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11, 1836; X. Asa, b. Sept. 8, 1788, m. Ruth Prindle ; XI. Andrew, b. Dec. 14, 1791, d. 1792.
42. THOMAS, son of Thomas, Esq., (19,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Samuel Hickox, Aug. 25, 1774. His wife d. March 15, 1813, and he died the next day. Ch : I. Molly, b. March 18, 1775, m. Daniel Hickox, d. March 24, 1813; II. Sally, b. 1777, d. in 1840; III. Eliza- beth, m. Titus Foote of Watertown, March 12, 1804, d. Oct. 8, 1841; IV. Anne, b. 1786, m. Bela Hotchkiss, d. April 18, 1840.
43. JOSEPH, son of Ebenezer, (21,) m. Sarah, dau. of Doct. Preserved Porter, Dec. 23, 1784, and d. 1851. His wife d. Sept. 1839. Ch : I. Sarah G., b. July 21, 1785, d. 1794; II. Nancy F., b. Aug. 13, 1787 ; III. Lavinia, b. Sept. 9, 1789 ; IV. Cloe, b. Jan. 28, 1791; V. Pre- served P., b. May 1, 1794.
44. AMASA, son of Ebenezer, (21,) m. Sarah, dan. of Samuel Frost, Jr., March 31, 1788. Ch : I. Lucina, b. Dec. 21, 1789 ; II. Billy, b. Nov. 14, 1791, d. 1794 ; III. Philomela, b. Jan. 21, 1794; IV. Billy A., b. June 14, 1796 ; V. Samuel M., b. Jan. 2, 1800; VI. Julius G., b. Dec. 21, 1801 ; VII. Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1805.
45. ETHEL, son of Capt. Isaac, (22,) m. Hepzibah, dau. of Joseph Hopkins, Esq., Dec. 30, 1787. (See p. 374.) Ch : I. and II. twins, b. Sept. 11, 1790, d. same day ; III. Alfred, b. Oct. 13, 1791, d. 1792; IV. Erastus, b. Feb. 18, 1793; V. Betsey, b. May 6, 1795 ; VI. Em- ma, b. Sept. 7, 1797 ; VII. Isaac, b. Aug. 19, 1800, d. Dec. 31, 18 00; VIII. Isaac II. (See p. 375.)
46. BENNET, son of Stephen, (40,) m. Anne, dau. of Richard Smith, of Roxbury, May 11, 1801. She d. March 4, 1819, and he m. 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Benjamin Maltby, of Branford, May, 1820. She d. June 12, 1840, and he m. 3d, Nancy, dau. of Jacob Dagget, of New Haven, May 27, 1841. He, Bennet, d. Dec. 11, 1850. (See p. 379.) Ch : I. George, b. Feb. 27, 1802, d. July 21, 1822 ; II. Henry, b. Jan. 30, 1804, m. June 3, 1831, Sarah Miles, dau. of Samuel Lathrop, and grand-dau. of Joseph Lathrop, D. D., of West Springfield, Mass. ; III. Jesse, b. Feb. 8, 1806, d. April 14, 1831, unmarried. He was a physician in North Haven ; IV. Thomas, b. June 4, 1808, d. April 20, 1851; V. Elizabeth Anne, b. March 3, 1812, d. April 6, 1845, unmarried ; VI. Susanna, b. Feb. 26, 1814, d. Aug. 12, 1814; VII. Harriet Maria, b. Sept. 13, 1815, m. Dec. 8, 1841, Zina K. Murdock, of Madison, now of Meriden ; VII. Rebecca Tainter, b. Feb. 10, 1822, m. Douglas F. Maltby, and d. Aug. 8, 1845; VIII. Susan, b. Jan. 19, 1824.
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BROWN.
1. FRANCIS BROWN In. Mary Edwards in England, came to this coun- try, and settled in New Haven. He was one of the company who came to New Haven in advance of the Colony, and spent the winter of 1637 and 1638 in a hut located on what is now the corner of Church and George streets. IIe signed the Colony Constitution in 1639. Ch. : Lydia, John, Eleazer, Samuel and Ebenezer.
