The history of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Part 49

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909
Publication date: 1859
Publisher: New York : C. B. Norton
Number of Pages: 956


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JABEZ, 38 m. -. Children-William, b. July 26, 1752; Abigail, b. May 19, 1756.


DANIEL, Jr., 39 m. Elizabeth Newberry, Feb. 11, 1746 ; she d. June 3, 1749,


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a. 21 : he m. 2, Elizabeth Loomis, April 9, 1752. Children-Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1747-8; Newberry, b. June 2, 1749; Lucinda, b. March 10, 1753 ; Daniel,* b. Dec. 30, 1754 ; Elihu, b. Jan. 13, 1757; Sibel, b. June 1, 1761; Ezekiel, b. April 22, 1764; Perez, b. June 18, 1767.


EBENEZER, 40 m. -. Children-Pericles, d. a. 21 ; John M. D., settled in Onondaga county, N. Y ; in old age moved to Chicago, Ill. ; d. Sept., 1856 ; Elizur of Syracuse, d. Sept., 1856 ; had Marcus, Byron and Frederick ; all live near Syracuse, N. Y. : Peletiah, d. at Volney, N. Y .; had Lucius and Erasmus.


ELIPHAZ,41 m. -. Children-Eliphaz, M. D. of Vernon, N. Y. ; d. in Conn., 1819 ; had Lemuel, Henry, Charles : Catlin, lived and d. in Tor- ringford, Ct., 1817; Hezekialı, M. D., d. in Texas, 1837 ; also two daus.


EZEKIEL, Jr.,42 m. Lucretia Spencer, Dec. 9, 1779, who d. April 30, 1757; he d. Oct. 10, 1834, a. 88. Children-Ezekiel, 3d, lived at Madrid, N. Y. ; d. 1853 ; had-Frederick, lawyer at Dubuque, Iowa; Rollin, Ralph of St. Law- rence county, N. Y. : Theodore, b. June, 24, 1784; Apollos, b. Jan. 11, 1786 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 14, 1789 ; had Samuel and Albert : Fitch, b. Aug. 19, 1791, d. at Zanesville, N. Y., July 26, 1849 : Cyrus, b. Dec. 9, 1793; d. at Hartford, Wis., June 3, 1857 ; has one son living : Roderick, 65 b. July 17, 1796 ; Theodosia.


HEZEKIAH, 43 m. -. Children-Luman, d. young ; Peter, moved to Aus- tinburg, O. ; had-Platt, lives at Kent, Ct. ; Henry, lives at Austinburg, O. : Mills ; Lucretius, lives at Austinburg, O. ; m. a sister of the Rev. Harvey Loomis, recently of Bangor, Me.


JOSIAH, 4+ moved to Pittsfield, whence he moved to Rochester, N. Y., and and thence to Utica, N. Y. ; he m. 1, Sarah Wolcott, who d. Feb. 10, 1786 ; 2, Mary Mather, in 1789, who d. Sept. 24, 1806, a. 40; 3, Rachel Ford ; he


* DANIEL, (son of above) lived in Windsor ; served in Revolution ; was a spy, and one of the only three revolutionary soldiers who are known to bave received the Military Badge of Merit. His romantic exploits are fully described in the chapter entitled Windsor's Share in the Revolution ; after the war, m. Rhoda Hulburt in Vermont ; went as first lieutenant (16th Regt. U. S. Infantry ; commission dated April 17, 1779 ; signed by John Adams, Presi- dent) in the military expedition against the Indians, known as the Adams' War. His sixth child and third son, Dr. D. P. BISSELL, was born in Randolph, Vermont, May 29, 1802; m. Mary Ann Dutton, at Moscow, New York, September 22, 1830; com- menced the study of medicine with Dr. E. W. Chceney, of Richmond, N. Y. (now of Canandaigua), in 1822; attended lectures in New Haven, Ct., in 1825-6; was licensed to practice by the Connecticut State Medical Society, and the medical department of Yale Col- lege, in March, 1826; received the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Univer- Bity of Western New York in 1855; was appointed canal commissioner of the state of New York in February, 1842, and elected to the same office by the people in 1844, and served in that capacity for six years; removed to Utica in 1856, and resumed the practice of medicme there, where he now resides. Children-Mary Eliza, b. Dec. 24, 1833; Daniel Lucius, b. April 7, 1837 ; d. April 3, 1838 : Frank, b. May 20, 1841. Dr. H. H. BISSELL, (brother of the above), of Buffalo, N. Y., now deceased, grad. as M. D. at Yale College Medical Department in March, 1826.


