was invariably hon- ored with " Mr." apparently in a very respectful manner, so long as he lived. He died in Wolcott. His widow, Ruth, removed to New Hartford, near Utica, N. Y.
Children : 2 Sarah, m Daniel Lane; 3 Ruth, m Reuben Fris- bie; 4 Nathan, m Martha Gridley of Wolcott, June 3, 1779 ; 5 . Lois.
SLATER.
ANDREW J. SLATER, born Oct. 6, 1830, in Cairo, N. Y., mar- 'ried Lucy A. Robbins, daughter of Mrs. Edward Johnson of Wol- cott, May 4, 1856. His wife, Lucy A., was born Feb. 7, 1838, in Cleveland, N. Y.
Children : I William Henry, b June 27, 1858 ; 2 Sarah E., b June 14, 1862; 3 Laura E., b April 26, 1866, d Sept. 10, 1868; 4 Joseph W. C., b Aug. 25, 1869.
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SMITH .*
JARED SMITH of Prospect, married Eunice Tyler of the same place, and settled in Wolcott.
Children : I Isaac ; 2 Jedediah ; 3 Jeremiah ; 4 Orrin ; 5 William ; 6 Franklin ; 7 Philo; 8 Hiram; 9 A. Hector; 10 Alma ; II Eunice ; 12 Lois ; 13 Emily.
5 WILLIAM.
WILLIAM SMITH, son of Jared and Eunice (Tyler) Smith, mar- ried Vina Plumb, Sept. 25, 1818. He died Aug. 21, 1822.
Children: 14 Mary, b Aug. 11, 1819, m Ira Hough ; 15 Har- riet, b Sept. 13, 182 1, m Rufus Norton, and died Aug. 20, 1844.
9 ANSON HECTOR.
A. HECTOR SMITH, son of Jared and Eunice (Tyler) Smith, married Esther, daughter of Levi Atkins, Senr., and lives in the northeastern part of Wolcott.
Children: 16 Harriet C., b Nov. 28, 1827 ; 17 Jenette A., b Aug 2, 1829, m, Ist, Charles Y. Hall, June 6, 1848, 2d, Robert Atkins.
* Ephraim Smith and Ephraim, Jr., were in Wolcott in 1799. They came from Derby. Jeremiah Smith married Betty Cleaveland, in Wolcott, in 1778. There was a Joseph Smith, also, of some prominence.
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SOMERS.
DAVID SOMERS was born in Milford, Conn., Nov. 29, 1808. He married, Oct. 16, 1830, Almira, daughter of David Frisbie of Wol- cott, and lived in Woodtick. He died Sept. 15, 1860.
Children : 2 Dwight Leroy, b in Waterbury, May 28, 1832 ; 3 Augusta A. E., b April 15, 1834, m Heman Miller, Sept. 26, 1853, resides in Waterbury ; 4 Joseph Hill, b June 24, 1836 ; 5 Amelia Rebecca, b Sept. 2, 1840, m Alfred Carpenter Dec. 25, 1858, d April 26, 1859 ; 6 Christine Estelle, b June 5, 1844, m Andrew W. Goldsmith, Jan. I, 1868, has children : Jennie Augusta, b Nov. 19, 1868, George Edwin, b June 6, 1870, d Aug. 8, 1870, Annie Amelia, b Aug. 12, 1872, d Nov. 1, 1873 ; 7 Benjamin Levi, b April 15, 1847 ; 8 Charlie Edward E., b March 6, 1850 ; Willie Eldridge, b Jan. 17, 1854.
2 DWIGHT LEROY.
DWIGHT L. SOMERS, son of David and Almira (Frisbie) Somers, married Emogene Chatfield, Aug. 2, 1862, resides in Waterbury.
Children : 10 Lillie, b Sept., 1868; 1I Robbie Dwight, b June, 1870.
4 JOSEPH HILL.
JOSEPH H. SOMERS, son of David and Almira (Frisbie) Somers, married Frances D. Woolworth of Naugatuck, July 30, 1861, re- sides a mile north of Wolcott Center.
Children : 12 Lizzie Amelia, b Oct.,12, 1864 ; 13 David Chester, b July 22, 1866 ; 14 Josie H., b Jan. 3, 1868 ; 15 Fannie and 16 Freddie, twins, b Aug. 2, 1871, Fannie d July 16, 1872, Freddie d Feb. 14, 1874; 17 Mira M., b Aug. 17, 1873.
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SPERRY.
JOSEPH N. SPERRY, of Cheshire, came to Wolcott, and married Abigail, daughter of William Tuttle, who lived with her aunt, Mrs. Benham, in Wolcott. He took an active part in the Society and the Town, occupying various offices and acquiting himself honor- ably. He married for his second wife, Narcissa Kinney, and for the third -- Bristol. He died, May 9, 1871, ae. 70.
