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80
81 Mrs. Almerian Gillette,
87
86 Mrs. Lavina Cummings,
83
80 William Adams,
85
Minerva Beardsley,
82 Sally M. Curtis,
82 Frank Emmons,
80
Clarissa Banker,
88 George Graham,
88 Leonard Lawrence, 81
Eliza Bristol,
84 Margaret Holihan,
83 Richard Reilly,
84 Mrs. Iluldah Ives, 80
Luther Beach,
80 Marinda Glover,
85
John W. Soule,
80 Samantha Hill,
85
John Soule,
83 Walter Johnson,
Luther Beach,
83 James M. Matson,
Mrs. Luther Beach,
81 Charles Morehouse,
Benjamin E. Bostwick,
80 Bridget Blake,
Mrs. Benj. E. Bostwick,
80 Samuel Barnum,
80 Chauncey Monson, 82
84 R. Johnson,
82
Harriet Mallet,
Silas Russell,
80 Betsey French,
84
Harriet Stone,
84 Harriet Elwood,
81 George Bunnell,
80
Robert Fernis,
90
Henry E. Fenn,
80
Population, 4,013.
Fannie Freeman,
83
Irene Hoyt,
80
Polly Curtis,
91
Levi S. Knapp,
80 Polly A. Camp,
90
Daniel Marsh,
88 Abigail Fairchild,
90
John Rose,
81 Lois Crofut,
Jerusha Roberts,
90 Salina M. Wheaton,
Anna Richmond,
90
NEWTOWN.
82
Ilannah Waite,
88
84 Laura Abbott,
81 Truman Bates,
82
NORFOLK.
William Couch,
William H. Fairchild,
80
Jedediah Humphrey, 92
Laura Hallock,
83 Wealthy Smith, 90
Betsey Marsh,
93 John Main,
Mercy Lockwood,
82 Cynthia Sherwood,
88 Philander Seeley
81
82 Mrs. Heber Johnson,
88 Sarah Shepard,
84
Mrs. Daniel Forsyth,
Mrs. John Danforth,
Rebecca Phelps,
87 Sarah Chambers,
82
Mrs. Mary Coverly,
83 Reuben Whitney,
80 Julia Johnson,
80
Mrs. - Ledyard,
Barbara Loveridge,
80
81 Martin Penny,
81 Isaac Beers,
84
87 Sarah E. Nichols,
83 Armida Giddings,
82 Orrin Hawley,
80 Anna Somers, 86
81
81 Betsey ('amp,
80 Diantha Burr,
88
Betsey Ervin,
Sally Woodruff,
82 Joel T. Camp,
83 David B. Beers,
84 Russell Crofnt,
80
Mrs. Mary Millard,
81 Olive G. Crawford,
1211129
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
35
Sedgwick Fenn,
80 Dudley R. Wheeler,
Roswell Day,
80 Prentice Mann,
87
Elizabeth Byxbee,
81
Mrs. Malinda Smith,
87 L. B. Mine,
82 John J. Cape,
80
Mrs. Couch,
82
Mrs. Nelson Billings,
80
NORTH HAVEN.
NORWALK.
Population, 1,763.
Population, 13,956.
Mrs. Beda Butten,
98
Anna M. White,
Mrs. Polly Munson,
93
Nancy W. Sammis,
96 Ezra M. Baxter,
81
Mrs. Katherine Frolich,
86
Matilda Wallace,
93 Elizabeth Bartram,
82
Mrs. Alfred Pierpont,
81 Betsey Saunders,
93
Eliza Carlton,
82
Mrs. Almira Robinson,
83 Catherine Feeney,
92 Isabella Dow,
81
Mrs. Lydia Peck,
83
Mary Raymond,
91
John Dingen,
82
Mrs. Abby Tuttle,
81
Lanah Sharrell,
90 Daniel H. Gedney,
80
Mrs. Orrin Todd,
80 Julia E. Thorpe,
90 Ann Gilbert,
84
Miss A. Barrett,
81 James Smith,
90 Eliza Gilbert,
84
Mrs. Chloe Thorpe,
86
Lavina Aiken,
90
Hannah Brown,
83
Mrs. A. Mix,
81
Martha Seymour,
86
Phebe Cox,
85
Mrs. Julia Bishop,
86 Mrs. Mary Seeley,
87 Marza Raymond,
83
Chester Doolittle,
87
David Edmonds,
84 Charles C. Brooks,
82
Pierpont Dayton,
88 Catherine McDonald,
82 Lewis O. Wilson,
84
L. C. Bigelow,
82
Sally Allen,
82 Hetty Huld,
88
Zina Ball,
83
Mary A. Brown,
82 William S. Lockwood,
86
Merritt Barnes,
83
Betsey Beach,
84 Lydia Rile,
88 85
Burritt Brockett,
82
Loruida Lockwood,
82 Amelia Gedney,
86
G. G. Bailey,
82
Abigail Lamb,
80 Robert Guthrie,
82
A. Lindsley,
80
John Miller,
84 Clara Harris,
80
Levi Broekett,
88
Rebecca Mallory,
81
Evart Quintard,
80
Zerah Tuttle,
83
Phebe Marvin,
82
Harriet Brotherton,
84
B. Goodyear,
84
John Roberts,
84
Elizabeth Hanford,
80
Mrs. Anson Bassett,
82
Isaac Selleck, Sr.,
81
Lucy Hoyt,
82
Miss Betsey Mills,
83
NORTH STONINGTON.
