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In 1831, Holmes & Hotchkiss built the brass mill afterwards occu- pied by Brown & Elton. Mr. Holmes was desirous of connecting wire making with brass rolling, but could find no person in this country who had any knowledge of the business. Foresceing the importance of the interests connected with the successful introduction of this new branch of manufacture into the country, he made a second voyage to England in 1831, and returned with men and machinery enough to make a be- ginning-small, it is true, but, viewed in its results as we now see them, of great value to Waterbury and to the country. In 1834, Mr. IIolmes removed to Wolcottville, and in the same year made a third voyage to England, and procured workmen and machinery for the manufacture of brass kettles in Wolcottville, by the only method then known. This was the origin of this branch of business in the United States. In 1845, Mr. Holmes returned to Waterbury, and as president of the Wa- terbury Brass Co. occupied himself in building and putting in operation their works in the east part of the town, and afterwards of their " West Mill," which is located near the railroads in the western part of the city.
He also superintended the erection of a brass mill in Bristol, and is now actively engaged in business as superintendent of the brass rolling mill of IIolmes, Booth & Haydens, of which corporation he is the presi- dent. He is a man of great energy and untiring industry. It is hoped it will not offend his well known modesty if it be added, that he has much of the natural genius and brilliancy of intellect which belonged to his brother Reuben.
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ADAMS.
1. WILLIAM ADAMS settled in Waterbury, m. Susanna, dau. of Ebenezer Bronson, Feb. 14, 1739-40, and d. April 23, 1793. His wife d. March 22, 1812, aged 94. Ilis ch. were : I. Samuel, b. Aug. 9, 1740; II. Prudence, b. March 31, 1742, d. Oct. 16, 1743 ; III. William, b. July 1, 1744, d. Oct. 12, 1747 ; IV. Prudence, b. April 24, 1746, d. young ; V. William, b. June 1, 1748 ; VI. Susanna, b. Nov. 4, 1749, m. Roswell Bronson; VII. John, b. Feb. 2, 1751; VIII. James, b. Feb. 11, 1754, d. unm. Feb. 1789 ; IX. Luke, b. March 8, 1756 ; X. Sylvanus, b. June 22, 1759 ; XI. Ruth, b. Dec. 14, 1761, d. Nov. 26, 1767; XII. Asa- hel, b. July 28, 1764, m. Eunice Prichard.
2. SAMUEL, son of William, (1,) m. Mary, dau. of Edmund Tompkins, March 1, 1764, and d. Dec. 13, 1773. Ch. as follows : I. Prudence, b. Aug. 10, 1765 ; II. Reuben, b. April 18, 1767, d. Oct. 6, 1838; III. Ruth, b. April 8, 1769, d. Oct. 28, 1791 ; IV. Samuel, b. July 10, 1771 ; V. Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1773, m. Danl. Upson, and d. June 29, 1830.
3. WILLIAM, son of William, (1,) m. Sarah Goodwin of Lebanon, Conn., Feb. 22, 1775, who d. Feb. 18, 1788, and he m. 2d, Orpha Cos- set, Dec. 29, 1788. He d. Jan. 25, 1829. Ch. : I. Merick, b. Aug. 30, 1776, d. 1785 ; II. Sena, b. June 5, 1778, m. John IIull; III. Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1780, d. 1784 ; IV. Jesse, b. Jan. 4, 1782, d. Aug. 27, 1825 ; V. Merick, b. March 2, 1786, d. 1794 ; VI. Roxa, b. Oct. 3, 1791; VII. Chauncey, b. Dec. 3, 1796 ; VIII. Augustus, b. Feb. 28, 1799; IX. Wil- liam Hopkins, b. Feb. 12, 1802.
4. John, son of William, (1,) m. Sarah, dau. of James Bronson, May 25, 1780. She d. Nov. 21, 1793, and he m. Cynthia, dau. of Ebenezer Fitch of Wallingford, May 21, 1794. His ch. were: I. Esther, b. March 21, 1781; II. Fanny, b. March 7, 1783 ; III. Benoni, b. Feb. 25, 1785 : IV. Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1787 ; V. Hannah, b. Dec. 1, 1789; VI.
