The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Vol. II, Part 146

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
Number of Pages: 1012

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1. Dwight G., b. 8 June, 1887.

Gowen C. (Rev.), (biography, see p. 385, Vol. I); m. 11 Nov., 1862, Martha B. (dau. Jefferson and Ann Eliza Burr) Chamberlain of Bangor, Maine. Children (etll but oldest b. at Windsor, Conn.):

1. Charles Fred, b. at Winterport, Me., 21 Dec .. 1863; in. 31 Dec., 1889, Lolu Upham of Des Moines, Iowa. Issue :

1. Ruth, b. 21 Oct., 1889.

2. Mary Chamberinio, b. 2 Mcb., 186 ;.

3. Anne Burr. b. 22 Oct .. 1868.

4. Emma Darling, b. 11 Nov., 1972.

5. Martha Keene, b. 17 Aug., 18,5.

Moses and Chloe, had :

1. Polly, 1 bp. Aug., 1788.

2. George, 5

3. Almira, bp. 11 July, 1782.

5. Jemima, bp. 21 Ang., 1791. 6. Eunice, bp. 9 Apl., 1793.

7. Esther, bp. 23 Ang .. 1,95.

4. Jobn, bp. 2 Nov., 1783. 8. Guy (s. Moses), d. Sept., 1804. 2. 5 yrs. - W.C.R.

Calvin, b. Stafford, Conn .; was Revol. soldier, and d. 20 May, 1809, æ. 51; his wife Submit d. 10 Dec., 1840, æ. 74. Children :

1. Oliver, b. 14 Oct., 1785; d. 22 Jan., 1787. 6. Courtney, b. 11 July, 1797; d. 11 Jan .. 1,98.

2. Oliver, b. 10 Jan., 1788.

3. Laura, b. 19 Jan., 1790.

4. Griggs, b. 10 Feb .. 1793; d. 31 July, 1800.

5. Emma, b. 9 Jan., 1795.

7. Charles Courtney. b. 2 Dec .. 1.98.

8. Eliza. b. 4 Nov., 1800: d. 12 Sept., 1803.

9. Richard Griswold, b. 8 Nov., 1502; d. 6 Oct., 1803.

James, had (1) Lydia, b. 10 Mch., 1717; (2) Susannah, b. 15 Nov., 1778; (3) -, b. 30 Nov., 1780.

Miscellaneous .- Joseph, m. Candace Barber, ? Mch., 1811 .- Wby. Ch. Rec. Mo- ses, m. Abigail Stephens (both of W.), 18 May. 1737 .- W. C. R. Warren, m. Ruth Marshall, 18 Mch., 1811 .- N. C. R. Timothy and Roxana had: (1) Timothy Mather, bp. 25 Nov., 1788 .- W. C. R. Ephraim Blodgett, bp. 25 Feb., 1810 .- S. B. Jonathan, and his ch. (1) Jonathan, (2) Damaris, (3) Clarissa, were bp. 5 Jan., 1808 .- S. B. Joseph, 1 28 Sept., 180I, æ. 64 .- Wby. Ch. Rec. Abiah (Wid.), d. 19 Apl., 1813, a. 70. Roxana, d. 26 Sept., 1826. John (of Jolın, Jr.), bp. 19 Feb., 1737/8 .- W. C. R.

WINCHELL. [Corrected by the Winchell Genealogy, by Alex. Winchell, LL. D., 1869.] Robert, prob. b. Wales; at Dorchester, Mass., 1634; came to W. early as 1637, where he had lot gr. to him; had two sons b. before he came to W. lle d. 21 Jan., 1607/8; will dated 1668, ment. Nathaniel, Jonathan, and Mary. His wife d. 10 July, 1655. Children (O. C. R.), all except two eldest :