2. SAMUEL, son of Francis, (1,) m. Mercy Tuttle, May 2, 1667. Ch. : I. Abigail, b. March, 11, 1669, d. young ; II. Sarai, b. Aug. 8, 1672 ; III. Rachel, b. April 14, 1677; IV. Francis, b. Oct. 7, 1679; V. Gideon, b. July 12, 1685; VI. Samuel, b. Oct. 29, 1699.
3. FRANCIS, son of Samuel, (2,) m. Hannah Alling, April 11, 1705. Ch .: I. John, b. May 14, 1706 ; II. Samuel, b. Oct. 6, 1708 ; III. Mehitabel, b. April 9, 1711 ; IV. Stephen, b. Aug. 10, 1713 ; V. Timothy, b. April 10, 1716.
4. STEPHEN, son of Francis, (3,) m. Mabel Bradley, Sept. 27, 1739. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. Feb. 26, 1740-41 ; II. Mabel, b. May 26, 1743 ; III. Sybil, b. Dec. 28, 1745; IV. Stephen, b. Jan. 15, 1750-51 ; V. Olive, b. May 28, 1756 ; VI. Rebekah, b. May 30, 1757 ; VII. Phebe, b. July 8, 1759.
5. STEPHEN, son of Stephen, (4,) settled at Windsor, m. Eunice Loomis, Nov. 1775. Ch. : I. James, b. Dec. 2, 1776 ; II. Stephen, b. April 30, 1778, m. Ruth M. Loomis, d. in Bloomfield, Jan. 27, 1842 ; III. Bradley, b. Dec. 13, 1679, d. Sept. 16, 1845, in Champion, N. Y .; IV. Eunice, b. Jan. 29, 1781, m. John Robinson, and d. in Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 1846; V. Sarah, b. Jan. 27, 1782, m. N. Parsons of Charlemont, Mass .; VI. Mar- tha, b. Dec. 23,1784, m. Ichabod Loomis, is living in Cheshire, Mass. ; VII. Rebecca, b. Dec. 1786, is living in Bloomfield, Conn .; VIII. A son, b. Feb. 11, 1789, d. in infancy ; IX. A son, b. April, 1790, d. in infancy ; X. Jesse, b. May 17, 1791, now living in Paulding Co., Ohio; XI. Melinda, b. Feb. 14, 1795, m. Wm. P. Briggs, d. in Richmond, Vt., March 15, 1849 ; XII. Oliver, b. Dec. 23, 1798, now living in Waterbury ; XIII. Mabel P., (by second wife,) b. Feb. 12, 1812, resides in Granby, Mass.
6. Col. JAMES, (see p. 387,) son of Stephen, (5,) settled in Waterbury about 1798, m. Levinia Welton, and d. July 24, 1848. Ch. : I. Philo, b. Jan. 26, 1803; II. William, b. June 16, 1804 ; III. Mary Ann, d. in infancy ; IV. Augustus, b. Aug. 20, 1811 ; V. James, b. July 2, 1815.
7. OLIVER, son of Stephen, (5,) m. Lucy Hicks of Cheshire, Mass., Oct. 20, 1824, and located in Pittsfield, Mass. In May, 1836, he re- moved to Waterbury. Ch. : I. Henry, b. Nov. 5, 1825, d. in infancy ; II. Oliver J., b. Aug. 9, 1827, m. Emily Latimer of Simsbury ; III. Lucy J., b. June 2, 1830.
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8. PHILO, son of James, (6,) m. Esther, dau. of Giles Ives. Ch. : I. William Henry, b. April 6, 1827, m. Ellen A. Ives of Hartford ; II. Cornelia A., b. April 10, 1834, m. Theodore S. Buel.
9. WILLIAM, son of James, (6,) m. Sarah S., dau. of Judge King's- bury, who d. May 30, 1840, and he m. 2d, Rachel Vienna, dau. of Asa Fenn of Middlebury, March 25, 1844. Ch. : I Marcia Bronson, b. July 31, 1832, d. Dec. 14, 1851; II. Robert K., b. Dec. 6, 1833, m. Elizabeth N. Middlebrook of Bridgeport ; III. Eliza Jane, b. April 1, 1836 ; IV. A son and a dau., b. May 1, 1840, d. in infancy ; V. Frederick James, b. Sept. 30, 1855.
10. AUGUSTUS, son of James, (6,) m. Frances Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Burton. She d. April 10, 1851, and he m. Sophia, dau. of Jacob De Groff of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1856. Ch. : I. Charles Augus- tus, b. Jan. 11, 1845; II. Francis Elizabeth, b. March 23, 1848.