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Juliana, b. June 24, 1793, d. 1793 ; VII. Luther, b. May 31, 1795 ; VIII. Amanda.
5. LUKE, son of William, (1,) m. Lucy, dau. of Joseph Nichols, Jan. 3, 1782. Ch .: I. Anne, b. Aug. 31, 1782; II. Susanna, b. Sept. 16, 1784; III. Betsey, b. Dec. 21, 1786.
6. SYLVANUS, son of William, (1,) m. Sarah, dau. of Dea. Timothy Hopkins, Dec. 4, 1783. Ch .: I. Mark, b. Sept. 16, 1784; II. Chloe, b. Feb. 4, 1786 ; III. Mark, b. Oct. 18, 1787; IV. Timothy Hopkins, b. Sept. 29, 1789.
ALCOCKE .*
ALCOCK, ALLCOCKS, ALLCOX, ALCOX, ALCOTT.
1. JOHN ALCOTT was b. at Beverly, Yorkshire, Eng., was Bishop of Rochester, Worcester and Ely, in the time of Henry VII; also Lord Chancellor of Eng. He founded Jesus College, Cambridge, and was distinguished in his day for his learning and piety. He d. Oct. 1, 1500, and was buried in a sumptuous tomb of his own designing, in Ely cathedral-now much defaced.
2. Mr. GEORGE ALCOCKE came to this country in 1630, and settled in Roxbury, Mass., where he was a deacon of the church, and an impor- tant man in the Colony.
3. Mr. THOMAS ALCOCKE, the progenitor of all bearing the name in Conn., came from Eng. in Winthrop's company in 1630, with his brother George. In the covenant of the First church of Boston, dated at Charlestown, August 27, 1630, Thomas Alcocke stands forty-sixth on the list of original members : " Ano, 8: 7: 1639, our brother Thomas Alcocke and sister Margary were recommended to Deddam," where he settled. In 1650, he removed to Boston, and d. Jan. 1657. Ilis wid. Margary, m. John Benham of New Haven, to which place she removed about 1660. His ch. were : I. Mary, bap. Nov. 3, 1635, and d. 1644; II. Elizabeth, bap. Dec. 10, 1637, d. the same year ; III. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1638, m. May 6, 1656, Joseph Soper of Boston ; IV. Sarah, b. Dec. 28, 1639 ; V. Hannah, b. May 25, 1642; VI. Mary, b. June 8, 1644, m. Sept. 27, 1664, James Robinson of Dorchester, d. March 13, 1718 ; VII. Rebecca, b. 1646, was grandmother of the wife of the first Gov. Trumbull of Conn .; VIII. Phillip, b. 1648, settled in New IIaven; IX. John, bap. Aug. 6, 1651, m. Constance, dau. of Humphrey Milane of Boston, where he resided, and d. before 1712. He had two sons and six daughters.
* For the materials of this notice I am indebted to Amos Bronson Alcott of Boston, Mass.
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4. PHILLIP, son of Thomas, (3,) went to New Haven with his moth- er, who had married John Benham, in whose family he was brought up. He m. in Dec. 5, 1672, Elizabeth, only dau. of Thomas Mitchell, one of the early planters of New Haven. He possessed a large estate. He m. at Wethersfield, his second wife, (in 1699, April 4,) Sarah, wid. of Nathaniel Butler, and afterwards lived there. He, Phillip, d. in 1715, aged 58. His ch. were, I. John, b. July 14, 1675 ; II. Thomas, b. 1677 ; III. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1679, and m. - Gray ; IV. Phillip, b. Nov. 19, 1681, d. before 1712; V. Agnes, b. 1683, m. - Harrison.
