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3. Sylvia, born May 23d, 1772, died April 26th, 1773, aged one year.
4. Sylvia, born April 5th, 1774, bap. May 23d, 1779, m. Oliver Goodrich, of Rocky Hill.
5. Chloe, born May 23d, 1776, bap. May 23d, 1779.
6. Joseph Lee, born May 28th, 1779, bap. Aug. Ist, 1779, m. Francis M. Kirby, of Litchfield. Col. Joseph L. Smith, died May 27th, 1846, aged 67, at St. Augustine ; had been U. S. Judge of Florida.
7. Lydia, born March 28th, 1782, bap. May 26th, 1782, never married.
8. Mary, born July 1st, 1784 ; never married; died April 4th, 1859, at New Haven, aged 75.
9. Ira Elliot, born Dec. 21st, 1786, bap. Feb. 11th, 1787 ; never married ; died Sept. 5th, 1849, aged 63; he was a lawyer of considerable ability, Judge of County and Pro- bate Courts, and was a leader of the Democratic party for many years in town.
157. "MEHITABEL KILBOURN," to church Jan. 30th, 1780, daughter of Joshua and Mehitabel (Mather,) his wife, born April 23d, 1764, bap. Aug. 29th, 1764, m. Nov. 24th, 1785, No. (179.)
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158. "JONATHAN BELDEN," to church Nov. 12th, 1780, son of Ezra and Rebecca (Dix,) his wife, born Jan. 11th, 1750, m. Dec. 29th, 1774, No. (159;) was a carpenter by trade, but followed farming ; was a man of great firmness of purpose ; a self-made man of much intelligence. He was an ardent politician of the Jefferson school. He was engaged much ' in public business, and was very capable. He was patriotic, public-spirited and liberal. His residence was that now, (1862,) owned by Edmund Steele, on Stanley street. He owned much of the present village land, and was apparently prosperous for many years. He was a captain, and so called. At length he became involved in debt, fell under censure of the church, became disheartened, and died Sept. 10th, 1824, aged 73. He died at the house of David Steele, where his daughter, Polly (Clark,) was then living. He was naturally a fine specimen of the "old Roman char- acter," and was in his day considered a prodigy of learning. It was said of Elizur Hart, the great school-master, that he (Hart,) knew every thing, he knew almost as much as Capt. Belden. The action of the church in the discipline of Capt. Belden, was noted ; it was pending a long time, and created great excitement. The church took action A. D. 1812, and an appeal to Consociation was had 1813.
159. " Wife of Jonathan Belden," to church Nov. 12th, 1780; maiden name, Mary Allen, sister of No. (318,) sister also of No. (708.) She was a woman that looked well to her household. " Her children arise up and call her blessed." She daughter of Ephraim, of Wallingford, Plymouth and Southington, and his wife, Hannah Williams ; she died Aug. 16th, 1823, aged 72, at the present house of Harlowe Eddy, in District No. 4.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Polly, born , d. Sept. 9th, 1780.
2. Jonathan, born , died Sept. 12th, 1780.
3. Polly, born April 9th, 1780, bap. Nov. 26th, 1780, m. Feb. 14th, 1800, Abner Clark, see No. (639.)
4. Rhoda, born Dec. 22d, 1781, bap. March 24th, 1782, m. No. (443.)
5. Elizabeth, born April 3d, 1784, bap. May 2d, 1784, m. March 11th, 1804, Oliver Judd, of John.
6. Jonathan, born 1786, bap. March 26th, 1786, m. May 1st, 1803, Catharine An- drus, of Phineas.
7. Infant, born , bap. April 16th, 1788, died young.
8. Nancy, born Aug. 31st, 1792, bap. Oct. 7th, 1792, m. May 5th, 1812, No. (370.)
160. " SIBBEL, wife of Noadiah Brownson," to church, Nov. 26th, 1780; her maiden name, Horsington, daughter of John, of Southington, and his wife, Sarah (Templar,) of Wallingford, born 1745, m. June 5th, 1766, Noadiah, son of Elijah Bronson and Abigail (Winchel,) his wife; he born Sept. 18th, 1740; he died July 11th, 1803, aged 63, at Kensington, the same year his grand-son, Orestes A. was born. They had no permanent
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location ; lived several years at the Nathan Judd house, on the corner east of Dr. Smalley's, and south of the Skinner house.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Sylvester, born June 7th, 1772, bap. Dec. 3d, 1780, became the father of Orestes A., the philosopher.
