Old Families of Norwich
History of Windsor County Vermont
Lewis Cass Aldrich published in 1891
Bicknell, John, was born in Tunbridge, Vt, November 12, 1802, and was married December 4, 1824, to Letita Bean. She was born June 21, 1802. They had four children : Sarah, married Jerome Slayton, of Stowe, Vt, September 3, 1843, died January 10, 1845 ; Harvey, resides in Barnard, Vt.; Abel C; and William, a resident of Norwich. John died April 14, 1869, and his wife May 9, 1887. Their four children were born in West Fairlee, Vt., where they resided until the youngest child was two years old, when they removed to Stowe, Vt. In 1845 they came to Norwich, where they remained the rest of their lives.
Bicknell, Abel, son of John, was born in West Fairlee, Vt., June 2, 1830, and married November 24, 1857, Charlotte A. Cummings. They have two children: Henry, born September 26, 1863, married Gertrude Slack, and resides in Norwich; and Julia E., wife of Myron Pierce, of Norwich. Mr. Bicknell has been a resident of Norwich since 1845.
Blood, Levi, was born in Leominster, Mass., and married, first, Olive Lawton. The children by this marriage were Levi, died in California; Lucy, widow of Franklin Olds, resides in Norwich ; Henry, died in Norwich; Olive (deceased), married, first, Edwin Bartlett, and second, Frederick Martin. Levi married for his second wife Fanny Smith. Their children were Abigail, died young; James, died young; Mary (deceased), married Bazen Hopson ; George, died at West Lebanon ; William ; Frances (deceased), married Erastus Olds; Rebecca (deceased), married William P. Burton; Ellen, wife of Louis E. Burton, of Northampton, Mass. Levi is deceased.
Blood, William, son of Levi, was born in Norwich, January 3, 1831, and married Eliza C. Seaver. Their children are Willie 0., born in Norwich, May 13, 1860, married May A. Messer and resides in Norwich; Lizzie A., a resident of Norwich ; and Rebecca F., lives in Boston, Mass.
Burton, Jacob, came from Stonington, Conn., in the summer of 1764, to Norwich, intending to locate, but finding no inhabitants in the town he returned to Connecticut. In the following year he helped lay out a part of the town into lots, and in 1706, in company with his son Asa, and several hands, came to Norwich, and erected a saw-mill on the site now occupied by the Messenger & Hazen tannery. Mr. Burton was a member of the Committee of Rules and Regulations of the first General Assembly of Vermont, and was elected at that session second county judge for the shire of Newbury. He was the first town clerk in Norwich. He married Rachel , and had the following family: Elisha; John, removed to Cazenovia, N. Y., in 1809, where he died; Asa; Josiah, died in Norwich; Anna, married Simeon Carpenter; Sarah, married Alden Spooner; Eliza, died young. Jacob died July 12, 1798.
Burton, Elisha, son of Jacob, was born November 7, 1743, and married April 28,1767, Susanna Burton. They had three children: Levi, died in the West; Elisha, died unmarried ; Stephen, died in the West. His second wife was Sarah Cogswell. Their children were Sarah, married Jesse Stoddard; Jacob, died in Norwich; Joseph, born in 1781, died in 1814; Susanna, died in childhood; Polly, married Rev. Samuel Bascom ; John B. C. died in Norwich ; Harvey ; Fanny, married Ammi B. Allen. Elisha married for his third wife Mrs. Mercy Loveland, and died May 3, 1819.
Burton, Asa, son of Jacob, was born August 25, 1752, in Stonington, Conn., and removed to Preston, Conn., with his parents. At the age of fourteen his father removed to Norwich, and from that time until he was twenty he was employed in labor incidental to the settlement of a new country. With impaired health he was admitted at the age of twenty-one to Dartmouth College. After graduating he studied theology, and after preaching occasionally in various towns in Vermont and Connecticut, he was settled in January, 1779, over a church in Thetford, Vt., where he preached for fifty years. When he took charge of the church there were only sixteen members, and when he delivered his semi-centennial sermon the membership had increased to three hundred and twenty. He was the author of a number of publications, and during his life graduated sixty students for the ministry. Dr. Burton's first wife was his half cousin, Mercy Burton, and their two daughters died before maturity. His second wife was Mary Childs, of Thetford, and their child, Mercy, became the wife of George West, a prominent lawyer of Manchester, Vt. Dr. Burton died May 1, 1830.
Burton, Hon. Harvey, of Norwich, was born in Norwich, August 19, 1793. He studied law with George C. West, of Brownington, Vt., and was admitted to the Orleans County Bar in 1825. He began the practice of his profession in the following year at Norwich, which he continued until his death, October 22, 1868. He held many positions of trust, among which was that of State Senator in 1846-47. He married January 1, 1826, Salome, daughter of Pierce and Phoebe (Stoddard) Burton. Their children are Sarah J., a resident of Norwich ; and William P., born in Norwich, December 2, 1828, married, first, Rebecca Blood, by whom he had one child, William Harvey, a resident of Chicago, 111. He married, second, Emily C. Craft, by whom he had two children : Samuel Craft, a resident of San Francisco. Cal. and Anna Maude. William P. is a resident of West Lebanon, and was for many years engaged in trade at that point, and was over twenty-years postmaster. Hon. Harvey Burton married for his second wife, January 26, 1831, Harriet Brooks. Their children were Elizabeth and Laura, both of whom died young; Charles H., born June 9, 1836, married Charlotte A. Corwin, and has two children. William Corwin and Mabel Brooks, and is in the employ of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, and resides in Milwaukee; Louis E., born July 7, 1838, married Ellen Blood and has one child, Arthur Maurice, and resides at Northampton, Mass.; and Frederick J., born October 12, 1841, married Mary J. Emerson, and is in the employ of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, and resides in St. Paul, Minn.
Cloud, Norman, was born in Brooklyn, Conn., in 1767, and came to Norwich in 1786. He married Ruby Wright. They had ten children : Polly, died young; John W.; Daniel, died in Ohio; Polly, died young; Maria (deceased), married Hezekiah Hazen; Emily (deceased), married Lyman Burbank; Eliza, widow of John Wadleigh, resides in Norwich; Mary Ann (deceased), married Moses H. West; Rufus B.; and Fidelia (deceased), married Roland Emerson. John W., son of Norman, was born in Norwich, November 9, 1799, and married Lucinda Strong, of Northampton, Mass. They had two children: Roxanna (deceased), married David Lyman, and Joseph B., born in Norwich, February 10, 1833, married, November 22, 1854, Emiraett Lyman. They have three children, all natives and residents of Norwich, viz.: John L., born February 15, 1856, married Lilla C. Sargent, has two children, Maude E. and Dana B.; Jennie E., wife of Edwin G. Lord; and Joseph H., born January 31, 1865, married Emma E. Snelling.
Cook, Samuel, was a member of the Shakers, and came from Connecticut to Norwich at an early day. He married Lydia Aldrich, and had a large family of children, among whom were John, Frank, Samuel and Lyman.
Cook, Samuel, son of Samuel, married in 1799 Anna Pratt, and had nine children: Henry, died at Mansfield, N. Y.; Leonard, died in Norwich; Clara (deceased), married Harry Babcock; Lydia (deceased), married Thomas Sargent; Betsey (deceased), married Abel Gillette; Sally (deceased), married Azro Northrup; Anna (deceased), married Benson Swift; Fanny (deceased), married Robert Floyd; Harriet (deceased), married George Parker.
