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3. ISRAEL, son of Thomas, (1,) had ch .: I. Mary, b. April 16, 1699, d. Dec. 5, 1712 ; II. Hannah, b. April 2, 1705, m. John Scott ; III. Joseph, b. June 11, 1708 ; IV. Israel, b. Aug. 28, 1711, lived in Sun- derland, Mass.
4. EBENEZER, son of Thomas, (1,) had ch .: I. Phebe, b. April 22, 1716, d. Jan. 9, 1717 ; II. Phebe, b. Dec. 15, 1717; III. Thomas, b. Dec. 7, 1720 ; IV. Joseph, b. Sept. 24, 1725, d. young ; V. Nathaniel, b. April 8, 1729 ; VI. Sarah, b. Dec. 23, 1731.
5. THOMAS, son of Ebenezer, (4,) m. Abigail Way, April 8, 1756, who d. Jan. 21, 1775, and he m. 2d, Eunice, wid. of John Hickox, April 15, 1776. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. June 8, 1757, d. Jan. 13, 1772 ; II. Irene, b. March 15, 1759, d. July 6, 1774; III. Chloe, b. July 26, 1761, d. Feb. 25, 1776; IV. Israel, b. Sept. 25, 1764, d. March 29, 1772 ; V. Abigail, b. May 24, 1769, d. April 8, 1772; VI. Anner, b. March 13, 1771, d. April 20, 1772; VII. Thomas, b. June 12, 1777 ; VIII. Margaret, b. Ang. 14, 1779, m. John Beecher ; IX. Eunice, b. Dec. 21, 1781, m. Samuel Porter.
6. NATHANIEL, son of Ebenezer, (4,) .m. Phebe, dau. of John Bron- son, April 1, 1752, and d. Oct. 31, 1792. His wife d. April 6, 1811, Ch. : I. Joseph, b. March 28, 1754, d. June 16, 1773 ; II. Tamer, b.
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Sept. 13, 1758, m. Stephen Hotchkiss; III. Ruth, b. Dec. 15, 1761, m. Ashbel Osborne, June 9, 1785 ; IV. Phebe, b. June 17, 1765, m. Joseph Bartholomew, d. Oct. 1800 ; V. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 3, 1769, m. Mehitable Clark, lived in Middlebury, had 14 ch. and d. Feb. 1826; VI. Hannah, b. May 22, 1772, d. July 20, 1773 ; VII. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 28, 1774 ; VIII. Hannah, b. Oct. 18, 1779, m. Reuben Upson.
7. NATHANIEL, son of Nathaniel, (6,) m. Comfort Stone, April, 1794. She d. March 29, 1756. Ch .: I. Maria, b. Jan. 6, 1795, m. Garry Bronson ; II. Nancy, b. March 8, 1797, m. Merritt Platt, May, 1815. He d. Sept. 1815, and she m. Leonard Bronson, April 14, 1819 ; III. Julia, b. 1799, d. 1800 ; IV. John Bronson, b. Nov. 1804, graduated at Dartmouth College, is a clergyman at Pittsford, N. Y. He m. Maria, dau. of Philo Bronson, in 1832, who d. in 1834, and he m. in 1836, Susan A., sister of his first wife, who d. April, 1856; V. Nathaniel S., b. 1810, gradua- ted at Y. C., is an Episcopal clergyman, has been settled at Watertown and Derby, and is now editor of the Church Review. He m. Lydia, dau. of James Murdock, D. D., of New Haven ; VI. Merritt P., b. 1816, d. the same year ; VII. Samuel S., b. Dec. 1817, d. at Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 4, 1842, while a member of Union College.
SCOTT.
1. EDMUND SCOTT, of Farmington and Waterbury, had ch., Joseph, Edmund, Samuel, Jonathan, George, David, Robert, Elizabeth and Han- nah. (See p. 181.)
2. EDMUND, son of Edmund, (1,) had Sarah, Samuel, Elizabeth, IIan- nah, Edmund, John, Jonathan. (See p. 183.)
3. JONATHAN, son of Edmund, (1,) had Jonathan, John, Martha, Ger- shom, Eleazer, Daniel. (See p. 184.)
4. GEORGE, son of Edmund, (1,) had, I. Obadiah, b. April 5, 1692; II. George, b. March 20, 1694, d. May 9, 1725, unm .; II. William, b. March 3, 1696 ; IV. Elizabeth, b. April 4, 1698, m. Gamaliel Terrel and went to New Milford ; V. Zebulon, b. Jan. 10, 1700, d. 1701; VI. Samuel, b. April 26, 1702; VII. Edmund, b. Sept. 4, 1704 ; VIII. Ben- jamin, b. April 30, 1707, d. Dec. 1725 ; IX. Ephraim, b. June 16, 1710, d. Feb. 27, 1744-5.