2. Sibbil, born March 29th, 1775, bap. Dec. 3d, 1780.
161. " COLLINS LUDINGTON," to church Dec. 31st, 1780, son of Dan- iel, of East Haven, and Susan (Clark,) his second wife, born about 1749, m. Feb. 9th, 1775, Sarah Smith, daughter of Elijah, sen. and his wife, Sarah (Grimes.) He built the Whipple house, formerly the only house between Alvin North's and Capt. Belden's. He moved to Owego, N. Y., at the time our people had the "Wago fever," as it was called. He moved his family in the Spring, and came to the Hudson River in the sleigh. The people there told him not to cross, for the ice was old and brittle. The family walked over and all arrived safe on the opposite bank, where they eat their dinner in the sleigh, and while doing so, the ice parted just above, and all the river where they had just crossed was clear. They cried for joy at their narrow escape. He settled in Candor, where his name, 1814, was on their church catalogue. He had a bad corn on one of his toes, and cut the toe off with a chisel, and came near dying in conse- quence. He used the first two-horse wagon in New Britain, it is said. He died 1821, at Candor, N. Y. He was in the war of the Revolution, from Farmington.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Sally, born Feb. 5th, 1777, died July, 1780.
2. Anna, born March 20th, 1781, bap. Aug. 22d, 1781, died young.
3. Anna, 2d, born March 20th, 1783, bap. June 15th, 1783.
4. Sophia, born , bap. May 29th, 1791.
5. Sarah, born , bap. Sept. 14th, 1794.
162. "JOHN HINSDALE," to church 1780, son of Barnabas, jun. and his wife, Martha (Smith,) of Hartford, born Aug. 13th, 1706, at Hartford; was a blacksmith; had his shop near his house, opposite the present Meth- odist church, in Berlin street. He was a constituent member of Wor- thington church, 1775; was moderator of the second church meeting in their new meeting-house. He came to this place about 1780, having been dismissed and received from Worthington church. He m. Nov. 8th, 1733, No. (163,) and both were received to Kensington church soon after. He was one of the standing committee in Kensington church, 1766. He bought the Deacon Josiah Lee farm, (alias) the Skinner place, and owned a large part of that square. He sold 1788, to Dr. Smalley, ten acres and sixty-two rods of land. His will is dated July 26th, 1792, names Theo- dore, John, Elizabeth, Lucy, Lydia and Elijah. He died Dec. 2d, 1792, aged 86. He had made his son-in-law, Samuel Hart, executor of his will.
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163. "ELIZABETH, wife of Capt. John Hinsdale," to church 1780; her maiden name, (Cole,) born at Hartford, probably March 18th, 1709-10, to Nathaniel and his wife, Elizabeth (Knight;) she died July 1st, 1782, in her 74th year; her grave at cemetery, Worthington South.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. John, born Aug. 19th, 1734; he died young, Oct. 13th, 1743, aged nine years ; grave in "Christian Lane."
2. Elizabeth, born June 29th, 1736, m. April 28th, 1758, David Atkins, of Middle- town, Conn.
3. Theodore, born Nov. 25th, 1738, graduated at Yale, m. Anna Bissell ; settled a minister at Windsor, Conn., North Society, April 30th, 1766.
4. Lucy, born July 16th, 1741, m. Jan. 27th, 1763, Samuel Plumb, of Middletown, Conn. ; she died Feb., 1791.
5. Elijah, born April 1st, 1744, m. Ruth Bidwell; owned the Stephen Lee farm, (alias,) the Hinsdale place ; extended west to meeting house yard, except the " burying- ground ;" he a blacksmith ; also made silk from the mulberry orchard next west of the cemetery ; he died June 26th, 1797, aged 54.