5. JOHN, son of Phillip, (4,) lived in New Haven, m. Susanna -- , who d. in 1737. He d. March 1722-23, aged 47. Ch : I. Abigail, m. Caleb Thomas of New Haven, Jan. 6, 1736 ; II. John, b. Jan. 14, 1705, settled in Waterbury ; III. Elizabeth, b. July 31, 1708, m. July 21, 1737, Samuel Hummerston of New Haven; IV. Sarah, b. Aug. 12, 1711, m. June 23, 1746, John Alling of New Haven ; V. Stephen, b. Aug. 10, 1714, m. Jan. 16, 1737, Abigail Hummerston, and lived at Amity, now Woodbridge ; was a large land owner, and had two ch., Stephen, b. Aug. 22, 1738, and Sarah, who m. Solomon Gilbert of New Haven ; VI. Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1717, m. Nov. 11, 1736, Daniel Lines, of New Ha- ven.
6. THOMAS, son of Phillip, (4,) m. 1st, Mary Gedney, April, 1706, and 2d, Abigail Austin of East Haven, at which place he resided, and where he d. April 2, 1757, aged 80. He had two sons and two daughters.
7. JOHN, son of John, (5,) was in. by Rev. Isaac Stiles of North IIaven, Jan. 14, 1729-30, to Deborah, dau. of Isaac Blakeslee of the same place. He d. Jan. 6, 1777. His wife d. Jan. 7, 1789, aged 77. They had 12 ch., eleven of whom were b. in Waterbury. They were as follows : I. Lydia, b. Nov. 24, 1730, m. Isaac Blakeslee of North Haven, Nov. 23, 1757, where she settled, and d. Nov. 15, 1796, aged 66. She had 8 ch. II. John, b. Dec. 28, 1731 ; III. James, b. June 1, 1734 ; IV. Jesse, b. March 23, 1736 ; V. Daniel, b. March 25, 1738; VI. David, b. Jan. 12, 1740; VII. Deborah, b. 1741, m. 1st, Isaac Twitchell, 2d, Wait Hotchkiss, and settled near the " mill place," on Mad River; VIII. Mary, b. 1744, m. Obed Bradley of North Haven, where she lived and d. March 6, 1825; IX. Thankful, b. 1748, m. Thaddeus Baldwin of Plymouth, where she settled, and d. March 1, 1839 ; X. Hannah, b. 1751, m. Joel Norton of Bristol, and d. March 1, 1821 ; XI. Anna, m. Abel Curtiss of Wolcott, and d. Feb. 5, 1822 ; XII. Stephen, d. young.
8. JOHN, son of John, (7,) m. Aug. 28, 1755, Mary, dau. of Solo- mon Chatfield of Derby, and settled near his father. He was a leading
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man in the society of Farmingbury. Both he and his wife were mem- bers of the church there, which was organized by Rev. Mr. Gillett, Nov. 18, 1773. Mrs. Alcox d. Feb. 28, 1807, a. 71, and Mr. Alcox d. Sept. 27, 1808. Their ch. were : I. Lydia, b. Dec. 8, 1756, m. 1st, Charles Frisbie, 2d, Nathaniel Lewis, both of Wolcott, and d. Sept. 23, 1830. II. Solomon, b. May 8, 1759; III. Samuel, b. Nov. 29, 1761; IV. John Blakeslee, b. June 24, 1764; V. Mary, b. Sept. 8, 1766, d. Feb. 18, 1770; VI. Isaac, b. April 12, 1769, m. Isabel Lane of Wolcott. IIe lived near the east church, Plymouth, where he d. 1809. He had an only child, which d. in infancy ; VII. Joseph Chatfield, b. May 7, 1771 ; VIII. Mark, b. May 11, 1773 ; IX. Thomas, b. Oct. 16, 1775, d. April 27, 1778. Of the preceding, Solomon, Samuel and John B. served in the Revolutionary war.
9. JAMES, son of John, (7,) m. Hannah Barnes, and settled near the homestead of his father. He d. Aug. 9, 1806, aged 72. Ch. : I. Obe- dience, m. John Kenea, who d. aged 88; II. Rosanna, m. John Fris- bie, and d. in 1830 : III. Meliscent, m. Nathaniel Lane ; IV. James, m. Esther Castle ; V. Mehitable, m. James Bradley ; VI. Lois, m. John Smith ; VII. Deadima, m. Joshua Minor, and d. Jan. 15, 1852, aged 69 ; VIII. Hannah, m. Osman Norton ; IX. Olive, m. Edward Good- year; X. Rhoda, m. Lewis Sanford.
