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40. Wife of URIAH JUDD, Mercy Seymor, daughter of Samuel Seymor, and his wife, Hannah (North,) daughter of Thomas, b. Nov. 13th, 1708, grand-daughter of " Capt. Richard Seamer," of the stockade.
CHILDREN.
1. Uriah, b. Dec. 20t, 1745, m. 1772, Lucy Miller ; m. second, Elizabeth Brattle.
2. Mchitable, b. , m. Benjamin Bush, of Sheffield.
3. Samuel, m. 1774, Naomi Noble, of Pittsfield, daughter of Luke.
4. Benjamin, b. July 3d, 1755, m. 1776, Keziah Jacobs, of Northbury parish, Conn.
5. Mercy, b. , m. Rufus Parker, of Lenox ; she d. May 13th, 1837.
6. Molly, b. May 7th, 1761, m. Titus Parker, of Lenox ; she was living, 1850.
41. NATHAN JUDD, son of No. (22) and No. (23,) b. Aug. 24th, 1719, m. Feb. 3d, 1743, No. (42;) they lived on the corner of East Main and East street, the north side ; his estate settled 1764; amount £442; James and Uriah, his brothers, administrators ; Ladwick Hotchkiss, Daniel Dewy
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and Noah Stanley, appraisers ; done Oct. 9th, 1764; he died Sept. 1st, 1764, aged 45.
42. Wife of Nathan Judd, Thankful Wright ; she d. Aug. 25th, 1764.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Anna, b. 1744, m. 1771, Daniel North, of Daniel ; she died 1805, aged 60.
2. Thankful, b. 1747.
3. Levi, b. 1749.
4. Susanna, b. 1752.
5. Mary, b. 1754.
6. Rosanna, b. 1756.
7. Nathan, b. 1758, bap. April 5th, 1758, by Rev. E. Booge, of Northington, at New Britain ; "his church record ;" this was just two weeks before the ordination of Mr. Smalley.
43. PHINEAS JUDD, son of Deacon Anthony, b. Feb. 4th, 1715, was a · captain ; m. No. (44;) he inherited the homestead of his father, (now, 1862,) owned and occupied by William Ellis. His father, for parental love, 1748, gave him five pieces of land and half his house; A. D. 1763, he became guardian for his nephew, James North, son of James, deceased, and John Hooker, Esq. certified that the boy was fourteen years old the 18th day of Jan., 1763. His will was proved Jan. 4th, 1791. Capt. Judd died Dec. 22d, 1790, aged 75; he enlisted into the army of the Revolu- tion during the war, Feb. 24th, 1777 ; had a bounty of £10.
44. Wife of Phineas Judd; this was Ruth (Seymour,) daughter of , and sister of Sarah (Seymour,) mother of James North, Esq .; she was born 1724. Widow Ruth Judd died Nov. 23d, 1799, aged 75.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Phineas, jun., b. Dec. 13th, 1750, m. Dec. 17th, 1780, Elizabeth Mazuzen ; he died 1784, when she m. second, No. (118.)
2. Anthony, b. Aug. 1st, 1752, m. Aug. 29th, 1782, Rebecca Belden, of Ezra ; they moved to Owego.
3. Ruth, b. March 31st, 1754, m. Oct. 11th, 1772, Gordon Smith ; m. second, Elijah Root, of Plainville.
4. Susanna, b. Feb. 7th, 1756, m. July 7th, 1774, Elijah Smith, jun. ; moved to Owego, N. Y.
5. Job, b. Oct. 21st, 1757, m. Andrus, of Glastenbury, sister of Daniel ; went to Owego, N. Y.
6. Isaac, b. ; removed to Owego, N. Y.
7. Hannah, b. March 15th, 1761, bap. March 15th, 1761, at New Britain, m. March 17th, 1785, Martin Hooker.
8. Selah, b. July 17th, 1763, bap. July 17th, 1763, at New Britain, m. Elizabeth Andrews, of Hezekiah; he died 1788, and she m. second, Dec. 16th, 1790, Roger Fran- cis, of Newington and West Hartford.
