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2. 6 Sarah, b. July 5, 1767, m. Eliphalet St John.
3. 6 Benjamin, b. May 2, 1773.
4. 6 Charles, b. Oct. 19, 1779, d. Dec. 14, 1840, m. April 4, 1804, Elizabeth Lockwood.
5. 6 Mary B., b. July 13, 1783.
6. 6 Epenetus, b. June 5, 1785.
9. 5 Hezekiah, b. Oct. 14, 1749, d. Dec. II, 1840, m. Aug. 8, 1775, Mary, dau. of Samuel Peck of Greenwich, Conn., b. Nov. 13, 1752, d. Sept. 19, 1842, and had :
I. 6 Mary (Polly), b. July 18, 1776, m. April 10, 1796, Rufus Newman.
2. 6 Hannah, b. March 12, 1778, d. Aug. 16, 1849, m. March 24, 1799, Isaac Wardwell.
3. 6 Rufus, b. Aug. 19, 1780, d. Sept. 16, 1853, m. Ist, Feb. 7, 1804, Elizabeth
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Scofield, m. 2d, June 18, 1817, Betsy Howe.
4. 6 Sally, b. Nov. 18, 1785, m. Feb. 9, 1806, John Scofield.
5. 6 Luther, b. Aug. 25, 1788, m. Oct. 25, 1814, Hannah Selleck.
6. 6 Bethia, b. Jan. 15, 1795, d. Jan. 26, 1852, m. Charles S. Gaylor.
6. 4 Deborah, b. June 28, 1705, m. Ist, Dec. I, 1726, William King, d. Dec. 23, 1753, m. 2d, Pierre Quintard.
7. 4 Moses, b. Aug. 6, 1709, d. June 9, 1787, m. Ist, Nov. 25, 1731, Jemima, dau. of Ebenezer Mead, m. 2d, May 12, 1767, Rachel Weed (removed to Litchfield, Conn.), and had:
I. 5 Jemima, b. Jan. 9, 1733, m. Dec. 12, 1751, David Waterbury.
2. 5 Ebenezer, b. Aug. 4, 1734.
3. 5 Moses, b. June 5, 1736.
4. 5 Abraham, b. Dec. 28, 1737.
5. 5 Tamison, b. July 28, 1739, m. Feb. 13, 1769, Titus Lockwood.
6. 5 Jabez, b. June 24, 1741.
7. 5 Phebe, b. June 10, 1743.
8. 5 Sarah, b. Aug. 2, 1745.
9. 5 Jane, b. March 3, 1747.
IO. 5 Isaac, b. April 14, 1750.
II. 5 Jared, b. July 27, 1751, d. Oct. 22, 1848, m. in 1796, Catharine Baldwin.
3. 3 Moses, b. in 1666, d. in 1753, m. Oct. 30, 1689, Elizabeth Crissy (removed to Reading, Conn.), and had:
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I. 4 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 7, 1690, and perhaps others. 3 Samuel, b. in 1668, d. in 1739, m. Hannah Bush- nell, removed to Danbury, Conn.
5. 3 Sarah, b. in 1670, m. Ebenezer Mead. 6. 3 Hannah, b. in 1672.
2 Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1638, m. Feb. 2, 1657, John Disbrow.
5. 6. 2 Ruth, b. Nov. 6, 1640, m. Sept. 20, 1657, Joseph Ferris.
2 Hannah, b. March 6, 1642.
7. 8. 2 Moses, b. about 1645, m. in 1669, Abigail, dau. of Richard Westcott, and had:
I. 3 Lydia, b. about 1670, d. Feb. 9, 1710, m. May 2, 1685, Thomas Penoyer.
2. 3 Abigail, b. about 1672, m. Dec. 1, 1692, John Crissy.
3. 3 Sarah, b. about 1674, m. Samuel Husted.
4. 3 Hannah, b. about 1676, m. Ist, Nov. 6, 1696,
ROBERT B. MILLER, EDITOR OF THE " LYON MEMORIAL, NEW YORK FAMILIES."
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Nathaniel Cross, m. 2d, March 31, 1715, Samuel Palmer.