1. Nathaniel, b. prob. before 1631. FAM. 2. 5. David, bp. 22 Det .. 1643. FAM. 1.

2. Jonathan, b. prob. at D'chester bef. 1635. FAM. 3. 6. Joseph, bp. 5 Ang., 1645.

3. Phebe, bp. 29 Meb., 1637; d. at W. 23 May, 1662. 7. Martha, bp. 18 June, 1648: d. 12 July, 1655.

4. Mary, bp. 5 Sept., 1641; d. at W. after 1668. 8. Benjamin, bp. 11 July, 1652; d. 24 June, 1656.

FAM. 2. Nathaniel ? (Robert 1), m. Sarah (dan. Thos., tho' poss. of Jolin) Porter of Farmington, 8 Apl., 1664; she b. 1646; d. at W. 1725; was a memb. of W. Ch. Aug., 1671 .- O. C. R. lle d. 8 Mch., 1699. Ch. (O. C. R.):

1. Nathaniel. b. 5 Aug., 1665. FAM. 5. of Y. ( .; or, was she the Sarah who m. 26 Apl., 2. Thomas, b. 25 May, 1669. FAM. G. 1600, Josiah (s. Sam.) Phelps, d. W. 4 May. 1.33? 1. Stephen, b. 13. bp. 26 Ang .. 1677 .- O.C.R. FAM. T.

3. Sarah, b. 26 Đec., 1671; prob. the Sarah who m. 3 June, 1713. Joseph Judd of Farmington 5. John, b. W. 1650. FAM. S. (F. Town Rec.) and was mother of Rer. Reuben Judd, wbo grad. Y. 6. 1741. See Dexter's .Innals 1 Jucub, Giles) Gibbs of W.

6. Mary, b. W. 1653; m. 4 Mch., 1,03, Sam'l (s. Sam.,

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FAM. 3. Jonathan 2 ( Robert1), came to W. from Dorchester, 1638, then a child; m. (1) Abigail (dau. Richard) Bronson, at Farmington, 16 May, 1666 (O. C. R.); she b. 1644, bp. 29 May, 1659; d. 27 Mch., 1710; (2) Mary (Wid.) Towsley of Suif., Mch., 1713, who d. 10 Feb., 1729; he owned Half-Way Cov't W. Ch .. Feb., 1667 (O. C. R.); he d. 5 MIch., 1714/3. Sheldon (Doc. Hist. Suff'o says his house-lot in High St. was on south cor. of road to W. Suff., and was afterwards the homestead of Gen. Phineas Lyman and Hez. Huntington, both distinguished lawyers. CZ .:

1. Jonathan, b. W., Feb., 1667 .- O. C. R. (Born in Suffield ): 2. Benjamin, b. W., 28 June. 1674. 3. Abigail, b. & June, 1679. (Five other ch. b. Suff .. ace. to W. Gen)

FAM. 4. David ? (Robert 1), m. (1) Elizabeth (dan. William) Filley, 17 Nov., 1669 (0). C. R.); she was b. 4 Mch., 1650; (2) Mary (dau. John) Griffin, 1 May, 1662, who was b. 1646; he owned Half-Way Cov't in W. Ch., some time in yr. 1668-70 (0.(.R.); contrib. 0 to Conn. Fund for Relief of Poor of other Colonies, 1676; rem. to Suff. prob. after Philip's War, and became (acc. to Sheldon, Doc. Hist. Suff.) a prominent man there, being a selectman and land measurer for 25 years; he surveyed and allotted about 9,000 acres, including the Second Division. Ilis s. Joseph (b. W.) succeeded him as land measurer, and was Proprietor's (or Town) Clerk for 32 yrs. Most of Suff. E. of the mountain was laid out and measured by fath. and s. David W. d. 29 Dec., 1723, æ. 80; his wid. d. 23 June, 1728, æ. 18. Ch. (b. H., O. C. R.): 1. Joseph, b. 13 Sept .. 1620. town), Conn .- Dexter's Innals Yale Coll. 2. Christian, b. 9 Mch., 1672. ( Born in Suff.) : 4. David, b. 19 Mch., 1682.

