The history of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Part 78

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

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JOHN 3 (called sergeant on the town records, and on his gravestone) of W .. Ct., m. Elizabeth Taylor, at W., May 19, 1724; he d. at W., Nov. 12, 1728, a. 45 ; his widow hecam + 2d wife of Jonathan Stiles, and moved to New Jersey. Only Child-JOHN, b. May 6, 1729 ; d. in 1756, unmarried, a. 25.

JONATHAN, ** of W , Ct. ; m. Saralı Eggleston of W., Jan. 12, 1708 ; Deacon Jonathan Stiles, d. at W., Dec. 30, 1775 ; his wid. Mrs. Sarah Stiles, d. at W., Feb. 19, 1784. Children-SARAH, b. July 27, 1711. JONATHAN, b. April 28, 1722 ; d. young. JONATHAN, 2, b. March 18, 1725-6 ; d. Sept. 8, 1775.

JONAH 5 of W., Ct., moved to Westfield, Mass. ; he m. wid. Rachel Brown of Windsor, Jan, 1, 1739. Children, b. at Windsor-LUCY, b. Oct. 5, 1729 ; m. 1, Gurdon Munsell of W., Nov. 7, 1751; m. 2, Nathaniel Morton. Children b. at Westfield-GIDEON,8 b. Aug. 10, 1731. JONAH, b. Aug. 7, 1734; d. Jan. 4, 1756, a. 22. SHUBAEL, b. Aug. 11, 1736; d. in 1753, a. 17. ELIA- KIM, b. Aug. 22, 1738 ; was killed in the old French war. RACHEL, b. Oct. 1, 1740 ; m. Samuel Owen. ALICE, b. Feb. 2, 1743 ; d. in 1754, a. 11.

AMOS 6 of W., Ct. ; m. Lydia (dan. of Benjamin and Abigail) Cooley of Springfield, Mass., about 1725. Children-HENRY ;9 LYDIA ; MARGARET ; ZUBA ; RACHEL,

SAMUEL 7 of W., Ct. (called on Windsor records and his gravestone, Lieutenant), m. Mary Phelps of W., Feb. 17, 1729-30 ; Lieut. Samuel d. at W., Feb. 17, 1792, a. about 87; his widow d. at W., Oct. 6, 1799, a. 95. Children-MARTHA, b. at W., April 9, 1731 ; m. Elijah Parker of Belchertown, Mass. ; had 5 children ; she d. about 1782. MARY, b. 1734; d. at W., April 18, 1817. HANNAH, b. 1735 ; m. Ashbel Stiles of North Haven (her cousin, being son of Rev. Isaac Stiles), 1758. SAMUEL, b. 1737; d. Dec. 21, 1757, a 20. ELIZABETH, b. 1739 ; m. Elijah Norton, Aug. 4, 1768; had Aurelia L., b. Nov. 18, 1769 ; Benjamin ; Elijah, b. Feb. 6, 1773 ; Joseplı, b. Aug. 8, 1777 ; Mr. Elijah Norton d. March 15, 1797; Mrs. Elizabeth (Stiles) Norton d. March 15, 1828, a. 86. MARGARET, b. 1743 ; d. a. 3 wks. MAR- GARET, 2d, b. 1744 ; d. at W., Oct. 28, 1822, a. 78. BENJAMIN, b. April 26, 1745 ; d. suddenly of disease of heart, a. 19. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 15, 1749 ; d. July 23, 1817, a. 66.

GIDEON S of Westfield, Mass. ; m. Sarah Taylor. Children b. at Westfield- ALICE, d. in infancy. JONAH, 10 b. Sept. 1, 1759-60 ; m. - , SAUBAEL, 11 b. 1762. DORUS, 12 b, July, 1765 ; d. May 29, 1836, a, 71. BETSEY, d. in in-

* Was a prominent man in the town of Windsor, and a deacon in the church in the time of Rev, Jonathan Marsh, the 3d pastor. Ilis dwelling house is still standing just north of the Bissell's Ferry road, and next south of Mr. Henry Phelps' house.

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fancy. SALLY, b. Jan. 21, 1771; d. Nov. 9, 1838, a. 72; m. Isaac Coit. ROXENA, d. in infancy. ROXENA, 2, m. Solomon Smith. BETSEY, 2, b. Jan. 19, 1778; m. Samuel Owen, Jr., son of her cousin Samuel Owen, Sen. HANNAII, b. Jan. 11, 1780 ; m. Oliver Smith. GIDEON. 13

HENRY,* 9 settled in that part of Hatfield, Mass., since known as Whately ; m. Ruth Wells; he d. April 20, 1810, a. S0; she d. July 5, 1812, a. 86. Children-PEGGY ; ZILPANI, m. Peter Clark, 1808 ; LYDIA ; LEWIS ; ESTHER.

