The history of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Part 58

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


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THOMAS, m. Martha Elmer, Dec. 24, 1761 ; he d. June 11, 1826, a. 89; she d. Nov. 27, 1812, a. 70 (E. W. O.).


THOMAS, had Phinehas, b. May 13, 1763.


ANN, " an Irish girl," had Ann, b. Oct. 2, and d. Oct. 18, 1721.


Deaths (E. W. O.) .- PELETIANI, S. of Abraham, d. July 29, 1826, a. S9 ; his wife PHEBE d. April 23, 1821, a. S1; their dau. CHLOE d. Sept. 14, 1781, in 7th year ; their dau. LouisA, d. Sept. 16, 1781, in 3d yr. MARY ANN, wife of Horace, d. June 9, 1836, a. 26; her dau. MARY ANN, d. Sept. 20, 1834, a. 2.


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(Wp. N.)-CHRISTIANA, dau. of William and Eunice, d. Nov. 26, 1844, a. 17. LORING, d. April 12, 1848, a. 33. EMERSON, S. of Norman and Maria, d. Jan. 6, 1840, a. 4 days; HENRY B. of same, d. March 19, 1850, a. 3 mos. ; DWIGHT B., of same, d. Sept. 21, 1851, a. 4 yrs. 2 mos. ; MARIA, the mother, d. Aug. 22, 1847, a. 27. MARY, wife of Eleazur, d. Dec. 19, 1856, a. 46.


FOUKS (Feakes, Fowkes, Fookes), HENRY, early at Dorchester, and at W. ; buried Sept. 12, 1640, at W.


FOWLER, AMBROSE, was one of a committee appointed to settle bounds between Uncoway and Poquonnoc, in 1641; moved to Westfield (for further accounts, see a genealogy in N. E. Gen. Reg., 1858, by Prof. Fowler of Am- herst Coll.) ; m. Jane Alford, May 6, 1646. Children-Abigail, b, March 1, 1846 ; John, b. Nov. 19, 1648 ; Mary, b. May 15, 1650 ( Old Ch. Rec.) ; Samuel, b. Nov. 18, 1652 ; Hannah, b. Dec. 20, 1654 (Old Ch. Rec.) ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 2, 1656 ; Ambrose, b. May 8, 1658. SAMUEL (of Westfield), m. Abigail Brown of W., Nov., 1683.


FOX, "The old wid. F., Mr. Henry Clark's sister, dyed April 13, 1673." JABEZ, had Polly, b. Jan. 20, 1772. HENRY H., son of Francis, d. Sept. 30, 1834, a. 19. SOPHIA, d. of same, d. Aug. 4, 1941, a. 27.


FRANCIS, WILLIAM, m. Agnes Loomis, Sept. 7, 1783 ; had Lovisa, b. June 3, 1786; William, b. April 4, 1790 ; Harriet, b. Jan. 1, 1795.


FROST, AARON (E. W.), m. Parnal Wood, April 12, 1773, who d. Sept. 17, 1776, in 23d year ; he m. 2, Margaret Hammond, Ang. 13, 1777, who d. Feb. 18, 1837, a. 87; he d. Aug. 3, 1817, a, 70. Children by Ist wife-Parnal, b. July 14, 1773 ; Aaron, b. Sept. 22, 1775. Children by 2d wife-Aaron, b. Nov. 3, 1778 ; Alpha, b. July 30, 1782; Selah, b. Oct. 10, 1784. JOSIAH, had David, b. Feb. 1, 1750 ; Mary, b. April 15, 1752; Noah, b. April 8, 1755 ; Ephraim, b. Oct. 4, 1757; Reuben, b. Sept. 18, 1760 ; Joel. b. May 16, 1763 ; Sarah, b. May 8, 1765. SAMUEL, m. Patience Hammond of Tolland, Ct., Nov. 22, 1775 ; had Amos, b. June 23, 1777.


Deaths (K. M .) .- Salmon, d. Jan. 23, 1854 ; ag. 63 : his wife NANCY, d. June 16, 1833, a. 56 ; their son JAMES, d. June 3, 1850, a. 26. WILLARD M., son of Henry W. and Eunice M., d. Sept. 21, 1856, a. 11 months.


FULLER, OBADIAH, m. Dorothy Dill, July 16, 1772. Children-Josiah, b. July 10, 1755 (or 1775 ?) ; Martha, b. March 21, 1773 ; Dorothy, b. Sept. 1, 1777; Cynthia, b. Aug. 9, 1780 ; Pitts, b. Oct. 23, 1782 ; Obadiah, b. Dec. 25, 1786.


GARDINER, Mr. JOHN, m. Mrs. Elizabeth Allyn, Jan. 23, 1711.