11. JAMES, son of James, (6,) m. Charlotte E., dau. of Oliver Todd, of Plymouth. Ch. : I. Frances Augusta, b. April 1, 1836, d. Jan. 19, 1837 ; II. Sarah Josephine, b. Sept. 30, 1839 ; III. Rosa Elizabeth, b. Nov. 25, 1849.
BUCKINGHAM.
1. THOMAS BUCKINGHAM came from England to Boston with Da- venport, Eaton and Peter Prudden, June 26, 1637. In April, 1638, he went to New Haven, and thence to Milford in Nov. 1639. Hinman says that he, Thomas, was a Welchman, and that he died in Boston, in 1657, while there on business. He. m. first, Hannah, and second, Ann. His children were, I. Hannah, b. 1632, m. - Welch; II. Daniel, b. 1636, m. Ist, Sarah Fowler, 2d, Mrs. Alice Newton. He was a sergeant of militia, also an elder of the church at Milford. He d. May 2, 1711. His ch. were Daniel, Mary, Thomas, John, Gideon, Josiah, and perhaps others; III. Samuel, bap. June 13, 1641, m. Sa- rah Baldwin, Dec. 14, 1663. (See paragraph 2, and onward, for his descendants.) IV. Mary, bap. March 27, 1643; V. Rev. Thomas, bap. in 1646. Where he was educated, is not known. He was at Wethersfield and Hartford, as early as 1664, and continued some time at Hartford, where he m. Esther, dau. of Thomas Hosmer, Sept. 20, 1666. He received a call from Saybrook, where he was or- dained in 1670, and continued to preach until his death, which oc- curred April 1, 1709. He was a fellow of Yale College. IIe held a high rank among the clergy of his time, and the strict Puritans of the Colony, and was one of their leaders.
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2. SAMUEL, son of Thomas, (1,) m. Sarah Baldwin, Dec. 14, 1663. He resided at Milford, where he d. April 9, 1700. He had the fol- lowing ch. : I. Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1664, m. Barnabas Baldwin ; II. Mary, b. Oct. 3, 1666, d. in childhood ; III. Samuel, b. Oct. 7, 1667, d. Feb. 21, 1668; IV. Samuel, b. Nov. 1, 1668; V. IIannah, b. March 24, 1670-71; VI. Thomas, b. June 25, 1672, m. Mary -, d. about 1703 ; VII. Ann, b. June 17, 1674 ; VIII. Mary, b. March 13, 1676 ; IX. Hester, b. May 4, 1677, m. Richard Platt.
3. SAMUEL, son of Samuel, (2,) m. Sarah -, and d. Oct. 29, 1708. Ch : I. Thomas, b. about 1699, m. Mary Woodruff, Jan. 9, 1723; II. Nathaniel, b. about 1701, m. Sarah Smith, May 30, 1728 ; III. Mary, b. about 1703.
4. THOMAS, son of Samuel, (3,) m. Mary Woodruff, Jan. 9, 1723. She came to Westbury, now Watertown, with her son Thomas, and d. 1790. Their ch. were as follows : I. Mary, b. Sept. 16, 1724, m. Gideon Platt, Feb. 28, 1756 ; II. Samuel, b. Jan. 29, 1725-6, d. July 16, 1726 ; III. Thomas, b. May 19, 1727, settled in Waterbury ; IV. Epinetus, bap. Jan. 10, 1731, d. unmarried ; V. Hannah, bap. Ang. 13, 1733, m. Abner Gunn, of New Milford ; VI. Benjamin, bap. Jan. 2, 1736-7, settled in New Milford about 1760.
5. THOMAS, son of Thomas, (4,) m. Sarah Treat, removed in 1772 from Milford to Waterbury, the southwestern part of what is now called Watertown, and d. Jan. 27, 1796. His widow Sarah, d. Jan. 11, 1802. Ch. : I. Sarah, m. Gamaliel Clark ; II. Jean, m. Richard Bryan ; III. Isaac, d. young; IV. Epenetus, m. Ann Welton ; V. Mary, m. 1st, Eli Hickox, 2d, - Bradley, and d. Sept. 7, 1837 ; VI. David, b. March 14, 1760; VII. Dan, m. Philena Garnsey. Mary and David remained iu Watertown ; the others removed to the State of New York.
