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335. " SYLVIA HART," to church Oct. 1st, 1809, daughter of No. (118) and No. (119,) born April 15th, 1777, lived at the home of her father, during his life, then in various families, having no certain dwelling place ; never married ; retained her faculties to old age, epecially mem- ory. She died May 9th, 1864, aged 87 years and 24 days, at the old house of Chester Hart; to South church, 1842-was supported in old age by the church and by the town, but chiefly by Deacon O. Seymour, her nephew.
[Here ends Dr. Smalley's record and that of Rev. Newton Skinner begins.]
336 " EBENEZER COUCH," to church Aug. 5th, 1810, son of Thomas, of Southington, and baptized there May 21st, 1749 ; he was a grandson of Ebenezer, of Wethersfield. He was brother of No. (201,) both dis- tinguished for honesty, humility and homeliness. He married, Aug. 8th, 1786, Hannah, daughter of Moses Barnes, sen., and his wife
Blakesley, . She had a daughter Nancy before her marriage to Mr. Couch ; she was sister to Blakesley Barnes of Berlin, who, from a boy, without a penny, became a man of wealth by his- tact, energy and industry. She died Aug. 5th, 1813, of consumption. Ile died July 6th, 1826, aged 77. He left no posterity. They lived in various localities. Her father was located on the hill near Mr. Revoir, 12 miles west of
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of New Britain village, where is a spring in the rocks bearing his name on the old land records. This spring was his well.
337. " WILLIAM SMITH," to church, Oct. 7th, 1810, son of Samuel and his wife No. (89;) born Sept. 2d, 1771, married Nov. 6th, 1796, No. (295 ;) she died Feb. 4th, 1810, agee 34, when he mar., second, Feb. 10th, 1812, No. (472.) He was a farmer and bought the farm on West Main street, embracing all Walnut Hill at that time and the present location of Mr. Swift. He was a successful business man, engaged sometime in manufacturing tin ware. He was chosen, Dec. 30th, 1823, one of the standing committee of the church in place of Levi Wells, deceased. He represented the town, was justice of the peace, and held other town offices ; was active in every duty and relation of life, possessing an ardent, san- guine temperament. He died Nov. 2d, 1838, aged 67.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Betsey Lewis, born Nov. 24th, 1797, bap. May 25th, 1800, not married, died Jan. 30th, 1836, aged 38.
2. William Henry, born Oct. 22d, 1800, bap. Jan. 11th, 1801, married Aug. 7th, 1825, No. (633,) second, No (770.)
3. Lanretta, born, Sept. 24th, 1802, bap. April 24th, 1803, married Jan. 24th, 1821, No. (743.)
4. Samuel Walter, born May 15th, 1805, bap. Sept. Ist, 1805, married.
5. Sally Maria, born April 11th, 1816, bap. Oct. 19th, 1817, see No. (841.)
6. Levi Olmsted, born March 25th, 1818, bap. Sept. 12th, 1819, married Oct. 26th, 1847, Sarah E. Whiting.
7. Harriet Strong, born Sept. 29th, 1820, bap. June 3d, 1821, married May 14th, 1845, Horace Brown.
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8. Elizur Newton, born Dec. 13th, 1822, bap. June 1st, 1823, married Dec. 22d, 1846, Laura L. Clark.
Elizabeth Augusta, born Dec. 13th, 1822, bap. June 1st, 1823, see No. (938.)
338. "JAMES BOOTH, jun.," to church Oct. 7th, 1810, son of No. (165) and (166;) born Sept. 11th, 1776, married Dec. 22d, 1800, No. (358.) He was by trade a tanner and shoe maker ; had his tannery where now, 1861, Hall & Stanley's store stands, (alias) Elizur N. Smith's building. His house, that now owned and occupied by his son Horace. He was a man much given and gifted in prayer and exhortation, but somewhat erratic. He kept a boarding house and hotel several years. He removed his church connection from the First to the South, June 8th, 1856. He died January 2d, 1859, aged 82.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Aurelia, born Feb. 10th, 1802, died March 19th, 1809, aged 7.