GAY, Abner, s. of Levi and Sarah ; d. March 26, 1785, a. 10 days.


GAYLORD (GAYLOR).


Deacon WILLIAM, among the first at W. (see p. 130) ; m. -; d. July


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20, 1673, a. S8; she d. June 20, 1657. Children-Elizabeth, b. in England ; m. Richard Birge, Oct. 1641 : William, jr.,1 Walter,2 Samuel,3 John. +


WILLIAM, Jr.,1 m. Ann Porter, Feb. 24, 1644 ; he d. Dec. 14, 1656. Child- ren-Anne, b. April 24, 1645 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 30, 1646 ; m. - Crandall : Jolın,5 b. Jan. 27, 1648 ; William, 3d, b. Feb. 25, 1650; Hezekiah, b. Feb. 11, 1652 ; d. 1678 ; no issue : Josiah, b. Feb. 13, 1654 ; Nathaniel,6 b. Sept. 3, 1656.


WALTER,2 m. 1, Mary Stebbins, April, 1648; who d. June 29, 1657; m. 2, Saralı Rockwell, March 22, 1659 ; who d. Aug. 19, 1683 ; he d. Aug. 9, 1689. Children by Ist wife .- Joseph,7 b. May 13, 1649 ; Mary, b. March 19, 1650 ; Joanna, b. Feb. 5, 1652 ; m. J. Porter, Sept. 1769 : Benjamin, b. April 12, 1655 ; Isaac, b. June 21, 1657. Children by 2d wife-Eliazur, 8 b. March 7, 1662; Sarah, b. April 13, 1665 ; m. Wm. Phelps, Nov., 1686 ; d. July 1688.


SAMUEL,3 m. Elizabeth Hull, Dec. 4, 1646; he d. Aug. 9, 1660, and his wid. m. Jno. Elderkin, March, 1670. Children-Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1647; Mary, b. Nov. 10, 1649 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 18, 1651 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 29, 1653 ; Samuel, b. July, 1657 ; Martha, b. Jnne, 1660.


JOHN,4 m. Mary (dau. of Job) Drake, Nov. 17, 1653; who d. June 12, 1683; he d. July 31, 1689. Children-John, b. June 15, 1656; Mary, b. Jan. 19, 1663 ; m. Matt. Loomis, Jan., 1686 : John, b. June 23, 1667 : Eliza- beth, b. Feb. 19, 1670.


JOHN,5 m. Mary Clark, Dec., 1683; d. April 27, 1699. Children- John,9 b. June 8, 1686 ; Mary, m. Ebenezer Bliss of Springfield : Ann, b. April 20, 1693 ; d. April 4, 1718.


NATHANIEL,6% m. Abigail (dau. of Thomas) Bissell, Oct. 17, 1678; who d. Sept. 23, 1723. Children-Nathaniel, jr.,10 b. Nov. 23, 1681; Abigail, b. March 13, 1683-4; m. John Griswold : Josiah,11 b. Feb. 24, 1686 ; Thomas (who d. June 21, 1690) ; and Joseph, twins, b. June 20, 1690; m. Sarah Buckland; no issue : Elizabeth, b. July 28, 1693; m. Samuel Griswold ; Ruth, b. April 10, 1700; m. Nathaniel Griswold : Esther, b. April 8, 1702: m. Benj. Griswold : Rachel, m. Jonas Barber.


JOSEPH,7 m. Sarah Stanley, July 14, 1670. Children-Sarah, b. July 11, 1671; Joseph, b. Aug. 22, 1673; John, b. Ang. 21, 1677.


ELEAZUR, S m. Martha Thompson, Aug. 18, 1686. Children-Martha, b. May 21, 1687 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 26, 1690 ; Eleaznr, jr., b. Feb. 26, 1694-5 ; Samuel, b. March 9, 1696-7; Hannah, b. Sept. 4, 1700.


JOHN, 9 m. Elizabeth Marshall, May 27, 1701. Children-William, b. April 24, 1702 or 1712 ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1704; Lydia, b. June 2, 1709 ; d. Oct. 2, 1718.


JOHN, m. Hannah Grant, April 3, 1712, who d. Feb., 1765 ; he d. June,


* For MSS. relative to this branch of the family, we are indebted to Mr. GEORGE R. GAYLORD of Poughkeepsie.


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1722. Children-John, b. June 7, 1713-14; d. Nov. 1840 : Alexander, b. Nov., 1715 ; d. 1760 : Ann, b. April 6, 1718 ; m. Ebenezer Bliss.


