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351 "History and genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": colonial grant of 80 acres, May 1671, for service in Pequot War.
Came to Hingham, Mass., 1635; rem. to Windsor with first settlers and moved to Fairfield by 1652. He settled in Westchestr, NY by 1682, and d. there abt. 1685.
At New Haven, he signed the Fundamental Agreement, June 1639, and took the oath of allegiance, 1644; had three in his famly, 1641; sold his property there in Apr. and May 1652.
On 26 May 1674 he gave land in Fairfield to his dau. Priscilla wife of Cornelius Seeley; and it was recorded, 25 Nov. 1678, that Thomas Bedient had land by gift from his father-in-law, Capt. Richard Osborn.
On 27 Oct. 1682, being of Westchester, he gave his Fairfield lands to his son John, who was to pay L1 apiece to the eldest dau.'s five children, L2 apiece to dau. Priscilla's two sons and L1 apiece to her two daus., L1 apiece to dau. Sarah's seven children, L1 apiece to dau. Mry's three children, and to dau. Elizabeth, L50. (Fairfield Deeds)
His first wife, mother of his children, is not known. On 12 June 1677 he appears in Westchester records as husband of Mary, widow of Roger Townsend. She had previously been widow of Mordecai Bedient.... 
OSBORN, Richard (I42157)
 
352 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Deputy (Windsor) to Conn. Leg., Aug. and Sept. 1639, Jan 1640, Feb., Sept. and Nov. 1641, apr. and Aug. 1642, Mar. and Sept. 1643, Apr. and Sept. 1644.
Son of James Hill of Lyme Regis, co. Dorset, England, who was Mayor of Lyme Regis, 1603. The Will of James 10 May 1620, proved 5 May 1621, named son William and dau. Mary Hill, with others. The will of Mary Godwyn of Lyme Regis, last of Mar. 1665, proved 6 June 1665, named her three cousins, William, James and Ynatius, sons of my brother William Hill in New England, L250 between them.
He m. at St. Mary Archer, Exeter, co. Devon, 28 Oct. 1619, Sarah Jourdain, dau. of Ignatius and Elizabeth of Eeter, co. Devon; she was bapt. at St. mary Archer, 4 Mar. 1698/9 and m. (2) after 1663, Edmund Greenleaf of Boston. the will of Ignatius, 1 Mar. 1635, proved 16 Oct. 1640, named wife Elizabeth, children of son William Hull, and others, specifying Lyme as his birthplace. The will of Elizabeth, widow of Ignatius, 20 June 1645, proved 9 Mar. 1649, gave L20 to grandchild Joseph Hill.
He came to Dorchester, Mass. by 1663, probably on "Mary and John" 1630; removed before 1639 to Windsor, and not long before his death to Fairfield, whre he d. in Sept. 1649. On 11 May 1654, lands were entered in Fairfield records, formerly given by the town to William Hill, Sr.
Will 9 Sep. 1649, proved 15 May 1650; wife Sarah; children Sarah (has had portion), William, Joseph, Ignatius, James, Elizabeth. Inv. at Windsor, 24 Sep. 1649; at Fairfield, 16 Nov. 1649.
Will of Edmund Greenleaf of Boston, 22 Dec. 1668 named his wife's three sons, William, Ignatius, and James Hill, to whom their aunt gave L50 apiece; he sent something to Ignatius in Barbadoes.
On 1 Feb. 1673/4, the younger William Hill entered for record at Fairfield lands of which half were his portion, and the rest granted him by his father-in-law Greenleaf and his mother. 
HILL, William (I28788)
 
353 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Deputy for Springfield to Conn. Leg., Apr. 1638, Sept. 1641; for Fairfield, Sept. 1645, Apr 1646.
He came in the Winthrop Fleet, 1630, settled in Roxbury, Mass., and was made freeman, 18 May 1631 In 1633 he served on a committee with William Pynchon, the Colony Treasurer; and in 1636 went with Pynchon to Springfield, of which he was appointed Collector by Conn. Colony. He rem. to Fairfield soon after 1641. He may have married more thn once. The mother of Jehu, jr., was quite likely sister of John Cable, Sr. There was prob. some relationship between the Burrs and the family of Nathaniel Perry.
He d. by 1654, and perhaps even earlier. On 17 Feb. 1670, the younger Jehu had recorded a homelot adjoining his own homelot, of which he "hath had quiet possession above this sixteen years." Immediately beneath, under date 12 Jan. 1673, is entered a description of the same lot, autographed by his bro. John, from whom he had purchased it, apparently a ratification of the purchase, The next entry, same date, is the younger Jehu's own homelot which he "hath by his father's will Jehu dec'd", bounded by the lot bought from his bro. John. 
BURR, Jehu (I09209)
 
354 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Goodwife Salwson demanded goods which had been in possession of her son-in-law John Smith, John and his wife being deceased; she made oath 9 Dec 1690 that the goods were hers and "she would never give them to her daughter said Smith's wife if she would proceed in the match with said Smith."
Will of Mary Slawson, 27 Mar. 1697; sons Matthew, Isaac, and Samuel Jennings; dau. mary Curtis, all her wearing apparel and L30 out of Est. at Stamford; dau.-in-law Hannah Jennings; son Joseph Jennings; grandchild John Smith, L5; five sons, Joshua, Joseph, Samuel, Matthew, Isaac. Inv. 10 Jan. 1697. 
WILLIAMS, Mary (I61809)
 
355 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Gregory, John, s. of Henry.
Deputy for Norwalk, Oct. 1659, Oct. 1662, May 1663, May 1665, Oct. 1667, May 1668, May and Oct 1669, Oct. 1670, Oct. 1671, May 1672, May 1674, Oct. 1675, Oct. 1677, May 1679, Oct. 1680, May 1681.
Admitted member of New Haven Court, 24 Feb. 1644/5; shoemaker, early rem. from New Haven to Norwalk, where he d. in 1689; m. Sarah ?, who d. in Oct. 1689.
Will 15 Aug. 1689; wife Sarah; children; two daus. to receive equally, and son-in-law James Benedict to have as much as John Benedict had.
Will of Sarah Gregory, widow, of Norwalk, 9 Oct. 1689; friends, Mr. Thomas Hanford and Sergt. john Plat, overseers; witnesses, John Fitch and James Betts. Inv. 28 Oct. 1689. Agreement 1 Nov. 1689; sons-in-law John Benedict, james Benedict; sons John, Jakin, Judah, joseph, Thomas Gregory. 
GREGORY, John (I26112)
 
356 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": He and his bro. Samuel were most likely children of the first wife of Nathaniel Richards of Norwalk, for Samuel called Richards "father" and received a legancy in his will.
Named in Norwalk, 1655 list; had seven children, 1672. he and Samuel were among the Norwalk freemen, 1669, and among the petitioners for establishment of Danbury, 1672. From an entry made by Winthrop, it appears that he was a kinsman of Nicholas Olmstead of Hartford.
Married mary Kimberly, dau. of Thomas, whose will 1672 named his gr. children Nathaniel, Mary and Elizabeth Hayes.
Will of Nathaniel, Sr., of Norwalk, 27 Apr. 1705; son Nathaniel, L30; son Samuel, L15; daug. Rachel Messenger, land; son James, residue. Witnesses, Peter Burr, William Haines.
inv. L398, taken 12 Mar. 1706/7 by William Haines, Andrew Messenger, Samuel Hayes 
HAYES, Nathaniel (I28054)
 
