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There was a William Scovill, in Haddam, who settled there, according to Field, about 1686. There was also an Ed- ward Scofell, or Scovill, who died there in 1703. I know nothing of their relationship to John of Waterbury.
John Scovill was m. March 20, 1666, to Sarah, d. of Thomas Barnes of Farmington, and died in Haddam in 1712 .- Estate £176. But little is known of his children. Rev. W. S. Por- ter gives the names of four :
1. Mehitable ; m. Feb. 15, 1685, Caleb Hopkins.
2. Eleazer ; m. Abagail Langdon.
3. Samuel, (of Watertown, Mass. ; ) m. Ruth Langdon.
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4. John; m. Feb. 6, 1693-4, Hannah, d. of Obadiah Richards. He had his first grant of land in Waterbury, Jan. 21, 1689-90, on condition that he should build a house, &c., a condition from which he was afterwards, after his father's removal, re- leased. When the grant was made, he had probably just reached the age of twenty- one years. It was customary to notice the young men at that age, in a similar way, for their encouragement. He lived where his father did. He was a man of con- siderable influence, and was engaged to some extent in the public business. He was school committee; collector of the town and minister's rates; grand juror; towns- man in 1698, 1699, 1702, 1703; constable in 1707 and 1715; deputy to the Colonial Assembly in May, 1714, and "keeper of the pound key," in 1725, and afterwards. He had reputation as a military man, and rose to the rank of ser- geant, as early as 1718. He d. Feb. 26, 1726-7, aged, probably, about 58. His wife d. " March 5, 1720."-Estate £1061, 15s. His house and house lot were appraised at £ 120. His son John, (born Jan. 12, 1694-5,) was accepted as a "bachelor," in 1715. The last was constable in 1729; pound keeper for many years; townsman often ; a deputy, May, 1745, and a lieutenant. He too lived on the family homestead, (as did his son Obadiah,) and died April 28, 1759.
REV. JOHN SOUTHIMAYD.
He was the great grandson of Sir William Southmayd of the county of Kent, England, to whom arms were granted in June, 1604. A son of the latter, named William, came to this country. His name is in the " quarterly files" of Salem, Mass., where this entry is found :
John Southmate sonne of Will Southmate by millissen his wife borne 26th of the 8th mo. 1645-william southmayd the elder sonne of william southmayd by mil- lissen his wife born the 17th. of the 7th. mo. 1643.
william southmayd.
[Manuscript letter from Rev. Daniel S. Southmayd, Concord, Mass., Nov. 1829.]
Nothing more is known of William Southmayd, of Essex county, Mass., or of his son John named above. His "elder sonne " William, father of the Rev. John, removed to Middle- town about 1660. In October, 1673, he married Esther, daughter of Giles Hamlin," and had the following children 1. William ; born July 24, 1674, and died an infant. 2. John b. August 23, 1676. 3. William ; b. March 6, 1679, and died an infant. 4. Giles; b. Jan. 17, 1680-1; d. 1728, childless. 5. Esther ; b. Oct. 28, 1682 and d. Dec. 29, 1682. Esther, the wife, d. Nov. 11, 1682 and Wm. Southmayd m. Margaret,
* Mr. Hamlin was one of the early settlers of Middletown. He married Esther Crowe, a daughter of John Crowe of Hartford, and a granddaughter of Elder William Goodwin. Their children were, Esther, John, Mary, Giles, Mehitable, William. Mr. Hamlin was one of the prominent men of his times. He was commissioner, a member of the Council, and several times a deputy to the General Court. He died Sep. 1, 1689.
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daughter of Col. John Allyn of Hartford, long secretary of the Colony. Their children were : 1. Allyn ; b. Feb. 7, 1685; lived to an old age and d. at St. Johns, New Foundland. 2. Daniel; b. Sep. 1637; d. Nov. 23, 1703. 3. Margaret ; b. Aug. 11, 1691. 4. Anna; b. Jan. 10, 1693. 5. Joseph ; b. March 15, 1695, and d. 1772. 6. William ; b. Jan. 9, 1698, and d. 1747. 7. Meliscent; b. Jan. 3, 1700; d. Dec. 12, 1717. From Joseph and William have descended the Southnayds of Mid- dletown and Vermont. William Southmayd, the father, d. Dec. 4, 1702. He called himself a mariner. His inventory bears date Feb. 23, 1702-3, and amounted to £1,085, 17s. 6d. His wife d. a widow, March 16, 1732-3.
