The history of Redding, Conn., from its first settlement to the present time : with notes on the Adams, Banks Stow families, Part 16

Author: Todd, Charles Burr, 1849- cn
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: New York : The J. A. Gray press
Number of Pages: 272


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Ebenezer Sanford and Stephen Sanford.


Widow Esther Sanford and family.


Joshua Chapman and family.


David Chapman and family.


Daniel Chapman, 2d, and wife.


Daniel Chapman, grandfather of Daniel C. Rider, who with his family have been constant atendants at church.


Edward Merchant and wife.


Orson Merchant and family.


Joel Merchant, a soldier of the Revolution, wife, and son. George Merchant and daughter, Eliza.


Zalmon Sanford and niece, Emily, afterward Mrs. Lonson Coley of Westport.


Captain Daniel Sanford and two sons-Marvin C. and Moses B.


Aaron Perry, wife, and two sons-Andrew S. and David.


John Couch and wife, and Yonge Lobdell, who after- ward was a missionary in Asia. Also for a time a boy, who is now Rev. Augustus Jackson, of Washington, D. C. Beach Whitehead and family.


John H. Lee and wife, and Jane Sherwood.


Noah H. Lindley and family, and his wife's mother, Mrs. Winton.


Isaac Coley and daughter, Betsey.


Lemuel Burr, grandfather of Lemuel B. Benedict.


Samuel Mallory --


Fli Mallory, wife, and son, Frederick.


Aaron B. Hull.


Alfred Rockwell, wife, and son.


Thurston Lee and family.


Noah Lee and wife.


Azariah Coley's family.


The Darling family.


Widow Billy Comstock and her children.


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APPENDIX I.


Mrs. Cornelia Coley, and her children, who are now Mrs. George A. Hickok, of Bethel, and Mrs. Matthew Starr, of Norwalk.


Alonzo Byington and wife.


Joseph B. Goodsell and family, and J. B. Goodsell, Jr. Burr Bennett and wife.


Samuel B. Goodsell and wife.


Aaron Byington and wife, Jane Darling, and William B. Skillenger.


Old Mr. Billy Morehouse.


Walker Bates and family. Mr. Bates at this time taught a select boarding and day school, and his scholars attended church.


Elias Bates and wife.


Bradley Hill and family.


Eliza A. Hull, sister, and brother John A.


Noah M. Lee and wife.


Stephen Jackson.


Zalmon B. Banks, wife, and family.


Deacon Joel Foster and family.


Mrs. Moses Dimon.


Charles Lewis (colored).


Mrs. Nathan Lee.


Captain Stephen Gray and wife.


Colonel Joseph W. Gorham and family.


Samuel Hull, wife, and granddaughter.


John Fairchild and family.


Ephraim Sanford and wife. Enoch A. Sanford and family. Bradley Sanford and wife.


David Sanford, wife, and son, George A.


Daniel Sanford and wife.


Joel, Ezra, and Irad Carter came to Redding about this time and attended church here.


Eli Gilbert, Milo Lee, and the Messrs. Sheltons, hatters, attended church.


APPENDIX II.


REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATURE.


October, 1767. Col. John Read. May, 176S. None.


October, 1768. Capt. Stephen Mead.


May, 1769. Col. John Read, Capt. Henry Lyon.


October, 1769. Capt. Henry Lyon.


May, 1770. Capt. Stephen Mead, Mr. Lemuel Sanford. October, 1770. Col. John Read, Mr. Lemuel Sanford. May, 1771. Col. John Read, Mr. Lemuel Sanford.


.October, 1771. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford.


May, 1772. Col. John Read, Mr. Hezekiah Sanford. October, 1772. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford.


May, 1773. Col. John Read, Mr. Hezekiah Sanford.


October, 1773. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. James Rogers. May, 1774. Mr. William Hawley, Mr. Peter Fairchild. October, 1774. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. William Hawley. May, 1775. Mr. William Hawley.


October, 1775. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. William Hawley. May, 1776. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. Seth Sanford. October, 1776. Mr. Samuel Sanford, Jr., Mr. Stephen Betts, Jr.


May, 1777. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. Daniel Sanford.


October, 1777. None attended. January, 1778. Mr. Seth Sanford.


February, 1778. Mr. Lemuel Sanford.


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APPENDIX II.