357 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": He came to Boston in the "Truelove", Sept. 1635 ae. 22. he came to Saybrook and was in the Pequot War, 1637, under Lion Gardiner. Settled in Stratford and d. abt. 1649.
He m. Rose Sherwood, dau. of Thomas, b. abt. 1622, and she m. (2) Thomas Barlow and (3) Edward Nash.
The probate records show that he d. before 4 Mar. 1653, but he must have d. by 1650, as his widow had a child by her econd husband, b. 1651. 
RUMBLE, Thomas (I47658)
 
358 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": He was nephew of Mrs. Abigail (d. at Windsor, 18 May 1684), widow first of John Branke (d. 27 May 1662), and afterwards of Rev. John Warham (d. 1 Apr. 1670). Her Est. ordered distributed to Elizabeth John, Abigail, Thomas, Samuel and Miles, children of her cousin Miles Merwin.
Tanner, of Milford, where he d. 23 apr. 1697. 
MERWIN, Miles (I39542)
 
359 "History and Genealogy of the families of Old Fairfield": John Jordan, perhaps was bro. of Mr. Thomas Jordan, who was Deputy for Guilford to the New Haven Colony Leg., May 1653, and May 1654; and Commissioner to Mass. Colony, June 1653, and June 1654; who returned to England, leavng here a dau. Elizabeth, who was m. 1 June 1669 to Andrew Lette, by his father Dep. Gov. William Leete.
Mr. John was early at Guilford, where his will was presented 1 Sept. 1650, but we fail to find its terms recorded. His widow Anne m. (2) by 1654, Mr. Thomas Clark, who was bur. at Guilford, 10 Oct. 1668. Mrs. Anne Clark d. at Saybrook, 1 Jan. 1671/2, and adm'n on her estate was granted to Abraham Post. 
JORDAN, John (I32469)
 
360 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Laborie (Dr.) James. Chirurgeon, Port Royal Expedition, Aug. 1710, and Caplain on the transport brigantine Mary: Lt., Fairfield County Troop, May 1714.
Completed study of theology in Academy of Geneva, 1688, and was ordained at Zurich; went to England and officiated in French churches of London; came to America in 1698, and after ministering to French colony in New Oxford, Mass., had charge of French church in New York, 1704 to 1706. He then engaged in the practice of medicine, and rem. to Stratford.
Married (1) Jeanne Resseguie, (2) Mary Burr, dau. of Nathaniel.
On 12 Apr. 1711, expecting to be called to serve in the war, he appointed his brother Anthony Laborie of Guilford, "Gentleman and Chyrurgeon", trustee for his wife Mary, with whom he had received a considerable estate in marriage. (Stratford Deeds)
Will of James of Fairfield, "Phisition", 17 Mar. 1730/1, proved 4 may 1731; to son James, all my Instruments of chirurgery and all my French writings; son John, "if he Comes again"; daus, Ann, Jeanne, Mary; grandson John Laborie; wife Mary, sole Exec'x. 
LABORIE, Dr. James (I34448)
 
361 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Lockwood, Robert - Sergt., Fairfield Trainband, May 1657.
Came to Amaerica about 1630, brother of Edmund; settled in Watertown, Mass.; freeman of Mass. Bay, Mar 1636-1637. removed to Fairfield about 1646; freeman ofConn., May 1652.
Married Susanah, prob. dau. of Richard Norman of Salem, Mass. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris.
Inv. 11 Sep. 1658. Widow Susana to administer; nine childen: eldest son Jonathan, Joseph, Daniel, Ephraim, Gershom, John, Abigail, Sarah, Mary; Deborah, being married, hath rec'd portion.
Jeffrey Ferris agreed to pay portions to the children, and mention was made of what he shall pay William Ward and Joseph and Daniel Lockwod on account of the children. 
LOCKWOOD, Robert (I36455)
 
362 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Pinkney, Philip - Of Fairfield by 1650; had a grant of land from the town, 14 Feb. 1666/7. Sold to Nathan Gold, 13 Feb. 1669/70; sold also to James Beers. he and his wife Jane were perhaps drawn to Fairfield by the marriage of their aunt, Mrs. Sarah Phippen, to George Hull. They rem. to Eastchestr, NY.
Will 9 Jan. 1688/9, proved 28 Feb. 1688/9; son Thomas, Exec'r; sons John, William,thomas, lands in Eastchester; unmarried daus. Elizabeth, Jean, Ann, Deborah, L 10 each; daus. already married, 12 pence each.
Of the older married daus., one was Abigail who m. (1) (say 1670) David Osborn (d. 1679), and (2) ?; another was Hannah who m. Thomas Pickering of Eastchester. The dau. Elizabeth m. by 1695, Daniel Burr, of Fairfield; and the dau. Jane m. by 1697 Moses Dimon, of Fairfield. 
PINKNEY, Philip (I44364)
 
363 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Pitman, Jonathan - this surname was found early at Salem, Mass., where it was also spelled Pitnam and Pickman.
Mr. Jonathan m. at Stratford, 29 Nov. 1681, Miss Temperance Welles. She was dau. of Mr. John, b. abt. 1654, and d after 1728.
He d. at Stratford, 1 Dec. 1731 ae. 91.
Will 13 Mar. 1727/8, proved 6 Dec. 1731; "antient and under ye decays of nature"; wife Temperance life use of moveable estate; to my dau. Benedict L5 and my cupboard in ye celler; residue to cousin Samuel French of Stratford; cousin Samuel French and cousin John Thompson, Exec'rs; overseers Capt. John Welles, Joseph Welles, Nathaniel Curtis. 
PITMAN, Jonathan (I44491)
 
364 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Platt, Richard - Among the early settlers of New Haven, he was listed in 1641 with a family of four persons and a good estate. Removed to Milford in 1639 with the founders of that town; chosen a deacon of Milford Church, 1669...
Will 4 Aug 1683; son John and four Bibles for his children; son Isaac and three Bibles for his children; son epenetus and three Bibles for his children; son-in-law Christopher Comstock and his wife, and three Bibles for their children; Samuel Beach, referring to what he had already given him; Hannah and Deborah Merwin, two Bibles; aid for eduction of Elder Buckingham's son, and for education of the son of Epenetus; son Josiah and five Bibles for his children; tow Bibles for Josiah Whitmore and his sister; son Joseph and two Bibles for his children. Inv. 13 Feb. 1684. 
PLATT, Deacon Richard (I44583)
 