2 Lydia, b. about 1646, m. Richard Mills. 9.
ROGER KNAPP, of Fairfield, Conn., belongs to an entirely different family. His daughter, Lydia, married Isaac Hall.
LOCKWOOD FAMILY.
I ROBERT LOCKWOOD came from England about 1630, and first settled in Watertown, Mass .; removed about 1646 to Fairfield, Conn., where he died in 1658; married Susannah -, who after his death married Jeffrey Ferris, and died in Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 23, 1660. The Lockwood chil- dren were: 2 Jonathan, 2 Deborah, 2 Joseph, 2 Daniel, 2 Ephraim, 2 Gershom, 2 John, 2 Abigail, 2 Sarah, and 2 Mary.
For the genealogy of this family, see the Lockwood Family in America, by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, published in 1889.
LYON FAMILY.
I THOMAS LYON, born in England, about 1621, probably came to America in the fleet with Winthrop and Salton- stall in 1630; married, Ist, Martha Joanna Winthrop of Salem, Mass., died about 1654; married 2d, Mary, daughter of Simon Hoyt, of Stamford, Conn. He died at Greenwich, Conn., in 1690. His children were: 2 Mary, 2 Abigail, 2 John, 2 Thomas, 2 Samuel, 2 Joseph, 2 Elizabeth, 2 Deborah, and 2 Sarah.
For the genealogy of this family, see the Lyon Memorial, New York Families, published in 1907. Editor, Robert B. Miller of Brooklyn, N. Y., Associate Editor, A. B. Lyons, M.D., of Detroit, Michigan.
MARSHALL FAMILY.
Compiled by Spencer P. Mead, LL.B., with the assistance of the data collected by Jessie A. Marshall, late of Port Chester, N. Y.
I THOMAS MARSHALL, a Quaker, born in England, about 1610, came to Boston, Mass., about 1637; made freeman at New Haven, March 7, 1647; removed to Greenwich, Conn., before 1658, where he died in 1671 ; m. , and had :
I. 2 Thomas, b. at Boston, Jan. 2, 1644, probably d. young.
2. 2 John, b. about 1646, granted, April 15, 1669, a piece of
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meadow land at Cos Cob Neck, lying between Mr. Jones's land and Cellar Neck, d. in 1712, m. Ist, Sarah Webb, m. 2d, a dau. of John Rockwell of Stamford, Conn., m. 3d, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Lyon, and had by his Ist wife:
I. 3 John, b. about 1674, d. 1727, m. Abigail, dau. of John and Abigail Banks, d. in 1758, and had:
I. 4 John, b. about 1700, d. , m. Jan. 10, 1731, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Marshall, and had:
I. 5 John, b. April 18, 1732, m. , and had:
I. 6 Justus, bapt. April 9, 1762.
2. 6 Hannah, bapt. April 9, 1762.
3. 6 Orpha, bapt. Sept. 11, 1763.
4. 6 Jerome M., bapt. March 9, 1766.
5. 6 John, bapt. July 10, 1768.
6. 6 Thomas, bapt. July 10, 1768.
7. 6 Sarah, bapt. Aug. 2, 1770.
2. 5 Hannah, b. Nov. 18, 1733, d. Feb. 28, 1744.
3. 5 Justus, b. Sept. 4, 1735, removed to Dutchess County, N. Y.
4. 5 Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1737.
5. 5 Deborah, b. Oct. 9, 1739.
6. 5 Letitia, b. Jan. 27, 1742.
7. 5 Henry, b. April 30, 1744.
8. 5 Joseph, b. July 2, 1746. 5
9. Mary, b. April 20, 1750.
2. 4 Joseph, b. about 1702.
3. 4 Hannah, b. Dec. 25, 1704, d. before 1761, m. Anthony Demill.
4. 4 David, b. Jan. 31, 1706, d. in 1759, m. Anne Haight, and had:
I. 5 James, b. Nov. I, 1734.
2. 5 Abigail, b. Oct. 12, 1736, d. before 1761.
3. 5 Anne, b. Oct. 12, 1738, m. Feb. 18, 1761, John Sutton, of Bedford, N. Y.
