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239. " Wife of Oliver Gridley," to church March 25th, 1792; she was daughter of No. (69) and No. (28,) born 1757; her maiden name, Mar- tha Goodrich ; was dismissed with her husband to church at Bristol, and died there, Feb. 11th, 1820, aged 63.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Alva, born Sept. 18th, 1783, bap. July 22d, 1792, m. Oct. 29th, 1814, Clarissa Goodrich, of Kensington.
2: Laura, born Oct. 25th, 1787, bap. July 22d, 1792 ; she died Feb. 16th, 1849, aged 62.
3. Huldah, born Jan. 17th, 1790, bap. July 22d, 1792, died Dec. 8th, 1808, aged 19.
4. Lucy, born April 10th, 1794, bap. April 25th, 1794 ; living, 1863, in Bristol.
5. Cyrus, born Oct. 25th, 1797, m. Mary, daughter of Samuel Root, of Plainville ; lives in Ohio.
240. "SOLOMON CHURCHILL," to church March 25th, 1792, son of No. (104) and No. (105,) born April 24th, 1767, bap. June 28th, 1767, m. Dec. 30th, 1790, No. (241;) had a twin sister, Sarah. He turned his hand to various employments, and lived in various localities ; raised a large family on small means. Late in life united with the Episcopal church. He died April 27th, 1841, aged 81.
241. " Wife of Solomon Churchill," to church March 25th, 1792; her maiden name, Selina Hart, daughter of No. (52) and Sarah Gilbert, his wife, born Aug. 30th, 1770; she died Nov. 22d, 1845, aged 75.
THE CHILDREN.
1. Solomon, jun., born Oct. 20th, 1791, bap. April 8th, 1792, m. Dec. 1st, 1812, No. (388.).
2. Amzi, born Dec. 11th, 1793, bap. Feb. 2d, 1794, m. Maria White, of Long Island.
3. Prudentia, born 1795, bap. May 15th, 1796, died Sept. 24th, 1798, aged three.
4. Cyrus, born Dec. 15th, 1797, bap. April 1st, 1798, m. Clarissa Bradley, of Guilford.
5. Infant, born 1799, bap. Selina Hart, died Nov. 17th, 1799.
6. Selina Hart, born March 5th, 1801, bap. May 31st, 1801, m. Andrew Rapelye.
7. Prudentia, 2d, born July 15th, 1804, bap. Oct. 6th, 1805, m. 1820, Albert Webster.
8. Louisa, born Nov. 20th, 1807, bap. Nov. 31st, 1807, died Jan. 5th, 1808, aged 1.
9. Louisa, 2d, born Feb. 8th, 1809, bap. April 30th, 1809, m. 1833, Ebenezer Evans ; she died Dec. 18th, 1862.
10 Jane Bushnel, born May 20th, 1810, m. Ebenezer Evans, of Southington ; she died Sept. 11th, 1866, aged 56.
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11. John, born Aug. 10th, 1813, m. Emeline Cleavland ; married second, Lucy French, and has one son, Henry Hart, born Jan. 22d, 1834 ; he is living, 1863, in New Hartford.
242. " ANNA, wife of Seth Lusk," to church April 7th, 1793, daughter of No. (65) and No. (66,) m. Sept. 6th, 1781 ; he son of David and Pru- dence (Hurlburt,) his wife, bap. Sept. 6th, 1755, at Newington ; lived at the "old Lusk house," (half of which, with twenty acres of land, was given him, 1788, by his father,) back of " Dublin Hill," on the Farmington road ; he was a farmer ; a large man ; he died Sept. 19th, 1823, aged 68; she died Jan. 28th, 1822, aged 68.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Nancy, born 1783, bap. June 2d, 1793, m. Sept. 27th, 1799, No. (348.)
2. Adna, born , bap. June 2d, 1793, unmarried ; subject to fits ; died May 10th, 1826, aged 43.
3. Seth, jun., born April 6th, 1786, bap. June 2d, 1793, m. July 6th, 1806, Roxy Recor, of Michael; he died Jan. 3d, 1857, in New York; his widow lives, 1862, at McCornel's Grove, Illinois.
243. " HULDAH, wife of Bethel Hart," to church April 7th, 1793, daughter of Ebenezer Steele and No. (148,) his wife, born 1768, see No. (183 .; ) she baptized Jan. 3d, 1768, in Kensington ; she died Sept. 28th, 1810, aged 44.