JONAH, 10 m. Sophia Brooker of Washington, Mass., Nov. 17, 1784 ; moved from Rupert, Vt., to Solon, Onondaga (now Truxton, Cortland) County, N. Y., about 1795 ; was a first settler in the wilderness ; accumulated a handsome pro- perty ; was esteemed for his social and benevolent qualities ; held many town offices of trust ; was a soldier of the Revolution, present at the capture of Bur- goyne, and received a pension ; he d. March 9, 1840, in Truxton, N. Y. ; she d. Feb. 7, 1836. Children-OTIS, b. at Southwick, Mass., Dec. 22, 1787 ; m. Deborah Wood of Coleraine, Mass .; lives at Truxton, N. Y. ; has 3 children. SOPHIA, b. in Southwick, Mass., Dec. 12, 1789 ; m. Alexander Forbes, in Truxton ; lives in Medina County, Ohio ; has 6 children. JONAS, b. in Rupert, Vt., May 15, 1791 ; m. Maria (dau. of Samuel) Owen; lives at West- field, Ohio ; has 2 children. JULIA, b. in Rupert, Vt., Feb. 10, 1794 ; m. Jolin Wicks of Truxton, N. Y. ; 7 children, 5 now living. HARRIET, b. at Solon (now Truxton), N. Y., June 12, 1797 ; m. Robert Wilson of Truxton ; both are dead ; had 4 children. SAMUEL,14 b. in Solon, N. Y., May 12, 1798. ELECTA, b. in Solon, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1801 ; d. Nov. 3, 1803.

SHUBAEL,11 of Westfield, Mass. ; m. Eunice Owen, Feb., 1782; d. Nov. 17, 1845 ; she d. May 17, 1840. Children-ROWENA, b. June 22, 1782; m. Philip Nelson, Nov., 1805 ; d. March 6, 1840. THEODOSIA, b. March 7, 1784; m. Warren Boynton, Feb., 1800. KEZIAH, b. Dec. 30, 1785 ; d. Dec. 1, 1853, a. 58 ; unm. SHUBAEL, jr., 15 b. June 27, 1789. EUNICE, b. April 17, 1790; m. Wm. Hosmer, Oct. 10, 1811. CANDACE, b. Aug. 17, 1797 ; m. Bement Parker, April 18, 1820 ; d. June 17, 1840. KILBOURNE, b. May 9, 1792. ALICE, b. Jan. 28, 1794 ; d. April 22, 1804. MILTON, b. Oct. 24, 1799; d. Aug. 6, 1803.

DORUS,12 of Westfield, Mass. ; m. Sally Barker of Suffield, Ct. ; he d. May 29, 1836, a. 71; his wid. d. Nov. 9, 1838, a. 72. Children-HENRY, 16 b. April 2, 1785. ELIAKIM,17 b. Feb. 4, 1788. ANSON, b. 1789 ; d. Jan. 1, 1818, a. 29. CURTISS, b. 1792; d. May 7, 1816, a. 24. NORMAN, b. Jan. 20, 1798 ; m. Phebe B. Hamiston, March 9, 1820 ; he d. Dec. 2, 1856, a. 58. DORUS, d. unmarried, Nov. 5, 1832, a. 34. JARVIS,18 b. Nov. 15, 1827 ; MILTON, b. 1794; d. Oct. 9. 1805, a. 113 years. MILTON, 2d, m. Catharine Nelson, Oct.

* Henry Stiles, appointed constable at the first meeting for the election of town officers, held at the house of Daniel Morton, innholder, May 6, 1771 .- Temple's Eccl. Ilist. of Whately, p. 11,

t Lydia Stiles, and Ruth Stiles, arc mentioned among those who "consented" to the covenant of the first church established in Whately, at a meeting held for formation of said church, Aug. 21, 1771 .- Temple's Eccl. Hist. Whately, p. 11.

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14, 1836 ; lives at Spencer, Ohio. SALLY, b. Oct. 2, 1793; m. Richard Mather ; she is now living at Southwick, Mass. BETSY, b. Oct. 1, 1802; m. Dr. Levi W. Humphrey of Southwick, Mass., Jan. 24, 1829. MARIA, b. Sept. 3, 1809 ; m. Jeduthan Clarke, Nov. 8, 1831 ; no issue.