May, 1778. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. William Heron.


October, 1778. Mr. Lemuel Sanford.


May, 1779. Mr. Seth Sanford.


October, 1779. Mr. William Hawley, Mr. William Heron.


May, 1780. Mr. William Hawley, Mr. William Heron.


October, 1780. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. Seth Sanford. May, 1781. Unrecorded.


October, 1781. Capt. William Hawley.


May, 1782. Mr. Stephen Betts.


October, 1782. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. Stephen Betts. May, 1783. Mr. Stephen Betts, Mr. Thaddeus Benedict.


October, 1783. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. Stephen Betts. May, 1784. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. Thaddeus Benedict. October, 1784. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. William Heron. May, 1785. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. William Heron.


October, 1785. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. William Heron. May, 1786. Mr. William Hawley.


October, 1786. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. William Heron. May, 1787. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. William Heron.


October, 1787. Mr. William Heron.


May, 1788. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. William Heron.


October, 1788. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. William Heron.


May, 1789. Mr. William Heron.


October, 1789. Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Mr. William Heron.


May, 1790. Mr. Thaddeus Benedict, Mr. William Heron. October, 1790. Mr. Thaddeus Benedict, Mr. Andrew L. Hill.


May, 1791. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. Andrew L. Hill. October, 1791. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. Andrew L. Hill.


May, 1792. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. Andrew L. Hill. October, 1792. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. Aaron Barlow. May, 1793. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. Andrew L. Hill. October, 1793. Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Mr. Simeon Munger.


APPENDIX 11. 241


May, 1794. Mr. Thaddeus Benedict, Mr. Aaron Barlow. October, 1794. Mr. Thaddeus Benediet, Mr. Aaron Bar- low.


May, 1795. Mr. Thaddeus Benedict, Mr. Aaron Barlow. October, 1795. Mr. William Heron, Mr. Andrew L. Hill.


May, 1796. Mr. William Heron, Mr. James Rogers.


October, 1796. Mr. William Heron, Mr. James Rogers.


May, 1797. Mr. Simeon Munger, Mr. Seth Samuel Smith. October, 1797. Mr. Simeon Munger, Mr. Seth Samuel Smith.


May, 1798. Mr. Simcon Munger, Mr. Seth Samuel Smith. May, 1799. Mr. Simeon Munger, Mr. Stephen Jackson.


October, 1799. Mr. Simeon Munger, Mr. Stephen Jack- son.


May, 1800. Mr. Simeon Munger, Mr. Seth Samuel Smith. October, 1800. Mr. Andrew L. Hill, Mr. Stephen Jack- SO11.


May, 1801. Mr. Andrew L. Hill, Mr. Stephen Jackson. October, 1801. Mr. Simeon Munger, Mr. Peter Sanford. May, 1802. Mr. S. Samuel Smith, Mr. Andrew L. Hill. October, 1802. Mr. Aaron Sanford, Mr. Joshua King. May, 1803. Mr. Seth S. Smith, Mr. Andrew L. Hill.


October, 1803.


Mr. Seth S. Smith, Mr. Andrew L. Hill.


May, 1804. Mr. Seth S. Smith.


October, 1804. Mr. Simeon Munger, Mr. Peter Sanford.


May, 1805. Seth Samuel Smith, Andrew L. Hill.


October, 1805. Simeon Munger, Peter Sanford. May, 1806. Andrew L. Hill, Simeon Munger.


October, 1806. Andrew L. Hill, Simcon Munger. May, 1807. Andrew L. Hill, Simcon Munger. October, 1807. Seth Samuel Smith, Lemuel Sanford.


May, 1808. Andrew L. Hill, Lemuel Sanford.


October, 1808. Lemuel Sanford, Simeon Munger. May, 1809. Andrew L. Hill, Lemuel Sanford. October, 1809. Andrew L. Hill, Lemuel Sanford.


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APPENDIX II.


May, 1810. Andrew L. Hill, Lemuel Sanford. October, 1810. Andrew L. Hill, Lemuel Sanford.


May, 1811. Samuel Whiting, Peter Sanford.


October, 1811. Andrew L. Hill, Samuel Whiting. May, 1812. Andrew L. Hill, Lemuel Sanford. October, 1812. Andrew L. Hill, Lemuel Sanford. May, 1813. Lemuel Sanford, Samuel Whiting.


