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183. " BETHEL HART," to church Oct. 3d, 1784, son of Joseph, of Avon, brother of No. (174,) born Nov. 1762, bap. Nov. 28th, 1762, at Avon, by Rev. E. Booge, m. June 24th, 1784, No. (243;) was a farmer, and later in life a peddler ; his house stood opposite of the present house of Elam Slater's. He was much gifted in prayer, and was esteemed a pious, good man ; was lame late in life, which led him to sell for a living, pewter and tin ware. His wife, Huldah, died Sept. 28th, 1810, aged 44, when he m. second, May 16th, 1811, Widow Nancy Seely, of Rocky Hill, see No. (361 ;) he died Dec. 25th, 1824, aged 62.
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THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Huldah, born Oct. 18th, 1786, bap. Dec. 3d, 1786, m. March 1st, 1804, Silas Pennfield.
2. Nancy, born Jan. 2d, 1790, bap. Feb. 14th, 1790, m. April 26th, 1809, No. (450.)
3. Sarah Sage, born ., bap. July 27th, 1794, m. Feb. 25th, 1816, Henry, son of Seth Root.
4. Betsey, born Sept. 28th, 1797, m. May 11th, 1813, Romanta Woodford, of Avon and Berlin.
5. Lavinia, born Dec. Ist, 1798, bap. Feb. 24th, 1799, m. Dec. 5th, 1819, Silas Goff, jun., of West Springfield.
6. Salome, born Aug. 14th, 1801, bap. Oct. 25th, 1801, m. Jan. 30th, 1832, Henry, son of James Judd.
7. Adna, born Jan. 28th, 1804, bap. April 15th, 1804, m. March 20th, 1825, No. (509.)
8. Daniel, born , bap. June 3d, 1806, died June 4th, 1806.
9. Rosanna, born May 3d, 1807, bap. July 19th, 1807, m. Joseph Yemans ; married second, No. (1,001.)
10. Caroline Upson, born Sept. 16th, 1809, bap. April 29th, 1810, m. July 3d, 1828, No. (912.)
184. "POLLY LEWIS," to church Oct. 3d, 1784, daughter of No. (88) and No. (111,) born Nov., 1765, m. 1786, No. (251;) she bare to her hus- band one daughter, and died of consumption, Jan. 1st, 1789, aged 24.
185. " Widow ELIZABETH CLARK," to church Nov. 28th, 1784, by letter from the first church in Farmington, daughter of Capt. John Newel, of Farmington, and his wife, Elizabeth (Hawley;) she was the widow of Mr. John Clark, who lived where Omri North does now, A. D. 1864; sister of No. (114,) and were next door neighbors. She m. Sept. 2d, 1742, John Clark, son of Matthew. This family was one of the three set off, or rather excepted in the incorporation of the parish. They chose to go to Farmington, where it appears they had always belonged. Mrs. Clark came here after the death of her husband ; she was partially deaf, and was accustomed to stand in the pulpit to hear. She died Feb. 2d, 1791, aged 70. He died June 10th, 1782, aged 70.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Mercy, born 1742-3, m. Dec. 1766, William Wadsworth, of Farmington; she died July, 1813, aged 71.
2. Mary, born Feb. 23d, 1745, see No. (272.)
3. Marvin, born Nov. 26th, 1746, m. Jan. 18th, 1773, Sarah Woodruff, daughter of Abraham, of Farmington Farms.
4. Dan, born Aug. 11th, 1748, m. Jan. 24th, 1771, Lucy Stanley, daughter of Thomas, 3d.
5. Abel, born 1751, m. Jan. 6th, 1774, Abigail Judd, daughter of James, No. (38.)
6. Ruth, born March 19th, 1752, m. Jan. 6th, 1774, Seth Stanley, son of Deacon. Noah.
7. John, born March 18th, 1754 ; went to Canandaigua; died 1819.
8. Huldah, born 1756, m. Caleb Richard Walker; went to Lenox.
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9. Elizabeth, born May 14th, 1758, m. Moses Andrews, jun .; she died 1840, at Montague, Mass.