GIDEON,13 Jr. (now living in Southwick, Mass.) ; m. 1, Dientha Noble, Nov. 28, 1802 ; m. 2, Mary Bush of Westfield, Ang. 25, 1817. Children by Ist wife-EMELINE, b. Oct. 30, 1803; m. Julius Harmon of Suffield, Ct., May 21, 1823. Children by 2d wife-DIANTHA NOBLE, b. Dec. 23, 1817; m. Wells Fowler of Westfield, June 29, 1842; had Eloisa, b. May 1, 1844. GIDEON ANSON, 19 b. Feb. 9, 1819 ; m. Mary A. Gibbs. JONAH, b. March 17, 1835 ; un- married.

SAMUEL, 14 m. Rachel Wilder of Sherburne, Chenango County, N. Y., June 14, 1836 ; resides in Franklin, Delaware County, N. Y. ; farmer and mann- facturer of woolen goods. Children -- SOPHIA, b. at Truxton, N. Y., July 7, 1837. CATHERINE WILDER, b. at Sherburne, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1839. SAMUEL KEYS, b. at West Burlington, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1851.

SHUBAEL, JR, .15 m. 1, Elvira Bills, m. 2, Margaret Parsons, Jan. 25, 1825. Children-KILBOURN, 20 b. Dec. 17, 1809. MILTON, b. May 25, 1813, JAMES, b. Feb. 25, 1818. Edwin, b. Dec. 27, 1820. Lucy E., b. July 30, 1815 ; m. Horace Birge, Dec., 1843.

HENRY, 16 m Sally Avery of Groton, Ct., Dec. 30, 1819. Children-SARAHI L., b. Aug. 29, 1820; m. Easton Q. Rising. CURTIS H., b. Sept. 15, 1822. DORAS A. b. June 17, 1824; m. Betsy Ann Warner of Westfield, July 5, 1847 ; lives at Southwick, Mass. ; is a tinplate and iron worker. Lucy A., b. Nov. 5, 1826; m. Benj. Van Horn. ANNETTE M., b. Jan. 14, 1829; m. Charles S. Warner. MARY A., b. May 12, 1832. NORMAN C., b. June 18, 1834; m. Nellie J. Wing, of Buffalo, N. Y., March 5, 1857 ; is a die sinker and machinist, Meriden, Ct. PHEBE B., b. July 25, 1836; m. John Benzaqun, July 13, 1857.

ELIAKIM,17 m. Mary P. Holcomb, Oct. 4, 1821. Children-CAROLINE G., b. Sept. 1, 1823. CATHERINE M., b. Dec. 27, 1825 ; m. Aaron Pinney, Sept. 20, 1846. CAROLINE G., b. March 19, 1831. EDWARD II., b. Oct. 8, 1836.

JARVIS,18 m. Fannie Ely, Nov. 15, 1827; lives in Westfield, Mass. Children all b. at Westfield .- JAMES, b. Ang. 26, 1828. MARY FRANCES, b. July 24, 1832 ; d. April 12, 1839. EDMUND E., b. July 4, 1834 ; d. Dec. 15, 1835. EDMUND E., b. June 12, 1836 ; lives at Stonington, Ct. CHARLES H., b. June 3, 1839.

GIDEON ANSON,19 m. Elizabeth Gibbs of Harpersfield, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1852. Children-ELLA, b. Oct. 30, 1853. FRANK, b. Nov. 24, 1855 ; d. Feb. 23, 1857.

KILBOURN,20 m. Olivia Bush, Oct. 15, 1835. Children-ALBERT, b. 1839 ; d. Oct. 11, 1840. VICTORIA, m. Alonzo Tayler, Jan. 25, 1853. ELVIRA. ISIDORA, b. July 1, 1846.

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II .- DESCENDANTS IN THE LINE OF JOHN STILES, SON OF JOHN STILES THE SETTLER.