5. DAVID, son of Edmund, (1,) had, I. Hannah, b. March 21, 1698-9; II. Hester, b. Aug. 1700; III. David, b. May 12, 1701; IV. Ruth, b. Sept. 29, 1704, m. Jonathan Kelsey ; V. and VI. Martha and Mary, b. Jan. 1707; Martha, d. April, 1707; VII. Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1709, m. Samuel Judd; VIII. Stephen, b. March 12, 1711 ; IX. Obadiah, b. Dec. 4, 1714.
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6. SAMUEL, son of Edmund, (2,) m. Mary, dau. of John Richards, Jan. 13, 1725, and d. April 3, 1768. Ch .: I. Gideon, b. Sept. 22, 1725 ; II. Lois, b. March 20, 1727; III. Abraham, b. April 26, 1729, d. Jan. 8, 1730-1; IV. Isaac, b. April 26, 1729; V. Abraham, b. Oct. 18, 1731, d. Nov. 8, 1732; VI. Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1733; VII. Sarah, b. April 4, 1735, m. Edmund Scott; VIII. Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1738, m. Damaras Lewis; IX. Jemima, b. Nov. 23, 1740, m. Jeremiah Peck, Jr.
7. EDMUND, son of Edmund, (2,) m. Martha, dau. of John Andruss, Aug. 12, 1730, and d. March 23, 1733. His wid. m. Ebenezer Warner, April 18, 1734. Ch .: I. Jemima, b. May 2, 1731, d. May 16, 1735 : II. Comfort, b. July 22, 1733, m. Obadiah Scott.
8. JOHN, son of Edmund, (2,) m. Eunice, dau. of Thos. Griffin of Sims- bury, Oct. 29, 1730. He d. March 14, 1756. Ch .: I. Amos, b. Feb. 19, 1732 ; II. John, b. Jan. 30, 1734, d. in 1766, no issue ; III. Edmund, b. Jan. 9, 1736, in. Sarah Scott, and d. about 1760, no issue ; IV. Abra- ham, b. March 18, 1739, " killed with thunder," April 7, 1750; V. Eu- nice, b. Jan. 4, 1741, d. Aug. 12, 1759 ; VI. Abigail, b. Oct. 5, 1743, m. -- Moses; VII. Jonathan, b. Oct. 1745, d. 1749; VIII. Reuben, b. Aug. 15, 1747 ; IX. Abraham, b. May 11, 1750, d. March, 1753 ; X. Abel, b. Nov. 19, 1756, m. Anne Perkins of New Haven, Jan. 30, 1776 -had ch.
9. JONATHAN, son of Jonathan, (3,) m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Hurlbut of Woodbury, July 14, 1725. She d. May, 1727, and he m. 2d, Re- becca, dau. of Samuel Frost of Branford, July 29, 1729. He d. May 16, 1745. Ch .: I. John, b. May 6, 1726; II. Abel, b. Aug. 3, 1730; III. Thankful, b. May 10, 1732; IV. Phebe, b. May 24, 1734; V. Re- becca, b. Oct. 3, 1736 ; VI. Rachel, b. Nov. 3, 1739 ; VII. Eben, b. July, 1747.
10. GERSHOM, son of Jonathan, (3,) m. Mary, dau. of Jonathan Fen- ton of Fairfield, Nov. 17, 1728, and d. June 24, 1780. Ch .: I. Wait, b. Aug. 17, 1729 ; II. Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1731, m. E. Scott; III. Sarah, b. Sept. 1735; IV. Mary, b. May 17, 1739 ; V. and VI. Gershom and Ann, b. June 9, 1744. Gershom d. June 29, 1778. Ann m. Amos Hotchkiss.
11. Doct. DANIEL, son of Jonathan, (3,) m. Hannah, dau. of David Way, and d. April 2, 1762. Ch .: I. Esther, b. May 23, 1750 ; II. Jona- than, b. Sept. 29, 1751; III. John, b. April 30, 1753 ; IV. Martha, b. Jan. 19, 1755, d. Aug. 31, 1759 ; V. Eleazer, b. May 24, 1756; VI. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1757, d. Sept. 15, 1759; VII. Hannah, b. Jan. 16, 1759 ; VIII. Daniel, b. Oct. 1, 1760.
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Wethersfield, Oct. 10, 1716, and d. in 1735. His wife d. June 12, 1749. Ch .: I. - , b. June 20, 1717; II. Zebulon, b. June 16, 1718 ; III. Mary, b. 1720, d. Sept. 1722; IV. Enoch, b. Oct. 1722 ; V. Comfort, b. Jan. 31, 1723; VI. George, b. Nov. 10, 1725 ; VII. Oba- diah, b. Jan. 6, 1727 ; VIII. Ezekiel, b. Sept. 20, 1730.