NATHANIEL, Jr., 10 m. Elizabeth (dau. of Wm.) Gaylord, 2d, June 1, 1710, who d. July 26, 1770, a. 80; he d. Dec. 28, 1762, a. 82. Children-Ann, b. March 17, 1710-11 ; d. Sept. 14, 1725 ; Nathaniel, b. July 14, 1713; d. Jan. 29, 1728-9 ; Daniel, b. June 13, 1715 ; d. May 6, 1734 ; Eliakim,12 b. Dec. 4, 1707 ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 25, 1717; d. April 12, 1737, a. 20.


JOSIAH, 11 m. Naomi Burnham, May 7, 1713. Children-James, b. May 24, 1714; d. June 22, 1714: Naomi, b. Nov. 3, 1715 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 1717; Josiah, jr.,13 b. March 7, 1719-20 ; Nehemiah,13/2 b. June 15, 1722; Elijah, b. Sept. 12, 1725 ; Giles, b. Dec. 19, 1728 ; d. Feb. 12, 1736.


ELIAKIM12 (son of Nathaniel 2d), m. Elizabeth Hayden, who d. Sept. 3, 1776, a. 65 ; he d. Nov. 10, 1796. Children-Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1744 ; m. Ephraim Booth ; 13 children : Nathaniel, b. Sept. 13, 1746; d. Sept. 16, 1749, a. 3 years : Eliakim, 14 b. June 23, 1749 ; Nathaniel,15 b. April 15, 1751; Eleazer, 16 b. May 14, 1753 ; Anne, b. July 27, 1756; d. Feb. 20, 1758: Ithamar, b. April 9, 1758 ; m. Lydia Pettibone of Suffield, Dec. 4, 1800 ; she d. Oct. 10, 1821, a. 63 ; had a son, Eliakim, b. Feb. 4, 1802.


JOSIAH, Jr., 13 m. Sarah Barnard, Feb. 14, 1744. Children-Hezekiah, b. Nov. 15, 1745; Josiah, b. March 6, 1748 ; d. Aug. 15, 1750 : Sarah, b. Aug. 15, 1751 ; Josiah and Thomas, twins, b. May 18, 1756.


NEHEMIAH, 13/2 m. Lucy Loomis, "a very pious woman," Nov. 10, 1748 , who d. Sept. 2, 1800, a. 74; he d. 1801, a. 80; they lived in Torringford, Ct. ; he was a farmer. Children-Joseph ;17 Nehemiah ; 18 Naomi, m. Asahiel Kellogg ; had three children : Lucy, m. Zachariah Mather.


ELIAKIM, 14 m. Anna Dana of Ashford, Nov. 5, 1788. Children-Anna, b. March 22, 1790; William, b. Nov. 21, 1791; Fasma, b. Oct. 18, 1793 ; Eliakim, b. Oct. 31, 1796 ; d. in infancy : Mary Dana, b. March 26, 1798 ; Lucinda, b. Oct. 25, 1800.


NATHANIEL,15 m. 1, Persis Stebbins, Oct. 18, 1781; who d. Feb. 20, 1804, a. 44 ; m. 2, Octavia (dau. of Rev. Joshua) Belden of Wethersfield, Feb. 3, 1808. Children-Laura, b. Dec. 22, 1788; Nathaniel, b. Aug. 8, 1791; Flavel S., b. Aug. 22, 1795 ; Sophia, b. May 12, 1800.


ELEAZER,16 (s. of Eliakim), m. Sylvia Clark ; he d. Sept. 17, 1817, a. 64. Children-Betsy, b. Oct. 1, 1781; m. Luke Fish : Flavia, b. Sept. 19, 1773 ; m. Samuel Hale : Eleazer, b. Oct. 11, 1785 ; m. Hannah Haskell, Feb. 25, 1819 : Sylvia, b. Sept. 8, 1787 ; m. Seth Dexter: Huldah (twin of Sylvia), b. Sept. 8, 1787; m. Cephas Blodget : Harriet, b. Dec. 15, 1790 ; m. Oristus Rising : Hezekiah, b. March 18, 1793.


JOSEPH, 17 m. Ruth Bissell. Children-Ruth, m. Jesse St. John of Kent ; had five children : Elijah. 19


NEHEMIAH, 18 m. Esther Stephens (b. 1754) in 1779 ; lived in Torringford, Ct. Children-Sally, never married ; was thrown from a sleigh and killed,


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Dec. 23, 1821 : Nathaniel, 20 b. Oct. 18, 1783; Nancy, d. April 25, 1817; unmarried ; Henry L. ; 21 Erastus F.,22 b. Oct. 21, 1795.


