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BURTON.
BENJAMIN, son of Solomon Burton, baptized De cember 19th, 1742. Ruth, daughter, baptized Octo- ber 7th, 1744. Solomon Burton and wife, church- members July 5th, 1741.
CHATFIELD.
SAMUEL CHATFIELD and wife were admitted church members July 29th, 1733. Their children recorded were : Samuel, baptized July 29th, 1733. Daniel, baptized August 31st, 1735. Sarah, April 17th, 1737. Martha, baptized May 20th, 1739.
COUCH.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL COUCHI, of Fairfield, was one of the largest landholders in Redding at one time, and was largely instrumental in its settlement. He was, however, never resident here. Ebenezer Couch ap- pears here as early as 1739. His children recorded were : Daniel, baptized July 29th, 1739. Adea, bap-
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tized September 19th, 1742. Elijah, baptized July 26th, 1747. Thesde, January 26th, 1755.
The following children of John Couch and his wife Elizabeth are recorded : John, baptized March 20th, 1748. Stephen, January 21st, 1753. Adria, baptized April 20th, 1755. Elizabeth, baptized July 17th, 1757. Samuel, baptized August 30th, 1758.
At an early day, nearly the entire district of Couch's Hill was purchased by Mr. Simon Couch, of Fair- field, who gave his name to the district purchased. His wife was Abigail Hall, a member of a notable Fairfield family. His will, dated March 2d, 1712-13, is still in the possession of Mr. Nash Couch, of Couch's Hill, who is a lineal descendant. In this will he gives his "Negro man Jack" and " negro maid Jinne" to his wife, in addition to other bequests. His children mentioned in the will were : Simon, Jr., Thomas, Abigail, Hannah, Sarah, Isabel, and Deborah. Thomas was lost at sea while on a voyage to Eng- land. Simon settled on his father's estate in Red- ding ; married, January 27th, 1753, Rebecca, daugh- ter of Captain Thomas Nash, of Fairfield. Their children, as given in the genealogy of the Nash fam- ily, were : Abigail, baptized February 10th, 1754 : died young. Simon, born May 18th, 1755 ; settled at Green's Farms. Thomas Nash, born April 18th, 1758 ; settled in Redding. Rebecca, born January 31st, 1761. Abigail, baptized January 27th, 1765. Lydia, born October 20th, 1767. Deacon Simon Couch died April 25th, 1809.
Thomas Couch, of Fairfield, removed to Redding prior to the Revolution, and settled on Umpawaug
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Hill. He married, April 2d, 1772, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Nash, of Fairfield. Their children were : Sarah, born August 9th, 1773 ; died young. Thomas, born September 23d, 1774. Jonathan, born Febru- ary 13th, 1777, who was the father of Major-General Couch, distinguished in the War of the Rebellion. Sarah, born September 18th, 1779. Nathan, born September 25th, 1781. Esther, born December 14th, 1783. Moses, born October 2d, 1786. Edward, born March 7th, 1789. Hezekiah, born March 14th, 1791. Mary, born April 21st, 1793. John, born July 28th, 1795. Mr. Thomas Couch died in Red- ding in 1817.
At the outbreak of the Revolution Thomas Couch enlisted in the patriot army, and was one of the band of heroes who were present with Montgomery at the siege of Quebec. He left his wife with their young children in Fairfield. When Tryon moved on that town, Mrs. Couch had what furniture and grain she could gather put into an ox cart drawn by two yoke of oxen, and started for Redding, where she owned land in her own right. She followed on horseback, carrying her two children in her arms. At the close of the war, Thomas joined his wife in Redding, where they continued to reside until death.
Simon Couch, brother of Thomas, settled in Red- ding, on Umpawaug Hill, about the same time. He married, January 7th, 1776, Eleanor, daughter of Jonathan Nash, of Fairfield. Their children were : Elizabeth, born October 9th, 1776. Jessup, born August 3d, 1778. Seth, born August 31st, 1780. Eleanor, born August 26th, 1782. Simon, born De- cember 1st, 1784. Nash, born April 23d, 1787.
