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Children.
5. Sarah, born Dec. 5, 1686.
6. Mary, born April 29, 1689.
7. Abigail, born Sept. 16, 1693.
8. John, born 1694; died young.
9. Hannah, born 1696; m. John Coe.
IO. John, born Feb. 21, 1697.
II. Samuel, born Aug. 28, 1699.
12. Ebenezer, born July 4. 1703.
13. Solomon, born Aug. 13, 1708.
8. Lieut. John, son of John and Anna (Harger) Chatfield, married, first, Elizabeth Johnson, Dec. 12, 1721, and located at Quaker Farms. Married, second, Obedience Lieut. John died Oct. 30, 1793. Elizabeth died June 8. 1751.
Children by Elizabeth Johnson.
I.4. Sarah, born Nov. 4. 1822.
15. John, born June 5. 1724.
16. Elizabeth, born March 9, 1728.
17. Oliver, born July 23, 1730.
18. Anna, born April 10, 1732.
19. Esther, born Aug. 21, 1738.
20. Hannah, bapt. Nov. 10, 1748.
21. Gideon, bapt., 1750.
21. Gideon, son of Lieut. John and Elizabeth (Johnson) Chatfield, mar- ried Elizabeth Jones, Sept. 28, 1779. of Oxford, Ct. Gideon died April 23. 1817. Elizabeth died March 2, 1827, aged 64.
Children.
22. William, born, 1789.
23. Bennett, born, 1797; died Sept. 27, 1801.
24. Lucinda, born, 1800; m. Silas Sperry.
25. Betsey, born, 1804; m. Wooster.
26. Isaiah, born July 14, 1810.
22. William, son of Gideon and Elizabeth (Jones) Chatfield, married, first, Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Hawkins, of Great Hill, 1803. William died March 8. 1864. Sarah died March 6, 1827.
Children.
27. Jane, born Feb. 8, 1805; m. Charles Hawkins.
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28. Sheldon, born Ang. 26, 1812; m. Sarah Bunnell. 29. Betsey, born June 2, 1817: died unmarried.
28. Sheldon, son of William and Sarah (Hawkins) Chatfield. married Sarah Bunnell, of Oxford, Ct. Sheldon hung himself April 30. 1877. Children.
30. George, born
31. Frederick, born
32. Sarah, born
33. John, born
34. Royal, born Jime 30, 1855.
12. Ebenezer, son of John and Anna ( Harger) Chatfield, married Abigail. dan. of John and Hannah (Botsford) Prindle, Nov. 20, 1728. Abigail was born Oct. 17, 1704.
Children.
35. Ebenezer, born Sept. 8, 1720: m. Susanna Walerous, March 23, 1768.
36. Abigail, born Jan., 1731.
37. Elnathan, born, 1733.
38. Mindwell, born Sept. 9. 1735.
39. Levi, born Jan. 6, 1738.
40. Lemuel, born, 1740.
37. Elnathan, son of Ebenezer and Abigail ( Prindle) Chatfield, married Hannah, dan. of Capt. Joel Northrop, of Woodbridge, Sept. 12, 1754. He re- sided just east of what is now the Seymour town line. The site is now in the town of Bethany. It was originally the town of Milford.
Children.
41. Rebekah, born July 28. 1755.
42. Joel, born Feb. 21, 1757.
43. Isaac, born Sept. 1, 1762.
44. Sarah. born Jan. 22, 1771.
42. Joel, son of Elnathan and Abigail (Northrop) Chatfield, married Ruth, dan. of Gideon Stoddard, of Woodbury, Conn .. Nov. 13, 1785. He resided on a farm on Skokorat which he bought of Daniel Holbrook. Joel died June 14. 1836. Ruth died Nov. 3. 1831, aged 621 2 years. Children.