244. "REUBEN WRIGHT," to church May 26th, 1793, son of Judah and his wife, Mary (Judd,) bap. July 9th, 1749, at Newington. He a carpenter and joiner; learned of his father; married March 12th, 1780, Martha Gridley, daughter of Ebenezer, of Kensington and Farmington Plains, and Zubah Orvice, his wife; she born April 10th, 1756. He 'built on the Farmington road, north of " Half-way," or "Osgood Hill;" his house burned in the fall of 1790, when he built again. His joiner shop stood opposite his house, and has been moved east to the next corner, and is the house of Philip Recor. Mr. Wright moved west, to Redfield, Oneida county, New York, with his family, in 1803; he died April 17th, 1841, aged 93.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Gad, born Sept. 30th, 1780, bap. July 7th, 1793, died in Virginia.
2. Martin, born Sept. 5th, 1782, bap. July 7th, 1793, m. Feb. 22d, 1812, Mary Tryon ; he died Sept. 23d, 1865, aged 83.
3. Reuben, jun., born Nov. 17th, 1784, bap. July 7th, 1793, m. March 10th, 1811, Betsey Seymour.
4. Hannah, born Jan. 23d, 1787, bap. July 7th, 1793, m. Henry Brooks, Jan. 25th, 1807.
5. Lois, born July 28th, 1789, bap. July 7th, 1793, m, Feb. 5th, 1812, Michael Hinman.
6. James, born Oct. 25th, 1791, bap. July 7th, 1793, m. Jan. 16th, 1823, Julia Strong.
7. Mary, born Feb. 13th, 1794, bap. April 6th, 1794, m. April 28th, 1819, James Bacon ; she died July 29th, 1864, aged 70.
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8. Nancy, born April 21st, 1796, bap. May 22d, 1796, died Aug. 22d, 1839, un- married.
9. John, born , married, and now, 1865, living in DeSoto, Kansas.
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245. "ELIJAH ANDRUS," to church May 26th, 1793, son of Elijah, of Newington, and his wife, Phebe (Hurlburt,) born Oct. 16th, 1752, married March 2d, 1775, No. (252;) he a shoe maker and tanner; learned his trade of No. (113;) lived on the road from Stanley quarter school-house, west to Farmington road. He was a man greatly beloved for his kind and courteous disposition ; is well remembered for his piety ; he died Nov. 24th, 1839, aged 87.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Truman, born Jan. 23d, 1776, bap. July 7th, 1793, m. Feb. 16th, 1796, No. (265.)
2. Ebenezer, born Dec. 24th, 1778, bap. July 7th, 1793, m. Oct. 26th, 1800, Mary Griswold.
3. Josiah, born June 29th, 1781.
4. Phebe Hurlburt, born June 17th, 1783, bap. July 7th, 1793, m. Sept, Ist, 1822, Harvey Curtiss.
5. Ira, born Dec. 8th, 1785, bap. July 7th. 1793, m. May 28th, 1807, Amy Steele, No. (642.)
6. Rachel, born Feb. 6th, 1789, bap. July 7th, 1793, see No. (344.)
7. Azuba Orvice, born March 20th, 1791, bap. July 7th, 1793, m. May 10th, 1815, Otis Robinson.
8. Dinah, born Aug. 21st, 1793, bap. Oct. 6th, 1793 ; is deaf and unmarried.
9. Abi, born Aug. 28th, 1795, bap. Sept. 1st, 1795 ; is blind and nearly deaf.
10. Benjamin, born Jan. 8th, 1799, bap. June 16th, 1799, m. June 16th, 1823, Sallie Innis, of Philadelphia.
246. " BECCARENA, wife of William Steele," to church May 26th, 1793, daughter of No. (116) and No. (117,) born May 9th, 1763, at New Haven, and the town record has her name Rebecca Rena, married Oct. 26th, 1780. He was son of Ebenezer, sen. and his wife, No. (148,) born 1757 ; he lived in part of his father's house, made up of the old school- house of the North-west district, which he bought. He was in the war of the Revolution, and a noted fifer; was a short thick set man; he died March 28th, 1825, aged 68; she died April 26th, 1838, aged 75; she was baptized in New Haven, May 9th, 1763, and is called on their church record Rebecca Rhena.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Lydia, born , bap. July 7th, 1793, m. July 12th, 1801, Elisha Vaughn.