45. JOHN JUDD, son of Deacon Anthony and his first wife, Susannah (Woodford,) b. April 25th, 1718, m. No. (46;) they lived near where their descendants (now, 1863.) do. Deacon Morton and Oliver Judd. He one of the early settlers of New Britain village, perhaps next after Nathan
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Booth and Joshua Mather. Tradition says that he boarded the candid- ates for settlement over the new parish; that among them (for there were several,) was one overcome by the temptation of a nice imported " case" that stood open in a closet next his room, indulged too freely, and the fact having in more senses than one leaked out, he for a farewell sermon shrewdly took the text, 1st Thess. ii. 18. "Wherefore we would have come unto you (even I Paul) once and again ; but Satan hindered us." Left. John Judd died Oct. 16th, 1781, aged 64; his inventory, £466.
46. " Wife of John Judd ;" her maiden name, Mary Burnham, b. Feb. 7th, 1721-22, to Rev. William and his first wife, Hannah, daughter of Mrs. Judith Wolcott, of Wethersfield. She is said to have been a woman of great beauty and accomplishments. Mary, the widow of Left. John Judd, died May 22d, 1801, aged 80.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. John, b. Feb. 14th, 1746, m. No. (135.)
2. Mary, b. Aug. 31st, 1748, m. No. (115.)
3. Seth, b. April Sth, 1751, m. Oct., 1772, Lydia Richards, of John ; he died 1777, killed by the accidental discharge of a gun, in the Revolutionary army.
4. Rhoda, b. Jan. 9th, 1754, m. No. (149.)
47. "JOSHUA MATHER," son of Ensign Atherton Mather, of Windsor and Suffield, and Mary, his second wife, b. Nov. 26th, 1706, at Windsor, Conn., a descendant of Rev. Richard ; the emigrant, lived at the " Sugden house," near the present site of Frederick North's mansion ; he m. No. (48.) Tradition says, while he was upon a journey, and stopping at a village over the Sabbath, where the pulpit was vacant, the people learning his name, and observing his black coat, invited him to preach, nothing doubt- ing his authority or ability. He, (probably hoping to do good,) accepted the invitation, and delivered the only sermon he had with him; but at the in- termission of services, he fell into a great quandary, for being only a plain farmer, and no second sermon with him, the hour for the second service at hand, and no expedient yet devised, the people very opportunely sent a deputation, which at once relieved his distress, saying they were so greatly interested in his discourse, they wished him to repeat it in the afternoon. He died May 16th, 1777, aged 71.
48. " Wife of Joshua Mather," Hannah (Booth,) daughter of Robert, sen. and Ann (Hollister,) his wife, b. July 22d, 1716, sister of No. (65,) and near neighbor for life ; she died April 8th, 1777, aged 61.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Cotton, born Sept. 19th, 1737.
2. David, born Oct. 7th, 1738, m. June 1st, 1767, No. (139.)
3. Thomas, born Sept. 7th, 1741, married March 12th, 1764, Huldah Bull, sister of Deacon Bull, of Farmington ; he settled in Farmington, as a physician, and died there Aug. 10th, 1766, aged 25.
4. Hannah, born Jan. 25th, 1745, m. Oct. 1st, 1767, William Lewis, son of Capt. Jonathan.
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5. Elenor, born Sept. 27th, 174 , record illegible.