6. Lydia, born Aug. 11th, 1747, m. Oct. 4th, 1770, Samuel Hart ; she mother of "Mrs. Willard and Mrs. Phelps."
7. John, born Aug. 21st, 1749, m. Philomela, daughter of Dr. James Hurlburt. He father of Col. Hosea Hinsdale, of Winsted. The father buried at Berlin, died Dec. 9th, 1795, grave at cemetery, Worthington South. Col. Hinsdale died 1866, aged 91.
164. "SARAH FISHER," to church March 11th, 1781, by letter from West Hartford; her maiden name, probably Sally Bibbins, or Bevans ; to church there Oct. 14th, 1775, and baptized. She married Jan. 20th, 1778, Eleazer Fisher, who was a soldier of the Revolution ; had his poll tax abated by the legislature, 1777, on list of 1775, £18, and then resided in this place.
THEIR CHILD.
Jonathan, born , bap. March 11th, 1781.
165. "JAMES BOOTH," to church Sept. 9th, 1781, son of No. (65) and No. (66,) born March, 1748, m. Nov. 23d, 1775, No. (166;) his house stood where that of John Stanley's does ; his farm bounded north by land of Col. Lee, west by Thomas Hart, and south by John Judd, and east by highway ; his house was built by Col. Lee, for his son, Theodore. Mr. Booth was a plain farmer, and an honest, conscientious, Christian man. He died Sept. 18th, 1830, aged 66.
166. " Wife of James Booth," to church Sept. 9th, 1781 ; maiden name, Thankful Winchel, daughter' of Ebenezer, of Torringford, and his wife, Thankful (Loomis,) of Westfield, Mass., born about 1756; is remembered as a woman of energy and character; she died Oct. 26th, 1820, aged 64.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. James, born Sept. 11th, 1776, bap. Oct. 7th, 1781, m. Dec. 22d, 1800, No. (338.)
2. Ebenezer Winchel, born July 3d, 1778, bap. Oct. 7th, 1781, m. June 14th, 1802, Betsey Benham.
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3. Aurelia, born 1781, bap. Oct. 7th, 1781, m. Dec. 8th, 1801, Timothy Percival ; m. second, No. (425.)
4. Osmyn, born 1796, bap. July 31st, 1796, m. Dec. 22d, 1819, No. (431.)
167. "ESTHER, wife of Joseph Smith," to church 1781; this was his second wife, m. Sept., 1766, No. (29,) before Dr. Smalley, and was called at her marriage to him, Widow Esther Deming, born June 1st, 1720, at Wallingford, to Benoni and Esther Adkins; she died June 21st, 1804, aged 84; she died at the old tavern stand of her husband, (Seth Lewis having bought out the heirs to the estate previous to her decease.) She was the widow of Zebulon Deming, of Southington, who was drowned May 17th, 1762, (tradition says in the Hudson River.) Her maiden name, Esther Adkins, to church in Southington, June 26th, 1737; she m. Deming about 1740; they lived in the north part of Southington.
HER CHILDREN BY FIRST HUSBAND, ZEBULON DEMING.
1. Anna, born , bap. Feb. 21st, 1742, at Southington, by Rev. Jeremiah Cur- tiss, m. Oct., 1764, at Southington, before Rev. B. Chapman, No. (101.)
2. Zealous, born , bap. Feb. 9th, 1746, at Southington, by Rev. J. Curtiss.
3. Samuel, born , bap. July 11th, 1756, at Southington, by Rev. B. Chap- man ; he died Sept. 14th, 1775, in his 20th year ; his grave in New Britain cemetery ; probably died with his mother, at "Landlord Smith's." Zebulon Deming, the father, was uncle to John and Chauncey, of Farmington.
168. "ISAAC LEE, jun.," to church Sept. 30th, 1781, son of No. (35) and No. (36,) born March 23d, 1752 ; No. (154,) his wife, m. May 25th, 1773. He was a farmer, and inherited his father's homestead, still called the old Lee house. He was a pious, good man, greatly interested in the welfare of the church and society. He owned a large part of the land on which has been built the present village of New Britain; his wife, Abigail, died April 9th, 1811, aged 58, when he married second, No. (386.) He gave the land on which the second church edifice was built, now called "Strickland Hall," and in other ways showed his liberality. He died April 11th, 1828, aged 76.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Isaac, jun., born April 13th, 1775, bap. May 9th, 1779, m. Sept. 27th, 1799, No. (348.)