2. Billy, born July 8th, 1787, bap. July 7th, 1793, m. Esther Judd.
3. Samuel, born , bap. July 7th, 1793.
4. Rena, born Feb. 2d, 1794, bap. May, 1794, m. Sept. 25th, 1814, Moses Gilbert, see No. (751.)
5. Cynthia, born April 8th, 1796, bap. May 22d, 1796, m. Aug. 24th, 1818, No. (646.)
6. ) "Jemmy,"
& twins. born , bap. May 19th, 1799, m. Dec. 2d, 1819, Rosetta Hunter ; he died Jan. 31st, 1849, aged 50. born , bap. May 19th, 1799, m. Nov. 4th, 1819, No.
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8. John, born Feb. 13th, 1801, bap. May 17th, 1801, m. Dec. 2d, 1822, No. (571.)
9. Jefferson, born , bap. March 1st, 1804, m. Feb. 16th, 1823, Betsey Goff.
10. Henry, born April 5th, 1806, bap. June 15th, 1806, m. Nov. 19th, 1827, No. (528 )
247. " AARON HART," to church May 26th, 1793, son of No. (52) and his wife, Sarah Gilbert, born Oct. 16th, 1761, m. March 4th, 1790, No. (248 ;) was a captain and a farmer ; inherited the old home of his father, in the south-west corner of the parish, (now, A. D. 1861,) owned and occupied by his son, Horace, but 1862, owned and occupied by Levi O. Smith. He was a large, portly man, of stern virtue and integrity. He made weaver's reeds, with tools used by his father, and inherited by him from his grandfather, Deacon Thomas Hart, of the " Great Swamp" Soci- ety. The will or deed conveying the tools, is dated March 14th, 1760, by which he gives them to his grand-son, Elijah Hart, jun.
248. " Wife of Aaron Hart," to church May 26th, 1793; maiden name, Sarah Francis, daughter of Josiah Francis, of Newington, and his wife, Milly (Stoddard,) born April 6th, 1769 ; possessed a social, genial spirit, active and quick, even in old age; she died Jan. 1st, 1847, aged 78 ; he died July 2d, 1829, aged 68.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Francis, born Dec. 18th, 1791, bap. June 23d, 1793, married Dec. 30th, 1812, No. (343.)
2. Chester, born Feb. 7th, 1793, bap. June 23d, 1793, m. No. (489,) and married second, No. (490.)
3. Sarah, born 1798, bap. April 29th, 1798, died June 24th, 1814, aged 16.
4. Anson, born , bap. Aug. 24th, 1800, died May 13th, 1850, aged 50, un- married.
5. Betsey, born 1795, bap. Oct. 18th, 1795, died Sept. 5th, 1798, aged three years and a few days.
6. Betsey, 2d, born Feb. 26th, 1803, bap. June 12th, 1803, m. April 10th, 1822, No. (674.)
7. Aaron, jun., born Nov. 25th, 1805, bap. April 20th, 1806, m. Nov. 27th, 1827, No. (532.)
8. Horace, born July 29th, 1808, m. Dec. 2d, 1831, Harriet J. Church, daughter of James, of Haddam.
9. Walter, born , by trade a silver-plater; died Sept. 10th, 1847, aged 40, unmarried.
249. "PHEBE, wife of John Andrus," to church May 26th, 1793, daughter of No. (88) and No. (111,) born , bap. May 15th, 1768, m. May 10th, 1792, No. (197,) died Nov. 13th, 1797, aged 29.
250. " Wife of Nathaniel Andrus," to church May 26th, 1793 ; maiden name, Jerusha Sage, daughter of Deacon Jedediah, of Berlin, and Sarah (Marcy,) his wife, born Aug. 15th, 1771; was his second wife, his first being No. (184;) his widow, Jerusha, died Dec. 9th, 1857, at Flint, Mich- igan, aged 86.
251. "NATHANIEL ANDRUS," to church June 23d, 1793, son of. No.
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(53) and No. (54,) born Oct. 15th, 1762, m. 1786, No. (184;) married second, Oct. 3d, 1790, No. (250;) he was a farmer; was in the army of the Revolution, at the age of sixteen years ; was above . common height, well-proportioned, of kind and conciliatory spirit, greatly beloved and re- spected. He lived with his father, in the same house, still, (A. D. 1867,) standing, when about A. D. 1805, and after the decease of his parents, who were very aged, he moved with his family to Whitestown, N. Y .; he died Aug. 27th, 1845, at Flint, Michigan, aged 83.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. . Polly, born Jan. 13th, 1787, bap. April 15th, 1787, m. 1820, Ambrose Cone, and died A. D. 1848.