Population, 1,769.
Mrs. Mary Royle,
95
Lewis Smith,
82 John Bedient,
80
T. W. Lewis,
91 Hester Drake,
86 Deborah Dann,
86
Brister Swan,
90 Eliza Gregory,
88
Chancey Griswold,
85
Mrs. - Whitney,
88 Eliza Royce,
80 Giles Gregory,
84
Mrs. Joel Pitcher,
80 Rumania Hamilton,
80
Priscilla Holmes,
87
Deacon Ezra Miner,
81 Jesse Smith,
83 Sally Mallory,
80
Mrs. Ezra Miner,
80 Serena Dann,
83 Caroline D. Platt,
84
William West,
85 William Durant,
85 Betsey Hubbell,
87 Catherine Armstrong, 80
Jacob Rood,
84
Jolin Partelo,
86 Azuba Burr,
85
Mrs. Polly Bettis,
80 Samuel Sheffield,
80 James W. Pinkney,
82
82 Maria Smith,
88
87
Polly Smith, Stephen K. Stanley, Lucia K. Stanley, Malinda Weed,
82 85
97 Joseph P. Wood,
87
Mrs. John Todd,
89
Edwin Webb,
94 Julia M. Arlington,
83
Mrs. Nancy Beach,
88
Polly Camp,
90 Gardner Arlington,
84
Mrs. A. Tuttle,
83
Ann Downes,
88 Zillah Bassett,
84
Bethuel Brockett,
81
Eliza S. Hoyt,
82 Julia N. Benson,
Orrin Todd,
84
Henry Lamb,
83 Sally A. Bowne, 80
80 Harriet Platt,
80
E. Dickerman,
81
Richard Maloney,
84
Susan J. Chichester,
80
Mrs. Esther Doolittle,
85
Lewis Sherwood,
81 Rufus Richards,
80
Mrs. - Moultrop,
80
Julia Wilson,
82
George W. Jennings,
82
80 John Ballard,
84
80 Asenath G. Ballard,
83
81 Henry Evers,
84
88 Elnathan Finch,
83
Deacon Charles Wheeler,
95
George Richards,
83 Walter Doty,
80
Thomas W. Lewis,
90 Abigail Craft,
88 Mary Gillum,
80
Mrs. Nancy Wheeler,
90
Lydia Mitchell,
86
Althea Gregory,
83
Mrs. Polly Mann,
82 Betsey Benedict,
81 Angenette Hoyt,
81
81 Mary Hayes,
81
Mrs. Eunice Gray,
81 Smith Scofield,
80 Mary Ann Lyon,
80
Mrs. Polly Main,
80 Amanda Smith,
80 Mary Mannin,
84
William M. Hillard,
83 Lewis Richards, 85
83 Lewis Raymond,
85
Jared Bassett,
83
William S. Hyatt,
83 Nancy St. John,
84
S. Gilbert,
81
William Peck,
81
Bridget Carney,
83
William N. Seymour,
Juda A. Smith,
Charles C. Thompson, James Wilmot,
Miss Emily Park,
80 Nancy Gregory,
Esther Olmstead,
82
Mrs. -Williams,
36
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
Sophia C. Cressey,
86 Mrs. Eliza Nelson,
82 Miss Alice B. Sherman,
85
Johanna Ericson,
82 John Ratigan,
80 Mrs. Ann Sullivan, 83
Arthur A. Snowden,
81 Jesse D. Noyes,
80 Mrs. Elizabeth Spear, 81
Lewis O. Wilcox,
82 Mrs. Margaret Schilling,
87 Mrs. Mary Woodworth, 86 87 85 84 Mrs. Jerusha Waters, 81 Mrs. Mary Hamilton, 83 William S. Marshall, 80 81
NORWICH.