13. William, son of George, (4,) m. Johannah, dau. of Thos. Judd of Hartford, Nov. 30, 1727. She d. Jan. 25, 1771. Ch. : I. Benjamin, b. Sept. 6, 1728 ; II. Timothy, b. April 21, 1731; III. Anne, b. Jan. 11, 1734, d. Oct. 30, 1749; IV. Rachel, b. Sept. 27, 1736, d. April 2, 1766 ; V. Patience, b. Nov. 1748, 1740.
14. SAMUEL, son of George, (4,) m. Presilla, dau. of John Hull of Derby, Sept. 26, 1727. She d. Sept. 23, 1735, and he m. 2d, wid. Lois Striclin, May 4, 1756, who d. Nov. 29, 1762. He m. 3, Eunice Ashley of Hartford, March 17, 1763, and d. Sept. 15, 1790. Ch. : I. Sybel, b. July 6, 1730, d. March 1, 1798, unm .; II. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 27, 1732, d. Sept. 1, 1814, unm .; III. Ebenezer, b. April 18, 1735, m. Mary Weed; IV. Eunice, b. June 11, 1738; V. Samuel, b. April 10, 1744, d. Sept. 20, 1749 ; VI. Ashley, b. June 17, 1764.
15. EDMUND, son of George, (4,) m. Martha, dau. of Robert Royce of Wallingford, March 26, 1730. Ch. : I. Mary, b. March 23, 1731; II. Robert, b. Aug. 3, 1733, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Gamaliel Terrel, Dec. 29, 1762 ; III. Noah, b. Jan. 24, 1736, d. May 9, 1737; IV. Ebenezer, b. March 23, 1738, d. same day ; V. Martha, b. May 2, 1739 ; VI. Abi- gail, b. July 3, 1742 ; VII. Comfort, b. April 24, 1745 ; VIII. Noah, b. April 4, 1748 ; IX. Lydia, b. March 23, 1751.
16. DAVID, son of David, (5,) m. Hannah, dau. of William Hickox, Jan. 25, 1735. Ch. : I. Zadock, b. Oct. 15, 1733, d. 1746 ; II. Nathan, b. Aug. 23, 1735, d. 1748 ; III. David, b. June 22, 1738; IV. Pa- tience, d. May 9, 1747 ; V. Hannah, d. June 29, 1754 ; VI. Submit, b. Dec. 22, 1746 ; VII. Sarah, b. June 8, 1749, m. Wait Smith.
17. STEPHEN, son of David, (5,) m. Rebecca, dau. of John Wolsey of Jamaica, L. I., April 9, 1734, and d. March 25, 1744. Ch. : I. Sarah, b. Feb. 14, 1736, d. Sept. 11, 1749; II. Stephen, b. Sept. 14, 1738 ; III. Wolsey, b. April 13, 1741, d. in Watertown, Dec. 12, 1794.
18. OBADIAH, son of David, (5,) m. Mary, dau. of John Andruss, May 20, 1733. Ch .: I. and II. twins, d. young; III. Eliphas, b. Jan. 3, 1735; IV. Obadiah, b. April 12, 1737; V. Jesse, b. May 30, 1739 ; VI. Barnabas, b. March 7, 1741 ; VII. Abigail, b. July 3, 1746 ; VIII. Margaret, b. July 30, 1748; IX. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1750; X. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1753 ; XI. Ruth, b. Nov. 1756.
19. GIDEON, son of Samuel, (6,) m. Phebe Barnes, April 15, 1755.
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She d. April 25, 1760, and he m. Hannah, wid. of James Brown, Oct. 4, 1762. She d. Sept. 12, 1766. Ch. : I. Lois, b. Oct. 17, 1756 ; 1I. Caleb, b. July 11, 1758 ; III. Mary, b. June 25, 1763 ; IV. Alathea, b. March 18, 1765.
20. ISAAC, son of Samuel, (6,) m. Anne, dau. of Ebenezer Frisbie of Sharon, Oct. 31, 1753. She d. Dec. 3, 1766, and he m. Sarah Smith, March 4, 1767, who d. Feb. 12, 1783. Ch .: I. David, b. Jan. 25, 1755,-drowned, May 10, 1773 ; II. Moses, b. Feb. 16, 1756, d. Dec. 21, 1773; III. Thaddeus, b. April 25, 1757; IV. Leva, b. Sept. 27, 1758, d. Jan. 15, 1775; V. Mesibah, b. Ang. 10, 1760, d. Sept. 23, 1782 ; VI. Abner, b. May 10, 1762 ; VII. Wealthy, b. July 22, 1764 ; VIII. Abraham, b. Aug. 2, 1766.