2. Orpha Sage, born Aug. 12th, 1791, bap. June 30th, 1793, married Major James Delibar, 1813.
3. George, born Dec. 2d, 1793, bap. Feb. 2d, 1794, m. 1817, Polly Walker, and lives, A. D. 1863, in Troy.
4. Philip, born March 16th, 1796, bap. May 8th, 1796 ; is a machinist, in Chemung, Michigan.
5. Clarissa Sage, born Feb. 5th, 1798, bap. April 15th, 1798, unmarried, died Oct. 24th, 1828.
6. Samuel, born July 21st, 1800, bap. March 16th, 1800; lives in West Bloom- field, Michigan.
7. Sarah Marcy, born Feb. 11th, 1802, bap. April 25th, 1802, m. 1820, John Beebe.
8. Lydia Root, born March 8th, 1804, bap. April 15th, 1804, m. 1824, Rev. Charles G. Finney, of Oberlin.
9. Mary Ann, born March 21st, 1806, m. Thomas Beebe, 1826; she died Oct. 24th, 1829.
10. Edward W., born Oct. 29th, 1808 ; a gunsmith by trade and occupation ; lives in Oberlin, Ohio ; married Margaret McMillen ; married second, Delia
252. " RACHEL, wife of Elijah Andrus," to church June 23d, 1793, daughter of Ebenezer Gridley, of Kensington and Farmington Plains, and his wife, Azuba Orvice, born Nov. 10th, 1753, m. March 2d, 1775, No. (245 ;) she died Oct. 20th, 1836, aged 83.
253. "ISAAC GOODRICH," to church July 14th, 1793, son of Asahel and Abigail (Gilbert,) his wife, born Feb. 2d, 1765, bap. April 21st, 1765, in Kensington ; he was a blacksmith ; married March 14th, 1790, Polly Wright; she died March 24th, 1793, aged 26, when he married second, Aug. 29th, 1793, No. (226.) He first established his business in Hart quarter, District No. 4, near the school-house, but when the shop of Elijah Hinsdale was left vacant by his death, he moved there ; after a few years he built a new house and shop on Horse Plain, and subsequently went to Avon, and last to Nelson, New York. He died April 19th, 1847, at Georgetown, Madison county, New York. IIe united with the Baptists, and became a preacher in that denomination, in the later years of life; he is spoken of as a conscientious, good man.
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THEIR CHILDREN.
1. James, born April 20th, 1791, died May 10th, 1791, aged twenty days.
2. Polly, born April 12th, 1792, died , aged three hours.
3. Polly, born Aug. 28th, 1795, bap. Aug. 30th, 1795, m. May 17th, 1817, Deacon Anson Chidsey, of A von.
4. Laura, born May 8th, 1796, bap. Oct. 2d, 1796, m. June 8th, 1813, Anson Kellogg.
5. Betsey, born Sept. 21st, 1798, bap. April 7th, 1799.
254. "ELIZABETH, wife of Sage Churchill," to church Aug. 4th, 1793, daughter of No. (138) and No. (139,) born Nov. 20th, 1767, m. No. (257;) she married second,
255. " DAVID CLARK," to church Feb. 5th, 1759, bap. same time; his name not on list of members, but is on list of baptisms, as an adult, with two of his sons, as his children. He is out of chronologic order from the fact that proof of his membership did not appear until this work had thus far progressed. He son of ., born , married Christian ; she died July 30th, 1766, when he married second, March 8th, 1770, Lois Andrus, of Wethersfield.
HIS CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE.
1. Martha, born Feb. 27th, 1746.
2. David, born , bap. Feb. 5th, 1759.
3. Bildad, born , bap. Feb. 5th, 1759.
4. Huldah, born , bap. March 18th, 1759.
5. Christian, born , bap. Sept. 13th, 1761.
256. "Widow WRIGHT," to church Sept. 3d, 1793 ; her maiden name, (probably,) Keziah Loveland, when married, Aug. 15th, 1770, to “ Mas- ter Judah Wright ;" she was the widow of Joseph Crofoot, of Kensington; she died March 20th, 1806, aged 72; she was his second wife, the first probably, Mary Judd, of Northampton, Mass., who was the mother of his children. He lived where his son, Reuben, built, north of Half-way Hill. A. D. 1775, his taxable estate was £30 15s. In 1752, he bought of Thomas Stanley, at Half-way Hill, a pitch of eight acres, called the "Flagg Swamp," and lies south-west of the house. He was probably son of Judah and Mary Hoyt, his wife, of Deerfield, married April 4th, 1707.