JOHN* of W., Ct., m. Dorcas Burt,t dau. of Henry Burt of Spring- field, Oct. 28, 1658 ; he d. at W., Dec. 8, 1683, about 50. Children-SARAH, b. at Springfield, Sept. 12, 1661 ; m. 1, Ephraim Bancroft of W., Ct., May 5, 1681; he d. in 1727, a. 66 ; she m. 2, Thos. Phillips ; had by first husband- Ephraim, b. Feb. 8, 1682 ; Jolin, d. inf .; Sarah, d. 1727, a. 40 ; Benjamin, drowned March 29, 1716, a. 21 ; John, d. 1755 ; Nathaniel, b. 1698 ; Daniel, b. July, 1701 ; Thomas, b. 1703; Mrs. Sarah Bancroft, alias Phillips, d. Oct., 1727, a. 65 or 66. HANNAH, b. March 23, 1664-5, at W., Ct. (only 83 mos. before her brother John) ; she m. Samuel Bliss of Springfield on Jan. 21, 1687; had Hannah, b. May 1, 1689 ; Sarah, b. July 6, 1692 ; d. a. 15 ; Lydia, b. Nov. 24, 1695 ; Samuel, b. March 29, 1701 ; Mrs. Hannah Bliss, d. Dec. 8, 1704. JOHN,1 b. at Windsor, Dec. 10, 1665. EPHRAIM.2 THOMAS, m. Bethiah Hanmer of Scituate, near Boston ; lived in Springfield ; d. about 1740, a. 67; left no issue.

JOHN 1 of W., Ct., m. 1, Ruth Bancroft (b. at Westfield, Mass., dau. of Samuel Bancroft), who d. in childbed, 1714; 2, wid. Sarah Rumrill, who d. abont 1742, without issue ; he d. at New Haven, Ct., May 20, 1753, a. 80. Children-all by Ist wife ; all b. at Windsor .- RUTH, b. Feb. 5, 1691 ; m. Nathan- iel Taylor of W., May 31, 1711 ; had Ruth ; Jerusha, m. Sol. Doolittle ; d. Feb. 4, 1792 ; Stephen, d. inf. : Stephen, b. 1718 : Elizabeth, b. Jan. 21, 1720 ; Abigail ; Margaret, b. Oct. 1725 ; Kezia, b. Oct., 1726 ; Moses, d. in war, Nov. 29, 1756, a. 27, unmarried ; John, d. in war, Jan. 6, 1757, a. 24, unmarried ; Mrs. Ruth Taylor, d. at Torrington, Ct., Dec. 11, 1760, a. 70. JOHN,3 b. Dec. 17, 1692. MARGARET, b. Feb. 23, 1694-5 ; m. Joseph Peck of W., Ct. (who afterward moved to Tolland and d. in Litchfield, Ct.), Feb. 53, 1714-15 ; had a son, d. inf. ; Joseph, d. 1741, a. circa 22; Margaret, b. 1719-20 ; Ebenezer, b. 1721 ; Ruth, b. 1723 ; Benoni, b. 1726 ; Mrs. Marga- ret Peck, d. about 1726, a. 32. ISAAC,4 b. July 30, 1697. A SON and a DAUGIITER, twins, both d. in inf. EBENEZER,5 b. April 7, 1701. NOAH,6 b. Jan. 31, 1703. ABEL, d. inf. HANNAH and another, twins; d. young. ABEL,7 b. March 5, 1708. HANNAH, b. Oct. 9, 1711 ; m. Isaac Haydon at Windsor, Ct., Nov. 19, 1736; had issue. Hannah, b. 1737; Lucy, d. inf. ; Isaac, d. inf. ; Ezra, d. inf. ; Anna; Miriam and Mabel, twins, both d. inf. ;

* " The family tradition says, that a woman and her child paid only a single passage, but double if weaned; and though John was old enough to wean when they came from England in 1634, yet his mother suckled him during the voyage, and so gained his passage." (Pres. Stiles's Ms. Genealogy of the Stileses, 1764.)

t There is a tradition in the family that the mother of this Dorcas Burt, hefore she came over from England, was luid out for dead, and put into the coffin; Int at her funeral signs of life appeared, and she recovered and came to New England, settled at Springfield, and hero iu America had 19 children (ten of which at least lived to have families), one of whom was this Dorcas." (Pres. Stiles's Ms. Genealogy of the Stileses, 1764.)

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Mrs. Hannah Haydon, d. Sept. 1750, a. 39. BENONI, b. 1711; d. at a. of 3 months.

EPHRAIM,2 m. Abigail Neal of Westfield, Mass., in 1694; lived there, and afterward at Springfield, Mass. ; he d. about 1755, a. about 85. Child- ren-RACHEL, b. at Westfield, Mass., May 21, 1695 ; d. about 1750 ; no issue. ISAAC,8 b. at Westfield, Mass., Oct. 6, 1696. EPHRAIM,9 b. at Westfield, Mass., Dec. 5, 1699. ABIGAIL, b. at Springfield, Mass., March 15, 1704 ; d. a. 10 years. HANNAH, b. at Springfield, Mass., July 31, 1708 ; m. David Jones of Springfield, about 1740; had David, b. 1743; Hannah ; Asa; -- d. in infancy ; Mrs. Hannah Jones, d. 1763, a. 55.