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combined in an eminent degree active business talents with an humble and energetic Christian character ; he was a leader in every humane and benevo- lent cause ; in company with Aristarchus Champion he established the first line of stages to Rochester ; he was the first mover of the Bible cause in that regionf and took great delight in forwarding the cause of the Bible Society ; even to the close of his life he was actively engaged in distributing the " Word of Life ;" he d. at Seneca Falls about 1830. Children-Josiah, 66 b. Oct. 9, 1790 ; Edward ; Aurelia, now lives at Pittsfield ; Sarah W. ; E. Ma- ther ; Richard ; Horace ; Mary M. ;


BENJAMIN, Jr., 45 m. Silence Winchell, April 21, 1778 ; d. at Harminton, Ct., June 1, 1829. Children-Porter, 67 b. March 22, 1779 ; Almira, b. Sept., 22, 1780 ; Benjamin, b. Nov. 7, 1782; m. Mary -; had Mary Ann, Milo Franklin ; all reside in West Hartford, Ct. : Horace, b. Nov. 18, 1786 ; had Nancy and Horace, b. Feb. 28, 1792.


ELISHA, 46 m. Rhoda (dau. of Ebenezer F.) Bissell ; he d. June 6, 1812, a. 58. Children-Edwin, b. Aug. 1795 ; Esther, b. Sept. 27, 1797 ; Rhoda, b. July 12, 1800; Henry, b. Nov. 18, -.


ELIJAH, 47 m. Rachel Soper ; he d. Feb. 23, 1825, a. 63. Children-Elijah, b. Feb. 28, 1791; d. at Ohio : Hannibal, b. April 10, 1793 : lives in Ohio ; Leonard, in Georgia ; Edward, in Detroit ; Nancy ; Mary ; George; Rachel ; Lucius ; George L.


HEZEKIAH, 48 m., according to John B., of Scantic (his grandson), 1, Sabra Trumbull, who d. Oct. 26, 1768, a. 26 ; 2, Hannah Blodgett, who d. Oct. 28, 1774, a. 27; 3, Elizabeth Bartlett, who d. April 16, 1857; he d. Nov. 14, 1831. Children by 1st wife-Sabra, b. May 25, 1763. Children by 2d wife-2 dau's ; Ruth, d. Jan. 20, 1788, a. 9. Probably by 3d wife-3 dau's ; John, 68 b. -, 1796 ; Hezekiah. 69


JERIJAH, 49 (E. W.) m. Lydia Bartlett, March 27, 1751; he d. Dec. 9, 1806, in his 94th yr. ; she d. Nov. 20, 1812, a. 89. Children-Jerijah, b. Dec. 20, 1751 ; d. July 16, 1825 : Lydia, b. Sept. 13, 1753; d. March 2, 1789, a. 36 : Betsy, b. March 21, 1756 ; m. a Wolcott ; d. Feb. 15, 1795 : Thomas, 70 b. Dec. 2, 1757 ; Mary, b. Feb. 21, 1760 ; m. a Wolcott; d. May 26, 1845 : Asahel, b. Feb. 20, 1762; Ann, b. Jan. 20, 1764 ; d. Ang. 9, 1768 : Martha, b. March 6, 1766 ; m. Jonah Bissell; d. Jan. 1, 1846.


EBENEZER,50 m. Hannah (dau. of Jeremiah) Drake, May 20, 1740; she d. June, 1803, a. 86 ; he d. March 29, 1804, a. 86. Children-Charles, b. July 25, 1741 ; d. single, July, 1807 : Alice, b. Oct. 16, 1742; d. single, Oct. 21, 1824 : Marg't, b. Oct. 24, 1746 ; m. Dr. Ephr. Bidwell of E. Hartford : Eli,71 b. Jan. 12, 1749 ; Huldah, b. June 5, 1754 ; m. Peter Wolcott of E. W. : Eben- ezer, b. Jan. 6, 1757-8; Hannah, b. June 17, 1761; m. Thos. Bissell of E. Windsor, Feb. 23, 1792.


MOSES,51 m. 1, Esther Mathewson ; m. 2, Anna (dau. of Israel) Stiles. Child by 1st wife-Moses, b. Feb. 2, 1750. Children by 2d wife-Irene, b. July


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14, 1755 ; m. Hez. Munsell : Anna; Beulah; Esther ; Jerusha ; Vashti ; Ebenezer.


