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pj., , lOLR.M'liV . 'd on the "Mayflower's" voyage by >n, Joseph, who became a resident 'f Duxbury, and afterwards lived in Eastham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. He y was, in 1647, appointed lieutenant <strong>of</strong> the military company at Nawsett. The father. ''^' Thomas Rogers, died in the first sicknes? "'"^ in 1621, and Joseph received his allotment Y^QCTr/rfql^nds in the division at Plymouth in Jill ui- ^"~X- Thomas Rogers' other sons, John. •^'^^f*'^'''^^"'''lv1ff(!rt,a'i^•{!^Y^l,^!?^4?^^vam«%mig^lted ' '" '"Ton <strong>of</strong> ^'^'" Erip^.lP ?B"'Jtiy
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Gc 974.6 Enl v.ll 1233370 GENEALOGY
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Digitized by the Internet Archive i
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EACH Joreuiorb one of us is "the he
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY BROWNING,
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IBrotumnn
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Island. Issue: i. Catherine, born J
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wont to sit. Robert Hazard, accordi
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earing the name of Hull, was born i
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SISSON, Charles G., Man of Great En
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Robert A. Bliven. lo. Benjamin F.,
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lege under some of the foremost edu
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— contribution to the literature
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net Tyler, Leonard Woods, and other
Page 37 and 38: I Elizabeth (St. John) Whiting, to
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Page 43 and 44: (Pedigree B). (I) Robert Fortis, or
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Page 47 and 48: BUCKINGHAM, William A., Civil War G
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Page 55 and 56: BANNING, David, Man of Varied Activ
Page 57 and 58: America. As to the places from whic
Page 59 and 60: lope, the youngest daughter, was ma
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Page 64 and 65: sylvania, April 28, 1847, Asenath C
Page 67 and 68: Joan Bradley, widow of Patrick Brad
Page 70 and 71: (H^fronvi?90X1 more Hîr^ itrarjs
Page 72 and 73: THOMPSON. Anns—Or, on a fesse dan
Page 74: Crest—A cubit arm erect, vested g
Page 78 and 79: BISHOP. .-Irnis—Ermine, on a bend
Page 80 and 81: of William Sheldon. They had a son,
Page 82: Bird, of Wootton-under-Edge, County
Page 85 and 86: and Ruth (Moore) Norton. She died i
Page 87: SPARROW. Arms—Argent, three rose*
Page 92 and 93: possessions, including valuable and
Page 94 and 95: his day in opening up the State of
Page 96 and 97: with whom they had contact—in bus
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Page 100 and 101: Booth & Hayden's plant, and served
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Page 104 and 105: first marriagfe) : i. Elizabeth, bo
Page 106 and 107: (The Hlckcox Line). Hickcox-Heacock
Page 108 and 109: Levinia Porter, daughter of Preserv
Page 110 and 111: Caroline St. Leon Sumner, born at G
Page 114 and 115: ^nx^tnitt"
Page 116 and 117: : concerning John Carpenter, town c
Page 118 and 119: man's allotment might be taken up a
Page 120 and 121: sold by Oliver Carpenter, the son o
Page 122 and 123: dc; Ti. .. itiat -' man indicates o
Page 125 and 126: land family, William Bailey, the Am
Page 127 and 128: Miller, on August 13, 1921, out fro
Page 129 and 130: Salvation Army of Bridgeport with g
Page 131: Yac Sivciti- Co Boston
Page 134 and 135: not patented until 1857. The invent
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town, but after 1856 at Bridgeport,
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and close application to business r
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of the Republican party, and was ov
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: and his home city of Bridgeport h
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William D. Bishop (3). 5. Henry Alf
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7 was lost a member who had graced
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i 'U ^. ^'^
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private practice in this country, i
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End, where he owned large realty ho
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Bridgeport. He was educated by priv
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Fifth Ward during the terms of offi
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died in Chelmsford, Massachusetts,
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whose letters of inquiry and approv
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associated in the shoe manufacturin
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— Mr. Hubbell's inventive genius,
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Harvey (i) and Caroline (Pinto-Hadl
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fessional and civic activities. Whi
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tion. He was president of an Illino
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of this knightly race was Sir John
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i dam, and is so adapted for that p
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School, whence he was graduated in
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Arms—Or, a bend engrailed between
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them. The custom of using surnames
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L and Sarah (Olmstead) Burnham, was
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Illinois, and since then has given
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Farms," now Franklin, about 1700, i
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^^^Ly^.-^..w€ê^ ,x»^ c^ko.t^c-*
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to become one of the most important
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has almost lost the leavening influ
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soon as prepared, became a student
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etter facilities, the firm removed
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land, New Hampshire, near Plymouth,
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farm and his first schooling obtain
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op. John Edgerton, only child of Jo
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were soon manifest to the medical p
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sequently he traveled widely as a s
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The name appears under a great vari
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shipping and stock clerk of the Met
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from 1909 to 1917 he was prosecutin
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welfare, but for participation in c
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found every day at his post, giving
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oldest families of New England, des