10. Jane, born Nov. 20th, 1763, m. Dec. 21st, 1785, No. (221.)
186. "NOAH FULLER," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, from church in Ken- sington, son of No. (V.) and his wife, No. (VI.) bap. in infancy, Oct. 4th, 1761, A. D. 1785 ; he bought one and a quarter acres, with house and barn, of No. (29,) on the corner directly west of the present school-house in South-east district, and the same year he bought of No. (63,) one and a quarter acres where now, 1865, stands the barn of James P. Moore, which land, with a "tan-works and pump," he sold to David Wetherell, 1788, and then called himself of Dorset, Bennington county, Vermont. He m. Jan. 20th, 1792, at Dorset, Vermont, Lucy Wilson, of Coventry, Conn. He died Feb. 19th, 1846, at Dorset, Vermont, in his 84th year. She died March 16th, 1855, at Clarkson, N. Y., in her 84th year.
CHILDREN.
1. John W., born Dec. 14th, 1792, m. Aug. 20th, 1825, Amelia Teryl, at Salina, New York.
2. Alice S., born Sept. 16th, 1795, m. Dec., 1824, George Brace, at Dorset, Vt.
3. Sarah, born Sept. 17th, 1797, m. Jan. 25th, 1815, Horace Johnson, of Rupert, Vt.
4. Orson, born Nov. 28th, 1799, m. Sept. 5th, 1822, Eunice P. Smith, at Dorset, Vt.
5. Alvin, born Feb. 8th, 1802, m. Sept., 1840, Emily White, at Alden, N. Y.
6. Lucy, born Feb. 21st, 1804, died June, 1820.
7. Noah, jun., born March 9th, 1806, m. Jan. 12th, 1845, Margaret Hand, in Va.
8. Gurdon T., born Feb. 12th, 1810, died June, 1819.
9. Mehitable Y., born May 1st, 1815, m. Sept. 14th, 1842, at Lancaster, N. Y., Austin Pinney, of Buffalo, N. Y.
187. " Wife of Samuel Wainwright," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, daugh- ter of Doctor Isaac Lee and his second wife, Susanna, born April 27th, 1746, m. Aug. 23d, 1768, before Dr. Smalley ; her name, Mary. Their house stood about thirty rods south-east from the residence of John Judd, in Hart quarter, and the east side of the house was in the east line of Dis- trict No. (4.) Her mother was probably Susanna Cornwell, of Middle- town, and widow of Peter Wolcott, when she married Dr. Lee. She (i. e. Mary,) died at Middletown, 1832, aged 86.
188. "Wife of Capt. Hotchkiss," to church Dec. 5th, 1784; her maiden name, Penelope Mather, daughter of Joseph, sen. and Anna (Booth,) his wife, born May 27th, 174-, m. March 26th, 1764, No. (121;) she kept house for Dr. Smalley, before her marriage; her father's loca- tion was opposite the William Patterson house, or the first residence of Dr. Smalley.
189. " Wife of Seth Stanley," to church Dec. 5th, 1784; Ruth, daugh- ter of John Clark and No. (185,) which see. He built, 1773, the house of Martin Brown, (which burned down, 1860,) where they lived until Feb., 1796, when they moved to Ontario county, N. Y. He played the
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bassoon in church choir, and composed some pieces of music. His grand- son, John Mix Stanley, son of Seth, jun., is the author of the great Indian Gallery of Paintings, which has attracted so much attention in the coun- try; about 1860, located at Washington, D. C., now, 1863, at Buffalo, N. Y. He died May 5th, 1823, aged 72, at Stanley Corners, N. Y. She died Sept. 13th, 1796, aged 44.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Asa, born Nov. 21st, 1774, bap. Jan. 9th, 1785, m. Tirza Hayden:
