Notes: Darlene's Family Genealogy

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101	"A Genealogy of the Hoyt Families": Silas was blind; signed the deed of 1773 by mark, when he was living in "old Poundridge"; was living after 1802. It is supposed that he lost his sight after arriving at manhood. He was a devout Presbyterian, and after returning from meeting, could repeat much of the sermon, and sing the psalms and hymns employed. he recognized a lady after 30 yrs. had passed, by her voice alone. "Elder Lee" once preached a sermon on Bonapart as fulfilling the prophecy of Daniel, which he objected to printing, when requested to do so, because it was delivered without notes. Silas thought he could repeat it word for word, and undertook to supply any part that might be wanting. It is said that in his old age he lived in Amsterdam, NY with a dau. who m. ? Ambler.	HOYT, Silas (I30637)
102	"A Genealogy of The Ingersoll Family in America 1629-1925" - Jonathan Ingersoll was enrolled in the Westchester Co. Milita, 2nd New York Regt. under Col. Thos. Thomas. He is also recorded in the Westchester Co. Militia entitled to Land Bounty rights, 2nd Regt. Major Thaddeus Crane, Capt's Justus Harris and Jesse Holley.	INGERSOLL, Jonathan (I64444)
103	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family" - Edward was a lawyer; published a Digest of Laws of U.S. from 1798 to 1820; also Abridgement of Acts of Congress now in force, excluding those of Private and Local Application; and poems under the pen name of Horace for Philadelphia Magazine. (See Keith-Appleton-Allibone) Class of 1808; U. of P.; .....	INGERSOLL, Edward (I64515)
104	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family" - Joseph reed Ingersoll was graduated at Princeton in 1804; studied law with his father and practiced extensively in Philadelphia. In 1835 he was elected to congress as a Whig and served till 1837 and again from 1843 till 1849. For a time he was chairman of the judiciary committee. He was an advocate for protection and a firm supporter of Henry Clay. One of his best efforts in the House was defense of Mr. Clay's tariff of 1842. In 1852 he was appointed by President Fillmire, minister to England, as successor to Abbott Lawrence, and held the office about one year wen he was succeeded by James Buchanan. He then retired to private life devoting himself to literary pursuits. The degree of L.D. was conferred on him by Lafayette and Bowdoin in 1836 and that of D.C.L. by Oxford in 1845. He was a warm adherent of the Union and at the time of the Civil War prepared an able essay entitled "Succession, a Folly and a Crime." He published a translation fro the Latin of Roccus's tracts, "DeNavibus et Naulo," and "De Assecuratins" (Phila., 1809) and was the author of a "Memoir of Samuel Breck" (1863). He also prepared many gentlemen for the bar, having been preceptor to over fifty and these he aided, on numerous instances, by every means in his power, both during their tutelage and after their admission to the bar, and always manifested a deep interest in their success. Personally and socially he was a gentleman in the truest sense of the word. His manners were elegant and refined: his conversation easy ad interesting. His home was the seat of liberal hospitality; his board the constant scene of intellectual enjoyment. His clarity was munificent and unbounded; he considered it a duty and a privilege to give. Unfortunate in the loss of his wife and children, the greater part of his later years was passed in childless widowhood. He was long a communicant member of the Episcopal Church and for many years a warden of St. Peter's Church. No surviving issue - all buried in St. Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia.	INGERSOLL, Hon. Joseph Reed (I64514)
105	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family" - Benoni was slain by the French and Indians at Pascomuck, north end of Mount Tom, Northampton, May 13, 1704.	JONES, Benoni (I64501)
106	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family" - Charles Jared received a liberal education; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia. He then traveled in Europe and was attached to the U.S. Embassy in France. He was afterward elected to Congress as a Democrat, serving from 1813 till 1815, when he became U.S. District Attorney, and held that office until he was removed by Gen. Jackson in 1829. Soon afterward he served in the legislature. He was a member of the Canal and International.......Convention there in 1825 and also of the Reform Convention there in 1837, and in Philadelphia in 1838. In 1837 he was appointed secretary of legation to Prussia. He served again in Congress from 1841 till 1847, as chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, and distinguished himself as a Democratic leader. In 1847 he was nominated by President Polk, U.S. Minister to France, but was rejected by the Senate. He was authro of "Chimara," a poem published in the "Portfolio" (1800); "Edwy and Elgira," a tragedy (Philadelphia, 1801); "Inchiquin, the Jesuit's Letters on american Literature and Polities" (New York, 1810); "Julian," a dramatic poem (1831); and a Historical Sketch of the Second War between the U.S. and Great Britian (4 vols., Phils., 1845-52). Joseph Bonaparte furnished him much material for the work. He also published numerous anonymous contributions to the "Democratic Press" of Philadelphia and to the "National Intelligencer" of Washington, on the controversies with England before the War of 1812; several "speeches" concerning that war (1813-15); a discourse before the American philosophical society on the "Influence of America on the Mind", which was republished in england and France (1823); a translation of a French work on the Freedom of navigation in the "American Law Journal" of 1829, and many other literary and political discourses. (Life of Charles Jared Ingersoll, by Wm. Meigs, J.B. Lippincott & Co.)	INGERSOLL, Charles Jared (I64513)
107	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family" - Hannah is the daughter of the Hon. Col. Joseph Whiting of New Haven. Col. Whiting was the son of the Rev. John Whiting, fourth minister of Hartford, Conn., and Phebe, his wife, daughter of Thomas Gregson of New Haven, and grandson of Hon. William Whiting, one of the first settlers.	WHITING, Hannah (I64506)
108	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family" - He studied law with his father and removed with the family to Philadelphia in 1771. He there continued his studies with Pres. Joseph Reed, and was admitted to practice on april 26, 1773. In 1774 he was sent to London to finish his legal education and was entered at the Middle Temple, where he migrated to Paris at the end of 1776. Late in 1778, he returned to America and found that his father had retreated, owing to troubles which had befallen him. to New Haven. Nevertheless, under encouragement given him by Pres. Reed, he settled in Philadelphia, where he admitted to practice in the Supreme Court in April 1779. He served as Member of the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania in 1780-81, and as a delegate to the convention which formed the constitution of the U.S. in 1787; but, with these exceptions, devoted himself unremittingly to the business of his profession with signal success. He was the first Attorney General of the State, from the adoption of the constitution of 1790 until 1799, and again from 1811 until his resignation in Dec. 1817. He was also for a short time District Attorney of the U.S. for Pennsylvania and was offered the Chief Judgeship of the U.S. Circuit Court created for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania in 1801. In polities he was conservative and in 1812 was selected in opposition or "anti-Madisonian" candidate for the office of Vice Pres. of the U.S. on the ticket with DeWitt Clinton. He received 86 electoral votes to 131 for Elbridge Gerry. After his sight had become impaired so that his work at the bar was impeded, he served from March 1821 until his death as Chief Judge of the District Court for the City and Court of Philadelphia. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by the College of N.J. in 1821. He died in Philadelphia Oct. 31, 1822 at the age of seventy-three years. He married Dec. 8, 1781, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Col. Charles Pellet of Philadelphia, who was also a niece of his friend, Pres. Reed, and who survived him......	PELLET, Elizabeth (I64512)