Currier.-The family of this name in Norwich are descended from Richard Currier, a native of England, born in 1617. The records of Salisbury, Mass., dating back to 1640, give his children as follows: Richard; Hannah; Thomas; Sarah, who married Samuel Fogg; Hannah, who married Samuel Foote ; and Samuel. The line of descent from Richard is as follows: Second, Thomas, born 1646 ; third, Benjamin, born 1688; fourth, Gideon, born 1712; fifth, Simeon, born 1745, who was the father of Abel, born in Londonderry, N. H., in 1782, and became a resident of Norwich in 1825.
Currier, Samuel M. Day, of Norwich, was born in Norwich, Vt., June 7, 1835, and is the second son of Samuel Quimby and Mahala (Blaisdell) Currier. After attending the local schools he became a student at the Thetford Academy, and took a classical course at the Norwich University. He studied medicine with Dr. Shubael Converse, of Norwich, and Dr. Thomas Crosby, of Hanover, N. H. After attending a course of lectures at the Dartmouth Medical College he was graduated in June, 1857, from the University of Vermont. He began the practice of his profession at Shelburne, Vt., in 1857, and remained there between three and four years. In 1862 he became Regimental Hospital Steward in the Eighth Vermont Infantry, but in about three months was promoted Assistant Surgeon of the regiment. Resigning the latter position in 1863, he returned to Norwich and began the practice of his profession, in which he is still engaged. Dr. Currier married, first, Abby K. Hersey, by whom he had one child, William H., a graduate of Dartmouth, who practiced medicine in Hartford, Vt., but since 1889 has resided at Pittsfield, Mass., and is engaged in the drug business. Dr. Currier married, second, Emily Hersey, a sister of his first wife.
Dutton.-The Duttons, of America, are of Saxon nativity. The original emigrant of the family came to New England about 1630. The families of the name in Norwich and adjoining towns are lineal descendants of Thomas Dutton, of Wallingford, Conn., born March 1, 1707, married May 6, 1729, Abigail Merriam; she died April 6, 1799; he at Royalton, Vt., in 1802. Their children were John, Thomas, Abigail, Samuel, Lois, Mathew, John, Nathaniel, Phebe, Amasa, and Asenath; of these the first John and Mathew died young.
Dutton, Samuel, son of Thomas, was born in Washington, Conn., February 3, 1737, and married December 6, 1754, Joanna Root. The children by this marriage were Olive, who married Seth Fuller; Abigail, married Thomas Hazen ; Lois, David, Joanna, and Samuel. Mrs. Dutton died in 1772. Samuel married for his second wife, October 7, 1772, Rachel Benedict. Their children were Daniel Benedict, Thaddeus, Mathew, Esther, Rachel died young, Reuben, Asa and Chloe, both died young. Samuel removed from Connecticut to Woodstock, Vt.. in 1778. remaining there till 1796, when he removed to Royalton, and in 1802 to Hartford, where he died February 22,1813. His wife died July 21, 1828.
Dutton, Daniel Benedict, son of Samuel, was born at Washington, Conn., August 22, 1773, and married December 5, 1796, Lorana Smith. He died in Norwich, September 1, 1849; she, September 15, 1857. Their children were Mathew, died at twenty-one years of age; Marvin, died in Kansas; Rachel (deceased), married Moses Thompson; Louisa, died at eighteen years of age; Aaron, died at Claremont, N. H., August 19, 1890; Samuel, died in Illinois; Olive, married a Mr. King, and died in Iowa; Norman, died in Kansas; Esther (deceased), married Morgan L. Crosby ; Thaddeus, died in Hartford, Vt.; Daniel B., resides in Miltonvale, Kan.; John; Louisa A., died single.
Dutton, John, son of Daniel Benedict, commonly known as " Deacon," was born in Stowe, Vt, August 23, 1818, and married June 14, 1848, Harriet Lord. They had six children, viz.: Louisa Augusta, died at eleven years of age; George Albinus, born September 15. 1854, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1880, and from the Hartford Theological Seminary in 1883, was ordained a Congregational minister at Norwich in 1884, and assigned by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions as a missionary to northern Mexico, where he died June 6, 1885; Charles Sumner, born in Norwich, December 9, 1857, a graduate of Dartmouth College in Class of '80, married Ella Frances Lyman, has two children, Mabel Frances and Alice Lyman, resides on the old homestead in Norwich; Henry Allen, died at seven years of age; Harriet Elizabeth, wife of Otis Metcalf, of Hartford Vt.; and Mary Lorana, died young. Deacon John Dutton died January 16, 1888.
Goodrich, Horace Burton, the only child of Levi and Mary (Burton) Goodrich, was born in Norwich, September 7, 1826, and married Harriet Pennock. They have five children : Carlos Eugene, married Flora Tarbell, has three children, Arthur, Edward and Oscar, resides in Waltham, Mass.; Christina Priscilla, wife of George Carr, of Boston, Mass., has one daughter, Hattie May; Horace Juan, married Lizzie Tarbell, has two children, Clarence and Conrad, and resides in Norwich; Austin B., resides in Norwich unmarried ; John K., married Inez Underwood, has no children and lives in Waltham, Mass.
Hutchinson.-This is an old and numerous family in Norwich, as well as in other parts of the county. They were among the early settlers of Massachusetts, and were in Lynn and Salem in that colony as early as 1628 or 1629. A descendant of these early colonists named Abijah, who was a tailor, removed from Salem to Windham early in the eighteenth century. His son, Samuel, born about 1719, in company with his son, John, came to Norwich in 1765. They cleared an island in the Connecticut River, opposite the present residence of John W. Loveland, and planted it with corn. In the fall of that year they returned to Connecticut, and in company with a younger son, Samuel, returned in the spring of 1766, and made a permanent settlement. The elder Samuel spent the remainder of his life in the town, and died February 8, 1809. His wife was Jemina Dunham; she died January 12, 1798. Besides the two sons named above, he had three daughters: Sarah, married Francis Smahey ; Tabitha, married Jonathan Delano; Jerusha, married Nathan Roberts. They all died young, soon after marriage.
Hutchinson, John, son of Samuel, was born in 1741, in Windham, Conn., and married Mary Wilson, who was born in Ashford, Conn., in August, 1744. He enlisted in the Continental Army, and died at Philadelphia, June 22, 1778. His widow afterwards married Solomon Strong. His children were Jerome ; John, removed to New York State, where he died ; Lydia, who was probably the first child born in Norwich, married D. Hammond, of Thetford; and Abigail, married Hon. John Strong, of Woodstock, Vt.
Hutchinson, Jerome, son of John, was born in Ashford, Conn., March 2, 1763, and married Content Smith. Their children were John, who emigrated to New York State, where he died; Fanny, died single; Sarah (deceased), married William Loveland ; Cynthia (deceased), married Asaph Allen: Sophia (deceased), married Andrew J. Williams; Mary Ann (deceased), married Milo Marsh ; and William. Jerome died in 1849.