45. Isaac, born Jan. 7, 1787; m. Lucy Tomlinson.
46. Lemon, born Feb. 18, 1789.
47. Almira, born Jan. 23. 1791; m. John T. Wheeler.
48. Oliver Stoddard, born Nov. 19. 1793.
49. Charlotte, born Oct. 27, 1795; m. John C. Wheeler.
50. Fharza, born Feb. 8, 1797: died Dec. 23. 1872.
51. Joel Raymond, born Feb. 16, 1804.
45. Isaac, son of Joel and Ruth (Stoddard) Chatfield, married Lucy, dali. of Levi and Amelia (Beard) Tomlinson, 1806, and removed to Ohio.
Children.
52. Lucius N .. born April 18, 1807, in the west.
53. Lucy Almira, born Jan. 4. 1809, in the west.
54. Albert Alonzo, born Sept. 2, 1811. in the west.
55. Levi Tomlinson, born Aug. 28, 1813. in the west.
56. Nathan Stoddard, born Oct. 3. 1815, in the west.
57. Ruth Ann, born Aug. 10, 1817, in the west.
58. Charles Henry, born Sept. 15. 1819, in Connecticut.
59. Charlotte, born April 3. 1822, in Connecticut.
60. Maryetta, born April 6, 1824. in Connectiont.
61. Lafayette, born April 4. 1826, in Connecticut.
62. Georganna, born Jan. 14, 1829, in Connecticut.
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46. Lemon, son of Joel and Ruth (Stoddard) Chatfield, married, first, Mary H. Sweetland, of Hartford. Married, second, Sarah Sellock, widow of Amom Dibble. He was selectman of Derby. 1838-40-41; represented the town in the legislature. He was very active in the promotion of the move- ment to have the town of Seymour incorporated as a town in 1850. He had no children. Lemon lived near the town line between Seymour and Wood- bridge. Lemon died Nov. 14, 1873. Mary H. died Feb. 7. 1849, aged 56.
48. Oliver Stoddard, son of Joel and Ruth (Stoddard) Chatfield, married Abigail, dau. of Amasa and Sybil (Wooster) Tuttle, Feb. 2, 1826, of Middle- bury, Conn. She was born March 28, 1804. Oliver S. lived east of his brother Lemon, on the Woodbridge road. Oliver S. died March 16, 1877, aged 83. Abigail died Feb. 24, 1899, aged 84.
Children.
63. Mary Jane, born Jan. 13, 1828; m. Friend C. Ford.
64. George W., born Oct. 14, 1829.
65. Martha A., born July 31, 1831; m. first, Samnel Kissam; second, Wm. L. Tidball.
66. Howard G., born July 11, 1833.
67 Henry W., born Oct. 2, 1835.
68. Ruth Abigail, born March 12, 1840; m. J. J. Young, Dec. 13, 1870.
69. Charles C., born April 21, 1841.
70. John J., born Jan., 1833; died March 30, 1833.
32. George W., son of Oliver S. and Abigail (Tuttle) Chatfield, married Resides in New Haven.
66. Howard G., son of Oliver S. and Abigail (Tuttle) Chatfield, married, first. Emily, dan. of Daniel Carrington, Aug. 30, 1857; born Feb. 17. 1838. Married, second, Sarah M., dau. of Daniel Carrington, Feb. 23, 1899. Mir. Chatfield resides on a farm which was owned by Benajah Johnson, and his house stands near where Mr. Johnson built his house in 1727. Emily died Nov. 12, 1896, aged 58 years, 8 months.
Child.
71. Alice Josephine, born Sept. 3. 1859: m. Harley D. Hotchkiss, Dec. 17. 1881. She died Oct. 23, 1883, leaving a son Howard Edward, born Oct. 7, 1883, who was adopted by his grandfather, Howard G. Chatfield.
67. Henry W., son of Oliver S. and Abigail (Tuttle) Chatfield, married Addie, dan. of Isaac and Betsey (Morgan) Blackman, Oct. 30, 1865. Mr. Chatfield resides east of his father's old homestead on the Woodbridge road, in a new house which he built some years ago.
Children.