6. Elisha, born April 19th, 1749.
7. Joshua, jun., b.
49. " ELIJAH HART," son of Deacon Thomas of Kensington, and Sarah (Thompson, of Farmington, his wife, b. June 15th, 1711, bap. Aug. 12th, 1711, at old Farmington, m. Dec. 26th, 1734, No. (50;) settled in " Hart quarter," at the southwest portion of the society, a near neighbor to Judah Hart, sen., and from these came the name to this section ; his house was near the one now called the "State house ;" he was a very economical and industrious farmer, greatly athletic, yet in carrying a stick of fencing timber on his shoulder, he stepped into a hole in the ground, and the weight crushed him ; he died in consequence, and the following epitaph : " In memory of the justly esteemed and much lamented Deacon Elijah Hart, who provided for his own and served his generation with great dili- gence and fidelity, even to the last day of his life, was taken suddenly to the inheritance above, on the third day of August, 1772, in the 61st year of his age." The record says Sergeant Elijah Hart was chosen and ap- pointed deacon at a meeting of the church soon after its incorporation. From the death of Deacon Hart, Dr. Smalley kept a record of deaths in his parish, which unfortunately had been before neglected. He was grand- son of Capt. Thomas Hart and his wife, Ruth (Howkins,) who located in Stanley quarter, and belonged to Newington Society. He was son of Deacon Stephen, the first settler of the name, first at Cambridge, Mass , then at Hartford, and last at (Tunxis,) Farmington ; he was a deacon in each of these places. Capt. Thomas stood high in military rank in Farm- ington, and was buried 1723, with military honors. His will, dated 1721, in which he gives his children over 2,000 acres of land.
50. " Wife of Elijah Hart," Abigail (Goodrich,) daughter of Allen and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of David Goodrich, Esq., of Wethersfield ; she, Abigail, born Dec. 14th, 1714; she was a woman of great force of character ; she died Jan. 21st, 1809, at Simsbury, (with her only daughter, Mary, who m. Jonathan Eno,) at the advanced age of 95 years. She was sister of No. (69) and No. (63.)
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Elijah, born Sept. 26th, 1735, see No. (52.)
2. Thomas, born Jan. 12th, 1738, see No. (94.)
3. Jehudi, born Dec. 12th, 1739, see No. (118.)
4. Josiah, born April 28th, 1742, see No. (127.)
5. Mary, born Dec. 26th, 1744, see list that " owned the covenant."
6. Benjamin, b. Oct. 16th, 1747, see No. (131.)
7. Joseph, born May 17th, 1750, see No. (210.)
8. Elizur, born Dec. 25th, 1752, see No. (231.)
9. Aaron, born Oct. 1st, 1756, bap. Oct. 31st, 1756, in Kensington, died Feb. 12th, 1761, aged five years. Abedmelech, a servant of Deacon Hart, was baptized at the
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same time with his youngest son, Aaron, by Rev. Samuel Clark of Kensington. The family record of this father, (the first Elijah,) was in his own hand on a leaf of a Bible printed in London, 1696, and can be seen at Dr. Hart's, in Southington, 1863.
51. "JUDAH HART," grandson of John, sen., the man who headed the first petition A. D. 1705, for a new parish at the southeast corner of Farm- ington. He was son of John, jun. and Esther (Gridley,) his wife, born Oct. 25th, 1709, m. Feb. 20th, 1734-5, Anne Norton, daughter of Sergeant John, of Kensington, and his wife, Anna (Thompson,) b. Jan. 15th, 1718 ; he probably settled in " Hart quarter" soon after his marriage, which occurred the same year with that of his neighbor and kinsman, Deacon Elijah Hart, the first. His-house is still standing, and in good condition, opposite the school-house in District No. 4. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, of much force of character, often employed in public matters. Anne, his wife, was cousin to Tabitha, the wife of Col. Lee, and these families were intimate ; she died, and he married second, Sept. 27th, 1759, Widow Sarah (Seymour) North, the widow of James North, sen., and the mother of his son, James North, Esq. Mr. Judah Hart died Sept. 14th, 1784, aged 75. Neither of his wives' names appear on the church records. Sarah, consort of Mr. Judah Hart, died Aug. 20th, 1781, aged 61. His will was dated Sept. 6th, 1784, in which he gives his son, Judah, jun., all his estate on condition he pay all his debts, funeral charges, tomb stones, and the following legacies, viz: to the heirs of son, Elias Hart, deceased, 20s .; to the heirs of my daughter, Ann, late deceased ; to my daughter, Esther, the wife of Eliphaz Alvord, Esq. ; to the heirs of my son, John, deceased, 10s. ; and I appoint my son, Judah, jun., my sole executor. The will was exhibited and proved in Probate Court at Farm- ington, Dec. 6th, 1784.
Isaac Andrus,
Thomas Booth,
Witnesses.