6. DAVID, son of Thomas, (5,) m. Chloe, dau. of John Merril, March 14, 1785, and d. Feb. 6, 1832. She d. Dec. 18, 1841. Ch : I. John, b. Oct. 17, 1786 ; II. Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1790, m. William HI. Merriman, son of Charles Merriman," of Watertown ; III. Chloe,
* He, Charles, was son of Amasa and Sarah Merriman, of Wallingford, and was born Aug. 20, 1762. He enlisted into the army of the Revolution as a drummer, in 1776,-became drum- major, and served through the war. He m. May 16, 1784, Anna Punderson, of New Haven, and settled in Watertown, where he commenced the business of tailor, which he was com- pelled to relinquish in consequence of ill health. After having " ridden post " from New Haven to Suffield, four years, and made a voyage to the West Indies, he commenced the mercantile business in Watertown, in which he continued until 1829. He had a genial nature, and was distinguished for decision of character and stern integrity. His death occurred Ang. 26, 1829. His wife survived him, and d. at Watertown, April 1, 1844, aged SO. Their ch. were : I.
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b. Dec. 13, 1798, m. Thomas B. Hickox in 1818, and removed to Ohio in 1837. Ch : Mary, (d. 1852,) Daniel, John B. and Elizabeth. IV. David, b. May 28, 1801, m. Emeline, dau. of Caleb Hickox, in 1823, who d. April 11, 1835. He d. Dec. 18, 1842, leaving a dau. Chloe E., b. Aug. 29, 1827, who m. Moses S. Beach of N. Y., Sept. 2, 1845 ; V. George, b. Oct. 2, 1807, m. Betsey, dau. of Levi Merriam, May 13, 1834, and removed to Ohio. Ch : George E., Mary and Sarah. 7. JOHN, son of David, (6,) m. Betsey, dau. of James Scovill, Sept. 10, 1809, and resides in Waterbury. His ch. are: I. Scovill M., b. Aug. 10, 1811, m. Charlotte Ann, dau. of Aaron Benedict, May 18, 1835, and has a son, John A., b. April 1, 1839 ; II. Mary, b. May 17, 1815, m. Abram, son of Doct. Ambrose Ives, Feb. 25, 1839; has a dạu. Sarah C., b. March 16, 1840.
CASTLE.
1. HENRY CASTLE emigrated from Stratford to Woodbury with the early settlers of the last named place, and d. in 1698. His descend_ ants are somewhat numerous at Woodbury, Roxbury, Waterbury and vicinity. The First church records of Woodbury show that he had the following ch. : I. Henry ; II. Samuel ; III. Isaac ; IV. Abigail ; V. Mary ; VI. Mercy ; all bap. at Woodbury by Rev. Zecheriah Walker, Sept. 1686; VII. William, bap. 1688.
2. HENRY, son of Henry, (1,) was a leading man in that part of Woodbury (Roxbury soc.) where he resided. IIe had three sons and three daughters. (See Cothren's Woodbury, p. 528.)
3. SAMUEL, son of IIenry, (1,) m. and had a dau. bap. at Woodbury in 1693.
4. ISAAC, son of Henry, (1,) lived in Woodbury, and had : I. Isaac, bap. Aug. 9, 1707, settled in Waterbury ; II. Samuel, bap. Aug. 9, 1707; III. Sarah, bap. March, 1708; IV. Daniel, bap. Oct. 1717 ; V. Israel, b. April 18, 1722.
Charles P., d. 1794 ; II. Betsey, m. Doct. Samuel Elton, a well known physician of Watertown. She Is living, aged about 70 ; III. William II., b. Sept. 26, 1758. He m. Sarah Buckingham, as above, and settled in Watertown-was an enterprising merchant-removed to Waterbury, where he now resides. Ch : Charles B., b. Oct. 9, 1819, m. Margaret, dan. of Doct. Edward Field, and lives in Waterbury ; Sırah A., b. Sept. 27, 1911, m. Ist, Thomas C. Morton, and 2d, James M. L. Scovill; Joseph P., b. Sept. 24, 1813, m. Julia, dan, of Hawkins Judd; David, b. 1816, d. 1834; Henry, b. March 25, 1820; IV. Nancy, b. 1792, d. young; V. Nancy, b. Oct. 8, 1796, m. Ist, Edward E. Porter, 2d, Rev. Dr. Holcomb, Oct. 28, 1827; VI. Charles P., b. Aug. 7, 1793,-became a merchant, removed to Savannah, Geo., and d. there, July 10, 1835; VII . Anna, b. July 7, 1801, m. Edward Hickox, and d. Aug. 19, 1942; VIII. Frederick, b. Aug. 7, 1903, also a merchant ; removed to Georgia, and d. in Alabama, Nov. 1, 1836 ; IX William Punderson, b. Sept. 6, 1305, also a merchant ; removed to Angusta, Geo., and d. Sept. 3, 1839 ; X. George F., b. Aug. 5, 1808, m., has a family and is living in Watertown.