72. Rollin, born Feb. 9, 1870.
73. Oliver, born April 28, 1876.
72. Dr. Rollin, son of Henry and Addie (Blackman) Chatfield, married Mabel, dan. of Nathan and Ellen Tomlinson Holbrook, Sept. 26, 1893.
Child.
74. Marian, born Sept. 27. 1900.
69. Charles C., son of Oliver S. and Abigail (Tuttle) Chatfield, married Miss Francis Coralin Watson, Dec. 24. 1867, at Middleburgh, New York. Mr. Chatfield was a graduate of Yale university. He resided in New Haven and conducted the "College Courant," of which he was both editor and pro- prietor for a number of years. Later he became the editor of the "New England School Journal," which position he held until his death. Charles C. died Aug. 22, 1876, aged 35.
Children.
75. Arthur Woolsey, born Dec. 18, 1868.
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76. Walter Stoddard, born June. 1871. 77. Cornelia Caroline, born Dec. 12. 1873.
78. Charles Converse, born Sept. 10. 1876.
51. Joel Raymond, son of Joel and Ruth (Stoddard) Chatfield, married. first. Lucinda. dau. of Timothy and Rayner ( Twitchell) Hitchcock, of Bethany. Ct., May 7, 1826. Married, second. Mary, dan. of Truman and Nancy ( Perry) Tomlinson. Jan. 25. 1837. Joel R. lived in his father's homestead on Skoko rat. Joel R. died Feb. 4. 1804. Lucinda died Nov. 15. 1836, aged 31. Mary died May 7, 1894, aged 84.
Children by Lucinda Hitchcock.
79. Clark, born Nov. 1. 1826. 80. Lucinda, born Nov. 3, 1836; m. S --- Tuttle. Children by Mary Tomlinson.
81. John, born April 4, 1838.
82. Edwin, born April 19, 1840.
83. Ransom, born June 9, 1842.
Hiram, born Sept. 9, 1844.
85. Mary T., born Sept. 14, 1846.
86. Joel, born June 17. 1849.
87. Charlotte, born Oct. 24. 1851; m. Jerod Kimberly.
88. Hattie M., born Nov. 27. 1854: died Nov. 23, 1879.
79. Clark, son of Joel R. and Lucinda ( Hitchcock) Chatfield. married Josephine Augusta, dau. of Willis and Mary (Kimberly) Hotchkiss, of An- sonia, Ct .. Nov. 22, 1852: married, second, Susan Maria, dan. of Abram and Francis Eliza (Treadwell) Smith, Dec. 25. 1856, at Rondont. New York: mar- ried, third, Margarette Wilson, dan. of Richard and Eliza Margarette (Wilson) Dibble, Jan. 23. 1873, at Kingston, New York.
Child by Josephine A. Hotchkiss.
89. Lillian Josephine, born Nov. 12, 1853; m. Frank E. Steele. Children by Susan M. Smith.
90. Edward Smith, born Oct. 8. 1857.
91. Francis, born Oct. 31. 1859.
92. Mary Caroline, born Aug. 8, 1861: died
02. Edith. born Jan. 23, 1863; died
94. Edith Almy, born April 9, 1866.
95. Walter C., born Sept. 6. 1868.
Children by Margarette W. Dibble.
96. Richard, born Nov. 13. 1873: died
97. Robert Wilson, born Ang. 19. 1875.
98. Eliza Margarette, born Nov. 13. 1877.
90. Edward Smith, son of Clark and Susan (Smith) Chatfield, married Hattie Smith, March 2. 1881, at Pittsburg. Pa.
Child. 99. Ursula, born Feb. 4. 1882.
95. Walter Clark, son of Clark and Susan M. (Smith) Chatfield. married Margaret O. Burne. Nov. 15. 1893. in New York city. Resides in New York city.
Children.
100. Walter Joseph, born March 22. 1895.
IOI. Edith, born Nov .. 1897.
102. Eliza, born July 7. 1899.
103. Margaret Eliza, born Feb. 5. 1901.
81. John. son of Joel R. and Mary (Tomlinson) Chatfield, married, first. Anna J., dan. of Lewis and Isabelle (Valintine) Leigh. She was born, 1845.