Lemuel Hotchkiss,
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Elias, born Feb. 25th, 1735-6, m. Oct. 17th, 1753, Hope Whaples, (No. (XXIX.) 2. Judah, born Sept. 5th, 1737, died Nov. 3d, 1745, aged 8. 3. Anna, b. May 22d, 1739, m. S m. Nov. 29th, 1764, Eliphaz Alvord, Esq.,
4. Esther, twins, b. April 4th, 1742,
5. Lois, died at birth. [of Winchester.
6. John, born Jan. 20th, 1743, m. Oct., 1764, Anna Deming ; he No. (101.)
7. Roger, born May 10th, 1745.
8. Ruth, born Jan. 19th, 1748.
9. Judah, second of name, born Sept. 10th, 1750, (see No. (140.)
52. " ELIJAH HART," jun., son of No. (49) and his wife, No. (50,) born Sept. 26th, 1735, m. Sarah Gilbert, daughter of Ebenezer and his wife, Marcy (Cowles,) born May 11th, 1737. He first located in Hart quarter, near the present residence, 1867, of Levi O. Smith ; but at middle life he built near the mills, and lived in the north part, and deeded, Sept. 10th,
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1793, the south part to his son, Elijah, third of the name. He was a man of puritanical habits, stern virtue, and of great diligence and economy. He was a plain farmer, with a large family, and large property. He was chosen deacon June 1st, 1780; his business was all laid aside by four o'clock Saturday afternoon, by himself, workmen and servants, his face shaved, his long boots brushed, his cows milked before sunset; his best boots would last him seven years, and his best surtout coat, twenty years. He led the singing in church, many years, having a grand voice, and good musical taste for that age, (not operatic.) He was deacon twenty years, and died Dec. 10th, 1800, aged 66 ; his widow died Sept. 22d, 1809, aged 73. He was admitted to Kensington church Dec. 25th, 1757, only four months before this church was organized. No evidence appears that his wife was ever a member.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Elijah, born May 7th, 1759, bap. May 13th, 1759, see No. (181.)
2. Aaron, born Oct. 16th, 1761, bap. Oct. 25th, 1761, see No. (247.)
3. Ozias, born Aug. 8th, 1768, see No. (281.)
4. Sarah, born Feb. 21st, 1765, bap. Feb. 24th, 1765, m. March 3d, 1785, No. (296.)
5. Selina, born Aug. 30th, 1770, bap. Aug. 30th, 1770, m. Dec. 30th, 1790, No. (240.)
6. Olive, born 1775, bap. Aug. 27th, 1775, m. Aug. . 8th, 1803, Seth Merill, son of Allyn and his wife, Mary (Andrews. ) They lived in the yellow house on Dublin Hill. The father, Allyn Merill was killed raising Farmington meeting-house, July 11th, 1771, aged 37, at one o'clock P. M.
53. " MOSES ANDREWS," son of John, of Newington, and Mary (Goffe,) his wife, born May 12th, 1722, m. Nov. 10th, 1748, No. (54;) they came to this place soon after marriage, and occupied the house still standing on West Main street, one mile west of the village; the house and barn, with the home lot was given to Mrs. Andrews by her brother, Joseph Root, jun., who had built the house for his own use, but was suddenly taken away by death, 1748, aged 28; the lady to whom he was betrothed having suddenly died before him. Mr. Andrews was a short thick set man, of the kindest natural disposition, a carpenter by trade, and he was greatly respected for piety and benevolence ; he was chosen one of the church committee Sept. 3d, 1772 ; his military title was Sergeant, and seldom if ever omitted in writing or speaking his name; he died May 17th, 1806, aged 85.
54. "Wife of Moses Andrews ;" she was Lydia (Root,) daughter of Joseph, sen. and his wife, No. (56,) born Oct. 5th, 1725 ; a woman of great Christian patience and meekness; she fitted out for the Revolutionary Army, six of her nine sons, by her own industry ; she died July 6th, 1806, aged 82.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Samuel, born Nov. 2d, 1749, see No. (124.)
