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John Sloss Hobart m. Mary Grinnell of New York.
Mrs. John Sloss Ifobart d. August 1803. Judge John Sloss Hobart d. Feb. 4th 1805 & left no children. He was a distinguished jurist of New York City.
Ellen Hobart m. Dr. Nathaniel Lothrop of Plymouth, Mass., & d. in Plymouth July Ist 1780 leaving no children.
Mrs. Noah Hobart d. August 4th 1753.
Rev. Noah Hobart next m. in 1757 Mrs. Priscilla Lathrop of Plymouth, Mass., who survived him.
Rev. Noah Hobart d. Dec 6th 1773. & was buried in the Burial Hill Cemetery, where a stone of white marble marks his grave.
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HULL
The name of Dr. David Hull also is one of affectionate remembrance to the inhabi- tants of Fairfield, among whom he was the leading physician for many years. "Dr. Hull was the son of Joseph Hull of Derby & was born 1764. He graduated at Yale College, & studied medicine under Dr. William Eustice of Boston. He married a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Andrew Eliot of Boston Nov. 10. 1789, & settled at Fairfield where he died in 1834, aged 70." Dr. Hull was a brother of Gov. William Hull of Massachusetts, & Uncle to Commodore Isaac Hull of the United States Frigate "Constitution." A daughter of Dr. Hull, Miss Eliza Hull, resided in the new house on the corner of the green, the memorable home before the Revolution of her Uncle the Rev. Andrew Eliot.
HUMPHRY
The Rev. Herman Humphry was elected the successor of Mr. Eliot. He was or- dained April 16, 1807, & was settled at Fairfield on a salary of six hundred dollars a year. He was the first pastor of this church who did not remain in his office during his ministry. On the 15. of May, 1817, after having been pastor of the society for ten years, he resigned the parish & was settled as pastor of the first church in Pittsfield, Mass. Not long after this he became President of Amherst College, an office which he filled with distinguished success. Dr. Humphry died in Pittsfield in 1861. He left several children who occupied positions of honor & influence. He was succeeded by the Rev. Nathaniel Hewit, D.D.
LAMSON
The Rev. Joseph Lamson of Stratford succeeded the Rev. Mr. Caner in 1747. He had been educated at Yale College, & was a convert from the Congregational church. He went to England for Episcopal ordination, & upon his return first preached at Bedford & New Castle in the province of New York, & also at Ridgefield in Connecticut. The parish of Norfield, now called Weston & Easton, had by this time erected a church of its own. The parish at Stratfield also had erected a church upon the Plain of Pequonnuc a short distance east of the grove near the new cemetery, the number of families by this time having increased to about twenty-five. By these changes the parish of Fairfield was reduced in limits to the villages of Greens Farms, Greenfield, & Southport, or Mill River. The parishes of Stratfield & Norfield, however, continued under the care of the Rev. Mr. Lamson who preached once a month at Stratfield, & at Norfield, giving them be- sides as much of his time as his parish at Fairfield would allow. He was an able & accomplished scholar, a devoted and enthusiastic churchman, greatly beloved among his people. He had studied medicine & made his early profession as a physician contribute toward his support.
The Rev. Joseph Lamson m. Alethea d. of Rev. James Wetmore of Rye, N. Y., July 26. 1747. Their children were Anna b. May 18. 1748 & d. July 10, 1753; Alethea b. Oct. 27. 1749; Esther b. Feb. 25. 1751 ; William Oct. - 1752; Anna b. Jan. 28. 1754; Elizabeth b. May 5. 1756 .- Fairfield Book of Births, Marriages & Deaths.
The Rev. Mr. Lamson d. Aug. 12. 1773; & is believed to have been buried in Burial Hill Cemetery where Mrs. Lamson was buried, & who d. Feb. 8. 1766 aged 44 years. Their eldest d. Anna was also buried in this cemetery by the side of her mother; but
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there is nothing to mark Mr. Lamson's grave .- Mrs. B. Perry's Old Burying Ground of Fairfield.