October, 1813. Lemuel Sanford, Samuel Whiting. May, 1814. Lemuel Sanford, Samuel Whiting. October, 1814. John Meeker, Lemuel Sanford. May, 1815. Jonathan R. Sanford, Samuel Whiting.


October, 1815. Simeon Munger, Hezekiah Read, Jr.


May, 1816. Isaac Beach, Hezekiah Read, Jr.


October, 1816. Samuel Whiting, Hezekiah Read, Jr.


May, 1817. Isaac Beach, Benjamin Meeker.


October, 1817.


Jonathan Meeker, John R. Hill.


May, 1818. Billy Comstock, Aaron Sanford, Jr.


October, 1818. William Sanford, John Meeker.


May, 1819. Billy Comstock, Hezekiah Read, Jr.


1820. Isaac Coley, Jonathan R. Sanford.


1821. Daniel Barlow, Seth Wheeler.


1822. Billy Comstock, John R. Hill.


1823. Jolin R. Hill, Aaron Sanford, Jr.


1824.


Ephraim Sanford, Rowland Fanton.


1825. Benjamin Meeker, William Sanford.


1826. Joel Merchant, Michael Jennings.


1827. Thomas B. Fanton, Gershom Sherwood.


1828. John M. Heron, William Sanford.


1829. Aaron Sanford, Daniel Barlow.


1830. Gershom Sherwood, Gurdon Bartram.


1831. Jonathan R. Sanford, Jared Olmstead.


1832. Ralph Sanford, Walker Bates.


1833. Jacob Wanzer, Thaddeus B. Read.


1834. Thomas B. Fanton, Bradley Hill.


1835. T. B. Fanton, Walker Bates.


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APPENDIX IL.


1836. Ralph Sanford, Burr Meeker.


1837. Timothy Parsons, Jesse Banks.


1838. Thomas B. Fanton, Aaron Perry.


1839. Thomas B. Fanton, Benjamin Meeker.


1840. Walker Bates, David S. Duncomb.


1841. Thaddeus M. Abbott, Morris Hill.


1842. Hezekiah Davis, Jolın W. Sanford.


1843. Edward Starr, Jr., Barney Bartram.


1844. Charles Beach, Charles D. Smith.


1845. Peter S. Coley, Aaron R. Bartram.


James Sanford, Harry Meeker.


1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. Daniel C. Rider, Henry Couch.


Bradley Hill, Samuel S. Osborn. Burr Bennett, Floyd Tucker.


1850. Matthew Gregory, Rufus Mead.


1851.


Milo Lee, Frederick 1). Dimon.


1852.


Aaron Burr, Aaron B. Hull.


1853.


Jonathan R. Sanford, Walker Bates.


1854. 1855. Cortez Merchant, Gurdon B. Lee.


1856. Thomas Sanford, Milo Lee.


John O. St. John, David B. Sanford.


1857. 1858. James Sanford, Benjamin S. Boughton.


1859. John Edmond, Matthew Gregory.


1860. Jacob Shaw, Daniel S. Sanford.


1861. Edmund T. Dudley, Matthew Gregory.


1862. 1863. John Edmond, David H. Mcad.


1864. Walker Bates, Aaron Treadwell.


1865. Thomas B. Fanton, William Hill.


1866. Charles Osborne, Edward P. Shaw.


1867. David S. Johnson, William B. Hill.


1868. Francis A. Sanford, B. S. Boughton.


1869. Aaron H. Davis, William H. Hill.


1870. John S. Sanford, J. R. Sanford.


Ebenezer Wilson, Turney Sanford.


Walker Bates, George Osborn.


APPENDIX II.


244 1871. E. F. Foster, Luzon Jelliff. 1872. Henry S. Osborn, Arthur B. Hill.


1873. Stebbins Baxter, Moses Hill.


J. R. Sanford, Edward P. Shaw.


1874. 1875. Turney Sanford, Henry Burr Platt. 1876. James Sanford, Orrin Platt. 1877. Thomas Sanford, George F. Banks.


1878. Azariah E. Meeker, Daniel Sanford.


1879. Harvey B. Rumsey, George Coley.


1880. David S. Bartram, Azariah Meeker.


Redding was made a Probate District in 1839. The Judges of Probate have been : Thomas B. Fanton, Jona- than R. Sanford, Thaddeus M. Abbott, and Lemuel San- ford, the latter being the present incumbent.