Hutchinson, William, son of Jerome, was born in Norwich, Vt., May 2, 1807, and married January 8, 1832, Eliza, daughter of James and Mary (Bartlett) Crary; she was born April 2, 1807. Of their six children three died in infancy. The others are John W.; Charles Henry, proprietor of a foundry and machine shop in Manchester, N. H., and has one daughter, Charlotte Augusta; Frank, a farmer at Hanover, N. H., also connected in business at Manchester, N. H., and has two daughters, Martha Belle and Arabella Waterman.
Hutchinson, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born in Connecticut, September 6, 1751, and married August 16, 1779, Hannah Burr; she was born March 5, 1761. They had fourteen children : Sarah, married Alpheus Hatch ; Ira, died at fourteen years of age ; Levi, died at thirteen years; Samuel; Jemima, married Seth Stebbins; Pearley ; Eunice, married Samuel Goddard ; Timothy; Betsey, married William Dewey; Levi, died in Illinois; Elisha, died in infancy; Emma, married Jonas Boardman ; Hannah, died young; and Austin, died in Norwich without issue. Samuel died September 30, 1839, his wife November 11, 1826.
Hutchinson, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born in Norwich, April 12, 1786, and died February 3, 1845. He married, February 26, 1818, Sarah Boardman, who was born May 6, 1792, and died February 14, 1874. Their children were Eliza, died not quite three years of age; Charles, born July 15, 1820, is a Presbyterian minister, and resides in New Albany, Ind. ; Maria, wife of Reuben Loveland, of Hartford, Vt.; Jonas Boardman, died young; Samuel; Sarah Isabella, a widow, married, first, Brainard French, and second, a Mr. Bosworth, and lives at Minneapolis, Minn.; Hannah Eliza, resides in Norwich; Emma, died young, and Ellen, widow of John O. French, lives at Maxwell, la., were twins ; Emma Elmina, died young; Caroline Frances, married William S. Throckmorton, and second, Mr. Eastman, and lives in Lyndon, Vt.
Hutchinson, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born in Norwich, March 28, 1826, and married Parthenia Blodgett. They had four children : Minnie Barrett, died young ; Charles Ashley, resides at Peacham, Vt.; Harriet Maria ; and Susan Hazen, wife of Harvey Ladd, of Norwich.
Johnson, John, a native of Connecticut, was among the early settlers of Norwich. He married Priscilla Armstrong. Their children were Sarah (deceased), married Joel Yarrington; John B.C.; Sophia (deceased), married Caleb Clough; Harriet (deceased), married Turner R. Wing; Mary (deceased), married Brazilla Pennock; Susan (deceased), married Daniel Waterman.
Johnson, John B. C, son of John, was born in Norwich, where he died in December, 1883, aged eighty-five years. He married Thriphena Elmore. They had ten children : Chestinia, wife of George Woodworth, of St. Charles, Minn.; Charles, born in Norwich, June 1, 1823, married Christinia Pennock, has no children, and resides in Norwich ; George, lives at Hanover, N. H.; Jeanette, wife of Joseph Pennock, of Norwich; Harriet, died young; Sarah (deceased), married Charles Adams; John, resides in Lyme, N. H.; Daniel Jackson ; Albert, lives in Newbury, N. H.; Ellen Udora, wife of Treadwell Seaver, of St. Charles, Minn.
Johnson, James, was born in Norwich, Conn., August 21, 1701, and married for his first wife, March 3, 1782, Olive Armstrong. She was born October K!, 1763, and dieil June 2G, 1803. The children of this marriage were John W., who died young; Olive (deceased), married Neil Sawyer; ami John W. James married for his second Avife, September 15, 1803, Rhody Ranstead. She was born April 0, 1774. They had six children: James, was in the United States regular army, and died iluring the Seminole War; Wayne; Ranstead, a seafaring man, died at New Bedford, Mass.; RosHnda(ile-ceased), married Cyrus Trussell; Hannah, died at twenty years of age; Julia (deceased), married Robert Floyd. James died January 3, 1835.
Johnson, Wayne, son of James, was born in Norwich, May 25, 1806, and married September 28, 1827, Olive Armstrong. She was born in Norwich, September 28, 1S04. They had seven children : Fanny, died young ; Jason 0.; Thaddeus, died young; Rhoda Ann, wife of Dexter Hawkins, of Woodsville, Vt.; Albina (deceased), married, first, Marshall Little, and second, Mansel Brown ; Anthony Wayne ; Clymena, wife of Ira Arlen, at Hudson, N. H. Wayne died July 29,1855.
Johnson, Jason 0., son of Wayne, was born in Norwich, August 1, 1829, and married March 1, 1849, Ruth Tilden. They had four children: Jason Franklin, born June 20, 1850, married Effia Howard, and has four children: Francis, Afta F., Eliza, and Jason Howard, resides at Norwich ; Milliard Wayne, born June 4, 1852, married Sarah Bicknell, and has four children : Ole Maude, Alice, Nellie, and Ruth, resides at Hanover, N. H.; Marcus De Lafa, born December 12, 1854, married Maggie White, and has one child, Nina, resides at Lebanon, N. H.; Ruth L., lives at home.
Johnson, Anthony Wayne, son of Wayne, was born in Norwich, January 18, 1837, and married June 3, 1856, Jane L. Tilden. They had four children: Clymena J., wife of Clarence A. Root, of Thetford, Vt., born September 23, 1858; Hatie E. and Hattie E., were born July 10, 1862: Hattie E. died March 20, 1863, and Hatie E. died June 21, 1863 ; Lucian Wayne, born November 15, 1866, married Addie Waterman, September 24, 1890.
Lewis, William, the progenitor of the Lewis family in Norwich, came from Windsor, Conn., and located in the town in 1731 or 1732. His family consisted of his wife, Naomi, five sons and three daughters. Mr. Lewis was a blacksmith, and carried on the business for a number of years. He was actively engaged in the management of town affairs; was chosen moderator and selectman ten years, between 1784 and 1796. He died December 15, 1800 ; his wife, April 28, 1803.
Lewis, Dr. Joseph, eldest son of William, was born in old Lyme, Conn., in November. 1746, and became a resident of Norwich in 1707. In early life he showed a fondness for medical study, and during the first years of his residence in Norwich made himself proficient in that science. For fifty-five years he was the leading physician in Norwich, During the Revolutionary War Dr. Lewis was appointed surgeon's mate, and was attached to the expedition against Quebec. During the winter of 1775-70 he was engaged in hospital practice with the army in Canada. He subsequently resigned and resumed his practice in Norwich. He was married in 1771 to Experience Burr, a lady eminently qualified to be a helpmate to a physician. They had eight children : Lyman and Enos, who became physicians in Norwich; Joseph also practiced medicine at Waterbury, Vt.; they were all graduates of Dartmouth College ; Joel, an invalid from childhood ; Naomi, died in infancy; Lucy, died at four years of age ; Naomi, married Dr. David Fiske; Alpa, married Abel Partridge. Dr. Lewis died June 18, 1833; his wife died January 18, 1819.