2. Lyman Wilcox, born Feb. 9th, 1804, bap. Oct. 21st, 1810, married May 5th, 1825, No. (555.)
3. George W., born Jan. 30th, 1806, bap. Oct. 21st, 1810, see No. (519.)
4. Ralph, born April 29th, 1811, bap. June 16th, 1811, died March 3d, 1818, aged 7.
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5. Lucetta, born Aug. 6th, 1814, bap. Oct. 2d, 1814, see No. (671.)
6. Ralph, born May 25th, 1818, bap. Aug. 2d, 1818, married Jan. 26th, 1846, Julia Daily of Providence.
7. Horace, born Nov. 6th, 1821, bap. April 1st, 1822, see No. (793.)
339. " ABI, the wife of Amon Stanley," to church Dec. 2d, 1810, daughter of No. (149) and No. (150 ;) born Nov. 21st, 1784, married Oct. 10th, 1802, No. (550.) A kind and watchful mother and a devout Christian woman. " Her children arise up and call her blessed, her hus- band also and he praiseth her."
340. "NANCY, the wife of Cyrus Booth," to church Dec. 2d, 1810, daughter of No. (149) and No. (150,) born Jan. 11th, 1787, married Oct. 11th, 1807, Cyrus Booth, son of Joseph and No. (155,) his wife, born Oct. 10th, 1786, a brass founder by trade, and well skilled in the art. They lived in the house on Main street lately owned by Grove Loomis, now deceased, but he lived in various localities, and his wife Nancy having died, June 18th, 1818, aged 31, he married, second, July 1st, 1825, Myrta Loper, moved to Manchester, Ill., makes lime and drives farming.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Mary Burnham, born April 18th, 1808, bap. June 2d, 1811, married June 1st, 1826, Edmund F. Booth, of Joseph.
2. Maria, born April 15th, 1809, bap. June 2d, 1811, married July 1st, 1827, Theo- Hore C. Bronson.
3. William, born Sept. 10th, 1810, died young.
4. Elizabeth Frances, born Oct. 31st, 1811, bap. Dec. 22d, 1811, mar. Sept. 11th, 1832, No. (812.)
5. Cyrus, born Oct. 12th, 1813, bap. Dec. 19th, 1813, died 1839, in Texas.
6. Nancy North, born Oct. 26th, 1814, bap. April 16th, 1815, married David P. Hughes.
7. Henry North, born Dec. 2d, 1816, bap. Jan. 16th, 1817.
SECOND WIFE'S CHILD.
8. Helen Mary, born , bap. Nov. 17th, 1830.
341. " HULDAH, wife of Silas Pennfield," to church Jan. 6th, 1811, laughter of No. (183) and No. (243,) born Oct. 18th, 1786, married March 1st, 1804, Silas Pennfield, son of No. (237,) and his wife Eunice (Kelsey,) born , bap. July 1st, 1792. He built next west of his ather, on Horse Plain, where Mr. Hunter now lives; was a farmer, and died Nov. 29th, 1812, aged 28. She married, second, Jan. 18th, 1814, No. (463.) She died June 23d, 1852, aged 67.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Caroline, born 1805, died Aug. 23d, 1809, aged 4.
2. Caroline, born , bap. April 7th, 1811.
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3. Elvira, born June 18th, 1807, bap. April 7th, 1811, married, Dec. 9th, 1824, No. (515.)
4. William, born April 22d, 1809, bap. April 7th, 1811, married Nov. 8th, 1828, Jane Smith, of New Haven.
342. "LUCY L. STANLEY," to church, Jan. 6th, 1811; daughter of Noah Stanley and his second wife Experience (Wells,) of Wethersfield, born Sept. , 1787, never married ; of a quiet, retiring and kind dispo- sition, she exemplified a good Christian character, and died Feb. 3d, 1859, aged 72.