APPENDIX III.


PAY-ROLL OF CAPT. WILLIAM JUDD'S COMPANY, COL. WYLLY'S REGIMENT. ENCAMPED AT READING, 1778-9.


Asa Chapman, Sergt.


Comr. Dunham, Jr. Ebenezer Park.


Homer Phelps.


Samuel Hotchkiss.


Joel Smith, Sergt. Thomas Peck.


Ephraim Taylor.


Elijah Porter.


Amos Barns.


William Lee, fifer.


Shaw.


Eleazer Porter.


Joseph Hill.


D. Adams.


Benj. Potts.


Timothy Keeler.


David Heydon.


Levi Hamlin.


Ebenr. Park.


Elisha Holsten.


Abel Scipio.


Stephen Chapman. John Oakley.


Thomas Swift.


Luther Atkins.


APPENDIX IV.


NAMES BORNE ON THE LIST OF THE SOCIETY OF CINCIN- NATI OF CONNECTICUT.


Timothy Alling, Capt. Robert Alling, Lt.


Stephen Alling, Lt. 1 Thomas Andrews, Lt. Roger Alden, Capt. Simeon Avery, Lt. Ezekiel P. Belden, Capt. Simeon Belden, Lt. Caleb Bull, Capt. Aaron Bull, Lt. John H. Buell, Capt. Phillip B. Bradley, Col. Daniel Bradley, Lt. Nathan Beers, Lt. Nathaniel Bishop, Lt. . James Bennet, Lt. Aaron Benjamin, Lt. Abm. Baldwin, Chaplain David Bushnell, Capt. Isaac Munson, Surg. mate William Beaumont, Lt. Stephen Billings, Capt. John Barnard, Capt. David Beach, Lt.


John Ball, Lt. Ebenr. Beardsley, surgeon. Jona Burnall, D. C. M. G. Gurdon Bill, marines. Zebulon Butler, Col. Edward Bulkley, Capt. Stephen Betts, Capt. Moses Cleaveland, Capt. John. Cleaveland, En. Elijah Chapman, Capt. Albert Chapman, Major. Lemuel Cliff, Capt. Willis Cliff, Major.


Solomon Cowles, Com. George Cotton, En. Samuel Comstock, Capt. William Colfax, Capt. Giles Curtis, Lt. Joseph Clark, En. Eliph. Chamberlain, Capt. Noah Coleman, Surgeon. Thomas Converse, Capt. Jesse Cook, Capt. Abner Cole, En.


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APPENDIX IV.


John Davenport, Major. James Davenport, Com.


Pownall Denning, Lt.


Henry Daggett, Lt. Samuel Deforest, Lt.


Richard Douglass, Capt. James Dole, Lt. Horse. John Dusher, Capt. Martin Denslow.


David Dorrence, Capt.


John Ellis, Chaplain. Edward Eels, Capt.


Charles Fanning, Lt.


Ebenezer Frothingham, Lt. Thomas Farmer, Lt.


Silas Goodell, Lt.


William Glenny, Lt. Ozias Goodrich, En. Samuel Gibbs, Lt.


Nehemiah Gorham, Lt.


Eben. Gray, Lt .- Col.


Matthias Gregory.


Thos. Grosvenor, Lt .- Col.


Jesse Grant, Capt. Jed. Huntington, B .- Gen.


Eben. Huntington, Lt. - Col. Hezekiah Hubbard, Com. Elijah Hubbard, Com. Neh. Hubbard, Com. William Higgins, Lt. Jos. Higgins, Surg. mate. Tallmadge Hall, Lt. Philemon Hall, Lt.


Amos Hall, Lt.


Jona. Hart, Capt.


John Hart, En.


Chas. Hopkins, Lt.


David Humphreys, A. D. C. Timothy Hosmer, Surgeon. Elijah Humphreys, Capt.


Prentice Hosmer, Lt.


Elisha Hopkins, Capt.


John Hobart, Lt. , Samuel Hart, Lt. Jaques Harman, En. Gideon Hawley, Lt. Horse. Jeronymus Hogeland, Capt. Salmon Hubbell, Lt.


Asahel Hodges, Capt. Peleg Heath, Lt.