4. 5 Jerusha, b. Oct. 28, 1740, m. George Cock, of North Castle, N. Y.
5. 5 David, b. Sept. 1, 1742, m. Dec. 15, 1762, Rebecca - -- , and had:
I. 6 Oliver, b. Jan. 3, 1764, d. in 1766.
2. 6 Daniel, b. Feb. 19, 1766.
3. 6 Thomas, b. April 10, 1768.
4. 6 Judith, b. Oct. 20, 1770.
5. 6 Aaron, b. April 16, 1774.
6. 6 Moses, b. Oct. 6, 1776.
7. 6 Rebecca, b. Oct. 16, 1778.
8. 6 Ann, b. Feb. 26, 1781.
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9. 6 David, b. May 16, 1783.
6. 5 Zaccheus, b. Dec. 5, 1745.
7. 5 Henry, b. March 8, 1748.
8. 5 Francis, b. Feb. 24, 1752, m. Oct. 21, 1773, Deborah Dean.
9. 5 William, b. May 14, 1754.
5. 4 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 6, 1708, m. Aug. 26, 1736, Thomas Hill.
6. 4 Elihu, b. June 4, 1710, d. in 1747, m. Ruth Brown, and had:
I. 5 Judith, b. about 1736.
2. 5 Elihu, b. in 1745, d. young.
7. 4 Mary, b. Jan. II, 1712, m. Nov. 8, 1734, Daniel Ogden.
8. 4 Jehu, b. Sept. 24, 1714, d. unm.
9. 4 Zaccheus, b. April II, 1716, d. in 1739, unm.
IO. 4 Ichabod, b. Feb. 23, 1718, d. in 1744, unm.
II. 4 Micajah, b. June 17, 1723.
12. 4 Abigail, b. about 1725, m. Josiah Mead.
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3 Joseph, b. about 1676, d. in 1748, m. Mary -, d. in 1750, and had:
I. 4 Sarah, b. July 19, 1703, m. John Marshall, Jr.
2. 4 Joseph, b. July 30, 1705, m. July 24, 1731, Hannah Ferris.
3. 4 Thaddeus, b. Nov. 2, 1707, d. before 1764, m. Mary, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Lyon) Banks, and had:
I. 5 Thaddeus, b. about 1732.
2. 5 Daughter, who m. Demill.
3. 5 Daughter, who m. Titus Knapp.
4. 5 Stephen, b. about 1735, d. in 1797, m. Hannah, dau. of Gershom Lockwood, and had:
I. 6 Gilbert, b. about 1758, Revolution- ary soldier, d. in 1795, m. Sarah Brown, and had:
I. 7 Sarah, b. , m. Henry Mar- shall.
2. 7 Gilbert, b. , d. in 1866, m. Sarah, dau. of Titus Knapp, and had: 8 William, & Sarah, and 8 Hannah.
3. 7 William, b. Nov. 30, 1780, removed to Somers, N. Y., d. Nov. 29, 1862, m. Ray- mond, and had: 8 Lydia, 8 Caro- line, 8 James, and. & William.
4. 7 Stephen, b. April 22, 1783, d. June 3, 1855, m. Nov. 1, 1807,
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Pamelia, dau. of Captain Mat- thew and Mary (Bush) Mead, b. Jan. 21, 1784, d. Feb. 8, 1857, and had:
I. 8 Stephen, b. July 3, 1808.
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2. Gilbert, b. Nov. 3, 1809, d. at Port Chester, N. Y., March 8, 1892, m. Ist, Oct. 22, 1834, Deborah, dau. of Bouton and Thankful(Bene- dict) Hoyt of New Canaan, Conn., b. July 13, 1813, d. Jan. II, 1876, m. 2d, Loretta Merritt, b. Jan. 15, 1813, and had by Ist wife: 9Ann
M., 9 Stephen A., 9 Joseph H., 9 Leslie G., 9 Abraham F., 9 Caroline M., and 9 Sarah E.
3. 8 Sarah Ann, b. March 27, 1812, d. May 2, 1836, m. Ferdon.