AARON (E. W.),52 m. Dorothy Stoughton, Dec. 5, 1757, who d. Dec. 5, 1808, a. 75 ; he d. May 11, 1789. Children-Chloe, b. Aug. 30, 1758 ; Aaron,72 b. July 27, 1761 ; Epaphrah,73 b. July 24, 1765 ; and Dorothy.


ISAAC,53 m. Abiatha Way, Dec. 12, 1770; he d. in Hartwick, N. Y., June 19, 1823. Children-John, b. Nov. 15, 1771; Luther, b. June, 1771 ; m. Hannah Shepard of Litchfield, Ct. : Orange, b. Feb. 12, 1775 ; m. Sarah Guild of Milton, Ct. : Levi, b. Jan. 15, 1777 ; Sally, b. Aug. 21, 1778 ; Har- vey, b. July 23, 1780 ; Benjamin, b. March 24, 1782; Norman, b. Jan. 3, 1784; m., settled in Milford, N. Y. ; had a son, Amos : Polly ; Peggy ; Molly ; Isaac, 4th.


CALVIN, 54 m. Elizabeth Kilbourne, who d. Nov. 19, 1830, a. 69 ; he was a soldier of the revolution, and d. in Litchfield, Feb. 28, 1837, a. 84. Child- ren-Catherine, m. Abner Culver, and d. at Hartwick, N. Y. : Wait, d. un- married ; Charles, was a soldier in Capt. Stephen Ranney's Co. in the war of 1812; d. in Plattsburgh, N. Y., during that war : Horace, settled at Hart- wick, N. Y. ; m. Miranda (dau. of Luther) Bissell ; has a family : Henry, m. Belinda McNeil, of Litchfield ; has Caroline E .; b. Aug. 14, 1837, and Emily F., b. Feb. 23, 1840 : Laura, m. John D. Webber ; lives at Cincinnatus, N. Y. : Alma, m. Elizur B. Smith, of Litchfield ; has family : Maria, m. - Palmer; lives at Westmoreland, N. Y. : Diantha, m. Garwood Sanford, Esq .; has family : Luther, m. Janette Platte, of Watertown, Ct. ; he d. in Wolcott- ville, Ct., 1858, leaving children.


ARCHELAUS,55 m. Mary Thomas, who d. Oct. 12, 1826, a. 64 ; he was a revo- lutionary soldier, and d. in Litchfield, April 26, 1846, a. 88. Children-Anna, m. Ashbel Beach, of Chenango Co., N. Y. ; had 4 children ; William, form- erly of Albany, now of Greenbush, N. Y. ; m. 1, Anna Pierce, of Stratford, Ct. ; m. 2, Harriet Bishop, of Albany : John, a soldier in Capt. Cheeny's Co. in the war of 1812; was wounded at Queenstown, and died in Canada: Thalia, d. unmarried ; Elias, b. Feb. 9, 1792 ; lives at Litchfield ; unmarried : Clarissa, lives with her brother Elias ; unmarried : Olive, d. young ; Horace, d. in Warren county, N. Y. ; Harriet, m. Curtiss Hallock, of Litchfield ; no children : Mary, m. William Patterson, of Roxbury ; has 6 children.


JOHN,56 m. 1, Mary Dickinson, Nov. 1781, who d. about 1804; m. 2, Huldah Chappel. Children by Ist wife-Aurelia, b. June 18, 1782; Almira, b. Jan. 22, 1784; Amos, b. Jan. 14, 1786 ; Clarissa, b. Feb. 22, 1789; David, b. May 26, 1791; Amanda, b. April 22, 1793; d. April 14, 1807 : Abel, b. Aug. 26, 1796 ; m. - , and had Charles H., John, Mary, Amanda, Lu- cinda L. : William (M. D.), b. June 18, 1803 ; settled in Montrose, Pa. Child- ren by 2d wife-Amanda Janette, b. April 20, 1811; m. William Bissell, Esq : Cordelia E., b. Aug. 13, 1812; m. John Morgan of Kent, Ct. : Sedina L., b. Feb. 16, 1815 ; m. Julius Morgan of Kent, Ct.


BENJAMIN,57 m. Mabel Griswold. Children-Hiram, b. April 28, 1783; m.


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Bethiah Wetmore in 1805 ; had children, Garry, Benjamin, Hiram, William, Lucy, Lyman, Joseph J., Nancy, Rufus; Warren; Benjamin ; Rufus ; Rachel ; Nancy ; Mabel ; Rhoda ; Annis ; Lois ; Minerva.