Lewis, Dr. Enos, the youngest son of Dr. Joseph, was born in Norwich, January 19, 1784. He fitted for college at Moore's Charity School and at sixteen entered Dartmouth College, graduating in 1804. He studied medicine with his lather and Dr. Nathan Smith, professor in Dartmouth Medical College, and in 1808 received his diploma. In December, 1808, he was appointed surgeon's mate in a United States regiment of riflemen, stationed at Newport, R. I. In September of the next year he was obliged to resign on account of ill-health. In 1810 he formed a copartner ship with his father, which continued seven years. From that time until his death, September 14, 1823, owing to ill-health, he was not engaged in active practice. Dr. Lewis married June 28, 1812, Keturah Dennison, of Stonington, Conn. Owing to the early death of her husband, the education and support of her four children became her life-work. This duty she fulfilled, and when her mission was performed she returned to her native town, where she died August 6, 1855. The four children mentioned were William Enos; Charles Dennison, born June 6, 1817, a physician of Grant county, Ky.; Ann Emerson, a resident of Connecticut; Lucy Mary (deceased), married B. F. Holmes.
Lewis, William Enos, eldest son of Dr. Enos, was born in Norwich, May 25, 1815. He was educated at Partridge's Literary, Scientific and Military Academy of Norwich. He has, in a general way, engaged in farming during most of his active life, but has filled many positions of political trust. He was deputy sheriff and constable for over twenty years, and at the annual town meeting, March. 1843. was elected town clerk, which office he has held ever since. He was a member of the Legislature for 1856-57, 1863, 1872, and 1878; assistant assessor of internal revenue for Third District of Vermont from 1863 to 1871. He has been actively engaged in military affairs; was made major of the Twenty-third Regiment of Vermont militia, and was afterwards promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and later to colonel. On October 30, 1874, having been elected by Legislature, he was commissioned by Governor Carlos Coolidge as brigadier-general of the Eighth Brigade. Second Division of the State militia. He married Ruby W., daughter of Hezekiah Hazen. and their children were as follows : Lucy Ann. born February 19, 1847, wife of Joseph F. Foote, of Norwich, Conn., have one son, William Lewis Foote ; William Hazen, born January 25, 1849, married Stella L. Hubbard, has one child. Mabel Hazen, and is a resident of Ascutneyville, Vt.; Marie Louise, born September 15, 1851, wife of William W. Morrill, of Troy, N. Y.; Katie Denison, died when about one year old; Charles Franklin, born August 26, 1859, married Phebe E. Cook, has one child, Marion B.. and resides in Norwich, Vt.; Mary Denison, died at three years of age.
Lord, David, came from Colchester, Conn., to Norwich, among the early settlers. He married Hannah Hanks, and had the following family: Richard, died young ; Asa ; Zalmon, was killed in the War of 1812; Richard, died in Michigan; David G., resided most of his life at Fairlee, Vt, but died at Hanover, N. H.; Roxey (deceased), married Hugh Pike Howe; Cynthia (deceased), married Reed Page Howe, resides in Thetford, Vt., and was ninety-seven years of age in August, 1890; Ira, died young.
Lord, Asa, son of David, was born in Norwich, October, 1784, and died March 16, 1861. He married, first, Ruth Howe, and their children were Ira, died in Thetford ; Lyman, died at twenty years of age ; Abigail (deceased), married William Cummings ; Lucia M. (deceased), married Tarbell Senter; Gideon; Aniasa C, resides in Illinois; Laura (deceased), married Jonathan S. Lord ; Mills A. He married, second, Amelia Root, and their seven children were Frances A.; Abel, died young; Emma, died at eighteen years of age; Ellen M.; William and Henry, twins, the former residing at Woodville, N. H., the latter died young; and Persis, wife of Myron Colburn. of Norwich.
Lord, Gideon, son of Asa, was born in Norwich, September 8, 1814, and married Belisant Clough. They have no children.
Lord, Jonathan, a brother of David, came from Colchester, Conn., about the same time with his brother, He married, in 1772, Mary Smith, and had the following family : Porter, died in Orange, Vt.; Russell, died in Thetford, Vt.; John ; Polly, died single; Lydia deceased), married John Proctor; and Rachel, died at eighteen years of age.
Lord, John, son of Jonathan, was born in Norwich, August 1, 1782, and died June 19, 1882. He married Lucy Bliss, and their children were David Bliss, died in Norwich; Jonathan Smith, died in Norwich; Lucius S.; John Mills, a Congregationalist minister residing in Weymouth, Mass.; Harriet A., widow of John Dutton, lives in Norwich; Lucy Isabella, widow of Augustus Chandler, resides at Guilford, Vt.; Horatio and Albinus, both died young.
Lord, Lucius Stebbins, son of John, was born in Norwich, September 7, 1818, and married May 1, 1851, Alpha Rosetta, daughter of Samuel and Arabella (Baxter) Little. They had four children: Abby Sanborn, died at five years of age; John Franklin, born January 28, 1860, a farmer, and resides at Sloan, Iowa; Alpa Rosetta, wife of Albert F. Ruggles, of Norwich, died November 5, 1890, aged thirty-five years; and Eliza Nelson, assistant principal of the graded schools at Lewis, Cass county, la. Mr. Lord resides on the farm originally settled by his grandfather. Mrs. A. F. Ruggles taught fifty-five terms of school, and was teaching at the time of her death.
Loveland, Hon. Aaron, was born in Norwich, Vt., August 10, 1780. He was educated at Dartmouth College, graduating in 1801, and during a part of his college course was a room-mate of Daniel Webster. He was acknowledged the best Greek scholar of his class, and after leaving college became proficient in the French, Spanish, and Italian languages. He was made Professor of Languages at Norwich University, which position he held a number of years. He first opened a law office at Strafford. Vt., where he remained only a short time, when he removed to Norwich, where he practiced his profession until his death. January 3, 1870. In politics Judge Loveland was a Whig and later a Republican, and was honored with many positions of responsibility. He was Assistant Judge of the County Court in 1823, and Chief Judge in the following year; member of the Legislature from 1820 to 1824, and again in 1840. The Judge was never married.
Loveland, Joseph, was born in Weathersfield, Conn., April 14, 1747, and married Mercy Bigelow. November 12. 1772. She was born November 22, 1753. Joseph became a resident of Hanover, N. H., March 13, 1776. and removed to Norwich, November l6,1779, settling on the farm now owned by his grandson, Aaron, which has ever since been in possession of his descendants. He had thirteen children: Joseph, died young; Joseph, born July 18, 1773, emigrated to Ohio, where he died; Prudence (deceased), married Ebenezer Percival; Aaron, died young; Aaron, died unmarried; David; William; Mary (deceased), married Cyrus Partridge; Elijah, born February 5, 1788, died in Pennsylvania; Lydia (deceased), married Nathaniel Wheatley; Susan (deceased), married John B. C. Burton ; Lucy (deceased), married Waterman Ensworth ; John and George, twins, born July 29, 1798, the former died in Ohio, in March, 1890, almost ninety-two years of age, and the latter died at nine years of age. Joseph died September 8, 1813 ; his wife August 3, 1833.
Loveland, David, son of Joseph, was born in Norwich, July 6, 1782, and married Eunice Wheatley, October 6, 1813. She was born in June 2, 1790. Their children were George (deceased); Albert, died aged one year ; Caroline F. (deceased), married Henry Hutchinson; and John Wheatley. David died March 28, 1828; his wife July 10, 1861.