109	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family" - In the French and and Indian War, Simon Ingersoll was a private in Capt. Stephen White's Company of Stanwich (9th Regt.) which marched to the relief of Fort William Henry (Lake George), and was in service Aug. 1757. (Mead, p. 75) In the Revolutionary War, Simon Ingersoll was 1st Lieut. in Capt. Abraham Mead's Company; 1st Battalion (4th Co., Greenwich), Col. G.G. Silliman Conn. Militia in battle of White Plains, Oct. 25, 1776 (Mead, p. 126) Simon Ingersoll was appointed 1st Lieut. June 1776, of 4th Co., Col. G.G. Silliman's Regt., Wadsworth's Brigade and was at the Battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776. He contacted camp fever and died, 1777, at Stanwich, Conn. (Lineage Book, D.A.R., Vol. 22, p. 141)	INGERSOLL, Lieut. Simon (I64540)
110	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family" - Jared Ingersoll was graduated from Yale in 1742, and in 1765 arrived in Boston from England charged with the commission of Stamp Master General for New England Colonies under George III, which Benjamin Franklin had advised him to accept. After the demonstrations against the obnoxious act in various parts of the colonies, Ingersoll, assured of the governor's protection, tried to reason the people of New Haven into forbearance. Surrounding his house, they demanded him to resign. "I know not if I have the power to resign," he replied. He promised, however, that he would re-ship any stamps that he received or leave the matter to their decision. He was finally compelled to offer his resignation, which was not satisfactory to the people of other sections, and, in order to save his house from an attack, he rode from New Haven, resolving to place himself under the protection of the legislature in Hartford. Several miles below Wethersfield he met a body of 500 men on horseback, preceded by three trumpeters and two militia officers. They received him and rode with him to Wethersfield, where they compelled him to resign his office. Entering a house for safety, he sent word of his situation to the governor and the assembly. After waiting for three hours the people entered the house. Ingersoll said: "The cause is not worth dying for," and made a written declaration that his resignation was his own free act, without any equivocation. "Swear to it," said the crowd; but this he refused. they then commanded him to shout "Liberty and property" three times, and throwing his hat into the air. He obeyed. He was then escorted by a large crowd to Hartford, where he read to the assembly the paper that he had just signed. About 1770 he was made admiralty judge of the middle district, and resided for several years in Philadelphia, after which he returned to New Haven. (Appleton's Cyclo. Am. Biob.)	INGERSOLL, Hon. Jared (I64505)
111	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family" - Joseph was killed in battle during Queen Anne's War. He was unmarried. The following is an extract from the record found in the town book of Hatfield: "An account of the desolation of Deerfield, the last day of Feb., 1704. Four Hundred of French and Indians, as is thought assaulted the Fort, took it, and killed and captured 162 of the inhabitants, and consumed most of their estates into flames." Among those who were killed in defending the fort was Joseph Ingersoll, and such fact is noted on the town record.	INGERSOLL, Joseph (I64488)
112	"A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family" - Mrs. Hester Jones was captured and taken to Canada as a prisoner. She was obliged by her captors to make the whole journey on foot and suffered many hardships and was treated with much cruelty. She eventually died in Canada, after enduring many tortures by the French priests, in their vain endeavors to convert her from the Puritan faith to the Roman Catholic religion.	INGERSOLL, Hester (I64483)
113	"A Memoir and Genealogy of John Poore": John, born in Newbury, June 20 1711, where he always lived, on the old homestead of his father's, and died there Sept. 15 1783; was a farmer; also kept the ferry over Parker River, until 1758, when the bridge was built. Of his real estate transactions, we find the following on record: Sold to John Pearson, of Rowley, four and one-half acres of marsh, on the Neck, in 1742, and bought of John Hale, of Boxford, a parcel of marsh in Newbury, situated southerly of the Neck, in 1750. He was a juryman; held many town offices; took an active part in the Revolution, as we find his name on a petition to discourage British trade. He made his will Aug. 9. 1782, in which is mentioned his wife and their children, all of whom were then living.	POORE, John (I44790)
114	"A Memoir and Genealogy of John Poore": John, born June 21, 1642; died February 15, 1700-1. Settled in Newbury, on the homestead of his father; took the oath of allegiance in 1678, when he was 36 years of age. He was on the jury; was frequently called to offices of trust in his native place, as overseer of wills, and appraiser of estates; was tything-man many years and constable to collect taxes, etc. He probably bought or sold but little real estate during his life; but his heirs sold the out-lands, most of which were in Rowley, to Joseph Plummer, Jr. in 1706/ In his will made July 12, 1700, proved March 3 following his decease, he mentions his wife Mary, and all his children excepting his first born, who died in infancy. He gave his homestead to his son Jonathan, with a provision that he pay the debts and legacies thereof.	POORE, John (I44788)
115	"A Memoir and Genealogy of John Poore": jonathan, born Feb. 25, 1678, settled on the old homestead at Newbury Neck, where his children were born, and where he died, June 30, 1742. He was a juryman most of the time for many years, until just previous to his decease. On important committees, tything-man and one of the selectmen of the town. About the time of his father's decease, he became of age. At this time he engaged in the real estate business, which he followed during the remainder of his life. In this respect he was more like his uncle Joseph, than his father and grandfather. He sold to his uncle Joseph Morse, a right in a "Rate Lott," that had belonged to his grandfather, in 1701. He bought of J. Wainright, on the Neck by Rowley, that had been owned by his grandfather and uncles Henry and Joseph Poore, in 1702, and sold it to his brother John Poore, in 1705. he exchanged land with Ezekiel Northend, in 1706. he bought of Joseph Ilsley, in 1711. He with Hale, Thurston and Plumers of the Neck, sold their right in common lands on the Neck to the Plumers, in 1715. He bought of Thomas Palmer and Jonathan Hopkinson, two parcels of land in Rowley, 1716. he sold to John Stewart, land in Rowley, 1721. He bought of Edward and Josiah Bishop, woodland near Thirla's farm, 1728, and sold it to Jonathan Plummer, the next year. He sold to Richard Adams, land in Newbury, 1731. he bought of Thomas Lambert, of Rowley, some of great swamp in Rowley, on Newbury line, 1736. In his will, made Sept. 15, 1737, and proved July 5, 1742, he mentioned all his children, excepting the three that died in infancy.	POORE, Jonathan (I44791)