2. Cruger, born Nov. 19th, 1775, bap. Jan. 9th, 1785, m. Sally Reed.
3. Erastus, born Oct. 22d, 1776, bap. Jan. 9th, 1785, m. Temperance Smith.
4. Horatio, born Nov. 24th, 1777, bap. Jan. 9th, 1785, never married, died at sea, buried at New Haven.
5. Salma, born Oct. 10th, 1779, bap. Jan. 9th, 1785, m. Sally Welch; second, Lois Whitman; third, Rachel Smith.
6. Nancy, born Jan. 2d, 1781, bap. Jan. 9th, 1785.
7. Kata, born Jan. 15th, 1782, bap. Jan. 9th, 1785.
8. Janna,* born March 7th, 1783, bap. Jan. 9th, 1785, m. Sophrona
9. Seth, born June 6th, 1784, bap. Jan. 9th, 1785, m. Sally
10. Ruth, born Nov. 14th, 1785, bap. Jan. 9th, 1785.
11. Cyrus, born April 8th, 1787.
12. Huldah, born March 26th, 1788, bap. June. 1st, 1788.
13. Caleb Walker, born Nov. 20th, 1790, bap. Jan. 23d, 1791.
14. Infant, no name, born March 25th, 1792.
15. Lucius, born April 5th, 1793, bap. July 7th, 1793, m. Sally Runyan ; second, Polly Whedon.
16. Elizabeth, born Nov. 18th, 1794, bap. May 17th, 1795, m. John McKnight.
190. " Wife of Phineas Pennfield," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, Lucy, daughter of Jeremiah H. Osgood, from Middletown, and Lucy (Churchill,) his wife, born May 5th, 1757, m. April 9th, 1778 ; for locality and family see No. (175 ;) she died Nov. 4th, 1832, aged 75.
191. "MOSES ANDREWS, jun.," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, son of No. (53) and No. (54,) born April 7th, 1755, m. No. (192;) lived on West Main street, two miles from the village; the same house William Wright (now, A. D. 1862,) owns and occupies. He lived one year in the Demas Warner house, on the hill, north-west of where he built his new one on the Quinnipiac, by the bridge. He removed to Montague, Mass., on Connecticut River, about 1800, where he died July 20th, 1848, aged 93; his obituary notice says "one of nine sons, seven of whom were in the Revolutionary army."
192. " Wife of Moses Andrews, jun.," to church Dec. 5th, 1784; her maiden name, Elizabeth Clark, daughter of John and No. (185,) born May 14th, 1758 ; she a resolute, spirited woman, with much force of character. She died at Montague, Mass., Dec. 8th, 1840, aged 82. She once came
Written by himself and family, Jonathan, but by Rev. Mr. Smalley, at baptism, Janna.
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under the censure of the church for assaulting an officer who was arrest- ing her husband ; on confession, restored, 1807.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Sidney, born March 8th, 1780, bap. Dec. 5th, 1784, m. Oct. 24th, 1804, Mary Clark. He a printer by trade. .
2. Noah, born March 19th, 1782, bap. Dec. 5th, 1784, m. Feb. 22d, 1807, Ruth Griswold ; lived in Ohio.
3. Buly, born April 6th, 1784, bap. Dec. 5th, 1784, m. Dr. J. H. Hills, of Farm- ington ; lived in Ohio.
4. Betsey, born June 22d, 1786, bap. Aug. 7th, 1786, m. Wallace ; second, Handley, in Ohio.
5. Cynthia, born Feb. 20th, 1788, bap. March 30th, 1788, m. Barber ; second, Phinney, in Ohio.
6. Kata, born June 8th, 1790, m. Nov. 24th, 1813, No. (470.)
7. Jesse, born Oct. 28th, 1792, bap. Jan 6th, 1793, m. Jan. 11th, 1818, S. Alvord, of Greenfield.
8. Nancy, born Feb. 4th, 1796, bap. May 1st, 1796, m. Thomas Russel; second, John Ortt, of Greenfield ..
193. "ROBERT BOOTH," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, son of No. (65) and No. (66,) born June 20th, 1758, m. May 30th, 1782, No. (194,) inherited the home of his father, near the present Methodist church ; spoken of as a devout Christian and worthy man ; was a large farmer, and died suddenly of colic, May 8th, 1796, aged 38.
194. "Wife of Robert Booth," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, Abigail, daughter of William Barton and Abigail (Sage,) of Kensington, his wife; she baptized on admission to church ; she married second, Jan. 7th, 1817, Constant Welch, of Chatham and Bristol ; she died Jan. 31st, 1831, aged 64, in this place.
THE CHILDREN OF ROBERT AND ABIGAIL.