Population, 21,141.
Hugh Trolan,
Rev. David M. Bentley,
99 Allen Trolan,
Mrs. Polly Savin,
99 Henry H. Chapman,
80 Owen Stead,
84
Mrs. Hannah Anthony,
98 Mrs. Rose Duprey,
80 Miss Elizabeth Stevens,
80
Col. George L. Perkins,
97 Mrs. Jeremiah Davis,
88 Mrs. Ruth Potter,
84
David Barry,
95 Mrs. Harriet Davis,
80 Mrs. Betsey Roath,
83
Mrs. Mary Wilson,
95 Mrs. Margaret Flood,
81 Dimon C. Lovett,
80 82
Othniel Gager,
92 John Stapleton,
82 Mrs. Olive Prior,
81
Samuel Case,
94 Mrs. Ellen Murphy,
86 Mrs. Polly Cushman, 85
87
Mrs. Nancy Roath,
91 Mrs Mary Bachelder,
88
Michael Brennan,
81
Mrs. Catherine Prentice,
90 Mrs. Julia Sullivan,
88 Mrs. Susan Thompson, 83
Mrs. Julia Hartigan,
90 Mrs. Ann St. Clair,
81
Mrs. Eunice Barstow, 80
81
Eleazur Kingsley,
90 Mrs. Annie Swift,
82 John B. Truman.
83 82
Mrs. Frances Barry,
85 Mrs. Phebe Armstrong,
81
Mrs. Abby L. Harland,
84
Samuel Allen,
82 Mrs. Sarah M. Beckwith,
85 Charles Dennison,
86 85
Mrs. Catherine Chace,
83 Mrs. Harriet Hyde Colton, 87
Joseph H. Lucas,
84
Mrs. Hannah Carmody,
84 Mrs. Rosanna Clinch,
86 Nancy Freeman, 82
Mrs. Mary Burke,
83 Simeon Drown,
80 Almira Freeman, 80
Mrs. Ann Cooney,
81 David Fitzgerald,
84 Nathan Cook, 82
89
Edward Corey,
80 Hiram Hill,
81
Mrs. Mary Ann Williams
82
Miss Sarah Crocker,
80 Mrs. Hannah Lamphan,
80 Rowland Stanton,
89
Mrs. Joanna Fenton,
84 Mrs. Maria Lamb,
87 Mrs. Coombs,
81
Martin Glynn,
81 Andrew Matthews,
81 - Chollar,
82
Mrs. Jane W. Hallam,
83 Mrs. Lucy W. Prentice,
87 Mrs. Mary Rockwell,
Mrs. Rebecca Hadley,
83 Mrs. Almira Ladd
87 Mrs. James B. Bromley, 80
Jefferson Lamb,
81 John S. Rodgers,
80 Capt. George W. Clark, 88
Hezekiah Raymond,
81 Mrs. Mary A. Ripley,
Sarah Canfield,
85 Mrs. Diana Reed,
Mrs. Mary A. Tracy, Mrs. Sarah P. Richards, Timothy Shea,
83 Mrs. Mary Archer,
84 Mrs. Lucy P. Arnold, 80
83 Chester Fuller, 81 81 83 Mrs. Chester Fuller, 80
Mrs. Nancy Bushnell,
99 Mrs. Ellen Fitzgerald,
John Lamoin,
93 Mrs. Bridget Quirk,
87 Mrs. Ira Lee,
Mrs. Sally Case,
91
Mrs. Lucy Arnold,
83 Mrs. McNaught,
John Quirk,
90 Mrs. Mary Sullivan,
Patrick Dumphy,
90 Mrs. Lucy Tucker,
87 Capt. Edmund D. Roath,
83
Ally Allen,
84 Horace Whitaker,
84 Mrs. Helena Armstrong, 82
Olive M. Bentley.
80 Mrs. Joanna Hartigan,
Mrs. Susan P. Backus,
86 Mrs. Catherine Kelly,
Mrs. Polly Bacon,
81 Chester Clark,
80 Daniel Brown, 80 Eunice Morse,
85
Mrs. Ellen Denmin,
87 Mrs. Sally C. Hopkins,
84
Mrs. Eliza Cranston,
HISTORY OF REV. DAVID NILES BENTLY, OF NORWICH.