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Married, second, Adelia E. Edwards, of Boston, Mass. John died in New York city.
Children by Anna Leigh.
10.4. Adelaide Isabelle, born Dec. 19, 1865.
IO5. Mary Almira, born Nov. 17, 1867.
106. Annie Leigh, born March 6, 1870; died March 6, 1876. Child by Adelia E. Edwards.
107. John Edwards, born Feb. 25. 1873.
82. Edwin, son of Joel R. and Mary (Tomlinson) Chatfield, married Catherine Thompson, of Bridgewater, Conn., March 16, 1862, at Seymour. Edwin resides in Bridgeport, Ct.
Children.
108. Edwin, born March 20, 1863.
109. Ralph, born
IIO. John F., born
83. Ransom, son of Joel R. and Mary (Tomlinson) Chatfield, married Sarah L., dau. of William and Wealthy Ann (Hotchkiss) Gilyard, Feb. 26. 1866. He represented the town of Bethany in the legislature. Ransom died Sept. 13, 1899.
Children.
III. Benjamin, born July 12, 1867. II2. Bernice, born Jan. 27, 1873.
86. Joel, son of Joel R. and Mary (Tomlinson) Chatfield, married Maria Keast, Sept. 10, 1877. Mr. Chatfield lives on the Chatfield homestead. Children.
113. Paul, born Sept. 8, 1878.
114. Alfred, born Sept. 26, 1880.
115. Elizabeth Keast, born Dec. 8, 1882.
116. Thomas, born April 27, 1889; died Nov. 5, 1889.
CHADWICK FAMILY.
I. John Chadwick was born in Lyme, Conn., in 1784. He married Mercy Lay and settled in Clinton, Conn. He was a ship-carpenter by trade. John died Oct. 29, 1849, in Clinton, Ct. Mercy died March 25, 1864, aged 78 years. Children.
2. Benjamin, born, 1809.
3. Frederick W., born Sept. 5. 1811.
4. Polly, born, 1816; m. Henry Stannard.
5. Eliza Jane, born May 15, 1822; m. Capt. Rodney Parker.
6. Joseph L., born Nov. 23, 1823; m. Lois Cutler, of Stonington, Ct .; no issue.
2. Benjamin, son of John and Mercy (Lay) Chadwick, married Adeline Denslow, of New Haven, Ct. Resided in New Haven, Ct.
Children.
7. Emily.
8. George.
3. Frederick W., son of John and Mercy (Lay) Chadwick, married, first, Mary E., dan. of Chandler and Polly Rogers (Frisbee) Parkis; married .sec- ond, Mrs. Martha E. (Johnson) Rhoades; married. third, Mrs. Mary Ann (Clark) Petterson. Frederick W. died Sept. 10, 1852, in Seymour, aged 35. Mary E. died Oct. 16, 1846, in New Haven, Ct., aged 23 vears. Martha E. died Sept. 25, 1850, in Seymour, Ct.
Children by Mary E. Parkis.
9. John Henry, born, 1831; drowned July 4, 1838.
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GENEALOGY.
IO. William F., born Dec. 9. 1832.
II. Lavinia E., born June 6. 1834: in. William N. Storrs.
1 2. Harriet, born, 1836; killed by wagon, 1842.
13. John 11., born, 1838: died young.
1.4. Son, born. 1839; died young.
15. Thomas W., born Sept. 16, 1841.
16. John H., born June 6, 1844: killed at battle of Cedar Creek, W. Va .. Oct. 19. 1864.
Child by Martha E. (Johnson) Rhoades.
17. Charles A., born March 23. 1849; died in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1885. 10. William F., son of Frederick W. and Mary (Parkis) Chadwick, mar- ried, first, Mary Jane, dan. of Hezekiah Hubbell, of White Hills, Huntington, Ct. Married, second. Mrs. Phebe (Hawkins) Hubbell, July 30, 1876. Wil- liam F. died Sept. 21. 1807. Mary Jane died Oct. 23, 1874, aged 39.