ZEBULON, Jr.,58 m. Sarah Watkins, Jan. 13, 1774. Children-John, b. Feb. 10, 1776 ; m. Kate Marsh, of Litchfield ; was a merchant in Utica and Albany ; d. in 1856; had children, Samuel, d. ; John and Edward, lawyers in New York city ; Catharine, m. a Hoyt of Stamford, Ct., in 1856; Elizabeth, m. - Bogert of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Mary ; and George B., an officer in the U. S. Navy : Nor- man, m. and had children ; Betsey, b. 1781 ; m. a Reading ; Sarah ; Heman, m. Susannah Camp ; had a son, George C., who m. Susan Kilbourn, May 1, 1826 : Julia, m. a Chittenden.


BENJAMIN,59 m. Esther Benton, Feb. 21, 1779 ; he d. Feb. 28, 1825, a. 71 ; she d. Dec. 27, 1840, a. 83. Children-Rebecca,. b. Feb. 9, 1782; m. Wm. Smith of Chenango, N. Y. : Anna, b. Dec. 14, 1784 ; m. Levi Hoyt, formerly of Cooperstown, N. Y. ; Nathaniel, b. Dec. 31, 1786; m. Anna Smith, of Middlebury, Ct. ; had Erastus S. ; Henry B. ; Ralph; Frederick ; Julia A. ; and Charles : Benjamin, b. Dec. 20, 1788 ; m. Melissa Post of Canaan, Ct., Feb., 1822 ; had Oscar, Benjamin, George, Augustus, Lawrence, and Mel- issa : Eunice, b. Feb. 10, 1790; unmarried : Abigail, b. Feb. 19, 1792 ; m. John Griswold ; had a dau., Cornelia, who m. Dr. Chas. Vaill : Rachel, b. Sept. 18, 1793 ; m. Jonathan North, of Greene Co., N. Y. ; had 7 children : Dotha, b. Oct. 18, 1795 ; m. John Landers of Broome Co., N. Y. : Herman, b. Jan. 16, 1797; m. Anna Peck, Dec., 1820; had Leonard C., David O., Julius, Harriet, Frances J., Julius, 2d ; now live at Fond du Lac, Wis. : Amos, b. July 16, 1799 ; m. Lydia Hall, March 15, 1827 ; had Edward, William, Elizabeth, Julia, Dwight, Mary : Julia, m. Lyman J. Smith ; several children ; lives in Litchfield.


ROSWELL, 60 m. Olive (dan. of Elijah) Stoughton, and d .. Feb. 7, 1853. Children-Clarissa, m. Nathaniel Wolcott ; Chester, m. Tryon of Glastenbury ; Esther, m. Ashbel Webster ; Lawrence, 74 b. Marchi 11, 1772 ; Harvey ; Elsa, b. Sept. 17, 1793 ; m. Timothy Watson : Anna, d. a. 4 yrs.


JONATHAN, 61 m. 1, Prudence Smith, June 12, 1770; she d. July 1, 1789 ; m. 2, Redexaleua (dau. of John) Loomis, Sept. 13, 1791; he d. Dec. 29, 1825. Children by Ist wife-Prudence, d. Nov. 28, 1770, a. 7 days ; Olive, b. Nov. 4, 1771 ; m. - Daniels : Prudence, b. Sept. 13, 1773 ; m. Chas. T. Starks : Ruby, b. Ang. 18, 1775 ; m. Walter Pease : Warham, b. April 2, 1778 ; unmarried : Jonathan, b. Nov. 17, 1780 ; d. Aug. 30, 1814 : Clarissa, b. May 21, 1783 ; m. - Flint. Children by 2d wife-Orrin, m. Hepzibah Ames; has Thaddeus A., Benjamin L., Rhoda, Orrin C., d. April 5, 1831 : Redexa, m. Guy Wolcott : Benjamin, m. Nancy H. Robinson ; is editor of the St. Clair (Mich.) Republican ; has Benjamin B., Mary R., Cornelia H., Philip D., Edward : Julia, b. Dec. 10, 1799 ; m. Ruel Payne : Mary, b. July 16, 1802 ; m. Timothy Smith, Amherst, Mass. : Laura, b. Oct. -; m. John McMaster, Granby, Mass.