4. 8 Polly B., b. Sept. 23, 1813, d. July 26, 1863, m. Ist, March 21, 1831, Hiram Ray, m. 2d, Matthew Mead, b. March 3, 1814.
2. 6 Andrew, b. about 1760, m. Elizabeth Seymour, b. May 9, 1755, and had: 7 Andrew, 7 Elizabeth, 7 Sabrina,
7 Alethea, 7 Sarah, 7 Thaddeus.
3. 6 Abraham, bapt. Jan. 10, 1768.
4. 6 Mary, bapt. Jan. 10, 1768.
4 Deborah, b. Feb. 4, 1708, d. before I750.
4. 5. 4 Amy, b. Nov. 28, 1718, m. Captain Israel Knapp.
6. 4 Mary, b. Nov. 8, 1720, m. Samuel Ketcham.
7. 4 Susannah, b. July 7, 1727.
3. 3 Daniel, b. about 1679, d. in 1727, m. June 23, 1703, Abigail, dau. of Walter Butler, and had:
I. 4 Daniel, b. Jan. 28. 1704, d. , m. Eliza- beth, dau. of Joseph Mead, and had (perhaps others) :
I. 5 Daniel, b. about 1730, m. Mary -, and had:
I. 6 Joseph T., bapt. in 1769.
2. 6 Hannah, bapt. in 1769.
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3. 6 Daniel, bapt. in 1769.
4. 6 Silas, bapt. in 1769.
5. 6 Peter, bapt. in 1769.
2. 4 Nathaniel, b. May 27, 1705, d. before 1764, m. Sarah -- , and had:
I. 5 Nathaniel, and perhaps others.
3. 4 Thomas, b. Aug. 6, 1706, m. Ist, Sarah, dau. of Nathan Whepley, m. 2d, Deborah, dau. of Samuel Bates, and had by Ist wife:
I. 5 John, b.
By 2d wife:
2. 5 Isaac, b. , d. in 1796, m. Amy Bare- more, d. in 1824, and had:
I. Henry, removed to Genoa, N. Y.
2. 6 Hannah, b.
3. 6 Rachel, b. Feb. 25, 1773, m. Nathan- iel Palmer.
4. 6 Deborah, b. , m. - - Mosher.
5. 6 Amy, b. , m. Thaddeus Lyon, b. March 29. 1785.
6. 6 Sally. b. , d. unm.
7. 6 Orpha, b. , d. unm.
8. 6 Lavinia, b. in 1786, m. Nehemiah Peck.
9. 6 Fanny, b. , m. Zebulon Mead.
IO. 6 Elizabeth, b.
2. 5 Ezra, b. , d. in 1814, m. - , and had:
I. Ephraim, b.
2. 6 Ezra, b. , and perhaps others.
3. Thomas, b. , m. Charity -, and had:
I. 6 Samuel, bapt. June 9, 1771.
2. 6 Seymour, bapt. June 9, 1771.
3. 6 Eli, bapt. June 9, 1771.
4. 6 Edmund, b.
5. 6 Mary, b.
6. 6 Nancy, b.
7. 6 Elizabeth, b.
4. 4 Samuel, b. March 6, 1715, d. before 1772, m. Hannah Mead, and had:
I. 5 Edward, under twenty-one in 1772.
2. 5 Josiah, under twenty-one in 1772, and perhaps others.
5. 4 Freelove, b. March 23, 1719, m. John John- son.
6. 4 Abigail, b. Feb., 1721, m. Thomas Jones of Orange County, N. Y.
7. 4 Nehemiah, b. Aug. 5, 1723, m. April 4,
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1742, Patience, dau. of Jonathan Webb, and had :
I. 5 Bethia, b. July II, 1743, d. Oct. 11, 1746.
2. 5 Nehemiah, b. Aug. 20, 1744, d. Sept. 19, 1744.
3. 5 Nehemiah, b. Jan. 2, 1746.
4. 5 Henry, b. Aug. 17, 1748.
5. 5 Bethia, b. Dec. 23, 1750.
6. 5 Mary, b. Oct. 13, 1752.
7. 5 Abigail, b. Nov. 29, 1754.
8. 5 Elizabeth, b. March 1, 1758.