Rev. John Southmayd's home lot (previously called "a great lot") at first contained but two acres ; but for his better accommodation, the town obtained for him, by exchange, in 1704, the lot next adjoining on the east, then owned by Thomas Judd, Jr. The house built for him was a frame house, and was fortified in the Indian wars.
Mr. Southmayd, in 1700, married Susanna Ward, a daughter of William and Phebe Ward. Their children were :
1. Esther; b. Sep 12, 1701 ; m. Capt. Daniel Starr, of Middletown. She had several children, and died a widow at an advanced age.
2. Susanna; b. Jan. 5, 1703-4; m. Sep. 25, 1734, Thomas Bronson, son of Thomas, and d. Aug 13, 1741.
3. Anne; b. Oct. 27, 1706; m. Joseph Bronson, son of John, June 1, 1732, . and d. Aug. 12, 1749.
4. John ; b. June 21, 1710; m. Miliscent, d. of Samuel Gaylard of Middletown, April 25, 1739. He d. Feb. 28, 1742-3, leaving two children, William and Samuel, both of whom left families. The widow m. Timothy Judd, son of William Judd.
5. Daniel ; b. April 19, 1717 ; m. Hannah, d. of Samuel Brown, March 24, 1749 ; had three children, Anne, John and Daniel, (all of whom lived to be married,) and d. Jan. 12, 1754.
JOHN STANLEY.
The grandfather of the Waterbury Stanleys, John Stanley, is said to have died on his passage over from England, leaving a son John and a daughter Ruth, both of whom were mar- ried (the same day) Dec. 5, 1645, the latter to Isaac More. John, the son, was a nephew of Timothy Stanley of Cam- bridge and Hartford.
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John Stanley, the father of our proprietors, was born in 1625; came to New England in 1634; settled in Farmington early ; joined the church there, July 12, 1653; was a deputy to the General Court from F. four sessions, first in 1659; saw service in King Philip's war as lieutenant and captain, and was one of the leading men of Farmington.
John Stanley of F. m. Dec. 5, 1645, Sarah, d. of Thomas Scott, and June 26, 1661, Sarah, d. of John Fletcher of Mil- ford. He d. Dec. 19, 1706, and his second wife and widow, May 15, 1713. His children were : 1. John ; b. in Hartford, Nov. 3, 1647. 2. Thomas ; b. in Farmington, Nov. 1, 1649 ; m., in 1690, Anne, d. of Rev. Jeremiah Peck, and d. May 23, 1718. 3. Sarah ; b. Feb. 1651-2, and m. Joseph Gay- lord. 4. Timothy; b. March 17, 1653-4. 5. Elizabeth ; b. April 1, 1657, and d. young. 6. Abigail; b. July 25, 1669 ; m. Nov. 1687, John Hooker. 7. Elizabeth ; b. Nov. 28, 1672; m. John Wadsworth, and d. Oct. 5, 1713. 8. Isaac ; b. Sept. 22, 1660, and appears to have been an imbecile. By the will of his father, he could not dispose of the estate given him without the consent of his brothers, John Stanley and John Hooker.
JOHN STANLEY.