1. Salome, born March 15th, 1785, bap. May 29th, 1785, married May 28th, 1801, No. (568.)
2. Rhoda, born Oct., 1787, m. July 5th, 1810, Ira Strong, of Northampton.
3. Samuel, born Jan. 23d, 1790, bap. Feb. 28th, 1790, m. May 5th, 1812, No. (365.)
4. Abigail, born July 5th, 1792, bap. Aug. 19th, 1792, m. March 17th, 1813, No. (557.)
5. Robert, born Dec. 8th, 1794, bap. Feb. Ist, 1795, died, aged one year.
6. Robert, 2d, born Aug. 1st, 1796, bap. Aug. 31st, 1796, m. Nov. 26th, 1818, Sally Whaples ; he died Oct. 23d, 1823, aged 27.
195. "JAMES JUDD," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, son of No. (38) and Hannah (Andrus,) his wife, born Jan. 27th, 1757, m. 1779, No. (318.) He brother of No. (435.) His house, built 1779, still (A. D. 1864,) standing, owned and occupied by Henry Judd ; he with his brother, Dan- iel, owned and run the saw-mill so long known as "Judd's Mill," which
- they sold to J. Shipman and sons, now near the site of O. B. North's factory. He died Nov. 10th, 1822, aged 66.
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THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Anna, born 1781, bap. Dec. 12th, 1784, m. Nov. 25th, 1802, Joseph Churchill.
2. Esther, born July 22d, 1782, bap. Dec. 12th, 1784, m. William Steele, jun.
3. James, born March 12th, 1785, bap. June 5th, 1785, m. Salome Lusk ; second, Gunilda Bass.
4. Asahel, born Feb. Ist, 1787, bap. May 6th, 1787; lived in Avon, N. Y., 1839.
5. Samuel, born Jan. 25th, 1789, bap. May 3d, 1789, April 23d, 1822, No. (560.)
6. Amzi, born May 15th, 1791, bap. Aug. 7th, 1791, m. Jan. 10th, 1816, Susanna Hamblin ; he died Jan. 13th, 1863, aged 71}.
7. Hannah, born 1793, bap. June 2d, 1793, died unmarried, June 6th, 1835 aged 42.
8. Allen, born Sept. 15th, 1795, m. June 10th, 1819, Harriet E. Johnson ; second, Sarah Kilby ; third, Rhoda Deming.
9. Ethan, born March 25th, 1798, bap. Aug. 26th, 1798, m. Nov. 18th, 1828, Melissa Collins.
10. Henry, born Jan. 15th, 1801, bap. Aug. 2d, 1801, m. Jan. 30th, 1822, No. (498.)
196. "ISAAC ANDREWS," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, son of No. (53) and No. (54,) born Jan. 31st, 1757. He was a physician, located in Hart quarter, about thirty rods south-east of the residence of John Judd; the old road which ran past the house, closed up, and the house long since gone. He m. No. (298 ;) he died Jan. 11th, 1799, aged 42.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Isaac, jun., born bap. May 17th, 1795, died at New York.
2. Elizabeth, born May, 1797, died Aug. 24th, 1798, aged fifteen months.
3. Jesse, born bap. May 25th, 1800, died at Berlin, 1824, Oct. 8th, aged 25; his grave in cemetery south part Worthington.
197. "JOHN ANDREWS," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, a brother of No. (196;) was a physician ; taught school in early life; located near his father's ; house still owned and occupied by his son, Deacon Milton An- drews, on West Main street, one mile west of the village. He was a kind- hearted man, and a conscientious Christian. He married May 10th, 1792, No. (249,) who died Nov. 13th, 1797, when he married second, March 16th, 1800, No. (378.) He was of slender frame and constitution, yet lived to June 19th, 1839, when he died, aged 82.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Phebe Lewis, born Oct. 28th, 1797, bap. Feb. 4th, 1798, m. March 18th, 1823, Asa Cowdry, see No. (497.)