3. Elizabeth, b. 9 Dec .. 1675; m. JJohn Trum- bull of Suff., and their Sth ch. and 3d s. bp. 3 Apl., 1715, was the Rev. John Trumbull, grad. Yale Coll., 1:35; sett. at Westbury (now Water-

5. Mary, b. 8 Feb., 1685.

6. Jederliah, b. 29 Dee .. 1690.

7. Samuel, b. 9 June, 1693.

FAM. 5. Nathaniel$ (Vath'1,2 Robert 1), m. 15 Mch., 1693, Mary Graves of Itfd .; le d. 8 Mch., 1699. Children :

1. Nathaniel, b. 23 Dec .. 1694.

2. Hannab, b. 5 Nov., 1695; m. Ebenezer (s. John Hurlburt of Middlet'n, Conn., 11 May. 1210.

3. 1llezekiah. b. 20 .Tune, 1697 (founder of the Berlin branch); m. Mary Cole of Farmington, Conn.

4. Zebediah, who d. 16 Feb., 1697 8.

5. Mercy, b. 29 Feb., 1699.

FAM. 6. Thomas $ (Nath'l,2 Robert 1), m. -; he d. Aug., 1697. Children : 1. Samuel, b. 5 Jan., 1690; prob. founder of the New Hampshire branch. ' 2. Hannah, b. 18 May, 1693.

FAM. 7. Stephen 3 (Nath'l," Robert 1), m. Abigail Marshfield, 10 Mch., 1697/8. Children :

1. Stephen, b. 20 Nov., 1695: founder of Ulster Co .. N. Y., branch.

2. Thomas, b. 2 Apt., 1500; founder of llumden, Conn., branch.

3. t'aleb, b. 6 Dec., 1701.

4. Dorothy, b. 2 Oct .. 1703.

5. Robert, b. 28 May, 1703.

6. Martin, b. 23 Dec., 1708.

FAM. 8. John 3 (Nath'l,2 Rob't 1 ), m. Martha Eno, 3 Jan., 1705. Children :

1. John, b. 5 \pl., 170%; d. 1 Dec .. 1773. Daniel Moore of Sims., 15 Sept., 1,32. - W. C. R.

6. Daniel, b. 22 Apl .. 1:18: d. 19 Apl., 1733.

7. Ebenezer, b. 15 Sept., 1719; d. 21 Apl., 1721.

8. Ebenezer. b. 31 Mch., 1723: founder of Torring- ton branch.

9. Martha, b. 5 Dec., 1226; d. 12 Jan., 172> 9.

Miscellaneous. - Benjamin, had Thomas, b. 16 Dec., 1702. Joseph, had Tryphena, b. 5, bp. 31 May, 1752 ( II. C. R.); , bp. 27 June, 156. - W. C. R. Robert, had Lydin, b. July, 1734; Robert, bp. 2 Sept., 1739, at Turkey Hills ( W. C. R.); Sary, bp. 3 Apl., 143;, at Turkey Hills, -W.C.R. Wid. Sarah, d. + Oct., 1725. Thomas, had Jehiel, bp. 3 Apl., 1737, at Turkey Hills .- W. C. R. Martin, had James, bp. 24 Feb., 1739/40. - W. C. R .; T. II .? Wid., d. } May, 1801, . 77 .- W. C. R.

WING, Samuel, m. Hannah -; "Aug. 22 1769, d. Mrs. Joanna Wing, wife of Som &Wing Samuel, of a putrid fever after child bearing," :v. 30; probably a first wife. - N. S. R. He d. 14 Aug., 1777. Children :

1. Hannah, b. 2) June, 1771. 2. Ilezekiah, b. 6 Mch., 1777.

3. Samuel, d. 7 Sept., 1777.

4. Moses. FAM. 2. } children by 1st wife. Hannah, bp. 19 5. Martha,

6. Roger, Mch., 1:09. - N. S. R.

2. Silence, b. 6 .Jan., 1708: hecame 2d wife of Simon Chapman, Jr., 22 Dec., 1730; d. before 1736. 3. Samuel, b. 15 Mch .. 1710 11; founder of the

4. Martha, b. 24 Aug .. 1713. [ Maine branch.]

5. llannah, b. 13 Feb., 1713; prob. the H. who m.