10. JESSE, son of John, (7,) m. Patience Blakeslee, and settled in Wolcott. He d. Oct. 29, 1829, aged 74. Ilis wid. m. Zachariah Hitchcock, and d. in 1840, aged 97. Ch .: I. Sarah, m. David Churchill ; II. Lyman, d. Nov. 17, 1781, aged 16 ; III. Susan, m. John Beecher, and d. Nov. 3, 1836, aged 69; IV. Jesse, m. Lucy Minor; V. Joel, m. Elizabeth Johnson, and d. May 27, 1810, aged 32; VI. Hannalı, m. Daniel Byington ; VII. Chloe, m. Solomon Shelley ; VIII. Ithamer, d. Aug. 9, 1798, aged 3.
11. DANIEL, son of John, (7,) m. Elizabeth Dutton, moved to Cole- brook, Conn. and d. May 24, 1805. He had nine children.
12. DAVID, son of John, (7,) m. Abigail Johnson, who d. Feb. 23, 1793, aged 55, and he m. Feb. 5, 1795, Sarah Pratt. He lived on the homestead, where he d. Jan. 29, 1821. Ch .: I. Amy, b. Sept. 16, 1768, d. May 5, 1830, aged 62; II. Abigail, b. Dec. 14, 1770, m. Asa- hel Lane; III. Daniel, b. April 16, 1774, m. Feb. 22, 1805, Anna Fenn; IV. Obed, b. Sept. 8, 1775, m. July 13, 1797, Anna Andrews of Watertown; V. and VI. Eldad and Medad, b. Sept. 14, 1779. Eldad m. Jan. 29, 1817, Sybil Bartholomew, and d. June 4, 1850. Medad m. Sylvia, dau. of Capt. Amos Bronson of Plymouth. She d. at Medi- na, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1855, aged 89; VII. Eunice, b. Oct. 17, 1782, m.
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April 24, 1806, Archibald Mosher ; VIII. Deborah, b. Nov. 25, 1784, m. Feb. 18, 1808, Isaac. Minor, who d. March 22, 1813. She m. Lorrin Fancher, March 4, 1820.
13. SOLOMON, son of John, (8,) m. 1st, Pamela Roberts, who d. in 1810, aged 49, and he m. 2d, Abigail Goodyear. He lived at Potucko's Ring, near his father's, and d. May 21, 1818. Ch .: I. Lydia, m. and d. in Ohio ; II. Hannah, m. 1st, Richard Wethington of Waterbury, and 2d, Capt. Gates Upson of Wolcott; III. Seth, went to Ohio; IV. Solo- mon, d. in childhood ; V. Leonard, d. near Cleveland, Ohio, where Seth now resides.
14. SAMUEL, son of John, (8,) m. Lydia Warner of Waterbury, set- tled in Wolcott, and d. June 9, 1810. Lydia, his wife, d. May 2, 1848, aged 82. Their ch. were : I. James, m. Sarah W. Warner of Water- bury, and resides in Monrovia, N. Y .; II. Mary, m. Isaac Hotelikiss of Wolcott, and d. Dec. 1840; III. Cleora, d. Feb. 16, 1826, aged 33 ; IV. Statira, m. Oct. 4, 1819, Amos Shepherd of Southington ; V. Candace, m. Geo. Griswold, and lives in Iowa.
15. JOHN BLAKESLEE, son of John, (8,) m. Lois Gaylord of Wolcott, and settled at Spindle Hill. He d. Sept. 17, 1837. Ilis wid. d. April 7, 1839, aged 70. Ch. : I. Riley, m. Ist, Ruth Frisbie, 2d, Olive War- ner, and resides in Waterbury ; II. Almon, m. twice and lives in Wol- cott; III. Jedediah G., m. 1st, Sophia Roper of Wolcott, 2d, Lois Gay- lord of Harpersfield, N. Y. He lives on Spindle Hill, where his father died.