John Stanley, son of Capt. John of F., was one of the eigh- ty-four proprietors of that town in 1672. He signed the peti- tion to the General Court concerning Mattatuck, in 1673, and subscribed the articles of settlement in 1674, taking a £100 right. He was one of the assignees to whom the first Indian deed of lands in Mattatuck was made over, and a grantee, by name, in the subsequent deeds. He came very early to our town, but may not have been with the first 'company of set- tlers ; for he had no allotment of fence in the first division made in the spring of 1677-8. In no other division is his name omitted. After having once put his hand to the plow, there is no appearance of his looking back ; at any rate, till some broad furrows had been traced. He was, more than any other man, with the exception of Thomas Judd, Sen., the ruling spirit and father of the settlement. He was often se-
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lected by the Assembly's committee to act in their absence. He laid out the lots of the proprietors, staked out and appor- tioned the common fence, " located " highways, settled boun- daries of adjoining towns, &c. Thomas Judd was usually his associate. He was the first recorder of the town and propri- etors, appointed first by the committee and afterwards by the town. His first recorded appointment by the latter was Dec. 26, 1682, and he was annually reappointed till his removal to Farmington. So far as appears, he was the only person among the earliest proprietors of Mattatuck, who was fully qualified for the office. He wrote a legible and business-like hand.
John Stanley was a sergeant in the Waterbury train-band, in April, 1682, and afterwards, when no higher officer was permitted. In Oct. 1689, when a lieutenant was allowed, he was the first selected for that office. His appointment was confirmed by the Assembly, Oct. 1689. It was a distinguish- ed honor, and no doubt he bore it worthily. After Waterbury began to send a representative to the General Court, Lieut. Stanley was the second whose name is recorded. He was a deputy in May, 1690, and in May, 1693. What persuaded him finally to quit the settlement, in a time of great affliction, I am not able to say. It is to be hoped he had better reasons than any that can be thought of at this distant day. His loss must have been seriously felt. He returned to Farmington early in 1695, or before April 9th of that year, where he was a deacon in 1711 and afterwards. He, however, retained most of his lands in Waterbury and his propriety right, and was a frequent visitor to the town to look after his estate. His familiarity with the records of the town was the cause of his appointment, in 1705, to copy, for the purpose of preserva- tion, such portions as were most important. He gave some attention to the duties of this appointment from time to time.
Jolın Stanley lived near the old meeting-house and near the place where the Second Congregational Church now stands. His lot contained three and a half acres, and was bounded, Sept. 29, 1687, westwardly on highway, northwardly on Isaac Bronson's land, southwardly on Joseph Gaylord's land, and east on the common.
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John Stanley m. in 1669, Esther, d. of Thomas Newell of Farmington, and d. May 16, 1729. His widow d. in 1740.
Children :
1. Esther ; b. in Farmington, Dec. 2, 1672, and d. 1676.
2. John ; b. in F. April 9, 1675 ; m. Dec. 14, 1714, Mary Wright, and d. Sept. 8, 1748, leaving three children, John, Thomas and Mary. He lived in Kensing- ton. Though accepted as a bachelor proprietor of Waterbury, in 1715, there is no trace of him as an inhabitant after his father's removal in 1695.
3. Samuel ; b. 1677; m. July 15, 1702, Elizabeth, d. of Abraham Bronson of Lyme, and had six children born in Waterbury, the two last twins-Samuel, Abra- ham, John, Esther, Ebenezer and Anna, (b. "March 8, 1713;") two, Elizabeth and Asa, b. in 1715 and 1717 in Farmington and recorded in Waterbury ; and one or two others, Ruth and Josiah? The father d. in 1747.
Samuel Stanley was a carpenter and mill-wright; townsman in 1704 and 1705 ; collector of town taxes in 1707 ; school committee in 1711 and 1712, &c. Ile lived on the old homestead of his father, in whom the title remained. The pro- perty was sold, July 9, 1714, to Ephraim Warner, for £45, the deed being signed by both father and son. Soon after the date of this deed, Samuel Stanley re- moved. He lived in Wallingford, Farmington and Durham. He was admitted a bachelor proprietor in 1715.
4. Nathaniel ; b. 1679; m. Sarah, d. of Samuel Smith of Farmington, where he lived and had nine children, and then removed (after 1739) to Goshen, and d. 1770.
5. Thomas; baptized May 25, 1684, at Farmington ; m. 1690, Anne, daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Peek. He had a son Thomas and a daughter Anne living in 1728.