ELIJAH, 19 m. 1, Esther Loomis of W., who d. Feb. 12, 1812 ; m. 2, Betsy Comstock of Kent. Children by Ist wife-Fanny, b. Nov. 10, 1801; m. Roderic Bissell of Torringford ; had six children : Esther W., b. Feb. 15, 1804 ; m. John H. North of South Cornwall ; had four children : Giles L., b. Nov. 8, 1807 ; m. 1, Pamelia Preston of Harwinton, by whom he had two daus. ; she d. May, 1846 ; he m. 2, Sarah Blake of Winchester, by whom he had a son and dau. Children by 2d wife-Ann, b. Sept. 6, 1814; m. Porter A. Gibbs of Harwinton ; had two sons : Mary Louisa, b. July 14, 1816; d. in infancy, June 7, 1817.


NATHANIEL,20 m. Hepzibah Rockwell of Sharon, Ct. ; lived many years at Winsted, Ct., and d. Feb., 1859, at the house of his son, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Children-George R. ; Maria, m. Rev. Samuel T. Seelye of Albany, N. Y.


HENRY L.,21 m. Maria Tousley of Manlius, N. Y .; resided many years in Cleveland, O., and d. March, 1853.


ERASTUS F.,22 m. Lucetta Cleveland of Madison, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1823 ; re- sides at Cleveland, Ohio ; merchant. Children-Sarah B., b., Dec. 1823 ; m. Dr. John S. Newberry, Oct., 1848 : Henry C., b. Oct., 1826; m. Catherine Hilliard, June, 1856 : Harriet R., b. Oct., 1829 ; m. Geo. C. Hammond, Nov., 1852; Charles D., b. Jan. 28, 1840.


WILLIAM (s. of John 9 ?), m. Elizabeth Stoughton, Feb. 28, 1739. Child- ren-Elizabeth, b. Nov. 18, 1740; John, b. June 26, 1743 ; Jerusha, b. April 9,1753.


ALEXANDER (E. W.), m. Hepzibah Ladd (or Sadd ?), Feb. 9, 1743; he d. Nov. 23, 1760, in 46th yr. Children-Alexander, jr., b. Nov. 18, 1752; also a John, who d. May 23, 1749, a. 1 yr. 11 mo.


HEZEKIAH, had Frederick, b. June 6, 1748.


JOHN, m. Elizabeth Stoughton, March 5, 1751 ; had Abiel, b. April 30, 1753 ; Zemiah, b. March 31, 1761.


ABIEL (E. W.), s. of John above. Children (E. W. O. Rec.)-Zeriah, b. March 5, 1775 ; John Lathrop, b. Aug. 28, 1776; Betty, b. March 23, 1778 ; Guy, b. Jan. 12, 1780; Horace, b. Aug. 15, 1781; Stoughton, b. Ang. 17, 1784; Ann, b. Feb. 17, 1786 ; Horatio, b. March 15, 1788 ; Harry, d. Oct. 17, 1790 ; Polly and Sophia, twins, b. July 22, 1793 ; Norman, b. May 2, 1796.


CHARLES (E. W.), d. March 9, 1799, a. 79 yrs. Children (E. W. R.) -- Charles, jr., b. Dec. 12, 1779 ; Alexander, b. March 28, 1782 ; John, b. March 13, 1785.


MISCELLANEOUS.


Marriages .- JOSEPH, m. Sarah Buckland, Oct. 21, 1714. HEZEKIAH, m. Sarah Filley, Dec. 29, 1825.


Births .- RUTH had Benoni (Benj. Denslow being the reputed father), b. Sept. 9, 1723. ELIZABETH (dau. of John, jr.), b. Feb. 19, 1670. JOHN, S. of


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John, b. July 15, 1692. DAVID, s. of Daniel, b. Aug. 26, 1701. THOMAS, s. of Thos., b. Dec. 10, 1682.


Deaths .- JOHN, d. Nov. 24, 1740. JOSEPH, or JOSIAH, d. June 25, 1741. WILLIAM, d. Oct. 11, 1755. Wid. ELIZABETH, d. March 15, 1758. Lieut. NATHANIEL, d. April 26, 1720. JOHN, jr., d. June 25, 1722/ Lieut. NA- THANIEL, d. March 26, 1720, a. 64. HANNAH, wife of John, d. Feb. 23, 1761, in 76th yr. ELIZABETH, wife of Lieut. Matthew, d. July 26, 1762, a. 80. JOSEPH, d. March 22, 1777, a S6. ELEAZER, d. Sept. 17, 1817, a. 64. JOHN, d. June 22, 1826, a. 83. MARY, wife of John, d. April 1, 1821, a. 6S.


GEORGE, JOHN, d. April 28, 1724.


GIBBARD, NATHANIEL, of Colchester, m. Mary Bissell, Feb. 28, 1720.