Loveland, William, son of Joseph, was born in Norwich, April 28, 1784, and married Sally Hutchinson ; she was born in Brookfield, Vt., April 25, 1793. Their children were Mercy Bigelow (deceased), married E. B. Brown; Joseph Talcott, born April 5, 1818, filed unmarried in Norwich; Reuben S., born October 30, 1820, married Maria Hutchinson, resides in Hartford, Vt.; William Jerome, born November 11, 1823, married Susan Briggs, has no children, and is a lawyer of Saginaw, Mich.; Aaron ; Charles, born November 1, 1828, resides in Norwich; Mary Content (deceased), married Charles L. Badger, of Quincy, Mass.; Sarah E., wife of William H. Hutchinson, of Norwich. William died October 8, 1862, his wife January 17, 1877.
Loveland, Aaron, son of William, was born in Norwich, April 10, 1826, and married March 2, 1854, Laura S. Goodell, who was born in Westminster, Vt, January 23, 1830. Aaron removed to Wisconsin, in 1848, where he was engaged in the nursery business. He was a resident of that State until 1866, when he returned to Norwich, and resides on the old Loveland homestead. His children are Frank E., born at Wauwatosa, Wis., March 13, 1855, married Fanny Strong, and has three children, Laura Abby, Grace Ellen, and Lena Clara; resides in his native town; Laura Ellen, resides in Norwich; Joseph Henry, born at Wauwatosa, Wis., March 10, 1859, married Emma Healy, is a resident of Norwich; and Fanny Hutchinson. Mr. Loveland was a member of the Legislature of 1888.
Lyman.-The family of this name in Norwich are descended from Richard Lyman, who embarked from England in August, 1631, and first settled in Charlestown, Mass. Soon after his arrival in this country he migrated to Connecticut and died at East Windsor in August, 1640, His son Richard married Hepzibah Ford. He died June 3, 1662. Of their eight children, Richard, the eldest, was born in Windsor, Conn., in 1647, and removed to Northampton, Mass., and from there to Lebanon, Conn. He married, May 26, 1675, Elizabeth, daughter of John Coles, of Hatfield, Mass. He died November 4, 1708. Of his family of nine children Isaac, the fourth son, was born at Northampton, Mass., February 16, 1681 ; he was married four times, and had six children. Caleb, his second son, was born at Suffield, Conn., April 16, 1728, and married January 2, 1756. Mary Betts. Of their family, David was the eldest son, and was born in Lebanon, Conn., May 20, 1761. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Continental army, serving six months. He married, in 1785, Submit Gould, and with his wife and first child removed in 1789 to Norwich and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his grandson. David died January 26, 1849. His children were David, died in Norwich; Orange, died at Wells River, Vt.; Harry and Fanny, twins, the latter married James Avery ; Eunice (deceased), married Aaron Drake ; Polly (deceased), married Jonathan Smith; Rhoda (deceased), married Joseph Drake.
Lyman, Harry, son of David, was born in Norwich, April 4, 1797, and married April, 1821, Nancy Wheeler, who died in the following September. His second wife was Betsey King, and they were married April 29, 1822. They had six children, viz.: George H., died at Chelsea, Vt; Orril K., wife of George Willis, of Rutland, Vt; Eliza A. (deceased), married Alonzo Burton; Augustus C; Emiraett, wife of Joseph B. Cloud, of Norwich; Elizabeth Sophia (deceased), married J. N. Howard, of Rutland, Vt Harry died June 15, 1882.
Lyman, Augustus C, son of Harry, was born in Washington, Vt, July 22, 1828, and married March 11, 1852, Roxanna Gove. Of their five children, one died in infancy. The others are Ella F., born May 25, 1826, wife of Charles S. Dutton, of Norwich; John C, born December 7, 1863, resides in Norwich; Harry A., born August 12, 1866, married Mabel Johnson, and has one child, Bessie Mabel, lives in Norwich; and Mary R., born November 21, 1869.
Martin, Homer M., eldest son of Marshall and Abigail (Eaton) Martin, was born in Rochester, Vt, October 14, 1833. He resides in his native town and Granville until 1854, and since that time has lived in Thetford and Norwich. He lost his left hand in a threshing-machine September 10, 1873. He married, first, Lucia Wilmot, by whom he had two children : J. Dell, born August 4, 1861, a teacher in the public schools of Chicago, 111.; and Lucia M., born July 18, 1865, wife of Will Ladd, of Strafford, Vt, who have two children, Ruth F. and Helen M. He married, second, Sylenda J. Seaver, and they have three children : Homer Bey, born in Norwich. January 30, 1867, resides at Duluth, Minn.; Linn Seaver, born in Thetford, May 11, 1870, attends school at Lyndon Institute, Vt.; and David Lee, born in Norwich, October 26, 1876.
Newton, Baxter B., was born in Norwich, Vt., September 4, 1799, and was the son of Baxter and Phebe (Howard) Newton. His father came from Paxton, Mass., to Norwich. Baxter B. married for his first wife Flora Newton, of Hartford, Vt., and of their family three are now living: George B., a resident at Tarrytown, N. Y.; Lizzie, widow of William Reed, resides at Tarrytown ; and Ellen F., wife of James C. Hayden. of Janesville, Pa. His second wife was Elizabeth Partridge. Their three children all died young. His third wife was Olive P. Wright, who still survives him. Mr. Newton was engaged in mercantile business at West Hartford, Vt, and came to Norwich in 1836, and continued in trade till 1854, when he retired from active business. He died March 11, 1881.
Nichols, Timothy, a descendant of Richard Nichols, of Ipswich, Mass., immigrant ancestor, was born in Reading. Mass., February 16, 1756. His father, Timothy, died at the siege of Quebec, in 1759. He removed to Amherst, N. H., in 1772, and was married October 21, 1779, to Susannah Towne; she was born December 29, 1762. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and became a resident of Norwich, Vt., in 1838, and he and his wife passed their last days with their sons Latin Morris and Robert. His wife died December 2, 1840; the death of Timothy occurred August 22, 1846. Their children were Susanna (deceased), married John Smith ; Grace Gardner (deceased), married William Low ; Sophia (deceased),married Benjamin Damon; Luther Weston, died at Amherst, N. H.; Leonard Towne, died at Amherst, N. H.; Latin Morris, resided and died in Norwich, March 17, 1870; John Perkins, resides at Boston, Mass.; Robert, died in Norwich; and Charles, died at Boston.
Nichols, Latin Morris, son of Timothy, was born at Merrimack, N. H., October 31, 1794. He served his apprenticeship as chairmaker at Concord, N. H.., with his brother-in-law, Benjamin Damon, and William Low. While thus engaged he accepted an offer to go to Montpelier, Vt, but subsequently removed to Norwich. He married June 19. 1824, Clarrissa Safford. Her father, Johnson Safford, was born in Preston, Conn., and became a resident of Norwich in 1790. He married June 16, 1785, Clarissa Ensworth, of Canterbury, Conn. Their family were Betsey, who married Jacob Burton; Henry, died young ; Polly, died single ; and Clarrissa, who married Latin Morris Nichols, June 24, 1824. Johnson Safford was a clothier by trade, and did a thriving business; he was a man of sterling integrity and a member of the Congregational Church at Norwich Plains. Latin Morris was a rugged, thick-set man, below medium height, of benevolent, self-sacrificing character, and courteous manners. He died March 17, 1870; his wife died January 6, 1863. Their children were Edward, born April 7, 1825, died September 21, 1826; Susan Eliza, born March 18, 1827, died July 5, 1832; Grace Gardner, born July 3, 1829, died June 10, 1830 ; Mary Safford, born May 27, 1831, died April 23, 1866 ; Lucy Bailey, born January 3, 1833, resides in Norwich; Timothy Morris, born January 8, 1835, lives in Taunton, Mass.; an infant son died February 8, 1837; Charles Low, born April 19, 1838, died August 5, 1846; and Henry Burton, born April 12, 1840, resides at Norwich, Vt
Nichols, Robert, son of Timothy, was born at Amherst, N. H., December 13, 1802. While a lad he went to Boston and learned the cabinet-maker's trade. He settled in Norwich and built a brick cottage previous to his marriage, which occurred December 7, 1826, to Betsey, daughter of Hezekiah and Erepta (Pike) Ensworth. He died November 11, 1845; his wife in Boston, February 16, 1884. They had seven children : William Low, born December 7, 1827, died June 25, 1832; Francis Hezekiah, born December 2, 1829; Herbert Allen, born December 14, 1831. died July 17, 1851; Amos Ensworth, born October 9, 1833, died February 13, 1834; Susan Ann, born March 19, 1837, died December 2, 1841; Annette Eliza, born February 16, 1840, died December 12, 1841; Horace Hatch, born January 29, 1842.