Children : I Betsey Ann, b June 29, 1827, m Heman W. Hall ; 2 Samuel N., b Dec. 17, 1833 ; 3 Phebe L., b March 11, 1838.
2 SAMUEL.
SAMUEL N. SPERRY, son of Joseph N. and Abigail (Tuttle) Sperry, married, Ist, Rosanna Thorp of Southington, 2d, Sarah E. Norton, Feb., 1872.
Children : 4 Jane L., b Aug, 31, 1859, d Dec. 10, 1865 ; 5 Charles A., b Jan. 3, 1866.
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STEVENS.
I NEHEMIAH.
NEHEMIAH STEVENS, son of Elijah, was born in Guilford, Sept. II, 1799.
Child : 2 John M., b Aug. 8, 1829.
2 JOHN M.
JOHN M. STEVENS, son of Nehemiah Stevens, was born in Mid- dletown, Conn., and married Oct. 1I, 1852, Antoinette E. Goff, born in Middletown, June 7, 1835 .. He resides on the Seth Wiard farm, northeastern part of Wolcott.
Children : 3 Justus N., b Nov. 17, 1857 ; 4 John J., b Sept. 17, 1859 ; 5 Alfred M., b Aug, 18, 1872.
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SUTLIFF.
I JOSEPH, SENR.
JOSEPH SUTLIFF was in Wolcott as early as 1765, his house be- ing probably at the foot of Chestnut Hill, on the old road going directly up the hill. He was a tailor, one leg being defective, so that he walked with a cane or crutch. His wife died July 10, 1780. He afterwards married Catharine, sister to Amos Seward. She died Nov. 11, 1791. He died Nov. 11, 1801.
Children by first wife : 2 Joseph; 3 Nathaniel ; 4 Anne, m Daniel Dean, May 16, 1776 ; 5 - m -- Scott.
2 JOSEPH, JR .*
JOSEPH SUTLIFF, son of Joseph, the first in Wolcott, married, 1771, Zerviah Webster, sister to Lydia, the wife of Wait Hotch- kiss. He lived on the farm afterwards owned by Ephraim Hall, a little east of Chestnut Hill.
Children : 6 Zerviah, b Jan. 29, 1772, m Gideon Curtiss ; 7 Joseph, b Dec. 27, 1773, the second child baptized in Wolcott ; 8 Michael, b Feb. 5. 1776 ; 9 Lydia, b Feb. 1, 1778; 10 Abia- thar, b May 7, 1780, removed West and was killed by the fall of a tree ; II Nathan, b April 4, 1782.
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3 NATHANIEL. Ť
NATHANIEL SUTLIFF, son of Joseph, Senr., had
Children : 12 John ; 13 Nathaniel ; 14 Titus ; 15 Hannah ; 16 Anne, all bapt. April 19, 1774; 17 Ruth, bapt June 21, 1778 ; 18 Elizabeth, bapt Dec. 14, 1782.
* See Waterbury Town Records.
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12 JOHN.
JOHN SUTLIFF, son of Nathaniel, married Munson.
Children: 19 Anson, b 1798, went to Meriden in 1817, married Miss Cumstock of Deep River, Conn., and removed to Minnesota, in 1857. where he died, ae. 59. 20 Statira, b 1800, m Jerry Williams of Waterbury, settled in Meriden in 1835, d in 1873, ae. 73 ; 21 John, b 1802, went to Meriden in 1819, married, Ist, Mary Ann Dayton of North Haven, 2d, Rebecca Miles of Cheshire ; 22 Lucius, b 1806, m Rachel Foot, lives in Southing- ton ; 23 Lucas, b 1808, m Maria Melissa Upson of Wolcott, who died in 1871, in Southington, ae. 66 years.
14 TITUS.
TITUS SUTLIFF, son of Nathaniel, married Roxanna (or Sally) Selcriggs.
Children : 24 Garry ; 25 Eliza ; 26 Leicester; 27 Nancy ; 28 Fanny ; 29 Delevan.
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THOMAS.
JAMES THOMAS came from Scotland, married Martha Barnes, and settled near James Alcox on Spindle Hill.
Children : 1 John ; 2 Josiah; 3 Martha, m Luther Andrews, had children, Chester, Luther, Randall, Harriet, Alma ; 4 Phebe, m Truman Prince ; 5 Seth; 6 Sibyl, m John Newton and lived in Naugatuck ; 7 James, d young.
I JOHN.
JOHN THOMAS, son of James and Martha (Barnes) Thomas, married Jemima Tomlinson.
Children : 8 James : 9 Maria : 10 Maria : 11 Jenette.