343. " DOLLY STANLEY," to church Jan. 6th, 1811, daughter of Lot Stanley (son of Thomas 3d,) and his wife Rhoda (Wadsworth,) of Farm- ington, born Feb. 15th, 1794, married Dec. 30th, 1812, No. (353 ;) had no children to live. He died June 27th, 1845, aged 54. She married, second, Oct. 22d, 1860, Solomon D. Gridley, of Southington, son of Joel, and Amanda (Woodruff,) his wife, born July 14th, 1805. They now, 1867, live in her house on Arch street. She was baptized on admission to church. She became, 1842, a constituent member of the South church.
344 "RACHEL ANDREWS," to church January 6th, 1811, daughter of No. (245) and No. (252,) born Feb. 6th, 1789 ; never married, but lived with her father near Bass river, on the road to Farmington, took kind care of him during his long life, where she died May 20th, 1840, aged 51.
345. " ANDREW PRATT," to church March 17th, 1811, son of Hum- phrey, of Saybrook, and his wife, Lydia (Tulley,) born Nov. 8th, 1756; was a farmer and shoe maker, a man of intelligence, with an active mind, was a warm politician, and represented the town of Berlin in 1817 and 1818 ; was a magistrate, and active in the care of the public library. He married, March 1st, 1780, Nancy Dorrance, of Rhode Island. She died, Feb. 2d, 1785, aged 28, when he married, second, June 1st, 1787, No. (271,) who died, May 15th, 1795, when he married, third, June 12th, 1796, No. (346.) They lived on East street, first in the old house of Deacon Patterson's. He built new on the same site, which is now, A. D. 1862, owned and occupied by Henry his son. He was short, thick set and robust. He died Jan. 2d, 1830, aged 73.
346. " Wife of Andrew Pratt," to church, March 17th, 1811; she was his third wife, and the daughter of No. (112) and No. (312,) born June 11th, 1768, married June 12th, 1796, No. (345;) was a woman of a strong masculine mind, of great energy and force of character, of gen- erous impulses, and very industrious ; she died Dec. 28th, 1841, aged 74.
FIRST WIFE'S CHILDREN.
1. Sally, born Dec. 3d, 1781, died , aged 16 months.
2. Tully, born March 25th, 1784, died , aged 14 months.
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SECOND WIFE'S CHILDREN.
3. Lydia, born Nov. 16th, 1788, bap. May 4th, 1795, married Nov. 10th, 1811, Hiland Parker, second, Benjamin Taggart.
4. Daniel Humphrey, born Sept. 20th, 1793, bap. May 4th, 1795, died January 28th, 1823, aged 30.
THIRD WIFE'S CHILDREN.
- 5.1 6. twins, - Betsey Whaples, born February 23d, 1797, bap. June 16th, 1811, see No. (492.) Henry Morgan, born February 23d, 1797, bap. June 16th, 1811, married March 25th, 1818, daughter of No. (208;) she died Aug. 15th, 1823, at Marietta, Ohio; he married, second, June 18th, 1826, Mary S. Love- land, who died May 23d, 1863, aged 61 ; she was daughter of Elijah, of Kensington, and his wife Azubah (Scovell.)
7. William Tully, born March 27th, 1801, bap. June 16th, 1811, married May 6th, 1825, Eliza Steele, of Horace, of Berlin.
8. Nancy Dorrance, born March 25th, 1803, bap. June 16th, 1811, see No. (493.)
9. Horatio Andrews, born June 27th, 1808, bap. June 16th, 1811, married Sept. 24th, 1832, Charlotte Francis, daughter of Appleton, of Kensington, and his wife Charlotte (Webster,) of David, of Berlin.
347. "SARAH, wife of Salmon Hart," to church, April 7th, 1811 , daughter of Asahel Goodrich and Sarah (Woodruff,) his second wife, born May 2d, 1777, married May 2d, 1796, No. (441 ;) she died Aug. 2d, 1815, aged 38.
348. "NANCY, wife of Isaac Lee, jun.," to church April 7th, 1811, daughter of Seth Lusk and No. (242,) born , 1783, baptized June 2d, 1793, married Sept. 27th, 1799, No. (351.) Widow Nancy Lee died May 9th, 1825, aged 42, of dropsy of the heart.