JOHN, Jr.,3 settled in that part of Windsor, now known as Scantic, in East Windsor; m. Mary Osborn of W., May 7, 1713; he d. in W., July, 1763. Children, all b. at W .- JOHN, b. May 12, 1714; was unmarried in 1764. MARTHA, b. Feb., 1717; m. Joseph Osborn, Dec. 30, 1736; had Martha, b. Jan. 18, 1738 ; Joseph, b. Feb. 13, 1739 ; Mindwell, b. Feb. 28, 1742; David, b. Sept., 1745 ; Abel, d. 1751, a. 3 or 22 years ; Abel, b. April 8, 1752 ; Dorcas, b. Nov., 1754; Margaret, b. Jan., 1759. ISRAEL, 10 b. at W., Ct., Sept. 13, 1719. MARY, b. 1720 (was unmarried in 1764). BENONI, b. 1726 ; d. in war, 1760; no issue. ANNA, m. Moses Bissell of W. ; had Israel Osborn, b. July, 1751 ; a girl, d. 1 day old ; Irene, b. about 1755; Anna; Abel, d. 1760; infant; Bulah, b. Aug., 1761. ELIZABETH, m. Ebenezer Clark of Ellington, Ct., in 1780, when she was 52 years old, and he 62 ; she was his 2d wife, and lived with him 28 years, and 12 after his death; no issue.

(Rev.) ISAAC,4 * m. 1, June, 1725, Keziah Taylor (dau. of Rev. Edward Taylor and his wife, Ruth Wyllys of Westfield, Mass.), who d. in childbed, Dec. 4, 1727, a. 25 ; 'm. 2, Esther Hooker of Farmington, Ct., Oct., 1728 ; Rev. Isaac Stiles d. at North Haven, Ct., May 14, 1760, a. 63; Mrs. Esther Stiles

# REV. ISAAC STILES was educated at Yale College, where he graduated Bach. of Arts in 1722, and A. M. in 1725; being the first of the name and blood that had a liberal edneation in America; his epitaph gives a summary view of his history and character :

"This Monument is ereeted ! To the Memory of | The Rev. Isaac Stiles, A. M., | who was born in Windsor, July 30, 1697, | received a liberal education | at Yale College; | Ordained to the pas- toral offiee | In the church of North Haven, | November 11, 1724, | Where he served in the min- istry 36 years, | And died May 14, 1760, atat 63. Having a mind ennobled | With sublime and venerable conceptions | of the Most HIGH, | And the perfect order and happiness of the universe ; | Illuminated with Divine views | Of the economy of that part of it | Under the Mediatorial Do- miuion | Of Jesus Christ | Also Being intimately aegnainted with the Sacred Oraeles ; | And having a natural gift of Eloention, { He preached the Gospel with Power and Fidelity: | A Friend to pure and undefiled | Religion | With a charitable benevolence | to All Mankind. " Mors mihi vita est.

Rev. Isaac Stiles was a plain out-spoken preacher. if we may judge from the following : "Onco on a time," during intermission on Sunday, he saw one of his congregation stealing his melons. In his afternoon sermon he referred to the taking in a manner somewhat personal. After treating of that particular sin (theft), said he, "no longer than this Lord's day noon (pointing to a per- son in the gallery), I saw you. John Johnson, thon son of Belial, thou child of the devil, enter my garden and steal my melons." Rather elose preaching that, but characteristic of the times, I suppose. This anecdote has been handed down in the family from my boy hood .- ( Letter of Ezra Stiles, Esq., of N. Haven, Ct., 1856.

Ilis published works are:

1. A Looking-glass for Changlings. A Seasonable Caveat against Meddling with them that are given to change, in a Sermon preached at the Free-men's Meeting at New Haven, April 1I, 1743. By Isaac Stiles, A. M., Pastor of the Church of Christ in North Haven. Published at the