Child by Phebe ( Hawkins) Hubbell.
18. Noyce A., born Jan. 26, 1879; died Jan. 1, 1880.
15. Thomas W., son of Frederick W. and Mary E. (Parkis) Chadwick. married, first. Emily E .. dau. of Isaac Buckingham; divorced 1866; married. second. Sarah A. Palmer, Nov. 19. 1895. Widow Stevens.
Children by Emily E. Buckingham.
IO. George Edward, born Oct. 6, 1865; m. Cora Adelaide, dan. of Sol- omon S. Palmer, of Torrington, Ct., May 4, 1898.
20. Charles William, born March 3, 1868; m. Cora R. Dudley, of Great Hill, July 3, 1891.
21. George William, born Feb. 12, 1802: died Feb. 12, 1892.
22. Anna Emily, born March 18, 1803.
CHURCH FAMILY.
I. John Church located in Derby, Ct., about 1767-8. He married, first. Rachel, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Mary ( Wheeler) Davis, of Oxford, Nov. 30, 1769; married, second, John died Sept. 24, 1803. Ra- chel died March 10, 1788.
Children by Rachel Davis.
2. William, born Nov. I. 1770.
3. Abel, born Feb. 10, 1774.
1. Abigail, born May 17, 1776.
5. Polly, born Sept. 20. 1778.
6. Bethelda, born May 16, 1785.
7. Rachel, born Feb. 6, 1788.
Child by Second Wife.
8. John, born May 2, 1798; died unmarried.
William, son of John and Rachel (Davis) Church. married 2.
Pitcher, widow of Ebenezer Johnson. William died March 24. 1850. Lois died Oct. 16, 1819, aged 54.
Children.
9. William, born June 13. 1795.
IO. Sheldon, born Jan. 30, 1798.
II. David, born Oct. 20, 1800.
12. Rosetta, born July 29. 1803: died July 17, 1845.
1 3. Zalmon, born Feb. 21. 1800.
I.4. Mary, born Oct. 11, 1812; m. Dr. John Lounsbury.
IO. Sheldon, son of William and Lois ( Pitcher) Church, married Laura. dau. of Abel Lines, of Woodbridge. Sheldon died Nov. 8. 1873. Laura died Feb. 10, 1871.
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Children.
15. Henry, born Jan. 11, 1827.
16. William, born Ang. 29. 1828.
17. Charles, born April 3, 1832.
18. Noyes, born Sept. 30, 1834; died unmarried.
I9. John, born June 30, 1836.
20. Alice, born March 1. 1839; m. Frederick Beecher.
15. Henry, son of Sheldon and Laura (Lines) Church, married Lucinda, dau. of Ebenezer and Julia M. (Davis) Riggs.
Children.
21. Julia M., born Sept. 23. 1852; m. Amos Culver.
22. Sheldon, born Dec. 19. 1856.
23. Harriet E., born June 5. 1859; m. David C. Riggs.
24. Eben R., born Feb. 5. 1861.
25. Homer R., born Oct. 5, 1863.
26. Francis L., born Dec. 3. 1867; m. Henry Dunham.
9. William, son of Sheldon and Laura (Lines) Church, married Mary Ann, dau. of Daniel Lum and Lucy (Nichols) Holbrook, Feb. 2, 1851. Wil- liam died Jan. 24, 1888, in West Haven.
Children.
27. George Lucian, born Jan. 11, 1853, in Oxford, Ct .; m. first, Hen- rietta P., dau. of Charles and Amy (Packard) Stiles, Aug. 5. 1874. She died April 6, 1900; m. second. Nellie, dau. of Frederick and Eunice (White) Smith, of Woodbury, Ct.
28. Daniel L., born Oct. 30, 1858. in Cincinnati, Ohio; m. Nov. 17, 1887. Anna B., dau. of Augustus and Nellie (Miller) Hall. She died March 31, 1894. Child: (30) William Augustus, born March 28, 1890; died July 19, 1890.