349. " MARY, the wife of Joseph Shipman," to church April 7th, 1811, daughter of No. (168) and No. (154,) born Dec. 22d, 1783, married July 11th, 1802, No. (461.) She died Nov. 2d, 1838, aged 55. I quote part of an obituary notice of her from the New York Evangelist : "She exemplified in her last sickness, the patience, the faith, and the hope of the Christian in a remarkable degree. Social Society is thus deprived of one of its brightest ornaments, the church one of its corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace."
350. "JESSE BROWN," to church April 7th, 1811, was brother of No. (548,) taught school in the Southeast district one winter ; went to Little Rock, Arkansas, and married and died there.
351. "ISAAC LEE, jun.," to church, June 2d, 1811, son of No. (168) and No. (154,) born April 13th, 1775, married Sept. 27th, 1799, No. (348;) of frail constitution, he taught school several winters, was in com- pany with his brother Thomas in merchandize, went south for his health. He was gentlemanly in his address and manners. He lived in part of his father's house, which is still (1867) standing. He died April 16th, 1818, aged 43, of consumption.
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THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Henry, born , bap. June 2d, 1811, died on his passage to the West Indies, Dec. 22d, 1819, aged 20.
2. Phillip, born May 6th, 1802, bap. June 2d, 1811, married Dec. 28th, 1823, No. (655.)
3. Betsey, born March 27th, 1804, bap. June 2d, 1811, married June 12th, 1827, No. (858.)
4. Harriet, born 1806, died April 10th, 1811, aged 5.
5. Nancy, born 1807, bap. June 2d, 1811, married Sept. 27th, 1826, Henry Belden, of Jonathan, jun .; she died Dec. 17th, 1854, aged 47.
6. Maria, born 1809, died April 11th, 1811, aged 2.
7. Charles, born , bap. Aug. Ist, 1813, drowned in a well April 28th, 1817.
8. Isaac Newton, born Nov. 18th, 1810, bap. June 2d, 1811, married Oct. 20th, 1833, No. (734.)
9. Harriet, born 1812, bap. May 24th, 1812, died of consumption Aug. 15th, 1828, aged 16.
352. "EZRA CARTER," to church June 2d, 1811, son of Ithiel, of Ken- sington, and his wife Lois (Deming,) married Sept. 29th, 1811, Mary Stanley, daughter of Lot, and Rhoda (Wadsworth,) his wife born Feb. 13th, 1791. He was a tanner and shoe maker, learned of Oliver Stan- ley, at the old tannery of Deacon Timothy Stanley. He was baptized on admission to church; was dismissed and recommended to church in Leyden, N. Y., Jan. 28th, 1821. She died there May 27th, 1846, aged 55. He married, second,
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Loyal Wadsworth, born , bap. Nov. 8th 1812, married Jan. 6th, 1839, Lucy Rose, of Farmington.
2. Ezra, born , bap. April 16th, 1815, died June 14th, 1815.
3. Francis Hart, born Jan. 20th, 1822, at Leyden, N. Y., married Oct. 19th, 1848, No. (1022.)
353. " FRANCIS HART," to church Aug. 4th, 1811, son of No. (247) and No. (248,) born Dec. 18th, 1791, married Dec. 30th, 1812, No. (343.) He was a tanner and shoe maker, learned of Treadway, of Torringford. He lived in Hart quarter, the place formerly owned and occupied by Asahel Hart, on the corner near the Shuttle Meadow road. He was active as a citizen and as a Christian ; to South church, 1842. He died June 27th, 1845, aged 54. He had often been entrusted with both civil and military offices, and was a colonel. He left no posterity.
354, "JAMES FRANCIS," to church Oct. 6th, 1811, son of No. (91) and No. (92,) born Oct. 24th, 1757, married Nov. 12th, 1780, No.(355.) He was a farmer and lived in south part of Stanley quarter; a substan- tial man, of good understanding and judgment, was in the war of the Revolution, and often called to do public business. His wife died, when he married, second, Oct. 22d, 1827, widow Sarah Clark, of Wethersfield. He died, April 13th, 1839, aged 82.