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DAVID, Jr.,62 m. Elizabeth Backus, Feb. 14, 1761; he d. Dec. 16, 1799, a. 67. Children-Maj. Noadiah, b. Dec. 4, 1761 ; Mary, b. Nov. 14, 1766 ; d. Nov. 7, 1771 : David, b. June 6, 1764; m. Heart Wickham of Pomfret, Ct., where he settled ; he moved to E. W., and then to Hart- ford, Ct., where he d. about 1816, leaving 3 sons and 3 daus. ; his wid. m. Dr. Ed. Tudor of Middlebury, Vt. ; he was a native of E. W. : Simon B., b. Jan. 16, 1769 ; m. a dau. of Gen. Morey of Orford, N. H., where he settled ; he then removed to Cincinnati, O .; left 4 sons : Clarine, b. Sept. 14, 1777 ; Mary, b. April 10, 1774 : m. Nathan Lyman of Coventry, Ct. ; he settled in E. W., where he d. March 3, 1826, a. 58, leaving 13 children : a child, d. Aug. 27, 1776.


ELISHA, 63 m. Roxy Bissell ; he d. May 22, 1808. Children-Seth, b. Aug. 30, 1782 ; d. Sept. 11, 1798 : Elisha, jr., b. Feb. 14, 1787 ; d. Feb. 3, 1811 : Roxy, b. Sept. 18, 1788 ; m. Bristoll ; d. Dec. 7, 1846 : George, b. Oct. 16, 1790; m. Sarah Woodruff ; had "Sarah A., b. July 7, 1825 ; Geo. D., b. April 24, 1828 : Silvee B., b. March 17, 1793 ; m. E. Hodges, who d. June 13, 1847, and in 1758 she m. a Pickett.


NOAH, 64 m. Eunice Olcott; he d. Sept. 7, 1842, a. 89 ; she d. Nov. 12, 1798, a. 46. Children-Noah, b. Sept. 29, 1777 ; m. Polly Meach ; d. Sept. 26, 1842 : Amelia, b. Oct. 30, 1778 ; m. Steph. Taylor; d. Sept. 11, 1843 : Cynthia, b. April 26, 1783; m. Bela Stetson ; d. Nov. 19, 1801 : Fluvia, b. Aug. 4, 1785 ; m. Bonner Robertson : Ruth, b. June 6, 1787 ; m. Calvin Cowen ; d. Ang. 17, 1836 : Solomon, b. Jan. 26, 1789; m. Tirze Pierce: Emily, b. Feb. 19, 1791 ; m. Calvin Cowen : Benoni Olcott, b. Feb. 24, d. March 25, 1795.


RODERICK, 65 m. Fanny Gaylord, May 11, 1824; lives at Torringford. Child- ren-Gaylord (M. D.), b. Feb., 1825, m. Emily Tallmadge, Nov. 7, 1849 ; re- sides at Fort Dodge, Iowa ; has a son Edward Roderick (M. D.,): Charles (M. D.), b. May 18, 1831; Mary Jane, b. March 4, 1829, m. Merritt Brown, Nov. 1, 1858; John Edgar, b. March 15, 1833 ; Esther Ann, b. April 19, 1835; Virgil, b. Dec. 30, 1841.


JOSIAH, 4th,66 m. Henrietta Perkins of Hartford, May 25, 1814 ; he d. at Rochester, N. Y., April 5, 1831. Children -- Josiah W. ; Mary Ann ; Charles P., m. Julia West of Rochester, N. Y. ; is now proprieter of the West Ave- nue Nurseries there : George P., b. at Rochester, July 22, 1827 ; banker at Hartford ; Champion, b. Jan. 11, 1830, m. a Miss Wales of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 3, 1854.


PORTER, 67 m. Lucy Tucker, he d. Oct. 18, 1855 ; George P., b. May, 14, 1803, d. Aug. 30, 1804; Ann White, b. Nov. 21, 1804 ; Col. George P., b. March 27, 1806 ; lives at Torrington, Ct .: Martin, b. Feb. 26, 1808 ; Lebbeus P., b. Jan 8, 1810; merchant at Rockville, Ct. : John, b. Oct. 18, 1811 ; Ro- setta F., b. Nov. 27, 1813 ; Elizabeth, b. April 23, 1816, d. May 1, 1847 ; Mary E., b. June 17, 1818; Lucy, b. June 25, 1820 ; William, b. Feb. 7, 1822, d. Feb. 22, 1825; Catharine, b. Oct. 27, 1823, d. Oct. 31, 1849.


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JOHN, 68 m. Elizabeth Thompson, Dec. 12, 1820. Children-John Hooker ; Caroline E., d. Oct. 23, 1825, a. 2 : Samuel T. ; m. Elizabeth Phelps; have dau. Fannie Elizabeth : Caroline E., d. Dec. 23, 1831, a. 5 ; Hezekiah ; Eliza- beth ; Caroline ; Mary Abalena.