Rev. David Niles Bently, whose death took place June 24th, 1884, was born in North Stonington, New London County, July 27th, 1785, and was therefore nearly one-hundred years old. He was baptized in what is called the Cove, near the depot of the New London and Northern R. R., by Rev. Peter Vannest in 1800, and was licensed to preach in 1805. He was ordained deacon in New London in 1818, and elder in Providence in 1823, Right Rev. Bishop George officiating on both occasions. It will thus be seen that he had been in the ministry nearly 80 years. During that long period he preached more than 4,000 times, attended 3,888 funerals, preaching at 588 of them; baptized 588 persons, and married more than 588 couples; and what is most remarkable, never took a farthing for his services. He was indeed a helper in the cause of Christ. His benefactions to churches and church work amounting to $78,888, and that the work might continue, bequeathed liberally to the cause in his will. He was a very patriarch, and when the silver cord was loosed, and the golden bowl broken, he passed to the beyond, peaceful and full of hope. After the funeral, June 30th, his remains were laid in the grave by his three sons: L. D., G. W., and A. J. Bently, and his son-in-law H. M. Wilter, of Worcester, Mass. Requiescat en pace.
86 William P. Rogers,
85 Mrs. John W. Foote,
80 John Schofield,
37
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
OLD LYME. Population, 1,387.
Mrs. Polly Swaney, 93
Miss Nancy Maxson, 93
Capt. George H. Chadwick, 92 Prentice Comstock,
89
Mrs. Patty Candee,
93 93
PLAINVILLE.
Population, 1,930.
Elizabeth Church, 92
82 Fanny Tillotson,
91
80 Eliada Sanford, 90
90
81 Fanny Munson,
82
80 Samuel C. McCoy,
80
Mrs. W. Tinker,
Mrs. Phebe Havens,
Mrs. Henry Sprague,
Mrs. S. Saunders,
Mrs. Charles C. Griswold, 82 Mrs. Robert Downes,
Mrs. Nancy Bates, 84
88
Mrs. Smith Downes,
Mrs. William Beckwith, 80 Mrs. Julia French,
Mrs. Charles Peck,
Mrs. Martha Griswold,
OLD SAYBROOK.
Population, 1,302.
Abraham Chalker,
94
Samuel B. Dickinson,
84
Mrs. Jeanette Hine,
87
Josiah C. Usher,
81
Elizabeth Woodruff,
87
PLYMOUTH.
82 Population, 2,350.
84 Mrs. Elam Fenn, 86
81 Mrs. Ann McCue, 83
82 Hiram Miner, 81
80 John R. Coy, 82
81 Mrs. John R. Coy, 88
80 Lucas Lane, 83
82 Mrs. Rhoda Fenn, 82
81 Jerome Camp,
84
80 Lyman Tolles, 82
80 Mrs. Anna Smith,
81
Miss Julia Swift, Mrs. - Hendricks, 91
82
Mrs. Amanda Griggs,
91
92 Hiram Barnes,
82 80
91 Mrs. Hiram Barnes,
90 Mrs. Sophia Baldwin, 85
80 Mrs. Eliza Bull, 83
82 Mrs. Polly Fenn,
87
83 Mrs. Huldah E. Church, 84
83 Mrs. Hannah Bassett, 87
85 Mrs. Julia Stoughton,
83
Mrs. Julia Alling,
Eben Alling,
83
Susan P. Walker,
84 Heziah Sanford,
80
Mrs. Mary Alling,
Richard Thomas,
Peter R. Forbes,
William A. Peck,
Thomas Anderson (col'd), Mrs. Harriet F. Benham,
Mrs. Abigial Smith,
Mrs. Willis Alling, Mrs. Bela Alling,
84
Amy Davis, 80
82
John Graham, 80
Mrs. Anna Spalding, 90
Ivory Soule,
83
Dinah Spalding, 83
William Wilcox,
83
Hon. Charles J. McCurdy, 85 Abel L. Huntly,
Selden Maynard,
William Beckwith,
Capt. Charles Chadwick,
Marvin Huntly,
Joel Saunders
Capt. Nathan Conklin,
William B. Tooker,
84 E. N. Buckingham,
81 Mrs. E. N. Buckingham, 81 Burritt Davis,
82 Mrs. Burritt Davis,
80
Martha Webster, 80
80 Russell U. Peck,
80
84 Solomon Curtiss,
82
81 Phebe Bradley,
84
80 Rhoda Bristol,
83
84 John Brock,
87
87
Levi Curtiss,
84
80
Ann Cafferty,
80
Mrs. Benjamin Holbrook, Miner Harris,
82
William Hills,
80
83 Ira Hadsell,
82
Maria A. Sanford,
83
Mrs. Asa Hawkins,
84
Sarah Swift,
81
Mrs. Amelia Dickinson, 80 Mrs. Harriet Hinman,
Mrs. Jeanette Bushnell, 84 Everett Hubbell,
Calvin Ripley,
Mrs. Harriet Chalker, 82
Edward Sanford,
Mrs. Mary Beers,
85
Erastus Wheeler,
Mrs. Eunice Ellis,
David Clark,
Mrs. -- Phelps,
Chauncey Spencer,
Mrs. - Ayer,
Mrs. Maria Lynd,
ORANGE.