6. Sarah ; bap. July 4, 1686, at F.
7. Timothy ; b. June 6, 1689 ;* bap. in F. May 11, 1790; m. Dec. 15, 1718, Mar_ tha, d. of Samuel Smith of F. ; had seven children b. in F., four of whom died in infancy. He removed to Goshen after 1735 and before 1742, and d. 1761. He was a captain and the owner and emancipator of a slave.
TIMOTHY STANLEY.
He was in Mattatuck sufficiently early to have an old town plot lot, and an allotment in all the divisions of fence. In 1682-3, however, he was condemned for delinquency ; but he soon made amends, and regained what he had lost. He was one of the two first townsmen (appointed, probably, in 1680) whose names are recorded. He held the same office in 1702 and afterwards. He was school committee often; moderator of proprietors' meeting in 1706 ; grand juror in 1713. In Oct. 1694, he was sent as deputy to the General Court, being the
* This birth is recorded by the father in Waterbury, and it is the only one of the family that is so recorded.
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third person that received that honor. He held the same office May, 1695, 1696 and 1699, May and Oct. 1708, 1709 and 1711, and Oct. 1718. For a short period, in 1704-5, after Lieut. Judd's death, he appears to have held the office of justice of the peace. In military rank he seems, in the first instance, to have ranked fourth. He was sergeant in 1695, ensign in 1696, and lieutenant and chief in command in 1703, which last office he held through a critical period till 1715.
Timothy Stanley called himself "cloath weur" in 1716-17. His standing among his fellow townsmen may be gathered from the responsible positions he occupied. His house stood on the spot where Capt. Lemuel Harrison now lives. It was one of the fortified houses in the Indian war. His lot of two acres was bounded, in Nov. 1687, north and south on high- way, west on John Carrington's land, east on Daniel Porter's land. In June, 1713, Stanley deeded to his wife's nephew, Thomas Clark, his adopted son, one half of his house and homestead and other lands, divided and undivided, Clark agreeing "to take care of sd Stanley and his wife and carion all the work of the family or families wn [when] there shall be need with ye help of sª Standley and the rest of ye family ye whole income of ye estate to be to ye use of both as they shall need," &c.
Timothy Stanley m. in 1676, Mary, d. of John Strong of Windsor, and d. childless, Nov. 12, 1728. His wife Mary d. Sep. 30, 1722. Thomas Clark was his executor and principal heir. The estate in Waterbury amounted to £703, and in Farmington to £108. The will mentions Thomas Clark and Sarah his wife, and their children ; Timothy, Samuel, Nathaniel and John Stanley, sons of John, the brother of the testator; Joseph, John and Benjamin Gaylord; Ruth Hickox and Johannah Royce, children of Sarah Gaylord, the sister of the deceased.
Timothy Stanley and his wife were buried near the spot where the stone of Dea. Clark is now standing, in the old burying yard.
Josiah Bronson
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STEPHEN UPSON.
The father, Thomas Upson, was early in Hartford. He was one of those, not proprietors, enumerated in 1638, who had the privilege of getting wood and keeping cows on the common. In that year, he (with others) was "censured and fined for vnseasonable and immoderate drinking at the pinnace," 20s. He was an original proprietor and settler of Farmington, and m. in 1646, Elizabeth Fuller. Hed. July 19, 1655, and a daughter named Elizabeth d. the next day. The widow m. Edmund Scott. The estate, which was small, was distributed in 1671, to the remaining children, Thomas, Stephen, Mary, Hannah, and to Edmund Scott in right of his wife.
Stephen Upson was not one of the first company of pro- prietors and settlers of Waterbury. He was accepted, (or rather signed the articles by a mark,) Dec. 29, 1679, not as the substitute of another, but as the record says, "on the account of a new lot." He had a £50 propriety and an allot- ment in the second and fourth divisions of fence ; but he had not one of the old town plot lots, these being divided among the original thirty subscribers, or their substitutes and suc- cessors. In 1680-S1, he was "straitened" for land, and the committee on petition granted relief. He does not appear to have faltered inexcusably in his duty as a subscriber of the articles. His name does not frequently appear on the earlier records, (before 1700,) except as the grantee of lands. He signed the £60 agreement with Mr. Peck and was one of a committee to settle bounds with Woodbury in April, 1702. He was surveyor, school committee, grand juror, often towns- man, and three times deputy to the General Court-in May, 1710, Oct. 1712, and Oct. 1729. He became a sergeant in 1715, and in 1729, he had a seat with the veterans in the new meeting-house.