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5. WILLIAM, son of Henry, (1,) lived in Woodbury, and his ch. were : I. Ann, bap. Jan. 1, 1721 ; II. Ruth, bap. June 2, 1723; III. John, bap. May 29, 1729 ; IV. Merey, bap. May, 1727; V. Seth, bap. June, 1729 ; VI. Phineas, settled in Waterbury; VII. Tabiatha, bap. Oct. 14, 1733.
6. ISAAC, son of Isaac, (4,) settled in Waterbury and m. Tapher, dau. of John Warner, Jan. 21, 1723. She d. July 20, 1740, and he m. Dec. 21, 1740, Lydia, dau. of Richard Scott of " Sunder Land." HIis ch. were : I. Asahel, b. Aug. 28, 1725; II. Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1727 ; III. Mary, b. Oct. 25, 1730, m. Wm. Judd in 1752, and d. in 1777 ; IV. Lydia, b. Feb. 25, 1735 ; V. Abisha, b. Jan. 26, 1738 ; VI. Tapher, b. Oct. 3, 1741; VII. Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1743 ; VIII. Isaac, b. Feb. 5, 1745, d. 1760; IX. Mehitable, b. Sept. 5, 1747 ; X. Richard, b. Dec. 5, 1749 ; XI. Daniel, b. Feb. 16, 1752 ; XII. Amasa, b. April 6, 1755; XIII. Jedediah, b. July 2, 1757.
7. Capt. PHINEAS, son of William, (5,) was b. at Woodbury, Marel 25, 1731, and bap. May 2, 1731. IIe m. Mary Dickerman of Ham- den, who was b. Sept. 2, 1743. He settled in Waterbury, was captain in the French and Indian war, and also served in the Revolution. He d. Sept. 25, 1815, and his wid. Mary, d. Dee. 20, 1817. Ch. : I. Mehit- able, b. Jan. 24, 1768, m. Ashbel Upson and settled in Wolcott; II. Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1770, m. Woodward Hotchkiss and settled in Pros- pect, (see Hotchkiss family ;) III. Tabiatha, b. March 19, 1772, m. -- Barrett, settled in Berlin, lost her husband and m. Frederick Hotchkiss of Prospect and d. in 1850; IV. Rhoda, b. April 3, 1774, m. Eber Smith of Burlington, and d. Sept. 1, 1805; V. Phineas, b. April 25, 1776, m. Olivia Deane and settled in Camden, N. Y .; VI. Esther, b. April 24, 1778, m. James Aleott and settled in Wolcott ; VII. Seth, b. June 12, 1780, m. Olive Stephens, settled in Salina, N. Y .; VIII. Chloe, b. June 3d, 1782, d. 1807 ; IX. Samuel D., b. Nov. 3, 1784, m. Sarah Brockett, removed to Camden, N. Y .; X. Sally, b. Aug. 15, 1788, m. -- Thompson, and soon after died. All of this family left or have children, except Chloe, and most of them large families. Many of them lived to great age.
8. ASAHEL, son of Isaac, (6,) m. Deborah, dau. of Gideon Allen, May 22, 1745, and had : I. Tapher, b. Feb. 24, 1746 ; II. Levi, b. Oet. 23, 1747 ; III. Joel, b. Dec. 30, 1751; IV. Simeon, b. May 18, 1753 ; V. John, b. April 24, 1755.
