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(II) Captain James Packer, son of John Packer, was born in 1681, baptized at Groton,
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September II, 1681. He inherited from his father a controversy as to the extent of his lands at Nowank. In 1735 a compromise was effected and such was the interest of the neighbors in the decision that forty mounted men accompanied the commissioners, Major Timothy Pierce, Mr. West, of Lebanon, and Sheriff Huntington, of Windham, when they viewed the property. He died April 24. 1765. He married (first ) Abigail Avery, born Jan- uary 18, 1679, died November 16, 1722; (sec- ond) Elizabeth Springer; (third) Thankful Fanning. Children by first wife: Ichabod, born January 15, 1707, died May 10, 1768; Abigail, October 23, 1708, married Thomas Eldridge : James, mentioned below ; Desire, September II, 1712; Freelove, January 30, 1715 : Lucretia, August 2, 1717; Nancy. Feb- ruary 9, 1719; John, September 16, 1720 ; Jo- seph, November 2, 1722, died November 28, 1804. Children by second wife: Samuel, married Freelove Satterlee : Molly, Thankful, Elizabethı.
(III) James (2). son of Captain James (I) Packer, was born November 2, 1710. He married Zerviah, born October 6, 1715, daugh- ter of Daniel Eldridge. Children : Sophia, married James Brown ; James, mentioned be- low; Charles: Eldridge, January 1, 1756; Bathsheba, married John Ashbey ; Joshua ; Na- than ; Mary, married Samuel Fox.
(IV) James (3). son of. James (2) Packer, was born in 1734 at Croton, Connecticut, set- tled in Guilford, Vermont, in 1778, and died there August 24, 1803. He married Rebecca Walworth, who died February 1I, 1814, aged seventy-eight years. Children: James, men- tioned below : Jeremy, born January 2, 1762, a Baptist preacher : Surviah, September 15, 1767, married Joseph Shepherdson ; Eleazer, January 26, 1770; Rebecca, April I. 1774, married Edward Barney : Polly, February 10, 1777. married Alpheus Clark.
(\') James (4), son of James (3) Packer, was born in Groton, Connecticut, August 17, 1760, died in Guilford, Vermont, April 22, 1831. He went to Guilford with his parents when a young man and settled there. He married, at Leyden, Massachusetts, July 31. 1783, Mary Greene, born October 19, 1763, died January 10, 1830, daughter of Rev. Jo- seph Greene, a Baptist clergyman of Leyden, Massachusetts. Children : James, mentioned below : Daniel, born September 23, 1786; Han- nah, May 12, 1788, died January 22, 1859:
Mary, born January 25, 1790, died June, 1821 ; Surviah, February 2, 1792, died April 16, 1875; Joseph, January 1, 1794: Barsheba, July 29, 1796; Henry, June 28. 1798, died February 17. 1862; Jesse, July 8, 1800, died January 3. 1867 : Greene, June 18, 1802; Ed- ward, February 2, 1805 : Louisa. February 12, 1807.
(VI) James (5), son of James (4) Packer, was born in Guilford, Vermont, August 23, 1784, died in Norwich, New York. December 7, 1867. He came to Chenango county, New York, about 1806, bringing his family and household goods in an ox-team, cleared a farm in the wilderness and made a home there. He was among the pioneers of the town and one of the substantial citizens in later years. He married (first). in Vermont, September, 1806, Mary (Polly) Billings, born June 18, 1786, died June 16. 1826. He married (second), January 25, 1827, Eunice Lewis, born Febru- ary 27, 1785. Children by first wife : I. James A., born December 10, 1807. died Feb- ruary 23, 1820. 2. Charles, October 16, 1809. 3. Amos Billings, mentioned below. 4. Hor- ace, January 2, 1812, died in 1881 ; an attor- ney-at-law in Oxford, New York. 5. Ruany, September 5, 1813, died April 10, 1833 ; mar- ried Matthew Wells. 6. Dr. Nelson, Decem- ber 8, 1814, a physician at Wellsboro, Penn- sylvania. 7. Mary P., October 13, 1816, died August 18. 1848: married William Gilbert. 8. Marcia Carolina, December II, 1817. died in 1882; married William R. Breed. 9. Mar- tha Emeline, twin of Marcia Caroline, died July 21, 1853: married Ezra Bennett. IO.