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355. " Wife of James Francis," to church October 6th, 1811, maiden name, Sylvia Stanley, daughter of No. (14) and his wife, Ruth (Norton,) born Oct. 24th, 1753. She died Jan. 21st, 1822, aged 68.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Ursula, born Jan. 18th, 1781, married Oct. 28th, 1804, No. (458.)
2. Laura, born Nov. 16th, 1782, married April 26, 1811, Daniel Willard, of New- ington.
3. James, jun., born July 21st, 1786, married Feb. 28th, 1820, No. (473.)
4. Romeo, born May 30th, 1790, married Nov. 24th, 1813, No. (471.)
356. "THOMAS LEE," to church Oct. 6th, 1811, son of No. (168) and No. (154,) born Nov. 28th, 1776, married Oct. 10th, 1797, No. (357.) Soon after marriage set up tin making at the present house of Mr. Pettis, on West Main street, then with his brother, No. (351,) set up a store of goods on Main street, where now stands the house of Henry North. This was the second store in town, but the first in the village. He was also engaged in various manufactures. He represented the town of Ber- lin, was magistrate, judge of probate, postmaster, and was an active poli- tician. His wife having died, he married, second, Feb. 2d, 1831, widow Laura Whittlesey, of Newington, No. (740.) She died Feb. 9th, 1837, when he married, 3d, Jan. 3d, 1838, No. (880.) His house he built on the site of Elihu Burritt's, and is now (1861) occupied by. Mrs. O. C. Stanley. He died Aug. 20th, 1840, aged 64.
357. "Wife of Thomas Lee," to church Oct. 6th, 1811, baptized same time ; her maiden name, Electa Riley, daughter of John, of Northampton, and his wife, Huldah (Porter,) of Kensington, No. (273 ;) born Dec. 13th, 1776, married Oct. 10th, 1797, No. (356.) She was a superior woman of great decision of character. She died Dec. 5th, 1826, aged 50.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Minerva, born April 22d, 1798, bap. Nov. 3d, 1811, married Sept. 8th, 1818, No. (954.)
2. Lorenzo Porter, born April 12th, 1800, bap. Nov. 3d, 1811, married Nov. 3d, 1828, Jennette Hills.
3. Thirza, born Nov. 19th, 1801, bap. Nov. 3d, 1811, married Sept. 20th, 1849, Rev. David Tilton.
4. John Riley, born April 22d, 1804, bap. Nov. 3d, 1811, graduated at Yale Col- lege 1826, No. (900.)
5. Electa, born March 24th, 1806, bap. Nov. 3d, 1811, married Aug. 20th, 1826. Wells Hubbard.
6. Thomas Goodrich, born Sept. 1st, 1808, bap. Nov. 3d, 1811, see No (545.)
7. Caroline, born Nov. 8th, 1810, bap. Nov. 3d, 1811, No. (609.)
8. Almira Stanley, born Aug. 9th, 1812, bap. Oct. 18th, 1812, No. (825.)
9. William Henry, born Feb. 10th, 1816, bap. June 2d, 1816, died Dec. 27th, 1816, aged 11 months.
10. William Henry, born May 19th, 1818, bap. Aug. 30th, 1818, married Jan. 6th, 1849, Louisa Northam.
11. Angeline, born January 4th, 1824, bap. April 4th, 1824, married No. (826.)
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358. " OLIVE, the wife of James Booth, jun.," to church, Oct. 6th, 1811, daughter of Josiah Wilcox, of Berlin, and his wife, Huldah (Sav- age,) born.Jan. 14th, 1778, baptized May 24th, 1778, at Worthington, by Rev. Mr. Strong, of Hartford, married Dec. 22d, 1800, No. (338.) She was a woman of strong mind and good sense, very large and fleshy. She died Feb. 16th, 1847, aged 69.
359. "EBENEZER ANDREWS," to church Oct. 6th, 1811, son of No. (245) and No. (252,) born Dec. 24th, 1778, married Oct. 26th, 1800, Mary Griswold, daughter of Ashbel, and his wife, Elizabeth (Woodruff,) born 1783. She died Oct. 18th, 1858, aged 75, at Rochester, N. Y. He was a carpenter by trade, learned of Deacon John Osgood ; lived on the road to Farmington, in the house built by her father. He was a fine looking man, with kind and amiable disposition. He died Aug. 5th, 1827, aged 49.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Adna Gridley, born May 22d, 1801, bap. Deo. 15th, 1811, married April 19th, 1825, Maria Andrews, of Elisha, of Canaan; he married, second, July 29th, 1849, Jane Evarts of Rochester.