2. Moses, born Dec. 15th, 1750, died Dec., 1752, buried in Christian Lane cemetery.
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3. Joseph, born Dec. 23d, 1751, m. Feb. 6th, 1777, Lydia Judd ; m. second, Amy Cowles.
4. Moses, second of name, born April 7th, 1755, see No. (191.)
5. Isaac, born Jan. 31st, 1757, m. No. (298 ;) he a physician.
6. John, born Nov. 29th, 1758, bap. Dec. 3d, 1758, m. May 10th, 1792, No. (249.)
7. Jesse, born Dec. 19th, 1760, bap. Jan. 11th, 1761, a physician, died April 4th, 1790, unmarried.
8. Nathaniel, born Oct. 15th, 1762, m. 1786, No. (184;) m. second, Oct. 3d, 1790, Jerusha Sage.
9. Seth, born Aug. 19th, 1765, bap. Aug. 25th, 1765, died Nov. 18th, 1766, in the second year of his age.
55. "WILLIAM PATTERSON," brother of Edward, the tinman, of Ber- lin ; they had a sister, Ann, all born at Dungannon, county Tyrone, Ire- land, (the seat of the O'Neal's, the great enemies of England.) He was in Wethersfield, 1747 ; his wife, sister of Solomon Dunham, Esq., see No. (82 ;) he lived in the present Rhodes house, for in 1759, he deeded for £300, twenty-six acres, bounded east on Wethersfield line, north and west on highway, with my dwelling-house and all the buildings thereon stand- ing, except the shop of Ladwick Hotchkiss, and the land it stands on, to Rev. John Smalley. It seems probable they left the place soon after, for the Ken. church record says, Wm. Patterson and his wife were received April 11th, 1762, to our communion, from New Britain, by letter of recommendation. He deeded, 1777, to Jedediah Norton, (of the present limits of Berlin,) 130 acres, with house, barn, &c. for £800. He is sup- posed to have been of Scottish origin, and of the sturdy Presbyterians, who settled in the north of Ireland.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Esther, b. July 26th, 1752, m. Oct. 10th, 1769, Gershom Graham, at Kensington.
2. John, b. , supposed to have moved to Piermont, N. H.
3. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 18th, 1757.
4. Sarah, twins, b. Nov. 21st, 1758, bap. Nov. 26th, 1758, m. May, 1801, Moses Foster, of Newington.
5. Susanna, ) supposed to have died young.
6. William, b. Nov. 14th, 1760, bap. Nov. 16th, 1760, m. Jan. 17th, 1788, Wealthy Dorrance.
7. Thomas, b. March 7th, 1762, bap. March 7th, 1762, m. March 25th, 1784, Pru- dence Williams.
8. David, b. Aug. 7th, 1763, with but one ear, bap. in Kensington, Aug. 14th, 1763.
9. George, b. Jan. 7th, 1765, bap. in Kensington, Jan. 13th, 1765.
56. " Widow Hannah Root," her maiden name, Hannah Kellogg, said to be of Hartford, m. Oct. 20th, 1715, Joseph Root, son of John and Mary (Woodruff,) his wife, bap. March 19th, 1693; they lived in Wethersfield, near Kensington ; she spent the close of life with her daughter, Lydia, wife of Moses Andrus, for she signed the petition to the General Assem- bly, 1752, with those then living in the limits of New Britain, and directly west of it. She died March 19th, 1771, aged 84; the head-stone to her
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grave near the front fence in the old part of the cemetery in New Britain. He died Oct. 15th, 1747, aged 56, leaving an estate of £1,988 11s. 7d. He was buried in the old cemetery at " Christian Lane," with his sons, Samuel and Joseph. This family lived early in Hartford.
THEIR CHILDREN.
From Hartford Town Record.
1. Samuel, born June 28th, 1716; made his will Oct. 12th, 1747 ; gave all to three sisters and brother, Joseph ; he died Oct. 27th, 1747, aged 32.