21. AMos, son of John, (8,) m. Dorcas, dau. of Ebenezer Warner, April 4, 1759. She d. May 14, 1763, and he m. 2d, Lois, wid. of Ezekiel Scott, Sept. 12, 1763. Ch .: I. Eunice, b. Feb. 23, 1760; II. Diana, b. March 14, 1762, d. March 12, 1763; III. Amos, b. May 3, 1764 ; IV. John, b. April 4, 1766 ; V. Edmund, b. June 7, 1768 ; VI. Lois, b. Dec. 31, 1770 ; VII. Doicas, b. Nov. 1, 1773. d. 1774 ; VIII. Levi, b. July 3, 1775.
22. ZEBULON, son of Obadiah, (12,) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Warner, April 18, 1748, and d. May 12, 1798. His wife d. June 21, 1798, aged 72. Ch .: I. Simeon, b. March 1, 1750; II. Huldah, b. Nov. 7, 1753, m. John Powers ; III. Daniel, b. May 4, 1757, d. June 10, 1762; IV. Justus, went to Wallingford, Vt., and had a large family.
23. ENOCH, son of Obadiah, (12,) m. Sarah, dau. of Lieut. Thos. Por- ter, May 14, 1750. Ch .: I. Hannah, b. May 19, 1751; II. Eunice, b. Oct. 15, 1752 ; III. Enoch, b. Oct. 6, 1754; IV. Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1757; V. Uri, b. Aug. 2, 1759; VI. Prue, b. April 6, 1761 ; VII. Es- ther, b. Sept. 22, 1763; VIII. Mille, b. March 21, 1766; IX. Mark, b. 1758.
24. EZEKIEL, son of Obadiah, (12,) m. Lois, dan. of John Fenn, April 13, 1758, and d. Jan. 20, 1759. Ch .: I. Ezekiel, b. Jan. 3, 1759.
25. OBADIAH, son of Obadiah, (12,) m. Comfort, dau. of Edmund Scott, April 8, 1751. She d. April, 1798. Ile d. Sept. 1810. Ch. : I. Annis, b. April 2, 1753 ; II. Mercy, b. July 2, 1755 ; III. Lydia, b. Nov. 28, 1757; IV. Martha, b. Jan. 29, 1761; V. Sarah, b. Sept. 23, 1763, d. Oct. 30, 1765 ; VI. Patience, b. June 21, 1766; VII. Edmund Andruss, b. Oct. 17, 1771.
26. BENJAMIN, son of William, (13,) m. Mary, dau. of Obadiah Rich- ards, Jan. 13, 1757. Ch. : I. Hannah, b. May 12, 1758; II. Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1762 ; III. Chloe, b. Feb. 18, 1767, mn. Elijah Terrel.
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27. ASIILEY, son of Samuel, (14,) m. Martha, dau. of Benjamin Jud- son of Stratford, April 25, 1787, and d. May 15, 1842. His wid. d. Dec. 1848, aged 83. Ch .: I. Betsey, b. Dec. 29, 1787, m. James Street ; II. "Catey," b. Jan. 15, 1793, m. Miles Morris, and d. July 8, 1837; III. Lewis, b. Dec. 14, 1796, d. 1827 ; IV. Edmund, b. April 13, 1799 ; V. Emma, b. June 28, 1801.
28. STEPHEN, son of Stephen, (17,) m. Freelove, dau. of Amos Hick- ox, Nov. 30, 1758. Ch .: I. Freelove, b. May 9, 1759; II. Rebecca, b. Aug. 20, 1761; III. Stephen, b. April 23, 1763 ; IV. Uri, b. May 13, 1765.
29. ELIPHAS, son of Obadiah, (18,) m. Hannah, dau. of Gershom Scott, Feb. 14, 1757. Ch .: I. Nancy, b. Dec. 4, 1759 ; II. Jesse, b. Sept. 6, 1762; III. Irene, b. Nov. 16, 1767 ; IV. Jared, b. March 22, 1771.
30. OBADIAII, son of Obadiah, (18,) m. Hannah, dau. of John How, March 10, 1755. Ch. : I. Hunnah, b. Sept. 28, 1755 ; II. Olive, b. Sept. 23, 1757 ; III. Lucy, b. July 26, 1760 ; IV. Jesse, b. May 2, 1763 ; V. David, b. June 22, 1765; VI. Rose, b. Nov. 6, 1768.