9. ABISHA, son of Isaac, (6,) m. Miriam, dau. of Ebenezer Bradley, March 14, 1760. Ch. : I. Bradley, b. Dec. 5, 1761, d. 1777 ; II. Asher, b. May 10, 1763 ; III. Sarah, b. April 29, 1765; IV. Philo, b. Feb. 16,
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1768 ; V. Molly, b. July 16, 1770 ; VI. Rosanna, b. July 17, 1775; VII. Samuel, b. April 24, 1777.
CLARK.
1. THOMAS,* son of William, of Northampton, Mass., and Lebanon, Conn., m. Sarah, dau. of John Strong of Windsor, June 27, 1717, and settled in Waterbury. Sarah, his wife, d. Sept. 10, 1749, aged about 53, and he m. 2d, Mary, wid. of Benjamin Harrison, July 30, 1760, and d. Nov. 12, 1764. Ilis ch. were, I. Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1718, m. Ben- jamin Harrison, Jr .; II. Timothy, b. March 22, 1720-1, d. Nov. 22, 1727 ; III. Sarah, b. Dec. 13, 1723, m. Stephen Upson ; IV. Han- nah, b. Jan. 31, 1726-7 ; V. Hepzibah, b. Oct. 17, 1729, m. Joseph Hop- kins ; VI. Timothy, b. May 19, 1732 ; VII. Esther, b. June 22, 1735, m. Phineas Porter ; VIII. Thomas, b. Jan. 26, 1737-8; IX. David, b. April 25, 1740.
2. TIMOTHY, son of Thomas, (1,) m. Sarah, dau. of Stephen Hopkins, Dec. 4, 1756. She d. Oct. 21, 1757, and he m. 2d, Hannah, dau. of Isaac Bronson, June 13, 1759. She d. Sept. 15, 1783, and he m. 3d, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Porter. IIe d. Sept. 18, 1824. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. Oct. 9, 1757, d. May 6, 1770; II. Asahel, b. July 16, 1760, d. Dec. 16, 1787 ; III. William, b. June 11, 1763, m. Sarah Carring- ton of New Haven, April 14, 1785; IV. Eli, b. Oct. 2, 1764; V. Molly, b. Oct. 10, 1766, d. Sept. 14, 1856.
3. THOMAS, son of Thomas, (1,) m. Mary, dau. of Daniel Hine of New Milford, March 20, 1765. Ch .: I. Daniel, b. Dec. 30, 1765, d. in infancy ; II. " Rusha," b. July 13, 1767, d. March 7, 1813 ; III. Sarah, b. June 5, 1770, m. Lemuel Harrison ; IV. Daniel, b. April 19, 1772; V. Aure- lia, b. Feb. 8, 1779, (the family record says 1780,) now living, unm., 1857.
4. DAVID, son of Thomas, (1,) m. IIannah, dau. of Samuel Nichols of Lebanon, Oct. 27, 1772. He had one child, Hannah, b. June 5, 1774, and m. Reuben Adams.
5. ELI, son of Timothy, (2,) m. Rebecca, dau. of Aaron Benedict, Dec. 20, 1792, and d. Dec. 20, 1843. Ch .: I. Joseph, b. Nov. 3, 1793, d. Sept. 7, 1816 ; II. Polly, b. July 31, 1796, m. Merlin Mead of South Salem, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1820; III. Maria, b. March 12, 1799, m. 1st, Solomon Smith of N. Y., May 13, 1820, who d. April 10, 1822, and she m. 2d, John T. Baldwin, of New Milford, Oct. 27, 1831 ; IV.
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Harriet, b. Nov. 30, 1802, m. Edward Scovill, Aug. 21, 1823; V. Ed- ward, b. June 4, 1805, m. Caroline Smith, and 2d, Maria Stone ; VI. Eli Benedict, b. Feb. 22, 1808, m. Cornelia De Wett ; VII. Charles, b. Nov. 20, 1810, m. Harriet Blakeslee, and settled at Cayahoga Falls, Ohio; VIII. Mary Ann, b. July 30, 1813; IX. Timothy B., b. Nov. 10, 1815, m. Elvira Calkin and removed to Iowa; X. James, b. Sept. 18, 1818, m. Sarah Maria Silliman, and settled at Iowa City, Iowa.
6. DANIEL, son of Thomas, (3,) m. Polly, dau. of Isaac Lewis, Feb. 10, 1793. She d. and he m. Polly Hitchcock. Ch .: I. Thomas, b. March 11, 1794; II. Isaac Lewis, b. June 25, 1796; III. Nancy, b. Sept. 19, 1799.