365 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Seabrook, Robert - An elderly man, one of the early settlers in Stratford, he did not long survive. His will is not found, and our only knowledge of it comes from mention made of it in Stratford Deeds, where land was entered to the following persons which they had by gift from their grandfather Robert Seabrook: - Samuel Fairchild, Thomas Fairchild, Jehiel Preston, John Wheeler's wife, Samuel Stiles's wife, and perhaps others not noted. From this we deduce that he had daus. who m. thomas Fairchild, William Preston, and Thomas Sherwood; the wives of Wheeler and Stiles were daus. of Sherwood.
Preston was from Chesham, co. Buckingham, and the name Seabrook is common in that county, where at Wingrave a Robert Seabrook m. 12 Sept. 1596, Alice Goodspeed, bapt. 19 Aug. 1576, dau. of Nicholas, Jr., and Margaret Goodspeed. She was a cousin of Roger Goodspeed, the Barnstable settler. If this was the emigrant Robert, he may have married more than once; but unless research in England be made, we have only vague surmise on which to build. 
SEABROOK, Robert (I48869)
 
366 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Served as soldier under Capt. Seeley, King Philip's War, and in the Narragansett Fort Fight, Dec. 1675, fell with two bullets in each thigh, but crawled away, cutlass in hand, and after great suffering from exposure and loss of clothing, survived to receive 50 shillings in compensation from a grateful General Assembly in 1678. HALL, Samuel (I26955)
 
367 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": She was dau. of Sir Richard Chetwood, by his second wife Dorothy Needham; who was sister of Sir Robert Needham, of Shenton, co. Shropshire (created Viscounty Kilmorey in 1625), dau. of Robert and Frances (Aston) Needham, and granddau. of Thomas Needham by his wife Anne Talbot; who was dau. of Sir John Talbot, of Grafton, co. Worcester, by his first wife Margaret Troutbeck, Sir John being a grandson of John Talbot (1413-1460), second Earl of Shrewsbury. CHETWOOD, Grace (I11298)
 
368 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Sherwood, Thomas - Thomas came to Boston in the "Frances", Apr. 1634, ae. 48, with wife Alice, ae. 47, and children Anna (14), Rose (11), Thomas (10), and rebecca (9). He came to Wethersfield with the first settlers, 1635, was a carpenter, and sold his lands to George Wyllys, 25 Mar. 1640. He removed to Stamford, where he lived until 1648, when he sold to John Holly, and settled in Fairfield. He may have been related to Thomas Morehouse, whose holdings adjoined his in Wethersfield, and who accompanied him in his subsequent migrations.
If the age of the son Thomas was misstated in the ship's list, he could have been the Thomas son of Thomas and Alice bapt. at St. Michael's, London, Eng., 23 Jan. 1630.
Will 21 July 1655, proved 25 Oct. 1655; children by former wife, Thomas, Jane, Tamsen, Margaret, Sarah, Hannah, Rose, Rebecca; wife Mary, and children by her, Stephen, Matthew, Mary, Ruth, Abigail, Isaac.
Fairfield Deeds mention 18 Jan. 1658/9 that "john Banks hath married Mary Sherwood the relict."
His widow Mary m. (2) John Banks and d. in 1694/
Will of Mary Banks, 6 Jan. 1693/4; son Stephen Sherwood's dau. Ruth; son Matthew Sherwood's dau. Mary; Hannah "Lumis"; dau. Ruth; sons Stephen, Isaad; residue to son Mathew; Ens. Wheeler and James Bennett, Sr., overseers. Inv. 13 Mar. 1693/4. 
SHERWOOD, Thomas (I49677)
 
369 "History and genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Son of James and Jan (Bristow), bapt. at Great Leighs co. Essec Eng., 22 Mar 1579, buried at Fairsted, co. Essec, 16 Nov. 1641. He m. Frances Slany, buried 10 Sept. 1630, sister of Thomas Slany of London, haberdasher, whose will, proved 28 July 1638, gave legacies to joseph, his sister Holmested's youngest son, to his niece Sarah Holmestead, and to his nephew Richard Holmestead. Thomas Slany also gave legacies to the three children of his sister Bazie, one of whom was doubtless John Bazie of Hartford, who was called cousin in the will of Capt. Richard Olmstead of Norwalk. OLMSTEAD, Richard (I41955)
 
370 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Son of James and Jane (bristow), bapt. at Great Leighs, co. Essex, Eng., 4 Dec. 1580, d. at Hartford in 1640; m. at Great Leighs, 26 Oct. 1605, Joyce Cornish, who was buried at Fairsted, co. Essex, 21 Apr. 1621.
He came on the "Lion" to Boston in 1632, with his two sons, and three children of his brother Richard, and settled in Cambridge, Mass. In 1636 removed to hartford 
OLMSTEAD, James (I41940)
 
371 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Staples, Thomas - Deputy (Fairfield) to Conn. Leg., Sept. 1649, Sept. 1650, Oct. 1661
He was an original settler of Fairfield, 1639.
In 1653 when Goody Knapp was tried and executed as a witch, Staples' wife placed herself under suspicion, to which her unusual intelligence had already made her liable, by epressing doubt, saying for exanple "it was long before she could believe this poor woman was a witch, or that there were any witches, till the word of God convinced her". Mr. Ludlow reported the suspicions of her to Rev. Mr. Davenport, but Thomas Staples boldly brought the matter to an issue by suing Mr. Ludlow for slander in the New Haven Colony Court, which awarded him damages of L10. In 1692, during the witchcraft epidemic, Mrs. Staples was accused again, together with her dau. Mary Harvey and gr. dau. hannah Harvey, but no evidence sufficient for indictment was produced.
In 1664 Winthrop treated Staples' wife of Fairfield and the children, specifying their ages thus: mary 18, Mehitabel 12-13, Hester 8, John 1/2.
The estate of Thomas was settled, 12 Jan. 1668/9 by arbitrators between Mary widow of Thomas Staples, Sr., Thomas Staples, Mehitabel Staples, and John Staples, and Mr. Josiah Harvey and John Beach in right of their now wives.
Will of Mary Staples, 12 Sept. 1696, sons Thomas , John; daus. mary wife of Josiah Harvey and Hannah wife of John Beach; friend Widow Mary Slawson, as a token of my love, for her kindness to me; gr. child Hannah harvey; gr. child Mehitabel Fanton; to nathan Gold, a book by Dr. Preston. 
STAPLES, Thomas (I54716)
 