31. BARNABAS, son of Obadiah, (18.) m. Rebecca, dan. of Doct. Ephraim Warner, Nov. 15, 1764. She d. Sept. 22, 1773. Ch. : I. Sabra, b. Jan. 14, 1766 ; II. Orpha, b. Nov. 10, 1767 ; III. Margaret, b. Dec. 5, 1769, d. in infancy ; IV. Margaret, b. Nov. 5, 1772.
32. THADDEUS, son of Isaac, (20,) m. Orange, dau. of Thos. Ham- mond, May 23, 1782. She d. March 21, 1826. Ch. : I. Levi, b. Oct. 27, 1782 ; II. Moses, b. Feb. 28, 1785 ; III. Jacob, b. Feb. 20, 1786 ; IV. Anna, b. Feb. 1, 1788, d. June 22, 1802 ; V. Philo, b. Oct. 6, 1790 ; VI. Mabel, b. July 8, 1792, d. Oct. 24, 1803 ; VII. Moses, b. April 14, 1795; VIII. Thaddens, b. Oct. 19, 1797, d. Oct. 29, 1797 ; IX. Tru- man, b. Nov. 4, 1798, d. Oct. 19, 1803 ; X. Isaac, b. May 8, 1801 ; XI. Bazaleel, b. May 1, 1803.
33. ABNER, son of Isaac, (20,) m. Aleathea, dau. of John Bradley of New Haven, Feb. 5, 1783, and d. March 13, 1812. Ch .: I. Lucy, b. Ang. 29, 1785 ; II. Clary, b. Feb. 14, 1788 ; III. Eldad, b. April 25, 1791 ; IV. Deborah, b. Nov. 1, 1793 ; V. Alathea, b. April 2, 1796; VI. Wealthy, b. Oct. 7, 1798; VII. Phebe, b. April 6, 1801, d. Oct. 4, 1805 ; VIII. Phebe Elmira, b. Aug. 15, 1805 ; IX. Marcus, b. June 18, 1807.
34. SIMEON, son of Zebulon, (22,) m. Lucy, dau. of Capt. Abraham Hickox, March 9, 1775, and d. Aug. 28, 1828. His wid. d. Feb. 19, 1829. Ch .: I. Jemima, b. Nov. 21, 1775, m. David Hungerford, April 2, 1804 ; II. Joel, b. May 15, 1777, m. Hannah, dau. of Michael Bron- son, Feb. 15, 1796 ; III. Prue, b. Oct. 4, 1778, d. Sept. 12, 1780 ; IV.
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Elizabeth, b. March 19, 1780; V. Daniel, b. March 7, 1782 ; VI. Mark, b. Sept. 30, 1783 ; VII. Titus, b. Sept. 7, 1785, m. Rhoda, dau. of Na- thaniel Hall, Dec. 1808; VIII. Jesse, b. June 10, 1787, m. Susan, dau. of David Downs, Aug. 7, 1811; IX. Prudence, b. March 7, 1789; X. Linus W., b. March 27, 1791, m. Minerva, dau. of James Nichols, Feb. 8, 1818.
35. URI, son of Enoch, (23,) m. Esther, dau. of Abiel Roberts, Dec. 26, 1780. Ch. : I. Silas, b. July 22, 1781 ; II. Rusha, b. Aug. 7, 1783 ; III. Alpheus, b. Sept. 30, 1785.
36. MARK, TITUS and JESSE, sons of Simeon, (34,) went to Springfield, Pa. Mark has one son and one dau., Titus two sons and a dau., and Jesse six sons.
SCOVILL.
1. Serg. John Scovill, son of John of Waterbury and Haddam, had ch., John, b. Jan. 1, 1694 ; Obadiah, b. April 23, 1697 ; Sarah, b. Oct. 24, 1700; William, b. Sept. 7, 1703 ; Hannah, b. March 19, 1706-7 ; Edward, b. Feb. 10, 1710-11.
2. Lieut. JOHN, son of John, Jr., (1,) had ch .: I. Obadiah, b. Oct. 9, 1725 ; II. Mary, b. March 31, 1727, m. Andrew Bronson ; III. John, b. Nov. 24, 1729, d. young ; IV. Asa, b. April 4, 1732 ; V. Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1734-5, m. Jabez Tuttle; VI. John, b. Oct. 27, 1738; VII. Stephen, b. Aug. 19, 1740; VIII. Timothy, b. June 27, 1742; IX. Annis, b. May 23, 1744 ; X. Annis, m. Nathaniel Selkrigg.