2. Milton, born Nov. 12th, 1801, bap. April 4th, 1802, m. May 3d, 1827, Charlotte Osgood.
3. John, born Oct. 10th, 1803, see No. (539.)
4. Abigail Bronson, born May 16th, 1806, bap. July 6th, 1806, see No. (532.)
5. Hiram, born April 7th, 1808, bap. June 26th, 1808, died Oct. 10th, 1815.
6. Caroline Porter, born Sept. 21st, 1812, bap. Oct. 25th, 1812, died Oct. 4th, 1819.
198. " AARON ROBERTS," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, son of Dr. Aaron and Hepzibah (Shepherd,) his wife, born April 20th, 1758, a twin with Molly, who died young, born at Middletown. He served his time at
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Rocky Hill, to learn his trade of joiner and cabinet making, He owned the farm (now, A. D. 1861,) belonging to and occupied by O. B. Bassett, Esq., and lived in the old house near, still standing, which he bought of Daniel Ames, a fellow-apprentice with him. He was a kind neighbor, a good citizen, a liberal man ; had no children. He married Feb. 17th, 1785, No. (220,) who died Feb. 18th, 1828, aged 70; he married second, May 20th, 1829, No. (292.) He gave thirty dollars towards our com- munion service, and was otherwise liberal in sustaining church and society. He died Sept. 27th, 1831, aged 73. His father and mother lie by his side in the old part of our cemetery.
199. "SELAH JUDD," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, son of_No. (43) and No. (44,) born July, 1763, m. No. (222;) he died 1788, aged 25.
200. "JOSIAH KILBOURN," to church about 1784, son of Josiah and Ruth, daughter of John Warner, of Wethersfield, his wife; born there, July 29th, 1730, came to New Britain with his parents in childhood, mar- ried May 3d, 1754, No. (78.) It appears from land records that he lived with his father, who built the house where Elijah Francis, sen. lived, and sold him the farm ; he, Josiah, jun., had after this a small hut where now Hiram Smith's barn stands. He then built the Slater house, near Dead Swamp, after owned by Joel Smith. He also built a house south-west of this, on the Brown place, near the line of the parish. His house was in the bounds of Farmington, and both their names appear on the church record there, at that date, about 1796. He was an honest, laborious man; raised a large family on small means. He lost his property in the war of the Revolution ; struggled hard to buffet the storms of adversity. He died 1812, at the alms-house in Berlin, aged 81.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Josiah, born Feb. 15th, 1756, bap. Feb. 22d, 1756, was in the army at 19, became a captain, m. Dec. 13th, 1780, Isabella Whaples, daughter of Daniel.
2. William, born Jan. 12th, 1758, by trade a clothier, married Sarah, daughter of Jedediah Sage.
3. Anna, born Dec. 24th, 1759, bap. Dec. 30th, 1759, m. No. (174.)
4. Eunice, born July 7th, 1762, died Aug. 28th, 1776, in her 15th year, of camp distemper.
5. Lemuel, born Oct. 7th, 1764, bap. Oct. 14th, 1764, m. Sarah Hastings, of Southington.
6. Urania, born Oct. 17th, 1767, m. Sylvester Higley ; second, Shubel Hoskins, Esq., of Simsbury.
7. James, born Oct. 19th, 1770, bap. Nov. 4th, 1770; learned the clothier's trade, and became an Episcopal minister, and a member of Congress from Ohio, from 1813 to 1817. He married Nov. 8th, 1789, Lucy Fitch, daughter of John, of steamboat celebrity. He became wealthy .; had the title of colonel, and in several respects the most distinguished man New Britain ever raised. He was self-made, having with the advice of his father left his home, Sept. 23d, 1786, to seek his fortune in the wide world. He had a second wife, Cynthia (Goodale,) married 1808 ; he died April 24th, 1850, aged 80, in Ohio.
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8. Azubah, born Nov. 16th, 1772, bap. Nov. 22d, 1772, died Aug. 17th, 1776, aged 4.
9. Deborah, born , died in infancy.
10. Amasa, born 1780, went to Vermont, thence to Lower Canada ; died 1805.
201. "HULDAH COUCH," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, sister of No. (336;) never married ; she was kind and inoffensive and useful. She died Feb. 15th, 1829, aged 78, daughter of Thomas, of Southington, and baptized there, April 14th, 1751.