116	"A Memoir and Genealogy of John Poore": Jonathan, born on the old homestead of his ancestors, January 20, 1737; he there passed his life until its close, March 19, 1807. For a number of years he kept a public house. He was always greatly interested in military affairs, collecting a company of volunteers, and marching to the front in 1775. He afterwards commanded the company stationed in that part of Newbury. He took an active part in the French and Indian war and in the Revolution. He was appointed one of the committee for supplying the continental soldiers in 1778. Capt. Poore served the town from the time he was about thirty till near his decease, by filling various offices, and was several times on the jury when the county courts were in session. About two years before his decease he made a will, in which he mentioned all his children with the exception of two, who died in infancy.	POORE, Capt Jonathan (I69207)
117	"A Memoir and Genealogy of John Poore": Samuel settled on the homestead with his father, and died there June 6, 1878; was justice of the Peace, Selectman of the town, etc., but declined the military office of captain, which was offered him.	POOR, Samuel (I69194)
118	"A Merrill Memorial": Jonathan Merrill lived at brown's Spring in Newbury, half a mile wet of Artichoke River (now West Newbury). He was an ensign in Capt. William Davenport's company at the taking of Quebec, in June 1759.	MERRILL, Jonathan (I39453)
119	"A Potter-Richardson Memorial": Robert Burdick came in 1651 from England, settling in Newport, Rhode Island, where he was baptized November 19, 1652. He married November 2, 1655, Ruth Hubbard, 1640-1691, daughter of Samuel and Tacy (Cooper) Hubbard of Newport. He was admitted a freeman in 1657. By 1662, they had moved to Westerly, Rhode Island. She died in Westerly in 1691, and he died in 1692.	BURDICK, Robert (I71157)
120	"A Scofield Survey - Daniel Scofield (d. 1669), and Richard Scofield (1613-1670).	Source (S04338)
121	"A virtuous and worthy character." (Ezra Stiles's Diary, 3, p. 227) He graduated from Yale in 1740; served as tutor there for four years, became clerk of the Probate Court and afterwards Judge of that Court; represented New Haven in the General Assembly for nine sessions and later was a Judge of the County Court. For the last thirty years of his life he was Deacon in the First church. His epitaph truly states that "the last & much the Greater part of his life was Spent in the Service & to the acceptance of the Publick." (N.E. Col.Soc. Papers, 3, p. 607.) "John Whiting, Esq., Clerk of the Courts was also a resident of this neighborhood. He was asked, previous to the possession of the town by the enemy, whether he would not make his escape. His reply was that he had not borne arms, that he was loyal to the king, and pointing to an engraving of King George, which hung on the wall of the room, he added: 'This will protect me.' but when the soldiers came into the house, they did not respect his claim of loyalty. He was holding an office under the "Rebel Government" and moreover was a Deacon in the First church, and they treated him much as the English Cavaliers would treat a Roundhead. He was carried off as a prisoner and so summarily, it is said, that he had not time to put on his wig." (New Haven Colony Historical Society Papers, 2, p. 75.) His father being one of the Governor's Assistants and Judge of the Superior Court in 1740, he was placed at the head of his class at Yale in family rank. During the year 1741/2, he was Rector of the Hopkins Grammar School.	WHITING, Deacon John (I83190)
122	"Aaron Stark (1608-1685) Descendants Report: First Three Generations".	Source (S03865)
123	"Abijah North came to Shoreham from Farmington, Conn., in 1774; went on to fifty acres of land given him by one of the proprietors; cleared a piece of land that summer; planted aple seeds for an orchard; built a log house and returned to Connecticut in the fall of that year. The war having broken out that year, he did not come on with his family as expected, but remained till after the peace, when he returned wit his wife and six children to his former residence. He lived on that place for two years, and then went to Bridport, where he died May 3, 185." From "History of the Town of Shoreham, Vt.," by Rev. J.F. Goodhue, 1861. During the Revolution Abijah North enlisted in 1778 in Capt. Bray's Company, Col. Roger Enos Regiment of Connecticut State Troops, and from Oct. 1, 1778, to 1781-2 in Col. Flower's Regiment, Capt. Parton's Company of Artillery Artificers.	NORTH, Abijah (I41503)
124	"After his wife's death, Bridget, George went to England, served under Cromwell in the army of the Parliment, won distintion, was wounded at Naseby, was nursed at the house of John Borodell, by his daughter Ann- whom he married and returned to Roxbury, and finally settled at Stonington, Conn." "George and Ann were both remarkable for magnificent personal appearance, and for force of mind and character. She was always called "Lady Ann." They held foremost place in Stonington. He has been described as "the Miles Standish of the settlement," but he was a greater and more brilliant soldier than Miles Standish. He had no equal in any of the colonies, for conducting a war against the Indians, excepting, perhaps, Captain John Mason." Excerpt from "Rev. John Eliot's Record of Church Members, Roxbury, Mass.": This winter we had a gracious p'vidence of God befell two brothers Edward & George Dennison, who had been proude incendiarys of some trobls among us, and full of distemp', and disaffection. but the Lord left them to open and shamefull drundennesse at Boston: espec'.edward. We did so greatly humble them both yet though George (being a membr) was excomvnicated, yet in a short time was taken in againe. And Edward humbling himselfe so effectually yet he was also speedyly received in to the Church, this is the tryvmph of grace, to magnify grace by sinne. Excerpt from "Direct Descendants of Capt. George Denison": George's bro, Gen Danl Denison wrote in 1672 "My two brothers, Edward and George had all the Estate of my father left between athem, being both marryed long before my father's death; my Brother George buried his first Wife in the year 1643, went into England was a souldier ther above a year, was at the Battle of York, or Marton Moore, where he did good service, was after ward taken Prisoner, but got free and having maried a second Wife he returned to New England the year before our Mother died, and not long after ward removed himelf to New Ldon near whereunto at Stonington he now liveth, having 3 sons John, William, and George, 4 or 5 daughters......3 daughters are married to Stanton, Palmer and Cheesebrook all living at present in the same town." He served as Deputy to the Conn Gen Court from New London Sept 1653, May 1654 and Feb 1657, and from Stonington Oct 1671, Oct 1674, May 1678, Oct 1682, May and Oct 1683, May, July and Oct 1684, May and Oct 1685, May 1686, May 1687, Sept 1689, May Sept and Oct 1693, and May 1694. When 1st mentioned in "Conn Col Recds" he is called "Captain," based upon his service and commission in England. He served on the War Comm for New London in 1653 when war threatened with Dutch. Although 56 he served as capt in King Philip's War 1676 in command of New London County troops and second in command of the Conn Army under Maj Robert Treat. He was ap'pted Provost Marshal May 1677. He was Capt of volunteer troops against the enemy Sept 1689.	DENISON, George (I18500)
125	"All traces of her tomb has disappeared."	SCOTLAND, Matilda Of (I48752)
126	"Ancestors of Charles Franklin Dike" by James McCann dtd 11-07.	Source (S00005)
127	"Ancestors of Miriam Jennette Dike" by James McCann dtd 11-07.	Source (S00006)
128	"Ancestors of Robert Irving Dohm, Senior" by Virginia C. Young.	Source (S00007)
129	"Austin's Gen. Dic. of R.I." says he came to New England at the accession of Charles II, i.e., about 1660. His son, Thomas had preceded him. it has been said that he came after the death of his son and took charge of his grandchildren, but he and Thomas witnessed a deed march 9, 1666, so he must have come before that date. He is also said to have been a cavalry officer in one of Cromwell's regiments. His tombstone and hose of his descendants for three generations, still stand in the old Newport Buying Ground.	WARD, John (I82740)