16. JOSEPH CHATFIELD, son of John, (8,) m. Oct. 13, 1796, Anna, dan. of Capt. Amos Bronson of Plymouth. Joseph C. first lived near his brother Solomon at "Potucko's Ring,"" but in 1805, settled near his brother John B., at Clinton Hill or New Connecticut. He d. April 3, 1829. His wid. Anna still lives. They had the following ch. : I. Betsey, b. April 4, 1798, d. Nov. 5, 1798 ; II. Amos Bronson, (see p. 447,) b. Nov. 29, 1799; III. Chatfield, b. Oct. 23, 1801, m. 1st, Nancy Comstock of Paris, N. Y., and 2d, Miranda Baily. He lives at Oriskany Falls, N. Y .; IV. and V. Pamela and Pamila, b. Feb. 4, 1805. Pamela m. James Baily of Wolcott, moved to Pennsylvania, and d. Feb. 11, 1849. Pa- mila m. Ransom Gaylord of Bristol, went to Stockbridge, N. Y., and d. June 14, 1833; VI. Betsey, b. Feb. 14, 1808, m. Linus Pardee of Wol- cott, and lives at West Edmeston near Oriskany Falls, N. Y .; VII. Phebe, b. Feb. 18, 1810, m. William Norton of Wolcott, lived on the family homestead, where she died July 28, 1844, aged 34 ; VIII.
* So called from Potucko, an Indian, who having fired a ring of brushwood to surround and catch deer and other game, was himself entrapped and consumed. So says tradition.
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George, b. March 26, 1812, d. July 10, 1812 ; IX. Junius, b. July 6, 1818, m. Nancy Jane Pritchard of Litchfield, Coun., lived at Oriskany Falls, and d. April 16, 1852, aged 34 ; X. Ambrose, b. Sept. 10, 1820, m. Anna Upson of Wolcott, and lives at Plantsville in Southington.
17. MARK, son of John, (8,) m. Mary Lane of Wolcott, who d. Oct. 8, 1834, aged 61. He d. Nov. 21, 1846. Their ch. were : I. and II. Alma and Manda, (twins,) d. in infancy ; III. Thomas; IV. Emily, m. Amos Newton ; V. Alvin, m. Chloe Finch of Wolcott, and lives near the mill place, on Mad River, in Wolcott; VI. Salina, m. James, son of James Alcox, and lives in Wolcott ; VII. Isaac, m. and lives at Plain- ville, Conn.
18. OBED, son of David, (12,) m. Anna, dau. of William Andrus, a soldier of the Revolution and descendant of Abraham Andrus, one of the original settlers of Waterbury. He, Obed, d. Aug. 9, 1847. IIis ch. were : I. William A., (see p. 447,) b. Aug. 6, 1798, m. Phebe L. Bronson of Wolcott, Jan. 14, 1838; II. Lovina, b. Jan. 17, 1801, m. William Knowles of Haddam, in 1820, d. March 1, 1821 ; III. Florence, b. Aug. 9, 1804; IV. George, b. March 25, 1807, m. Harriet Nichols and has five children.
BENEDICT.
1. WILLIAM BENEDICT lived in Nottinghamshire, about A. D. 1500, and had an only son, William, who resided in the same shire .*
2. WILLIAM, the son of William, (1,) had a son William, b. in Not- tinghamshire.
3. WILLIAM, son of William, (2,) had by his first wife, Thomas, b. in England, in 1617. His 2d wife was a Mrs. Bridgum.
4. THOMAS, son of William, (3,) m. Mary Bridgum, dau. of his father's second wife, and was a weaver by trade. He came to Mass., where he resided for a time. Thence he removed to Southold, L. I., thence to Huntington and thence to Jamaica, on the same island. On the 26th of Sept. 1664, he applied, with others, for liberty to.settle at the place which is now Elizabethtown, N. J., and the petition was granted. Gov. Nichols issued an order for an election, dated Feb. 8, 1664, at James Fort, N. Y., to the magistrates of the towns on L. I., to elect two delegates in each town, sober, able and discreet persons, to meet at Hemstead on the last of February, to enact laws, &c., and Thomas Benedict was chosen one of the delegates by the town of Jamaica. He held a lieutenant's commission from Gov. Nichols,
* The early generations of this family are taken from a parchment record, now in possession of the family, which has the appearance of being an ancient document.
