Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 18

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 886

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Dr. Samuel Mather, of Windsor. son of Rev. Samuel, was born 1677, died February 6, 1746. He was graduated from Harvard in 1698, and in 1702 was licensed to practice medicine by the general assembly. He was noted as a physician and a scholar, and held many civil and military offices. His first wife was Abigail, daughter of Samuel Grant, granddaughter of Matthew Grant ; he married (second) Hannah, daughter of Nicholas Buck- land. Children : I. Eliakim, born February IO, 1705. 2. Samuel, M. D., January 6, 1706. 3. Timothy. 4. Abigail, September 1, 1714. 5. Nathaniel, August 8, 1716. 6. Joseph, May 31, 1718. 7. Charles, February 16, 1720. 8. Abigail (2d), March 6, 1721. 9. Hannah, August 12, 1727. IO. Lucy, February 18, 1729. II. Elizabeth, January 22, 1731. 12. Eliakim, September 26, 1732.

Timothy Mather, son of Dr. Samuel, was born in Windsor, April 23, 1710, died April 6, 1752. He was a lifelong resident of Wind- sor. He married Sarah Marshall; children : I. Sarah. 2. Dorothy, born 1740. 3. Cotton, 1745. Sarah, daughter of Timothy and Sarah

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(Marshall) Mather, married Captain William Cooley, as previously stated.

(VI) Rev. Timothy Mather Cooley, D. D., son of Captain William and Sarah (Mather) Cooley, was born in Granville, Massachu- setts, March 13, 1772. A serious illness in his childhood incapacitated him for the ardu- ous life of a farmer, and possessing a natural desire for learning he mastered the Latin grammar in his boyhood without the aid of an instructor. Having prepared for college under the direction of a private tutor, he was graduated from Yale in 1792. The succeed- ing two years he devoted to teaching schools in New Haven and Litchfield, Connecticut, and then began the study of theology with Rev. Charles Backus, D. D., of Somers, that state. He was licensed to preach by the as- sociation of New Haven county in 1795. Re- ceiving simultaneous calls to Congregational pastorates in Salisbury, Connecticut, and East Granville, Massachusetts, he chose the latter, and was ordained February 7, 1798. The church in East Granville was the only pastoral charge he ever held, and he retained it for a period of fifty-eight years. A man of strong convictions and possessing an earnest desire for the betterment of his fellow-men, he availed himself of every opportunity to advocate the suppression of wrong-doing, both in his own state and the country at large and in matters relative to religion, morality and politics he exercised a far-reaching influ- ence. In connection with his pastoral labors he conducted a preparatory school in which he fitted eight hundred boys for college. He was the first vice-president of Williams Col- lege. His homestead in Granville was lo- cated upon land previously owned by Cotton Mather, his uncle, and is still in the family's possession. Rev. Dr. Timothy Mather Coo- ley died December 14, 1859. May 14, 1796, he married Content Chapman, born in Gran- ville, April 29, 1776, daughter of Isaac and Ruth (Robinson) Chapman. She was a de- scendant in the eighth generation of Robert Chapman of Saybrook, Connecticut, the im- migrant, through John (2), Joseph (3), Levi (4), Levi (5), Levi (6), Isaac (7). Isaac Chap- man (7), born May 9, 1747, entered the Con- tinental army in 1776, and died of camp fev- er at Ticonderoga the year. He was in the company of Granville volunteers commanded by Captain William Cooley, father of Rev. Dr. Timothy Cooley. Children of Rev. Tim- othy Mather Cooley: I. Timothy Chapman, born March 5, 1797. 2. Isaac Augustus, De-

cember 12, 1798. 3. William Bates, August 14, 1800. 4. Eliza Content, June 28, 1802. 5. Phineas Robinson, June 14, 1804. 6. Har- riet, July 10, 1806. 7. Susannah Robinson, August 8, 1811. 8. Samuel Mather ; see for- ward. 9. Jane Ruth, August 11, 1815. 10. Mary Ann Bates July 13, 1817.