2. Thomas, born Nov. 28th, 1776, bap. May 9th, 1779, married Oct. 10th, 1797, No. (357.)
3. Almira, born July 17th, 1780, bap. Aug. 20th, 1780, m. Sept. 27th, 1801, Jesse Stanley.
4. Polly, born Dec. 22d, 1783, bap. Feb. 8th, 1784, m. July 11th, 1802, No. (461.)
5. Josiah, born Aug. 6th, 1786, bap. Sept. 10th, 1786, died Nov. 29th, 1788.
6. Abigail, born May 14th, 1788, bap. June 15th, 1788, m. Sept. 7th, 1806, Cyrus Stanley.
7. Josiah, 2d, born Sept. 21st, 1791, bap. Oct. 8th, 1791, died Oct. 9th, 1791.
8. Chloe, born July 24th, 1793, bap. Sept. 15th, 1793, m. Oct. 8th, 1820, Treat Deming, of Wethersfield.
9. Lorenzo, born Dec. 23d, 1795, bap. Feb. 7th, 1796, died Nov. 7th, 1798, by burn.
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169. "STEPHEN HOLLISTER," to church 1781, born Aug. 6th, 1729 to Gershom; lived at the south end of Stanley street, near the brick-kiln, just north, on the east corner, m. No. (79;) he died Aug. 31st, 1800, aged 73.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Rhoda, born May 10th, 1756, m. Sept. 5th, 1771, Joseph Woodruff, jun.
2. Anna, born June 23d, 1758, bap. July 2d, 1758, m. David Daniels.
3. Thomas, born Sept. 10th, 1762, married March 9th, 1786, Sarah Hurlburt, of Wethersfield.
4. Charlotte, born June 21st, 1766, m. May 30th, 1787, Edward Patterson, of Berlin.
5. Stephen, jun., born Jan. 1st, 1769, bap. Jan. 1st, 1769, m. Flowers.
6. Sarah, born , m. April 19th, 1772, Simeon, son of Job Bronson.
170. "ELIZABETH, wife of Col. Isaac Lee," to church Dec. 30th, 1781 ; her maiden name, (Grant,) from East Windsor, m. Dec. 30th, 1772, see No. (35 ;) she died May 17th, 1782, of small-pox.
171. " ABIGAIL, wife of Joshua Webster," to church June 23d, 1782, daughter of Nathan Booth and Abigail (Steele,) his wife, born Oct. 3d, 1748, m. March 24th, 1773; they lived on West Main street, and the house he built gave place to the present residence of Edmund R. Swift. He died June 10th, 1798, aged 49, when she married second, March 15th, 1813, Sylvanus Dunham, who lived at the head of Shuttle Meadow. She was received to Southington church, 1814, by letter from this church ; she returned after the death of Mr. Dunham, to this church, June 6th, 1824, and died May, 1829, aged 81, at the alms-house, at Berlin.
WEBSTER CHILDREN."
1. Leonard, born , bap. July 14th, 1782, went west unmarried.
2. Abigail, born , bap. March 2d, 1783, m. March 22d, 1802, Abner Webster; she died July 9th, 1823, aged 40 years.
3. Lucy, born , bap. Oct. 24th, 1784, m. Sept. 27th, 1801, Amzi Stanley, son of Col. Gad ; she died Aug. 8th, 1823, and he Aug. 4th, 1823, at Marietta, Ohio ; the parents of Maria, wife of Deacon Orson Seymour, of south church, see No. (656.)
172. "DANIEL AMES," to church Sept. 15th, 1782, son of John, of Rocky Hill, and his wife, Abigail (Butler,) born Feb. 1st, 1751 ; he m. Sept. 7th, 1780, No. (173.) He learned his trade, cabinet-maker and joiner, (as was common in those days, to have them combined,) at Rocky Hill; he built the Aaron Robert's house, and owned the place which he sold to Mr. Roberts, he being a fellow craftsman, having served their time as apprentices together. He afterwards built the house in Hart quarter, now occupied by Waldo Hayden. He lost one arm by the bursting of a gun, 1788, after which he kept school. He had a kind of vice to hold the quill, while he made the pen with one hand. He moved to Southing- ton, and lived also in Simsbury ; had a second wife, Lucina (North,) of Simsbury. He died Nov. 19th, 1822, aged 71, at Southington.
