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268. " SARAH, wife of Lewis Seymour," to church Nov. 16th, 1794, daughter of Ebenezer Steele, senior, and No. (148,) born March 26th, 1750, married first, Ezra Belden; she married second, Sept. 1st, 1788, as above; he was a Frenchman, taken prisoner of war, with Michael DeRecor, and while held as such in Hartford, Mr. Gideon Griswold, one of the principal farmers then of this place, paid some debts they had con- tracted, and brought them home with him. They both made industrious citizens. She and her first husband lived in Rocky Hill, but for some cause unknown to us, he left and went to New York State, where he died, when she returned to her father's home. She had one son, "John Bel- den," but no child by Seymour. He, Seymour, died Sept. 6th, 1810, aged 60.
269. " ELIZABETH, wife of Azariah Gladden," to church Nov. 16th, 1794; her maiden name, Alderman, of Simsbury, married March 25th,
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1792, before Dr. Smalley, No. (219 ;) she dismissed and recommended to Kensington church, July, 1796.
270. " ASENATH BASS," to church Nov. 16th, 1794, daughter of No. (153,) bap. Aug. 2d, 1778, m. Nov. 29th, 1798, Charles Eddy, son of Charles and Hannah (Kelsey,) his wife, born March 26th, 1773; he lived in the house on West Main street, owned (now, 1866,) by Mrs. Tolles, which was built by Elijah Dickinson. Mr. Eddy was a stout, tall and athletic man ; he died Sept. 1st, 1826, aged 53, when she married second, Jan. 1st, 1850, James Fortune, of Wethersfield; she died April 8th, 1852, aged 74, and he died Aug. 8th, 1855. She was a devout woman.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Rebecca Bass, born Oct. 3d, 1799, bap. Nov. 17th, 1799, m. June 28th, 1825, Albert Norton, of Kensington.
2. Emeline, born Feb. 22d, 1802, bap. April 25th, 1802, m. Oct. 12th, Ralph S. Cornwell ; married second,
3. William Harlowe, born Feb. 4th, 1805, bap. May 19th, 1805, m. Sept. 23d, 1827, Mary Dobson, of John.
4. Levi, born June 9th, 1809, bap. Aug. 20th, 1809, died Oct. 3d, 1828, aged 19.
5. Caroline, born Aug. 30th, 1811, bap. Oct. 27th, 1811, m. James H. Webb.
6. Samuel Henry, born July 15th, 1815, bap. Oct. 15th, 1815, died May 7th, 1828, aged 13.
271. " ELIZABETH, wife of Andrew Pratt," to church April 29th, 1795, daughter of Daniel Whaples' former wife, (Mrs. Mary Hunn,) was bapti- zed on admission to church ; had her two children, Lydia and Daniel, bap- tized May 4th, 1795, and she died on the 15th of the same month. Her step-father owned and occupied the Pratt, alias Patterson farm. She married June 1st, 1787, No. (345.) She inherited one-half of her step- father's estate, by will made Aug. 30th, 1780, and her sister, Isabel, who married Josiah Kilborn, jun., the other half, abating the use of one-third, (alias the jointure,) Mr. Daniel Whaples made, with his last wife, viz. Zeruiah (Bird,) before marriage, and one-third part* he gave Mary, the wife of Timothy Lee, and daughter of Widow Mary Hunn, deceased. His estate amounted to £889 14s. 2d. He says these heirs by his will were called Elizabeth (alias) Betty Whaples and Isabel Whaples, and that they were daughters of Mrs. Mary Hunn, alias Widow Mary Hunn, deceased, and in this will he says, Betty was the youngest daughter of Mrs. Mary Hunn ; the executors to the will were Col. Gad Stanley and Lieut. Elijah Francis ; the distributors were Isaac Lee, Lemuel Hotch- kiss, and Levi Andrus; they set to Betty, the Ruth lot, the Green Swamp lot, the north dwelling-house and the barn, and made her to share equally with Isabel, in the rest of the estate.
272. " MARY CLARK," to church March 22d, 1795, daughter of No.
* This one-third part of the household goods he received of said Widow Mary Hunn.