(VII) Samuel Mather Cooley, son of Rev. Dr. Timothy M. and Content (Chapman) Cooley, was born in Granville, September 12, 1813. Having prepared himself for a busi- ness life he became a successful merchant in western New York; later going to New Or- leans, Louisiana, he carried on business in that city for a number of years. Upon his return north he became associated with the firm of Spellman Brothers at Albany, New York, and later conducted a grocery business in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Politically he acted with the Republican party. In his re- ligious belief he was a Congregationalist. He died in Pittsfield, July 14, 1887. He married, December 2, 1850, Elmira Louisa Tillotson, born on April 21, 1831, daughter of Timothy Cooley and Susan (Chester) Tillotson, who were married February 22, 1827. She is a de- scendant of John Tillotson of Yorkshire, who arrived at Boston from Southampton in the ship "James" in 1635, locating first in Row- ley, Massachusetts, later in Newbury, Massa- chusetts, and finally settled in Saybrook, Con- necticut. Timothy Cooley Tillotson was son of Abel and Sarah (Cooley) Tillotson ; Sarah Cooley was daughter of Captain William Cooley (5) previously mentioned. Mrs. El- mira L. Cooley is a niece of Rev. Eliphalet Nott, D. D., the first president of Union Col- lege, Schenectady, New York. Her mother, Susan (Chester) Tillotson, was born June 24, 1799. Samuel M. Cooley had children : 1. Hat- tie born January 27, 1852 ; married John M. Stevenson. 2. Phineas Chapman, August 27, 1854; died December 15, 1854. 3. Clara Louisa, born April 21, 1856; died December 21, 1861. 4. Arthur Nott.

(VIII) Arthur Nott Cooley, son of Samuel M. and Elmira L. (Tillotson) Cooley, was born in Granville, February 17, 1858. He prepared for college at Pittsfield, Massachu- setts, and was graduated from Yale with the class of 1878, of which President William H. Taft was also a member. He subsequently en- gaged in the carriage business at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, which he carried on success- fully for a number of years, and having: acquired a competency he retired. For

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business he resided in the south, and since his return to Pittsfield he has been occupied exclusively in the management of his property and financial interests. He is a director of the First National Bank. Mr. Cooley is unmarried, and resides with his mother. He is a Master Mason ; is connected with the Boys Club and the Crane Museum, in each of which he takes more than an ordi- nary interest ; is one of the leading members of the Country Club and holds some of its most important offices. He attends the First Congregational Church.

(For first generation see Benjamin Cooley 1). (II) Eliakim, third son of

COOLEY Benjamin and Sarah Cooley, was born January 8, 1648, in Long Meadow, and died there December I, 17II. He married, March 12, 1679, Hannah Tibbals, died December 16, 1711, fifteen days after her spouse. Children: I. Hannah, born December 24, 1679; married, February 20, 1701, Hezekiah Parkins. 2. Eliakim, men- tioned below. 3. Mercy, born April 26, 1689; married, January 14, 1714, John Morgan.

(III) Eliakim (2), only son of Eliakim (I) and Hannah Tibbals, was born March 19, 1681, in Long Meadow, and died there February 6, 1755. He resided in that town, where his house was struck by lightning, so injuring his eldest daughter that she never fully recovered from the effects, and died un- married. Eliakim Cooley married, September 14, 1706, Griswold Beckwith, of Lyme, Con- necticut. Children: I. Eliakim, born Sep- tember 27, 1707. 2. Griswold, December 3, 1709, died January 26, 1764. 3. Matthew, born January 27, 1712. 4. Josiah, May 10, 1714, died young. 5. Luke, mentioned below. 6. Hezekiah, born August 17, 1720, died March 27, 1796. 7. Hannah, born November 26, 1722. 8. Gideon, November 21, 1724, died young. 9. Elizabeth, born March 19, 1727. IO. Esther, October 15, 1729.

(IV) Luke, fourth son of Eliakim (2) and Griswold (Beckwith) Cooley, was born No- vember 17, 1718, in Long Meadow, and set- tled in Somers, Connecticut, where he died January 1, 1777. He married, in Long Meadow, January 8, 1739, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Thomas (2) and Johanna Colton. She was born December 23, 1716, in Long Meadow, and died August, 1877, in Somers, surviving her husband seven and a half months. Children, recorded in Somers: I. Nathan, born January 19, 1745. 2. Hannal,

August 21, 1751. . 3. Luke, November I, 1752. 4. Louisa, September 21, 1755. 5. Lucy, May 11, 1759. 6. Dina, born February 18, 1762.