Elizabeth, February 5. 1820, died in 1883; married (first) Elias B. Pellutt, (second) Na- than Pendleton. II. James H., September 16. 1823, died in infancy. Child by second wife : 12. Sarah F., born May 15. 1829; married Daniel M. Holmes, a merchant of Norwich.
(VII) Amos Billings, son of James (5) Packer, was born February 4, 1810, in Nor- wich, New York, died March 17, 1857. He was a farmer in his native town. He married, October 4. 1842, Sally Moore, born at East Lyme, Connecticut, October 9, 1817, died Feb- ruary 3, 1890, daughter of Ezra and Betsey (Steward) Moore. Children : 1. Mary Moore, born October 29, 1843. died June 6, 1884; married Frederick F. Hall, and had two sons, Frederick F. P. Hall, of Norwich, and Rob- ert Moore Hall, of New York. 2. Emeline V., March 6, 1846, died March 29. 1862. 3.
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Harriet B., March 7, 1848, died November 9, 1883. 4. James, November 17, 1850, lives in Norwich, New York; married Jennie Hopkins and has a daughter Mae. 5. Sarah L., April 30, 1853, lives in Norwich. 6. Amos Bill- ings, mentioned below.
(VIII) Amos Billings (2), son of Amos Billings (1) Packer, was born October 22, 1855. in Norwich. He was educated mainly in the public schools of his native town. He began to study law in the office of Robert A. Stanton, after taking a course in Norwich Academy, and in due course was admitted to the bar in 1881. He was clerk of the surro- gate's court when llon. W. F. Jenks was county judge and surrogate, and he held the office for six years. He then engaged in gen- eral practice with an office in Norwich, New York, and he has taken a prominent position among the lawyers of the county. He has been active in public affairs : has been a trus- tee of the incorporated village and at the present time he is secretary of the village board of health, member of the board of sewer commissioners and a trustee of Mount Hope Cemetery Association. He is gifted with an attractive personality ; is an able pub- lic speaker and a persuasive trial lawyer. His office is in the Ray Law Building on West Park place and his home is at 10 Haves street, Norwich. He is a member of the First Bap- tist Church. He is unmarried.
(The Chesebrough Line).
( I) William Chesebrough, immigrant an- cestor, was born in England in 1594. prob- ably in or near Boston, Lincolnshire, where he is known to have had his residence some eleven or twelve years prior to his emigration to America. He came on the ship "Arbella." Captain Peter Milborne, master, with his wife Anna, and three surviving children of the eight that had been born to him. The "Ar- bella" received its name "in honor of the Lady Arbella." wife of Isaac Johnson, Esq., one of the more prominent passengers. The ship was one of a fleet of fourteen vessels, with eight hundred and forty passengers, comprising the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Sarah Chesebrough, whose name stands No. 78 on the roll of the First Church of Boston, Massachusetts, was doubtless a passenger on the ship, and is thought to have been Will- iam's mother. The ship set sail from Cowes, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday, March 30, 1630,
and was called the "Admiral" of the fleet as it was the best vessel and held the more im- portant people. They settled first at Charles- town, July 30, 1630, but in three months re- moved to Boston. The names of William and his wife are on the roll of the First Church there. He was made a freeman in May, 1631. and was chosen one of the two deputies from the town; he was also constable and assessor of rates ; and again one of a committee to al- lot to "able bodied men and youth." grounds for planting. In 1637 or 1638 he removed to Mount Wollaston, later named Braintree, and here he was representative and commissioner or local judge for certain cases. Later he removed to "Seekonk," near Plymouth Col- ony, where he was prominent. He was op- posed to renaming the town Rehoboth, and because of a prejudice which arose against him from this he went to Pegnot, where he was urged to settle, but he finally settled in Wequetequock Cove, in Pawcatuck, and was assisted in his moving by Roger Williams. Soon after this a false charge was made against him by jealous neighbors, declaring that he intended to carry on trade with the Indians in firearms, and the general court of Connecticut issued a warrant requiring him to answer this, and though at first he refused he finally answered and cleared himself. Both Massachusetts and Connecticut claimed the Pequot land and Connecticut tried to gain it by founding a new town on Chesebrough's side of the river. Thomas Stanton, the fam- ous Indian interpreter. joined Chesebrough. Palmer and Miner in settling Stonington, which was at first called Southington, then Mystic. and then Stonington. For the last three years of his life he was selectman of the town. He died June 9, 1607.