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Priscilla, born June 27th, 1790. Edward, born July 14th, 1792. Simon A., born December 6th, 1794. Caroline, born June 23d, 1801. Simon Couch died April 16th, 1829. Of the children, Simon and Jessup graduated at Yale College. Jessup graduated in 1802, and in 1804 removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he practised law until his appointment as Judge of the Superior Court of Ohio in 1815. This office he continued to hold until his death in 1821. In the War of 1812 he was also aide-de-camp to Governor Meigs, of Ohio, and bearer of dispatches to General Hull.
Simon Couch, his brother, settled at Marion, Ohio, where he practised medicine until his death in 1826.
DARLING.
EUNICE, daughter of Joseph Darling, baptized January 25th, 1736. Benjamin, baptized April 13th, 1738. Martha, January 11th, 1741. Joseph, baptized November, 1743.
FAIRCHILD.
THOMAS FAIRCHILD removed to Redding from Norwalk in 1733 ; was one of the original members of the church. His wife Mary was admitted January 29th, 1738. Their children recorded were : Timothy and William, baptized October 22d, 1738. Sarah, April 12th, 1741. Abijah, May 27th, 1744. Mary, October 27th, 1745.
Abraham Fairchild, probably brother of above, came from Norwalk in 1746, and built the first fall- ing-mill in the town, near the site later occupied by
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Deacon Foster's woollen-mill. His wife was Sarah Scribner, of Norwalk. Their children were : Abra- ham, born January 1st, 1745 ; died aged 17 years. Ezekiel, born October 26th, 1746. Daniel, born De- cember 26th, 1748. Isaac, born March 4th, 1751. David, born June 5th, 1753. Samuel, born July 9th, 1755. Stephen, born March 7th, 1758. Rachel, born February 2d, 1761. John, born March 15th, 1764. Ellen, born October 16th, 1767. Six of these brothers were in the Revolutionary army at one time. David was captured by the British, and con- fined in Trinity Church, New York. The small-pox was communicated to the prisoners-it is said with design, and he with many others died of the disease. Stephen was wounded at Ridgefield, but recovered : married Lizzie Fitch, of Wilton. Their children were : Daniel, Kier, Isaac, Ellen, and Stephen. Ezekiel married Eunice Andrews : had four children, Abra- ham, Sarah, Abigail, and Burr. Daniel married Betsey Mead, and removed to the West. Isaac mar- ried Rachel Banks, and removed to Liberty, N. Y. Samuel married Nabbie Platt, of Redding, and had two children, Aaron and Betsey. John married Abigail Wakeman, of Weston. Their children were : Eli, David, Rachel, Moses, Henry, and Eliza. David married Charlotte Guyer, of Weston. Their children were : Eli, William, David, Mary, and John. Rachel married Seth Andrews, of Redding. Ellen married Minott Thomas, a Baptist clergyman.
Stephen, Samuel, and John built a grist mill at an early day on the site of the one later known as Treadwell's mill. It was carried off by the great freshet of 1807, and the large stock of grain it con-
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tained was scattered over the meadows below. They also owned a saw mill just below, and sawed plank for the soldiers' huts in the Revolution.
FOSTER.
REGINALD FOSTER, the founder of the family in America, came to this country in 1638 with his five sons, Abraham, Reginald, William, Isaac, and Jacob, and settled at Ipswich, Essex Co., Mass. Jacob Foster was the ancestor of the Redding family. Jo- nah Foster settled in Redding about 1775 ; married Hannah Benedict, of Ridgefield, and shortly after re- moved to that town, and there resided until his death in 1815. His son, Joel Foster, was born in Redding November 8th, 1780, and lived in Ridgefield with his parents until his marriage with Esther Seymour in 1802. In 1803 he removed to Redding, and bought of Moses Fox a small place, on which was a fulling- mill and other conveniences for cheapening cloths. This mill stood a little below the present bridge over Nobb's Crook brook, and the ruins of its dam are still to be seen. In 1804, Mr. Foster built an addi- tion to his fulling-mill building, which was leased to Zalmon Toucey, of Newtown, and in which Toucey erected a carding machine, paying a yearly rent of twenty dollars.