HEZEKIAH, 69 m. Elizabeth P. Ellsworth. Children-Cornelia M., m. Charles H. Talcott of Glastenbury, Ct. Jan. 8, 1851; Hezekiah F., m. Sarepta Danforth of Sodus, N. Y. ; has a dau. : Frederic E. ; Fayette C. ; Elizabeth E. ; Mary A.


THOMAS, 70 m. 1st, Hannah Bissell, Nov. 23 ; who d. Jan. 2, 1793 ; m. 2d, Eleanor Mills, Nov. 20, 1804; he d. Dec. 31, 1855, a. 98. Children-Jimmy, b. Dec. 9, 1792, m. Amelia Mills, Nov. 23, 1817 ; she d. 1837, and he m. 2d, Maria Mills, Oct. 8, 1838; had Hannah Amelia, Maria Sarah, Jane Elizabeth, Charles Porter, Frederic A., James Mason (a boot and shoe merchant in Hartford), Ellen Athena, Homer Thomas : Eleanor Porter, m. Josiah Rice of Hartford, April 24, 1832 : Thomas H., lives in E. W.


ELI,71 m. Damaris (dau. of Rev. Thos.) Potwine, of E. W., Sept. 29, 1785 ; he d. April 21, 1830 ; she d. July 31, 1853. Children-Eli, b. Dec. 3, 1786 ; m. Emily (dau. of Dr.) Griswold of Manchester, Ct., May, 1820; had Har- riet L., b. Oct. 14, 1822 ; John Newton, b Nov. 5, 1824; E. Sheldon, b. May 5, 1827; Eli G., b. Oct. 15, 1831; John, b. Dec. 29, 1788; m. Phila (dan. of Jedediah Smith, of Glastenbury, April, 1829 ; she d. Dec. 29, 1847, a. 58 ; had Charles Henry, b. April 19, 1831; George Smith, b. June 24, 1833, who m. Jane Clark, of Bloomfield, in 1858: Electa, b. June 30, 1791 ; m. Jared L. Talcott, of Glastenbury, Ct., Nov. 18, 1818 : Damaris, b. Nov. 26, 1793 ; Eliza H., b. Oct. 18, 1800 ; m. Julius Hale, of Glastenbury, Ct., d. Dec. 22, 1853, a. 53.


AARON; 72 m. Naomi -; lived on E. W. Hill. Children-Sophia, b. May 17, 1785 ; Sukey, b. Nov. 14, 1787 ; d. Jan. 31, 1789 : Horace, b. March 18, 1790 ; Maria, b. Jan. 31, 1793 ; Edgar, b. June 30, 1800; m. - ; had Tuder, Henry : Alfred, b. Dec. 13, 1804.


EPAPHRAS, 73 m. Jerusha Wolcott. Children-Edward,75 b. Jan. 20, 1797 ; Frederic, bap. Oct. 6, 1799 ; lives at Toledo, Ohio, unmarried : Leverett, m. Julia Watson, Nov. 26, 1840 ; Theodore, had Harriet, Susan, Louisa, Henry : Sidney, bap. May 7, 1802; Frances, m. Owen P. Olmstead of Hartford.


LAWRENCE, 74 m. Jane Wolcott, Feb. 28, 1805 ; she d. Sept. 22, 1846. Children-Wolcott; Henrietta ; Jemima S., m. Chauncey G. Sexton. Nov. 28, 1829 : Jane Melissa, b. June 17, 1808 ; m. Wm. Green, April 29, 1834 : Sabra : Adelia, m. Francis W. Shepard of Northampton, Mass., April 29, 1844; Henry W. ; 76 Lawrence, who d. Nov. 16, 1825, a. 19.


EDWARD, 75 m. Jane Ann Maria (dau. of Dea. Abner) Reed, Oct. 15, 1823 ; lives at Toledo, Ohio. Children-Edward, jr., b. 1824; lawyer at Toledo, Ohio ; Elizabeth R. ; Arthur, M. D., who m. Anna Brown of Westchester, N. Y., and has one child, Flora, b. July, 1854, lives at Toledo, Ohio . Charlotte, d. in 1855 ; Mary, m. Alfred Gleason ; Henry, b. Aug. 12, 1834 ; lawyer at Toledo, Ohio ; Julia W.