He married Anne, daughter of Peter Ster- enson, by license, December 15. 1620, in St. Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire, Eng- land. His wife died August 24. 1773. Chil- dren : Marie. baptized May 2, 1622, died 111 infancy : Martha, baptized September 18. 1623, died in infancy ; David. died in infancy : Jonathan, twin of David, baptized September 9, 1624: Samuel, mentioned below : Androni- cus and Julia, twins, baptized February 6, 1620: Nathaniel. January 25. 1630: John, bap- tized September 2. 1632: Jabez. baptized May 3. 1635, died young : Elisha, baptized June 4. 1637: Joseph, born July 18. 1640, died young. ( II ) Samuel. son of William Chesebrough.
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was baptized April 1, 1627, at Boston, Eng- land, buried July 31, 1673. in Stonington, Connecticut. He was made freeman in 1657, and signed the Pawcatuck articles of associa- tion in 1658. He served as constable, select- man in 1660. deputy to the general court in 1665-66-70-71-72-73. He lived in Boston, Braintree and Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He married. November 30, 1655, Abigail
who married ( second ) June 15, 1675. Joshua Holmes, of Westerly, and (third ) July 4, 1698, Captain James Avery, of New London, who died April 18. 1700, leaving her again a widow. Children : Abigail, mentioned below ; Marie, born February 28, 1658; Samuel, No- vember 20, 1660: William, April 8, 1662; Sa- rah, December 24, 1663; Elisha. April 4, 1667: Elizabeth, January 6, 1669.
(III) Abigail, daughter of Samuel Chese- brough, was born September 30, 1656. She married, November 29, 1675, in Stonington, John Avery, son of James and Joanna ( Green- slade ) Avery, grandson of Christopher Avery, of Groton, Connecticut, born February 10. 1653-54. He served in King Philip's war. He owned land in Stonington, Groton and Preston, Connecticut. Children : Abigail, born January 15, 1677. died July 18. 1677; Abigail, January 18, 1679. married James Packer ( see Packer II) : Mary, November, 1680; John. April 1, 1683; Benjamin, 1686; William : Elizabeth, October 27. 1690: Anna ; Elisha and Desire, twins, 1694: Josiah: Dan- iel. November 5. 1699: Nathaniel; Thomas, 1703.
(\'Il) Abraham (3) Nash, son of
NASH Abraham (2) Nash (q. v.), was born about 1775. He settled in Troy, New York, and was proprietor of a brewery there. He married, at Norwalk, Connecticut. Sarah Benedict, of West Lane District, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Children : Jared : Samuel : Sally, married Silas St. John : Abiah, married Thaddeus Seymour ; Lewis F., mentioned below.
(VIII) Lewis F., son of Abraham (3) Nash, was born July 24, 1800, doubtless in Cooperstown. New York, died in Norwich. New York, July 5. 1871. He married, April 2. 1822, Sophia Shipiran, born May 16, 1800, died August 7. 1878. Children : Alphonso DeMortimer, mentioned below: Silas A .. born July 21, 1824, died July 3. 1865: Aaron S., October 17, 1825, drowned July 17, 1832:
Sophia S., October 9, 1837, died January 25, 1903.
( IX) Alphonso DeMortimer, son of Lewis F. Nash, was born in Toddtown, Otsego county, New York, November 2, 1822, died July 16, 1878. He received a public school education in Otsego county, and then learned the trade of piano making, which he followed all of his life. His position was that of fore- man of a large piano manufacturing plant in New York City for some time. He married, December 28, 1842, Emily E. Crandall, born in Cooperstown. New York, daughter of Ed- ward and Mary ( Todd) Crandall. Children : Henry C., born January 3. 1846, died March 6, 1893: Mary E., June 7. 1848, married Al- bert Clayton, of Ilion, New York; Edward Lewis, mentioned below: Alphonso Nelson, June 12, 1856, lives at St. Joe, Missouri.