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dated April 7, 1665. During the same year, he removed to Norwalk, Conn., with his family. In 1666, he was chosen town clerk and select- man of Norwalk. The office of town clerk he held many years at 20s. per year, and was deputy to the General Court in May, 1670 and 1675. The office of deacon he held many years in the church of Norwalk, and " used the office to the satisfaction of the church, until his death," which occurred in his 73d year. Ch .: I. Thomas; II. John; III. Samuel ; IV. James; V. Daniel ; VI. Betty, m. John Slanson, of Stamford; VII. Mary, m. Lient. Olmsted of Norwalk, Nov. 11, 1670; VIII. Sarah, m. Dec. 19, 1679, James Beebe, who was one of the early set- tlers of Danbury ; IX. Rebecca, m. Doct. Samuel Woods, who was born and educated in England, and settled in Danbury.
5. THOMAS, son of Tho. (4,) m. Mary Messenger of Jamaica, L. I., and settled in Norwalk. Ch .: Mary b. 1666 ; Thomas, b. 1670 ; Han- nah, b. 1676 ; Esther b. 1679 ; Abigail, b. 1682, and Elizabeth.
6. Dea. JOHN, son of Tho. (4,) m. Phebe, dau. of John Gregory, of Norwalk, Nov. 11, 1670, and d. at the age of 89. His wife d. 1749. Ch : I. Sarah; II. Phebe, b. 1673; III. John, b. 1676; IV. Jonathan ; V. Benjamin, settled at Ridgefield, about 1720, was deacon and select- man ; VI. Joseph, settled at Ridgefield; VII. James, b. 1685, settled at Ridgefield ; VIII. Mary ; IX. Thomas.
7. SAMUEL, son of Tho. (4,) m. Rebecca Andrews, of Fairfield. He purchased, with his brother James, and others, in 1685, lands in Dan- bury and began a settlement there. Ch .: Joanna, b. Oct. 22, 1673 ; Samuel, b. March, 1675; Thomas, b. March 27, 1679; Rebecca, Esther, Nathaniel and Abraham (?)
8. JAMES, son of Tho. (4,) m. Sarah Gregory, of Norwalk, May 10, 1676, and settled at Danbury. Ch. : Sarah, b. June 16, 1677; Rebecca, Phebe, James, John, Thomas and Elizabeth.
9. DANIEL, son of Tho. (4,) m. Mary Marvin of Norwalk, settled at Danbury. Ch. : Mary, Daniel, Mercy and Hannah.
10. THOMAS, son of Tho. (5,) m. Rachel, dau. of Mr. Samuel Smith of Norwalk. Ch .: I. Mary, m. Daniel St. John, of Norwalk ; II. Thomas, ni. Deborah, dau. of Jonathan Waters, Esq., of Jamaica ; III. Samuel ; IV. Daniel; V. Rachel, m. Eliasaph, son of Danl. Kellogg of Norwalk; VI. Nehemiah ; VII. Sarah, m. Daniel Hayt, of Norwalk.
11. JOHN, son of Dea. John, (6,) had John, Matthew, Caleb, Nathan- iel, Annah and Phebe.
12. JOSEPH, son of Dea. John, (6,) had Joseph, Gideon, Anna, Pit- man, Jonathan, Mary, Ezra and John.
13. BENJAMIN, son of Dea. John, (6,) had Benjamin, Timothy, John. Samuel, Daniel, Amos, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel and Thankful.
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14. JAMES, son of Dea. John, (6,) had Sarah, Ruth, Peter, Hannah, Phebe, James, Martha, John and Thomas.
15. THOMAS, son of Dea. John, (6,) had Ebenezer, David, John, Thom- as, Betty and Seth.
16. SAMUEL, son of Thomas, (10,) m. Jemnima, dau. of John Kesler, of Norwalk. Ch. : Jemima, Samuel, Mary, Daniel, Stephen, Sarah, Abi- gail, Esther and Rachel.