How long Mr. Toucey's lease continued is not known, but he probably soon relinquished it to Joel Foster, as the latter continued the business until about the time of the opening of the War of 1812, when a company was formed, styled Comstock, Fos- ter & Co., who built a woollen factory a few rods below the old fulling-mill, and continued the manu-
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facture of woollen goods during the entire period of . the war, being very successful. The company, a few years after the war, was bought out by Joel Foster, who continued the business until the burning of his factory in 1843 or 1844, when he retired. Mr. Foster died in 1854, aged seventy-four years. He had four children, all born in Redding : Daniel, Betsey, Eliza, and Charles F.
GOLD.
DANIEL, SAMUEL, and STEPHEN GOLD (now writ- ten Gould), brothers, members of a Fairfield family that had been prominent in church and state for several generations, were among the early settlers of the town, though none of their descendants are now found among us. Daniel appears first : he married Grace, daughter of Deacon Stephen Burr, and lived where James Lord now lives. His children, as named in the will of Deacon Burr, were : Abigail, who mar- ried Richard Nichols. Esther, who married Nathan- iel Northrop. Sarah, who married David Turney. Mary, who married Seth Price ; and Elizabeth.
Samuel Gold settled in Lonetown, and built the house now owned by Seth Todd. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and was wounded at the skirmish in Ridgefield. Some of the officers of Putnam's command had their quarters at Mr. Gold's during their encampment in Redding. He married Sarah Platt, of Redding. Their children were: Hezekiah, Daniel, Burr, Aaron, Sarah, Polly, and Grace. Ste- phen Gold settled on the farm later owned by Tim- othy Platt in Lonetown. He is called captain in the 14
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records. He did not long remain a resident of Red- ding, but returned, it is said, to Greenfield.
GORHAM.
ISAAC GORHAM and his wife Ann first appear on the parish records January 25th, 1762, when their son Isaac was baptized. There is no hint of their former residence, but they were probably from Fair- field. I find no further record of children.
GRAY.
DANIEL GRAY and wife were admitted church- members December 5th, 1742. John Gray and wife February 9th, 1744, on the recommendation of Rev. Mr. Dickinson, of Norwalk.
The only child of Daniel Gray recorded was James, baptized May 8th, 1743. The children of John Gray were : Hannah, baptized July 1st, 1744. Joseph, July 15th, 1753. Eunice, January 2d, 1755, and (by a second wife, Ruamah), Eunice, bap- tized April 13th, 1760 ; and Joel, September 11th, 1763.
Stephen, son of Stephen and Sarah Gray, was baptized May 10th, 1747. Also Huldah, a daughter, December 14th, 1760. Hannah, October 3d, 1762 ; and Sarah, June 17th, 1764. James Gray, only son of Daniel, married Mabel Phinney February 9th, 1764. Their children were : Jesse, baptized April 14th, 1765 ; perhaps others.
GRIFFIN.
JOHN GRIFFIN appears in Redding as early as 1736. His children were : Sarah, baptized May 9th, 1736. Annie, baptized October 22d, 1738 ; and Jon-
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athan, baptized November 23d, 1746. He settled in West Redding, near the Danbury line.
HALL.
THE Halls were among the earliest settlers in Red- ding, the name appearing on the earliest petitions from the parish. In 1730, at the distribution of the estate of Samuel Hall, he is said to be of Chestnut Ridge, in Reading. His children as given were : Ebenezer, Johanna, Jemima, and Rebecca. Isaac Hall, whose farm lay contiguous to Samuel's, was one of the original church-members, and was recom- mended by Rev. Mr. Chapman. He died in 1741. Asa Hall and Rachel his wife were admitted March 23d, 1736, on the same recommendation. I find no mention of children.
HAWLEY.
JOSEPH HAWLEY and wife were admitted church- members in December, 1740, on recommendation of Rev. Mr. Gold, of Stratford. Their children recorded were : Mary, baptized February 7th, 1742. Ruth, November 5th, 1746. Eunice, October 25th, 1750. Joseph Hawley died December 12th, 1771, aged sixty- six years. William Hawley, who appears in Red- ding as early as 1762, was probably his son. He lived where James Miller now lives ; married Lydia, daugh- ter of Captain Thomas Nash, of Fairfield, July 12th, 1758. Their children were : Lydia, died in in- fancy. Joseph, born June 23d, 1762 ; settled in Red- ding. Lydia, born December 13th, 1763 ; married Aaron Sanford, of Redding. William, died in infancy. Bille, born February 9th, 1767, removed to the
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West. Hezekiah, died in infancy. Hezekiah, born March 10th, 1772. Lemuel, died young, of small- pox. William Hawley, died February 16th, 1797. Mrs. Lydia Hawley died April 26th, 1812.