372 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": the statements in the preface to the "Andrew Ward Genealogy" with regard to Andrew's being of the family of Richard Ward of Gorleston or Homersfield have been investigated. No such person as Richrd Ward was found; no Gunville family existed in that vicinity as lords of the manor; and eery reference given has proved to be fictitious. It is likely that these statements were the invention of a fraudulent genealogist, innocently accepted by members of the Ward family, through whom they found their way into the book.
It is certain that he m. in England, Hester Sherman, who was bapt. 1 Apr. 1606 at Dedham, co. Essex, and we should look for his antecedents in that quarter. The will of Robert Lockwood of Eye, near Yaxley, co. Essex (who m. Margery Sherman), in 1558 named his daus. Mary wife of John Ward and Ann wife of Anthony Barker. David Rawson of St. Gregory's, London, Father of Edward (Sec. of Mass. Col.) and son of Edward and Bridget (Ward) Rawson, in his will 1616 named his uncle John Ward, and Andrew Ward (a minor), son of his uncle Ralph. Now Dr. John Ward of Ipswich, Mass., besides mentioning various Sherman cousins in his will 1652, gave L20 each to the two youngest sons of his "Cousin Ward of Wethersfield." Dr. John Ward was son of John Ward (will 1631) of Stratford St. Mary, co. Suffolk, just across the River Stour from Dedham, co. Essex. The mother of Dr. John Ward was Anne, whose will 1635 made Dr. John Clarke of Colchester Executor. This was the Dr. John Clarke who settled later in Newbury, Mass., the same town to which the younger Edward Rawson had come in 1637.
Andrew may have been the son of Ralph, nephew of John of Stratford, and cousin of Dr. John Ward and of Sec. Rawson; but positive proof has not been found. ( Stephen and Joyce (Traford) Ward had a son Richard of Faxton, co. Northampton, whose will in 1640 named various relatives, including a brother Andrew; but as this Andrew was in England in 1640, he was not the emigrant. However, Richard gave a legacy to Gov. Thomas Dudley in new England, and a clue may be found here.)
He first settled in Watertown, Mass.; was a founder of conn. Colony and an original settler at Wethersfield; he was also a founder of Stamford in 1641, having with Robert Coe on behalf of the Wethersfield men arranged with New Haven Colony for the settlement there; and rem. 1647 to Fairfield, where he died in 1658. He m. Hester Sherman, dau. of Edmund, bapt. 1 Apr. 1606, d. in 1666.
Will 8 June 1659; wife Ester; son John, L50, when 21; dau. Sarah, L40; dau. Abigail, L40, when 18; housing and lands to sons Andrew and Samuel, to be divided when the eldest (Andrew) is 21; the rest of his children have had full portions except Edmund, who is to have L20 "if he come to this place." Inv. 18 Oct. 1659; Ester and son William granted adm'n.
Will of Hester, 27 Dec. 1665; son William, L5; dau. Mary Burr, L2; sons Andrew and Samuel, L8 each; dau. Abigail, L10; children of dau. Anna Nichols. L9; gr. child Hester Ward, L9; son John's child, L9; gr. children Sarah and Nathaniel Burr, children of dau Sarah, L9; clothing to daus. Ann, Mary,Sarah, Abigail; sons William and Andrew, Exec'rs; to Daniel Burr and Hester Burr, 10 shillings each. Inv. 30 Jan. 1665/6
It is reasonable to suppose that Edmund was eldest son, named for Hester's father Edmund Sherman, but dead before Hester made her will; yet Elizabeth Barker of Nayland, co. Suffolk (five miles from Stratford, where the Dr. John Ward family lived), in her will 1627 named her gr. child Edmund Ward. It should be considered as a possibility that Andrew Ward m. (1) a Barker, mother of Edmund; and that Edmund returned to England, not being of "this place" when Andrew made his will; and this theory would explain Hester's will not naming him, even if he was then living. 
WARDE, Andrew (I59143)
 
373 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": This surname was originally Sillivant, and traditionally Dutch. The first of the name in Connecticut was a Daniel Sillivant who m. (1) before 1652, Abigail Cole, dau. of James of Hartford. She soon died, and he m. (2) at new Haven, 17 Oct. 1654, Elizabeth Lamberton, da. of Capt. George. He d. in Virginia leaving a will proved June 1655, giving property to widow. She, in Oct. 1655, conveyed to john Cole the house and land given to her husband and his former wife Abigail by the latter's father in his will. She m. (2) 9 Mar. 1656/7, William Trowbridge of New Haven. It may be queried whether pershaps this Daniel had been married previously in Virginia, where early in the next century a Silliman family was located.
Daniel of Fairfield, perhaps related to the earliest Daniel, m. (by marriage contract July 1661) Peaceable, widow of John Eggleden.
Reocrd 4 Mar 1663/4: Daniel Silliman had m. the widow of John Eggleden; her son was apprenticed to Joseph Middlebrook.
Married (2) Hannica (also called hannah), widow of Henry Hendricks.
Inv. of Daniel, Sr., 2 Jan. 1690/1; widow Hannica (marriage contract referred to); adm'n granted to daniel and Robert. Heirs named: Daniel, Thomas, Robert.
Daniel Silliman was involved in the Benfield case, 1666, and the testimony contains considerable information about him. Gold wrote of him that he had small property, did little labor, and traded with the Indians. George Squire, Jr., testified that, it having been reported that a fleet of Dutch and french was coming to New England, Silliman said he "hoped he should get his foot aboard a man of warre once more." This indicates that he served in the navy in his youth. Prob. he was a man of adventurous spirit, and a shrewd trader; but the ability that soon characterized the Silliman lune seems to have derived largely from the excellent intermarriages with families of mental distinction, notably the Hull and Selleck alliances. 
SILLIMAN, Daniel (I49824)
 
374 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Wakelee, Jacob, s. of Henry. Called "Dr." in 1726. He m. (1) ?, widow of Richard Wallis of Norwich.
He married (2) Hannah Peat, dau. of John, b. 6 Dec. 1667. this statement is made in "Hist. of Stratford", also in "Hist. of Fairfield", whre Hannah Peat is the only wife attributed to Jacob. It is obvious that she was not ole enought to be mother of the older children; she was wife of a Wakelee in 1694, and could have been second wife of Jacob, or first wife of James Wakelee.
Will 30 Dec. 1726, codicil 7 Jan. 1726/7, proved 24 Feb. 1726/7; sons Jonathan, Henry, Joseph, Israel, nathaniel; daus, Ruth wife of John Lacy, Ann Wife of Timothy Wheeler, Jr.; grandsons Jacob son of Jonathan, and Timothy son of Timothy Wheeler. Witnesses: John Fairchild, Alexander Fairchild, Jr., and Thomas Sherwood. 
WAKELEE, Jacob (I58860)
 
375 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Wheeler, Thomas, "Sr." - Known as Thomas, Sr., came to Concord, whence he came (with the Jones contingent in Sept. 1644 as we suppose) to Fairfield. Here land was recorded to him, and adjacent land to Thomas, Jr., in Jan. 1649/50. This Thomas, Jr., we take to be the brother named 1654 in his will, but whether actual brother or brother-in-law the evidence is inadequate to establish. Though rare, brothers sometimes were given identical names, but usually they were half-brothers, with different mothers. Ephraim Wheeler was certainly brother of Thomas, Sr.
Will 5 May 1654, proved 23 Aug. 1654; wife Ann; elder son Thomas, property in Concord; dau. Sarah wife of Thomas Sherwood and their son Thomas; dau. (not named) and four gr. children, Mary, James, Thomas, and John Bennett; son John, lands in Fairfield; brother Thomas Wheeler Lieutenant, Robert Lockwood, and Andrew Ward, all of Fairfield, overseers. Ephraim Wheeler was an appraiser.
Will of Ann Wheeler, 21 Aug. 1659; elder son Thomas, his wife and children; children of dau. hannah, mentioning Sarah and Hannah Bennett;; gr. child Sarah Sherwood; Annis Sherwood, wife of my son-in-law; to Rebecca Turney, my best hat; to Ann Squire, a petticoat. Inv. 20 Oct. 1659. the illegible conclusion of the will may have named her son John.
The "Wheeler Family in Amerca" which we cannot follow implicitly with regard to this Wheeler family, states that Thomas m. at Cranefield, co. Bedford, Eng., 5 May 1613 Ann Halsey; and the baptisms of their children at Cranefield, given below, are from the same source. 
WHEELER, Thomas Sr. (I60794)
 