(V) Luke (2), second son of Luke (I) and Elizabeth (Colton) Cooley, was born No- vember 1, 1752, in Somers, and passed his life in that town, but no record of his death ap- pears. He married, December 6, 1779, Phoebe Wiston (Weston) of Lincoln, Massachusetts, who died in Somers, April 28, 1785. At that time her husband was probaly living. The Somers records show the birth of two chil- dren ; Luke, born October 24, 1780, and Wes- ton, mentioned below.

(VI) Weston, son of Luke (2) and Phoebe (Weston) Cooley, born August 27, 1785, in Somers, and was a farmer. He died July 30, 1858. He married (first) February 27, 1810, Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Weston) Warren. Elizabeth Wes- ton was a daughter of Stephen and Lydia Weston, the latter of whom lived to the age of ninety-one years, dying September 13, 1820, and having at that time eleven children, fifty- one grandchildren, one hundred and twenty-one great-grandchildren, and eleven great-great- grandchildren, making one hundred and nine- ty-four descendants. Her husband, Stephen Weston, died May 6, 1776. Mary (Warren) Cooley was born July 11, 1785, and died before 1840. Weston Cooley married ( second ) June 27, 1840, Zeriah Hunniston. Children of first marriage: 1. Mary, born December 17, 1810, died February 9, 1888. 2. Eliza F., July 31, 1813. 3. Jane J., April 16, 1816, died June 22, 1845. 4. Eucla N., April 28, 1819, died May 25, 1893. 5. Lucelia W., May 29, 1829; married Albert Amsden, and died June 21, 1890. 6. Zelotus J., mentioned below. 7. Al- bertus L., March 3, 1828; married Sarah H. Briggs, born December 28, 1836, died Septem- ber 2, 1883 ; he died in 1905.

(VII) Zelotus J., elder son of Weston and Mary (Warner) Cooley, was born April 15, 1824, in Dana, Massachusetts. He learned the carpenter's trade. and resided for some time at Greenwich. He married, April 30. 1850, Verlina, daughter of Charles and Mary (Floyd) Hannum. She was born October 21, 1824, in Greenwich, and died there Febru- ary 18, 1864. Children : I. Mary V. 2. Carius Marius. 3. Harriett M. 4. Herbert Weston. 5. Emma. Mr. Cooley married (second) Frances Stratton : one child, Gertrude L.

(VIII) Herbert Weston, son of Zelotus J. and Verlina (Hannum) Cooley. was born

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December II, 1858, in Greenwich, and was educated in the public schools of his native town. At the age of eighteen years he went to Holyoke, Massachusetts, where he took em- ployment as clerk in a grocery store, which as- sociation continued for a period of nine years. At the end of that time he engaged in the same line of business for himself and continued thus six years. Having disposed of his busi- ness, he engaged in the real estate and insur- ance business in Holyoke for sixteen years. In 1908 he opened an office in Springfield, Massachusetts, and is still interested in that undertaking. He has been active and influen- tial in the growth of Holyoke, and has built several apartment houses, among which are the Hobert, Suffolk and Eurania buildings, the Sonoma. the Eim, and the Highland Block, besides forty houses. Mr. Cooley is a Congre- gationalist in religious belief, and adheres po- litically to Republican principles. He married, October 24, 1882, Mary L., daughter of Au- gustus and Sarah J. (Smith) Tuttle, of Hol- yoke. Children: 1. Eurania I., born October 21, 1885; married Frank E. Taylor . resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2. Mae Hor- tense, born December 26, 1887. 3. Chauncy Herbert, July 4, 1890. 4. Josephine Lucille, July 24, 1894.

(The Weston Line-see John Weston 1).

(III) Stephen, fourth son of John and Mary ( Bryant) Weston, was born December I, 1692, in Reading, and died May 6, 1776. He removed to Concord about 1726. The name was generally spelled Wesson in Con- cord. and this form is found more or less in all branches of the family in early records, and is still preserved by some of the descendants. Stephen Weston was one of the founders of the Lincoln church in 1747, his brother Tim- othy being also a charter member, and Stephen was the first treasurer of the church, elected in 1746. It was formally organized August 18. 1747. He married Hannah Flagg, born December 5, 1692. Children: Stephen, men- tioned below : Sarah, born November II, 1727, in Concord ; Benjamin, died young ; Hepsibah, born April 3, 1743. Probably other children born in Lincoln.