Population, 3,341.
Deacon Aaron Clark,
86
PLAINFIELD. Population, 4,021.
83
Phebe Rood,
84 Eunice Tillinghast,
85 Nancy Munro,
82 Hannah Cole,
Merit Woodruff, 84 W. C. Fry,
Mrs. Susan Smith,
86 Orra Gallup,
Mrs. Martha Smith,
Mrs. Lucy Alling,
85 Esther Sweet,
84 Marvilla B. Soule,
80 Mrs. Harriet Sanford, 81
88 90
POMFRET.
89 Population, 1,470.
87 Miss Betsey Richmond, 90
80 Seth Chase, 84
81 Mrs. Seth Chase, 86
86 Esther Brown,
83 Lucretia A. Coggswell, 82
OXFORD. Population, 1,120.
Mrs. Mary Hledding,
A. Buckingham, 91
80
81 John Bassett,
80 Eber Benham,
85 Mrs. Eber Benham,
80 Mrs. Beebe,
83 Mrs. Charles Booth,
81 Jeremiah Neal, 82
81 Bryan Newell,
80
81 Nathan Dorman,
82 Mrs. Evelina Graham,
51 Alfred Hager,
Mrs. Silas Hawkins,
85
80
83 Mrs. Olive Oatman,
Ira Hyde,
86 Mrs. Augusta Lum,
Stiles Tucker,
86 William S. Upson,
82 Clark Webster,
83 John Smith,
85 Nicholas French,
84 William A. French,
87 R. B. Limburner,
Clark E. Lum,
Benedict Crofut,
Jonathan Treat,
Eliakim T. Fenn,
Josiah Boardman,
91 Tabitha Kennedy,
93 Elizabeth Briggs,
84 Lucinda Perkins,
80 Polly Hill,
83 Lydia Bishop,
80 82 Nehemiah Andrew,
80
80 Delia Darrow,
Mrs. James Bliss,
Smith Downes,
82
87
82 Lydia R. Palmer,
38
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
Miss Mary Sumner, Joel Baker,
83
PROSPECT.
John B. Carroll,
84
85
Population, 492.
John J. Greene, 86
Mrs. Stephen Smith,
84
Mrs. - Anthony,
97
George Marsh, 80
Mrs. L. Botham,
87 Warren Wilson,
86
Mary Perchie, 81
83
John Leclare,
85
Rosum May.
82
Lem Brown, 80
Lara Blackner,
80
Sylvester Gildersleeve,
90
Esther Coville,
94
REDDING.
Population, 1,540.
Erasmus Gladwin,
84
82 Elizabeth Gadele,
90
Darby Green, 101
Mrs. Mary C. Polly,
84
Achsah Seward,
Mrs. Margaret Furguson,
83
Mary Woodlock,
90 Melinda Gould,
92
Mrs. Alex. Hale,
Eliza Gadboy,
83
Harriet Bartram, 80
Halsey Hubbard,
85
Martin Leach,
88 Thomas Bassett, 84
Doane Childs,
82
Sallie Hazard,
82 Jesse Banks, 84
80
Patrick Brady,
80 81
Polly Bates,
80
Mrs. Joseph Harvey,
97
Rebecca Smith,
82 Aaron T. Dimon,
80
Mrs. Prudy Pollard,
92 John Giles,
82
Abraham Dremer,
81
Samuel Sherman,
91 Mary F. Howe,
81
Eunice Ilewitt,
83
Amos Corning,
87
Daniel Crowley,
80 Laura Middlebrooks,
85
Mrs. Sallie Hazen,
84 Deborah Draper,
85 Rebecca Merchant,
80
Mrs. Betsey Cooke,
85 Mary Howe,
82 Hanford Sturges,
82
Mrs. Sallie Avery,
89
William Sharp,
80 Elizabeth Mellen,
81
Mrs. Nancy Buddington,
83 Peter Benway,
90
Sally Nichols,
81
Peleg Edwards,
84 Henry Bailey,
86 Harry Pickett,
82
Thomas Gardiner,
84
James Collins,
86 Phebe Pickett,
81
Hezekiah Robbins,
87 Francis Duchon,
83 George Perry,
80 81
Miss Fannie Witter,
86 Pauline Luther,
81
Armaziah Smith,
83
William P. Witter,
84 Sophia Smith,
85
Emeline Spaulding,
80
Irus Witter,
81 Mary Augur,
81 John W. Sanford,
85
Amos Stanton,
82 Mary Clark,
80 Althea Sanford,
84
Mrs. Betsey Lewis,
84 Baptiste Gadele,
80 Eliza Sanford,
83
Packer Keeney.