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HENRY W., 76 m. Juliette Dawson, of Hartford, Oct. 14, 1840. Children- Elizabeth E., b. Aug. 8, 1841 ; Lucius H., b. Jan. 29, 1845 ; Juliette, b. April 30, 1849 ; Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1853.


Capt. EBENEZER FITCH BISSELL (son of David), was a prominent man in Windsor, and also in the Revolution. We are unable, in consequence of the number of Davids, of the same generation, to fix upon the proper line of des- cent to which he belonged ; he m. Esther Hayden, June 24, 1756, and d. in 1814 ; his children were, Esther, b. Nov. 28, 1757; d. Sept. 7, 1777, a. 21 : (Capt.) Ebenezer Fitch, jr., b. Jan. 14, 1760; Rhoda, b. Dec. 19, 1761; m. Elisha Bissell : Titus Lucretius, b. Oct. 23, 1766.


TITUS LUCRETIUS (son of Ebenezer F.), m. Eunice (dau. of Col. Jonathan), Humphrey, June 20, 1799. Children-Jonathan, b. at Windsor, June 9, 1800 ; d. at Philadelphia, Pa., March 18, 1845 : Titus Lucretius, jr., b. at Wind- sor, July 14, 1802; a dau. b. at Hartford, Nov. 30; d. Dec. 17, 1704 : Har- riet Eliza, b. at Hartford, Sept. 26, 1806 ; d. Nov. 29, 1812: Henry Camp, b. at Hartford, Nov. 29, 1810; now in Dallas Co., Ala. : Edward Hamilton, b. at Hartford, Nov. 18, 1812 ; Augustus Pettibone, b. at Hartford, March 11, 1814 ; d. April 16, 1823.


TITUS LUCRETIUS, Jr. (of Titus L.), m. Claudia (dau. of John) Bennet, Dec. 25, 1831; is now a hardware merchant at Charleston, S. C. Children-Harriet Eliza, b. at Mechlenberg, N. C., Dec. 25, 1832 ; Titus L., 3d, b. at Simsbury, Aug. 11, 1834; John Bennet, b. March 15, 1856; m. Sarah H. (dau. of Robert L.) Baker, Nov. 17, 1858 ; lives in Ala. : Henry Edward, b. Nov. 6, 1837 ; William Swinton, b. March 12, 1839 ; Mary Caroline, b. Oct. 5, 1840; Eunice Laura, b. March 15, 1842; Anna Keith, b. Nov. 30, 1843 ; Claudia Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1846; Georgo Augustus, b. Oct. 9, 1848; Mary Stone, b. Jan. 10, 1851.


TITUS LUCRETIUS, 3d (son of T. L., Jr.), m. Anna Thompson (dau. of George), Nov. 20, 1856 ; has Orville H., b. Nov. 11, 1857.


The following family seems to have originated in Manchester, and the S. E. portion of South Windsor. Connecting link unknown.


OZIAS, d. at Manchester, Ct., March 16, 1822, a. 93 ; his 1st wife, Mabel, d. Oct., 31, 1803, a. 75 ; 2d wife, Elizabeth Kilbourne, d. Aug. 26, 1828, a. 73; Ozias was a captain in the Revolution. Children-Russell, lives at St. Louis, Mo. ; Leverett, d. Marchi 25, 1813, a. 52 : his widow now lives at Manchester : Elijah, d. in the prison-ship at New York, during the Revolution : Ozias, jr. ; Bettie ; Anna ; Theodosia ; Freedom ; Daniel, moved to St. Louis, Mo.


OZIAS, Jr., m. and moved to Colebrook, N. H. ; had-Ozias, 3d, David, Benjamin K., b. May 4, 1783 ; Elijalı, d. Feb. 21, 1821, a. 28 ; Caroline, Lu- cretia, Austin, Fanny, Martin.


OZIAS, 3d, had Ozias, 4th, b. Dec. 1, 1808 ; Lewis G.


BENJAMIN K. (s, of Ozias, Jr.), m. Eunice Kay of Cheshire, Ct., April 31, 1827; resides in Chicago, Ill. Children-Benjamin K., jr. ; Charles H., b.


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Nov. 29, 1829, m. Ellen D. Bixby of Vergennes, Vt., Aug. 11, 1856 ; is now proprietor of the Matteson House, Chicago, IlI. : Elizabeth ; Emily Anu ; Eu- reka.


OZIAS, 4th (s. of Ozias 3d), m. Mary Parker, Nov. 17, 1831. Children- Mary Almira, b. Sept. 18, 1832, d. Oct. 5. 1843 ; William Ozias, b. Feb. 28, 1837 ; Orville, b. Jau. 3, 1843, d. Sept. 27, 1848 ; Mary Almira, b. July 2, 1850.