130	"Autobiographies of Fox Valley Pioneers" - Rodolphus Padelford removed from the city of Buffalo, Erie County, New York, and first arrived in Elgin, Illinois, on 19 October 1842. He first resided in the City of Elgin on lots 11 and 12, block #1 James T. Gifford's addition. Clerk of the Baptist Church of Elgin - 35 years. Treasurer town of Elgin 34 years - Town Clerk 28 years Clerk of the Baptist Assn. - 31 years. Deacon Baptist Church of Elgin - 30 years Clerk of the City of Elgin - 20 years Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of City of Elgin & City Court of Elgin - 21 years Sec. of the Board of Trustees of Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane 8 1/2 years.	PADELFORD, Rodolphus William (I42918)
131	"Autobiographies of Fox Valley Pioneers" - Manly Padelford removed from the town of Malahide, Canada West (Middlesex County) and first arrived in Elgin, Illinois, in the Spring of 1843. He first resided upon what is now known as the Heath Place, Lot 8, Block 5 in original town plat of James T. Gifford. Military History - He was Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in 1817 at which time he moved from Savoy, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, to Sloans Ville, Schoharie County, New York. Manly Padelfor died in 1848. He had been totally blind for 25 years previous to his death. After he became blind (1823) he moved his family to Malahide, Middlesex Co., Canada West, where he lived until 1842 when he moved to Rockford, Illinois. In 1843 he moved to Elgin where he lived until his death.	PADELFORD, Manly (I42805)
132	"Autobiography Rev Joseph Tarkington.	Source (S03873)
133	"Autobiography Rev. Joseph Tarkington: My great-grandfather was one of two boys, who, by tradition in the family, came with their father from England about A.D. 1700, and settled on or near Albemarle Sound, in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. One of the two boys, while hunting strayed cows, was stolen by the Indians, and never heard of afterwards. The remaining boy, my great-grandfather, married, and had three sons, William, Joshua, and Zebulon, born about A.D. 1730 in said county, My grandfather on my father's side, said Joshua, had six sons, Richard, Joseph, Isaac, John, William, and Jesse (my father), and one daughter, Elizabeth. My grandfather on my mother's side, said Zebulon, had two sons, Joseph and Joshua, and seven daughters, Priscilla, Keziah, Mary (my mother), Nancy Esther, Deborah, and Elizabeth, called Milley. My Uncle John married his cousin, my Aunt Priscilla; and my father married his cousin, said Mary. In A.D. 1798, my father and his brother, Uncle John, with their families, also my mother's mother and her children, moved from North Carolina to West Tennessee, near father's. Uncle Joshua, mothers brother, married in Tennessee.... He was a famous fiddler, and his younger sisters loved to dance to his music. Mother's sisters were all handsome, springtly, and graceful, and made a merry family. When a lad, many a time have I seen Aunts Esther and Debby, who were slender, lithe, and gay, dance before the large glass by the half hour... I remember when Millie married peter Swanson. Millie and Debby used to play tricks on the Swanson brothers (Dick and Peter), when they saw them coming, by hiding or running to a neighbor's but they boys finally caught the deer. We heard that old Mrs. Swanson--who was a great, heavy woman---did not want her boys to marry those gay Tarkington girls, for fear they would be danced out of everything. General Zollicoffer, killed at Mill springs, married a daughter of Debby and Dick Swanson. Millie and Esther married before the shaking of the earth, Debby after. Aft. Rev. John Pope began to preach at our house, father would not allow any more balls, as they used to hae there, and the girls were quite displeased at his determination. My mother's brother Joseph, running, stepped on a cane stub, and died of lockjaw.......	TARKINGTON, Rev. Joseph (I56397)
134	"B. Jeanne Slosson Jeanne Slosson, 88, of Bridgman passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018, at Countryside Nursing Home in South Haven. She was in the care of South Haven Hospice. A celebration of her life will be at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at Papa Vino's in St. Joseph. Jeanne will be laid to rest at Ruggles Cemetery in Baroda. Jeanne was born on Dec. 24, 1929, to George and Ailene Weber in Benton Harbor. She graduated from Benton Harbor High School. She married John Wells Slosson, and they had two children, Mark R. Slosson and Karol Ann (Slosson) Doolin. She was a stay-at-home mom during their younger years. She worked at Industrial Rubber, Goldblatt's, Creative Foods and the Whitcomb Towers in later years. Jeanne will be missed by her children, Mark R. (Mary Healy) Slosson and Karol Ann (Slosson) Doolin; three grandchildren: Scott R. Slosson, Santa Ana, Calif.; John Nathan (Valeri) Doolin and John Michael Doolin of Bowling Green, Ky.; great-granddaughter, Everly Rose Doolin; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Ailene Weber; her twin daughters, Debra and Donna Slosson; her former husband, John Wells Slosson; her brother, Chuck Weber; her sister, Jacqueline; and her half brothers: Harley Weber, Melvin Weber and Al Weber." From The Herald-Palladium, August 3, 2018, page A7 Created on Find A Grave by JanFamily	WEBER, Bobetta Jeanne (I90709)
135	"Bare Family Tree" by Beverly Mayhugh, Source Medium: Book .	Source (S00008)
136	"Belden/Baildon" from the files of Stephen M. Lawson: John's name is not found in the 1641/2 Protestation Returns for Heptonstall, and he likely had relocated to Sowerby. Daughter Sarah BALDON (of Aryingden) was bap. may 4, 1634 at Heptonstall, Yorkshire.	BELDON, John (I05030)
137	"Belden/Baildon" from the files of Stephen M. Lawson: Richard may have been either the Richard BEALDON of Langfield who was buried May 7, 1619 at Heptonstall, Yorkshire, or Richard BALDON of Parkhouse, Pyanthorne, Gisburn, who was buried May 20, 1633 at Gisburn, Yorkshire.	BAILDON, Richard (I03299)
138	"Belden/Baildon".	Source (S03684)
139	"Belden/Baildon": states that Mary is "possibly" the daughter of John. Mentioned in John Belden's distribution as "Mary Hosmer" and Sarah Belden's distribution also mentions Mary Hosmer.	BELDEN, Mary (I04944)
140	"Biographical History of Westchester county, NY": FRANCIS D. BROWN This honored and highly esteem citizen of North Salem township, Westchester County, was born July 12, 1822, on the farm where he still continues to reside. His great-grandfather, Samuel Brown, was born in 1734, in Stamford, England, and later emigrated to America, locating in Stamford, Connecticut. In 1772 he came to Delancey Township, now known as North Salem, in Westchester County, New York, where his death occurred, in 1815. His wife Susan, who was born March 28, 1737, lived to the extreme old age of one hundred and three years. their children were Rebecca, Mrs. Abby Palmer, Susanna, Nathan, Prudence, Samuel W., Mrs. McGillavry and Mrs. Lamb. Nathan Brown, the grandfather of Francis D., was born in Connecticut February 20, 1767, and in early manhood married Miss Lobdell, by whom he had four children - Mary, Thomas (father of our subject), Abby and Ann. For his second wife he married a Miss Allen, and they had one child, whom they named Susan. Nathan Brown and both his wives died in this county. thomas Brown, our subject's father, was born and reared on the old homestead where his son is now living, and throughout life engaged in agricultural pursuits there. He was one of the leading and prominent citizens of his community, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and died June 24, 1857, at the age of sixty-three years. In early life he married Miss Sally Williams, of Bedford, a daughter of James and Polly Williams, who were related to the Lounsberrys of this county. Mrs. Brown departed this life November 4, 1891, at the age of ninety-eight years. She was a devout Christian, kind and charitable at all times; and it is safe to say that she did