80 Elvira Torry,
81 Harriet Hull,
82
Gideon Ellis,
85 Eunice Carpenter,
82
90 Stephen Adams, 94
Mrs. David Sage,
87
80 Marcia Chandler,
81
Lemuel Adams,
88
David Hall,
82
Oliver Potter,
88 Deborah Barlow, 80
Abner Hall,
83
Poline Benway,
85 Catherine Bradley,
81
PRESTON.
James Chadwick,
85
Nancy Coley,
84
83 Mabel Crofut,
82
Mrs. Lucy Rood,
95 Lydia F. White,
85 Sally Dart,
86
Captain George Sydleman, 91 Mrs. Mary Richards, 91
Eliakim Sawyer,
86
85 Eveline Lyon,
81
Sarah Warren,
Rachel Fairchild,
84
Mrs. Lucy Culver,
85 Amy Cutler,
90
Priscilla Goodsell, 96
George Stancliff,
81
Edward Latimore,
92
Jonathan P. Southmayd,
87 Martha Clark,
90
Sherman Kelsey,
Daniel Mason,
90 Elizabeth Lyon, 94
PORTLAND.
PUTNAM.
Population, 4,146.
Population, 5,827.
HISTORY OF MR. DARBY GREEN.
Darby Green, of Redding, was born in the town of Kilbaha, County Clare, Ireland, November 17th, 1783, and will therefore be 101 years old November 1st, 1884. He came to this country in 1864, having been preceded by some of his family, and located with them in Red- ding, where he has since dwelt. He is small in stature, and his general appearance indicates great tenacity to life. He cannot speak a word of English, and it is impossible to obtain details of a career which has extended through a period so remarkable as to duration. His has been an unostentatious life, uneventful, only marked by those incidents which form a purely domestic history. Mrs. Green, his wife, died in 1873, several years his junior. Mr. Green is surrounded by seven sons, the eldest of whom is 65. His grandchildren number twenty-four. Of great-grandchildren he has five. For one so aged his constitution is strong, and his general health excellent. He is given but little to conversation, most of his time being devoted to an arm-chair, seated in which, and leaning upon his staff, he communes with himself, and never wearies with the seeming recreation. Marvelous events have taken
Russell Fitch,
86 Emeline Holmes,
80 Eliza Sanford,
Abigail Fuller, Mary Mason,
Sally Whitehead,
Hopulation, 2,519.
Lucius Merriam,
39
NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
place during his time. Since his birth our revolutionary war has closed; our union of States was formed; General Washington was made President twice, and distinguished suc- cessors have occupied the chair of state; Napoleon came forth to surprise the world long after he had reached the years of discretion, and the Duke of Wellington struck the blow at Waterloo which heralded the waning of that brightest of military stars; Mr. Green was more than half a century old when Queen Victoria, now advanced in years, took England's throne; and he has been an observer, though silent and, it may be, often unconscious of their importance, of all the events of 100 years which have been connected with and tended to the world's progress.
RIDGEFIELD.
Amelia Gilbert,
84 82
Population, 950.
Albin Jennings,
93
Polly B. Northrop, 82
Truman Hurd, 92
Abijah Ressequie,
93 Harriet Norris, 83
Mrs. Joseph Squires, 90
Susan Bailey,
95
Sarah Scott, 88
Mrs. Eunice Squires, 90
Millicent Beers,
93
Sarah Stebbins,
85
Mrs. Glover Botsford, 87
Laura Olmstead,
93 Sally Stewart,
85
Charles Glover,
87
Wm. J. U. Wilkinson,
82
Abby Edmunds, 80 80
James Gilbert,
80
Sophia H. Perry,
80
Charles Trowbridge, 83
Smith Keeler,
80
Betsey June,
87
Mrs. Mary Thomas, 81
Daniel Sholes,
83
Abigail Bradley,
88 85
Timothy O. Scott,
SALEM.