(IV) Stephen (2), eldest child of Stephen (I) and Hannah (Flagg) Weston, was born November 26, 1720, in Reading or vicinity, and lived in that part of Concord set off as Lincoln, where he joined the church by pro- fession of faith in 1750. He married, No- vember 27, 1746, in Concord, Lydia Billings,

and the births of their first three children are on record in Concord, namely : Lydia, 1747; Elizabeth, mentioned below; Hannah, June 2, 1752. Lydia Weston died September 13, 1820, aged ninety-one years, and left at that time eleven children, fifty-one grandchildren, one hundred twenty-one great-grandchildren and eleven great-great-grandchildren, making one hundred ninety-four descendants.

(V) Elizabeth, second daughter of Stephen (2) and Lydia (Billings) Weston, was born April 8, 1750, probably in Lincoln, and mar- ried, April 23, 1776, Jonathan Warren, born December 18, 1751. Children : John W., born September 20, 1781 ; Betsey, March II, 1784; Mary, mentioned below ; Charles, died young ; Charles, September 7, 1788; Jonathan, Sep- tember 25, 1790.

(VI) Mary, second daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Weston) Warren, was born July II, 1785, and married, February 27, 1810, Weston Cooley, of Somers, Connecticut (see Cooley VI).

(The Hannum Line).

While this name, spelled Hannam, Hanum, and various other ways, occurs infrequently in Colonial Records, there are few names as- sociated much earlier with the history of Massachusetts. The American ancestor of this family emigrated from England, and has left a name that ever stands for honesty and integrity of character and good citizenship.

(I) William Hannum, emigrating from England about 1630, settled first at Dorches- ter Massachusetts, where his first child John was born, prior to 1639, and then removed to Windsor, where his other children were born. In 1655 he removed to Northampton, where he died in June, 1677 ; his will, dated May 15, 1677, leaves most of his property to his son, John. By his wife Honor he had children: John; Abigail, baptized November 22, 1640; Joanna, baptized July 24, 1642; Elizabeth, born April 24, 1645; Mary, born April 5, 1655. It is probable that Joanna died young.

(II) John, only son of William and Honor Hannum, was born about 1636, at Dorches- ter, Massachusetts, and died February 19, 1712. He married, November 20, 1662, Sar- ah, daughter of Richard Weller, by whom he had six children; his wife died March 30, 1673, and he married (second) April 20, 1675, Esther, daughter of George Langton, by whom he had nine children. His children were : Abigail, born August 16, 1664; Han- nah, October 12, 1667; Sarah, October 4,

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1669, died young ; Sarah, December 9, 1671 ; Mindwell and Experience, twins, March 24, 1673, both died young ; John, 1676; Eleazur, 1678; Ruth, 1680; daughter, 1683, died young ; Esther, 1685, died young; Esther, 1687, died young ; Joanna, 1688; William, 1690; Samuel, 1692.

(III) William (2), third son of John and Esther (Langton) Hannum, was born in 1690. In 1732 he removed to Belchertown, Massa- chusetts, where he remained until his death in 1756. He married Mary Hutchinson, a na- tive of Northampton, Massachusetts, who died in 1785, aged ninety-three. Children : Moses, born 1718, at Northampton; Aaron; Gideon, born 1726. Probably other children, whose names cannot be found.

(IV) Aaron, second son of William (2) and Mary (Hutchinson) Hannum, was born in 1722, at Northampton, Massachusetts. In 1732 he removed to Belchertown with his father, and died there in 1776.

(V) Caleb, son of Aaron Hannum, was born in 1749, at Belchertown, and died in 1833, at Greenwich. He married (first) Lidia Warner, died in 1789; (second) Abigail Drake, died January 6, 1834. By his first wife he had ten children, by his second wife five, as follows: I. Achsah, born 1770, died Janu- ary 1, 1850; married, January 19, 1815, John D. Curtis. 2. Aaron, born 1772, died 1790. 3. Josiah, March 16, 1774; died December 9, 1835; married (first) Dolly Bannister, Janu- ary 2, 1798, and (second) Nancy Day, Octo- ber 31, 1812. 4. Esther, born 1776, married Levi Park. 5. Othniel, February 18, 1778, died October 23, 1863 ; married, October 13, 1803, Martha Bassett. 6. Charlotte, born 1780, died 1834 ; married. November 28, 1807, Gaius Hannum. 7. Lydia, born 1782, died 1847; married Eleazor Stanley. 8. Caleb, March 25, 1785, died June 14, 1849 ; married December 1, 1808, Hepzibah King. 9. Ra- chel, born 1787, died 1807. 10. Mark, born 1789, died 1790. II. Charles. 12. Perez. 13. Park. 14. Sophia, born May 26, 1799, died October 10, 1826; married, April 18, 1821, Hart Newcombe. 15. Sarah, born April 10, 1801, died April 3. 1842; married, April 17, 1842, Hart Newcombe.