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FAM. 2. Moses? (Maj.) (Sem), m. (1) Hannah Denslow, 13 Dec., 1781; (2) IFuldah Denslow, 8 Apl., 1793. He d. 1809. Children (deaths W. C. R.) :

1. Cynthia, b. 22 Nov .. 1752. 4. William, b. 1 JJuly, 1799; m. 1×22 Electa Spel- 2. Hannah. d. 6 Nov .. 1595. @. 18 mos. W. C. R. 3. - , ch. d. 3 Apl .. 1207. man of Granville. O .; was Sec'y Central Ohio Railroad Co .; res. (1856) Zanesville, O.

Samuel (prob. the Lieut. S. who, acc. to V. S. R., "d. at Danbury in the service," July, 1777), and Lydia had (N. S. R.) :

1. Abigail, bp. 14 Oct., 17:1.

! 2. Samnel, bp. 9 JJuly, 1775.

Miscellaneous. - Adeline, m. Oliver Kingsbury of Coventry, 29 Apl., 1805. Pliny, d. 5 Ang., 1>34, or '39. - W. (. R. Joseph (adult). bp. 22 Sept., 1976 .- W.C.R. Job and Martha, had Ennice, bp. 22 Sept., 1776 .- I.C.R. Joseph and Martha, had Ennice, bp. 22 Sept., 1776. - W. C. R.

WINTER, Eliza (adult), bp. 4 MIch., 1807. - S. B.

WOLCOTT. This genealogy, as it appeared in our first edition, was compiled by us from W. Res., a Wolcott Gen. pub. in the N. Eng. Gen. Register, and an article entitled " Henry Wolcott and His Children," pub. in the Cong'l Quarterly. The present revision has been largely enriched from the pages of The Wolcott Memorial, compiled by the late Rev. Dr. SAMUEL WOLCOTT and privately printed (1881). in an edition limited to 300 copies. This great work is especially rich in Wolcott correspondence, etc., and also gives some branches of the family which do not come within the limits of a Windsor history; and while we have not followed out some of these lines (notably the Wethersfield line), we have been able to render some of the more distinctively Windsor lines more perfect. In this connection we desire to acknowledge the kindly interest of Hon. HENRY R. WOLCOTT of Denver, Col., and of ROGER WOLCOTT, Esq., of Boston, Mass., by whose courtesy this genealogy is so fully ilhastrated with the beautiful engravings made for the Family Memorial Volume. We are fully assured that many of our readers will appreciate their liber- ality in this matter as sincerely as we do .- II. R. S.

The name in Somersetshire is spelled Wol; in Shropshire, Lincolnshire, and elsewhere, Wal. The ancestral seat in England of the family which came to Wind. sor was at Tolland, Co. Somerset, though its branches reside in adjacent parishes. " Tolland," says H. G. SOMERBY, Esq., in a letter to the family. "is one of the most secluded, quiet, and picturesque villages in England. The Galdon Manor, which I sketched, and which is now occupied as a farm-house, must at one time have been very extensive, and the principal room very splendid for the period. It is still richly ornamented with carved work, etc. I visited the okl Mill, which be- longed to the Family at least 300 years ago. The house connected with it, now somewhat dilapidated, is the same which was then standing, and is a curious speci- men of architecture, both internally and externally. The mill is also the original one, with a modern addition to one end; I made a sketch of the house and mill. The manor-house, which is still standing, is said to be of very great antiquity and extent. It was originally a splendid mansion, designed, as well for the purposes of defense against the excesses of a lawless age, as for the purposes of a permanent family residence. It is still richly ornamented with carved work, and if left to itself unassailed by the hand of violence, it will stand for ages. The familiar motto of the family arms, borrowed from the Roman poet, is still to be seen upon the walls of the manor house, its bold words informing us that the family who have adopted it as their text of life were "accustomed to swear in the words of no mas- ter " (Nullius addictus jurare in cerbut magistri). It is alike in keeping with the inde- pendent spirit of an English gentleman of the middle ages and with that of a Puritan of the Ifth Century, who spurned the dictation of ecclesiastical domination.