Lewis Reynolds,
84
May Hyatt,
81
Robert C. Edmonds,
82
Miss Sally Keeler,
89
Harvey Diekens,
80
Mrs. Sally Keeler,
88
William Ray,
99
David B. Burr,
85
ROCKY HILL.
Benajah T. Betts,
80
Population, 1,109.
Mrs. Nancy Rogers,
Harry Hunt,
85 Mrs. Mabel Beaumont.
93
Rev. Nathaniel Miner, 84
Thaddeus M. Benedict,
83 Mrs. Mabel Porter,
91 Jesse Maynard, 84
Jonathan Rockwell,
87
Ashbel Belden,
85
Daniel Wilson,
Edward B. Reynolds,
88 Deacon J. G. Dimock,
81 Mrs. William De Wolfe, 80
John Holly,
84 Chester B. Goodrich,
82
Deacon John A. Niles, 80
Johnson J. King,
82 Mrs. C. B. Grimes,
87 Mrs. Jolın A. Niles, 80
Clara Olmstead,
89 Mrs. Abigail Smith,
83 Mrs. Lucy IIerrick,
82
Sally C. Williams,
81 Mrs. Mary Butler,
83 Mrs. Lucretia Harris, 81
Polly S. Jennings.
86 George O. Chambers,
83 Mrs. Elizabeth Latham, 80
86 87
Sherwood Mead,
80 Mrs. Mary Hale,
90 Mrs. -- Green.
87 82
Keeler Dauchy, 83
Mrs. Lydia Treadway, 95
Joseph Smith, 95
Solomon Brown,
83
Mrs. Seibel Tew,
Samuel Baldwin, 85
David Glass,
80
Rachel Been,
Edward E. Garlick, 81
87 Laura Reynolds,
Population, 574.
Ruhania Northrop,
ROXBURY.
Population, 2,028.
HISTORY OF WILLIAM RAY, OF SALEM.
William Ray, of Salem, New London county, was born on the Island of Nantucket, September 17th, 1785, and dwelt with his parents until after the year 1800. His early associ- tions are with the sea, and he can remember when whaling as an industry was considered one of the most important, and his town what then seemed to be one of the business centres of the world. At the age of 20 he found his way to Rhode Island where, after unimportant personal endeavors to establish a business, he directed his steps to Connecticut, and in 1810, in the town of Montville, married Abby Martin, a lady about two years his junior, by whom he had seven children, four sons and three daughters. She died about the year 1825. His second wife was Cynthia Whitman, and she died in 1829. Two sons and one grandson are living. Mr. Ray has resided in Salem since 1858, making that place his home at the age of 71. For nearly fifty-six years he followed the sea continuously, voyaging to Europe, up the Mediterranean and to Africa. His last voyage was made in 1854, with Captain Nicholas Johnson, of the schooner Oxford, to Mozambique, Africa, for dye-wood. He was an old man when he retired from sea-faring life, and since, his chief amusement has been hunting, which he continued until his eyesight failed. He is hale and hearty, has the use of every limb and joint, and seems to enjoy life as well as ever he did. Any day, in fair weather, he may be seen walking with the aid of a cane in the open air, as smart as many who are thirty years younger. Indeed, there are few at the age of 70 who look younger or are more spry than he. His hearing is good, and memory enables him to trace events in his own and his country's history far back into another century. His stories of observation of the countries he has visited are very interesting. Having passed into his 100th year, he is
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NAMES OF YE OLD FOLKS OF CONNECTICUT.
anticipating-and"his friends as well-the arrival of the date which shall render him a cen- tenarian. He has lived under every administration, and expects to vote for President once more, on Tuesday, November 4th.
SALISBURY.
Hope Shailer,
84 Sheldon C. Johnson, 86
Population, 3,715.
Gilbert Stevens,
80 Mrs. Sophia McEwen, 80
Mrs. Amelia Barnett,
93
Chloe Southworth, 80 Mrs. Polly Riggs, 87
Simeon Cooper,
93
Sally Worthington,
83 Mrs. Sarah Shelton, 83
Mrs. Simeon Cooper,
93
Ashabel Watrous,
84 Mrs. Lois Smith,
Horace Smith,
90
Richard Buckingham,
84
William C. Smith,
80
Mrs. Elizabeth Owen,
90
Mary A. Dennison,
83 Damarus Somers,
86
Mrs. Fanny Botsford,
90
Hannah Hoadley,
80 Mrs. Levitta Thomas, 83
81 Mrs. Hiram Upson,
86
Hiram Fanning,
81
Phebe Nichols,
84
SHARON.
