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politics and is associated with St. John's
Lodge, and Washington Chapter of the
great Masonic fraternity of Middletown
also Central Lodge, No. 12, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows ; and Apollo Lodge,
No. 33, Knights of Pythias. He has filled
most of the principal chairs in Central
Lodge, of which he is now Past Grand.
Mr. Porteous married Eva Mitchell, and
they are the parents of two daughters and
a son, Dorothy, Etheline, and Harold
Mitchell.
LOUNSBURY, Charles Hugh,
Manufacturer, Man of Affairs
When a man has won his way to suc-
cess in the business world he has learned
much of practical value. The use of this
knowledge in the administration of pub-
lic affairs, and in the management of
economic institutions, constitutes a genuine
service to mankind. The city which
can command the loyal cooperation of her
successful business men is the city which
holds a leading place in the march of
progress. Stamford, Connecticut, counts
among the names of real significance to
to the community that of Charles Hugh
Lounsbury, formerly manufacturer, now
banker and merchant of that city.
(II) Michael Lounsbury, son of Richard
and Elizabeth (Du Bois) Lounsbury
was likewise a prominent man in the
community, as the detailed records show.
He was born in Rye, New York, and
came to Stamford, Connecticut, about
1703. Book A, of Stamford Land Rec-
ords, page 410, records that on January
25, 1702 or 1703, he bought from Samuel
Webb for the sum of £43 los. seven
acres of upland on the west side of Mill
River, and woodland on Pepper Weed
Ridge, near Taunton. In 1706 or 1707
he obtained twenty-seven acres in the
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Rocky Neck, and in the same year other
land in partnership with Edmond Lockwood,
whose sister Sarah he married,
June 19, 1707. Records of the town of
Rye show that in the year 1709 he sold
land there which he had inherited from
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his father. He was chosen highway sur-
veyor at a Stamford town meeting, December
15, 1719, and again on January 5,
1725 or 1726. On December 18, 1722, he
was one of the collectors chosen to
"gather ye Revarant Mr. Davenport's
rate." He died January 20, 1730.
Robert Lockwood, grandfather of Sa-
rah (Lockwood) Lounsbury, was one of
the early Massachusetts settlers. He
came from England about 1630, and settled
in Watertown, Massachusetts. He
was made a freeman March 9, 1636, and
in 1646 removed to Fairfield, Connecticut,
where he died in 1658. His widow, Su-
sannah, died December 23, 1660. Jonathan
Lockwood, their son, was born
September 10, 1634, in Watertown, Mas-
sachusetts, and died May 12, 1688, in
Greenwich, Connecticut. He was in
Stamford, October 16, 1660, and lived
there for five years. He removed to
Greenwich, and became a freeman in
1670. He was one of the twenty-seven
original proprietors of that town, served
in the Legislature, and held several minor
offices. He married Mary Ferris, daughter
of Jeffrey Ferris, who was a freeman
in Boston in 1635. Sarah Lockwood,
their daughter, married, June 19, 1707,
Michael Lounsbury, as above noted.
(Ill) Joshua Lounsbury, son of Michael
and Sarah (Lockwood) Lounsbury,
was born, in Stamford, Connecticut, July
I, 1716. He was a prosperous man, and
his name appears in the records of many
land transactions. One of these was the
purchase of a triangular tract lying di-
rectly in front of the present (1919) site