CHILDREN OF JUDAH WRIGHT AND HIS FIRST WIFE, MARY JUDD.
1. Daniel, born , died in the old French war.
2. Amos, born 25th, see No. (XV.)
3. Simeon, born , m. March 25th, 1766, Ann Whaples, of Newington.
4. Joseph, born Oct. 11th, 1741, see No. (133.)
5. Lois, born Sept. 17th, 1744.
6. Reuben, born , bap. July 9th, 1749, see No. (244.)
7. Asahel, born , bap. Sept. 22d, 1751, at Newington.
257. "SAGE CHURCHILL," to church Sept. 3d, 1793, son of No. (104) and No. (105,) born Dec. 13th, 1763, m. No. (254.) He when a lad,
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carelessly killed the only daughter of Joseph Wright, with a gun ; she a school-girl. He died Feb. 27th, 1813, aged 50, at Lake Champlain ; she married second,
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Aaron, born , bap. Oct. 6th, 1793.
2. Bushnel, born , bap. Oct. 6th, 1793.
3. Betsey, born , bap. Oct. 6th, 1793.
4. Roxan, born , bap. Oct. 6th, 1793.
258. " LOIS, wife of Zenas Goodrich," to church Sept. 3d, 1793, daugh- ter of Peat. Galpin, of Berlin, and his wife, Lois (Beckley,) born Dec. 10th, 1758, bap. Dec. 10th, 1758, at Kensington. He was son of John and Hannah (Dewy,) his wife, born Nov. 6th, 1763, bap. Nov. 13th, 1763, in Kensington ; was a blacksmith ; learned of his father; lived and had his shop on the corner west of John Ellis' house; he and family moved to New Durham, New York.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Salome, born , bap. Oct. 27th, 1793.
2. Chauncey, born , bap. Oct. 27th, 1793.
3. Billy, born , bap. Oct. 27th, 1793.
4. Hannah, born , bap. Oct. 27th, 1793.
5. Lois, born , bap. Oct. 27th, 1793.
259. " ASHER NORTH," to church Dec. 1st, 1793, son of James, sen. and Sarah (Seymour,) his wife, born 1741, m. April 29th, 1773, No. (260.) He was brother of No. (149;) was a very small man, but active and quick ; lived west of "Clark Hill," hence " Asher' corner," to this day ; lived in various localities ; raised a large family on small means. He died Feb. 29th, 1816, aged 75. Was a light-horseman in the Revo- lutionary war.
260. "Wife of Asher North," to church Dec. 1st, 1793; her maiden name, Betsey Foster, probably of Kensington ; the Widow Betsey North was by letter dismissed and recommended Sept. 12th, 1819.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Samuel, born
, went south.
2. Thomas, born , bap. June 8th, 1788, on account of Thomas Hart; was a mariner, in New York.
3. Asher, born , bap. June 8th, 1788, on account of Daniel Ames ; lived in New York.
4. Betsey, born , bap. June 8th, 1788, on account of Elijah Hart, jun., married Samuel Carter.
5. Edward, born ; a mariner, died at sea.
6. Mary, born Jan. 6th, 1785, m. July 10th, 1804, Elisha Stone ; married second, David Buel.
7. Sally, born July 29th, 1787, m. Ira Buel, of Litchfield, see No. (1427.)
8. James, born , died at Harwinton.
They had a child buried in Beckley quarter, Dec. 5th, 1773, (the eldest, probably,) and not embraced in this list.
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261. "FANNY, wife of Nathan Booth," to church Dec. 1st, 1793, daugh- ter of No. (8) and No. (9,) born March 3d, 1753, m. June 24th, 1773 ; she died Sept. 14th, '1828, aged 74, at Springfield, Mass., and buried there. He was son of No. (65) and No. (66,) born March 1st, 1749 ; he owned and occupied the Joseph Shipman place, on Stanley street, in Ship- man district, and sold it to Mr. Shipman, when he moved to Granville, Mass., where he died Feb. 19th, 1825, aged 76.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Sylvester, born , bap. April 6th, 1794, married a widow in Canada.