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1691. Their third son, born in Sept
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In 1906 he represented the town in
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secretary of that society. He is a
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gineer by the Connecticut State Hig
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e^ c^y^^-o^^^^^^^
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to his native place. His stay here
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sina) DiStefano. Soon after the wed
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enefaction, which he had long cheri
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Kirk Worrell Dyer was born January
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land in an allotment there, not far
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holder of Democratic principles, bu
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James Paddock, second son of Seth a
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^^-~A.a^4j&0 /tf^-
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the committee from Durham which set
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pew of Deacon Josiah Meigs. There h
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the mettle and stamina of which goo
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mainly of the Democratic persuasion
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(Erwin) Evitts, granddaughter of Ca
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i cetta (Salonia) Adorno. His fathe
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the enterprise. Three years later t
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secretary in 1894, and treasurer in
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PENFIELD, Walter Hiram, Mannfactnre
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near the crown of the hill on East
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I captain of militia and served in
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another brother, John Gorton Smith,
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this firm, his period of service to
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Stow, born about 1790, who engaged
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in Berlin, Connecticut, daughter of
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January 3, 1834, in the same locali
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Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic S
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cated in the local public schools a
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I animals. He also made a business
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iUj/iypTâ:> a)/a:Xdcu OL^
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engaged in business as a partner of
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Smith. Simon Brainerd, second son o
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firm. Mr. Watson married Hannah, da
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daughter of John Higgins, who was b
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After twelve years there he moved t
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of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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The original French form was L'Es-
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esident of Preston, where he died.
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n^.
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this biography, and their children
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wrong." On February 29, 1820, this
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ter, was bom in Marcellus, New York
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California. Upon his return he resu
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centrated his attention on the intr
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from the fact that while busy pushi
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(Nott) Emery, born July 14, 1792, a
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a delay in closing the negotiations
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for loads of 4,000,000 pounds and i
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ALLEN, Lauren M., Physician. A phys
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moved to Dartmouth. 6. Henry, remov
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I non Angli, sed Angeli! Bayldon ha
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came the wife of David Belden, as s
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married Catherine Maria Leggett, wh
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1901, Tillie A. Mead, daughter of t
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I confirmed to herself. Her heirs,
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John S. Bogardus married Kate Schut
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Anna Elizabeth (Daniel) Noble. They
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oy of six years of age when his par
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Dr. and Mrs. Harstrom are the paren
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-iî^CjeyOU^vV
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his early education in public schoo
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Starkey, who was early in Boston. T
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seventies he continued in this busi
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ank of free barons and took their n
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sary to engage a priest to assist M
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of the People's Trust Company, of S
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sel (Dennie) Chapman, was born in 1
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Boss Tweed became a resident of Gre
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(I) Robert Coe was born at Thorpe-
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William, of whom further; James, an
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is now a member of the City Board o
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offices of the company, and soon th
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McHarg died in Albany, December 23,
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Joshua, then a lad of sixteen, left
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(VII) Elias (2) Bennett, son of Eli
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ness which to this day bears his na
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Before many years had elapsed Mr. M
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also became a member of the board o
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QrUjt:yyt^
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Asylum. For the succeeding seven ye
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ery has been closely identified wit
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and then went into the grocery busi