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(185) and John Clark, her husband, born Feb. 23d, 1745; she was- a school-teacher; had a private school, the first known in the place, on East street, in the old Thomas Hooker house, which stood on the west side of the road, on the site of Amzi Judd's. She had scholars from Hartford, and other places. She was dismissed and recommended to Farmington church, 1803 ; she died Feb., 1814, aged 70; never married.
273. " HULDAH, wife of Simeon Lincoln," to church Aug. 2d, 1795, daughter of Gideon Porter and Huldah (Hart,) his wife, and widow of John Riley, when she married Mr. Lincoln. She had by her first hus- band, to whom she was married April 1st, 1773, two children, when he was killed or otherwise fell in the war of the Revolution, at Northampton, Mass .; she returned to Kensington with her two children, and married Mr. Lincoln, who is supposed to have come from near Boston, Mass. In his deed of four and a half acres by David Hills, he is said to be of Weth- ersfield. He was a brick-mason by trade, but chiefly farmer; built the house on West Main street, now occupied and owned by Timothy Loomis, and Mr. Revoir in 1863. He after bought the place where Harlowe Eddy owns and occupies, near the school-house, District No. 4, and subse- quently built opposite, the house owned and occupied by Oris Tolles. He went to Demerara, West Indies, for a patrimony, but never was heard from after. She died Jan. 24th, 1812, aged 59.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Theodore Riley, born April 7th, 1775, m. Jan. 18th, 1808, No. (427.)
2. Electa Riley, born Dec. 13th, 1776, m. Oct. 10th, 1797, No. (356.)
CHILDREN BY HER SECOND HUSBAND.
1. John Riley Lincoln, born , bap. Sept. 27th, 1795, m. June 21st, 1801, No. (319.)
2. Roxana Lincoln, born , bap. Sept. 27th, 1795, m. June 6th, 1809, Moses Peck.
3. Simeon Lincoln, jun., born April 2d, 1790, bap. Sept. 27th, 1795, m. Oct. 5th, 1817, Almira Hart, daughter of Capt. Samuel Hart, of Hart street, in Berlin, and his second wife, Lydia (Hinsdale ;) she was the seventeenth child of her father, and younger sister of the celebrated Mrs. Emma Willard, of Troy. Mr. Lincoln, her first husband, was a printer by trade, and died Oct. 4th, 1823, when she married second, Phelps, and now, 1863, resides at the Eutaw place, near Baltimore, in Maryland.
4: Porter Lincoln, born , bap. Nov. 8th, 1801, died Oct. 4th, 1802.
274. " BENJAMIN WRIGHT," to church Oct. 4th, 1795, by letter from the church in Stepney, son of Deacon Benjamin and Hannah (Holmes,) his wife, born July 25th, 1737, at Stepney, m. No. (275;) they came to this place March, 1795; bought the farm of Lieut. Elisha Bootlì, (now, A. D. 1861,) owned and occupied by David Osborne, and by a mark on the barn, "T. L. 1761, B.," probably indicates the date and builder or carpenter. He had been a captain of militia in the war of the Revolution; also a deacon of the church in Stepney, (alias) Rocky Hill. He was
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chosen to and accepted the deacon's office in this church, Feb. 1st, 1801; was a retiring, inoffensive man, and a plain farmer. He died Sept. 23d, 1813, aged 76.
275. " Wife of Benjamin Wright," to church by letter from the church in Stepney, Oct. 4th, 1795 ; her maiden name, Elizabeth Culver; was of Long Island, and driven off by the war of the Revolution, and took refuge in Stepney, where she became acquainted with and married Mr. Wright. She died Jan. 21st, 1814, aged 69. $
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Joseph, born Oct. 7th, 1779, m. Feb. 3d, 1814, No. (559.)
2. Huldah, born , married Isaac Jones, of Hartford.
3. Rhuhamah, born , died in infancy.
4. Rhuhamah, 2d, born , m. June 20th, 1804, Eleazer Wheeler, of Vermont.
276. "MARY, wife of John Lusk," to church Jan. 10th, 1796, daughter of Ebenezer Smith, sen. and Mary (Whittlesey,) of Newington, his wife ; she married Aug., 1763. He had but one eye, the other lost in childhood, by sickness; they lived north of "Dublin Hill." He died June 8th, 1797, aged 67 ; she died Dec. 30th, 1819, aged 93. He " owned the covenant," Sept. 2d, 1764. No. (XXIII.)