9. 5 Sarah, b. March 26, 1760.
IO. 5 Thya, b. July 12, 1762.
II. 5 Jessie, b. March 15, 1765.
8. 4 Hannah, b. Aug. 6, 1725, m.
Benjamin Prindle.
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4 Rebecca, b. April 27, 1727.
4. 3 Martha, b. about 1680, m. Thomas Merritt.
5. 3 Samuel, b. about 1683, d. in 1713, m. Mary after his d. she m. Samuel Finch, and had:
I. Son, b. Sept. 23, 1713, d. soon.
By 2d wife:
6. 3 Hannah, under age in 1712.
3. 2 Daughter, b. about 1648.
4.
2 Daughter, b. about 1650.
Sylvanus Marshall, b. May 4, 1746 an officer in the Revolutionary War, should come in here somewhere, d. at Mamaroneck, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1833, m., and had:
I. Phebe, b. , d. unm.
2. Sally, b.
m. Alton Ingersoll.
3. Sylvanus, b. - , m. March 29, 1801, Mary, dau. of Dr. Isaac Smith, and had: Arza, William A., Joseph D., Delia A., Hickford, Hannah, Eliza, Augusta, and Elvin F.
4. Walter, b. , m. Martha Ennis, b. Oct. 27, 1788, and had: Alexander, John E., Sarah, and George.
MEAD FAMILY.
WILLIAM MEAD, born in England, about 1600, probably sailed from Lydd, County Kent, England, in the ship Eliza- beth, Captain Stagg, April, 1635, for the Massachusetts Bay Colony; first settled in Wethersfield, Conn .; removed to Stamford, Conn., in 1641, where he died about 1663. His wife died at Stamford, Sept. 19, 1657. Their children were: Joseph, Martha, and John. Joseph and John settled in the Town of Greenwich.
SPENCER P. MEAD, LL.B.
AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE MEAD FAMILY."
MEAD FAMILY. Continued from page 612.
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3.JOHN, b.about 1634, d. Feb. 5, 1699, m. Hannah, dau. of William Potter of Stam- ford, Conn., by whom he had :
1.John, b.about 1658.
2. Joseph, b. May 2, 1660.
37Hannah, b.about 1661 ..
4.Ebenezer, b.in 1663, d.in 1728, m.Sarah
'Knapp of Stamford, Conn.
5. Jonathan, b.about 1665.
6.David, b.about 1665.
7.Benjamin, b.May, 1666.
8 Nathaniel, b.about 1669.
9.SAMUEL, b.about 1673, d. in 1713, m. in : 1695, Hannah-
10 Abigail,b.about 1675.
11.Mary, b.about 1678, m. Jonathan Reynolds.
9 SAMUEL, b.about 1673,d. in 1713, m. in
1695, Hannah by whom he -had :
1- Samuel, b.May 3,1696.
2[ELNATHAN, b.Feb. 11, 1698.
3 Peter, b. Oct.2, 1700.
44Hamah, b.Nov.29,1702.
5.4Deborah, b. July 10, 1704, m. Jonathan Brown.
6 "John, b. Feb. 11, 1706.
7 Elizabeth, h.Ap1. 5,1709,m.Jonathan Lyon.
2.ELNATHAN, b. Feb. 11, 1698, d. m. Sarah, dau. of John and Hannah Lyon, by whom he had :
1.Elnathan, b.about 1729.
2.STEPHEN, b.about 1731, d. m. June 23,
: 1755, Molly, dau. of Captain Israel Knapp. 3.Henry, b. about 1733.
45Abram, b. May 22,1735.
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5.Maria, b. Jan.30,1832.
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8/Alexander, b.Dec. 18, 1841.
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77stephen, b. Aug.12,1804, d.Ap1. 13, 1873,m. 1847, Ist, Tabitha (Hurlbut) Mead, widow of Lemuel Mead, his brother, 2nd, Anna Har- ris, b.June. 24,1825, m.Dec. 19,1856, by whom he had .
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4 Arthus S. ,b. Mch. 19,1865.