In relation to the Wolcott coat-of-arms, the following is of interest to those who are curious in matters of heraldry. John Woleott of Wolcott, who lived in the time

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of Henry V, and who m. Matilda (dan. of Sir Richard) Cornwell of Beresford, Kent, assumed for his arms the three chess rooks instead of the crow with the fleur-de-lis borne by his ancestors. It is recorded in the old family pedigree, that, "playinge at ye chesse with Henry ye Fifthe, Kinge of Englande, he gave hym ye checke matte with ye rouke, whereupone y" Kinge changed his coate of-armes, which was y" erosse with flower de Inces, and gave him ye ronke for a remembrance. It seemes these Chess Rooks were first called Rooks for being in defence of all ye rest; and therefore they stande in ye uttermost corners of ye Chess board as Frontier C'as- tles. Kinge Win. ye Conqueror lost greate Lordships at this playe. And it might well become a Kinge, for therein are comprised all ye Stratagents of Warr, or plotts of Civill State." - Herald's Visitation.

The register of the parish of Lidiard St. Lawrence, adjoining that of Tolland, contains the following: "HENRY, y" sonne of John Wolcott, was baptized the VI of December, 1578"; and "HENRY Wolcott & Elizabeth Saunders [of Lydiard St. Laurence, b. 1584], were married 19 January, 1606."

Henry Wolcott, whose m. and bp. are thus recorded, was the emigrant to Windsor, Conn. As the second son of John Wolcott, of Galdon Manor, Tolland, Co. Somerset, Eng., he held a fair position among the landed gentry, and an estate which placed him in af- fluent circumstances. By the decease of his elder bro. Christopher, intestate, 1639, the family estate, including the manor-bouse, mill, etc., also came into his posses- sion after his removal to America. The earlier portion of his life was passed in the quiet pursuit of a country squire's duties and responsibilities: but, becoming con- verted under the teaching of the Rev. John Elton, he soon found himself closely identified with the Puritan party in the religions and political revolution which then convulsed England. America presented to him, as to hundreds of others like- minded, the only asyhim where civil and religious freedom could be found; and, though then past 52 years of age, and with children of an age when they most needed the social and educational advantages afforded in their native land, - to em- igrate to a new home beyond the ocean. Taking their three sons, and leaving behind them for a time two daughters and their youngest son (æ. 5), they joined the Warham and Maverick emigration of 1630, on the 19th of October in which yr.

MR. HENRY WOLCOTT'S DEED CHEST, 1630. (Wolcott Family Memorial.)

we find Henry Wolcott's name as one of the first list of freemen of Boston. He rem. from Dorchester to W. in 1635; in 1637 was elected a member of the lower house of the first Gen'l Assembly of Conn .; in 1610 stands first in a list of the inhabitants of W .; in 1643 was elected to the House of Magistrates (the present Senate) of C'onn., and was annually re-elected during life, and was probably, after the pastor, the most distinguished citizen of W .; the younger ch. who had been left bebind, re-

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joined the family between 1631 and 1641. He d. 30 May, 1655; his wid. d. on July 5, same year. His est. was inventoried at £764, 88., 10d., not a large sum for one who is known to have sold about $8,000 worth of estate in Eng. preparatory to re- moving to America, and illustrating the remark of the historian Trumbull, that "many of the adventurers expended more, in making settlements in Conn., than all the lands and buildings were worth, after all the improvements which they had made upon them." * Mrs. Wolcott was adm. to W. Ch. Apl., 1640 .- 0. C. R. In the ancient " Family Chronologie " it is recorded of Ileury Wolcott and his wife, that " these both dyed in hope and Ly buried under one Tomb in Windsor." ('h. :

1. John, by. I Det., 1607; living in England 1631; d. withont is ne. in Eng, previous to date of his father's will, 1655.