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173. "Wife of Daniel Ames," to church Sept. 15th, 1782, Mercy, daughter of Capt. John Langdon, and No. (108,) born Sept. 6th, 1761 ; she died Sept. 12th, 1817, at Southington, aged 56.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. John, born Jan. 24th, 1781, bap. Oct. 20th, 1782, died Aug. 30th, 1784, aged three and a half years.
2. Laura, born Feb. 23d, 1784, m. March 25th, 1807, Timothy C. Cressey, of Southington.
3. Anne, born April 23d, 1786, died April 24th, 1786, aged one day.
4. Horace, born July 21st, 1788, m. Sophia Loyd ; he a physician at Granville.
5. John, 2d, born June 10th, 1790, bap. July 11th, 1790, died May 11th, 1806, aged 16.
6. Amon Langdon, born Aug. 16th, 1798, bap. Oct. 14th, 1798, m. Feb. 17th, 1825, Rosanna Hart.
7. Ira, born May 7th, 1800, bap. Aug. 17th, 1800, m. May 23d, 1822, Hannah Clark, of Southington.
174. " ASAHEL HART," to church Jan. 26th, 1783, son of Joseph, of Northington, now Avon, and Anna Barnes, of Thomas, of Southington, his wife, born May 12th, 1754, bap. May 25th, 1754, Rev. E. Booge, officiating, at Northington. He bought of Elisha Hart, 1791, his new house which Ezekiel Wright built, on Farmington road, near Bass River, with two acres and ten rods of land, where he lived some years ; he m. No. (224.) He was a brick-mason by trade and occupation, a stirring, lively man, naturally impulsive. After some years he moved to the foot of " Osgood Hill," on the same road. His wife died Feb. 22d, 1803, when he m. second, Jan. 11th, 1804, Chloe Booth, daughter of Nathan, sen .; she died Feb. 10th, 1807, aged 44; when he m. third, July 29th, 1807, Widow Prudence Gridley, of Avon, widow of Stephen ; her maiden name, Park. Mr. Hart died at North Granby. Gridley, her former husband, was drowned at the whirlpool below Farmington bridge; he had swam the river once safely, when a bet was offered that he could not do it again, and he was drowned in the attempt.
THE HART CHILDREN.
1. Anna, born , bap. May 18th, 1783, m. Samuel Cossett, of Granby.
2. Beula, born , bap. May 18th, 1783, never married, died at Simsbury.
3. Asahel, jun., born , bap. Oct. 3d, 1784, m. in Ohio ; returned and drowned in Farmington.
4. Joseph, born , bap. Oct. 28th, 1787, m. Sophrona Hart ; second, Laura Buel.
5. Eunice, born , bap. Jan. 3d, 1790, m. Sept. 15th, 1818, Chauncey Clark.
6. Azuba, born , bap. Sept. 16th, 1792, m. Apheck Woodruff, Nov. 9th, 1809.
7. Elizabeth Norton, born , bap. May 14th, 1795, m. Wakeman Stanley.
8. Adna Thompson, born 1796, bap. May 28th, 1797, m. Lydia Woodruff.
9. Hannah Day, born March 20th, 1799, bap. May 19th, 1799, m. Ozem Wood- ruff, of Avon.
10. Ezra, born , bap. May 17th, 1801, unmarried, occasionally insane.
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175. "PHINEAS PENNFIELD," to church April 6th, 1783, son of No. (116) and No. (117,) born June 6th, 1756, m. April 9th, 1778, No. (190;) he was a farmer, and sometimes cooper ; house on Farmington road, still standing, (owned by Thomas Hicks,) supposed to be the house of his father. It shows the primitive style of architecture, as well as the action of time. He is well remembered as a simple-hearted, honest man, large reverence, and strictly conscientious. He died March 28th, 1834, aged 77. His posterity numerous and mostly pious.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Lucy, born Jan. 26th, 1777, bap. April 13th, 1783, m. April 7th, 1800, Elijah Hull, of Farmington.