Stephen Upson, "carpenter," lived on the east side of Bank street, near where the house of E. E. Prichard now stands. His lot contained four acres and was bounded, Feb. 10, 1687-8, southerly on Samuel Scott's land, northerly on parsonage lot, west and east on highways. In Dec. 1697, he 13
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exchanged with the town two acres at the east end of his lot for the two acres lying next him on the north called the parsonage lot.
Stephen Upson m. December 29, 1682, Mary d. of John Lee, Sen., of Farmington, and d. in 1735, aged 80, or over. His wife d. Feb. 15, 1715-16. His will was dated Nov. 8, 1713, and proved July 3, 1735. Estate, £520, 17s. He had, during his lifetime, given much of his property to his children.
Children :
1. Mary; b. Nov. 5, 1683 ; m. Richard Welton, son of John.
2. Stephen; b. Sep. 30, 1686; was accepted as a bachelor proprietor, Jan. 1705-6; m. Sarah, d. of Isaac Bronson and d. Sep. 10, 1777. His wife d. 1748. His house was, at first, on the southwest corner of Grand and Bank streets. The land on which he had already built, in 1718, described as three acres, "just by the south meadow gate and within the common fence, " his father gave him at that date. June 28, 1733, he sold and conveyed this place, described now as five acres, with a house and barn, to James Prichard, and the same day received a deed from his father of the family homestead, four acres, bounded west on highway, north on John Punderson's land, east on Thomas Upson's and Thomas Porter's land, south on Thomas Porter.
Stephen Upson, Jr., represented the town in the Colonial Assembly, in Oct. 1743, at which time he bore the title of captain.
3. Elizabeth ; b. Feb. 14, 1689-90, and m. Thomas Bronson.
4. Thomas ; b. March 1, 1692-3; was accepted as a £40 proprietor in 1715; m. Rachel, d. of Dea. Thomas Judd, and d. in 1761. He lived on Cole street, near East Main, on the place owned first, by John Richards. His father bought it of Benjamin Warner, executor of Thomas Warner, and in 1718, gave it to the son, with the house. In the deed making this grant, the father "thinks it reason- able to consider" his sons " above " his daughters, in the distribution of his estate, and orders the gift "not to be recorded as part or portion in the distri- bution " of his estate among his children. In Feb. 1732-3, Thomas Upson sold out to Jonathan Baldwin for £150 money, the property being described as "three and a half acres of land with a house and barn, " &c. He then removed to Farmington, afterwards Southington, and now the eastern part of Wolcott, (Southington Mountain.)
5. Hannah; b. "abought March 16, 1695;" m. Thomas Richards and John Bronson, and was living a widow, in 1751.
6. Tabitha ; b. " March 11, 1698," and m. John Scovill, 2d.
7. John ; b. Dec. 13, 1702, and m. Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Judd. He appears to have resided, for several years, after 1732-3, in Farmington, though the births of his children, down to 1745, are recorded in Waterbury.
8. Thankful ; b. March 14, 1706-7, and m. James Blakeslee.
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WARNER.
John Warner, Sen. lived first in Hartford, then in Farming- ton. Of the latter town he was an original proprietor and set- tler. He was one of the Pequot soldiers, and for his services had a grant of land, in 1671, from the General Court, fifty acres, which Serg. Thomas Jndd and Serg. John Stanley were appointed to lay out to his heirs in Oct. 1689. He was one of the petitioners who asked liberty " to make a small plantation at Mattatuck," (as were his sons John and Daniel,) and signed the articles of 1674, writing his name John Warner, Sen. He intended to join the new settlement but died before removal, in 1679. His will, dated in March of that year, names as his children, John, Daniel, Thomas, Sarah. The last was baptized March 15, 1656-7, and m. William Higason.
JOHN WARNER, (JR.)