17. DANIEL, son of Samuel, (16,) m. Sarah Hickox. He lived in Danbury. Ch. : Samuel, Daniel, Amos, Noah, b. 1737, Aaron, b. Jan. 17, 1745, Ruth, Sarah and Mary.
18. Rev. NOAH, son of Daniel, (17,) graduated at Nassau Hall, in 1757, was ordained pastor of the First Congregational Church in Wood- bury, Oct. 22, 1760, and died in 1813. Ch. : I. Ruth, m. IIon. Nathan- iel Smith ; II. IIon. Noah B., b. April 2, 1771, was an eminent lawyer ; III. Gen. Thomas.
19. AARON, son of Daniel, (17,) m. Esther Trowbridge,* of Danbury, Dec. 13, 1769 ; removed to Waterbury the same year, and settled in the east part of what is now the town of Middlebury ; became a leading man in the town ; was active in the Revolutionary war ; represented the town in the Legislature, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention. He d. Dec. 16, 1841, aged 97. His wife d. March 16, 1833. Ch. : I. Re- becca, b. Aug. 31, 1772, m. Eli Clark of Waterbury, and had Joseph, Polly, Maria, Harriet, Edward, Eli B., Timothy, James ; II. Daniel, b. Jan. 17, 1774, d. Nov. 5, 1781; III. Polly, b. April 24. 1777, m. Asa Ly- man, and had Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Caroline, Louisa, Theodore and Dwight; IV. Amnos, (see p. 370,) b. July 6, 1780, m. Ann Stone, of Litchfield. Ch. : Harriet Ann, Amelia C. and George Amos ; V. Sally, b. Aug. 22, 1782, is unmarried, and lives on the old homestead, in Middlebury ; VI. Aaron, b. Aug. 9, 1785 ; VII. A son, b. March 16, 1788, died April 25, 1788; VII. Esther, b. Aug. 11, 1789, m. Dr. Jacob Linsley, of Middlebury ; is a widow and lives in Waterbury.
20. AARON,t son of Aaron, (19,) m. Charlotte Porter, of Waterbury Sept. 1808. Ch. : I. Charlotte Ann, b. March 27, 1810, m. Scovill M. Buck- ingham, May 18, 1835 ; II. Frances Jennette, b. Nov. 22, 1812, d. Feb. 13, 1830 ; III. George W., b. Nov. 26, 1814, m. Caroline R., dau. of Austin Steele, of Waterbury, Feb. 8, 1838. Ch .: Mary Caroline, Fran- ces Jennette, George Henry, Aaron Austin, and Clara Louisa ; IV. Charles, b. Sept. 23, 1817, m. Cornelia M. Johnson, of Waterbury, Oct.
* She was a descendant of William Trowbridge, of New Haven, who was a son of Thomas Trowbridge, the progenitor of all of the name in this country.
t See p. 448.
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1, 1845. Ch. : Amelia Caroline, Charlotte Buckingham, and Cornelia Johnson ; V. Mary Lyman, Sept. 24, 1819, m. John S. Mitchell, of New Haven, Jan. 3, 1838, and had Charles B., b. 1840, d. 1854.
BLAKESLEE .*
1. THOMAS BLAKESLEY first appeared at Hartford about 1641. He took the oath of fidelity at New Haven in 1644, but was at Bran- ford in 1645, where he lived some years. He removed thence to Guilford, and died at Boston in 1674, leaving a wife, Susanna, and ch. as follows : Aaron, Moses, Miriam, wife of Samuel Pond, and Abigail, wife of - Ball.
2. SAMUEL,} probably a brother of Thomas, (1,) and ancestor of the Blakeslees who settled early at Woodbury, Waterbury, &c., was a planter at Guilford in 1650, and m. Dec. 3, the same year, Hannah, dau. of William Potter of New Haven, to which place he removed, and d. in 1672, leaving four ch., viz : John, Mary, Samuel and Ebenezer. The births of his ch., as found on record, were: I. John, b. Oct. 22, 1651; II. a son who d. 1672 ; III. IIannah, b. Oct. 22, 1657, d. 1669; IV. Mary, Nov. 2, 1659 ; V. Samuel, April 8, 1662 ; VI. Ebenezer, b. July 17, 1664 ; VII. Hannah, May 22, 1666; VIII. Jonathan, March 3, 1669, d. 1669.