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Mary, born Feb. 22d, 1768, bap. Aug. 28th, 1768, married Samuel Stedman, see No. (333.)
2. Eliphalet, born , a brick-mason ; learned of Asahel Hart; went west.
3. Rachel, born , married Bela Judd, son of John, jun. ; she died A. D. 1848, in Albany, at the house of her son, Franklin.
277. " LYDIA, wife of Amos Richards," to church Aug. 7th, 1796, daughter of No. (88) and No. (111,) born 1763, married March 23d, 1780; he son of No. (95) and Mary (French,) his wife, born April 7th, 1759, and died at Lyme, Jefferson county, New York, near Lake Ontario. She was probably admitted to church on a sick bed, at the house of Thomas Hooker, where now stands the house of Amzi Judd, for she died Aug. 11th, 1796, aged 33, of consumption, only four days after the baptism of two of her children, and her admission to church. She had taught school at Unionville, and was brought home sick. She had taught school in the summer of 1794, in the South-east District.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Adna, born , bap. Aug. 7th, 1796, m. Anna Douglas, of New York State.
2. Mary, born Sept. 29th, 1785, bap. May Ist, 1791, on account of Aaron Roberts, by whom she had been adopted ; married June 2d, 1805, Salmon Eno, of Simsbury, son of Jonathan and Mary ( Hart,) his wife, born Dec. 13th, 1779; lived in Simsbury, but built in New Britain, on Washington street ; he died April 3d, 1842, aged 62.
3. John, born , bap. Aug. 7th, 1796; learned tin making, of Seth Lewis ; he married Mary Britton, of New York State.
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278. " MARTHA, wife of Ladwick Hotchkiss," to church Oct. 2d, 1796, daughter of No. (37) and No. (73,) born Nov. 25th, 1754, m. May 17th, 1773; he son of No. (67) and No. (68,) born May 25th, 1752; they lived in various localities ; he was a soldier of the Revolution ; she died Feb. 20th, 1813, aged 59. He was a large man, of quick and compre- hensive mind ; he died Dec. 1st, 1823, aged 72.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Ladwick, born Dec. 6th, 1773; learned the blacksmith trade of Jonathan Sey- mour, at Kensington, and went west with him, when he moved.
2. Seth, born June 3d, 1775, m. Temperance Kelly, of Yarmouth, Mass.
3. Orren, born Feb. 26th, 1778.
4. Jesse, born Dec. 4th, 1780.
5. Sally, born Aug. 26th, 1782, bap. June 4th, 1797, m. No. (522.)
6. Abi, born Aug. 15th, 1784, bap. June 4th, 1797, m. Dec. 1st, 1805, No. (425.)
7. Levi, born June 12th, 1786, m. Abigail Jones, of Newburyport, Mass.
8. Alvin, born May 1st, 1788, bap. June 4th, 1797, m. Jan. 31st, 1810, Sally Wil- liams ; second, married No. (1,094.)
9. Mabel, born Dec. 11th, 1791, bap. June 4th, 1797, m. June, 1813, Ira, son of Luke Bronson ; called later in life, Mehitable ; she died Jan. 13th, 1859, aged 68, at Kensington.
10. Daniel, born Aug. 22d, 1794, bap. June 4th, 1797, died 1821, at Kensington.
279. "ELEAZER MERRILL," to church Dec. 4th, 1796, from the church in Newington ; he married May 15th, 1797, No. (280;) was dismissed and recommended back to Newington the next year, and yet had a taxa- ble estate in the list of 1799, of $77, in New Britain parish.
280. " Wife of Eleazer Merrill," to church from Newington, Dec. 4th, 1796; her maiden name, Nancy Booth, daughter of Lieut. Elisha and Esther (Hollister,) his wife, born Aug. 18th, 1768, dismissed and recom- mended back to Newington, with her husband, by letter, June 2d, 1797.