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For the genealogy of this family, see the History and Genealogy of the Mead Family, by Spencer P. Mead, LL.B., of the New York Bar, published in 1901, to which a Genealogi- cal Index was published in 1907.
MERRITT FAMILY.
JOHN MERRITT, probably from Wethersfield, Conn., settled in Rye, New York, in 1678, died in 1724, married and had :
I. 2 John, b. , d. in 1753, m. Mary Brundage, d. in 1757, wills of both in New York County, N. Y., and had :
I. 3 Daniel, b. , d. July 16, 1799, m. , and had : 4 Daniel, 4 Caleb, 4 Amy, 4 James, 4 Mary, 4 Han- nah, and a dau. who m. - Anderson.
2. 3 Caleb, b. in 1710, d. at North Castle, N. Y., in 1780, m. Elizabeth Carpenter, and had:
I. 4 Caleb, b. Feb. 4, 1739, d. in 1824, m. Deborah, dau. of Gilbert Lyon. (See Lyon Genealogy, N. Y. Family, page 78.)
2. 4 Daniel, b.
3. 4 Reuben, b.
4. 4 Hannah, b.
5. 4 Elizabeth, b.
6. 4 Mary, b.
7. 4 Esther, b.
8. 4 Sylvanus, b.
9. 4 Rachel, b.
3. 3 Mary, b. about 1712, m. Sept. 19, 1731, Reuben Green.
4. 3 Phebe, b. about 1714, d. unm.
5. 3 Ruth, b. about 1717, m. Solomon Purdy, and had:
4 Nehemiah, 4 David, and 4 Ann.
6. 3 Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1720, m. James Pine.
7. 3 Nathan, b. July 20, 1722, d. Jan. 28, 1813, m. Dinah Tucker, b. in 1723, d. May 24, 1810, and had :
I. 4 James, b. in 1746, d. Jan. 4, 1801, unm.
2. 4 Nathan, b. m. Susannah, dau. of Joseph Willson of King Street, b. Jan. 8, 1760, d. March 22, 1838.
3. 4 Amy, b. , m. - - Haines.
4. 4 Joseph, b. in 1759, d. Dec. 15, 1809, m. Wilma, dau. of Henry Dusenbury, and had: 5 Susan, 5 John J., 5 Henry, 5 James D., and 5 Eliza- beth.
5. 4 Mary, b.
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6. 4 John, b.
7. 4 Jotham, of Greenwich, b. May 14, 1768, d. Feb. 14, 1814, m. Ist, Susan Rathbun, m. 2d, Mary W., dau. of John and Elizabeth (Willis) Brown, and had:
I. 5 Elizabeth, b.
2. 5 Harriet, b.
3. 5 Caroline, b.
4. 5 Jotham, b.
8. 3 Hannah, b. April II, 1725, m. Samuel Pine.
9. 3 John, b. June 27, 1727, d. Sept. 27, 1798, m. Mary
10. 3 Amy, b. April 24, 1730, d. Dec. 17, 1805, m. Samuel Brown, b. July 16, 1722, d. Aug. 5, 18II.
II 3 Thomas, b. about 1732, d. at North Castle, N. Y., . in 1785, m. Mary - , and had:
I. 4 Thomas, b.
2. 4 James, b.
3. 4 Joseph, b.
4. 4 Anderson, b.
5. 4 Jeremiah, b.
6. 4 Mary, b.
7. 4 Prudence, b.
2. 2 Jonathan, b.
3. 2 Andrew, b. May 17, 1689, d. Aug. 18, 1781, m. Ist Rachel -, d. Oct. 8, 1742, m. 2d, Mary -, and had :
I. 3 Andrew, b. Feb. 22, 1722.
2. 3 Gilbert, b. in 1724, d. in 1785, m. Hannah Lyon. (See Lyon Genealogy, N. Y. Family, page 64.)
3. 3 Nathaniel, b. about 1733.
4. 3 Robert, b. Jan. 6, 1735, d. Feb. 12, 1817, m. Phebe
5. 3 Nehemiah, b. in 1738, d. May 10, 1817, m. Ruth and had :
I. 4 Daniel, b. March 6, 1764, d. June 7, 1836, m. in 1790, Rebecca, dau. of Abraham Bush, b. Jan. 20, 1766, d. Aug. 21, 1855 (see Lyon Genealogy, N. Y. Family, footnote page 68), and perhaps others.