3. JOHN, son of Samuel, (2,) lived at New Haven, and d. in 1713. He had by his wife, Grace : I. John, b. July 15, 1676, d. 1723, leaving a family ; II. Hannah or Anna, b. Aug. 6, 1681, m. Moses Sperry, Jan. 1, 1705 ; III. Moses, settled in Waterbury.
4. SAMUEL, son of Samuel, (2,) settled at West Haven, m. Nov. 20, 1684, Sarah Kimberly, and removed to Woodbury. The first six of his ch. were bap. at Woodbury, Ang. 1697. The births of his ch. re- corded at New Haven are as follows : I. Samuel, b. Jan. 28, 1685, settled in Woodbury, (Roxbury soc. ; ) II. Miriam, b. May 2, 1688 ; III. Jona- than, b. Jan. 6, 1690-91; IV. Sarah, b. Sept. 1692; V. Anna, b. Dec. 2, 1694 ; VI. Mary, b. Sept. 6, 1696; VII. James, b. April 27, 1699, settled in Waterbury ; VIII. Mehitable, b. Aug. 31, 1702; IX. Tilly, b. March 18, 1705, settled in Woodbury, (Roxbury soc.) He m. Mary Brown of New Haven, Feb. 7, 1728-9.
* This name, on the early records, is written in twenty-five or more different ways. It is now generally spelled as above.
+ There is a tradition among his descendants, that two brothers of the name of Blakeslee came from the west of England, designing to settle in the Plymouth Colony, and that one of them died on the passage. The other came to Plymouth, where he died in the early days of the Colony, leaving one son, who was placed with a blacksmith in New Haven, Conn., to learn the trade. It is also asserted that the brothers brought an anvil with them, and that it was seen but a few years since in Roxbury, Conn.
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5. EBENEZER, son of Samuel, (2,) d. Sept. 24, 1725. His ch. were : I. Ebenezer and II. Hannah, (twins,) b. Feb. 4, 1685 ; III. Susannah, b. May 21, 1689; IV. Grace, b. Jan. 1, 1693-4, m. Ebenezer Humber- ston, Oct. 13, 1718; V. Abraham, b. Dec. 15, 1695 ; VI. Isaac, b. July 21, 1703.
6. Deacon MOSES, son of John, (3,) m. Sarah Benton of Hartford, Jan. 1, 1702. He removed to Waterbury about 1739, and settled on land previously (about 1722) laid out to him, on what is now called Town IIill, in the east part of the present town of Plymouth. His house stood near the residence of the late Oliver Stoughton. He was appointed deacon of the church at the time of its organization in 1740, in which he was an active and influential member, as he also was in the society and town. His ch. as recorded at New Haven were : I. Moses, b. Sept. 2, 1702, d. 1728 ; II. Aaron, b. April 25, 1704, d. young ; III. Abner, b. Jan. 25, 1705, d. 1726 ; IV. Sarah, b. March 31, 1708 ; V. Jesse, b. March 30, 1710, had a family in New Haven ; VI. Dinah, b. Jan. 21, 1711-12 ; VII. Job, b. Dec. 8, 1713 ; VIII. Job, Dec. 18, 1714 ; IX. Aaron, Feb. 18, 1716-17, remained at New Haven, had a family ; X. Ilannah, b. March 25, 1718-19 ; XI.'Phebe, b. March 12, 1721-2, m. Henry Cook, Aug. 30, 1744 ; XII. John, b .Dec. 15, 1723, settled in Water- bury, Northbury soc .; XIII. Marah, b. Jan. 29, 1726-27, m. Benjamin Upson, May 30, 1743; XIV. Moses, b. Jan. 25, 1728-29, settled in Waterbury.
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