The Rev. Joseph Lamson appears to have m. again, as in his will dated June 1. 1773. he mentions wife Mary, to whom he gives fio & all the household furniture she brought with her. He mentions Esther w. of Stephen Hoyt; Anna wife of Samuel Belden, sons William & John; & d-'s Elizabeth & Alethea.
LABORIE
Dr. James Laborie of Stratford purchased of Isaac Jennings of Fairfield May 14. 1718, one & one quarter acres of land near the rocks, with a stone house an orchard & fences ; "bounded on all sides with the commons." Fairfield Town Records Vol. 3. p. 302. Before removing to Fairfield he had married Mary, the daughter of Nathaniel Burr, the youngest son of John Burr Sr. In his will dated March 17. 1731, he gives to his son James all his surgical instruments & all his French writings. To his son John, "if he comes again," he gave five shillings ; to his daughter Anna six shillings; to his dangh- ter Jeanne five pounds ; to his daughter Mary ten pounds; to his grandson John Laborie his gun. Ilis movable estate he gave to his widow Mary, & the use of his real estate : & at her death the use of it to his son James until he became of age, when he was to receive it. Dr. Laborie died at Fairfield. Fairfield Town & Probate Records.
Dr. James Laborie, son of the above Dr. James Laborie married Deborah (probably Lewis) & resided at Stratford where he practiced medicine. He died & was buried at Stratford in the year 1773. His widow received "one third of his real estate at Strat- ford & in Ripton Parish, bounded westerly by her own land." John Cable of Greens Farms in. Ann Laborie of Stratford May 3. 1756.
MCKENSEY
Dougal MeKensey, after whom Kensey's Point was named, married Sarah Wake- man widow of Samuel Wakeman 2. & daughter of Joshua Knowles of Fairfield, Nov. 18. 1696. Their children were Abigail b. Ang. 4. 1700 & died ; John b. Oct. IS. 1701 ; Daniel April 30. 1703; Ann Feb. 7. 1905; Elizabeth b. 29. Sept. 1706; Mary b. Oct. 10. 1708 & Samuel Oct. 8. 1710. His daughter Sarah m. David Thompson; Aun married the Rev. Henry Caner, & Elizabeth m .- Bostwick.
Upon the marriage of his daughter Ann to the Rev. Henry Caner, he gave half an acre of land to Henry Caner in his home lot. This lot is opposite the present post-office at Fairfield.
Upon his death Dougal MeKensey willed to Trinity Church one hundred pounds in real estate in Fairfield, "to be used for the support of the church," as the Rector & vestry should deem most proper "; & that all his real estate should be taxed according to his just proportion, for the support of the minister of Trinity Church.
Fairfield Parish & Town & Probate Records.
NOUGEIERE
Anthony Nougeiere, who was probably a Frenchman, is represented by a notary of London, England, 11 July, 1694, "although born beyond the seas," to be a legal resident
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of England with all the rights of native born subjects of that Kingdom. Upon his tak- ing up his residence in Fairfield, he presented his English papers of naturalization be- fore Judge Nathan Gold April 17th 1705. He purchased in Fairfield housing & land of Robert Lord valued at £45 in silver money, & other lands in 1703 & 1705. He died 23rd Oct. 1740. In his will dated Oct. 7th 1740, he mentions wife Sarah, to whom he left the use of all his estate personal & real, & the services of his negro woman Eliza- beth during her life, if she remained faithful to his wife, otherwise she should be sold after his death. After the decease of his wife he left the use of £150, to the Rector & Tutors of Yale College & their successors forever; to Rev. Noah Hobart & to his suc- cessors in the ministry of the same persuasion £200; to the public school near the meeting- house, towards the support of the master of said school & his successors, £150; to his beloved friend Capt. Thomas Hill & his heirs, his homestead in Fairfield, buildings & land adjoining ; to the French Church in Boston, Mass. fioo; to the poor of the town of Fairfield the annual use & profit of £150 forever; to his servant girl Ann her freedom at the age of eighteen & £150; to his loving cousin Auranth of New Port R. I. the re- mainder of his estate. He made Major Andrew Burr & Capt. Thomas Hill his executors .*
His widow died in 1743. In her will she leaves to her beloved son Andrew Wheeler £150 bills of credit old currency.