3 Rachel, b. Sept. 9, 1741, m. Gilbert Miller. 6.
I THOMAS MERRITT owned land in Wethersfield, Conn., in :662, removed to Rye, N. Y., where he died in 1721, m. Ist, , m. 2d, before 1688, Abigail, dau. of Robert and Joan Francis of Wethersfield, Conn., b. Feb. 14, 1660, m. 3d, in 1696, Mary, dau. of Jeffrey Ferris, and widow of
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Jonathan Lockwood, d. in 1708, no children by 3d wife. Children :
I. 2 Thomas, b. about 1670, d. in 1719, m. Martha, dau. of John Marshall, and had:
I. 3 Thomas, b. about 1700, m. Elizabeth -, and had :
I. 4 Thomas, b. April 24, 1736, and perhaps others.
2. 3 Mercy, b. about 1702.
3. 3 Edward, b. about 1705, d. in 1791, m. and had:
I. 4 Edward, b. June 4, 1753, d. Nov. 14, 1803.
2. 4 John, b.
3. 4 Hannah, b.
4. 3 John, not mentioned in will.
5. 3 Benoni, not mentioned in will.
2.
2 Joseph, b. about 1672, d. in 1754, m. Jane -, and had (will in New York County) :
I. 3 Joseph, b. about 1697, m. Mary, dau. of Ebenezer Theal and had:
I. 4 Daniel, b. about 1720, m. and had:
I. 5 Daniel, b. Aug. 17, 1742, d. in 1786, m. April 20, 1763, Rebecca Sherwood, who after his death, m. Colonel Thomas Hobby. Children:
I. 6 Ebenezer, b.
2. 6 Elizabeth, b. in 1771, m. Joseph Green.
2. 5 Ebenezer, b. March 28, 1746, he was captain of a sloop on the Hudson River for many years, and in 1790 was captain of the sloop George Washington, d. in 1819, m. Aug. 17, 1783, Cynthia Willis, b. July 29, 1765, and had:
I. 6 Daniel, b. Oct. 19, 1784, part owner of the sloop Theodore, d. April 30, 1849, m. May 9, 1807, Sarah, dau. of James and Susannah (Marvin) Lyon, b. March 23, 1786, and had:
I. 7 George W., b. Feb. 12, 1808, d. in 1836, unm.
2. 7 Willis J., b. Feb. 16, 1810, owner of the sloop Mary Willis, d. Aug. 11, 1889, m. Mary H., dau. of Ephraim and Azuba (Mead) Mead, b. Feb. 2, 1810, d. April 30, 1868. (See Mead Genealogy, page 258.)
3. 7 Mary W., b.
4. 7 Lewis A., b. April 22, 1812.
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5. 7 Susan A. E., b. Feb. 6, 1814, d. Aug. 26, 1884, m. Edward Mead, b. June 22, 1809, d. Oct. 28, 1885. (See Mead Genealogy page 256.)
6. 7 Daniel B., b. Jan. 8, 1816, m. Jane A. Lyon. (See Lyon Gene- alogy, No. 1067.)
7. 7 Cynthia W., b. Jan. 12, 1818, d. Feb. 12, 1827.
- 8. 7 Joseph G., b. Nov. 7, 1819, d. May 1, 1885, m. Mary Jane, dau. of John Pease, b. in 1828, d. Nov. 16, 1863.
9. 7 Caleb W., b. Jan. 18, 1822, d. . Feb. 23, 1899, m. Jan. 27, 1845, Phebe Ann Husted, b. Jan. 23, 1822, d. May 5, 190I.
IO. 7 Theodore, b. Nov. 13, 1823, d. Feb. 12, 1892, unm.
II. 7 Sarah L., b. April 12, 1826, m. Elnathan Husted, b. Sept. 27, 1827, d. March 4, 1864, on David's Island, while a member of Co. I, 17th Regiment, C. V.