281. "OZIAS HART," to church June 4th, 1797, son of No. (52) and Sarah (Gilbert,) his wife, born Aug. 8th, 1768, m. No. (282.) He was by occupation a farmer, yet built and run a saw-mill, on the North branch of the Mattabesset River, at the south end of the parish. His residence is now owned by Henry North. He had an active, but somewhat erratic mind ; a man of stern virtue and integrity ; he died February 6th, 1845, aged 77.
282. " Wife of Ozias Hart," to church June 4th, 1797 ; her maiden name, Sarah Lee, daughter of Deacon John Lee, of Worthington, and his wife, Sarah Cole, baptized Aug. 16th, 1761; she died Oct. 19th, 1829, at Holland Patent, New York State. She was grand-daughter of Deacon Jonathan Lee, the blacksmith of " Great Swamp" memory.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Ozias, jun., born Dec. 9th, 1793, bap. June 4th, 1797, m. Nov. 15th, 1816, No. (410.)
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2. John Lee, born , died in infancy.
3. Emily, born , bap. April 1st, 1798, died April 3d, 1813, aged 15.
4. Otis, born Feb., 1800, bap. April 20th, 1800, died July 1st, 1819, aged 19, No. (408.)
5. Sarah Cole, born , bap. April 3d, 1803, died Jan. 12th, 1804, aged one year and ten months.
6. Sarah Cole, born March 27th, 1805, bap. June 16th, 1805; lives in New Britain, unmarried, 1867.
7. Eliza Ann, born 1808, bap. April 21st, 1808, died May 8th, 1808, aged 3 months.
283. " ELEAZER BROWN," to church June 2d, 1799, by letter from Newington church, married No. (284,) and these persons to Newington church, 1798, by letter from church in New London ; he to church there, 1795 ; he probably (says Miss Caulkins,) came to New London from Stonington.
284. " ANNA, wife of Eleazer Brown," to church June 2d, 1799, from Newington, m. No. (283;) she to church in New London, 1794, and had their children baptized there in the Congregational church, see New Lon- don church record.
CHILDREN OF ELEAZER BROWN AND ANNA, HIS WIFE.
1. Esther, born , bap. July 22d, 1794, at New London, Congregational church.
2. Ebenezer, born - 66
3. Thomas, born ,
66
4. Isaac, born 66
5. Anna, born
6. Sarah, born ,
285. " Widow PHEBE BRONSON," to church Sept. 22d, 1799, daughter of Joseph Mather, senior, and his wife, Anna (Booth,) born Jan. 6th, 1748, m. Roger Bronson, of Kensington, and moved to New Durham, with Capt. Hotchkiss, where he was frozen to death, when she returned and married second, Nov. 28th, 1814, Josiah Andrus ; he lived several years on Dr. Smalley's farm, on the South Mountain, afterwards on the Capt. Lemuel Hotchkiss farm, on the Horse Plain road. She in a fit fell into the fire, in an old-fashioned large fire-place, and burned to death, Feb. 21st, 1824, aged 76. He had a previous wife, Abigail (Flagg,) whom he married March 18th, 1784; he died Oct. 16th, 1824, aged 74. He was a light- horseman in the Revolution, and body-guard to Gen. Pulaski, and related in after life, many feats of valor. He was a thick-set robust man, but left no posterity. He was a brother of No. (245.) His first wife is No. (329.) 286. "STEPHEN GLADDEN," to church Feb. 2d, 1800, son of Azariah and Anna (Hudson,) his wife, m. July 4th, 1796, No. (287.) IIe was brother of No. (219.) He died in a fit of apoplexy, in the store of Elna- than Smith, Aug. 23d, 1803, aged 31.
287. " Wife of Stephen Gladden," to church Feb. 2d, 1800; her maiden
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name, Azuba Warner, born Oct. 4th, 1778, to Demas and his wife, Rhoda (Gridley ;) she was baptized on admission to church.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Infant, born , died Oct. 23d, 1799, aged five months.