376 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Deputy for Fairfield, Ma 1666, Oct. 1667, Oct 1668, May 1670 to Oct.1671 inclusive, May 1674, Oct 1685, May, July and Oct. 1686, Jan., Mar. and Oct. 1687, May, June and Oct. 1689, apr. 1690. Assistant, 1690 to 1694 inclusive. Commissioner for Fairfield, 1679-87, 1689. Capt., Fairfield Trainband, Apr. 1690; Commissary, Fairfield County, Feb. 1693; Sergeant-Major, Fairfield County, Oct 1694.
Born abt. 1633; testified 1681 ae. 48.
Married Sarah Fitch, dau. of Thomas of Norwalk, who was mother of his children. As he was nearly forty when the first of his ten children was born, and possessed a homelot and lands, a prior marriage is likely, and he may have m. (1) before 1659, Mary War, who d. after 1665 without issue. He bouth lands of Charles and Michael Taintor, prior to 14 June 1656.
Will of John, Sr., 19 Mar. 1693-4; wife Sarah; son John (Exec'r), homelot I dwell upon, formerly Strickland's and Pinkney's; son Samel, farm in the woodsm and four years in College; son Jonathan, land in the new field, formerly Westcott's and Joseph Bishop's; son David, homelot I bought of John Cable; dau. Mary, L100 at 18 or marrige; dau. Deborah, the same; dau. Sarah already portioned; bro. Nathaniel Burr and cousin Peter Burr, overseers; I have not rec'd from my father Fitch my wife's portion. Witnessess: John Edwards, Eliphalet Hill. Inv. 5 Nov. 1694 
BURR, John (I09213)
 
377 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield":..(Sarah Jourdain, dau. of Ignatius ad Elizabeth of Exeter, co. Devon).....Elizabeth, wife of Ignatius Jourdain, was sister of Sir Simon Baskerville, and dau. of Thomas Baskerville of Exeter, co. Devon, Bailiff in 1590, by his wife, dau. of Richard Perry, Bailiff in 1585. Her bother Simon, of London, was physician to James I and Charles I; the latter knighted him.
Ignatius, son of William Jourdain of Lyme Regis, bapt. there 17 Aug. 1561; began his business life among his knosmen in Exeter; in 1576 was sent by his employer to Guerney, where he was converted; m. (1) at St. Mary Archer, Exeter, 24 June 1589, Katherine Bodlie, dau. of John, who was buried 4 May 1593; m. (2) 5 Aug. 1593, Elizabeth Baskerville, In 1599 he was appointed a Bailiff of Exeter; member of the Chamber, 1608; Receiver of the City, 1610; Sheriff of Exeter, 1611; Mayor, 1617; Deputy Mayor, 1624, for three months during the plague, all the magistrates having fled; Member of Parliament from Exeter, 1625, also 1625/6 and 1627/8. He was a Puritain, and in 1639 when the proclamation touching the rebellious practices in Scotland was read in Exeter Cathedral, Alderman Jourdain was one of three who put on their hats in silent protest. For this he was commanded either to apologize or to appear before the Council in London. He did neighter; but did not long survive; buried 18 June 1640. His widow Elizabeth was buried 18 Oct. 1649. 
JOURDAIN, Sarah (I32514)
 
378 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield":...Son of John Gould, of Kings Langley, yeoman (will 30 June 1633,proved 18 July 1633), by wife Judith (will 6 May 1650, proved 3 Sept. 1650). Judith m. (2) bylicense 20 Sept 1639, Simon Gould, of Bovingdon, co. Herts, a distant cousin of her first husband. She was buried at Watford, co. Herts, 15 May 1650. She left money to be sen to new England "for my son Nathan and my daughter Sarah their own children"; other children, Hannah, Mary, Abel, Lydia, Elizabeth; another son, Zaccheus,died before her, "unltra marinis coelebis", unmarried.
Nathan is first seen at Milford, whence he soon removed to Fairfield; m. (1) between 1648 and 1655, Martha, widow of Edmund Harvey. In 1657, Winthrop worte of Gold's wife at Fairfield as suffering from hypocondraiaca." Perhaps she did not long survive; Martha's name has not been found in Fairfield records following her marriage to Gold, though he was later recorded as responsible for the portions of her children... 
GOLD, Nathan (I25467)
 
379 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield: Elizabeth is said to be the daughter of Samuel Rowland, an early settler of Stratford, possibly brother of Henry of Fairfield; d. early leaving a will, of which the only mention is found in Statford Deeds. ROWLAND, Elizabeth (I64551)
 
380 "History of Adair County":

Biographical

REUBEN A. SLAUSON was born in the town of Marion, Perry County, Alabama, November 26, 1870, being a son of Daniel H. and Julia A. Slauson. he was married September 27, 1891, to Mollie S. Jameson, daughter of William B. and Eliza J. Jameson. They had seven children, five of whom are living: Stanley H., born July 16, 1892, died August 13, 1893; James R., September 6, 1893, died September 19, 1893; Edith G., August 25, 1894; Leo G., September 13, 1899; harry E., November 25, 1902; Hershal A., June 10, 1906; George M., June 27, 1910.
Mr. Slauson moved to Schuyler County, Missouri, with his parents when about a year old. Here he was reared on a farm, living there till grown. He then learned the carpenter's trade and has followed that occupation and farming since, except tow and one-half years he was weighmaster for the Manufacturers Coal and Coke Company mines.
He moved to Adair County soon after his marriage and has lived here since tat time. At present he owns a farm of eighty acres, one and one-half miles east of Trinity Store. Mr. Slauson is a Republican in politics, and served as constable of Clay township two years.

Source: Joe Chester 
SLAUSON, Reuben Adams (I52122)
 
381 "History of Cattaraugus Co., New York: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers":

SILAS SLAWSON was born in Penn Yan, N.Y., in 1814, and with his father moved to Hanover, Chautauqua Co., New York in 1822, where he resided until 1866, when he removed to Perrysburg, in this county, where his home has continued to be. In 1856 under the act authorizing the district in this State, Mr. Slawson was selected for the second district of Cattaraugus County. He had previously been a successful teacher; and entered upon the work of this responsible office with enthusiasm, and continued performing its duties with untiring energy during the term of nearly three years. As soon as his round of examination of, and granting certificates to, teachers was completed, he commenced visiting the schools, aiding in creating new districts or consolidating old ones, and harmonizing differences as they occurred. He was emphatically a worker; continually on the move from school to school in the eighteen towns comprising the Assembly district; imparting his energy to teachers, urging them to greater effort in their honorable profession, and inspiring pupils with the importance and necessity of education. It is not too much to say that no commissioner has since excelled him; and, also we state the fact that he held the Teachers' Institutes, with his associate commissioners of the first district, during his term. He has filled several positions of public trust in his towns with intelligence and strict integrity.

Mr. Slawson and his wife are now enjoying the fruits of an industrious life, - - a pleasant home in the village of Perrysburg, with a competency honestly acquired, - respected by their neighbors and numerous acquaintances.