2. Anna, came over to Am. between 1631 and 1641; m. 16 Oct., 1616. Matthew Griswold of W., afterwards of Saybrook.

3. Henry. b. 21 Jan , 1610 11. FAM. 2.

4. ticorge. b. -. FAM 3.

5. Christopher, came to Am. with his father, 1630. rec'd by will his father's homestead in W .; d. un- married ? Sept., 1662 (0. C. R.); by his (unneu- pative) will, est. divided among his brothers and ri-ters, Henry being the chief legatre.

6. Mary. m. 25 June, 1646. Jub Drake of W. ; both d. 16 Sept .. 1659. [FAM. 4.

7. Simon, b. betw. 11 Sept .. 1624, and 11 Sept., 1625.

FAM. 2. Henry : (Mr.) (Henry' ), adm. freeman Boston, 1 Apt., 1634, and was then memb. of Dorchester Ch .; rem. to W. 1636; was an importing meht .; was in Eng. on bus, in 1634, and again 1621; engaged in public life and held various appointments; was one of 19 prominent men of the Col. named in the Charter of Con .; a memb. of House of Dep. 1660, and of House of Magistrates 1662, and annually re-elected until his death; was master of a short hand, in which he has preserved many items of value to W. history (see p. 11, Vol. I); gave much attention to fruit enlture; was prominent in ch. matters. He m. 8 Nov., 1611, Sarah (dau. Mr. Thomas) New- berry (0). C. R.), who d. 16 July, 1684; she adm. to W. Ch. Jan., 1665 .- O. C. R. lle d. 12, bu. 13 (0). C. R.) July, 1680. llis est. invent., real and personal in W., £1,550, 12, 0; ppy. mostly real est. in Wethersfield, £1,234, 04, 00; lands in Eng., housing and mill at $52 per ann. €1,033.00; revision of a living at £10 per ann., 4160.00. Among other items enumerated are " several divine and history books, £13, 02, OS; silver, gold, and plate, €74, 15, 00;" also " servant Cyrus, valued at £30." Children (bp. O. C. R.) :

1. Henry, b. 6, bp. S Jan., 1642[3]. FAM. 5. 7. Samuel, b. and bp. 16 Apl., 1856 (O. C.R.) FAM. T. 2. John, b. 25 Feb., 1641 5 ; bp. same mo. FAM 6. 8. Josiah, b. 21. bp. 25 ( O. C. R.) July, 1655; rec. a 3. Samuel, b. Sort., 1417; d. 10 May, 16. classical education at school; began as merchant 1. Sarah, b. 5 July, 1649; m. 6 June, 1671. Capt. John Price of Salem, Mass. at W .; rem. to Salem, Mass,, where he was a use- ful and honored citizen; d. 9 Feb., 1723; was one of orig. proprietors of Thompson, Conu. Ile m. (1) 1646, Penelope (dan. l'apt. George) Corwin of S .; (2) 1694, Mary (dan. John) Freke of Boston, who d. 1732; he had 11 ch.

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5. Mary, b. 6. bp. * Dec., 1651; m. 2 June, 1879, James Russell, E.g., of Charlestown, Mas -. 6. Hannab, b. and bp. § O. C. R. says? Mch., 1653 4: d. at Charlestown, 1 Sept., 1983; d. a mo. after sister Mary.

FAM. 3. George" (Ilury1), was made a freeman in Conn. 21 May, 1657; settled at Wethersfield; m. Elizabeth Treat. He d, 12 Feb., 1662. Children :

1. Elizabeth, b. 20 JJune, 1630; m. 15 Dec., 16-6, Gabriel Cornish of Wethersfield.

2. George, b. 20 Sept., 1652; m. Elizabeth Cur- tis, 1691; res. Wethersfield, and d. JJuly, 1726;

wealthy for his day; bad 10 ch.t

3. John, b. 5 Ang., 1656; was living 1662.

4. Mercy, b. 4 Det., 1659; living (invalid) 16-7.

* flist. Com., i, 117.