3. Lieut. WILLIAM, son of John, Jr., (1,) had, I. Anna, b. March 25, 1731, m. Rev. Eleazer Prindle and d. in 1789; II. Rev. James, b. Jan. 27, 1732-3 ; III. Samuel, b. Nov. 4, 1735 ; IV. Abijah, b Dec. 27, 1738 ; V. William, b. Feb. 9, 1744-5; VI. Darius, b. May 15, 1746, m., had ch. and removed to the State of N. Y. with his family. His son Selah remained in Watertown and m. Sabrina Foote-had a son Hubert, who resides in Watertown and has ch.
4. EDWARD, son of John, Jr., (1,) had ch., I. Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1740- 1; II. Edward, b. Feb. 5, 1744-5, m. Ruth Norton, Nov. 26, 1770, and d. March 21, 1778.
5. OBADIAH, son of John, (2,) m. 1st, Hannah IIull of Norwalk, July 14, 1752, who d. Aug. 22, 1756, and he m. 2d, Hannah, dau. of Danl. Porter, June 11, 1760. She d. June, 1766 and he d. March 19, 1768. Ch .: I. Sarah, b. Nov. 9, 1752; II. David, b. Jan. 26, 1755 ; III. Anna, b. Feb. 4, 1761, d. April 9, 1781 ; IV. David, b. June 5, 1762, d. March 19, 1768.
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6. AsA, son of John, (2,) m. Lois Warner, Dec. 10, 1755. Ch. : I. Selah, b. June 20, 1757; II. Amasa, b. Dec. 22, 1758; III. Selden, b. July 6, 1760; IV. Sarah, b. Nov. 1, 1766; V. Daniel ; VI. Obadiah, m. Mille Nichols, Dec. 6, 1790.
7. JOHN, son of John, (2,) m. Anna Barnes, Sept. 14, 1763, and d. Sept. 15, 1807. Ch .: I. Truman, b. Feb. 24, 1764; II. Reuben, b. Oct. 2, 1765 ; III. John, b. Feb. 17, 1768, d. same year ; IV. John, b. Aug. 12, 1770, d. Oet. 10, 1830; V. Anne, b. Dec. 27, 1772 ; VI. Clarissa, b. Feb. 24, 1776.
8. TIMOTHY, son of John, (2,) m. Jemima, dau. of Doct. Danl. Por- ter, April 7, 1762, and d. June 22, 1824. Ch. : I. Timothy, b. Nov. 28, 1762; II. Noah, b. Jan. 27, 1765 ; III. Daniel, b. Dec. 12, 1766, d. 1767; IV. Jemima, b. Jan. 3, 1768, d. 1783; V. Hannah, b. Dec. 23, 1770; VI. Sylvia, b. Aug. 28, 1773; VII. Daniel, b. Nov. 6, 1775 ; VIII. David, b. Jan. 4, 1780.
9. Rev. JAMES, son of William, (3,) m. Amy, dau. of Capt. George Nichols, Nov. 7, 1762. Ch .: I. James, b. March 19, 1764, settled in Waterbury ; II. William, b. 1766, mn. Ann Davidson, d. in 1851 ; III. Hannah, b. 1768, m. Daniel Michean ? and d. 1846 ; IV. Rev. Elias, b. 1771, m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Scovill, and d. in 1841 ; V. Samuel, b. 1773, m. 1st, Deborah Gilbert, 2d, Mary Smith ; VI. Daniel, b. 1776; VII. Sarah, b. 1777, m. Doct. C. Hathaway, d. in 1846; VIII. Edward, b. 1779, m. Polly Bates, d. 1840 ; IX. Henry, b. 1781, m. Mary Cunningham.
10. SAMUEL, son of William, (3,) m. Ruth, dau. of Benjamin Bron- son, Dec. 19, 1756. She d. Aug. 18, 1761, and he m. 2d, -- Harts- horn, May 3, 1765. Ch .: I. Anna, b. May 13, 1759; II. Ruth, b. Aug. 12, 1761 ; III. Uri, b. 1765, m. Melliscent, dau. of Samuel South- mayd. Oct. 17, 1784, who d. Oct. 1796. Ch. : 1. -- , b. Aug. 15, 1785 ; 2. Chester, b. 1787 ; 3. Southmayd, b. 1789; 4. Sarah, b. 1791; 5. Ruth Ann, b. 1793; 6. Geo. Chester, b. 1795.
11. WILLIAM, son of William, (3,) m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Brown, Dec. 24, 1767, and d. Aug. 13, 1827. Ch .: I. Bethel, b. June 6, 1769, d. 1775; II. Elizabeth, b. July 31, 1771, d. 1774 ; III. William, b. Sept. 29, 1773 ; IV. Elizabeth, m. Rev. Elias Scovill ; V. Samuel, m. Ruthy Langdon-lives in Watertown, has Sarah, Mary and William.