HIILL.
THE founder in America of this family was Wil- liam Hill, who on his arrival here about 1632 settled first at Dorchester, Mass., and shortly after removed to Windsor, on the Connecticut River, where he bought land and set out an orchard. At an early day he removed to Fairfield, and was among the early settlers of that town. He died in 1650. His children were : Sarah, William, Joseph, Ignatius, James, and Elizabeth. William, the second child, married Elizabeth --. Their children were : Sarah, William, Joseph, John, Eliphalet, Ignatius, and James. William, the third, married -- , and had children, Sarah, William, Joseph, and David. Wil- liam Hill, the fourth, married Sarah --. Their children were : Joseph, William, and David. Deacon Joseph Hill, born April 1, 1699 ; married Abigail Dimon March 30th, 1731. The children of this mar- riage were : Abigail, born March 21st, 1732. Sarah, born August 21st, 1733. David, born April 22d, 1737. Ebenezer, born February 26th, 1742. Jabez, born June 17th, 1744, and Moses, born January 11th, 1748. Of the sons, only Ebenezer, Jabez, and Moses married. Ebenezer married Mabel Sherwood January 17th, 1765. Their children were : David, Ebenezer, Seth, Dimon, Joseph, Ma- bel, Eleanor, Jabez, and Esther. Ebenezer, his second son, married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel
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Barlow, brother of the poet, in May, 1791. He re- moved to Redding early in life, and settled in Boston district. His children were : Mabel, Nathaniel B., Gershom, Ebenezer, Moses, and Jabez. Jabez Hill, son of Deacon Joseph Hill, settled in Weston ; was a major in the army of the Revolution ; married Sarah, daughter of Colonel John Read, of Redding. The children of this marriage were: Sarah, John Read, and Moses. Sarah married Timothy Platt, of Red- ding. John Read settled in Redding at an early day, and became one of its wealthiest and best known residents. He began his business career by engag- ing in the manufacture of lime as before narrated, and on his retirement in 1823 purchased the " manor" of his grandfather, Colonel John Read, where he continued to reside until his death in 1851. He married, March 23d, 1799, Betsy, daughter of Aaron Sanford, of Redding. Their children were : Aaron Sanford, Moses, William Hawley, Betsy, John Lee, Morris, Lydia, and Joseph.
Moses Hill, son of Deacon Joseph Hill, married Esther, daughter of Ebenezer Burr, of Fairfield, June 17th, 1773. The children by this marriage were : William, Abigail, and Esther. William married Betsey, daughter of Nathaniel Barlow, brother of the poet, and had children, Bradley, Abigail, Hor- ace, Burr, and William.
HERON.
IN Revolutionary days and before, Squire Heron lived in the now ancient house on Redding Ridge, just south of the Episcopal church. He was a na- tive of Cork, Ireland ; a graduate of Trinity College,
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Dublin ; and a man of much ability and force of character. It is said that he had taught the Acad- emy in Greenfield Hill before coming to Redding, and had also surveyed the old stage route from New York to Boston. I cannot determine the precise date of his arrival here, but it was some time prior to the Revolution. In that memorable struggle he sided with the king, and was the recognized leader of the company of Tories on Redding Ridge. At the time of Tryon's invasion he openly gave aid and comfort to the enemy. After the war he became a prominent character in the town, and although somewhat bigoted, and imbued with the Old World notions of caste and social distinctions, is said to have exercised a great deal of influence in public affairs, especially at town meetings. "We must keep down the underbrush" was a favorite remark of his in speaking of the common people. The fol- lowing story, illustrating in a marked manner the customs of the day, is related of him :
At one of the annual town meetings Mr. Hezekiah Morgan, a somewhat illiterate man, was nominated for grand juror. Squire Heron, in laced waistcoat, ruffles, and velvet breeches, and aiding himself with his gold-headed cane, arose to oppose the motion. " Mr. Moderator, " said he, " who is this Kier Morgan ? Why, a man brought up in Hopewell woods : he fears neither God, man, nor the devil. If elected, who will be responsible for his acts ? Will you, Mr. Moderator ? or I ? Why, sir, he can arrest anybody : he can arrest your Honor, or even myself ;" and with like cogent reasons succeeded in defeating the ob- noxious candidate.