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d. Jan. 2, 1779, a. 77. Only child by Ist wife-EZRA,11 b. Nov. 29, 1727. Child- ren by 2d wife-ISAAC, 12 b. Sept. 5, 1729. KEZIA, b. Aug. 6, 1731; m. Basil Munson of Carmel, Ct., May 2, 1751; had Job Lucianus, b. Sept. 26, 1752 (N. S.) ; Titus, b. March 1, 1755 ; Ezra, b. May 15, 1757 ; Isaac, b. Sept. 2, 1760; Kezia, b. March 6, 1763 ; Mrs. Kezia Munson, d. Oct. 17, 1768, a. 37. ASHBEL, b. Aug. 30, 1734 ; d. Nov., 1734, a. 10 wks. ASHBEL, 13 b. Sept. 11, 1735. ESTHER, b. Dec. 1, 1736 ; d. Aug. 8, 1737, a. 8 mos, JOB, b. July 1, 1738 ; d. Oct. 5, 1738, a. 3 mos. ESTHER, b. Aug. 8, 1739 ; m. Lemnel Brad- ley of Carmel, Ct. ; issue, Chauncey Bradley, b. 1760 ; Esther Stiles, b. 1768 ; Leverett, b. Sept. 1769 ; Hamlin, b. April, 1771; these three last moved with their mother to St. John's River, Nova Scotia, May, 1783. JOB, b. Nov. 4, 1741; d. Aug. 15, 1751, a. 10 yrs. RUTH, b. June 13, 1744 ; d. Ang. 31, 1759, a. 154 yrs. Lucy, b. April 20, 1746 ; d. Sept. 7, 1751, a. 52 yrs.

EBENEZER,5 settled in Windsor, Ct., afterwards moved to Tolland, and thence to Coventry ; he m. 1, Ann Drake, at Windsor, Nov. 2, 1725; she d. July 7, 1726 ; 2, Sarah Pinney, at Windsor, Jan. 28, 1729-30; he d. at Coventry, May 21, 1779, in 80th yr ; she d. Aug. 14, 1776, in her 70th yr. Children, all by 2d wife-SARAH, b. April 25, 1731 ; m. - Davis ; issue, Eleazer, b. 1748. ANN, July 20, 1733 ; m. 1, Hezekiah Herrick of Coventry, Ct .; had Ann, b. 1751; she m. 2, Philip Smith of Windsor, Ct., issue-Stephen; Sarah, d. inf. ; Philip; Renben Stiles, b. Jan., 1763 ; Sarah, b. May, 1765. RUTH, b. Jan. 23, 1735 ; m. Amos Richardson of Coventry, Ct., June, 1752; had Ann, b. March, 1753; Hezekiah, b. Jan., 1755 ; Zebulon, b. Feb. 1758; Reuben Stiles, d. 1762, a. 3 days ; Ruth, b. March, 1765. REUBEN, b. March 25, 1737; after his return from the conquest of Havana in Cuba, in 1762, m. Submit (dau. of Capt. Eliphalet) Carpenter of Coventry, Ct., Nov., 1764; had no issue ; was a quarter-master in the Revolution, and d. in the service. HANNAH, b. Sept. 18, 1739 ; m. Capt. Eliphaz Hunt of Coventry Ct., May 21, 1761, who d. Jan. 12, 1820, in 82d yr; she d. Jan. 3, 1815, in 80th yr ; had Ebenezer, b. July 2, 1766; Eleazer, b. April 18, 1772; Hannah, b. Sept. 30,

Desire and Cost of a number of the Hearers. Job xxxiv, 30 : That the Hypocrite reign not, Jest the People be ensnared.

Flie primenm fortuna fidem mntata novavit. Quæ mentem insania mutat ? Nune te fata impia, Tangunt .- Virgil.

N. London, Printed and Sold by T. Green, 1743 (44 pages).

2. A Sermon, preached by the Reverend Isaac Stiles, A. M., Pastor of the Church in North Haven, at the ordination of his son, Ezra Stiles, A. M., to the Pastoral charge of the Church and Congregation met in Clark street, Newport, October 22, 1755. The Lord is my Strength .- Hab., iii, 19, Wait on the Lord ; be of good Courage, and he shall strengthen thine Heart; wait, I say, on the Lord .- Psalm xxvii, 14. Withont me, ye can do nothing .- John, xv, 5 Nowport, Rhode Island, Printed by J. Franklin, at the town School Honse (33 pages).

The sormon published at his death was entitled :

3. The Righteons perishing, and no Man laying it to Heart, illustrated. Two occasional Ser- mons, delivered at North Haven, June 1, 1760, soon after the death of the Rev. Isaac Stiles, late Pastor of the Church there; and in a time of Mortality among them. Published at the desire of the Bereaved Family, and a number of hearers, to whom they are humbly dedicated. By Theophilns IIall, V. D. M., Pastor of the Church in Meriden. A poor wise man, by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no Man remembered that some poor Man .- Solomon. The Time cometh that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doeth God service .- St. John. Printed by Parker and Company.