12. JAMES, son of Rev. James, (9,) m. Alathea, dau. of Mitchel Lam- son of Woodbury, Nov. 16, 1788, and d. Nov. 26, 1825. Ch. : I. James Mitchel Lamson, b. Sept. 4, 1789, m. Sarah, dau. of William H. Merriman, Oct. 9, 1849 ; ch., James Mitchel Lamson, b. Sept. 3,
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1850; Sarah Alathea, b. Feb. 14, 1852; Henry William, b. Nov. 11, 1853 ; II. Betsey, b. May 12, 1792, m. Sept. 10, 1809, John Bucking- ham ; III. Sarah H., b. March 25, 1794, m. Aaron Hitchcock, in 1821; IV. William II., b. July 27, 1796, m. 1st, Eunice Davies of Ogdens- burg, N. Y., July 2, 1827, who d. Nov. 25, 1839, and he m. 2d, Re- becca H. Smith of New Haven, March 23, 1841, and d. March 27, 1854. His wid. d. Aug. 4, 1854. Ch., Alathea Ruth, b. March 21, 1828, m. Frederick J. Kingsbury; Mary Ann, b. May 3, 1831 ; Thomas John, b. June 9, 1833, d. May 22, 1839 ; Sarah II., b. July 13, 1839, d. Nov. 4, 1839 ; William Henry, b. Jan. 1, 1842 ; James Mitchel Lam- son, b. June 15, 1843, d. Feb. 8, 1846 ; Nathan Smith, b. April 3, 1847, d. May 22, 1849. V. Edward, b. Dec. 31, 1798, m. IIarriet Clark, Aug. 21, 1823 ; VI. Amy M., b. Feb. 9, 1801, d. April 30, 1804 ; VII. Caroline, b. July 4, 1803, m. Rev. William Preston, Oct. 1, 1842 ; VIII. Maria A., b. Aug. 14, 1805, m. Hon. Joel Hinman, 1825 ; IX. Mary, b. July 23, 1808, m. Rev. Jocob L. Clark, April 28, 1829, and d. May 2, 1842; X. Stella Ann, b. May 19, 1811, d. Sept. 12, 1815.
13. SELAH, son of Asa, (6,) m. Mary, dau. of Abial Roberts, Nov. 6, 1784. Ch. : I. David, b. Sept. 6, 1787 ; II. Mark, b. July 24, 1789 ; III. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 25, 1791.
UPSON.
1. THOMAS UPSON, of Hartford and Farmington, had ch., Thomas, Stephen, Mary, Hannah and Elizabeth.
2. Serg. STEPHEN, son of Thos., (1,) had, Mary, Stephen, Elizabeth, Thomas, Hannah, Tabiatha, John and Thankful. (See p. 193.)
3. STEPHEN, son of Stephen, (2,) had ch. : I. Sarah, b. March 8, 1714, d. 1714 ; II. Sarah, b. July 26, 1715, m. Gideon Hickox, Aug. 15, 1734; III. Stephen, b. Dec. 9, 1717; IV. and V. Joseph and Benja- min, b. Aug. 14, 1720 ; VI. Mary, b. May 2, 1724, m. Samuel Porter, Dec. 9, 1747; VII. and VIII. Ebenezer and Thankful, b. Sept. 29, 1727, Ebenezer d. in 1749; Thankful m. Ebenezer Johnson, Oct. 15, 1756 ; IX. Jemima, b. April 8, 1730, d. in 1736 ; X. Hannah, b. Sept. 29, 1735, m. Jesse Sperry, May 8, 1759.
4. THOMAS, son of Stephen, (2,) had ch .: I. Thomas, b. Dec. 20, 719; II. and III. Mary and John, b. Jan. 21, 1721,-John d. 1741; IV. Josiah, b. Jan. 28, 1724-25; V. Asa, b. Nov. 30, 1728 ; VI. Timothy, b. Oct. 8, 1731 ; VII. Amos, b. March 17, 1734; VIII. Sam- uel, b. March 8, 1737 ; IX. Freeman, b. July 24, 1739, d. 1750.
5. JOHN, son of Stephen, (2,) had ch. : I. Daniel, b. March 19, 1726 ; II. Elijah, b. Feb. 11, 1727-28, d. young ; III. Elijah, b. Feb. 5, 1730-
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31, d. 1732-33 ; IV. Hannah, b. Nov. 17, 1733, m. Silas Merriman ; V. Martha, b. May 1, 1736, m. William Barnes; VI. John, b. March 31, 1739; VII. James, b. Nov. 4, 1742 ; VIII. Elijah, b. May 6, 1745.