(VI) Charles, sixth son of Caleb Hannum by his wife Abigail Drake, was born October 23, 1793, and died January 13, 1869. He mar- ried, December 1, 1814, Mary Floyd. Chil- dren: I. Harriet, born July 17, 1817, died 1841. 2. Maria, August 29, 1819, died June 13, 1842. 3. Charles, March 26, 1822, died

May 8, 1858; married, November 6, 1843, Mary A. Johnson. 4. Verlina. 5. Amanda, November 13, 1826; married, December 19, 1850, Henry Robbins. 6. Park, April 23, 1830 ; married Mary C. Pierce.

(VII) Verlina, third and youngest daugh- ter of Charles and Mary (Floyd) Hannum, was born October 21, 1824, and died Febru- ary 18, 1864. She married, April 30, 1850, Zelotus J. Cooley (see Cooley VII).

This name is found in the HASKELL early records of Massachu- setts with a great variety of spellings, one of the most prominent forms be- ing Hascol. It is also spelled Haskal, and in many other forms. It is believed that the present usage is universal in the form herein. The name is found in Salem, Massachusetts, about 1637, when William Haskell, with his brothers, Roger and Mark, arrived. They settled in that part of Salem which is now Beverly, and William Haskell removed to Gloucester in 1643. No connection can be discovered between this family and the Plym- outh county family.

(I) John Haskell, born about 1640, was a resident of Middleboro, Massachusetts, before 1666. He married, in January that year, Pa- tience, daughter of George Soule, of Middle- boro. He was one of the twelve freemen of the town before 1689, and was a large land owner, dying May 15, 1706, aged sixty-six years. His widow purchased the old meeting house in Middleboro in 1701, and died March 15, 1705. Among the land owners of Middle- boro appears mention of John Haskell Jr., undoubtedly a son of this couple. An ex- tended search has failed to discover one or two generations intervening between John (2) Haskell and Roger.

(II) Roger Haskell, married Judith Nelson, at Middleboro, February 28, 1765.

(III) Simeon, son of Roger and Judith Haskell, was born January 10, 1767, in Mid- dleboro, and died in Oakham, Massachusetts, March 25, 1847, aged eighty years. He was a farmer and blacksmith, and purchased land in North Brookfield in 1793. He continued to reside there until 1804, when he sold his prop- erty and removed to Oakham, where he was a prominent citizen and served many years as selectman. He married, at North Brookfield, November 7, 1793, Ruth Haskell, probably a first cousin. She was born March 22, 1770, in North Brookfield, third daughter and fourth child of Deacon Samuel and Elizabeth

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(Macomber) Haskell, of North Brookfield. Deacon Samuel Haskell was born February 17, 1734, in Bridgewater, and his wife Eliza- beth was born October 14, 1737, in North. Brookfield. He died in the same town, No- vember 15, 1820. Ruth, wife of Simeon Haskell, died April 1, 1814, in North Brook- field, and he married (second) April 11, 1816, in Oakham, Mary Hall, born December 18, 1777, in Raynham, Massachusetts. Children : Loring, born June 8, 1794; Thomas S., men- tioned below ; Nelson, March 19, 1798; Daniel, February II, 1800; Betsey, October 15, 1803; Judith, April 26, 1808; Elijah P., February 22, 1810; Mark, June 13, 1813.

(IV) Thomas S., second son of Simeon and Ruth (Haskell) Haskell, was born Febru- ary 2, 1796, in North Brookfield, and lived there most of his life. He was drafted as a soldier in 1814 and sent a substitute for three months' service. Later he was lieutenant in the famous company of grenadiers belonging to Oakham, and New Braintree, which marched to South Boston to meet an expected British incursion. He married (first) April 2, 1821, Maria Pepper, of Oakham; (second) March 17, 1861, Alvira Crawford. No record of his children appears except that the family records show him to have been father of Henry W., Wilder, and Sandford, and there was probably a daughter, Charlotte.