29. Addie Louise, born May 8, 1862; m. Daniel E., son of John and Helen (Nesbitt) Currie, Nov. 17, 1883.
19. John, son of Sheldon and Laura (Lines) Church, married Sarah M., dau. of William S. and Amelia (Sherman) Whiting. Aug. 27, 1861, in Christ church, New Haven, Ct.
Children.
31. Lewis W., born June 21, 1862. 32. Stephen B., born Aug. 15, 1866.
3. Abel, son of John and Rachel (Davis) Church, married Anna Abel was a rope-maker. He lived in the first house on the left side on the Bungay road coming from the south, in the south part of the town, near the Ansonia line. Abel died June 10, 1857. Anna died Sept. 16, 1825.
Children.
33. Lucy Maria, born June 13, 1801; m. Garnsey Beach.
34. Anna, born Sept. 20, 1803; m. Isaac Keeney.
35. Sherman, born
36. Nathan, born
.37. Charles, born, 1810; died July 10, 1880.
38. Marietta E., born Dec. 13, 1813; m. Rev. Sheldon Davis.
CLARK FAMILY.
I. Edmund Clark resided in Colchester, Conn. He was a prosperous farmer, and married Alice Chapman. Edmund was born March 26, 1776; died Feb. II. 1841. Alice was born Aug. 26, 1776; died July 13, 1864. Children.
2. Ralph B., born Jan. 1, 1809.
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3. Laura E., born March 11. 1811.
4. Hiram M., born March 16, 1814.
5. Elijah O., born Sept. 15, 1815.
6. Ira M., born July 24. 1819.
7. Daniel W., born Oct. 24. 1824.
5. Elijah O., son of Edmund and Alice (Chapman) Clark, married Abbie Ann Harling.
Children.
8. Albert E., born April 4, 1842.
9. Daniel W., born May 13, 1843.
IO. Ralph B., born April 6, 1845.
II. Charles A., born Jan. 28, 1847.
8. Albert E., son of Elijah O. and Abbie Ann ( Harling) Clark, located in Seymour, Conn., and married Mary M., dan. of Henry and Mary Ann (Brad- ley) Riggs, of Seymour, Ct., Aug. 30, 1870. Resides on Derby avenne. Sey- 1110111.
Child.
1 2. Fred A., born May 13, 1875: died Aug. 15, 1875.
9. Daniel W., son of Elijah O. and Abbie Ann (Harling) Clark, came to Seymour, Conn., and married Georgeanna Martha, dau. of Jesse and Martha (Andrews) Perkins, in East Haven, Ct .. Sept. 20, 1869. Resides on Derby avenne, Seymour. Daniel W. died Jan. 20. 1901.
Children.
13. Harley D., born Dec. 13. 1873: died. 1873. 14. Myron D., born Jan. 11. 1876.
14. Myron D., son of Daniel W. and Georgeanna Martha ( Perkins) Clark, married Anna Louise, dan. of Charles H. and Kate ( Fowler) Butler, of Ox- ford, Ct., July 30. 1898. Resides in Seymour, Ct. Child.
15. Eloise Georgeanna, born April 30. 1899.
CLEMONS FAMILY.
1. Samuel Peet Clemons, of Stratford, Conn., married Susan Mitchell, of Stratford. They had a son, Andrew Burton Clemons, who married Amy Jane Bristol, of Milford, Conn.
Children.
2. Andrew B., born July 1. 1824.
3. Lewis W., born April 27, 1826.
4. Mary M., born June 27, 1822.
5. Lucy A., born Sept. II. 1832.
6. Betsey J., born Aug. 18. 1835.
7. Frederick M., born Feb. 9. 1838.
8. Emma J., born April 17. 1840.
7. Frederick M. Clemons came to Seymour and married Emily, dan. of Eli and Eliza (Bassett) Gillette, of Great Hill. He resided at Wesquantick, in the west part of the town, in the house north of the cemetery. Married April 10, 1856. Frederick M. died July 25, 1885. Children.