2. Aaron Cadwell, born Feb. 25th, 1804, bap. Dec. 15th, 1811, married Sept. 6th, 1830, No. (684.)
3. Philo, born May 8th, 1806, bap. Dec. 15th, 1811, married Nov. 27th, 1828, Amelia Kelsey. .
4. Walter, born June 14th, 1811, bap. Dec. 15th 1811, married Oct. 10th, 1831, Emily Beckley ; live in Wisconsin.
5. Mary Griswold, born , bap. Dec. 15th, 1811; see No. (713 )
6. Orpha, born May 13th, 1813, bap. Aug. Ist, 1813, married Sept. 6th, 1830, Thomas Burrill.
7. Henry Woodruff, born April 10th, 1819, bap Aug. 29, 1819, married Nov. 29th, 1843, No. (1076.)
8. Sophia, born July 24th, 1821, bap. Dec. 16th, 1821, married Oct. 13th, 1844, Samuel Stanley.
9. Charles, born , died Feb. 9th, 1827, aged 3 years.
10. Ebenezer Newton, born , married Ann Hunter, of Rochester, N. Y.
360. "NANCY JUDD," to church Oct. 6th, 1811, daughter of John, jun., and No. (637,) born Sept. 17th, 1793, married Dec. 12th, 1813, Austin Woodford, of Vermont. She was dismissed and recommended, 1814, to She was baptized on admission to church. She died Oct. 24th, 1814, in Vermont, aged 21. Her sister, No. (369.)
361. "NANCY, wife of Bethel Hart," to church Dec. 1st, 1811, by let- ter from the Third church in Wethersfield. She was his second wife, called widow Nancy Seely, m. May 16th, 1811. He died Dec. 25th, 1824, when she married Elias Brown, of Farmington, son of Ephraim, jun., of Windsor, and Mercy (Wesland) his wife, born March 15th, 1758. She died June 8th, 1850, aged 85. He was fife major in the Revolution and drew a pension late in life.
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362. " POLLY, wife of Shubel Curtiss," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, daughter of No. (237,) born Sept. 4th, 1786, married Aug. 11th, 1801, son of Amos, and Mabel (Squire) his wife. He was a cooper by trade, learned of his father Pennfield; lived in the old place of Josiah Steele, on " Horse Plain," but late in life built near " Job's Corner," where his widow still (1866) lives. He died Oct. 3d, 1845, aged 64. She is a woman of great patience and industry ; to South church, 1842.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Mary, born July 31st, 1802, bap. June 21st, 1812, married Oct. 4th, 1819, John Eaton ; m: rried, second, Daniel Cook ; married, third, Pliny Richardson.
2. Andrew, born Nov. 3d, 1804, bap. June 21st, 1812, married Aug. 7th, 1825, Laura Dunham.
3. Charlotte, born , bap. June 21st, 1812, married Pliny Sanders.
4. Eunice, born , bap. June 21st, 1812, married Horatio Webster.
5. William, born March 7th, 1812, bap. June 21st, 1812, died August 25th, 1812, aged 6 months.
6. Adaline, born 1813, bap. Jan. 30th, 1814, married Thomas Butler, of Hartford.
7. Harriet, born 1816, married Joel Cook, she died Dec. 5th, 1839, aged 23.
8. William, born, Oct. 16th, 1819, married Sept. 1st, 1840, Lucy Ann Pennfield, of Nathaniel, jun.
9. Julia Ann, born March 16th, 1824, married Aug. 24th, 1852, Jarvis Hall, see No (800.)
10. Emeline L., born 1825, married, Nov. 4th, 1849, Benjamin F. Eddy, of Thomas.
11. Electa, born Dec. 16th, 1829, married Oct. 17th, 1845, Augustus Hinman.
363. " HETTY CONE," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, daughter of Joshua, of Daniel, of Middletown, who lived on Main street, at the extreme south end of the parish, and his wife Mehitable (Blinn,) of Wethersfield. She was a tailoress by trade, social and kind, but became insane. She was baptised on admission to church. She died April 16th, 1858, aged 74, at the alms house ; never married.