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Squire Heron died January 8th, 1819, aged seventy-seven years, and is buried in the old Epis- copal churchyard on Redding Ridge. " His children were : William, Maurice, Elizabeth, Lucy, Elosia, Margaret, and Susan. William never married. He lived on the old homestead in Redding all his days, and was a man much respected in the community. His brother Maurice graduated at Yale College, and shortly after was killed by a steamboat explosion on the Connecticut River, near Essex.
HULL.
THE Hull family are recorded in the Herald's Dis- tinction of Devon as a very ancient family of Devon- shire, but the original name, De La Hulle, in Shrop- shire, in the reign of Edward II., indicates that they went from the Continent to England, probably from Normandy. Shortly after the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, five brothers named Hull came to Mas- sachusetts from England, viz., John, George, Rich- ard, Joseph, and Robert.
George, who was the ancestor of the Hulls of Redding, appears in Dorchester, Mass., in 1630; re- moved to Windsor, Conn., and afterward to Fairfield ; died in August, 1659. His will, dated August 25, 1659, mentions sons Josias and Cornelius, and several daughters. His son Cornelius married Rebecca, daughter of Rev. John Joanes, the first minister of Fairfield, who was of Welsh origin. His will, of the date September 16, 1695, mentions three sons, Sam- uel, Cornelius, and Theophilus ; and three daughters, Rebecca, Sarah, the wife of Robert Silliman, and Martha, wife of Cornelius Stratton. The children of
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Cornelius were : George, Sarah, Rebecca, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, John, Martha, Eleanor, and Cor- nelius. Deacon George Hull was one of the fathers of the infant settlement. He was moderator of the first parish meeting, a member of the first parish committee, and first deacon of the church in Red- ding. He also appears on numerous committees. He and his wife, Ebenezer and wife, and Theophilus and wife were among the original church members in 1733. John Hull was admitted April 18, 1736. All of them removed here from Greenfield Hill. George, Ebenezer, and Cornelius must have come to Redding prior to 1733, for their names appear in a petition to fix upon a site for a meeting-house in 1725. By a deed dated Danbury, May 19, 1729, a tract of land lying in Chestnut Ridge, between Danbury and Fairfield, is conveyed to George Hull and heirs by Jonathan Squires.
George Hull's children recorded in Redding are : Seth, baptized July 29, 1733; and Rebecca, May 25, 1735. He died February 9, 1769, aged 83. Seth Hull married Elizabeth Mallory, his neice. Children recorded in Redding are: Abagail, born January 28, 1762 ; Jonathan, October 25, 1763, Eliph- alet, December 18, 1765; Walter, November 21, 1767 ; Lazarus, January 16, 1770; Hezekiah, March 24, 1792 ; and Martha, April 28, 1794. Besides these were Elizabeth and Sarah; Martha married David Belden, an Episcopal clergyman ; Jonathan married Eunice Beach, and was the father of Rev. Lemuel B. Hull, former rector of Christ Church in Redding. Seth Hull died April 5, 1795.
Nathaniel Hull was born in 1695, and reared
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Sarah, Elizabeth, Esther, Stephen, Nathaniel, Peter, Ezekiel, David, Aaron, Silas, and Hannah.
The children of Silas Hull were : Hannah, Huldah, and Bradley. Bradley's children were : Burr, Pa- melia, Charry, Silas, Aaron B., Charles, Mary, Brad- ley H., Chapman, Le Grand, and Cornelia.