GIBBS (Gibbes), GILES,* supposed from Devonshire, England, where the name is common ; was a freeman at Dorchester, 1633, and a grantee of lands the same year ; selectman in 1634 ; came to Windsor early ; was buried, May 21, 1641 ; directed in his will that his son should be placed apprentice to some godly man for five years ; and to have the lot over the Great River, if he faithfully served out his time ; to Samuel, Benjamin, and Sarah, he gave £20 each ; to Jacob his house, home-lots, and all his lots west of the River, after decease of his mother ; estates £76 18s &d; his widow, Katherine was his executrix, and d. Oct. 24, 1660. Children-Gregory, b. at W., in 1649 : Jacob,1 Samuel,2 Benjamin, Sarah.


JACOB,1 m. Elizabeth Andros, Dec. 4, 1657. Children-Mary b. Aug. 21, 1659 ; Abigail, b. Jan. 7, 1661; Jacob, b. Dec. 1, 1664; d. in 1664 : Jacob,3 b. June 22, 1666 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 28, 1668 ; Elizabeth b. April 1, 1670 ; Eli- zabeth, b. Sept. 13, 167 -.


SAMUEL,2 m. Hepsibah Debble, April 15, 1664; who d. Feb. 22, 1697-8 ; his estatet £111 3s 9d. Children -Benjamin,4 Hepsibah, b. Jan. 12, 1664 ; m. A. Dickinson, and d. before her father ; Patience, b. Dec. 2, 1666 ; m. Sam- uel Denslow ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 30, 1668 ; m. - Hayden ; Joanna, b. March 26, 1671 ; m. Moses Loomis ; - b. April 4, 1673 ; m. - Hux- ley : Catherine, b. April 29, 1675 ; d. June 29, 1676 : Samuel,5 b. April 16, 1677; Jonathan, b. Feb. 16, 1679 ; Miriam, m. Josiah Bissell.


JACOB,3 m. Elizabeth - , who d. Jan. 13, 1689 ; he d. March 18, 1708-9.# Children-Abigail, b. Oct. 3, 1694; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1697; Jacob, b. July 30, 1700 ; Ebenezer, b. Nov. 8, 1703 ; Mary, b. April 26, 1706 ; Esther, b. July 9, 1709 ; John, b. March 18, 1711-12.


BENJAMIN,4 m. Abigail Marshall, Sept. 16, 170S. Children-Benjamin, b.


* There were also at W. FRANCIE, and JOSEPH GIBBS, who were probably brothers of Giles. Jo- SEPH was one of a committee to the General Court in 1637.


t Hinman, says he d. in 1716, an aged man, and gives from probate records his estate and names of sons-in-law, as above.


# Hinman says he d. Feb. 16, 1711-12 -- that his estate was £778 8s 10d ; that his widow's name was Abigail, and also that he was the first of the name that d. in the colony ; which latter is a mistake.


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April 23, 1710 ; Zebulon, b. Aug. 10, 1711 ; Henry, b. Aug. 5, 1713; Abigail, b. March 16, 1714-15 ; Hannah, b. Nov. 2, 1716 ; William, b. June 10, 1718.


SAMUEL,5 had Samuel,6 b. Nov. 30, 1704 ; Giles,7 b. Aug. 8, 1706; d. Oct. 28, 1708.


SAMUEL, Jr.,6 had Samuel,8 b. May 2, 1729 ; Mary, b. Aug. 17, 1735.


GILES, 8 had Giles, b. June 5, 1742 ; Abigail, b. May 25, 1744; Rachel, b. April 14, 1746; d. March 23, 1763 : Seth, b. Feb. 4, 1748-9 ; Titus, b. Sept. 7, 1750 ; Sarah, b. March 20, 1753 ; Lery, b. July 20, 1756 ; Oliver, b. Aug. 3, 1758 ; Giles, b. May 25, 1760; Mary, b. July 13, 1762; Deborah, b. Jan. 30, 1765.


SAMUEL, had Josiah, b. March 11, 1754 ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1756; Hul- dah, b. Sept. 5, 1757. ,


SAMUEL, m. Mary Winchell, March 4, 1702-3.


JACOB, had Abigail, b. Oct. 3, 1694-5.


Deaths (E. W.) .- EBENEZER, d. Sept. 17, 1798, a. 40; his wife ELIZABETH, d. Oct. 20, 1813, a. 53. TEMPERANCE, wid. of James, d. July 1, 1791, in 64th year. ALFRED, b. April 12, 1782 ; d. Aug. 26, 1826, a. 44 years ; his wid. SALLY, d. March 9, 1851. Their Children-WILLIAM H., d. March 5, 1825, a. 67 ; GEORGE, d. Sept. 1, 1810, a. 4 years 5 mo .; SALLY, d. July 23, 1814, a. 6 wks .; RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN (son of Stephen and Ruth), d. Jan. 27, 1774, in 4th year ; LOISA (dau. of same), d. March 13, 1795, a. 5 wks.