(V) Henry W., eldest son of Thomas and Maria (Pepper ) Haskell, was born August 21, 1822, probably in North Brookfield, though a record made, probably by the family, subse- quent to his death, states that he was born in Spencer, Massachusetts. He died in 1870, in Georgetown, Florida. He was a printer, and was employed for a time in Greenville, Hart- ford, Connecticut, subsequently in Washing- ton, D. C., whence he went to Florida. He married, December 25, 1848, in Whately, Mas- sachusetts, Juliana Beals, born June 8, 1824, in Whately, died May 8, 1883, in Holyoke. Children : Henry Arthur, born August 24, 1850; Ida Jennette, November, 1854; Charles Frederick, December 9, 1856; Homer Frank- lin, mentioned below; Flora Isabella, Septem- ber I, 1862; Walter Herbert, November 19, 1864; Minnie May, March 17, 1867. The first two were born in Hartford, the next four in Washington, and the next in Blackenburg, Prince George county, Maryland. The sec- ond son was drowned May 20, 1895, in Methow Rapids, in the Columbia River, Washington.

(VI) Homer Franklin, third son of Henry

W. and Juliana (Beals) Haskell, was born August 29, 1859, in Washington, and began to support himself at the age of thirteen years. He had many kinds of employment such as farming and mill work, and acted as janitor of a church. In 1881 he went to Holyoke, Massachusetts. He subsequently became an electrician for sixteen years. He is now agent in Holyoke for the General Electric Company, and handles all sorts of supplies manufactured by that establishment. Mr. Haskell maintains settled opinions and is fearless in their sup- port. He is an ardent Prohibitionist, and has long been a leader of the party of that name in the city of Holyoke. He married, May 16, 1883, at Chester, Vermont, Fanny, daughter of Orrin S. and Sophronia (Wheelock) Saw- yer, born October 31, 1856, in Reading, Ver- mont. Children : Frank E., born August 6, 1884, and Henry William, January 27, 1886. Orrin Spaulding Sawyer was born in Reading or Plymouth, Vermont, and died in April, 1895, in the former town. Sophronia Whee- lock was probably a native of Cavendish, Ver- mont, and died June 5, 1889.

The first of the name in Con- PENFIELD necticut, was William Pen- field, of Middletown, as early as 1663. Very little is known about him. (II) John, son of William Penfield, lived in Middletown, Connecticut. He married Ann, daughter of David Cornwall, who died in June, 1725. Penfield was one of the adminis- trators. (Page 492, Vol. I, Probate Records of Hartford, etc.)" His sons appear to be: I. Benjamin, living in Middletown in 1728. 2. Stephen, died 1749; bequeathing to widow Je- rusha and children, Jeremiah, Benjamin, John, Jerusha and Samuel. 3. Peter, mentioned be- low. An Isaac Penfield lived at New Haven and had by wife Elizabeth (Howe) Penfield, daughter Elizabeth, January 2, 1717.

(III) Peter, son of John Penfield, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, about 1690. He settled at Fairfield, Connecticut, and with wife Mary was admitted to the church, March 21, 1730-31. Children, baptized in the Fairfield Church : I. Mary, April 25, 1731. 2. James, September 24, 1732. 3. Samuel, December 8, 1734. 4. Hannah, November 3, 1737. 5. Sarah, May 25, 1740. 6. Lydia, February 21, 1741-42. 7. Peter, September 18, 1743; sol- dier in the revolution. 8. Ann, July 21, 1745. 9. John, mentioned below.

(IV) John (2), son of Peter Penfield, was baptized at Fairfield, Connecticut, November

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29, 1747. John Penfield was major of the Twenty-third Connecticut Regiment in the revolution, May, 1775; lieutenant colonel in October, 1776, resigned 1781; credited to Chatham, Connecticut. The Pittsford history states that he was in the revolution. He came to Pittsford, Vermont, from Connecticut, in 1790, and bought of Ebenezer Hopkins the grist mill that Nehemiah Hopkins built, by deed dated September 7, 1795, and conducted a public house there from December, 1795, to 18II. He died at Pittsford, December 1, 1829. In 18II he built the house occupied later by John Stevens. Children, born probably at Fairfield, Connecticut : 1. Sarah. 2. Eunice. 3. John, married Patience Anthony. 4. Eliz- abeth. 5. Abigail. 6. Sturges, born Septem- ber 1, 1780; married Laura Giddings. 7. Thomas. 8. Allen, mentioned below. 9. Abel, born November 12, 1787. 10. Char- lotte.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 18

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 886

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 886