202. "NAOMI BURRITT," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, daughter of Elihu, of Stratford, and Eunice (Wakeman,) his wife; she taught school several years before her marriage to Noah Stanley, as his third wife. She was social and intelligent, possessing a discriminating mind. Their home had been that of Deacon Noah Stanley, and (now, A. D. 1862,) is owned and occupied by their son, N. W. Stanley. She probably born 1761, at Strat- ford, and married in the fall of 1790, before Col. Lee. He was a light- horseman in the war of the Revolution ; became a substantial farmer ; a man of scrupulous honesty, and firm integrity. He died May 4th, 1829, aged 70; she died Jan. 12th, 1853, aged 92. Mr. Stanley had married Lucy Lewis, daughter of No. (88) and No. (111 ;) she died July 24th, 1784, aged 23. He married second, Oct. 26th, 1786, Experience, daugh- ter of Joshua Wells, of Wethersfield, and Experience (Dickinson,) his wife, born Aug. 14th, 1758 ; she died Aug. 9th, 1789, aged 31.
CHILD BY HIS FIRST WIFE.
1. Noah, born March 26th, 1782, died April 2d, 1782, aged eight days.
SECOND WIFE'S CHILDREN.
2. Lucy Lewis, born Sept., 1787, bap. March 4th, 1792, see No. (342.)
3. Pede Wells, born bap. March 4th, 1792, died March 9th, 1794.
THIRD WIFE'S CHILDREN.
4. Naomi Burritt, born Sept. 24th, 1791, bap. March 4th, 1792, see No. (810.)
5. Wakeman Norton, born March 9th, 1793, bap. June 2d, 1793, see No. (475.)
6. Noah Wells, born Nov. 19th, 1794, bap. May 24th, 1795, see No. (849.)
7. Jason, born Aug. 12th, 1796, bap. Nov. 13th, 1796, died Sept. 12th, 1803, aged seven years, one month.
8. Pede, 2d, born , died Aug. 23d, 1803, aged five years.
9. Horatio, born , bap. July 5th, 1801, died Aug. 19th, 1803, aged two years.
203. " ABIGAIL HART," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, daughter of No. (93) and No. (209,) born Oct. 27th, 1761, m. Feb. 15th, 1781, Jonathan Sey- mour, of Kensington, son of Eliakim and Susanna (Judd,) his wife, born Oct., 1757; was a blacksmith ; built the Saxy Hooker house, in Kensing- ton ; had his shop opposite. She was received to Kensington church May 5th, 1788, her husband uniting at the same date; they moved west, and she died Jan. 1st, 1833, aged 72, at Harford, Pa. He became a deacon at Otsego, where he located, and where he died July 26th, 1819. These are the grand-parents of Professor Tyler, of Amherst College. Jonathan
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Seymour was great-grand-son of Capt. Richard, of the Seymour Fort, in " Great Swamp."
204. "MARY ANN MATHER," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, daughter of No. (138) and No. (139,) m. Lebbeus Hungerford ; married second, Aug. 3d, 1807, David Hills, who had first married Aug. 28th, 1777, Anna, widow of John Hart, who died Oct. 30th, 1804. David Hills once owned the Lincoln house, where now, 1862, William Harlowe Eddy lives ; he then bought the " State house," so called, and last he lived and died at the old house of Chester Hart's ; all these in Hart quarter. Mrs. Mary Ann Hills was dismissed and recommended, March 3d, 1816, (record of Rev. N. Skinner ;) she went West to her friends. David Hills died June 3d, 1813, aged 65.
205. "SYLVIA FRANCIS," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, daughter of No. (91) and No. (92,) born Dec. 12th, 1763, bap. Dec. 18th, 1763, married Hull; he died, when she married second, Scovil ; she died 1847, at Charlotte Creek, New York, aged about 84.
206. "LUCY CARTER," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, daughter of Thaddeus, of Wallingford and Lucy (Andrus,) his wife, born 1768; she was given to Mrs. Mary Hall, who became the third wife of Col. Lee, and thus came to this place ; she married Solomon Smith, son of Elijah, sen. and Sarah (Grimes,) his wife, born Dec. 6th, 1767 ; learned the blacksmith trade of James North, Esq. ; they moved to Kensington, where she was received to that church, by letter from this, Jan., 1790; she died June 13th, 1831, aged 63, at Wallingford ; he died Sept. 1st, 1844, aged 76. Their mar- riage was solemnized by Col. Lee.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Laura, born April 17th, 1790, bap. Aug. 8th, 1790, at Kensington, m. Erastus P. Parmelee, Broadalbin, N. Y.