more work in the Methodist Episcopal church than any other woman of the congregation to which she belonged. In her family were one son (our subject) and four daughters, all residents of North Salem township, the daughters being: Susan, the wife of Clark Lobdell; Mary, widow of Hiram Reynolds; Chloe, the widow of Charles Bloomer; and Clarissa, the wife of Martin Todd. On the home farm Mr. Brown early became familiar with every department of farm work, and he is recognized as one of the most through and skillful agriculturists of his community. His literary education was obtained in the public schools and the old Salem Academy. At the age of twenty-seven he married Miss Almira P. Frost, of the same town, a daughter of Stedwell and Eliza (Fowler) Frost, both of whom died in that township. Mrs. Brown departed this life in 1865, leaving two children: Elbert D., and Mary E., now the wife of James Colwell, of New York city, by whom she had one son - Francis, deceased, and a daughter, Mary F. Elbert D. grew to manhood upon the home farm and February 20, 1878 married Miss Frances I. Stevens, of Delaware county, New York, a daughter of James W. and Catherine (Christie) Stevens. They have had four children, two whom, Almira C. and Francis D., Jr., are living. Our subject was agin married in 1868, his second union being with Miss Jane E. Landrine, of Tarrytown, this county. She died November 25, 1892, leaving no children. In his political predilections Mr. Brown has always been a Democrat, and for the long period of twenty-four years he most efficiently served his fellow citizens in the capacity of road commissioner. He has always taken a most active part in church and Sunday school work, as a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, being for half a century superintendent of the Sunday-school, and he is therefore well known throughout the country in this part of New York state for his efficiency in that line. Although seventy-six years of age he is still well preserved, for nature deals kindly with the man who abuses not her laws, and he has an extensive circle of friends and acquaintances who esteem him highly for his genuine worth.	BROWN, Francis Darius (I69460)
141	"Bronsdon and Box": Sophia U. Lacy was William's second wife. She and her only surviving child res. at East Jaffrey, New Hampshire. She was employed at the East Jaffrey Public Library for eight years; before marriage, was a teacher. She has had many bereavements. Five promising children died in childhood of diphtheria, and her oldest daughter, a very beautiful young lady, died suddenly of heart failure.	LACY, Sophia Ursula (I34496)
142	"Bud" Age 81 of Wilmington, passed away Friday December 7, 2007 at Heritage Manor in Dwight. Born July 21, 1926 in Chester, IL, Bud was a son of the late Mark and Mary Martin-Surman. He worked for Mule Hide Roofing Mills prior to serving his country in the US Army during WWII, and was later employed by Northern Illinois Coal Co. and Caterpillar Tractor Co., where he retired as a welder after 28 years of service. Bud was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church in Wilmington. Survivors include three brothers: Gerald Surman, Pete (the late Katherine) Surman and Kenneth (the late Carol) Surman. Special and devoted sister-in-law: Millie Baskerville-Fleishman, as well as Cleo Surman and Dorothy Surman; dearest friend Frank Dickinson and numerous nieces and nephews. Bud was preceded in death by his parents, loving wife Marguerite (nee Cushing) in 2001; one brother, Ron; two brothers-in-law: Bob Baskerville and James Fleishman and his nephew and Godson Bobby Baskerville. Visitation will be Sunday December 09, 2007 from 4-7PM and Monday December 10th from 9AM until 9:30AM at Reeves Funeral Home in Wilmington. Funeral services will follow Monday at 10AM in St. Rose Church in Wilmington, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated with Rev. Steve Bondi and Deacon Don Dyer officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Wilmington. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Bud's memory to Kuzma Care Cottage are appreciated. Online Guest Book www.ReevesFuneral.com REEVES FUNERAL HOME 219 N. Joliet St. ~ Wilmington 815/476-7621 Published in Herald News from December 8 to December 9, 2007	SURMAN, Leonard (Bud) (I65599)
143	"Chart of Descendants of Richard Slauson" by Don Lautzenhiser, Source Medium: Book .	Source (S00010)
144	"Connecticut Ancestry": Daniel Weed 3rd and Keziah, wife of Daniel Weed 3rd, were already members of the Stamford Congregational Church in December, 1746 when a complete listing was made by the incoming minister, the Rev. Noah Welles. This Daniel Weed is easily confused with his second cousin, another contemporary Daniel Weed (Daniel, John, Jonas). In fact, responsible genealogists have reached differing conclusions over the years regarding their careers. Edward Franklin Weed (Genealogical Notebook, Weed Family Genealogical Collection (GE-24), New Canaan Historical Society, 58-9), perhaps the most knowledgeable Weed researcher of all, reached the conclusion that this present Daniel Weed married Susannah Garnsey, without explaining his reasoning. This marriage was also reported by William Applebie Daniel Eardeley, a contemporary of E.F. Weed's, whose work also survives entirely in manuscript. Paul Prindle also followed this path in his outstanding essay on the Weed family for his Gillespie Ancestry, which is so useful for the earlier generations of this family. In the course of the present investigation, the conclusions of Mssrs. Weed and Eardeley were given great weight because of the depth of their previous analysis. unfortunately, their conclusion that this present Daniel Weed, son of Lt. Daniel, had married Sussannah Garnsey had to be abandoned in the light of many significant discrepancies that arose in trying to make the primary records fit this situation. For example, as alread noted, it was this Daniel Weed who was generally known as Daniel "3rd" when paired with his wife Keziah in the Stamford Congregational Church records, and also known as Daniel "3rd" in the same time period when mentioned by his father Lt. Daniel, in the land records. The Susannah Garnsey marriage must therefore instead be assigned to Daniel Weed (Daniel, John, Jonas), his second cousin.....	WEED, Daniel (I59902)
145	"Connecticut Ancestry": Abigail, a minor and unmarried in 1674. She may have been the unnamed daughter born at Stamford 9 Aug 1661, or that may have been an additional child.	SMITH, Abigail (I68962)
146	"Connecticut Ancestry": Althought no specific passenger list has survived for the trip, many authorities have claimed that Miles Merwin came to America on board the ship "Mary & John" in its voyage of 20 March 1629/30 (which preceded the sailing of the Winthrop Fleet by about 2 weeks). The claim was based on the fact that Abigal (Searle) Branker, widow of schoolmaster John Branker of Dorchester, Massachusetts and Windsor, Connecticut, and also of the Rev. John Warham of Dorchester, Massachusetts and Windsor, Connecticut, and also of the Rev. John Warham of Windsor, was known to have been an aunt of Miles Merwin. However, although Rev. Mr. Warham was a member of the "Mary & John" party in 1630, it appears that the Brankers did not migrate until 1632. Even if Miles Merwin did travel to America in 1632 in the company of his (presumed) aunt Abigail Brnaker, as may certainly be possible, or sometime later, he was apparently NOT a passenger on the "Mary & John". Recent scholarship has accepted this vie and does not include Miles Merwin among the settlers of New England through 1633. In 1635, when the Warham party left Dorchester, Massachusetts by overland trail to settle what became the town of Windsor, Connecticut, the young Miles Merwin (age about 12 years) was thought by earlier researchers to have been with them, traveling with the Brankers. Richardson believes, however, that Merwin may have come to New England on board the ship "Susan and Ellen" as late as 1640, in company with