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1774 ; Ruth, b. July 2, 1779. STEPHEN, b. Aug. 18, 1743; d. July 14, 1759, a. 16 yrs.

NOAH,6 settled in Windsor, Ct. ; m. Abigail Gaines of Enfield, Ct., Jan., 1735. One child-NOAH, b. in W., March 8, 1735-6; m. his cousin Martha Osborn (dau, of Martha Stiles), Nov. 1, 1761; had three children, two of whom were still born, and one died in infancy.

(Rev.) ABEL, 7 * m. Alethea (dau. of Rev. John) Robinson of King- ston, near Plymouth, Mass., in 1740; settled in Woodstock, Ct., where he d. July 25, 1783, a. 75. Children, all b. at Woodstock, Ct .- ABEL, b. June 6, 1741 ; d. Aug. 29, 1744. ALETHEA, b. July 4, 1743; d. Aug. 22, 1744. ALETHEA, b. July 9, 1745 ; m. Hadlock Marcy, A. M., of Woodstock, Ct. ; had one dau., Sophia, who m. Major Fox in 1783, and their dau. m. a Free- man ; Mrs. Alethea Marcy d. Jan. 27,1784, a. 39. ABEL, b. March 11, 1748 ; d. Dec. 13, 1754. SOPHIA, b. March 20, 1749-50; d. Dec. 4, 1754.

ISAAC,8 settled in Westfield, Mass., and m. 1, Mary Brooks, Dec. 22, 1720, who d. Oct. 21, 1756 ; he m. 2, Deborah Hermon of Suffield, Ct., May, 1757 ; he d. Oct. 4, 1790, a. 94. Children, all by Ist wife and all born at Westfield - ABIGAIL, b. March 26, 1724 ; m. Thomas Hanchit of Westfield, Sept. 20, 1753 ; d. April 7, 1754, a. 30, leaving one dau., Abigail, b. Feb. 26, 1754 ; who d. Sept. 9, 1756. ISAAC,14 b. June 23, 1726. MARTIN,15 b. July 17, 1728. DANIEL, b. Oct. 17, 1729 ; d. Oct. 12, 1731. ISRAEL,16 b. May 27, 1731. DANIEL, b. Jan. 20, 1733. MARY, b. Sept. 6, 1734; m. 1, David Birch of Simsbury, Ct., May 24, 1757; no issue ; m. 2, Phinehas Southwell of Suf- field, Ct., in 1762 ; has Phinehas, jr., b. 1763 ; Mrs. Mary Southwell, d. Feb. 25, 1801.

EPHRAIM,9 settled at Westfield, Mass. ; he m. 1, Mercy Fowler of West- field, Jan., 1723; she d. Feb. 1, 1735-6 ; he m. 2, Jemima Meacham of

:): Rev. ABEL STILES was educated at Yale College, where he grad. in 1733 A. B., and A. M., in 1736; and in which seminary he was afterward a tutor. Ile was settled in the ministry, at Woodstock, in Conneetient, July, 1737. The First Society in Woodstock, at the time of his settlement, comprised the eastern half of the town, and during his ministry was divided into two parishes. Mr. Stiles went to the North Parish, called Muddy Brook, where he lived until his death on July 25, 1783, in bis 75thi year and the 46th of his ministry. His character was thus drawn, at his death : " In him uncommon strength of genius and superior capacity were refined and brightened by a learned education ; by application his elassie knowledge became extensive, his aequirements in natural and moral philosophy considerable, in divinity eminent. Diligent and critical in his researches into the holy seriptures, he was hereby furnished for doe- trine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, and singularly for prayer, in which he became wiser than all his teachers. As a preacher, his deser ptions were clear, his admonitions weighty, his exhortations solemn ; and both his prayers and discourses strikingly adapted to unexpected and ineidental occasions. Ile proved himself the seribe well instructed onto the kingdom-apt to teach-instruetive in conversation-the sincerc, steady friend, parent and husband; and although hasty in his natural temper, yet sensible of this constitu. tional defect, and frequently refloeting on himself with penitenee and prayer, he showed the tender, compassionate, benevolent, good man." His only published work is, A Sermon, preached at Rehoboth, (in the Province of Massachusetts Bay,) May 14, 1766; at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Ephraim Hyde, Pastor of the First Church in that town. By Abel Stiles, M. A. and Pastor of the First Church in Woodstock. Providence, in New England : Printed by Sarah Goddard and Company, 1767 (24 pages).