MISCELLANEOUS.


GEORGE, d. Dec 23, 1829, a. 45 ; Fanny, his wife, d. Feb. 25, 1847, a. 61. CORNELIA, d. Sept. 3, 1853, a. 42. CHARLOTTE, of Charles and Roxanna, d. Oct. 2, 1834, a. 2 years and S mo.


Births .- THOMAS, had Esther, b. Nov. 21, 1729 ; Anu, b. May 22, 1732. SAMUEL, had Isaac, b. Jan. 25, 1749 ; Oliver b. Oct. 13, 1753; Samuel, b. July 10, 1756 ; Mary, b. Sept. 8, 1758. ELIJAH, had Elijah, b. March 24, 1779. DANIEL (E. W.), m. Lydia Munsell, Dec. 27, 1768 ; he d. Jau. 30, 1809, a. 83 ; she d. Dec. 14, 1791, in 43d year ; both buried in Wapping old ground. Children-Jonah, b. Aug. 30, 1770 ; Fluvia, b. Aug. 27, 1772; Lu- cinda, b. Nov. 23, 1774; Esther, b. April 25, 1777 ; Chester, b. Dec. 6, 1780 ; Levi, b. May 1, 1784. Sgt. DANIEL, had Noah, b. June 27, 1775. Rev. HEZEKIAH, first pastor of Wintonbury Parish (Bloomfield, Ct.), see p. 372 ; m. Mrs. Mary Woodbridge of Groton, Nov. 20, 1740. Children-Hezekiah, b. Jan. 15, 1741-2 ; Hezekiah, b. April 24, 1743 ; Mary. SYLVESTER (E. W.), m. Mehitable -. C Children-Thankful Anna, b. Nov. 20, 1800; James Post, b. Sept. 26, 1802; Arabella Wells, b. March 28, 1805 ; Lucy Caroline, b. Feb. 16, 1807.


Marriages-HARRY (E. W.), m. Sarah Lam berton, Nov. 8, 1822. SILAS, m. Lucretia S. Chaffee, Oct. 9, 1839. HENRY W., m. Sarah Loomis, Oct. 22, 1834. DAVID, m. Fanny Latimer, Oct. 15, 1823. JOHN, m. Elizabeth Thomp- son, Dec. 12, 1820. HEZEKIAH, jr., m. Elizabeth Potwine Ellsworth, Dec. 28, 1820.


Deaths .- (E. W. Sc. Graveyard) .- ROSWELL, d. Jan. 25, 1762. ESTHER, d. Oct. 10, 1750. WOLCOTT, d. Jan. 29, 1798. HEZEKIAH, d. Oct. 20, 1774, in 27th year. HANNAH, wife of Thomas, d. Jan., 1793, in 32d year. CARO- LINE E., dau. of John and Elizabeth, d. Dec. 23, 1831, a. 4 yrs., 11 mo,, 13 d. ; auother dau. of same name, d. Oct. 23, 1823, a. 2 yrs. DANIEL, d. Oct. 29, 1812, in 41st yr. ; his wife Sybil, d. Dec. 4, 1812, in 43d yr, DANIEL, d. Dec. 7, 1820, in 80th yr. ; his wife Beulah, d. Dec. 30, 1821, a. 79.


(Wapping) .- HANNAH, widow of Timothy, d. Sept. 30, 1795, in 75th yr. ; their dau. MIRIAM, wife of Joel Green, d. Oct. 21, 1808, a. 19.


(East Windsor Records) .- MARY, dau. of David, d. Nov. 7, 1777.


(Windsor Records) .- ELIZABETH, wife of Daniel, jr., d. June 9, 1747. SAMUEL, d. Sept. 18, 1759. NATH., d. March 6, 1752.


The Rev. SAMUEL BISSELL, of Twinsburg, Ohio, is a grandson of Israel, of East Windsor, who d. of camp distemper in early life ; Rev. Samuel was b.


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in Middlefield, Mass., in 1798 ; moved to Ohio in 1806; grad. at Yale in 1823; settled in the ministry at Twinsburg, 1828 ; and has educated some 6,000 youth, among whom were nearly 100 Indians, some of whom are now in conspicuous stations in their tribe ; Mr. B. is still principal of the institu- tion at T., the oldest in Northern Ohio, with the exception of that at Aus- tenburg.




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