Newton Slawson was a teacher several years, justice of the peace twelve years, is a thriving farmer in Perrysburg, and with his wife, who is an intelligent lady, are living in a pleasant home, wit good surroundings, and both are highly respected. He twice offered his services to the Government as a soldier in the war for the Union, but was rejected on account of physical disability. Intent upon sharing in the responsibilities of the war, he furnished a "representative recruit" who served in his stead during its continuance. He enjoys the confidence of his townsmen.

Samuel E. Slawson was a merchant in Perrysburg for several years, and is now in the same business at Bradford, Pa. He owns a good farm in Hanover, and is in flourishing circumstances. His wife is a lady of cultivation, a successful teacher of music. They are happily situated and are highly respected.

Mr. Slawson's grandmother was a twin sister of Col. E. A. Nash's great-grandfather, Silas Nash, and they were born in Hartford, Conn., in 1765 Mr. Slawson was reared under the roof of his venerated grandmother, and he attributes his habits of study, thrift, and industry to her watchful care, kindness, moral teachings, and energy....
 
SLAWSON, Silas Nash (I66735)
 
382 "History of Illinois and Her People" by Professor George W. Smith, M.A. -

James H. SLAWSON, engineer and business man, for the greater part of his active life has been identified with the iron and steel industry.
Mr. Slawson was born at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1875, son of William Bowers and Lorinda (Snow) Slawson. His paternal grandfather, John Lloyd Slawson, was of New England parentage and was the first white child born in Cass County, Michigan. From Michigan John L. Slawson moved to Cleveland. The original Slawson homestead in cleveland was in the old University Heights, on the South Side, now known as West Fourteenth Street, this being the locality in which James H. Slawson was born. On the maternal as well as the paternal side his people have long been prominent in educational affairs at Cleveland, and were active in founding the public school system in that city. Miss Sarah E. Slawson, sister of James H. Slawson, has been for many years head of an institutional school in the slum districts of Cleveland.
James H. Slawson was educated for the engineering profession, and his early experience in the iron and steel industry was at Cleveland. He was connected with similar industries in the Mahoning Valley and in Western Pennsylvania. Mr. Slawson located in Chicago in 1910, and is now connected with the Chicago Malleable Castings Company, in charge of the railway department.
Mr. Slawson is a member of the Union League Club, Engineers Club of New York,Lotus Club of New York, the Milwaukee Club of Milwaukee, Cleveland Athletic Club and the American Iron and Steel Institute, of which Judge E.H.Gary is president.
Mr. Slawson resides in the village of Glen Ellyn, west of Chicago. For several years he has been active in local affairs, and in the sping of 1925 was elected president of the Village Board. He had the distinction of leading a successful campaign, and for the first time in many years an opposition ticket was elected in that municipality. Mr. Slawson has been deeply interested in the plans and movements for the coordination and direction of growth and development among the suburban districts surrounding Chicago, so as to safeguard the future as well as the present welfare of the individual communities. In August, 1925, Mr.Slawson as president of the Glen Ellyn Village Board appointed a Plan Commission for that village, which is cooperating with the Chicago Regional Plan Commission. Mr. Slawson married Miss Gertrude F. Hardy and has one daughter Miss Mary Elizabeth Slawson. 
SLAWSON, James Henry (I68332)
 
383 "History of Iowa County, Wisconsin" by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin:

James W. Slauson, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Arena; born in Orange Co., N.Y., September 1836; he came to Wisconsin with his parents, Reuben and Rachael Slauson, about 1845; the family settled in the town of Union, Rock Co., where his parents still reside. Mr. Slauson was married in Rock Co., to Susan E. P. Emery, daughter of Robert Emery, who emigrated from England to Massachusetts with his family, and thence to Wisconsin, and settled in grant Co. about 1844. Mr. Slauson came to Iowa Co. in the spring of 1867; has resided in the town of Arena since that time. He has seven children - Charled E., Ada L., Edwin M., James S., Herbert W., Daniel R. and Clarence Garfield. His farm contains 160 acres. 
SLAUSON, James Wallace (I50581)
 
384 "History of Isaac How(e) by Rosa VanGilder (abt. 1923) Revised by Crystal Belisle. Source (S04369)
 
385 "History of Isaac How(e)" written by Rosa VanGilder about 1923 and revised by Crystal Belisle: "Isaac How(e) was born in new York on December 2, 1796. He married Freelove Conde in 1821 and moved to Washteraw County, MI in 1833. In 1837, they moved to Marshall County, IN locating on the Potawatami Indian Reservation near the Twin Lakes. They farmed the land SW of Plymouth near the railroad and Catholic Mission. He later purchased and improved land West of Plymouth that is now owned by his Granddaughter Mary Howe Black(?). Isaac was appointed then elected to Clerk of the Marshall CO Circuit Court and moved to Plymouth. While still in office, Isaac was stricken with pneumonia and died in 1848 at age 51Y 1M 2D. Freelove remained a widow for more than 44 years. She died August 9, 1892, at the age of 92Y 10M. Two children preceded them in death, John died in 1873 in CA where he had gone during the Gold Rush. Mary A. Howe died September 3, 1863." HOW, Isaac (I29865)
 
386 "History of Isaac How(e)": Charles volunteered for the war while still a student at Notre Dame. He was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant serving and dying in the Aragonne Forest in Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge. REEVE, Charles Burroughs (I65096)
 
387 "History of Isaac Howe": "David How born December 10, 1827, took over family affairs at the death of his father and expanded the farm. In 1855, he married (Mary) Amanda Wolf of Mansfield OH. She died on May 29, 1856, age 23Y 7M 13D, preceding the death of their infant daughter by three weeks. David later married Mary Almira Cummins of OH. they had four children. David served as (?) of Marshall CO and lived to an age of 72, passing on April 6, 1896. One son passed at the age of five(?) on November 17, 1871, but David was survived by four children: John Tabler, Freelove Amanda Howe wife of Alfred Corse, Margaret Louella Howe wife of Harley A Logan, and Mary Jane Howe wife of Joseph Milo Black." HOW, David (I65056)
 
388 "History of James Morgan": Capt. James b. 3 Mch., 1644, so. of James, m. "Mary Vine of Old England," Nov. 1666, died 8 Dec 1711, age 68. His wife Mary died in 1689, of the "throat distemper," so called, a terrible epidemic which prevailed throughout the country that year, especially in the months of July and August, visiting nearly every family and carrying consternation and death in its trail. She was born in England in 1641, and was 48 years old when she died. After her death he married 2nd wife Hannah (?), born in 1640, who d. in 1711, aged 71, a few days only before his own death, but after the date of his will, in which he calls her his "dear and loving wife."

His will is dated in Groton 25 June, 1708, and approved in the probate 22 Jan. 1712. In it he bequeaths to his "dear and loving wife Hannah Morgan," his "horse and chaise," barn, and orchard by it, and "the lower field this side of the cross fence which joineth south brook," to enjoy during her life. To his son James, his "field"; one half the barn and all his land at home, subject to the joint control and use of his widow, so long as she so remained. Also to James a lot "in the plain," near the salt marsh, "on the north side of the island." to his son William, "the land he has already a deed of," and 100 acres and one little island in Packanacock plain," that is, my sons Jas and Wm shall have equally." To his "four daughters, Mercy, (record of birth says Mary), Hannah, Elizabeth and Jerusha," all his cattle, horses and sheep, to be equally divided between them. to his "grandson James Morgan," his saddle bridle and short gun, and to his "grandson Wm Morgan" his musket.