12. 7 Cynthia W., b. Nov. 26, 1829, d. March 24, 1891, m. Rev. Rufus Putney.
2. 6 Willis, b.
3. 6 Henry, b.
4. 6 John, b.
5.
6 Wesley, b.
6.
6 Charles, b.
7. 6 Cynthia, b.
8. 6 Phebe, b. , m. Gideon Peck.
9. 6 Ann E., b. , m. James Wood.
2. 4 Joseph, b. Jan. 14, 1731, d. May 19, 1782, m. Ruth and had: 5 Ann, 5 Nehemiah, 5 Daniel, 5 Jotham, 5 John, and 5 Lot.
3. 4 Sarah, b. Oct. 29, 1749, d. June 29, 1819, and perhaps others.
2. 3 Thomas, b. , probably settled in North East, Dutchess County, N. Y.
3. 3 Nehemiah, b. in 1715, d. in 1794, m. Ist, Dinah, dau. of Ichabod and Sarah (Coles) Hopkins, m. 2d, before 1761, Mary, dau. of Robert Dingy, removed to Dutchess County, N. Y., and had:
I. 4 Daniel, b. July 23, 1738, d. May 25, 1805.
2. 4 Nehemiah, b. Jan. 14, 1740, d. Sept., 1793.
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3. 4 Anna, b. Sept. 19, 1742, d. Nov., 1760.
4. 4 Ichabod, b. Sept. 10, 1744.
4. 3 Elizabeth, b. , m. Joseph Brundage, and had: 1
4 Joseph, and perhaps others.
5. 3 Jane, b. , m. Samuel Williams.
3.
2 Ephraim, b. , no record of any children.
4. 2 Samuel, b. , m. Elizabeth, dau. of Humphrey and Sarah Underhill, and had:
I. 3 William, b. - , m. Tamar -, and had:
I. 4 Joseph, b. in 1734, d. Sept. 3, 1793.
2. 4 Elisha, b. in 1740, and perhaps others.
2. 3 George, b. April 23, 1702, d. Feb. 2, 1759, m. Glorianna, dau. of Samuel and Glorianna (Strang) Purdy, b. March 31, 1715, d. Sept. 13, 1765, removed to Ulster County, N. Y., and had:
I. 4 Elizabeth, b. Feb. 13, 1733.
2. 4 Caleb, b. Feb. 28, 1735, d. Nov. 29, 1793.
3. 4 Humphrey, b. May 17, 1737.
4 Samuel, b. April 22, 1739, d. Dec. 6, 18II.
4. 4 George, b. May 26, 1741, d. July 10, 1822.
5.
6. 4 Gabriel, b. May 1, 1744, d. Jan. 5, 1776.
7. 4 Glorianna, b. Oct. II, 1745.
8. 4 Jane, b. Sept. 25, 1747, d. March 2, 1807.
9. 4 Josiah, b. about 1749.
IO. 4 David, or Daniel, b. Nov. 15, 1752, d. March 12, 1817.
3. 3 David, b. , d. in 1751, m. Jane - and had only one child: 4 Mary, b.
MILLS FAMILY.
RICHARD MILLS, born in England about 1595; came to America about 1635; settled in Wethersfield, Conn., before 1641; sold out about 1643, and removed to New Haven, Conn., where he died about 1668. He married Ist, ; 2d, widow of William Constable. The children by his first wife were Richard, born about 1630; Samuel, born about 1632; John, born about 1636; and several daughters. John remained in New Haven; Richard and Samuel were in Stamford, Conn., in 1660, and witnessed to will of George Stuckey. Richard remained in Stamford, and Samuel re- moved to Long Island, where he died in 1685.
SAMUEL MILLS, the first of the Mills family to settle in the Town of Greenwich, bought land there on the eighteenth day of January, 1712. There is no entry on the town records of his marriage, or the birth of any children.
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PALMER FAMILY.
Compiled by Spencer P. Mead, LL.B., with the assistance of
Frederick I. Allen, Ph.B., of the New York Bar.
There were several persons by the name of Palmer, who were early settlers in America, as follows:
William Palmer, who settled in Plymouth, Mass., in I62I.
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