+ His son Josiah, b. 20 Ang., 1;13, was of Andover Society, Coventry; removed to Saybrook about 1750. Ace, to for. Rer., " Josiah W. and ye wid. Lucy French were m. April 23, 1710" (should be 1711). Lncy French was dan. of Capt. Daniel and Elizabeth ( Bliss) White of Hatfield, Mass,, and after- wards of Windsor, Conn., and wa- b. 16 June. 1715. Her first hust. wa- Joseph Freuch of Coventry, who came from Norwich; and he and all his ch. (1) died within 10 days of one another, in Aug., 1740, Mrs. Lucy (French) Wolcott d. of small-pox, at Saybrook, abt. 1,59. Mr. W. rem. to N. Jersey, where he m. (2) Phebe -, and where he d. 24 Oct .. 1781. Children :

1. Lucy, b. 19 Jan , 1712: m. a Thomas of X. J.

2. Anna, b. 19 Mch . 17H ; d. 24tb rame month.

3. Anna, b. 29 Apl .. 1:15; d. 1% ,June. 1;15.

1. Theodora, b. 1 Nov., 171; m. 17 Nov., 1768. Michael Baldwin of Guilford, Conn .; of their ch., Hechael grad. Y. 1. 1795, and Henry grad. Y.C. 1297: the latter became memb. Cong. and a Justice of U. S. Supreme It.

5. Anna, b. 15 Jan .. 1749; m. a Pratt. 6. Ilvire, b. 15 JJan., 1751: m. Kob't Lay of Wstbk.

". Sarah, b. 96 Meh .. 1453; adopted by Rev. John Devotion of Westbrook ; m. Col. Asa Lay of W. Elisha, b. 17 Ang .. 1456; d. yg.

9. Josiah Elisha, b. 13 Feb., 1:59.

(By 2d mar.):

10. Thebe, m. a Doremus of N. J.

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FAM. 4. Simon? (Mr.) (Henry1 ), adm. freeman, 1654; m. (1) 19 Mch., 1657, Joanna (dau. Sinon Holof . Aaron) Cook of W., b. 5 Aug., 1638, and d. 27 Apl. 1657, æ. 18 yr .; (2) 17 Oct., 1661, Martha Pitkin (O. C. R.), described in W. Rec. as "late from England," who was sis- ter of Wm. Pitkin, Esq., of E. Htfd .; Attorney-General and Treas. of the Colony. Tradition says: " This girl put the Colony in a commotion. If poss. she must be detained; the stock was too valuable to be parted with. It was a matter of general consultation what young man was good enough to be presented to Miss Pitkin. Simon Wolcott of Windsor was fixed upon; and, beyond expectation, succeeded in winning her hand; her brother favored the proposal, and the results showed that they had judged worthily." He purchased the house-lot of Goodman Whitehead, opp. the residence of his father, on the meadow road to Hartford. (See p. 171, Vol. I.) In Apl., 1761, he sold this place to the Sannders Brothers and rem. to Sims., where he had received a grant in 1667, and was one of a committee app. by the Gen- eral Court to promote the settlement of that town; where he was permitted by the Gen. Ct. to " dispose " of liquors " until an ordinary be set up in Sims."; was one of the two captains of Sims. militia app. 1673, and townsman 1674. He was obliged to leave Sims. in the Indian troubles of 1675-6, with mueh loss of ppy .; remained a few years in W., and in 1680 sett. on his land (200 acres) on east side of Conn. River, present So. W. In 1686 his est. was the largest on the W. Town List, but it was involved, and remained so until his death. On this list he was one of six having the prefix of "Mr." lle d. 11 Sept., 1687; buried in W. Old Graveyard, as was his wid., who became 2d wife of Daniel Clarke, Esq., of W., and d. 13 Oct., 1719, æ. 80. Children :

1. Elizabeth, b. 19 Ang., 1662; m. 10 Dec., 1680, Daniel Cooley of Longmeadow, Mass.

2. Martha, b. 17 May, 1664; m. 6 Jan., 1686, Thos. Allyn of W.

3. Simon, b. 24 June, 1666. FAM. S.

4. Joanna, b. 30 June, 1668; m. 2 Sept., 1690. John

Colton of Longmeadow, Mass.