GIFFIN (I.), Mr. NATHANIEL, drowned in Scantic River, Dec. 28, 1808, in 24th year. Mrs. KEZIAH, wife of John, d. Nov. 16, 1811, in 46 year.


GILLET (GILLETTE),


NATHAN and JONATHAN, two brothers, came to Dorchester, Mass., with Mr. Warham in 1630, both of whom moved to W., with the first emigration.


NATHAN was admitted freeman in Dorchester in 1634, and came to W. in 1635; he moved to Simsbury, where his wife d. Feb. 21, 1670. Children-Elizabeth, b. Oct. 6, 1639 ; Abia, b. Aug 22, 1641; Rebecca, b. June 14, 1646 ; d. July 13 : Elias, bap. July 1, 1649 ; Sarah, bap. July 13, 1651 ; Benjamin, b. Aug. 29, 1653; Nathan, jr.,1 b. Aug. 1655 ; Rebecca, b. Dec. 8, 1657.


NATHAN, jr.,1 'm. 1, Rebecca Owen, June 30, 1692 ; m. 2, Hannah Buck- land, March 30, 1704. Children by 1st wife-Isaac,2 b. Aug. 2, 1693; Dinah, b. Oct. 18, 1696. Children. by 2d wife-Azanalı, b. March 28, 1705 ; Ann, b. April 3, 1707; Zabed, b. April 6, 1710; Hannah, b. Aug. 11, 1712 ; Jorthmiel, b. Jan. 7, 1714-15 ; Gideon, b. Aug. 12, 1717.


ISAAC,2 m. Elizabeth Griswold, Oct. 29, 1719. Children-Isaac, jr., b. May 16, 1720 ; m. Honora Stephens, Dec. 28, 1742 : Zaccheus, b. Dec. 18, 1724 ; m. Ruth Phelps of Simsbury, Dec. 15, 1743 : Jacob,3 b. Jan. '47, 1726 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1728; Ava, b. Dec. 28, 1731; d. Dec. 28, 1736: Sgt. Ava, b. Dec. 10, 1739.


JACOB,3 m. Lydia Phelps of Simsbury, Dec. 15, 1744. Children-Jacob,


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b. Oct. 13, 1745 ; Abigail, b. March 25, 1746 ; Joab, b. Nov. 6, 1747 ; Lydia, b. Aug. 1, 1750 ; Jacob, b. Aug. 8, 1755 ; Jabez, b. Jan. 13, 1761.


JONATHAN, Sen., brother of Nathan, was early at Dorchester, and early removed to W., with Children-Cornelius,1 Jonathan, 2 and Mary. Children born at Windsor-Anna, b. Dec. 29, 1639 ; Joseph, bap. July 25, 1641; Samuel, b. Jan. 22, 1642 ; John, b. Oct. 5, 1644; Abigail, bap. June 28, 1646 : Jeremiah, b. Feb. 12, 1647 ; Josias, bap. July 14, 1650.


CORNELIUS,1 settled on spot now occupied by the family of Oliver S. Gillet, dec. ; m. Priscilla Kelsey ; he d. June 26, 17 -. Children-Priscilla, b. Jan., 1659 ; d. young : Priscilla, b. May, 1661 ; m. - Grimes : Abigail, b. Sept. 20, 1663; m. 1, - Loomis; m. 2, - Birge ; had Cornelius,2 b. Dec. 15, 1665; bap. Jan. 28, 1665-6 : Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1668 ; Hester, b. May 24, 1671 ; Saralı, b. Jan. 3, 1673 ; m. - Webb : Joanna, b. April 22; bap. "ye 23d day," 1676 ; m. 1, - Allyn ; m. 2, - Bancroft : Daniel,3 b. July 1, 1679 ; bap. "ye 27th day."


CORNELIUS, Jr.,2 m. 1, -; m. 2, - Rowel. Children-Cornelius, b. 1693 ; Daniel, b. March 11, 1695-6 ; Samnel, b. March 19, 1702-3 ; Thomas, b. Aug. 1, 1705; Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1707; Deborah, b. Feb. 28, 1708; Stephen, b. June 30, 1713 ; m. Ann Loomis, Sept. 21, 1738 ; had Stephen, b. Nov. 1, 1738.