Other families of the name of Clark have resided in Waterbury. The following are some of them.
JOSEPH CLARK's will was proved Feb. 2, 1762, by which it appears he had ch., as follows: I. Joseph, d. Jan. 15, 1749-50; II. Lydia, m. - Wheeler ; III. Hannah, m. -- Plum ; IV. Tabiatha, m. -- Al- lyn ; V. Deborah, m. -- Sanford of New Haven ; VI. Diana, m. Curtiss ; VII. Lucy, m. Benjamin Matthews.
JOSEPH, son of Joseph above, m. Mary, dau. of Abraham Clark, of Southington, Dec. 8, 1741, and d. Jan. 15, 1749-50. Ch. : I. Mary, b. Oct. 3, 1743; II. Abner, b. May 12, 1745 ; III. Ruth, b. Aug. 28, 1747; IV. Lydia, b. Oct. 5, 1749.
JOHN CLARK, son of Joseph, m. Hannah, dan. of Stephen Brooks of Farmington, Sept. 9, 1747. Ch. : I. John, b. May 11, 1748. Samuel Clark, the son of Joseph, d. Sept. 28, 1749.
CALEB CLARK, of Waterbury, d. July 29, 1768. IIe had a son, Daniel, who m. April 12, 1759, Elizabeth, dau. of John Dowd, of Mid- dletown. Ch .: I. Daniel, b. April 12, 1760, d. next day ; II. Phebe, b. Dec. 6, 1762 ; III. Truman, b. Nov. 12, 1764.
JOHN CLARK was born at Milford, about 1765. IIe settled in Water- bury and m. Mille, dau. of IIerman Munson, also of Waterbury, April 9, 1788. After the birth of his children, he removed to New Milford, and thence, in 1818, to Medina, Ohio. IIe d. in 1829. Ilis wid. was living in Ohio, 1855, aged 85. Ch .: I. Sherman, b. Ang. 29, 1789 ; II. Polly, b. Nov. 19, 1791 ; III. hansom, b. April 8, 1794; IV. Bela Bronson, b. Oct. 1, 1796 ; V. John Lines, b. Aug. 8, 1799 ; VI. Amos, b. Dec. 3, 1801; VII. Jeremiah, b. Jan. 4, 1804 ; VIII. Anson, b. Dec. 10, 1806, graduated at Kenyon college, Ohio, became an Episcopal clergyman, has held, successively, the rectorship of the parishes of St. Andrew's, Elyria, St. Paul's, Norwalk, St. Philip's, Circleville, and St. Timothy's, Massillon, all in Ohio. In 1854, he accepted the rectorship
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of Emmanuel church, in the city of Rockford, Illinois, where he now lives ; IX. Abel, b. July 12, 1812.
COOK .*
1. HENRY COOK was at Plymouth, Mass., before 1640. He had sons, Isaac, John, Henry and Samuel. Isaac is supposed to have remained at Plymouth, and John to have settled at Middletown. Henry and Samuel settled at Wallingford, and are the ancestors of most of the name of Cook in Connecticut, and of many in various parts of the country.
2. SAMUEL, Son of Henry, (1,) was among the first settlers of Wal- lingford, and signed the fundamental articles of that town in 1670. Ile m. 1st, Hope, dau. of Edward Parker of New Haven, May 2, 1667, 2d, Mary Roberts, July 14, 1690. Ile d. in March, 1702, aged 61. IIe had a son, Samuel, b. March 3, 1668.
3. IIENRY, son of Henry, (1,) was early at Wallingford. Ile had a son, Henry, who settled in Waterbury.
4. SAMUEL, son of Samuel, (2,) m. Ist, Hannah Merriman, about 1690, who d. May, 1713, and 2d, Elizabeth Bedell of Stratford, and d. Sept. 1725. He had five sons and nine daus. One of his sons, Moses, settled in Waterbury.
5. HENRY, son of IIenry, (3,) was admitted an inhabitant of Water- bury in 1728. Ch .: Ebenezer, Samuel, Henry, Thankful and Jon- athan.