2. Amos Hall, born April 11th, 1792, bap. June 11th, 1792, at Kensington, m. Philena Benham.
3. Solomon, born Sept. 26th, 1794, bap. Nov. 2d, 1794, at Kensington, m. Sarah R. Ryan, of Woodbury, Conn.
4. Mary Johnson, born Oct. 11th, 1796, bap. Nov., 1796, at Kensington, married Dec. 22d, 1824, Chauncey Clark.
5. Willis, born July 13th, 1798, m. Olive Smith.
207. " Wife of Joseph Mather," to church Dec. 5th, 1784, daughter of Elihu Burritt, of Stratford, and Eunice (Wakeman,) his wife, born 1750, name, Polly ; she married at sixteen, No. (217.) A woman of exemplary life and Christian deportment. She died Nov. 3d, 1823, aged 70; sister of N. W. Stanley's mother.
208. "BILLY HART," so the record, meaning William, (ED.) to church Dec. 5th, 1784, son of No. (93) and No. (209,) born 1772, bap. March 16th, 1772, graduated at Yale, 1792, m. 1798, Hannah Bridge Campe, at Shoreditch church, Wapping, London, England ; she born 1765, at Lon-
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don. He prepared for college with Dr. Smalley ; licensed to preach the gospel by Hartford South Association, at Southington, June 3d, 1800. His wife died April 30th, 1817, aged 52, at Hartford, Conn. It will be observed that he was but twelve years old when received to church, very young for that period, and for the usages of that age. He was of feeble health and constitution ; of the kindest disposition ; maintained a devoted Christian life. He preached only occasionally ; not settled. He had a second wife, Widow Joanna Hand, (alias) Joanna Meigs, sister of Return J. Meigs, at Madison, Conn. He died Aug. 2d, 1836, aged 64, at Can- dor, N. Y., with his son, Jonathan.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Hannah Bridge, born Feb. 11th, 1799, m. March 25th, 1818, Henry M. Pratt ; she died Aug. 15th, 1823, at Marietta, Ohio.
2. Jonathan Bird, born Aug. 25th, 1800, m. March, 1823, Elvira Humiston, of Plymouth.
3. Mehitabel, born Jan. 11th, 1806, at Middletown, Conn., m. March 20th, 1844, Peter J. Krom, of Candor, N. Y., and lives there, 1862, near her brother, Jonathan.
209. " Wife of Thomas Hart," to church Jan. 9th, 1785 ; her maiden name, Mehitabel Bird, daughter of Jonathan, sen. and Hannah (Thomp- son,) his wife, born July 15th, 1738, m. Feb. 2d, 1758, No. (93.) She was well adapted to the age in which she lived; industrious, economical, and self-sacrificing, Christian habits and deportment; she died March 18th, 1825, aged 87. She was a sister of Jonathan Bird, M. D., and who was also a minister of the gospel; she was likewise sister of " Zurviah," who married Daniel Whaples, and late in life known familiarly as " Aunt Viah," and lived in the old school-house she bought and moved from oppo- site the present William Woodruff house, to near the barn of O. C. Stan- ley. Her correct name, Zeruiah. She was born March 30th, 1734, at Farmington ; died at the house of Joseph Mather, May 4th, 1818, aged 84.
210. "JOSEPH HART," to church Jan. 9th, 1785, son of No. (49) and No. (50,) born May 17th, 1750, married Nov. 5th, 1772, Huldah Smith, daughter of Jedediah, and Susanna (Cogswell,) his wife, born Jan. 4th, 1749. He built in Hart quarter, next north of his father, the same house now owned and occupied by Edwin Francis, which he sold to Oliver Gridley, and moved to New Durham, N. Y.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Joseph, jun., born , bap. Sept. 11th, 1785, m. Sept. 7th, 1800, Lydia North, of Jedediah.
2. Luther, born , bap. Sept. 11th, 1785.
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