He was an active member and one of the two first deacons of the first church in Groton; was the principal magistrate, and transacted the chief part of the civil business around him, for many years. At the first town meeting held after the town was incorporated, in Dec. 1705, he was the moderator, and was chosen first townsman or selectman. he was moderator of nearly every town or society meeting until near his death in 1711, and after that for many years his place as moderator was supplied by his two sons Deacon James and Lieut. John, sometimes the one acting and sometimes the other. He was chosen captain of the first "train band" in Groton, in 1692, under an order of the Governor and Council, authorizing a military company to be formed there, and had been then two years a captain and commander of the "dragoon" force of New London county, under a special commission from the General Court.

Like his father he was one of the Deputies to the General Court from New London from 1689 to 1700, and afterwards one of the first Deputies from the new town of Groton, in 1706; and for several years was a Commissioner to advise and direct the Pequot tribe of Indians in the management of their affairs.

The military titles of these early days, even down to that of ensign, or sergeant, were esteemed as marks of high distinction, and from their peculiar importance, and the care and caution with which the officers were chosen, very justly so. These infant plantations were surrounded by hostile tribes of Indians, overwhelming in numbers; exposed constantly to the inroads of prowling bands, often irritated and always treacherous, and their very existence as well as peace and safety, depended much upon the personal character, the wise sagacity, prudent counsel and conduct, and the cool intrepidity of these chosen military guardians. Hence it was the early practice, when the leading officers of these "train bands" were to be chosen, to open the proceedings by solemn proclamation and prayer, and sometimes a special sermon for the occasion was prepared and preached to the company by their minister.

Capt. James lived and died upon the old patriarchal homestead of his father James... 
MORGAN, Capt James (I40378)
 
389 "History of Knox and Davies Counties Indiana" (Name: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886;), Source Medium: (null)
Source (S00067)
 
390 "History of Pittsburgh & Environs":

Heber M. Gates, prominent in many circles of Clairton, Pa., also identified with the progress of the community in the public service as well as industrially and fraternally, was born in St. Charles, Minn., Jan 20, 1872, a son of Mason Hulet Gates. The father was born in Elizabethtown, NY, April 24, 1834 and when still a young man emigrated to Minnesota becoming one of the first settlers in St. Charles. He died Oct. 8, 1813 in his eightieth year of his age. He married Edna Bingham, who was born in Hennysville, Canada, August 14, 1836, and died September 14, 1886. Her family were old settlers of Vermont, and lived near Lake Champlain.

Receiving a practical education in the public schools of his native town, Mr. Gates, as a young man assisted his father as clerk in his general store in St. Charles, remaining with him until 1891. He then moved to Joliet, Illinois, where he was employed as a clerk with the Illinois Steel Company, from May 1891 until June 1902. On July 1, 1902, he came to Clairton to enter upon his duties as paymaster in the Clairton Steel Works, which position he still holds. Widely known in the community through his business position, Mr. Gates was long since sought for the public service. He was elected borough clerk of Clairton in 1905, and has since been re-eleced continuously, his present term to expire on Jan. 1, 1922. He is a staunch Republican. Fraternally, Mr. Gates is well known being a member of McKeesport Lodge, No. 641, Free and Accepted Masons; McKeesport Chapter Royal Arch Masons; and the Modern Woolmen of America. He is a member of the Clairton Club and of the South Hills Country Club and is a member of the Episcopal Church of Clairton.

Mr. Gates married, December 25, 1893, in Joliet, Illinois, Susie A. Brown, daughter of Halsted and Lucretia (Lewis) Brown. Mr. Brown was prominent as a hotel man in Red Bank, New Jersey for many years, and died there in 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Gates have five children; Cecil Walter, born Jan. 21, 1895, Reginald H. born Dec. 24, 1897, Wilbur B. born Oct. 24, 1905, Edith Margaret, born Nov. 26, 1906, and Robert Mason, born Jan. 26, 1914.  
GATES, Heber M. (I68771)
 
391 "Histoy of Isaac Howe" written (abt. 1923) by Rosa VanGilder and revised by Crystal Belisle. Source (S04354)
 
392 "HON. ORLAN FRANKLIN BAKER, attorney at law of Vincennes, Ind., was born in Paoli, Orange Co., Ind., August 4, 1843, son of John and Sarah (Delard) Baker. The father was born in Woodford County, Ky., in 1812, and the mother in Orange County, Ind., in 1819. Subject's paternal grandfather was James Baker, a native of Orange Co., Va., born in 1785. He moved to Kentucky in 1805, where he remained until 1814, when he moved to what is now Orange County, Ind., and died in 1816. The maternal grandfather, John Delard, was born in what is now Mercer County, Ky., in 1798, son of Ettienne Delard, native of South Carolina, born in 1767. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and can trace his ancestry back to Montpelier, France. They left their native country in 1685, upon the expulsion of the Huguenots. Our subject was educated by a private tutor, and attended the State University at Bloomington, Ind., and graduated from that institution in 1864. He began the study of law in 1860, in connection with his other studies, and was admitted to the bar at Jasper, Dubois Co., Ind., in January, 1863, before he was twenty years of age. In 1859 he came to Vincennes and has here made his home ever since. In May, 1863, he was elected city attorney of Vincennes, and held the office two years. In 1866 he was chosen to represent Knox County in the General Assembly, but declined re-election in 1868. He has since practiced his profession in Knox County, with the exception of two years, 1869 and 1871, when he resided in Indianapolis, and practiced his profession there in partnership with Judge Samuel E Perkins. September 4, 1867, he took for his wife Miss Mary J. Faskington, daughter of Hon. William C. Faskington, of Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs Baker died June 5, 1885, leaving a son named Frank T. In politics Mr. Baker is a Democrat, and is one of the best posted and most successful lawyers of Indiana. For a number of years he has been engaged in a literary work upon the races of men who have inhabited the West."