(X) Edward Lewis, son of Alphonso De Mortimer Nash, was born at Forrestville, Chautauqua county, New York, July 20, 1853. He came to Norwich, New York, with the family, and he received his early education there in the public schools. When a young man he worked as clerk in a store in that town, and he has been in active business since he was eighteen years old and he has been in business on his own account since 1884 in Norwich. His book and stationery store at 187 South Broad street is one of the best in this section. He carries in stock the best books of the leading publishers of the country and he makes a specialty of good juvenile books. A full line of writing papers, envel- opes, and stationery of every description formis another department. He has also a wall paper department with a large and va- ried stock. Mr. Nash is a courteous, enter- prising merchant and fully deserves the pat- ronage and public confidence given to him by his townsmen. He is interested in public matters, has been trustee of the incorporated village and for two years was clerk of the village. He was supervisor of the town for fifteen years, an able executive. a faithful member of the town board and influential in the county board. Ile was at one time can- didate of his party for state senator. In re- ligion he is a Congregationalist. He is a member of Norwich Lodge. Free and Ac- cepted Masons: of Harmony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons: of Norwich Commandery, Knights Templar : of Katurah Temple, Mys- tic Shrine, of Binghamton, and he has taken
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the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite Ma- sonry. He is also a member of the Elks and of Canasawacta Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a director of the First National Bank of Norwich.
He married, October 19, 1881, Alice L. Turner, born in Preston, daughter of George H. and Vesta ( Merrill ) Turner. They have one child, Edna A., born in Norwich, New York.
BISSELL The Bissell, or Byssell family, is of French Huguenot origin. Many French Huguenots fled to England to escape the persecution follow- ing the massacre of Saint Bartholomew's in 1572. Little is known of the history of the Bissells in England. The coat-of-arms, Gules on bend argent three escallops sable. Crest : A demi-eagle with wings displayed sable, charged on the neck with an escallop shell or. Motto: In recto decus. (In rectitude hon- or ). The family of John Bissell, who settled in Windsor, Connecticut, is the only Bissell family known to have come to this country and all the colonial families are descended from him. They include two governors, one of Connecticut, and one of Illinois, a member of President Cleveland's cabinet, Postmaster General Bissell, a judge, and many other men prominent both in public and business life in many states. It is said that John and his brother. Thomas, came from Somersetshire, England; that Thomas died at Plymouth or returned to England. There is also a tradi- tion that Thomas married an Indian girl, a Poquonnoc Sachem's daughter, and died with- out issue. The same tradition has been held concerning Thomas, son of John Holmes. No trace of such a marriage or of the immigrant, Thomas Bissell, is to be found, however.