2. Abel, born June 3d, 1782, bap. April 13th, 1783, m. Lydia Slater ; second, Sally Richards ; he m. third, April 11th, 1813, Betsey Squire; m. fourth, Mindwell Norton.
3. Nancy, born July 20th, 1783, No. (457.)
4. Phineas, jun., born Oct. 18th, 1785, m. Nov. 25th, 1812, No. (526.)
5. Salome, born Sept. 2d, 1788, bap. Oct. 5th, 1788, m. May 13th, 1807, No. (462.)
6. Minerva, born Oct. 22d, 1798, bap. Feb. 24th, 1799, see No. (527.)
176. "EPHRAIM ROYCE," to church April 6th, 1783, from (North- bury church, i. e. Plymouth,) son of Ephraim, of Meriden, baptized there, July 15th, 1744, m. Oct. 4th, 1764, Abigail Fox, of Cheshire, both to church in Meriden, June 23d, 1765, in Northbury, 1773, by letter. He m. Nov. 9th, 1780, Widow Abigail Andrews, of this place, widow of Sam- uel Andrews, and daughter of "Landlord Joseph Smith." Mr. Royce was a cooper; lived at the house of his second wife, Abigail, opposite Alfred Andrews' present place. He made cedar tubs and pails ; procured his stock from the cedar swamp in Wolcott. He was a pious, good man ; he died Jan. 5th, 1790, aged 46; his grave in the west and old part of our cemetery.
HIS CHILDREN BY HIS SECOND WIFE, ABIGAIL.
1. Chauncey, born Oct. 28th, 1781.
2. Abigail, born Jan. 24th, 1783, bap. April 6th, 1783.
3. Mary, born May 25th, 1789, bap. July 26th, 1789, m. Nov. 3d, 1807, Amos A. Webster; she died Nov. 30th, 1853, at Enfield, Conn., aged 65.
177. "Mrs. MARY LEE, wife of Col. Isaac Lee," to church Jan. 25th, 1784, "not by letter of recommendation merely, but upon a particular profession of her religious sentiments, &c." Her maiden name, Mary Johnson, daughter of Ephraim, of Wallingford. When she married Col. Lee, she was the widow of Amos Hall, who kept the great tavern in Wal- lingford, in the time of the Revolutionary War. She m. Oct. 9th, 1783, Col. Lee, and after his decease she returned to her old home, where she died, Dec. 22d, 1810, aged 73.
178. " ANTHONY JUDD," to church Oct. 3d, 1784, one of the converts of the principal revival in Dr. Smalley's ministry ; son of No. (43) and
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No. (44,) born Aug. 1st, 1752, m. Aug. 29th, 1792, Rebecca Belden, daughter of Ezra and Rebecca Dix, his wife, born March 23d, 1757. He was a joiner by trade; lived in the Thomas Hooker house for a time; then built the Alvin North house, now moved and occupied by Orrin S. North. He moved about 1801, to Owego, N. Y. The parish library was kept at his house while the meeting-house was "built over," A. D. 1787. He is spoken of as a kind and worthy man.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Jesse, born , bap. Nov. 13th, 1785.
2. Alvin, born , bap. Aug. 1st, 1790.
3. Jason, born , bap. Sept. 8th, 1793.
4. Almira, born , bap. May 28th, 1797, see No. (500.)
5. Selah, born , bap. Nov. 9th, 1800.
179. "JOSIAH DEWY," to church Oct. 3d, 1784, son of No. (102) and No. (103,) born Jan. 6th, 1756, m. Nov. 24th, 1785, No. (157 ;) he taught school in early life three winters in succession, in South-east district. He lived at the old Dewy house, south of William Ellis. He was a man of eminent Christian graces, especially meekness and kindness. He died April 17th, 1838, aged 82.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Daniel, born 1787, bap. Feb. 18th, 1787, m. Fanny Shepherd, of Hartford, daughter of Capt. Charles.