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Enfield, Ct., Aug. 5, 1736, and moved to Pittsfield, Mass. Children, all b. at Westfield-ZEBEDIAH,17 b. Sept. 15, 1723 or 4. MERCY, b. Jan. -. SIMEON, 18 b. May 12, 1726. MERCY, b. Jan. 28, 1727 ; m. 1, Abel Old, July 23, 1747 (who settled in Westfield) ; had Experience, b. Jan., 1750 ; Lydia, b. Feb. 11, 1752 ; m. 2, Reuben Gunn, May 6, 1756 ; had Warham, b. Dec. 26, 1757; Ann, b. June 22, 1760 ; Hannah. EXPERIENCE, b. March 26, 1730 ; m. Eldad Palmer of Westfield, Mass., Sept. 1, 1756 ; issue, Levi, b. June 24, 1757; William, b. July 19, 1759 ; Lydia, b. July 18, 1762. EPHRAIM, b. Oct. 10, 1731. BETHIAH, * b. June 27, 1733 ; m. Mr. Goodwin of Hartford, Ct., 1758; lad 1 dau. JEMIMA, b. May 30, 1737. ELIZABETH, b. June 17, 1739 ; m. Timothy Walker of Housatonic (No. 4), June, 1758; had 3 children by 1764. AARON, 19 b. June 14, 1741. MOSES, b. March 12, 1743-4. ELI,20 b. May 22, 1746. SELAH, b. Dec. 4, 1747. RACHEL, b. Jan. 3, 1750 ; d. about 1752.

ISRAEL,10 settled in that portion of Windsor now known as Scantic, and m. Martha Rockwell, about 1748 ; he d. Sept. 13, 1794. Children, all b. in (E.) W .- ANN, b. Sept. 10, 1749 ; d. 1751, inft. ISRAEL, Jr., b. April 16, 1751. ASAHIEL, 21 b. May 2, 1753. JOHN,22 b. Sept. 15, 1755. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 28, 1757; m. Jenette Harper ; d. of consumption, Jan. 9, 1813; no issue. MARTHA, b. March 13, 1760; m. Thomas Potwine of Windsor ; issue, Thomas, John, Israel, Benjamin, Martha. BENONI, 23 b. July 15, 1763. ANN, b. April 9, 1766 ; m. Benjamin Ellsworth ; had nine children ; and d. Nov. 9, 1831, a. 67. (Rev.) EZRA,11 (LL. D. and President of Yale College) m. 1, Elizabeth (dau. of Col. John) Hubbard of New Haven, Ct., Feb. 10, 1767; she d. May 29, 1775, a. 44; m. 2, Mrs. Mary (wid. of William) Checkley of Providence, R. I., Oct. 17, 1782 ; President Stiles, d. at New Haven, May 12, 1795, a. 68. Children, all by Ist wife-ELIZABETH, b. April 17, 1758; d. unmarried at Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 16, 1795. EZRA,24 b. March 11, 1759. KEZIA TAYLOR, b. Sept. 29, 1760; m. Lewis Burr Sturges of New Haven, Ct., Dec. 12, 1784: d. (undelivered) in childbed, Dec. 29, 1785, a. 254. EMILIA, b. April 21, 1762; m. Jonathan Leavitt, Esq., April 21, 1796; issue, Sarah Hooker, b. March 7, 1797; d. Jan. 29, 1837, a. 40 : Maria Holmes, b. July 27, 1798 ; Emilia Stiles, b. Dec. 6, 1799 ; Jonathan, b. Nov. 17, 1801; d. Aug. 6, 1802 : Jonathan, b. April 9, 1803 ; d. May 10, 1821, a. 18 : Elizabeth Hubbard, b. March 7, 1807; Mrs. Emilia Leavitt, d. Nov. 7, 1833. ISAAC, b. Aug. 10, 1763 ; grad. at Y. C. in 1788, and was probably lost at sea. RUTH, b. Aug. 20, 1765 ; m. Rev. Caleb Gannett at Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 19, 1800 ; their only child was Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannett of Boston, Mass., b. May 4, 1801; Mrs. Ruth Gannett, d. at Cambridge, Mass., June 11, 1808. MARY, b. Aug. 25, 1767 ; m. Rev. Abiel Holmes, Aug. 29, 1790 : Mrs. Mary Holmes, d. Aug. 29, 1795 ; no issue. SARAH, b. July 14, 1769 ; d. Sept. 4, 1769, a. 7 weeks, 3 days.

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The history of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Part 78

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

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