Partridge, Captain Alden.-He was the second son of Samuel, who was also a son of a Samuel, and was born in Norwich, Vt., January 12, 1785. He entered Dartmouth College in 1802, but was obliged to give up his course of studies in 1805 to enter West Point. He graduated from the latter October 29, 1806, and at once became a teacher of engineering with the rank of captain. He remained at West Point until 1817, when he resigned, and in 1820 returned to Norwich and was connected with the University, as before stated. After his retirement from the presidency of the University he engaged in establishing schools in various parts of the United States until his death on January 17, 1854. Captain Partridge was elected by the Legislature in 1823 Surveyor-General of Vermont, and in 1818 was the chief surveyor of the American party to establish the northeast boundary between the United States and the British possessions. He represented Norwich in the Legislatures of 1833, 1834, 1837, and 1839. He was the Democratic candidate for Congress in 1830. 1834, 1836, and 1838, and Independent candidate in 1848. Captain Partridge married Ann Elizabeth Swasey, of Claremont, N. H. They had only two children: George C, born August 4, 1838, died in 1856 ; and Henry V., born December 10, 1839, resides in Norwich.
Partridge, Samuel, born in Preston, Conn., in 1722, married Ruth Woodward. They had eight children: Elisha, Ruth, married Peter Branch; Samuel, Olive, married John Wright; Ephraim, Elias, Reuben, and Isaac. Samuel died October 24, 1806, his wife April 29, 1786.
Partridge, Samuel, son of Samuel, was born in Preston in 1749, and married December 6, 1770, Elizabeth Wright. Their children were Aaron, born February 18, 1773, died in Norwich; Alden, and Abel; Ruth, married Levi Burton; Charlotte, married a Mr. Fay, Elizabeth, married David Newton. Samuel died July 22, 1834, his wife October 26, 1826.
Partridge, Isaac, son of Samuel first, married Lois Newton and died May 15, 1835, aged seventy-three years. His children were Cyrus, died in Norwich, leaving several sons and daughters; William, died at Detroit, Mich., unmarried, during the War of 1812; Samuel removed to Elmira, N. Y., where he died, was a member of Congress from that district; Isaac Newton, died at Logansport, Ind.; Almira, married, first, Major 0. Gr. Burton, second, Professor Ebenezer Bancroft Williston; Louisa, died in Cincinnati, 0., in 1830, aged twenty-five years; John Milton, a civil engineer, was accidentally killed at Crow Nest, near Cold Spring, N. Y.
Pennock, Zilah, was born in Connecticut, August 16, 1766, and married, March 18, 1789, Lydia Howard, who was born August 27, 1766. Their children were Alexander, born November 21, 1790, died in New York State; John, born March 9, 1793, fate unknown; Abijah Howard, born February 10, 1797, died in Michigan ; Barzilla; Lurah (deceased), born April 10, 1798, married, first, Nathan Badger, and second, William Courser; Lydia (deceased), born January 16, 1801; Mary (deceased), born January 28, 1803, married Elihu Russell; Abigail Morso (deceased), married Jasper Clark; Sarah C, born June 26 1815, went to New York State and nothing further is known of her. Zilah became a resident of Norwich about 1790 and there died.
Pennock, Barzilla, son of Zilah, was born in Norwich, February 10, 1797, and married, January 3, 1821, Mary Ann Johnson. They had seven children: Carlos Pratt; Reuben, born August 22,1825, resides in Norwich ; Christinia, born March 27, 1830, wife of Charles Johnson of Norwich; Harriett, born February 18, 1832, wife of Horace B. Goodrich, of Norwich : Juan Alonzo, died at nineteen years of age; Rosada L., born October 16, 1837, wife of W. F. Johnson, of Hartford, Vt.; and Henry Austin. Barzilla died June 28, 1881.
Pennock, Carlos Pratt, son of Barzilla, born in Norwich, May 20, 1821, married, first, Rosalind Grow. Their three children were Eugene, died at eighteen months; Mary A., wife of Edward Carpenter, of Hartford, Vt.; and Lizzie A., wife of Luther Newcomb, of West Fairlee, Vt. Carlos married, second, Susan Clough, no children. He is a farmer and lives in Norwich.
Pennock, Henry Austin, son of Barzilla, was born in Norwich, January 29, 1842, married Emily Hovey, of Brookfield, Vt. They have no children. He is a farmer and resides on the old homestead in Norwich.
Sargent, Thomas, was born in New Chester, N. H., April 10, 1776. He removed to Thetford, Vt., in 1820, and three years later came to Norwich. He married Susan Bartlett, and had eight children: Daniel, Thomas, Emily (deceased), married Cephas Avery, Ebenezer, Walter, Meriba, died fifteen years of age, Phineas, unmarried, resides in Thetford, and Susan, wife of Elam Stowell, of Norwich. Thomas died July 28, 1851.
Sargent, Daniel, son of Thomas, was born at New Chester, N. H., December 5, 1805, and married, April 3, 1834, Louisa Moore. She was born in Chelsea, Vt., May 1814. Their children were Bartlett, John A., a resident of Lebanon, N. H., Mary L., died at the age of three, and Ella L.
Sargent, Bartlett, son of Daniel, was born in Norwich, February 27, 1835, and married Isadora Ilsley, May 27, 1867. Their children are Leland P., born October 31,1872; Susie M., born January 21, 1878; Henrietta M., born April 23, 1882; and Myra L., born November 3, 1886.
Sargent, Thomas, son of Thomas, born at New Chester, N. H., September 16, 1806, married Lydia Cook. The latter was born in Norwich, May 1, 1804. They had thirteen children : Harriet, wife of George Young, of Windsor, Vt.; Mary Ann, wife of Paschal Slack, of Thetford; William; Meriba, wife of Edwin Newcomb, of Thetford; George, resides in Maplewood, Mass.; Betsey, wife of Cyrus Judd, of Thetford; Thomas, John, Charles, David, Solon, Lydia (deceased), married Harvey Delano; Ellen, wife of T. J. Blanchard, of Norwich. Thomas died July 8, 1889.
Sargent, David, son of Thomas, was born in Norwich, February 16, 1841, and married, first, Lucy Kilburn; they had one child, Ada Lucy. He married, second, Lucy Lovejoy ; they have three children: Mabel, George David, and Lee Quincy.