his uncle, John Tinker, but this, too is speculation. Regardless of how or when he arrived here, the first record we have of Miles Merwin in America was of a land arrangement he made with a Mr. Whiting in Windsor in about 1644. Miles Merwin gave testimony in a court case of 1684 in which he "aged about 60 years" testified that he had obtained rights to work a parcel of and in windsor from Mr. William Whiting of Hartford. No date was given, but other testimony by John Dumbleton (who was a servant of Mr Whiting) indicated that Dumbleton had obtained the same piece of land in 1639 and worked it himself for about 4 years. If Merwin actually did follow Dumbleton on this land, then he would have taken it up in about 1644. The latest he could have obtained these rights was in 1648, since Mr. Whiting died in 1649. About 1653, he moved to Milford, Connecticut at the invitation of the town and with some incentives provided, due to his skill as a tanner. His moving to Milford was apparently to his advantage, considering the prosperity he enjoyed there and his receipt of several substantial grants and divisions of land from the town. It was apparently not, however, to the liking of his (first wife's) aunt Abigail Branker when he left Windsor with his young family. She had made a will in which she named him executor and principal legatee "for he and his children were her only relatives in the new World." On her death bed in 1684, she made a nuncupative will that named two Miles' children to receive certain amounts, but declared that Miles himself was not to receive anything beyond what he had already received during her lifetime. Based on this nuncupative will, amounts were eventually distributed to all of Miles children but not to him. He contested the probate of the nuncupative will in 1685, but without success. Although Miles Merwin apparently never lived in Stamford, his third wife received a considerable amount of land there through the settlement of Daniel Scofield's estate. These lands were described and entered into the Stamford Land Records on 29 Jun 1687, "Entre to goodwife Murrin to her and hers forever being lands of her former husband Scofields collected from settlement by the court & agreement between her & her sons Danil & John Scofield and now entered in the records." A couple of days later, on 1 July 1687, John Scofield entered a deed in the Stamford Land Records by which, "I Sarah Marin of Milford wife of Miles Marin" had sold to "my loveing son John Scofield of Stamford" her 1/3 part of Daniel Scofield's home lot on 13 November 1678. Miles Merwin provided well for all of his children during his lifetime, and additionally in his will, made on 5 May 1695 and probated in Milford in June 1697. After providing for his wife's amply support as long as she remained his widow (as it turned out, she died within the next year), he left L100 to each of 4 sons, with a double portion to John, the eldest son: L 50 to each of his 6 daughters; L 100 each to the eldest grandchild in each of the 10 families; and a Bible to each grandchild. He also left legacies to several stepchildren, and named his sons John and Miles as co-executors.	MERWIN, Miles (I39542)
147	"Connecticut Ancestry": Austin Smith of Stamford was born about 1728, location still unknown but possibly in Huntington, Long Island, and died "suddenly" at Stamford in 1817 (only the year given), age 89 years. These dates all result from a single entry in the Stamford Congregation Church records, and no other (Connecticut) record of his birth or baptism or death or burial has been found. Wherever necessary to distinguish him from the other Austin Smiths, the qualifier "of Stamford" will be used. Austin Smith married Sarah Knapp at Stamford on 17 August 1752. She was born on 5 June 1730, the daughter of Peter Knapp and his first wife Elizabeth Slason, who were married at Stamford on 30 June 1726. One source gives her date of death as 1817, bur I have been unable to confirm that with any primary records. Her younger half-sister Deborah Knapp married Capt. Amos Smith (of the Henry Smith family), and her cousin Martha Slason married Zephaniah Weed, uncle of Jacob Weed.. He first appeared on the Stamford Grand List of 1754 with a valuation o 26-4-0, and was consistently taxed as a property owner in Stamford from that time until his death. He appeared a witness to several deeds made by nathaniel Seely on 1 January 1761, along with John Knapp, Jr. His association with these people in 1761 may be a clue to his identity, yet to be decoded. Another appearance as witness in 1767 is more straightforward. On 17 March 1767, Caleb Smith, Sarah Smith widow of Amos Smith Deceased, Amos Smith, and Rebecca Brown daughter of Nathan Brown Deceased, all of stamford, sold 6t acres at "Clapboard Hill or Witch Pin Ridge" to Daniel Lockwood. the witnesses were Austin Smith and Abraham Davenport (later Judge and Revolutionary War leader in the connecticut General Assembly). Austin Smith's appearance in this case was probably due to the fact that his wife, Sarah (Knapp) Smith, was half-sister to Deborah Knapp, who had recently married in 1765 Amos Smith (Jr.) one of the grantors. Sometime between 1760 and 1772, Austin Smith was named guardian of one Jesse Weed in Stamford. The only candidate Jesse Weed seems to be the son of Nehemiah Weed, born in 1755. Nehemiah was the same person who was chosen (in 1783) as guardian by Jacob Weed, later to become the husband of a granddaughter of Austin Smith... However, there are serious difficulties with this interpretation. Nehemiah Weed made his will in 1785, and was therefore living long after Jesse would have reached his majority. Furthermore, his son Jesse is presumed to have died young, since he was not named in Nehemiah's will. Nehemiah also had a grandson Jesse Weed, son of Ebenezer Pittit Weed, but this Jesse was born in 1776, and therefore too late to be the subject of this entry. This guardianship is therefore not explained, but may be another key to Austin Smith's identity...... Regardless of his parents or place of birth, our subject Austin Smith left Stamford from the time of his marriage in 1752 until his death in 1817. He was a party to land transactions there in 1753, 1756, 1763, 1767, 1772 and 1784, and is always called Austin Smith of Stamford in those documents. His children were recorded there in birth or baptismal records of 1752, 1753, 1755, 1757, 1759, 1762, 1763, 1765, and 1771. It is quite impossible that such a person could have been "overseer of roads" in Orange County, NY in 1765 and "a few years later" led a company of Orange County Militia as claimed by Mather and his successors. His first appearance in the Stamford land records was when Austin Smith and Sarah his wife sold their right in the Southern Commons or Sequest Land in Stamford on 28 March 1753 to John Waterbury. the right "came down to us from the sd. Sarah's grand father and grand mother John and Mary Slason late of sd. Stamford deceased, & ye right was originally part of Old Mr. John Slason & George Slason & Old Mr. Stephen Holmes right a part of each of their lists in the year 1687". About a month later, on 30 April 1753, Austin Smith was a witness to a deed between Nathaniel Seeley Jr. and John Waterbury, perhaps having also to do with this former Slason and Holmes property. Austin Smith does not appear as a grantee before 1763, and we therefore have no record of exactly where Austin and Sarah Smith were living in Stamford for the first 10 years or so of their marriage. then, on 5 January 1763, Daniel Smith of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut sold 13 t acres of land in the Roxbury district of Stamford to Austin Smith for 41 pounds one shilling and seven pence New York money. it does not seem that this was Daniel Smith's homelot, since no dwelling house or barn is mentioned (only appurtneances). The deed was witnessed by John Holly and Nathaniel Knapp and the property was bounded as follows: (W) by Bedford road; (N) by land of the wives of Isaac Weed