Joseph Hulett,
81 Caroline Rand,
83
Mrs. Hannah Everett, 94
Mrs. Lucretia Silvermail,
85 80 81
Rufus Pratt,
82
Samuel Prindle, 92
91
Andrew Winters,
82
SCOTLAND. Population, 590.
Mrs. Betsey Lockwood,
90 84
Philip Veeley,
Mason Palmer,
93
Judson St. John,
82
Mrs. Caroline Brinton,
85
Miss Abby Fuller,
84
Zacheus Bissell. 82
84
Lemuel Peck,
80
Mrs. Eliz. O. Chittenden,
86
William Dorrance,
81
Solomon Hunter,
80
Miss Euphemia Johnston, 81
David F. Smith,
83
Mrs. Chesterfield King,
85
Mrs. Olive Pratt,
88 80
Mrs. Lora Spofford,
84
Mrs. Joseph Lord, 89
Samuel S. Robbins,
Mrs. Fanny Hovey, Mrs. Olive Palmer,
83
Mrs. Betsy O. Perkins,
85
Ex-Gov. Alex. II. Holley,
David P. Walden,
80
Mrs. Betsey E. Roberts,
80
Frederick A. Reed,
80 80
George Bingham,
83
Mrs. Mary Everett,
81
Mrs. Eleanor Landon,
88 82 99
Mrs. Abby Pierson,
87
Ensign Titus,
80
81
Mrs. Sarah White,
94
SHERMAN.
SAYBROOK. Population, 1,362.
Mrs. Mary Cochran,
83
Phebe Briggs, 100
James Dixon,
92 Mrs. Sarah Chatfield,
84 Eli Patchen, 93
George E. Bailey,
83 Joel R. Chatfield,
80 Abner Curtis, 86
Epaphrodotus Bates,
80 Mrs. Harriet E. Denney,
85
Marcus Durga,
87
Wealthy Clark,
80 Jeremiah Durand,
84 Cornelia Gelston,
81
Peter Grant,
80 Mrs. Maria M. Holbrook,
83 Louisa Gould, 82
Russell Jennings,
84 Mrs. Julia Peck,
90 Jane Hubbell, 82
Temperance H. Murray,
85 Mrs. Julia Hine,
88 Abigail Hurd,
80
Alfred Platts,
83 Mrs. Katy Horitz,
81 Wealthy White, 83
Sophia Platts,
80 80 80
John D. Waldo,
82 Julia Ocain,
87
Mrs. Lucy A. Shaw,
Mrs. Alice Smith,
84
Mrs. Nancy Everett,
89
Mrs. Mary Hutchinson,
Mrs. Maria Bass,
82
Mrs. Harriet Fuller,
87
Henry Myers,
Mrs. Electa Calkins,
89
John Prince,
Mrs. Mary Hedden,
92
84 Population, 828.
Elizabeth Comstock,
90 Mrs. Rachel Carrington,
85 Truman Bottsford, 85
81
James Landon,
84 84 83
A. A. Hotchkiss,
Joseph O. Brinton,
Mrs. Eleazur Fitch,
82
Garry Morehouse, 89
Mrs. Asenath McArthur, 82 Miss Mary Ann Webb,
Simeon Miller,
80 Mrs. David S. Fuller,
82
Earl Cartwright,
82
Cornelius Snyder,
82
Louisa H. Phelps,
81
Mrs. Cornelius Snyder,
80 John Rand.
81
Population, 2,580.
John C. Silvermail,
Mrs. Benjamin Hamlin,
Freeman Woodin,
Mrs. Hannah Hilton, 91
Miss Caroline Ball,
82 Polly Jones,
Robert Merrifield,
Hart L. Murray,
85
83 1
Miss Mary Reed,
92
Abel Webber,
81 Mrs. Sarah Smith,
84 Mrs. Harriet Holbrook, 87 Minerva Wanzer, 82
HISTORY OF MRS. PHEBE BRIGGS, OF SHERMAN.
Mrs. Phebe Briggs was born in New Milford. Jerusalem District, November 16, 1784, and as Sherman borders upon that town at the west, and her bouse is just over the line, it will be seen that she has dwelt almost a century within a short distance of her birthplace. She lived as a girl in primitive times, and acquired what she has of education un- der difficulties. She has descended from a long lived race, most of her ancestors living to be
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