To her well beloved son Benjamin Fairweather she willed a dwelling house, barn & thirteen acres at Stratfield.
To the children of Katherine (the late wife of Peter Hubbell of Newton, deceased) she gave £20 in old bills of credit to each upon their arriving at age.
To her well beloved daughter Mary, the wife of John Holberton, a parcel of land at Rosster of about nine acres, her best bed, bedstead, iron curtain-rods, green rug, quilt & furniture of s'd bed, chest of drawers, oval & tea table; largest & smallest silver cups, & silver porringer.
To her daughter Abiah, the wife of John Cornwall, £200 in bills of credit old cur- rency, her gold necklace & one silver cup.
To her two daughters Penelope the wife of Richard Hubbell, & Sarah the wife of Daniel Morrisse she willed each a silver cup.
To her granddaughter Hannah, the daughter of her son Joseph Fairweather deceased, she gave £20 equivalent to bills of old currency.
To her children John, Thomas, Penelope, Sarah & Mary the remainder of her estate to be equally divided between them.
To her son John, Penelope & Sarah she willed land at Tashua. To Penelope she willed three acres of land at Stratfield purchased of Ephraim Hubbell & lying between her brush and Richard Hubbell's & the land of Temperance Hubbell.
Lt. David Sherman junr. of Stratfield was appointed her sole executor. t
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ROWLAND
Mr. David Rowland, son of Samuel Rowland, first married Mrs. Deborah Sloss Dec. 1. 1745. Their children were:
Esther b. Sept 17. 1746 & d. Sept 25. 1748.
Deborah wife to David Rowland died Sept. 29, 1748, in the 36th year of her age.
David Rowland married Elizabeth Hill daughter of Capt. Thomas Hill Feb. 14, 1750.
* Fairfield Probate Records. t Fairfield Probate Records.
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Their children were
Esther b. Oct. 29, 1751.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland died July 18. 1753.
This only surviving child Esther married Captain Samuel Smedley .- Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths-Fairfield Town Records .*
A member of the Rowland family of London informed the author of this history that the Rowlands were of Welsh extraction, & that the name of Henry Rowland came from a marriage between a Rowland & Mathew Henry of Broad Oak, Flintshire, Wales, whose chief work is the Exposition of the Old & New Testament, 1708-10.
SHELTON
After the burning of Trinity Church, Fairfield, by the British, the services of the Church of England were held at the house of Abraham Bulkley Esqr. opposite the Meeting- house Green, & at John Sherwood's at Greenfield Hill & Hezekiah Sturges' at Mill Plain. At a meeting of the wardens & vestry of the church Sept. 1779, at the residence of Mr. John Sherwood of Greenfield Hill, a committee was appointed to hire Mr. Philo Shelton as a lay reader, in which office he continued until his ordination. He was one of four young men first ordained in the United States by Bishop Scabury at Middletown, Conn. Aug. 3. 1785, Bishop Seabury having been the first American bishop, consecrated to that office in Scotland Nov. 4. 1784. From this time he took full charge of Trinity Church & the missionary labors with which it was connected.
Dr. Shelton had not only the honor but pleasure of introducing the first Book of Common Prayer, after it had been revised from that of the Church of England by the Convention of the Episcopal Church held in Philadelphia Oct. 16. 1786.
Dr. Shelton's mission field extended to Greenfield Hill, North Fairfield, now Easton & Weston, & Stratfield. Owing to the crippled condition of the Episcopalians, the new church built upon the military parade ground at Mill Plain was not completed until 1792. when to the great joy of the good churchmen at Fairfield a beautiful church at last greeted their longing eyes, to which, on horseback and on foot, many gladly attended. The children of Israel were not more rejoiced when the new temple was rebuilt after the first was destroyed, than these God-loving & God-fearing people.