9. Bertha J., born Dec. 1. 1857; in. Walter W. Radcliffe of Shelton, Ct., April 20, 1870.
IO. Arthur F., born Aug. 26, 1864.
II. Edwin G., born April 6, 1870; died Feb. 18. 1894.
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IO. Arthur F., son of Frederick M. and Emily (Gillette) Clemons, mar- ried, first, Lena Nora Hoadley, Aug. 25, 1885; married, second, Annie Lynch,. June 25, 1894.
. Children by Lena Nora Hoadley.
12. Frederick Percy, born Jan. 18, 1886 ..
13. Mildred H., born Dec. 25, 1889.
Child by Annie Lynch.
14. Child, born Oct. 29. 1895.
JOHN COOPER FAMILY.
I. John Cooper, of New Haven, 1639, was one of the useful men of the colony, filling various town offices with honesty and ability, settling disputes between individuals as well as between towns, and using all his talents for the good of his fellowmen. He was early connected with the iron works at East Haven, and died Nov. 23, 1689.
2. John Cooper, his only son, bapt. May 28, 1642, married, Dec. 27, 1666, Mary, dan. of John and Ellen (Harrison) Thompson. She was born April 24, 1652.
Children.
3.
A daughter, born Nov. 19. 1668.
4. Mary, born Nov. 15, 1669: died, 1670.
5. John, born Feb. 23, 1670.
6. Sarah, born April 26, 1673.
7. Samuel, born June 20, 1675.
8. Mary, born Sept. 4. 1677.
9. Abigail, born Oct. 3. 1679.
10. Hannah, born Ang. 10, 1681.
II. Joseph, born Sept. II, 1683.
12. Rebecca, born - 1689.
5. John, son of John and Ellen (Thompson) Cooper, married before 1604, Ann. dau. of John and Lydia (Parker) Thomas.
Children.
13. Elizabeth, born Feb. 18, 1694.
14. John, born July 10, 1699.
15. Mary, born Jan. 20, 1701.
16. Thomas, born Feb. 18, 1703.
17. Caleb, born 1708.
18. Jude, born Aug. 18. 1714.
17. Caleb Cooper, son of John and Ann (Thomas) Cooper, married, March 13, 1734-5, Desire, dan. of John Sanford. He died Oct. 30, 1746, and Desire married Lieut. William Scovill and Deacon Jonathan Garnsey, both of Waterbury.
Children.
19. Caleb, born Aug. 16, 1736.
20. Jason, born April 18, 1739.
21. Sarah, born Jan. 26, 1742: m. Samuel Frost.
22. Olive, born April 19. 1744.
23. Desire, born April 27, 1746; m. Peter Welton.
I9. Caleb Cooper, son of Caleb and Desire (Sanford) Cooper, married, Nov. 4. 1762, Eunice Barnes, dau. of Daniel and Abigail (Heaton) Barnes.
24. Asa Cooper, son of Caleb and Eunice (Barnes) Cooper, born in North Haven in 1773, came to Seymour and married Hannah Botsford, dau. of Nehemiah. Nehemiah Botsford had left the house which came to him from his father Samuel to his daughters after the death of their mother. Asa Cooper bought their rights, between 1805 and 1813, and lived in the place until his death, Aug. 21, 1855.
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Children.
25. Giles, married Lorinda Fowler, of Milford, and had Frederick (26). Giles (27), Elizabeth (28), and Henry (20.)
30. Betsey Janette, born Oct. 21. 1805, married, March II. 1827. Elizur Edwin Prichard, of Waterbury, and had Elizabeth A .. Sarah J .. Katherine A .. and Florence C.
31. Lucy, married John Brush and Leveret Allen, both of Wallingford.
32. Jane, married. Clark, of Orange.
33. Hannah, married Jeremiah Andrew, and had Adelaide (married Le- roy Williamson.) Hannah (married Child, and George.
34. Henry, died, a lad of fifteen.
COOPER FAMILY.