2. Azariah, born , bap. Feb. 16th, 1800, died June 7th, 1800.
3. Sophronia, born , bap. July 12th, 1801.
4. Lois Warner, born , bap. April 24th, 1803.
288. " Wife of Chauncey Merrill," to church Feb. 2d, 1800; maiden name, Polly Hart, born June 25th, 1770, to Stephen and his wife, No. (563,) m. Aug. 1st, 1793 ; he son of Abraham, of West Hartford; they lived north of " Dublin Hill," in a house vacated by David Lusk. She died March 12th, 1825, aged 55.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Rhoda Hart, born , bap. March 2d, 1800, married Jan. 22d, 1822, Jerry D.
Goodrich.
2. Mary Hart, born Dec. 30th, 1802, bap. April 24th, 1803, m. Dec. 1st, 1819, John Bunce ; married second, April 15th, 1827, Augustus Robinson, son of Amos.
3. Judith Brace, born , bap. June 16th, 1805, m. Sept. 21st, 1826, Austin Moshier.
4. William Walter, born , bap. June 26th, 1808, died, aged two years and six months.
289. "Wife of Levi Smith," to church Feb. 2d, 1800; maiden name, Mary Olmsted, daughter of James, of East Hartford, and his wife, Mary (Beaumont ;) he was son of Samuel and his wife, No. (89,) baptized Nov. 14th, 1773; he lived in the house by the bridge, next south of Martin Brown, in Stanley quarter; they moved, Sept., 1804, to Sangersfield, where he was killed by the rolling of a log, Feb., 1806. She was recom- mended to the church there, and married second, 1808, Pliny Nims; she died Sept., 1813, aged 36. .
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Maria Mercia, born May 1st, 1798, bap. May 25th, 1800, m. Nov. 23d, 1815, Sylvester P. Herick.
2. Norman Olmsted, born March 15th, 1800, bap. May 25th, 1800, m. May 13th, 1832, Rebecca Mather.
3. Julietta, born Oct. 9th, 1802, bap. April 24th, 1803, m. 1826, Benjamin Anderson.
4. Mary Beaumont, born Feb. 9th, 1805, m. 1830, Henry D. Smead.
CHILDREN BY SECOND HUSBAND.
5. Abigail Nims, born Dec. 9th, 1809, to Pliny Nims and his wife, Mary O. (Smith;) she married, 1839, Phineas R. Hunt, and sailed for Madras, as a missionary, July 30th, 1839.
290. "Wife of Elihu Burritt," to church Feb. 16th, 1800; maiden name, Elizabeth Hinsdale, daughter of Elijah and Ruth (Bidwell,) his wife, daughter of James, of Hartford, born Feb. 6th, 1775, m. July 20th, 1793; he was son of Elihu, of Stratford, and Eunice (Wakeman,) his
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wife, born Dec. 13th, 1765; was in the war of the Revolution; was a man of an active and speculative mind, scrupulously honest and moral; a shoe- maker by trade; learned of No. (217;) had his residence at first on Main street, where now, 1863, is the house of Mrs. O. C. Stanley; the building is still standing, at the foot of " Dublin Hill;" he lived in various other localities ; raised a large family on small means. Her father owned the lot west of the " Burying Ground ;" had on it a mulberry orchard, and a " Silk-house," where the worms were fed and grown, and where the silk was reeled and manufactured to such an extent that he obtained a yearly bounty from the State for many years. This "Silk-house" was occupied by Mr. Burritt and his family until its destruction by fire, when another house was built on the north-west corner of the lot, where he died, Jan. 29th, 1827, aged 63. She was equally well versed in the Bible as in the silk business ; was a woman of strong faith and prayer, and died Aug. 27th, 1843, aged 68, at the house of Stephen L. Strickland, her son-in-law.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Elijah Hinsdale, born April 20th, 1794, bap. Nov. 2d, 1800, m. Oct. 28th, 1819, No. (755.)