and Jonathan Whiting: (E) partly by land conveyed this day to Nathaniel Knapp & "Partly by my brother Amos Smith's land,"(S) partly by my own land and partly by Amos Smith. the grantor was therefore Daniel Smith (Joseph, Daniel,Henry) an uncle of Capt. Amos Smith, already mentioned above. Six years later, on 11 March 1769, Austin Smith sold his 13 acre parcel on the Bedford Road at Roxbury for 100 pounds New York Money to timothy Lawrence of Greenwich. the land had been considerably improved, and now included the "dwelling house, bark mill, tan vats and fruit trees thereon." Witnesses of this deed were Abraham Davenport and Ezra Smith (Probably Ezra Smith (Daniel, Henry), since he was not called junior). Austin Smith received his second parcel of land in Stamford from Daniel Smith of New Fairfeld on 2 January 1772. this 26t acre parcel was on the East side of the Mill River below Taunton Saw Mill and on the South side of the Cross Highway, with boundaries as follows: (N) highway; (W) the Mill river; (S) partly by land in the possession of Joseph Webb and partly by Isaac Weed's land; and (E) heirs of Amos Smith, deceased. The 26 t acre parcel was later sold to his sons Austin Smith Jr. and Peter Smith on 9 November 1784. No right of use was reserved, and it may be that Austin Smith Sr. went to live with one of his children at about this time. In the 1790 census, he was shown as a head of family in Norwalk/Stamford (these towns were enumerated together) with only his wife and one other female resident in the household. This listing was immediately adjacent to the listing for his son Austin Smith Jr. Taken together, these records all point to the career of a man named Smith who had some interactions with an established Smith family in Stamford, but did not appear to be a member of that Smith family by birth. No record of a residence for him in any other town is mentioned in these deeds. We have not found any record of his parents or grandparents in Stamford, or any mention of any blood brothers or sisters there. The name "Austin" certainly suggested that a connections with an Austin family existed, but none could be found with the Austins of Stamford. The unique name "Gold" for his first child suggested a connection with someone named Gold or Gould, possibly related on his mother's side, but again, no hint of a connection could be found. Where, then, was his origin? All possible ancestors for Austin Smith in the Henry Smith family of Stamford wee eliminated by an exhaustive analysis of the evidence. For this reason, a possible origin on Long Island for two different Austin Smiths is proposed. The main evidence under consideration is the baptism of "Austine " Smith (a male child) at the Huntington, Long Island Congregational Church on 24 March 1727/28. it was originally thought that this baptism might have been for the "other" Long Island Austin Smith, that is, the one from Smithtown who went to Orange County. However, this now appears unlikely: first, there is no other evidence of that child's parents James and Jerusha (Topping) Smith having any connection with the Huntington Church, and no others of their children were clearly baptized there; and second, james and Jerusha Smith were possibly living as far away as Moriches at this time, a trip of over 33 miles to Huntington. Moreover, there were at least two Jeremiah Smiths, father and son, in Huntington in the early 18th Century. The father (at least) was a member of the Congregational Church where Austin was baptized. Austin Smith of Stamford named a son Jeremiah, and his eldest son gold Smith named his eldest son Jeremiah Smith. Old English tradition was to name the eldest son for the father's father. the family of Jeremiah Smith of Huntington is not well understood and is certainly a candidate for further analysis. Austin Smith's sudden appearance in Stamford as he married Sarah Knapp in 1752 raises the question of his possible connections with Stamford families prior to that time. The answer may be that Sarah Kanpp's mother, Elizabeth Slason (1703-1733), was a sister of John Slason (1695-1778) who married Rebecca Brush, born in Huntington, Long Island one of the several Brush children who accompanied their widowed mother to Stamford from Huntington about 1724 or 1725. John Slason and Rebecca Brush were married some time before 26 october 1722 when their first children was recorded at Stamford. The place of their marriage is not known. With the incentive of discovering a positive connection with Austin Smith of Stamford (unfortunately never found) a detailed study of the origin and relationship of the James and Jeremiah Smith families of Huntington was undertaken and subsequently reported in a major journal article. This study found no reason that Austin Smith of Stamford could not have been the child baptized in Huntington on 24 March 1727/28 but was unable to reach a conclusion regarding this identity...... It is quite unlikely that Austin Smith (Sr.) of Stamford ever served in the Revolutionary War. He would have been 48 years old in 1776 and saw four of his sons go out from their home, leaving him with the family to care for in Stamford. the earliest Revolutionary War record for any member of this family was specifically for "Austin Smith Jr.," with an enlistment in 8 May 1775....	SMITH, Austin (I68924)
148	"Connecticut Ancestry": Clement Buxton died at Stamford on 2 August 1657, one of those Stamford citizens to succumb to the general illness at that time now thought to have been malaria. His parents, and place and date of birth are completely unknown. His wife's name was Eunice (?) (also spelled Unica or Uneca or even Unity in the records). After Clement's death, she married (2) at Stamford on 22 July 1658 Peter Brown, whose wife Elizabeth had also died in the summer of 1657 (21 September), probably another malaria victim. Peter Brown died on 22 August 1658, less than a month after this marriage, and "Unica Brown" then married (3) at Stamford on 9 March 1659, Nicholas Knapp. She appears to have died at Stamford in early April 1670. The will of Nicholas Knapp, made on 15 April 1670, probably shortly after her death, after providing for his own natural children, included the following provision for Eunice's daughters: "I give to my two daughters in law (i.e. stepdaughters) Viz: Sarah and Unice Buxton all their others clothes as a free gift: except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is that they should have owned of their portions: also I will and bequeath unto Unice Buxton the new bible as a free gift (also) My will is that the portions due to my two daughters in law, viz: Sarah Buxton and Uneca Boxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton I say that their portions be currently payd according to their proportion of that inventorie." The lands of Clement "Buckston" were recorded in Stamford on 15 March 1650 (probably 1650/51) as part of the general inventory of real estate being made at that general time.... By the time of the 1701 tax assessment he had accumulated a real estate valuation of 112 pounds that was among the more substantial holdings in the town. His inventory was taken on 3 September 1657 by Richard Law and John Holly, and contained 4 bibles and other books in addition to the usual real estate, livestock and household items, probably indicating that he was a literate man. the same inventory also demonstrated that he had shoe-making equipment, and also clothes made of leather. Jeanne Majdalany studied this inventory in detail as well as those of several others that were recorded in the Town Records, and made the interesting observation that he was, "the only man listed as having a desk and also a wheelbarrow."	BUXTON, Clement (I09564)