6. MosEs, eldest son of Samuel, (4,) was b. in Wallingford, Nov. 6, 1716. lle m. Sarah -- , and settled in Branford, where three of his children were born. He removed thence to Waterbury, where his wife died in Jan. 1760, and he m. Dinah, wid. of Benjamin Harrison, who d. in Oct. 1792. He was struck on the head with a "flat-iron " by an Indian, who mistook him for another person, and d. Dec. 12, 1771, (see p. 368.) Ch. : I. Charles, b. 1741, d. Aug. 11, 1764 ; II. Moses, b. May 30, 1744 ; III. Sarah, b. June 13, 1747, d. April 5, 1823, unm. ; IV. Esther, b. 1750, m. Joseph Beebe ; V. Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1752, m. Benjamin Baldwin ; VI. Hannah, b. Jan. 11, 1755, m. Titus Bronson ; VII. Lydia, b. May 27, 1765, m. ---- Hickox.
7. EBENEZER, son of Henry, (5,) settled in Northbury, and m. Phebe, dau. of Moses Blakeslee, May 10, 1744. Ch. : I. Huldah, b. April 26,
* The ancestors from whom most of the Cooks in New England trace their descent, came from Hereford-shire and Kent, in England. The ancestral branch from whom those of the name trace their origin, now resident in various parts of this State, came from Kent, and were of the Puritan stock.
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1745 ; II. Joel, b. Aug. 5, 1746 ; III. Justus, b. May 25, 1748, grad. Yale Coll .; IV. Jonah, b. Aug. 11, 1750; V. Eri, b. Oct. 20, 1752 ; VI. Rozell, b. May 1, 1755, grad. Yale Coll .; VII. Nise, b. April 17, 1758 ; VIII. Arbe, b. April 4, 1760 ; IX. Lurenda, b. Sept. 20, 1764 ; X. Uri ; XI. Ebenezer, became a clergyman and resided at Montville, Conn.
8. HENRY, son of IIenry, (5,) m. Hannah, dau. of Nathan Benham of Wallingford, Nov. 7, 1745, and settled in Northbury. Ch. : I. Thank- ful, b. Jan. 12, 1747; II. Mary, b. March 30, 1748, d. June 11, 1760 ; III. Sarah, b. March, 1750, d. June 15, 1760; IV. Zuba, b. Dec. 24, 1751, d. June 17, 1760; V. Lemuel, b. Dec. 7, 1754, d. June 24, 1760 ; VI. Selah, b. Dec. 19, 1756 ; VII. Trueworthy, b. Sept. 29, 1759.
9. Jonathan, son of Henry, (5,) m. Ruth, dau. of William Luttington of North Haven, June 15, 1735, and settled in Northbury. Ch. : Jon- athan, b. March 29, 1736 ; II. Jesse, b. Feb. 1, 1739 ; III. Titus, b. May 2, 1741 ; IV. Sarah, b. Oct. 31, 1744 ; V. Abel, b. May 18, 1747.
10. MOSES, son of Moses, (6,) m. Jemima, dau. of Joseph Upson, Nov. 4, 1766. She d. March 6, 1821 ; he d. Dec. 28, 1831. Ch. : I. Jo- seph, b. Nov. 4, 1767 ; II. Lucy, b. Sept. 29, 1769, d. Dec. 8, 1835, unm .; III. Daniel, b. Jan. 5, 1773 ; IV. Hannah, b. March 5, 1775, m. Horatio Upson ; V. Anna, b. March 8, 1778, m. Mark Leavenworth ; VI. Elias, b. Dec. 26, 1783, m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel Bartholomew of Plymouth, Nov. 16, 1813. She d. and he m. 2d, a Mrs. Bartholomew, and d. March 14, 1847.
11. JOEL, son of Ebenezer, (7,) m. Dinah Dunbar, Nov. 17, 1768. IIe lived in Northbury. Ch. : I. Levi, b. Sept. 17, 1769, d. unm .; II. Chloe, b. June 25, 1771, m. Emblem Barnes ; III. Zenas, b. July 7, 1773 ; IV. Dinah, b. March 26, 1775, m. -- Jerome; V. IIuldah, b. Dec. 29, 1777, m. Truman Johnson ; VI. Uri, b. Dec. 24, 1779 ; VII. Lucy, m. John Elden ; VIII. Sally, d. in early life ; IX. Phebe, m. Joel Griggs ; X. Joel, m. Polly Russell in Bradford Co., Pa.
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