DANIEL,3 m. Mary Eno, Jan. 28, 1702-3 ; he d. Aug. 16, 1753, a. 75; she d. Dec. 17, 1773, a. 92. Children-Daniel,4 b. Nov. 17, 1703; Mary, b. July 9, 1705 ; m. Anthony Hoskins : John, b. Sept. 11, 1707 ; Ann, b. March 12, 1710-11 ; m. Samuel Barber ; Eunice, b. Feb. 21, 1716-17 ; m. Isaac Bull, the ancestor of Dr. Isaac Bull of Hartford ; had 2 children : Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1719 ; m. Thomas Moore : Margaret, b. Dec. 31, 1723; m. Timothy Phelps : Dorothy, b. May 15, 1726 ; m. Sam. Cook.


DANIEL,4 m. Anna Filley, Jan. 6, 1726. Children-Anna, b. Dec. 13, 1726 ; Daniel, m. Ruth Loomis of Boston, Aug. 27, 1735 ; had dau. Ruth, b. Oct. 13, 1736; he d. April 25, 1743 : Shnbal, d. July 19, 1744.


JOHN,5 m. Elizabeth Drake, Sept. 30, 1731; lived on the family home- stead ; he d. Dec. 25, 1800; she d. Jan. 5, 1802. Children-Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1732; m. 1, Eli Palmer ; m. 2, - Thrall ; she d. Jan. 2, 1820, a. 88 : Lucy, b. Nov. 23, 1735 ; m. Samuel Allyn : John6 and Jabez,7 twins, b. July 30, 1738; Ann, b. Aug. 16, 1740 ; m. Josiah Moore : Prudence, b. May 22, 1743; m. Watson Loomis ; she d. July 27, 1830, a. 87 ; one child : a son, b. April 20, 1746; lived one hour : Daniel,8 b. Nov. 22, 1748.


JOHN,6 m. Abigail Catlin ; he d. January 15, 1825, a. 87. Children-John ; Benjamin, a. 87 : Abigail, m. - Stoughton.


JABEZ,7 m. 1, Anna Loomis ; m. 2, Lauranna Roberts ; removed to Tor- ringford ; he d. April 29, 1818. Children-Anna, m. Oliver Phelps ; had Phenia, unmarried : Panl, m a Cook ; Fanny, m. a Spencer ; Harriet, m. a Colt ; Oliver; Horace ; Chloe, m. Anson Colt; had Nancy, m. Aralazaman Loomis ; Anson, m. Mary Ann Barber ; Chloe, m. Leverett Tuttle ; Henry, m. Chloe Catlin ; Charlotte, m. Burton Pond ; Jabez, jr., b. 1818 ; d. an in-


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fant : Roxauna, m. Hezekiah Durand ; had Betsy ; Julia ; William, m. Lu- anna Barber : Esther, m. Uri Curtis ; had Rufus, m. Ursula Fowler ; Esther, m. Rial Burr; Harriett, m. Luther Birge ; Gillet, m. Louisa Wetmore ; Eliza- · beth, d. unmarried, July 31, 1833, a. 60: Amelia, m. Seth Treadway ; had Clarissa, m. Darius Wilson ; Marvin Sidney, m. Sarah ; Aurelia ; Charles ; Horace,9 b. Oct. 6, 1779, at Torringford, Ct. ; John, m. Mary Woodward ; John, m. Charlotte Smith ; Rufus.


DANIEL,8 m. 1, Amy Palmer, Nov. 2, 1769 ; she d. Oct. 27, 1785 ; he m. 2, Alethina Gratia (sister of Rev. Henry and Rev. Wm.) Rowland, Feb. 15. 1789 ; he d. Aug. 13, 1837, a. 89 ; she d. Jan. 2, 1828, a. 72. Children by 1st wife-Amy, b. July 30, 1770 ; m. Christopher Wolcott, Sept. 25, 1766 ; she d. July 24, 1835 : Jemima, b. Dec. 28, 1774 ; m. Job. Drake, Oct. 2, 1796 : Deboralı, b. Oct. 2, 1777 ; m. Alvy Rowland, June 1, 1803 : Daniel,10 b. Nov, 25, 1781. Children by 2d wife-Sarah Macauley, b. Oct. 22, 1793 ; became the 2d wite of Dea. Jasper Morgan, Sept. 12, 1832; had Sarah Gillett, b. July 3, 1833 ; Jasper, jr., b. May 9, 1836 : Oliver Sherman, Ul b. May 15, 1796 ; William Rowland,12 b. Jan. 18, 1801.