2. Betsey Hinsdale, born July 22d, 1796, bap. Nov. 2d, 1800, m. Aug. 24th, 1829, Hezekiah Seymour, of Hartford.
3. Emily, born Aug. 12th, 1798, bap. Nov. 2d, 1800, m. 1838, Capt. Taylor, of Texas, see No. (418.)
4. George, born Dec. 5th, 1800, bap. Nov. 29th, 1801, died Aug. 22d, 1822, in Georgia, aged 22.
5. Mary, born Feb. 18th, 1803, bap. May 20th, 1804, m. May 26th, 1825, William Williams, of Kensington.
6. William, born July 8th, 1805, bap. Dec. 1st, 1805, m. May 5th, 1826, Clarissa Cole, of Kensington.
7. Isaac, born May 31st, 1808, bap. Oct. 23d, 1808, m. Oct. 16th, 1832, Nancy Barnes, see No. (598.)
8. Elihu, born Dec. 8th, 1810, bap. Dec. Ist, 1811, see No. (584.)
9. Eunice Wakeman, born May 2d, 1813, bap. Nov. 30th, 1817, see No. (599.)
10. Almira Bidwell, born July 27th, 1816, bap. Nov. 30th, 1817, see No. (855.)
291. "POLLY CRANDALL," to church Feb. 16th, 1800, daughter of
Crandall, of Norwich, and Molly (Bill,) who was half-sister of Abigail Flagg, who married Josiah Andrus. She, Polly, taught school several seasons, in the South-west district of New Britain, A. D. 1795, and later. She married Michael Gillet, of New Hartford, and they moved to Prattsburgh, New York, where they died childless.
292. " MARY HART," to church March 30th, 1800, daughter of No. (118) and No. (119,) born Aug. 5th, 1769, married Dec. 24th, 1806, Eliphalet Wadsworth, of Farmington ; he died Jan. 21st, 1823, aged 75, when she married second, May 20th, 1829, No. (198;) she removed her connection from this to Farmington church, April 5th, 1807, but was recommended back by letter Oct. 4th, 1829; she was a very discreet,
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patient and good woman ; was removed again to Farmington church, by letter Aug., 1834; she died Nov. 11th, 1847, aged 78 ; grave in Farm- ington, old cemetery, on the hill.
293. "JAMES HART," to church March 30th, 1800, son of No. (118) and (119,) born May 22d, 1773, married June, 1793, No. (294 ;) he built opposite his father, in Hart quarter; a farmer by occupation ; his house disappeared, and his family was scattered; he died March 29th, 1813, aged 40; had fallen under censure of the church, for intemperate habits.
294. " Wife of James Hart," to church March 30th, 1800; her maiden name was Sylvia, daughter of No. (116) and No. (117,) married June, 1793, No. (293 ;) he died March 29th, 1813, when she married second, Jan. 7th, 1818, John Wyard, of Wolcott, and she was recommended by letter to that church.
THE HART FAMILY CHILDREN.
1. Lydia, born May 13th, 1796, bap. May 25th, 1800, m. Nov. 25th, 1818, John C. Root, of Farmington.
2. Ethan, born Sept., 1799, bap. May 25th, 1800, m. Nov. 3d, 1819, Martha Wyard.
3. Clarissa, born Feb. 22d, 1803, bap. June 12th, 1803, m. June, 1822, Enos Beckwith.
4. Harriet, born Oct. 6th, 1806, bap. May 31st, 1807, m. April, 1821, William McCreary.
5. Mary, born Jan., 1810, bap. Oct. 7th, 1810, m. June, 1831, George Mclaughlin.
6. James, born March, 1812, bap. June 27th, 1813, as son of Widow Sylvia Hart, died Nov., 1819, aged 7.
295. " Wife of William Smith," to church March 30th, 1800, daughter of No. (88) and No. (111,) married Nov. 6th, 1796, No. (337;) she died Feb. 4th, 1810, aged 34, of consumption ; a disease common and fatal to the Lewis family, with some few exceptions ; she was attractive in person . and deportment.
296. "ROBERT CORNWALL," to church April 20th, 1800, son of Capt. Timothy, of Middletown, and his wife, Mary (Warner,) born Aug. 30th, 1757, married March 3d, 1785, No. (297 ;) he was brother of No. (215 ;) was a cooper by trade ; his house, that (now, A. D. 1862,) owned and occupied by Charles L. Baldwin, in Hart quarter, where he had his shop, opposite his house, and where he kept a tavern several years, after the Middletown and Berlin turnpike was constructed, in A. D. 1810. He was a plain, honest man, of common size ; maintained a consistent, Chris- tian life, and died Oct. 5th, 1819, aged 62 ; latter part of life, somewhat deaf.