364. " ADELIA GRIDLEY," to church, Feb. 2d, 1812, baptised same time, daughter of Alexander, of Farmington, and Chloe (Bidwell.) his wife. She is still remembered by some of our people as a lovely girl ; married Feb. 10th, 1812, No. (371.) She was born Oct. 18th, 1790, at Farmington ; now, 1862, living with her daughter, Delia La Foy, of Mad- ison, New Jersey.
365. " NANCY BELDEN," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, daughter of No. (158) and No. (159,) born Aug. 31st, 1792, married May 5th, 1812, No. (370.) She was greatly gifted by nature and grace, possessed a strong, discriminating mind, had a leading voice in church music, was ready for every good work, and engaged in public reforms, with modest and becom- ing zeal. She and her husband were dismissed and recommended, March, 1816, to church in Cherry Valley, N. Y., but received back in 1817. After the death of her husband she was dismissed and recommended to
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the North church in Hartford. She died in Canada, July 4th, 1852, aged 62 ; brought home for interment. During the vicissitudes of an eventful life she manifested a calm trust in God, and doubtless sings the song of victory with the hundred and forty-four thousand.
366. " ORPHA NORTH," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, daughter of No. (149) and No. (150,) born Aug. 12th, 1793, married March 18th, 1812, No. (311.) She was scrupulously devoted to the cause of Christ and his church ; to South church, 1842. She died Jan. 12th, 1847, aged 53.
367. "PERCES ROOT," to church, Feb. 2d, 1812, baptized same time ; she lived in the family of Amzi Stanley on the new "Highway " road, and married, Sept. 20th, 1813, Rice Wells, son of Eli. They moved to the west the same year, and she took a letter of dismissal and recommen- dation.
368. " LYDIA WELLS," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, daughter of No. (299) and No. (300,) born Oct. 24th, 1792, married Jan. 20th, 1814, Augustus Flagg, of West Hartford, son of Abijah, and his wife, Thankful (Sey- mour.) He was a shoe-maker and tanner by trade. She was dismissed and recommended to church in West Hartford, July 28th, 1816, and in 1845 she removed her church connection to Yonkers, N. Y., where now (1866) she resides; a woman of sterling qualities, genial, social and happy. He died Jan. 21st, 1842 ; he was born March 19th, 1784. .
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Marcia M., born May 31st, 1815, at New Britain, bap. Aug. 27th, 1815, died Aug. 27th, 1851, at Yonkers, N. Y.
2. Levi W., born Feb. 14th, 1817, at West Hartford, married June, 1848, Charlotte S. Whitman.
3. Newton, born Dec. 17th, 1819, at West Hartford, married June, 1854, Ellen H. Goodwin, of Illinois.
4. Ethan, born July 20th, 1820, at West Hartford, married Jan. 30th, 1850, Mari- etta Wells, daughter of Lemuel Wells, No. (512.) She died, when he married, second, March 7th, 1855, Julia Baldwin.
5. Lucy A., born February 17th, 1822, married John Olmsted, 1855, died June 7th, 1858.
369. " AURORA JUDD," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, baptized same time, daughter of John, jun., and No. (637,) born March 20th, 1795; never married. She died April 20th, 1816, aged 21, of consumption ; sister of No. (360.)
370. "SAMUEL BOOTH," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, son of Robert, 2d, and his wife, Abigail (Barton,) born Aug. 31st, 1792; was by trade a blacksmith ; learned of James North, Esq .; he inherited the home of his father and grand-father, Nathan, senior, the old red house at the south end of the " Green," has been removed and remodeled, and (now, 1863,) is on Arch street, and occupied by Henry Andrews. Mr. Booth was a man of prayer and piety ; could hear " the sound of a going in the tops of the
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