HORACE,9 m. Rachel Austin, June 9, 1801 ; he is still living in Torringford, Ct. : she d. Sept. 10, 1849, a. 68. Children-Electa Cornelia, b. May 21, 1803 ; d. June 16, 1810 : Horace Cornelius, 13 b. Feb. 6, 1806 ; Caroline M., b. May 23, 1811 ; m. Chas. N. Henderson, July 29, 1839 ; he d. Jan. 4, 1859 ; she lives in Chicago, Ill. ; had Mary Jane, b. May 3, 1840 ; Nelson Cornelius, b. May 15, 1842 ; Caroline, d. Oct. 4, 1842; Adelaide, b. June 24, 1843; d. Sept. 14, 1843 ; Charles Cornelius, b. April 3, 1845 ; Caroline Isadore, b. June 21, 1848 ; d. Jan. 21, 1849; Caroline, b. April 1, 1852; d. Sept. 13, 1852 : Harriet Electa, b. June 15, 1815 ; d. June 26, 1823 : Samuel Jabez, b. Aug. 3, 1817 ; lives at Torringford, Ct.


DANIEL, 10 m. Edith (sister of Hon. Isaac) Bates of Northampton, Nov. 20, 1805 ; lived at South Hadley Canal, Mass; he d. Jan. 15, 1824, a. 42. Child- ren-Catharine, b. Dec. 21, 1807 ; m. John T. Griswold, April 22, 1830; she d. Aug., 1832 : Elizabeth, b. March 24, 1809 ; d. Nov. 23, 1815 ; m. Elias C. Butts of South Hadley : Mary Ann, b. June 23, 1811 ; Daniel Bates, b. Aug. 18, 1813 ; d. June 19, 1814 : Edith, b. April, 1815 ; d. same month : Edward, b. Aug. 24, 1817; lives at Westfield : Daniel Bates, b. June 21, 1819 ; lives at Enfield.


OLIVER SHERMAN,11 m. 1, Fanny Pickett, Oct. 20, 1818; she d. July 18, 1829, a. 32 ; he m. 2, Sarah A. Belden, Nov. 11, 1832 ; he d. Sept. 14, 1841, . a. 45. Children by Ist wife-Frances Bethiah, b. Aug. 9, 1819 ; m. W. A. Baker ; she d. Sept. 9, 1850, a. 30 : Caroline Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1822 ; m. L. T. Frisbie, April 5, 1848 : Mary Alethina, b. Oct. 30, 1825. Children by 2d wife-Cornelius, b. June 16, 1836 ; Sarah Belden, b. Jan. 26, 1839.


WILLIAM ROWLAND,12 m. Clemina Parsons, Oct. 19, 1825 ; he d. Sept. 10 1829, a. 28; she m. a Clark of East Hampton, Mass., where she d. Children- Rachel, Alethina, b. Aug. 30, 1827 ; Wm. Rowland, jr., b. Nov., 1829.


HORACE CORNELIUS (M. D), 13 a physician at South Windsor, Ct. ; m. Sarah


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A. Watson, Oct. 1, 1834. Children-Cornelius, b. Sept. 25, 1835; d. infant : Ellen Caroline, b. June 23, 1841 ; Sarah Watson, b. May 6, 1844.


JONATHAN, Jr.2 (son of Jonathan, sen., and brother of Cornelius, see p. 629), m. Mary Kelsey of Hartford, April 23, 1661 ; who d. April 18, 1676; he m. 2, Miriam Debble, Dec. 14, 1676 ; who d. undelivered in child bed, April 18, 1687. Children by 1st wife-Mary, b. April 5, 1665 ; Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1667 ; Jonathan, b. Feb. 18, 1670 ; d. Sept. 1, 1683 : William, b. Dec. 4, 1673 ; Thomas,1 b. May 31, 1678; d. June 11, --: Hannah, b. Sept. 18, 1682 ; Ebenezer, b. Oct 28, 1679 ; Samuel, b. Dec. 18, 1680.


THOMAS,1 m. Martha Mills, Nov. 21, 1700 ; he m. 2, Hannah Clark, Feb. 26, 1704 ; who d. Feb. 20, 1708-9. Children-Abel,2 b. Oct. 18, 1705 ; Joel,3 b. May 1, 1707 ; Jonah, b. Oct. 18, 1708.


ABEL,2 went from W. to Wintonbury, now Bloomfield, when a young man, with all his goods tied up in a pocket handkerchief ; was a weaver and farmer, a man of remarkable industry and high character for morality and benevolence ; m. Abigail Ensign, of West Hartford, Ct., 1730; d. Dec. 15, 1794. Children-Abigail, b. Nov. 28, 1731; Clotilda, b. Sept. 24, 1733 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 24, 1735 ; Jerusha, b. Sept. 30, 1737; Agnes, b. Nov. 1, 1739 ; Eunice, b. Nov. 6, 1741 ; Abel,+ b. May 16, 1744 ; Lovie, b. June 1, 1746 ; Sarah, b. May 3, 1748 ; d. Dec. 25, 1757 : Ashbel,5 b. Dec. 26,1754. JOEL,3 had Lucy, b. Feb. 18, 1739.




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