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(IV) Dorcas Hickcox, daughter of Cap-
tain Samuel and Mary (Hopkins) Hick-
cox, was born July ii, 1736. She married
Captain John Welton (see Welton IV).
(The Porter Line).
Arms—Argent, on a fesse sable between two
barrulets or three church bells of the first.
Crest—A portcullis argent chained or.
Motto—Vigilantia et virtute.
This name is classified as a surname of
office, and Wybert le Portere or Porteri-
ous is an early specimen of this name. It
is an ancient English family, founded
by William de la Grande, who came to
Britain with William the Conqueror.
Ralph, or Roger, la Grande was Keeper
of the Doors, Grant Porteur at the court
of Henry I.
(I) Dr. Daniel Porter, who appears
early in the colony of Waterbury, Con-
necticut, was the first ancestor of this
branch of the Porter family in America.
He was a physician, licensed to practice
physic and chirurgery in 1654 by the General
Court. He died in 1690. He married
Mary , and they were the par-
ents of seven children: i. Dr. Daniel, of
whom further. 2. Mary, born February
5, 1654-55 ; married Eleazer Knowles, of
Woodbury. 3. Nehemiah, born October
24, 1656 ; married Hannah Lum, of Wood-
bury. 4. Richard, born March 24, 1658.
5. Anne, born in 1660-61 ; not married. 6.
John, born November 14, 1662; married
(first) Rebecca Woodford, and (second)
Martha North. 7. Samuel, born October
24, 1665 ; married Abigail Humphreys,
and died March 25, 1736.
(II) Dr. Daniel Porter, son of Dr. Daniel
and Mary Porter, was born in Water-
bury, Connecticut, February 2, 1652-53.
He died January 18, 1726-27. He signed
the articles in 1674, and was proprietor
in Waterbury. He was, as was his father
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before him, a doctor; was surveyor in
1699 and 1719; and on the School Committee
in 1706. He married Deborah Holcomb,
who died May 4, 1765, aged ninetythree
years. Children : i. Daniel, of whom
further. 2. James, born April 20, 1700
died March 20, 1785. 3. Thomas, born
April I, 1702; died January, 1797. 4. Deborah,
born March 6, 1703-04; married
James Baldwin. 5. Ebenezer, born December
24, 1708; married Mary, daughter
of John Hull, of New Haven. 6. Ann,
born April 28, 1712; married (first)
Thomas Judd, and (second) James Nich-
ols.
(III) Dr. Daniel Porter, son of Dr.
Daniel and Deborah (Holcomb) Porter,
was born in Waterbury, Connecticut,
March 5, 1699, and died November 14,
1772. He succeeded to his father's busi-
ness and skill, and his father conveyed to
him a house and lot on East Main and
Mill streets. He married (first) Hannah
Hopkins, daughter of John Hopkins, June
13, 1728. She died December 31, 1739,
and he married (second) Joanna .
Children of first marriage: i. Preserved,
born November 23, 1729. 2. Dr. Daniel
born March 8, 1731
; died, unmarried, of
smallpox, at Crownpoint, in 1759. 3. Hannah,
born June 16, 1733 ; married Obadiah
Scovill. 4. Dr. Timothy, of whom further.
5. Susanna, born July 7, 1737; married
(first) Daniel Killum ;
(second) John Cos-
set. 6. Anna, born December 6, 1738;
married David Bronson.
(IV) Dr. Timothy Porter, son of Dr.
Daniel and Hannah (Hopkins) Porter,
was born June 19, 1735, and died January
24, 1792. He married Margaret Skinner,
daughter of Gideon Skinner. She was
born in 1739, and died in 1813. Children:
I. Daniel, born September 23, 1768. 2.
Sylvia C, born February 24, 1771. 3. Dr.
Joseph, born September 3, 1772; married
;