2. Esther, born , bap. March 30th, 1788, single, died March 7th, 1852, aged 64, No. (398.)
3. Franklin, born 1790, bap. Oct. 17th, 1790, died south, aged 25.
4. Josiah, born Aug. 11th, 1792, bap. Oct. 7th, 1792, m. March 2d, 1814, Betsey Recor ; second, No. (488.)
5. Asahel, born Nov. 14th, 1794, bap. April 19th, 1795 ; lives in Dorchester, Mass.
6. Mehitable, born Jan. 28th, 1797, bap. May 28th, 1797, m. June 2d, 1824, Ed- mund Hart.
7. Seth, born 1799, bap. June 16th, 1799, m. Harriet Sacket, of Westfield, Mass.
8. Rebecca, born Aug. 26th, 1801, bap. Oct. 25th, 1801, m. April 21st, 1824, Isaac Catlin.
9. Mary, born July 2d, 1804, bap. Oct. 21st, 1804, see No. (597.)
180. " Widow COMFORT HART," to church about 1784, widow of Daniel Hart, of Stephen and Sarah Cowles, his wife, born March 21st, 1708, and who lived at the northermost house in the parish, at the foot of " Clark Hill;" she was his second wife; his first was Abigail Thompson, whom he married July 18th, 1734, daughter of Thomas and his wife, Abigail (Woodruff;) she born Sept. 3d, 1710, died, when he m. second, No. (180,) the widow of Benjamin Stephens, and the daughter of ; her maiden name, Comfort Kelsey; she m. Benjamin Stephens, Oct. 20th, 1740, see Farmington town record.
CHILDREN OF DANIEL HART AND HIS FIRST WIFE, ABIGAIL.
1. Eldad, born June 6th, 1735, died May 17th, 1736.
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2. Eldad, 2d, born March 22d, 1736, m. July 8th, 1761, Stephens, daughter of Benjamin.
Sarah, born May 18th, 1742.
Stephen, born Dec. 8th, 1744, m. No. (563.)
181. "ELIJAH HART, jun.," to church Oct. 3d, 1784, son of No. (52) and Sarah (Gilbert,) his wife, born May 7th, 1759, bap. May 13th, 1759, m. Dec. 21st, 1780, No. (182;) he lived at the south part of the parish, and owned the mills ; was a large farmer and extensive manufacturer of corn-meal for West India trade. "Nov. 26th, A. D. 1805, Capt. Elijah . Hart declared his acceptance of the office of a deacon in this church, to which he had been chosen by the brethren, at a previous meeting duly warned," and 1807 he was added to the standing committee of the church. In 1824, he and his wife took letters of dismission and recommendation to the church at Mount Carmel, in Hamden, where he had built a house and mill, and where he lived several years. He however returned, and died Aug. 4th, 1827, aged 68, by the sting of a bee. He enlisted into the Revo- lutionary army, March 18th, 1778, for three years ; was at the taking of Burgoyne.
182. " Wife of Elijah Hart, jun.," to church Oct. 3d, 1784, daughter of No. (112) and No. (312,) born Sept. 6th, 1760, bap. Oct., 1760, m. Dec. 21st, 1780, No. (181.) A modest, quiet woman, of great industry and economy; died Dec. 2d, 1835, aged 75.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Elijah, born Feb. 11th, 1782, bap. Oct. 3d, 1784, died May 13th, 1802, aged 20.
2. Selah, born Nov. 6th, 1784, bap. Dec. 12th, 1784, m. Oct. 5th, 1805, No. (454.)
3. Samuel, born April 7th, 1786, bap. June 18th, 1786, married March 18th, 1812, No. (366.)
4. Jesse, born April 20th, 1789, bap. June 7th, 1789, m. April 5th, 1810, No. (397.)
5. Jonathan, born Feb. 20th, 1792, bap. April 1st, 1792, see No. (483.)
6. Norman, born Aug. 5th, 1794, bap. Sept. 14th, 1794, m. Sept. 8th, 1818, No. (385.)
7. Anna, born Dec. 5th, 1796, died young.
8. Ira, born July 22d, 1798, m. May 3d, 1820, No. (485.)
9. Anna, 2d, born Nov. 17th, 1801, died Aug. 8th, 1817, aged 6.
10. Elijah, 2d, born Sept. 11th, 1804, m. March 15th, 1826, No. (723.)
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