2 JOSIAH.
JOSIAH THOMAS, son of James and Martha (Barnes) Thomas, married Mary Bowen of Bristol.
Children : 12 Nancy, m Apollos Camp ; 13 Olinda, m Samuel Sanford ; 14 Mary, m Eli Norton; 15 Edward Woodward, b Dec. 25, 1817 ; 16 Emeline, b May 5, 1819.
5 SETH.
SETH THOMAS, son of James and Martha (Barnes) Thomas, married, Ist, Philinda Tuttle, 2d, Laura A. Andrews. (See Biog., page 352).
Children by first wife : 17 Philinda. By second wife : 18 Seth; 19 Martha ; 20 Amanda ; 21 Edward ; 22 Elizabeth; 23 Aaron.
15 EDWARD WOODWARD.
EDWARD W. THOMAS, son of Josiah and Mary (Bowen) Thomas, married Sarah J. Warner of Plymouth, Feb. 15, 1854.
Children : 24 Edward J., b Oct. 20, 1855 ; 25 Lalah, b July 3, 1857, d 1863 ; 26 Hattie, d 1863 ; 27 Alice E., b July 20, 1863 ; 28 Fanny, b March 6, 1866; 29 Clara, b Nov. 16, 1849; 30 Jennie, b July 10, 1872.
TODD.
I CHRISTOPHER.
CHRISTOPHER TODD was a son of William Todd of Pontefract, Yorkshire, England. He married Grace, daughter of Michael Middlebrook of Hold Mills, and came to this country as one of the original settlers of Davenport's New Haven Colony, in 1637. He owned the large lot on Elm street, between Church and Orange streets, subsequently known as the Blue Meeting-house Lot, where St. Thomas church now stands, and resided on it. The place remained in the family for a hundred years. He was a farmer, miller, and baker, having bought a mill which the town had erected.
Children : 2 John ; 3 Samuel, b in 1645 ; 4 Mercy ; 5 Grace ; 6 Michael ; 7 Nancy.
3 SAMUEL.
SAMUEL TODD, son of Christopher and Grace Todd, married Mary, daughter of William Bradley, Nov. 26, 1668. He suc- ceeded his father in the mill, and died in 1714.
Children : 8 Samuel, b July 1, 1672 ; 9 Joseph; 10 Mary; II Sarah ; 12 Joseph; 13 Hannah ; 14 Jonah ; 15 Daniel; 16 Abi- gail; 17 Mercy ; 18 James.
8 SAMUEL, JR.
SAMUEL TODD, son of Samuel and Mary (Bradley) Todd, mar- ried, Ist, Susannah Tuttle, Sept., 1698, 2d, widow Esther Maltby. He was a farmer in North Haven, and a Deacon, and died Dec., 1741.
Children : 19 Lydia, m Rev. Benjamin Doolittle of Northfield, Mass., and had eleven children; 20 Caleb ; 21 Stephen, settled in Northford and had nine children; 22 Mehitable ; 23 Christo-
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pher, m and had nine children ; 24 Samuel, was the first pastor in the North Parish, Waterbury, Conn., and had nine children ; 25 Susannah, m Rev. Caleb Humaston and had twelve children ; 26 Elizabeth, m Dea. Samuel Sackett.
20 CALEB.
CALEB TODD, son of Samuel and Susannah (Tuttle) Todd, was born Feb. 2, 1700, and married Mary, daughter of Samuel Ives, Dec. 15, 1725, and settled in North Haven. He died July 5, I737.
Children : 27 Phebe, m David Blakeslee ; 28 Hezekiah, b May 2, 1728; 29 Berthia, m Matthew Gilbert.
28 HEZEKIAH.
HEZEKIAH TODD, of North Haven, married Lydia, daughter of Ebenezer Frost, Jan. 17, 1753, and settled in Cheshire, a little south of Judd's Hill in Wolcott.
Children : 30 Caleb ; 31 Hezekiah, b Nov. 5, 1755 ; 32 Bethuel; 33 Lydia, m Joel Sackett of North Haven ; 34 Moses; 35 Oliver; 36 Joel ; 37 Phebe, m Parker Bates, d in Southington.
30 CALEB.
CALEB TODD, son of Hezekiah and Lydia (Frost) Todd, mar- ried and had children.
Children : 38 Lyman ; 39 Farrington ; 40 Allen ; 41 Luther.
3I HEZEKIAH.
HEZEKIAH TODD, son of Hezekiah and Lydia (Frost) Todd, married Mercy, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Blakeslee) Holt, Jan., 1783. He settled in Cheshire, adjoining Wolcott, and died there, May 18, 1836, ae. 81. His farm is now occupied by Wm. Todd. Mercy, his wife, died Sept. 12, 1819.
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