(I) John Bissell was born in Somerset. England, in 1590, died in Windsor, Connecti- cut. October 3, 1677. He came to Plymouth. Massachusetts, in 1628, removed to Windsor, Connecticut. before 1640, and was deputy to the general court of that colony in 1642. He held a lease of the Scantic ferry in that town, and located his house on the east side of the river, near the present wharf belonging to the Quarry Company. The road on the easterly side of the Connecticut river, leading from his house, followed the present road easterly to the foot of the hill, thence northeasterly up the hill across the farm now known as the
George Prior farm, where the road still has the appearance of being very ancient. lle built his house on the west side as early as 1659-60. In 1662 he gave his homestead with the ferry in old Windsor to his son John, and removed with his son Nathaniel to a site be- low the mouth of the Scantic. Flis was prob- ably the first family actually residing on the east side of the river. Cellars and houses were there earlier, and in 1648 William Hills sold a dwelling house, barn and appurtenances on that side, but the houses were occupied by laborers, who temporarily resided there while cultivating the meadow and cutting hay, which was stored in ricks until winter and then carried across the river on the ice. In 1675 John Bissell was a soldier in King Phil- ip's war, and his house was fortified and used as a garrison house for the neighborhood. In 1077 he was quartermaster of a troop of horse, and in that year his son Nathaniel op- erated the ferry from which John Bissell Jr. had been released on condition that some one be found to fill his place. The landing on the east side was changed to the south side of the Scantic about one hundred years ago. The homestead passed from John (2) Bissell to his son Daniel, whose son Daniel sold the house in 1790, and removed to Randolph, Ver- mont. The house was removed to another part of the town. There appears to be no rec- ord of the name of John Bissell's wife, but her death is recorded on May 21, 1641. Chil- dren : I. John, born in England; married. June 17, 1658, Isabel Mason, of Saybrook, daughter of the Indian fighter, Captain John Mason. 2. Thomas, mentioned below. 3. Mary, born in England; married, April 12. 1049, Jacob Drake; no children. 4. Samuel, born 1636; lived in Windsor. 5. Nathaniel. born at Windsor, September 24. 1640: mar- ried (first ) Mindwell Moore. September 25. 1662; (second ) Dorothy, daughter of Rev. James Fitch, September 25, 1683. 6. Joyce, born about 1642: married. November 7. 1605. Samuel Pinnet.
( II ) Thomas, second son of John Bissell. was born in England, died July 31. 1680. In 1655 he bought a house and eleven and a quarter acres of land on the west side of Main street, Windsor, but he resided most of his life on the east side of the river. He acknowledged the half-way covenant and was admitted to the Windsor church, January 31 1661, and his wife was admitted by the same
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course, February 28, following. He married, October 11, 1655, Abigail, daughter of Dea- con John and Abigail Moore, of Windsor. Children : Thomas, Abigail, John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin. Sarah, Isaac, Ephraim, died young ; Esther, Ephraim, Luke.
(III) Lieutenant Isaac Bissell, fifth son of Thomas and Abigail (Moore) Bissell, was born September 22, 1682, in Windsor, died February 6, 1744, in Litchfield, Connecticut, where he settled about 1723, and was the founder of the Litchfield branch of the fam- ily. He purchased for four hundred and fifty pounds one-sixtieth of the town of Litchfield (about seven hundred acres), and subsequent- ly a lot in North street for ninety pounds. He built what was subsequently known as "The old red house," which was demolished about 1857, being then the oldest building in the town. He married, May 2. 1706, Elizabeth, born December 17, 1684, in Windsor, daugh- ter of John and Abigail ( Eggleston) Osborn. Children : Elizabeth, Isaac, Abigail, Sarah, Joel, Benjamin, Roger, George, Joseph, Zeb- ulon.
(IV) Isaac (2). eldest son of Isaac (I) and Elizabeth (Osborn) Bissell, was born March 9, 1709, in Windsor, died in 1777, in that town, where he made his home. He mar- ried. October 1, 1746, but only the baptismal name of his wife Sarah is preserved. Chil- dren : Isaac, Luther, Sarah, Calvin, Oliver, Archelaus.
(V) Isaac (3), eldest son of Isaac (2) and Sarah Bissell, was born August 5, 1747, died June 19, 1823, in Hartwick. New York. He resided for a time in Litchfield. Connecticut, and about 1799 removed to Bowe Hill in the town of Hartwick, Otsego county, New York. He left Litchfield, June II. with his wife and their ten children, taking also one horse and yoke of oxen, a cow and ten sheep. The first three nights of their journey were spent with friends or relatives along the way. In ford- ing streams it was found necessary to lead the horse in first, after which the other ani- mals followed. The journey consumed three weeks. Acquaintances had preceded them to the new settlement, and these took hold on their arrival and assisted in building a log house for a home. Shortly afterwards they built a frame house which is still standing. Isaac Bissell married, December 13, 1770, Alathea Way (this name is frequently writ- ten Abiatha, which probably arose from blind
writing in some record). Children: John, Luther, Orange, Levi, Sally, Harvey, Benja- min, Norman, Polly.