5. Henry (Lieut.), b. 20 May, 1670. FAM. 9.

6. Christopher, h. 4 July, 1672; d. 3 Apl., 1693.

7. Mary, b. 1674; d. 1676.

8. William, b. 6 Nov .. 16.6. FAM. 10.

9. Roger (Gov.), b. 4 Jan., 1679 .* FAM. 11.

FAM. 5. Henry3 (Henry,2 Henry 1), memb. of House of Dep., 1686, and Town Clerk of W .; he m. 12 Oct., 1664, Abialı (dau. Edward, Esq.) Goffe (O. C. R.) of Cam- bridge, Mass .; d. 18 Feb., 1709/10, æ. 67; she b. 1 Apl., 1647; d. 18 June; 1718, æ. 72. Children (b. O. C. R.) :

1. Elizabeth, b. 27 Ang., 1665; m. 5 Jan., 1686, Ilon. Col. Matthew Allyn, Esq., of W., one of the Council and Judge of Supr. Ct. of Conn.

2. Henry, b. 13 .Apl .. d. 14 May, 1667; prob. the ]]. W. 's s. who d. 1667. O. C. R.

3. Abiah. b. 1 May, 1669; d. 25 Jan., 1696. Henry W.'s dan. d. 1620 .- 0. C. R.

4. Sarah, b. 27 Mch., bu. 20 July, 1671.

5. Ilenry, b. 30 Mch., 16:3; d. 5 Ang., 1697.

6. Sarah, h. 16 Aug., 1676; m. 16 Mch., 1608, Rev. Charles Chauncey of Stratfield. Conn.

7. Samnel (Capt.), b. 20, bp. 30 Mch., 1679 (O.C. R.)

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grad. Harv. C'oll. 1698. first of the name to com- plete a college course in America. On day of his graduation was employed by the selectmen of W. to " keep a reading and writing and cyphering and grammar school for one full year," to he tanght 3 mos. on the cast and 9 on the west side of the Great River, the latter half on north aud half on south side of the Rivulet. In 1701 he took

his Master's deg. at JFarv., his theme being an af- firmation of the question, "An Pripdestinatio pub- lice doceri, ac predicari debeat ?" In 1705 he was app. Capt. of HItfd. Co. Troop: in 1706 rep. W. In Gen'l Assem .; he d. 25 June, 1509. With him died the expectations of his father that through him, ax the only surviving son and the eldest heir in the male line, the original English real estate would re- main in the family; for, on the death of his father (Henry3) without male issue surviving, it naturally reverted to the heirs of his two dans., Mrs. Allyn and Mrs. Chauncey, whose claim was contested by the heirs in the male line. The suit attracted much interest in the Colony, as it was supp. to involve the question wheth, the Eng. law of primogenitare and entail should be recognized in this country. The Wolcott claim was disallowed, and the ppy. div. bet. the Allyns and Chaunceys a decision wh. caused some unpleasantness in the fam., and Benjamin, s. of John W., proceeded to Eng. and took personal possession of the ppy., wh, caused difficulty there. The Wolcott demand-, whether legal or not, were subsequently purchased by C'ol. Allyn; and so much of the estate as remained in poss. of his heirs in 178; was disposed of at that time by lleury Allyn, Esq., for 2×50 sterling."

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The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Vol. II, Part 146

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909 Publication date: 1891 Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company Number of Pages: 1012

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
Number of Pages: 1012