2. Thankful, born July 15th, 1717, m. 1736, Nathaniel North, son of Nathaniel, of Thomas ; she died 1747.
3. Hannah, born July 13th, 1719, see No. (27.)
4. Joseph, born June 4th, 1720; will dated 1748 ; gave all to sisters and cousins ; died May 29th, 1748, aged 28.
5. Mary, born April 16th, 1722, m. Aug. 14th, 1740, Azariah, son of Joseph Smith.
6. Lydia, born Oct. 5th, 1725, see No. (54.)
7. Benjamin, born July 9th, 1733.
8. Temperance, born 1734, m. Oct. 8th, 1752, Job, son of Samuel Bronson ; she died May 19th, 1778, aged 45; they lived at the corner west of " Burritt Hill ;" hence the name, " Job's corner."
9. Sara, born , m. Peck.
57. "JOHN KELSEY," son of John, sen. and his wife, Mary (Buck,) daughter of Ezekiel, all of Wethersfield, born Nov. 22d, 1706, m. April 26th, 1739, No. (58 ;) he lived in a house long since gone, which stood west and opposite the present school-house, in the south-east district ; he was brother to Enoch Kelsey, sen., who lived near David Webster, towards Beckley quarter. They had,
Amos, born April 11th, 1743, and perhaps others.
58. " Wife of John Kelsey ;" she was Martha Bronson, born Oct. 18th, 1711, to William and his wife, Eunice (Barnes;) she was aided by the town late in life; she was remarkable for punctuality and good season at church ; when asked why she went so early, replied, "to have time to pray ;" she died in the autumn of 1800, at the house of James Booth, sen., aged 89.
59. "JOSEPH WOODRUFF," son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Curtice,) of Wethersfield, his wife, born July 7th, 1716, m. May 29th, 1735, No. (60;) they lived on a road running east and west between the " Bachelor lots," east of the present town-house ; the highway long since sold and shut up ; the location of these houses of Woodruff, some two or three families, is in- dicated by the brickbats that plough up ; he died Feb. 5th, 1777, aged 61, of small-pox. He was a captain.
60. " Wife of Joseph Woodruff," her name, Margaret (North,) daughter of Nathaniel, of (Northington,) Avon, and Margaret (Holcomb,) of Sims- bury, his wife, born Jan. 2d, 1713; she was sister of No. (68.)
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THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Margaret, born April 11th, 1736, m. Jonathan Whaples ; m. second, Left. Elijah Porter, of Farmington.
2. Dorcas, born April 8th, 1739, m. Cornelius Dunham.
3. Sarah, born 1744, m. May, 1775,- Asahel Goodrich, son of Allen.
4. Joseph, jun., born Sept. 4th, 1753, m. Sept. 5th, 1771, Rhoda Hollister, daughter of Stephen ; he m. second, Feb. 17th, 1785, Abigail, the widow of Giles Hooker, and daughter of No. (8;) she died, when he m. third, Widow Wright, whose maiden name was Prudence Spellman, of Granville; among his large family was Erastus, now, 1863, of Hartford. .
61. " SIMMONS WOODRUFF," son of John, born Jan. 5th, 1710-11, bap. July 31st, 1711, in old Farmington, m. No. (62;) lived near No. (59.) He inherited his father's homestead. His will dated March 17th, 1767, made his wife, Sarah, and his son, Asa, executors. In the settlement of his estate, he is said to be of Hartford, late deceased. The following from Farmington town records shows where his location once was, viz : Thomas Hart and Jonathan Lewis, town committee, sold on the first day of April, 1746, to Joseph and Simmons Woodruff, two acres of the east end of a highway that runs east and west between the " Bacheldor lots," so called, butted east on Wethersfield line, and west on the remainder of the high- way. He died 1767, at Hartford, aged 57.
62. " Wife of Simmons Woodruff," her name, Sarah.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Asa, born Dec. 10th, 1745.
2. Mary, born Jan. 5th, 1750-1.
3. Sarah, born June 26th, 1753.
4. Guardian, born July 14th, 1755.
5. Martin, born Oct. 19th, 1757.
6. Huldah, born , bap. Sept. 3d, 1758.
63. "JEDEDIAH GOODRICH," son of Allen and Elizabeth, his wife, b. July 24th, 1717, m. No. (64,) lived at the corner on East street, next east of the present school-house of south-east district. He is spoken of by the few who remember him, as a kind, " clever" man, and good neighbor ; he died Oct. 13th, 1803, in his 87th year, at the house of his son-in-law, No. (168.)