Sargent, Walter, son of Thomas first, was born in New Chester, N. H., May 5, 1814, and married, first, Sally L. Yarrington. Their family consists of five sons : Edward T.; James, resides in Thetford, Vt.; Henry, lives at Lebanon, N. H.; Charles, resides in Claremont, N. H.; Nelson, lives in Lebanon, N. H. Walter married, second, Mrs. Lois Ann Slack, nee Blaisdell.
Seaver.-This family was the first previous to 1790 that settled in Norwich from any other State than Connecticut. Captain Nathaniel Seaver came from Petersham, Mass., and his name appears in the town records as holding office as early as 1779. Half brothers of Nathaniel also settled in the town, viz.: Luther, Calvin, and Dr. Richard Crafts Seaver. The latter practiced medicine a short time in Norwich and Thetford, then removed to Chelsea, Vt., and finally to Wayne, Me.
Seaver, Calvin, mentioned above, married Mary Hovey, and had the following family : Calvin; Luther, a captain on the Mississippi River, died of yellow fever at New Orleans, La.; Aaron, died in Michigan; Otis, died in Norwich; Olive (deceased), married Lyman Baldwin; Eliza (deceased), married Daniel Yarrington ; and Mary (deceased), married Dyer Waterman.
Seaver, Calvin, son of Calvin, born in Norwich, January 6, 1787, married, first, Sylenda Waterman, second, Sophia Eastman. Children by second wife, viz.: Livia A., wife of Mills A. Lord, of Norwich ; Calvin F., lives in Thetford, Vt.; Luther P., died at two and one-half years; Mary S., died at seventeen months; A. Jeanette, died at three and one-half years; Sylenda J., wife of Homer M. Martin, of Norwich; and C. Treadwell, died at St. Paul, Minn., April 2, 1889. was a machinist, and injured in a railway accident. Calvin died April 10, 1853
Slack, William, married Alice Wood. Their children were William; Joseph, died in Enfield, N. H., belonged to the Shakers; Jotham, died West ; Henry, died in Hartford ; Parmela, married Josiah Kendall; and Lucy, married Reuben Hubbard.
Slack, William, son of William, was born in Windsor, Vt., and died in 1857, aged seventy-seven years. He married Hannah Taylor, and their children were William ; Taylor, died in Norwich ; Louisa, wife of Worcester Brigham, of Norwich, Vt.; David, died at Thetford; Lorenzo, died at Lebanon, N. H.; Paschal, resides in Thetford, Vt.; Rhoda (deceased), married Dr. Ira Davis; Prosper, Hannah; widow of Mr. Phillips, lives in Thetford, Vt.; and George, died in Norwich.
Slack, William, son of William, was born in Plymouth, Vt, June 10, 1802, and died September 3, 1845. He married Roxey Armstrong, who died June 15, 1889. Of their ten children, one died in infancy. The others were William; John A., resides in Royalton, Vt.; Ann (deceased), married John M. Emery ; Charles A.; Hannah (deceased), married three times; Pembroke, lives in Washington ; Granville ; Josephine, widow of J. C. Boardman, resides in Norwich ; and Rosaline, wife of Horatio Blake, of Royalton.
Slack, A. William, son of William, was born in Norwich, November 18, 1824, and married Zipporah B., daughter of Joseph and Betsey (Brown) Rogers. They have no children. From 1850 to 1873 Mr. Slack was four different times a resident of California, his longest stay at one time in that State being seven years.
Slack, Prosper (son of William, second), was born in Strafford, Vt., September 5, 1816, and married Fidelia Hartshorn. They had ten children: Jefferson, resides in Sharon; Ransom; Jotham, died young; Rosatty, died young; Charlotte, wife of Orson Sargent, of Norwich; Edna, wife of Henry C. Burton, of Norwich ; Amy, wife of Elias Waterman, of Norwich; Josephine (deceased), married Mitchell Barby ; Rosie, wife of Azra Northrup, of Lebanon, N. H. Prosper's parents removed to Norwich in 1809, and since then, excepting ten years, he has been a resident of the town.
Stimson, Joel, was born August 10, 1751. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and a fifer in Captain Solomon Hill's company. He married at Tolland, Conn., April 15, 1779, Susanna Growe. His wife was born June 16, 1760. Soon after his marriage Joel settled in Norwich. He had a family of thirteen children, four of whom died in infancy. The others were Seba; Alba, born May 10, 1783, died in Thetford, Vt., and left no issue; Sarepta, married Augustus Hayward; Anna, married, first, Pierce Burton, jr., and second. Alpha Warren; Clarissa, died single; Joel, died in the West; Enos, died at Montpelier, Vt.; Horace, died in Michigan; Jason, died in Ohio. Joel died April 15, 1813, in Norwich.
Stimson, Seba, of the above family, was born in Tolland, Conn., August 8, 1781, and married January 3, 1805, Phylabe Allen, a native of Craftsbury, Vt. He removed to Greensboro, Vt., in 1802, where his children were born, but he died in Waterbury, Vt., February 23, 1862. His children were William A., died at Lowell, Mass.; Hamilton, died at Greensboro, Vt; Joel Growe; Samuel Payson, died at Barton, Vt; Susan, wife of H. Conant, of Oxford, N. H.; Phylabe (deceased), married Arthur Marston ; Emily (deceased), married Mr. Emerson, of Reading, Mass.
Stimson, Joel Growe, son of Seba, was born in Greensboro, Vt, July 23, 1812, and married, first, Juliet Walker. Their children were William H., engaged in the dry goods business in New York city. His second wife was Cynthia R. Stone, of Cabot, Vt Their children are Edward Payson, a practicing physician at West Randolph, Vt; Charles W., a farmer living in Norwich; Martin Luther, a Congregational minister, was for eight years missionary to China, but owing to ill health was obliged to return to this country in 1889, and now resides in Brooklyn ; Juliet W., a graduate of Holyoke Ladies' Seminary, resides at home. Joel G., at the age of nineteen, engaged in mercantile business, and in 1838 opened a store at Strafford, Vt., where he remained until 1844, when he removed to Waterbury, Vt. At the latter place he was in the wholesale and retail trade until 1808, when, owing to the early settlement made by his grandfather in Norwich, he became a resident of that town. While engaged in business in Waterbury he built two of the prominent business blocks in that village. During the time of his residence in Norwich he has been engaged in farming and carrying on wholesale business in flour and feed.
Tilden, Timothy, was born in Lebanon, N. H., May 26, 1791. He became a resident of Norwich in 1818, settling on the river, but he removed on the hill to the farm now owned by his grandson in 1828. He married Sophia Frary, who was born in Hadley, Mass., August 31, 1793. Of their twelve children one died in infancy. The others were Reuben C, a resident of Norwich; Timothy, died in Hanover, N. H.; Fannie, wife of Samuel Armstrong, of Norwich; Sophia, widow of Oliver Cushman, resides in Norwich; Louisa, widow of Edwin M. Lewis, lives in Norwich; Verona, wife of Roger Strong, of Thetford. Vt.; Alvira, died single; Ruth, wife of Jason 0. Johnson, of Norwich ; Theta, widow of Albigence Gove, lives in Hanover, N. H.; Ransom, died at sixteen months; Lydia Jane, wife of Anthony W. Johnson, of Norwich. Timothy died October 26, 1879, his wife April 21, 1872.