297. "Wife of Robert Cornwall," to church April 20th, 1800, daughter of No. (52) and Sarah (Gilbert,) his wife, born Feb. 21st, 1765, married March 3d, 1785, No. (296;) was a discreet, worthy woman, and died Sept. 15th, 1846, aged 81.
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THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Sally Gilbert, born June 2d, 1786, bap. May 25th, 1800, m. Oct. Ist, 1812, Eras- tus Storrs, a jeweller.
2. Robert, born Oct. 7th, 1788, died Aug. 30th, 1798, aged 10.
3. George, born Nov. 7th, 1791, bap. May 25th, 1800, m. Aug. 24th, 1815, Hannah Hooker, of William.
4. Chauncey, born Sept. 22d, 1795, bap. May 25th, 1800, m. July 15th, 1819, No. (404.)
5. Mary, born July 12th, 1798, bap. May 25th, 1800, m. April 4th, 1816, Moses W. Beckley.
6. Robert, born Aug. 16th, 1801, bap. Oct. 18th, 1801, see No. (798.)
7. Julia Ann, born Feb. 16th, 1804, m. Oct. 3d, 1821, Harvey Dunham, jun., of Southington.
298. "BETSEY, widow of Dr. Isaac Andrews," to church April 20th, 1800 ; maiden name, Talbot ; she had a sister, Hope; was the wife of No, (196,) but after his death married second, on the 26th of April, 1806, Elijah Loveland, of Berlin, a tavern-keeper; probably dismissed and recommended to Berlin church, 1806, but no record of either church shows the date; her maiden name is on Berlin church catalogue, incorrectly called Percival.
299. "LEVI WELLS," to church Aug. 3d, 1800, by letter from the church in Newington, son of Elisha and Lydia (Deming,) his wife, born 1764, at Hartford Rocky Hill, married Dec. 9th, 1790, No. (300 ;) they both to Newington church, Dec. 9th, 1797. He bought out the farm of Timothy Kilbourn, and moved to New Britain, in the spring of 1800; the house stood opposite the present residence of his son, Horace ; he was an industrious farmer ; his wife, Hannah, died March 1st, 1809, aged 39, when he married second, Nov. 21st, 1813, No. (334;) he died Oct. 23d, 1823, in his 59th year, of spotted fever, a disease that year fatal to many of our people.
300. "Wife of Levi Wells," to church Aug. 3d, 1800 ; her maiden name, Hannah Wells, daughter of Capt. Robert, jun. of Newington, and his wife, Abigail (Hurlburt;) she died March 1st, 1809, aged 39; born 1770, at Newington.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Lydia, born Oct. 24th, 1792, bap. June 12th, 1797, at Newington, see No. (368.)
2. Levi, born Sept. 7th, 1793, bap. June 12th, 1797, married Ann Ames; lived in Illinois ; died there.
3. Horace, born Aug. 11th, 1795, bap. June 12th, 1797, see No. (511.)
4. Hannah, born Aug. 1797, bap. May 27th, 1798, m. Sept. 19th, 1821, No. (481,) in Newington.
5. Elva, born Sept. 11th, 1800, bap. Nov. 9th, 1800, m. May 12th, 1824, No. (481.)
6. Lemuel Watts, born July 4th, 1803, bap. Sept. 25th, 1803, see No. (512.)
7. Marilla, born Sept. 26th, 1805, bap. Aug. 17th, 1806, see No. (491.)
301. " Widow EUNICE BURRITT." to church Oct. 5th, 1800; she was the mother of Elihu, the widow of Elihu, sen. ; her maiden name, Wake-
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man, daughter of Stephen and Sarah, of Green's Farms, and a descendant of Ezborn ; she was the mother of No. (202) and No. (207;) she died Jan. 29th, 1802, aged 62, at the house of Joseph Mather,
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