Ref: History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana (Chicago, Illinois, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886) Page 310/11

 
BAKER, Hon. Orlan Franklin (I104326)
 
393 "Howe Genealogies" - 'He was a prominent man in Marlborough, filling the office of Selectman and Town Treasurer for many years, was Representative to the General Court in 1700, and for several years thereafter. He was also one of the King's Justice of the Peace, and a colonel in the militia.....
In a curious little book entitled, "Revolution in New England justified," there is found an affidavit made by Henry Kerley and Thomas How, sworn to by the latter on 2 Jan. 1689-90. The writers of the book mention the affiants as "two honest men." The troubles with the Indians continued after the resettlement of Marlborough at the close of the King Philip's War, and the inhabitants were kept in continual alarm by their savage foes. He took an active part in the wars, and was in severe action at Lancaster 31 July 1704.' 
HOWE, Thomas (I65876)
 
394 "Howe Genealogies" - He moved with his father to Henniker, N.H., in 1763; his name appears as a private in Capt. Aaron Adams' Company at Henniker in 1776, and was one of the selectmen of Henniker in 1778. HOWE, Otis (I65868)
 
395 "Howe Genealogies" by Daniel Wait Howe. Source (S04371)
 
396 "Howe Genealogies": ....In the spring and early summer of 1739, he bought three full township rights in the new town called Great Meadows, N.H., the records of those deeds are found at Springfield, Mass. In 1739 or 1740 he became one of the early settlers of that town. The year 1744 brought an Indian war, with all its attending horrors, the settlers were obliged to seek safety and shelter in the forts. On the 11th of Oct. 1745, as he was cutting wood a few rods from the fort, he was surprised by a band of Indians and taken captive before help could reach him. He was taken to Canada, where he was kept a prisoner in Quebec for a year and a half, when he died of prison fever 25 May 1747, just as he was about to be redeemed. His death was a severe blow to his family, and to the community where he was known, as one of his contemporaries wrote of him, " he was greatly beloved by all who know him." He was possessed of cultivation and refinement far beyond the ordinary. He kept a journal during his prison life which was of inestimable value, for the many items therein recorded of other captives whose fate otherwise would never have been known. It is also a priceless legacy to his descendants, showing as it does, the beautiful Christian character of one who could endure the severest hardships with a grace and dignity rarely to be found. HOWE, Nehemiah (I29809)
 
397 "Hudson and Mohawk Valleys": The Albany family of this name are lineal descendants of that Jonathan Rudd, whose romantic marriage is so beautifully described by Miss Caulkins in her "History of New London, Connecticut," p. 48. Jonathan was a native of England, who came to America and settled perhaps in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1640. Certain it is that he took the oath of fidelity, October 1, 1644. He was of Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1646, was admitted a freeman, was of Hartford in 1651. He probably died in 1668. He was a man of importance as shown by the records. He was married in the winter of 1647 by John Winthrop, of New London, who was acting under a Massachusetts commission. the name of his bride is not given, but the circumstances attending the marriage have been and always will be preserved. "The wedding day was fixed and a magistrate from up river engaged to perform the ceremony as there was not anyone in Saybrook qualified to officiate." But "there falling out at that time a great snow: so that "the magistrate intended to go down thither was hindered by the depth of the snow." But the nuptials must not be delayed, application was made to Mr. Winthrop to come to Saybrook to perform the ceremony, but he deriving his authority from Massachusetts had no legal right to officiate in Connecticut. He, however, agreed if the parties would meet at a brook designated he would there perform the ceremony as that was Massachusetts territory. The offer was accepted. On the brink of this little stream, the boundary between two colonies, the parties met, Winthrop and his friends from Pequot, and the bridal train from Saybrook. here the ceremony was performed under the shelter of no roof, by no hospitable fireside, without any accommodation but those furnished by the snow covered earth, the overarching heavens and perchance the sheltering side of a forest of pines or in a situation so wild and solitary and under circumstances so interesting and peculiar. The impressive group stood around wrapped in their frosty mantles with heads reverently bowed and at the given sign the two plighted hands came forth from among the furs, and were clasped in token of a lifelong affectionate trust. The stream received the name of "Bride Brook" on the spot, and is so known to this day....  RUDD, Jonathan (I69697)
 
398 "Huntington Family Memoir": Graduated at Yale College, 1741. He was elected, in 1759, a member of the general assembly of his native state, for many years represented his native town to the universal acceptance of his fellow citizens, presiding, often, over the deliberations of the lower house. Early after his graduation he entered into the West India trade, and by an honorable and efficient business career, laid the foundations of one of the amplest fortunes of that age. At the commencement of our revolution he was the owner of a large amount of shipping, which of course was a very greatly endangered by the rupture with the mother land. but his patriotism prevailed over his commercial and pecuniary ambition. He cheerfully sacrificed his property and consecrated himself and his family to the cause of independence. He was one of the most active of the committee of safety during the war; and in the September session of the assembly for the year 1776, he was appointed one of the two major generals from Connecticut, for the militia of the sate, David Wooster being the other; and on the death of Wooster, from a wound received in the skirmish with the British, retreating from Danbury, in april of the next year, he was appointed major general over the entire Connecticut militia.

His great exertions, made for his country's cause, during those trying years of our national history, together with the great pecuniary losses which, in such a struggle, were inevitable, were too much even for his strong mind and vigorous frame. As the pressure of the early excitement and indispensable action passed away, it was soon seen how greatly they had impaired his physical and mental powers. "On finding himself disabled from public service, he resigned all his offices, and spent the remainder of his life in retirement, at his seat in Norwich. He was seized with a fatal complaint, in Feb. 1779, and after a gradual decline of more than seven years, he died, Oct. 5, 1786."

Gen. Huntington was a man of religious principle, having united with the church in 1741. It was very justly said in the funeral sermon delivered over his remains," he sustained an amiable and worthy character in the domestic relations and private walks of life." One other passage from that sermon, deserves transcribing for this notice: "As the train of melancholy distress which brought him to his end, probably originated from his painful and unremitted exertions for his country, in the time of danger; his country, surely, will not withhold the tear of grateful sorrow, but pay deserved respect to his memory, and teach succeeding generations to revere his dust; and as they pass his urn, to say, 'there lies the man who devoted his all to the public good; who sacrificed his ease, his health, and eventually his life, to serve and save his country."...... 
HUNTINGTON, Jabez (I69908)
 
399 "Huntington Family Memoir": He was allowed to take up "twenty feet square upon the water on the west side of Rocky Point, on the north side of Lieut. Lathrop's grant, if it be there to be had; not prejudicing the conveniency to be laid out by James Huntington and Daniel Tracy." He was highest on the list of subscribers to the bridge built in 1737, over the Shetucket to unite Norwich and Preston, an enterprise in which none but moneyed men in that day could engage. In his successful business career commenced that family distinction and wealth, which, at the opening of the Revolution, had placed his two surviving children at the head of the aristocracy, even of their own aristocratic town.... HUNTINGTON, Capt Joshua (I69912)
 
400 "Huntington Family Memoir":...He and his first wife united with the first Congregational church of Norwich in 1775, and eminently honored their Christian profession. His second wife, who lived until July 30, 1838, was a noble woman in all personal and social qualities. Mrs. Sigourney says of her, " she possessed an elegance of form and address, which would have been conspicuous at any foreign court. She was especially fascinating to the children who visited her, by her liberal presentations of cake and other pleasant eatables, or, what was to some equally alluring, a readiness to lend fine books with pictures."

Of Mr. Huntington the same authority says: he "was a man of plain manners and incorruptible integrity. His few words were always those of good sense and truth, and the weight of his influence given to the best interests of society." He engaged in commercial pursuits, and in 1795 embarked in the manufacture of paper at the Falls in Norwich. He was a judge of probate in his districts, as late as 1813. During the war of the revolution he was a commissary of brigade, and was untiring in his exertions to secure prompt supplies for the army. upon his services. Gov. Trumbull put great reliance, and it is on record that such reliance was not misplaced. He died April 7 1824. 
HUNTINGTON, Andrew (I69905)
 

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