Both he and his father John are on the list of the freemen of F. in 1669, and on the list of proprietors of 1672. He sub_ scribed the articles in 1674, and made an early movement to secure his right. His name is in all the fence-divisions.
John Warner, called Sen. on the Waterbury records, had recorded, Feb. 19, 1702-3, one acre and a half of land on which his dwelling-house then stood, east on Jonathan Scott's house lot, north, south and west on highway. There is some difficulty in ascertaining where this lot was situated. Though there is something not quite intelligible about the west boun- dary, I have ventured to place it on the north side of West Main street, near to Willow street. He owned land next west of Robert Porter in 1687-8. He sold the place, March 4, 1704-5, to John Judd, and Judd conveyed it, Nov. 5, 1715, to Joseph Hickox of Durham, and Hickox deeded it, the same day, to Elizabeth Richason, widow and administrator of John Richason, the boundaries being the same as when owned by Warner.
History has but little to say of John Warner, Sen., of Water- bury. He returned to Farmington soon after 1700. He call- ed himself "of Farmington " in a deed, in April, 1703, and again in 1705-6; and yet in his will, dated Farmington,
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Dec. 27, 1706, he speaks of himself as "of Waterbury." He died soon after the last date, his inventory being taken March, 1706-7. His personal estate was valued at £71, and his real estate was given by will, his house and homestead in Water- bury to his son John. John Warner and Samuel Bronson (son-in-law) were executors. His will (he signed by a mark, as did his brother Thomas) names five children. Thomas is not mentioned.
1. John; b. March 1, 1670; m. Sept. 28, 1698, Rebecca, d. of Thomas Richa- son. He d. March 3, 1751, and his wife Aug 1, 1748. He was made a £40 pro- prietor, March 26, 1699, his right being entered in 1722 and afterwards as "John Warner, Sen., bach. lot." Ile had a grant of land of twenty-five acres in 1690, he to build, &c. As early as April 20, 1703, he seems to have been living on Buckshill. At that date he sold land adjoining him to Joseph Gaylord, Jr. He appears to have been the first settler on Buckshill. Here he remained seve- ral years, but at length removed to Stratford. He was in the latter place June, 1715, at which time he sold to Daniel Shelton of said Stratford thirty-three acres of land and a house on Buckshill. Abont 1723, he returned to Waterbury and settled in that part of the town afterwards called Westbury. Here he had pre- viously much land laid out, and here he had a house in Dec. 1724, near Steel's Brook, and the road to Wooster Swamp. At this time and after his return from Stratford, he was sometimes called Dr. John Warner, as though he had been practicing medicine while absent. He continued in this occupation, and was the first physician in Westbury. When Westbury became a separate society he was made the first deacon of the church. He held no important town offices.
2. Ephraim ; m. Esther, d. of Obadiah Richards, Aug. 16, 1692, and d. Aug. 1, 1753, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. This is the age given him by the record ; but it would make him born about the same time as his brother John. I' suppose they were not twins, and that Ephraim was the youngest ; but there is no conclusive evidence of this. Ile had five children born in Waterbury, the last in Feb. 1702-3; and two born, I suppose, in Woodbury,* Ebenezer and Ephraim. All outlived their father except Margaret and the first Ephraim. The estate was first settled by agreement among the heirs, and afterwards by order of probate, in 1762, there being probably some misunderstanding about the first settlement. It amounted, according to inventory, to but £14, 19s., much having been given away to the children during the lifetime of the deceased.
Eprhaim Warner had his first grant of land, Jan. 21, 1689-90, on the northeast corner of Willow and Grove streets, (bounded south, west and north on high- ways and east on the three acre lot of Thomas Judd, Sen.,) on condition that he should erect a house and "coinhabit four years," according to the original arti- cles. Here he seems to have built and resided till about Sept. 26, 1701, when he sold ont to Stephen Welton. He next had a house and forty-two and a half acres
* It is not certain they were not born in Waterbury because not recorded. It was common to make a record only at considerable intervals, and then record several together. If a person died, and particularly if he removed, one or more children born last were not sure to be re- corded:
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