This new church on Mill Plain was large & commodious. The reading desk was built according to the English fashion in front of the pulpit, the latter rising some six feet immediately in the rear above it. Both were elegantly decorated with crimson satin damask coverings, with cushions of the same, ornamented with large tassels, upon which the Bible, the Prayer Book & the clergyman's sermon, covered with black velvet, rested. Heavy bullion fringe of crimson silk ran around the pulpit and reading desk. Under the desk stood an altar of solid mahogany upon which to lay their alms & oblations before their Heavenly Father, in whose Holy Temple they had just cause to build an altar before & upon which, as in the Levitical days, they offered up praises & prayers & thanksgivings. Behind the pulpit hung an elegant crimson silk-velvet curtain.
The following is a copy of a letter written by the Rev. Dr. Philo Shelton to Mr. William Winthrop of Cambridge, Mass. :
" Bridgeport, Sept. 28. 1808
" Dear Sir,
"I received at the hands of Capt. Fairweather the curtain presented by you to the good people of Fairfield under my Episcopal charge, for the benefit & ornamentation of * Hist. Fairfield. Vol. I., p. 403.
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the Pulpit Window. I immediately carried it to Fairfield, & caused it to be put in its place, which much becomes the little Church, which is poor in temporal adornment, & gratefully receives any oblation charitable persons feel disposed of bestowing; & in the name of the Vestry & in their behalf, I present you their grateful acknowledgment, & sincere wishes for your health & prosperity, hoping in some future peregrination you may have the pleasure of seeing it hang in the place you designed it for; & may the best of blessings descend upon the head of those who feel a disposition to adorn the Church of God with decent attire, that all may worship God in the beauty of holiness, & our hearts be impressed with suitable respect when we approach his presence in his house. With all due respect & esteem, I subscribe myself, your most obedient humble servant.
" To Mr. William Winthrop."
PHILO SHELTON.
A commodious rectory was also built for the use of the Rector; & altogether the Episcopalians were perhaps more prosperous than ever before.
The Rev. Dr. Shelton was a man of marked ability. He was as brave as a lion in the maintainance of his clerical duties, from which he never shrank for an instant, how- ever great the impediments thrust in his way. In his disposition he was the soul of nobility of thought & action, & his heart was as tender as that of a child. He was loved & venerated by all his parishioners, for he was a tower of strength within himself to them & to the church. It may be truly said of him that the spirit of God was with him. He was among the leading churchmen of his day, for years a member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese, an active & zealous member of the General Conventions of the Episcopal Church throughout the United States. Few men were ever more beloved, & none more mourned than this venerable father of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut. He passed from the Church Militant to the Church Triumphant on the 27. of Feb. 1825.
"From his youth he was deeply impressed with the importance of embracing the christian religion. Viewing this life as the commencement of man's existence, & the only time allotted to him, in which he may prepare for enjoying an eternity of happiness. the proper improvement of the present time, to the future welfare of the soul, became to him the subject of the deepest interest. Under these impressions he embraced christianity in early life & came to the Holy Communion as an instituted means of grace. Finding by sweet experience that the path of virtue & religion was the path of peace, he became anxious that others should participate with him in the cheering prospects of a glorious immortality. This excited his desire to become a dispenser of those doctrines and sacra- ments which were the source of his own consolation & hope."
Before his death he had the satisfaction of seeing the churches in North Fairfield & Bridgeport in vigorous growth, so much so that in the thriving borough of Bridgeport; the location of the first church near the cemetery was found to be too small, which made it expedient to erect a new one among the more thickly settled parts of the population. In this work, which commenced in 1801, Dr. Shelton assisted his people not only by his counsel, but by liberal contributions. As age crept upon him the gigantic labors of his youth were laid upon younger men; & he confined his last days to his beloved parishes in Bridgeport & Fairfield.
In the church at Mill Plain was placed a marble slab bearing the testimony of his useful life in the church.
The Rev. Dr. Philo Shelton was born at Huntington, Conn., May 5. 1754, & was the son of Samuel Shelton of Huntington, who m. Abigail daught. of Philo & Mehitable Nichols. He graduated at Yale College in 1775. He was for forty years Rector of St.