2. Fanny, born Dec. 27th, 1776, bap. April 6th, 1794, m. May 10th, 1797, Oliver Stanley, of Timothy.
3. Nathan, jun., born May 3d, 1782, bap. April 6th, 1794, m. April 5th, 1805, Ruth Bates, of David.
4. Horace, born , bap. April 6th, 1794, m. Martha Lewis ; he died, aged 24, in Cherry Valley, N. Y.
5. Aziel, born , bap. April 6th, 1794; never married ; died at New Britain, April 9th, 1853, aged 68.
6. Mehitabel, born Jan. 13th, 1790, bap. April 6th, 1794, m. Benjamin P. Stiles.
7. Elisha Smith, born June 8th, 1794, bap. Aug. 17th, 1794, m. No. (648.)
8. Jeptha, born , bap. April 7th, 1799, married in the State of New York ; lived and died there.
262. " POLLY OSGOOD," to church July 6th, 1794, daughter of Jere- miah H. Osgood, and Lucy (Churchill,) his wife, born June 5th, 1776; she married Josiah Beeman, of Fairfax, Vermont.
263. Widow SARAH FLAGG," to church about 1794; her name not on Dr. Smalley's list of members, but on the Deacon's tax-list, for the supply of the table, (as was the case with several other known members.) She was born at Cheshire, 1724; married June 3d, 1744, Joseph Bill, who by a former wife had a son, Joseph; Joseph Bill and Sarah Clark had a daughter, Mollee, born Nov. 27th, 1747, when the father died, and Sarah, the widow, married July 4th, 1754, Abijah Flagg, from Sudbury, Mass., (who had a former wife, Mary Stone, by whom he had Eunice.) Abijah and Sarah, his wife, lived in Bristol, where she owned the covenant. She was received to Kensington church from Bristol, Sept. 7th, 1766; from Kensington to West Hartford, Jan. 7th, 1781 ; from there, here, as above. She died Jan. 15th, 1812, aged 88 years, at the house of Josiah Andrews, on Horse Plain.
CHILDREN OF ABIJAH AND SARAH FLAGG.
1. Abijah, jun., born May 5th, 1755, at Bristol; learned tanner's trade ; married Feb. 7th, 1782, Thankful Seymour; he married second, Thankful Woodhouse ; he died Nov. 22d, 1842.
2. Abigail, born 1757, m. March 18th, 1784, Josiah Andrews, see No. (329.)
3. Solomon, born 1758, m. Olive, daughter of Zachariah Hart and Abigail Beck- ley, his wife.
4. Dimond, born July 16th, 1761, m. Sarah Carrington, of Southington ; was a clothier ; raised a large family in Cheshire, and died there, June 22d, 1797, aged 36.
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5. Sarah, born , bap. Sept. 7th, 1766, at Kensington, married Joseph Bill, son of Joseph.
6. Martha, born , bap. Sept. 7th, 1766, at Kensington, married Asahel Hol- comb, of East Granby.
7. Allen, born Jan. 5th, 1771, bap. April 29th, 1771, at Kensington, married Jemima Bidwell ; married second, Sally Taylor. He made spinning-wheels in Berlin.
264. " ABIGAIL WOODS," to church July 27th, 1794, daughter of No. (87,) and her husband, John Woods. She was brought up at Ensign Levi Andrews, and she married Benoni Johnson, of Harwinton ; she died 1848, aged 82.
265. "LUCY STEELE," to church July 31st, 1794, and baptized an adult same time, daughter of Ebenezer and Lucy (Wright,) his wife, born March 3d, 1776, m. Feb. 16th, 1796, Truman Andrus, son of Elijah ; she died Dec. 19th, 1820, aged 45. He lived in the old home of his father, see No. (245.) He died June 18th, 1849, aged 73. He had a second wife, married Feb. 17th, 1822, Sally Barnes, by whom he had Benjamin.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Elijah, born Feb. 9th, 1797, bap. May 28th, 1797, m. Oct. 1st, 1817, Nancy Bronson ; he died 1843.