The children of Ebenezer were : Daniel, Ebenezer, Nehemiah, and Abagail. Daniel married Mary Betts, and removed from Redding to Berlin, Rens- selaer County, N. Y., in 1770, and was one of the first settlers of that town. He died August 26, 1811, aged 89 years. He had ten children, viz., Martha, Hezekiah, Justus, Abagail, Peter, Esther, Daniel, Stephen, Harry, and Ebenezer.
Of these children all but the two last named were born in Redding. Justus was one of the first minis- ters of the Second Baptist Church in Danbury, and is reputed to have been a preacher of more than or- dinary ability. He was in the ministry fifty six years, and died at Berlin, N. Y., May 29, 1833, at the age of 78. His children were, Justus P. Emmerson, Polly Ann, and Alonzo Grandison. The last named is a physician, and resides in New York. He was a successful practitioner in London twelve years. Ebenezer married and emigrated to the West. His descendants reside in Iowa, Nebraska, and other Western States. Nehemiah died a bachelor.
John Hull removed to Redding when in middle life. He went with the Provincial troops in the ex- pedition against Cuba in 1641, and fell a victim to the yellow-fever with nearly a thousand others of the sturdy sons of New England. He directed that his musket, carried in the wars, should be sent home to
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his eldest son Timothy ; he to leave it to his eldest son, and that it should descend in this manner to the eldest son as long as it existed. Thus it has fal- len in regular descent to Mr. Aaron B. Hull, of Danbury, the great grandson of the original owner. Before enlisting, Mr. Hull made his will, dated Sep- tember 16, 1740, in which he mentions sons Timothy, James, and John, and daughters Anna, Abagail, and Esther. Timothy was born September 4, 1726, and married Anna, daughter of John Gray, December 14, 1749. He died April 29, 1800. His children were Hannah, born July 27, 1751, married Samuel Mal- lory, and died in Danbury, September 4, 1836. Sarah, born February 5, 1754, married John Fair- child and emigrated west. Ezra, born April 5, 1756, and died in Redding, March 5, 1837. He settled in Boston school district. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Onesimus Coley. His children were : Eunice, born July 6, 1785, married Hiram Jackson : died in Kingston, N. Y., May 3, 1862. Laura, born August 4, 1788, married John Eckert, and died in Springfield, Otsego County, N. Y., November 17, 1865. Polly, born November 29, 1798, died in Kings- ton, N. Y., September 28, 1876. Elizabeth, the wife of Ezra Hull, died February 28, 1809 ; he married Widow Mary Bradley, daughter of Gershom Banks, of Fairfield, June 20, 1810; she died in Wilton, April 17, 1854. The children of this marriage were : Ezra Bradley and Charles, who both died young, and Aaron B. Ezra Hull served in the Revolutionary War, and participated in those events which trans- pired during Governor Tryon's expedition to and the burning of Danbury. Eunice, fourth child of
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Timothy Hull, was born August 26, 1757, married George Perry and removed to Kentucky. John, born June 26, 1759, married Sarah Fairchild ; died April 7, 1838. (His children were Aaron, Ezekiel, Hezekiah, Abraham, and Polly.) Abraham, born March 30, 1761, died in Danbury, October 29, 1831. David, born March 22, 1763, died in Red- ding, March 19, 1847; he married Chloe Lee, and had children, Daniel, Harry, and Lucy. Samuel, born June 22, 1766. (He married Anna Wakeman, and had a daughter Eliza, who married Horace Sta- ples, President of the Westport National Bank. Samuel Hull died in Redding July 19, 1846.) Heze- kiah, born October 22, 1769, died in Danbury, July 26, 1852. Anna, born December 7, 1771, married Lemuel Burr ; died in Redding, December 20, 1840. Abagail, born November 17, 1775, married Timothy Perry ; died in Miamisburg, Ohio, March 16, 1844.
The will of James, the second son of John Hull. of the date of April 26, 1799, mentions no children. He died February 20, 1805, in the seventy-seventh year of his age. John married Mollie Andrews, February 3, 1763. His children recorded are Elea- nor and Mollie. His will, bearing date June 24, 1815, mentions no children, but names his " grand- son John Goodyear, and the son of his grandson Hull Goodyear ;" also two other names not given, but which were undoubtedly Munson Goodyear and Ellen, wife of Harry Meeker.
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