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John's Church Bridgeport & of Trinity Church Fairfield. He d. 27. Feb. 1825 & was buried under the chancel of the church at Mill Plain. Ile m. Lucy d. of Philip & Mary Prince of Stratford, Conn. Their children were: Lucy b. 27. June 1782; Joseph Prince b. 18. May 1784; Maria b. 4. Jan. 1787; Philo Nichols b. 8. Feb. 1790; Henrietta b. 16. Jan. 1792: Henry b. 31. Jan. 1795 : William b. 14. Sept. 1798; George Augustus b. 25. Nov. 1800; Margaret b. 26. Aug. 1803.
Mrs. Philo Shelton d. in 1838 in the seventy-eighth year of her age, having outlived her husband thirteen years. Iler funeral was attended by the late lamented Rev. Dr. Gurdon Coit, who for many years was rector of St. John's Church Bridgeport. The late Rev. Dr. Samuel Jarvis in writing of her said: " Husband & wife were so blended to- gether that they seemed to have but one will & one heart. Ilis God was her God; his Redeemer her Redeemer; his church her church; his people her people."
Joseph Prince Shelton m. Henrietta Hoyt: Maria Shelton m. Jeremiah Sturges of Southport, Conn .; Philo Nichols Shelton m. Sarah Allycock: Ilenry Shelton m. Mary Ann Tweedy ; George Augustus m. Fanny Bartow; Lucy & Henrietta remained single.
William son of Rev. Philo Shelton in. Lucretia Stanly Grosvenor late in life. He graduated at the General Theological Seminary N. Y. in 1823. & was Presbyter by the same in 1825 in the Episcopal Church at Mill Plain. During his ministry the services of the Episcopal Church were begun in the Academy in 1828 at Southport. Dr. Shelton re- moved from Fairfield to Buffalo in Ang. 1829, where, under his prosperous ministry, his devoted parishioners erected one of the finest cathedrals in the United States; & where in 1879 they celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his valued ministry among them. As he advanced in years he paid an annual visit to his father's homestead in Bridgeport, which he called his " earthly paradise"; & in which home he died well advanced in years Oct. 11, 1883. He was buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport.
It is a fact to be remarked here, that this able clergyman before he left for Buffalo had the satisfaction of seeing the Episcopal churches of Norfield, Bridgeport & Fairfield in a flourishing condition. There were also thriving churches at Westport, Norwalk, Bridgefield & Wilton.
A handsome momment was erected to the memory of the Rev. Philo Shelton & his wife in the new & beautiful Mountain Grove Cemetery at Bridgeport when his remains were removed from under the chancel of the Mill Plain church. His daughters Lucy & Henrietta are also buried near their parents.
SHERMAN
Another gentleman distinguished for his fine mental qualities was Judge Roger Minot Sherman, whose honored name also calls for a place in these reminiscences. Judge Sherman, the son of the Rev. Josiah Sherman, was born at Woburn, Mass., May 22. 1773. He was a brother of the Hon. Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was a graduate of Yale College. He studied law under the Hon. Oliver Ellsworth, & the Hon. Simon Baldwin. He became a tutor in Yale Col- lege in 1795. In 1796 he was admitted to the bar in New Haven, & commenced the prac- tice of law at Norwalk. On the 13. of Dec. 1796 he married Miss Elizabeth Gould, a daughter of Dr. William Gould of New Haven, & sister of the late Judge Gould of Litch- field. In 1807 he settled in Fairfield. As a lawyer he stood among the first in mental strength & legal power. He became a member of the Upper House of the Legislature in 1814, but mainly confined himself to his profession. In 1839 he was chosen Judge of the
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Superior Court, & Associate Judge of the Supreme Court, which offices he filled with great honor to himself & to his State, until May 1842 when from his declining health he was led to seek the repose of private life. His clear vigorous mind retained its elasticity until the last. After a brief illness he died on Dec. 30. 1844 aged seventy-one years & seven months.
Judge Sherman had two sons William Gould & James Minot born Oct. 18. 1799, and both died young.
-Hall's Hist. Norwalk, p. 239.