Turner, Nathaniel, was born in Harvard, Mass., in January, 1769. His parents were Shakers, but on becoming of age he severed his connection with that society. Soon after this he married Miss Susie Baker, who had also been a member of the Shaker society. He removed to Norwich in 1795, and purchased a farm in the northern part of the town, on which he died in 1850. His children were Anna, widow of Joseph Blaisdell, resides in Michigan; Nathaniel, died in Norwich; Lucy (deceased), married Hart Kendall; Phylena, died single; Edward ; Daniel, resides in Norwich.
Turner, Edward, of the above family, was born in Norwich, September 17, 1804, and married Rosady Yarrington. They have one child, Amburgh Van, born in Norwich. July 9, 1846, and married Emma Fullington. They have four children, Leon, a resident of Boston, Willie, Hila, Esfa. Mr. Turner is engaged in mercantile trade and also in farming, and has been actively identified with town affairs.
Waterman, Daniel, came from Mansfield, Conn., to Norwich in 1767. He married Ann Ford. Their children were Samuel, Daniel, James, Elijah, Elisha, Levi, all of whom died in Norwich ; Anna, married Levi Baldwin ; Mary, married Jeremiah Hedges; Elizabeth, married Daniel C. Baker: and John. The latter was born in Norwich, July 2, 1768, and married, January 30, 1793, Hannah Hedges. She was born January 2, 1770. John died June 23, 1856, his wife April 4, 1858. Their children, excepting the youngest (William), are all dead. The others were John, Lavina, married David Freeman, Daniel, Warren, Hannah, Hannah second, and Willis.
Waterman, Willis, son of John, was born at Norwich, March 28, 1808, and married Sarah Howard. They had nine children, viz.: Richard ; Harriet, wife of Stephen Davis, of Methuen, N. H.; Rhoda, died in Norwich; Mary, wife of Rufus Simonds, of Hartford, Vt.; Hannah, wife of Horace T. Sargent, of Hartford, Vt.; John, Charles H., Elias L. and Webster D.
Waterman, Richard, son of Willis, was born in Norwich, February 22, 1832, and married Abbie C. Pierce. They had two children, Addie and Delbert.
Williston, Rev. David H., studied for the ministry at Dartmouth College, and graduated in 1787 from Yale College. He received the degree of A. M. from Dartmouth in 1793. He settled in Tunbridge, Vt., June 26, 1793, where he died in 1845, at the age of seventy-seven. He married Susanne Bancroft, a cousin of the historian, George Bancroft. Their youngest son, Professor Ebenezer Bancroft Williston, was born in Tunbridge, Vt, in 1801. He was a student at Dartmouth, but graduated from the University of Vermont. From 1822 to 1828 he was a member of tlie faculty of A. L., S. and M. Academy, being professor of Greek Language and Rhetoric. He was the compiler of " Eloquence of the United States," in six volumes, and also edited a Tacitus. Owing to ill-health, Professor Williston was obliged to relinquish his duties, and he passed the last years of his life in the South. While there he was for a short time president of Jefferson College in Mississippi. He died at Norwich, December 27, 1837. He married Mrs. Almira, widow of Major 0. B. Burton, nee Partridge, and had two children. Ellen Williston married Rev. Henry Steele Clarke, late pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Clarke has always resided in Norwich excepting the seven years of her married life. She is the authoress of " The Marble Preacher," " Their Children," '' At Edgeware," etc. Edward Bancroft Williston, Prof. Williston's other child, was born at Norwich, July 15, 1836, was a graduate from Norwich University, and during the late war was captain in the Second U. S. A. Light Artillery, and is now major in the Third Light Artillery, U. S. A., and stationed at Fort Riley, Texas.
Wright, John, youngest son of John and Olive (Partridge) Wright, was born in Norwich, Vt., June 8, 1792. He graduated from West Point, March 29, 1814, in a class of thirty, and on the following day was appointed second lieutenant of a corps of engineers, being the only one of his class assigned to that arm of the service. He was assistant professor of mathematics at West Point from April 1, 1814, to December 1, 1816, but resigned from the army July 23, 1818. After his resignation Mr. Wright removed to Pennsylvania and studied law with his brother, Ebenezer, and was examined for the bar by the late President Buchanan. He returned to his native town and practiced his profession until his death September 10, 1860. Mr. Wright was a life-long Democrat, and though he was honored by his party associates with various nominations, owing to the minority of his party he was defeated. He was a member of the Constitutional Conventions of 1836, 1843 and 1857 ; was for many years president of the Windsor County Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; postmaster of Norwich from 1836 to 1839 and from 1853 to 1855. He married for his first wife Susan, daughter of Dr. Phineas Parkhurst, of Lebanon, N. H., by whom he had one child, Susan Ann, who married C. C. Benton, and died May 29, 1889. His second wife was Almira Kidder Greene, and of their five children, two died young. The others were Leonard Jarvis, who died at Newtown, Conn., March 20, 1889 ; Mary Jarvis, died single ; and Thomas Kidder Greene, born February 1, 1838, and is a civil engineer residing in New York city.
Wright, John, son of Aaron, was born in Hebron, Conn., in 1744. He was married September 27, 1768, to Olive Partridge, in which year he became a resident of Norwich. Of his eleven children, three died in infancy. The others were Anna, married Don J. Brigham ; Ruby, married Norman Cloud; Roswell; Ebenezer, born January 23, 1783, was a student at Dartmouth College, became a distinguished lawyer, practiced his profession at Lebanon and Lancaster, Pa., and died at the latter place ; Mary, married Daniel Durkee, a lawyer, of York, Pa., who was also a judge in the courts of that State ; Olive, married John F. Hutchinson, who removed to the West; John ; Betsey, married Elisha Hutchinson. John, sr., was instantly killed in Norwich, September 9, 1799, by a log rolling over him. The place is marked by a monument erected by his son, John.
Wright, Roswell, son of John, was born in Norwich, February 17, 1781, and married, February 20, 1803, Jemina C. Rose, of Lisbon, Conn. They had three children who arrived at maturity ; George, born October 22, 1803, graduated from West Point in 1822 ; was at the battle of Molino del Rey in the Mexican war; Major Wright then connected with the Eighth United States Infantry, and commanded a storming party of 500 picked men. The assault was successful, and pronounced by historians as the bloodiest engagement of the war. During the Mexican campaign of 1847 General Wright was three times breveted for meritorious services. He was a famous Indian fighter, and actively participated in the Black Hawk and Florida wars, He was promoted to brigadier general during the war of the Rebellion and was in command of the Department of the Pacific. In company with his wife he was drowned in the wreck of the steamer Brother Jonathan, July 30, 1865. He is buried at Sacramento, Cal. General Wright left three children: Thomas Foster, a colonel of the Fifth California Cavalry, and captain in the regular army, was killed during the Modoc war, and is buried with his father; John Montgomery, who was on General Buell's staff during the war, a lawyer by profession, and is at present United States Marshal of the Supreme Court, and located at Washington, D. C; and Eliza, widow of Captain Philip Owen, died in Norwich, Vt., August 19, 1890. Mercy R. resides in Norwich; and Olive P., widow of Baxter B. Newton, also resides in Norwich. Roswell died October 9, 1866.
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