Hez. Holdridge, Lt .- Col.


William Henshaw, Lt.


James Hyde, Lt.


Roger Hooker, Lt.


Jona. Johnson, Lt .- Col.


David Judson, Capt.


William Judd, Capt.


Elijah Jones, Lt. Horse. Thaddeus Keeler, Lt. Isaac Keeler, Lt. Aaron Keeler, En. Ephraim Kimberly, Capt. Jacob Kingsbury, En. Joshua Knapp, En. Joshua King, Lt. Horse. Amasa Keyes, Capt. Eli Leavensworth, Major.


Elihu Lyman, En. William Leverett, Lt. Sibbens Loomis, Lt.


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APPENDIX IV.


Seth Lewis, Com. James Lord, Lt. Noah Lee, Capt. Asa Lyon, Lt. William Lyon, Lt. Return Meigs, Col. John Meigs, Lt.


William Monson, Capt.


Theophilus Monson, Capt. Charles Miller, Lt. John Mansfield, Lt.


John Mix, Lt. James Morris, Capt.


Eneas Monson, Sur mate. Jasper Meade, Lt. Samuel Mills, Lt. John Miles, Lt. Timothy Matthew, Surgeon. John Noyes, Surgeon. William Nichols, Lt. Simeon Newell. James Olmsted, Lt.


Sam. H. Parsons, Maj .- Gen.


Steplien Potter, Capt. Solomon Pinto, En.


William Pike, Lt. Horse. Ralph Pomroy, Lt. Seth Phelps, Capt. Abner Prior, Maj. Reuben Pride, Lt. David Phipps, Capt. Jonas Prentice, Capt. R. Peck. Charles Pond, Capt. Daniel Putnam, D. C.


Ebenezer Perkins, Capt. Hezekiah Roberts, Capt. Jedediah Rogers, Lt., Joseph Rogers, Ens. Peter Robinson, Capt.


Elias Robinson, Lt. Cornelius Russell, Lt. John Rose, Surgeon. John Riley, Capt. Aaron Rhea, Lt. Horse.


Samuel Richards, Lt. Nehemiah Rice, Capt. Josiah Root, Sur. mate. Josiah Starr, Col. David Starr, Capt.


Thomas Starr, Lt. George Starr. David Smith, Maj.


Ezra Smith, Lt. Joel Smith, En. Isaac Sherman, Lt. - Col. John Sherman, Lt.


Thos. Y. Seymour, Capt.


Horace Seymour, Lt. Horse. Aaron Seymour, Capt.


Benjamin Sutliff, Lt. Elias Stillwell, Capt. Reuben Sanderson, Lt. Heman Swift, Col. John Simpson, Surgeon. Ezra Selden, Capt. William Stanton, Capt. John Sumner, Lt .- Col. Thomas Skinner, Surgeon. Abijah Savage, Capt.


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APPENDIX IV.


Simon Thatcher, Capt.


David Strong, Capt.


David F. Sill, Lt .- Col.


Joseph Shaler, Lt.


Elisha Sheldon, Lt .- Col. Jon. Trumbull, Lt .- Col. John Trumbull, Col.


Ebenezer Farmer, Lt.


Tryal Farmer, Lt.


Timothy Taylor, Capt. Josiah Tiffany, Lt.


Henry Ten Eycke, Capt.


John Trowbridge, Lt.


Isaiah Thompson, Capt.


John R. Troop, Lt. Benjamin Tallmadge, Maj. Samuel Wyllys, Col.


John P. Wyllys, Maj.


Jeremialı Wadsworth, Col. Elijah Wadsworth, Capt. Samuel B. Webb, Col.


John Webb, Capt. William Watmaly, Engr. Ebenezer Wales, Lt.


John White, Lt.


Joseph A. Wright, Maj.


: Roger Wells, Capt. . Joshua Whitney, Lt. Joseph Walker, Capt. Peter Woodward, Lt. Theodore Woodbridge, Maj. Thaddeus Weed, Capt.


John P. Watrous, Surgeon. Ames Walbridge, Maj. Samuel W. Williams, Capt. Erastus Wolcott, Capt. Fred. Whiting, Lt. Horse. Nathan F. Whiting, Lt.


Jeffery Whiting, Capt.


Robert Warner, Maj.


Joseph Wilcox, Lt.


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