6. STEPHEN, Esq., son of Stephen, (3,) m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Clark, Jan. 14, 1749-50, and d. March 27, 1769. His wid. d. Sept. 29, 1813, a. 90. Ch. : I. Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1750, d. Sept. 25, 1757 ; II. Olive, b. Feb. 18, 1753, m. Isaiah Prichard; III. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 11, 1755, d. Sept. 20, 1757; IV. Stephen, b. Sept. 12, 1758, was shot in N. Y. in 1776; V. Esther, b. Sept. 21, 1760, m. Asahel Bronson, Feb. 12, 1784 ; VI. Sarah, b. July 15, 1763, m. Stephen Gilbert of South Salem, N. Y .; VII. Mark, b. Feb. 21, 1766, m. Susanna Allen, and d. July 19, 1820 ; VIII. Daniel, b. March 7, 1769.
7. JOSEPH, son of Stephen, (3,) m. Comfort, dau. of Obadiah Scott, Feb. 13, 1744-45, and d. Aug. 7, 1749. His wid. d. Nov. 28, 1814, a. 91. Ch .: I. Jemima, b. July 14, 1746, m. Moses Cook, Nov. 4, 1766 ; II. Ezekiel, b. Oet. 7, 1748, m. Mary, dau. of Andrew Bronson.
8. BENJAMIN, son of Stephen, (3,) m. Mary, dau. of Dea. Moses Blakeslee, Nov. 17, 1743. He lived in Northbury. Ch .: I. Ruel, b. June 12, 1744, m. Deborah, dau. of Samuel Peck, April 23, 1766 ; II. Susanna, b. Jan. 12, 1746, m. Benj. Gaylord, and d. in 1818; III. Lois, b. May 12, 1748, m. Israel Terrel ; IV. Joseph, b. May 5, 1750, m. Anna, dau. of Thos. Bronson, Feb. 13, 1771 ; V. Benjamin, b. July 3, 1752 ; VI. Jesse, b. Nov. 28, 1754, d. 1755 ; VII. Jesse, b. May 25, 1756; VIII. Noah, b. Sept. 26, 1758; IX. Asahel, b. April 25, 1762, m. Mehitable, dau. of Capt. Thos. Castle, and settled in Wolcott ; X. Mary, b. June 22, 1765 ; XI. Sarah, b. July 23, 1768.
9. SAMUEL, son of Thomas, (+,) m. Ruth - . Ch .: I. Mary, b. Feb. 1759, m. Joseph Minor ; II. Archibald, b. April 26, 1761, d. 1782 ; III. Isaac, b. Dec. 22, 1763 ; IV. Obed, b. Jan. 2, 1767; V. Ilarvey, b. Nov. 11, 1769 ; VI. and VII. Samuel and Ruth, b. Aug. 16, 1772 ; VIII. Jerusha, b. June 27, 1775, d. 1775 ; IX. Manly, b. March 12, 1777; X. Betsey, b. Aug. 10, 1779.
10. MARK, son of Stephen, (6,) had ch. : I. Olive, m. Joseph Blakeslee, II. Esther ; III. Sarah, d. unm .; IV. Lucena, m. William Stowe; V. Lucius, d. aged about 62; VI. Rosetta, d. unm .; VII. Jesse, m. Esther L. Hotchkiss, resides in Waterbury ; VIII. Sarah Ann; IX. Davis, d. aged 22.
11. DANIEL, son of Stephen, (6,) m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Adams. She d. June 29, 1830, and he m. wid. Phebe Kirtland of Woodbury, Sept. 4, 1831, who d. May 4, 1845. He d. Oct. 1, 1854. Ch. : I. Stephen, b. May 8, 1797, d. Dec. 6, 1822 ; II. Alvin, b. Dec. 4, 1798.
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m. Mary Sperry, and lives in Mich. ; III. Daniel, b. May 16, 1801, m. Nancy Hotchkiss-no ch., lives in Watertown; IV. Minerva, b. March 10, 1803, d. June 6, 1822; V. Polly Maria, b. Dec. 29, 1805, d. Jan. 19, 1807; VI. William, Nov. 1, 1807, lives in Middlebury, unm .; VII. Merlin, b. Feb. 28, 1810, m. Emily Beecher of Naugatuck,-residence, Woodbury ; VIII. Sarah Maria, b. Nov. 19, 1813, m. David Summers, lives in Woodbury ; IX. Thomas Clark, b. Dec. 20, 1819, m. 1st, Harriet Morris of Woodbury, who d. July 12, 1853, and m. 2d, Cor- nelia Pease of Vt., lives in Waterbury.
12. BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin, (8,) m. Mary, wid. of Thomes Clark, Jan. 24, 1780, and d. July, 1824. His wife d. June 13, 1816. Ch. : I. Stephen, b. June 12, 1783. (See p. 443.)
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