149	"Connecticut Ancestry": Daniel Scofield was in Stamford by December 1641, when his name appeared on a list to be granted a 2-acre homelot with 3 acres of woodland. His name did not appear among the lists of persons who migrated to Stamford with the Rev. Richard Denton fro Wethersfield earlier that year, and he had therefore presumably come from some other place. His brother Richard Scofield, a later settler of Stamford (in about 2655), is known to have come from Ipswich, Massachusetts, and it is possible that Daniel had also come from Ipswich, although no records have yet been found for Daniel prior to his appearance in Stamford. Genealogist have pieced together several versions of a Scofield family genealogy, but although several competent researchers have tackled parts of the job, no definitive genealogy has yet appeared. the most comprehensive treatment yet for this family has appeared recently in journal "Connecticut Ancestry", in a series of articles by two members of connecticut Ancestry, researched primarily by Blair C. Scofield of Orem, Utah and prepared for publication by Bob Spiers. Although these articles diligently attempt to identify places in the family for all descendants (and particularly to delineate the lines from the two settlers), they have relied heavily upon secondary sources, and have not contributed a substantial amount of original research except for their valiant attempt to resolve discrepancies among existing Scofield materials. In his 1932 book commonly known as "Washington Ancestry", Charles Arthur Hoppin provided a considerable amount of detail on the career of Richard Scofield (his client's ancestor), but also mentioned Daniel's career in Stamford as well. Hoppin found that the surname had its origin in Lancashire, England, first noted in Rochdale, Lancashire in the 13th Century. Variant spellings include: Schofield ( the spelling used by Hoppin as a preferred spelling), Scholefield, Scholfield, Schofeld, Scholefeld, etc. The sometimes used meaning of "School Field" is discounted by Hoppin as an over-simplification. Although Hoppin stated flatly that the two brothers of Stamford "came from the lancashire Schofields," and provided some English data to confirm that this was likely, he was unable to provide conclusive proof of the actual descent (and, to his credit, did not guess at one either). later writers have continued to claim lines to the Rochdale family, but they are not yet confirmed by any rigorous study of primary records, and must be considered possible, at best. The English line for Daniel Scofeld given by the recent "Connecticut Ancestry" articles, is: DANIEL SCOFIELD (Alexander, Cuthbert, James). Several other partial genealogies of the family have appeared. "The Scofield Dictionary" and "the Scofields of Northfield, Minnesota," both by Robert LeRoy Scofield, is available on a Connecticut Ancestry Society microfilm. unfortunately, the second half of the Dictionary's alphabetical listings of Scofields has been lost. Nevertheless, this work provided the foundation for much of the later generations in the Blair Scofield compilation. Another earlier compilation was prepared by Harriet Scofield of the Western reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, and is known as "A Scofield Survey." This compilation was completed for publication in typescript form by Henry Burdette Whipple in 1972, following Miss Scofield's death on 21 June 1970. the compilation is in outline form and, although it was compiled by a responsible genealogist, is unfortunately not documented, at least in its published form. Another (unrelated ) harriet E. Scofield of Minneapolis also prepared an outline version of a limited Scofield Genealogy. Once again, the work of Paul W. Prindle may be used with confidence regarding the early generations of the Scofield families of Stamford. Prindle gives an especially good treatment of the real estate transactions and land holdings for Daniel Scofield, that will not be repeated here. One of those land transactions, a gift of 10 acres from William Graves, deserves special mention since it may indicate a possible relationship to Graves (perhaps related to Scofield's wife). The brotherhood of Richard and Daniel Scofield of stamford is proven by a land record in which, "I Rrichard Scofield doe discharge my brother Daniel Scofield of a sertain parsell of the coman fence in the East Field....etc.," dated 11th day, 1st month (March) 1666/67/ It appears that Richard did not arrive in Stamford until about 14 years after Daniel, since the first record there for Richard is the recording of birth of his daughter Elizabeth on 27 November 1655. Clearly, the two brothers had traveled by different schedules, and perhaps different paths as well, prior to their coming together in Stamford. Richard's passage to the New World was well documented in a passenger list, and we therefore know that he was on board the "Susan & Ellen" in 1635. Unfortunately for this present story, Daniel's name did not appear on this same passenger list, and researchers have been unable to determine his time of immigration. Hoppin claims that Daniel Scofield was in Massachusetts "for a brief period of months," and later in Wethersfield for three years before going to Stamford, but none of this is supported with documentation and appears to be a fabrication. To repeat, we simply do not have any records of Daniel Scofield prior to his arrival in Stamford in 1641. Scofield and Spiers give Daniel Scofield's birth as "abt. 1616," but without specific reference. Hoppin said that he was "between 50 and 60 years of age" when he died (before 10 February 1669/70), which would give a birth year range of about 1610-1620. Other researchers has come up with a birth year of 1595 for Daniel Scofield, apparently based on earlier work by william A.D. Eardeley. No marriage date has been found, and only his last child's birth was recorded in Stamford in 1657, so no good reasons for speculation on a birth year are found in these areas. About all we can say is that he was probably an adult (21 years of age or greater) in 1641 when he received his land distribution at Stamford, and was therefore born before about 1620, probably in England...... The will of Daniel Scofield was made at Stamford 1 September 1669 and witnessed by George Slason and John Holly. He designated his wife to be executrix (no name stated) along with his tow sons Daniel and John, executors, and gave legacies to his daughter Sarah and her tow minor children, and to "my other four children" (that is, to Daniel, John Joseph and Mercy) the three sons to have the house and homelot (subject to the widow's thirds) and the residue of the estate equally except for the son Daniel who was to have "ten pounds over plus." He died sometime during the following winter, since his inventory was taken on 10 February 1669/70 (10th day 12th month 1669) by Lt. Francis Bell and John Holly. The will was signed with a mark, as was an earlier deed given to john Mead on 20 February 659/60, indicating that Daniel Scofield was unable to sign his own name and was probably not an educated person.	SCOFIELD, Daniel (I48601)
150	"Connecticut Ancestry": Daniel Smith had the second highest real estate valuation on the Stamford Grand List of January, 1701, being a total of 148 pounds, second only to Jonas Weed Sr. This was several years after his father's death, and much of his estate probably came from being Henry Smith's eldest son. Some of his family relationships appear in the land records: his son Moses in 1730; his son Ezra of Greenwich in 1730; his sons Jabez deceased, Joseph and Caleb; and his grandsons Jabez, Joshua and Josiah (sons of the first Jabez), all in 1733. He also held land in Greenwich over the period from before 1713 until at least the 1720's. He gave rights in Greenwich to his son Daniel in 1706, to his son nathan in 1722, and a parcel of land in Greenwich to his son Benjamin, also in 1722. In the distribution of his estate at Stamford in 1740, his living children were named as: Benjamin, Ezra, Moses, Joseph, Daniel, Caleb, Nathan, Ruth, wife of James June, Hannah (husband not named), the wife of Daniel Lockwood Jr. (unnamed), and Sarah (husband not named). In addition, reference was made to the children of a deceased son, Jabez.	SMITH, Daniel (I53258)