Judge Sherman willed his fine residence with no less than sixty closets at Fairfield to be used as a parsonage for the minister of Christ's Church (Congregational).
SILLIMAN
Silliman-Mr. Ebenezer Silliman & Miss Abigail Selleck, daughter of Jonathan Sel- leck Esqr., were married Oet 8th 1728.
Their children were:
Gold Selleck born May 7. 1732.
Ebenezer born June 21, 1734.
Amelia born Oct. 30. 1736.
Hezekiah born March II. 1738-9.
Jonathan born Aug 31. 1742.
Abigail born Oet. 28. 1745. Deodate born Dec. 13. 1749.
Judge Ebenezer Silliman resided at Holland Heights, & he inherited a large estate from his father Robert Silliman. His long & useful life made him greatly honored & respected throughout the entire colony. He died on the II. of October 1775 in the 68th year of his age. A handsome tomb-stone now marks the place of his burial in the Burial Hill Cemetery at Fairfield.
Mrs. Abigail Silliman died March 16, 1772 aged 65 years. Her grave by the side of her husband's, is marked by a fine stone to her memory.
SMEDLEY
Baptist Smedley was in Concord 1639, & made freeman 1644. His children were Samuel b. 1646, Mary & James. He d. Aug. 1675, aged 68 years. His d. Mary m. Dec 10. 1667, Isaac Shepherd. Son Samuel was killed by Indians 2. Aug. at Quaboag. John Smed- ley I of Concord probably brother of the above was a freeman in 1644. His children were John & probably others.
John Smedley 2, son of John I of Concord was a freeman 1667. He m. Sarah d. of Thomas Wheeler in 1669.
Samuel of Fairfield 1690 may have been s. of the ist John-Savage's Gen. Dic.
Col. James Smedley of Fairfield m. Jane Sturges Oct 20. 1731. Their children were James b. 25. June 1732, & d. 6 July 1736, John b. 11 Nov 1734 & d. 10 June 1786-Abigail b. 28 May 1737; James 4 July 1739 & d. 25 July 1755 .- Mrs. Jane Smedley d. 21 Sept. 1747. Col. James Smedley again m. Mary the widow of Ebenezer Dimon & d. of Col. John Burr 4 Jan. 1748. Their children were Samuel b. 5 March 1753. Col. James Smedley d. 4 Nov. 1771 aged 67 years. He was a brave & prominent military officer for many years. Col.
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James Smedley, Mrs. Jane Smedley & Mrs. Mary Smedley with his son James rest in the Fairfield Burial Hill Cemetery.
Capt. Samuel Smedley s. of Col. James Smedley & Esther Rowland, d. of David Rowland Esqr were m. 9 April 1771.
-Fairfield Record, Births & Marriages.
Their children were Esther bapt. 5 Nov. 1771 & Elizabeth bapt. 10 Aug. 1771. Fair field Parish Record. Captain Smedley was an active & brave naval officer during the War of the Revolution.
TENNANT
The Rev. William Mackey Tennant succeeded the Rev. Seth Pomeroy at Greenfield. & was ordained minister of that parish June 17. 1772. He was a son of Rev. Charles Tennant of White Clay Creek, Delaware, who was a brother of the more famous preachers, Revs. William & Gilbert Tennant. He m. - d. of Rev. Dr. John Rogers of New York City. Mr. Tennant was a patriotic, helpful & sympathetic pastor to his parishioners & to the soldiers during the Revolution. He left Greenfield for the parish of Abington, Pa .. where he died in 1810.
POMEROY
The Rev. Seth Pomeroy of Northampton, Mass. was called to succeed the Rev. John Goodsel of Greenfield. He was b. Dec. 14, 1732; graduated at Yale College 1753, "& re- mained one year after he graduated in N. H. as a Berkeley scholar, a favor granted on account of his superior scholarship. He became a tutor of Yale in 1756 & 57." He m. -- d. of Governor Jonathan Laws. They had one son Jonathan Laws Pomeroy, who settled at Worthington, Mass. The Rev. Seth Pomeroy d. in 1770 at the age of 37, & was buried in the cemetery of Greenfield Hill.
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