2. Miran, born Jan. 18th, 1799, m. Lois Barnes ; he died April 30th, 1845, aged 46.
3. Amzi, born Dec. 15th, 1800, bap. May 17th, 1801 ; lives in Chester, Randolph county, Illinois.
4. Curtiss, born May 16th, 1803, m. Almira Barnes, see No. (581.)
5. Keziah, born Dec. 6th, 1805, m. May 5th, 1825, Lyman Booth, see No. (555.)
6. Lucy Maria, born Aug. 29th, 1808, bap. Aug. 13th, 1809, m. March 8th, 1830, William Rugg, of Matthew.
7. Dinah, born Dec. 20th, 1810, bap. June 2d, 1811, m. Henry Dunbar.
8. Almira, born Feb. 22d, 1813, bap. March 5th, 1813, died March 7th, 1813.
9. Truman Erastus, born Aug. 18th, 1814, bap. June 18th, 1814, m. Aug. 19th, 1839, Mary Montroy.
SECOND WIFE'S CHILD.
10. Benjamin, born Nov. Ist, 1822.
266. " PHEBE, wife of Samuel Gladden," to church Aug. 31st, 1794, daughter of No. (116) and No. (117,) baptized Aug. 19th, 1772, m. He son of Azariah and Anna (Hudson,) of Saybrook, his wife. They lived on the road leading to the mountain, from near the school-house, in District No. 4, or South-west. He was a stout, heavy-built man, a farmer by occupation, but was cut down suddenly by spotted fever, an epidemic fatal to many of our people that year. He died Aug. 14th, 1823, aged 56. His widow married second, Oct. 24th, 1824, Roger Hart, her next neighbor. He was son of No. (101) and his wife, Anna (Deming.) born 1765, married Sibil Robinson, daughter of John, of Middletown, and Mary (Strickland,) his wife; she baptized Dec. 18th, 1763 ; died Jan. 15th, 1817, aged 53, when he married second, the widow of Joel Tryon ; (her maiden name, Lavinia Frisbee ;) she died Nov. 22d, 1822, when he mar-
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FIRST CHURCH
ried third, Oct. 24th, 1824, No. (266 ;) he died July 31st, 1828, aged 63. Mr. Hart inherited a large farm from his father, but by mismanagement it wasted away soon after his first marriage, when his friends helped him move a small house from "Strip Lane," which is the one now, 1862, occu- pied by Solomon Hamblin. He raised a large family to respectability on small means, by industry and economy.
HIS CHILDREN BY HIS FIRST WIFE, SIBIL.
1. Azuba, born July 7th, 1789, m. Allen Goodrich, of Farmington, son of Elias, Dec. 13th, 1807.
2. Betsey, born Sept. 17th, 1791, see No. (432.)
3. Polly, born June 5th, 1793, m. Nov. 27th, 1828, George Cook, son of John and his wife, Lucina (Lewis.)
4. Chauncey, born Oct. 5th, 1795, m. May 3d, 1821, Polly Markum, of Kensing- ton ; he a carriage-maker.
5. John, born March, 1798, m. Polly Stephens, of New Haven; he a cabinet-maker.
6. Ann, born Sept. 6th, 1800, m. Curtiss M. Doolittle, of New Haven, an engraver.
7. Roswell, born Sept. Ist, 1802, m. Feb. 13th, 1826, Eliza, daughter of Ebenezer Steele, jun. ; she born 1802. [Roswell Hart learned the trade of harness-maker, of A. Bodwell, of Farmington, and lives now, 1862, in Plymouth, Michigan.]
8. William, born Oct. 14th, 1805, m. Sarah, daughter of Theodore Barnes ; mar- ried second, Sept. 19th, 1859, Widow Harriet Dagget.
CHILD OF ROGER HART AND HIS SECOND WIFE, LAVINIA.
9. Levi, born , went to Illinois.
HER CHILDREN BY HER FIRST HUSBAND.
1. Anna, born , bap. Sept. 21st, 1794, m. Jamin Goodrich.
2. Phebe, born , bap. June 18th, 1795.
3. Samuel, born , bap. April 11th, 1798, died May, 1798.
4. Leva, born , bap. July 11th, 1802.
5. Samuel Hudson, born , bap. July 23d, 1809, died Sept. 23d, 1810, aged 2.
6. Riley Ward, born , bap. May 10th, 1812.
267. "ELIZABETH, wife of Reuben Wright," to church Sept. 28th, 1794, see No. (244,) for her husband and family.
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