(VI) Norman, seventh son of Isaac (3) and Alathea (Way) Bissell, was born Janu- ary 3, 1784, in Litchfield, died January 28, 1874, in Hartwick. He was an active mem- ber of the Presbyterian church. He married, about 1810, Ruth, daughter of Artemas and Hannah (Percy) Ward, of the adjoining town of Milford. Children : I. Mary Ann, born January 1, 1811, died at the age of twen- ty years. 2. Amos, mentioned below. 3. Mar- garet, July 26, 1815; married Sylvester Lu- ther; died in 1881. 4. Alathea Way, June 4, 1817; became the wife of Hawley King; died in 1900. 5. Norman, November 20, 1820, died 1869. 6. Artemas, August 1, 1826, died when twenty-two years old. 7. Edna Pame- lia, August 28, 1830, died 1907, unmarried. 8. Celia, February 18, 1837; married Rev. Albert Waldron, who died in 1874; she now resides with her two daughters in Brooklyn, New York.
(VII) Amos, eldest son of Norman and Ruth (Ward) Bissell, was born December 24, 1812, in Hartwick. He was prominent as a business man in Otsego county throughout his life. Until after the civil war he conducted a country store and accumulated some capi- tal which he invested in Michigan pine lands. In 1877 he sold at a large profit and rein- vested his money in cattle ranches in New Mexico and Colorado, and in timber land in North Wisconsin and Minnesota. The cattle venture proved disastrous, and at his death, October 29, 1888, in Milford, New York, his estate was heavily involved. This passed to his son, who was unable to extricate it from its difficulties and was forced to make an as- signment in 1893. Like his father, Mr. Bis- sell was active in the Presbyterian church at Milford, which was largely supported during their lives by their subscriptions. Neither was at any time active in politics, but both were staunch Republicans in principle. He married, January 19, 1843, Harriet Newell Babcock, born January 17, 1817, died March II, 1879.
(VIII) George Newell, only child of Amos and Harriet N. (Babcock) Bissell, was born December 25, 1846, in Milford, died at White Plains, New York, December 31, 1901. After struggling in vain to redeem his father's es- tate he removed to White Plains, New York,
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where he was first employed in a salaried po- sition, and later engaged in business himself. He was an active member of the Presbyterian church at Milford.
George Newell Bissell married (first) June 29. 1871, at Watertown, New York, Sarah C. Hamlin, born December 19, 1848, died May 31, 1877, in Milford. He married (second) January 3, 1888, Hannah Hayes, born Oc- tober 18, 1856. Children of first wife: Clar- ence H., mentioned below ; Amos, mentioned below ; David, born May 18, 1877, died Octo- ber 8,. 1877. Children of second wife. Ad- dison Hayes, born November 5. 1888; George Norman, March 13, 1890; students in Prince- ton University.
(IX) Clarence Hamlin, eldest child of George Newell and Sarah C. (Hamlin) Bis- sell, was born April 6, 1873, in Milford, New York.
He has been for many years a promi- nent citizen of Newark, New Jersey, holding high official positions in several large corpor- ations of that city and elsewhere. His rise has been rapid. his advancement from appren- ticeship to the topmost rung of the ladder, in short order, being one of the remarkable fea- tures of his career in a number of instances. He seems to have been always active in every- thing he undertook and always successful in whatever he attempted. His strong person- ality first materialized in college sports. He was graduated from the Phillips Exeter Acad- emy in 1891, and he received his degree of A. B. from Princeton University in 1895. At the university he played on the freshman base- ball team and was sub-catcher on the 'Varsity team. In his sophomore year he was elected treasurer of the baseball association for the junior year, and in the latter was chosen pres- ident and manager for the senior year, and following his graduation he was appointed general athletic treasurer of the Princeton University Athletic Association, which posi- tion he held until September, 1896. At the close of Mr. Bissell's university career he de- cided to enter commercial life and went to Newark, New Jersey, in the employ of the Murphy Varnish Company. He began here at the bottom, serving three years in the fac- tory. At the end of that time, having demon- strated his ability in a satisfactory manner, he was made factory superintendent, and shortly after was made general superintend- ent. In 1907 he was elected second vice-pres-
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