I. Charles Cooper, born in England in 1800, came to America in 1834 with his family. He was a brass roller by trade and was one of the three rst brass rollers in the country. After landing he came to Derby, where he vas employed by Phelps, Dodge & Co. Mr. Cooper married Elizabeth Day 1 England.
Children.
2. William, born Sept. 12. 1824.
3. Charles, born -.
4. Alfred, born
5. Henry, born
2. William, son of Charles and Elizabeth ( Day) Cooper, married Mary Amy Todd, of Wolcott, Ct., May 7. 1848. He was a brass worker: lived in Torrington, Ct. William died April 20, 1894. His wife was born Dec. 18. 825.
Children.
6. Charles H., born March 4. 1849, in Waterbury, Ct. 7. Mary Alice, born Feb. 5. 1853: m. Albert F. Brooker. 8. Frederick W., born Aug., 1855: m. Ida Waite, 1887.
6. Charles H., son of William and Mary A. (Todd) Cooper, married Ella .. dan. of Charles Buckingham, of Ansonia. Ct .. Jan. 20, 1875. Mr. Cooper s a brass roller and resides in Seymour. Ct. Children.
9. Arthur B., born Jan. 30. 1876.
IO. Frank Henry, born Jan. 20, 1878.
CULVER FAMILY.
1. Amos Culver located at Salem Bridge. (now Naugatuck) and married Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah (Johnson) Hopkins, of Waterbury, Conn .. 1770. She was born Oct. 1. 1750. He married, second, Sally, widow of Josiah At xins. Sally died in 1845. Sarah died Nov. 24. 1780.
Children by Sarah Hopkins.
2. Stephen, born, 1773.
3. Sarah, born. 1775; m. John Hoton.
4. Laura, born ; m. Samuel J. Hickox. 1800.
5. Anna, born
6. Marshall, born
7. Clara, born 1791: died. 1808.
Children by Sally Atkins.
8. Susanna, born 1794: m. Argus Beecher.
9. Ransom, born
IO. Josiah, born
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SEYMOUR, PAST AND PRESENT.
2. Stephen, son of Amos and (Hopkins) Culver married Anner, dau of Daniel Franeis, of Killingworth, Ct., Nov. 7, 1793. Stephen died Sept. 7 1849. Anner died, 1844.
Children.
II. Curtis, born Oct. 27, 1797.
12. Martin, born Oet. 14, 1801.
13. Hannah W., born March 8, 1805.
1.4. Stephen Hopkins, born Dec. 20, 1810.
15. Miles, born Sept. 19. 1816.
16. William, born Aug. 3. 1819.
14. Stephen Hopkins, son of Stephen and Anner (Francis) Culver, mar ried, first, Emeline Smith; married, second, Sarah Jane Edye, March 7, 1848 married, third, Mrs. Amira (Terrell) Clark, Sept. 21, 1862. Resided in Sey mour. Ct. Stephen H. died Oct. 7. 1889. Emeline died July 12, 1847, age(
37. Sarah Jane died March 7, 1862.
Children by Emeline Smith.
17. B. Frank, born Sept. 3. -.
18. Grace, born Sept. I. -; m. Charles Hinman. Children by Sarah Jane Edye.
19. Elsie F., born March 28, 1849; m. Lemon Whitlock. 20. S. Hart, born Feb. 3, 1853.
20. S. Hart, son of Stephen Hopkins and Sarah Jane (Edye) Culver married Helen A., dau. of Albert Z. and Sarah (Prichard) Downs, Aug. IC 1873. Mr. Culver has held the office of town clerk for a number of years He represented the town in the legislature in 1901.
Child.
21. Helena A., born May 18, 1875; m. Oliver M. Williams Sept. 20 1808.
15. Miles, son of Stephen and Anner (Francis) Culver, married Laur Wheeler, dau. of Daniel. Mr. Culver resided in the first house north o Rimmon Pond, on the Beacon Falls road. Miles died July 28, 1867. Laur died March 1, 1877, aged 66.
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