64. " Wife of Jedediah Goodrich," she was Mercy Hooker, daughter of Samuel and his wife, Marcy Leet, of Guilford, born Oct. 22d, 1719, at Kensington ; she died June 13th, 1800, aged 81, of a cancer on one side of her head, of enormous size. She was great-grand-daughter of Rev. Samuel Hooker, of Farmington.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Mercy, born Jan. 1st, 1751, see No. (120.)
2. Abigail, born Oct. 30th, 1753, see No. (154.)
3. Thomas, born June 20th, 1762, died July 1st, 1764, in third year of age.
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65. "NATHAN BOOTH," eldest son of Robert, from Stratford, and his wife, Ann (Hollister,) from Glastenbury. He was born Aug. 6th, 1721, m. No. (66;) he is called the first settler within the limits of the borough of New Britain, and to have cut the first tree; he was about the age of John Judd, sen. and probably located about 1746, near the present Meth- odist church, some four rods south-east, where Arch street was opened nearly a century later. He was a large farmer and landholder, and died Dec. 31st, 1802, aged 82, on the same month and year in which his co- temporary, Col. Lee died. His house, after owned and occupied by his son, Robert, and his grandson, Samuel, is, (1861,) in good condition, and occupied by Henry Andrews. A. D. 1775, he had the largest tax-list of any one man in the parish.
66. " Wife of Nathan Booth ;" this was Abigail (Steele,) daughter of Dr. Joseph, of " Great Swamp," and his wife, Elizabeth (Hollister,) from Glastenbury, born Jan. 5th, 1720; she died Dec. 3d, 1789, aged 69.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. James, born March, 1747-8, m. Nov. 23d, 1775, No. (166.)
2. Abigail, born Oct. 3d, 1748, m. March 24th, 1773, Joshua Webster ; m. second Sylvanus Dunham, see No. (171.)
3. Nathan, jun., b. March 1st, 1749, m. June 24th, 1773, Frances Smith, of Ebenezer.
4. Joseph, born Oct. 1st, 1751, m. Dec. 18th, 1777, No. (155.)
5: Anna, born 1754, m. Sept. 6th, 1781, Seth Lusk, son of David, see No. (42 )
6. Robert, b. June 20th, 1758, bap. June 25th, 1758, m. May 30th, 1782, see No. (194.)
7. Lucy, born March, 1760, bap. March 16th, 1760, m. April 15th, 1790, Stephen Booth, (cousins.)
8. Chloe, born 1763, bap. Jan. 1st, 1864, m. Jan. 11th, 1804, No. (174.)
67. " LADWICK HOTCHKISS," son of Josiah and Abigail Parker, born Jan. 18th, 1723, at Wallingford ; came to this town from New Haven ; he was a blacksmith, had his shop on the east side of east street, near the Elnathan and Ira E. Smith house; he lived on the west side. When William Patterson, A. D. 1759, sold to Rev. John Smalley, he reserved the shop of Ladwick Hotchkiss, and the ground it stood on. He built with his son, Lemuel, a house and saw-mill on and near the road to Horse plain. The house built by Eli B. Smith, a few years since, stood on the same spot. He was a captain and had his title invariably. He moved to (Farmington Plains,) Plainville, and united with Farmington church, 1780. He m. Dec. 23d, 1743, No. (68;) she died Feb. 21st, 1775, aged 57, when he m. second, Aug. 9th, 1775, Widow Mercy Hills, widow of Moses Hills ; she died Feb. 7th, 1777, aged 49, when he m. third, Sept., 1777, Lydia (Hotchkiss,) the widow of Thomas Hart, of Bristol, who died Aug. 27th, 1798, in her 66th year; he moved with his son, Lemuel, to New Durham, N. Y., where he died March 7th, 1803, aged 81. He was a man much in public affairs, of strong mind and great influence ; was appointed one of the church committee, 1761.
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