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tion in life insurance by means of
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Frederick Morehouse Salmon, sold th
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est settlers in Norwalk and a leadi
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c3i: j^jLcc^
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was a son of John Pickett, the immi
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KIRK, Theodore Howard, Retired Busi
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the business alone, but under the o
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(VI) David Smith, son of Jacob (2)
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idence, Rhode Island. He had been a
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trine. These two clans had frequent
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Graves & Strang, Inc., of Stamford,
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28, 1748-49. In October, 1731, he w
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liam Wright, of whom further ; Edwa
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country, Mr. Gillespie supported th
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and when he gives ear to its prompt
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above reproach. He won his place as
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6c- CJoA^c.^^'/V.'^
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come a part of that well organized
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nership was dissolved and Mr. Peck
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his town who has done more for the
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So he claims a youth, perpetual, Gr
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orn about 1660, and died in 1723-24
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Infantry. John H. Finch was a son o
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deceased. John Henry Selleck, son o
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Philo and Huldah (Hubbard) Curtis,
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I Mr. Curtis married (first) Octobe
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dred and ten acres of land, sixty o
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(The Oak Line). Oakes, Oak, Oaks, O
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^.l\sSUi£U.
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obvious. It refers to the man who l
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which office he held for two years.
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the latter year became a clerk in t
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OU^cn^ >/ ^2tk^^^.
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a prominent member of the Throop Av
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East, Putnam county, New York, wher
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of Abijah and Hannah (Hendricks) St
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ducer, shipping milk to the company
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c=^*^^-«^--
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Princeton College (see Burr IV). In
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(second) in November, 1892, Grace H
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disclosed the fact that there was a
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of railroad trucks. Mr. Fisher marr
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daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (K
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in England. The name is derived fro
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was commissioned lieutenant, Januar
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Selleck's school, Norwalk, and two
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etter start, and Mr. Weed has added
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Guard of Connecticut, and for two y
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time he had been associated with th
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14, 1843, of the Greenwich Methodis
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land eight miles long and six miles
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of the "Union Defence Committee of
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(IV) Joseph Mathewson, son of Othni
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of the Christian name of the father
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in the business under the firm name
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nally, he is a member of St. John's
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died in 1766. He married, in 1715,
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ford, the Stamford Home for the Age
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phasis that is placed upon home fea
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political freedom. He married Mrs.
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family is completely barren, unless
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l£z:icC( 7^^
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York. His death occurred February 2
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more thorough training, but receivi
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and solid honors that came to him f
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of 1909 he was chairman of the comm
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Douglas, daughter of Warner and Cha
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WHITE, Ralph Lewis, Physician, Serv
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Ferris. The family are members of t
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ceived in compensation the sum of n
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acteristic of his race and is causi
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speaking, at times, over the heads
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part in all public affairs during h
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daughter of Ezekiel Sanford. Judge
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it absolutely impossible for it to
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ERRATA-INDEX
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ERRATA Cowles, p. 304, 2nd col., 19
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Pierson, 54, 93 Sydney, 55 William,
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Louise M., 306 , Russel A., 304, 30
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Richard H., 351, 352 Richard H., Jr
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Reuben A., Dr., 117 Royal A., 118 "
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Jesse, 135 Joseph, 135 Joseph N., 1
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Selleck, Benjamin, 367 Delia v., 36
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Harry P., 235 Mary E., 234 William,
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Whiting, Dorcas, 22 Elizabeth, 21,
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