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He made his way to the coast and took
passage for America. For some time
after his arrival in Connecticut, he was
known as "the Duke," but presently
assumed the name of John Edwards. He
settled on Chestnut Hill, where he had a
view of Black Rock Harbor. He married
Mary, daughter of Rev. Mr. Hanford, of
Norwalk. Their son, John Edwards,
married Rebecca Porter, whose youngest
child, Patience, became the wife of Wil-
liam Nichols, as previously recorded.
Prudence Nichols, third daughter of
William and Patience (Edwards) Nichols,
became the wife of Captain William
Goodsell, a descendant of Captain Thomas
Goodsell, a native of Wales, who sailed
from Liverpool, England, to this country
about 1768, and settled in Branford, Connecticut,
where he was a prominent man.
In the year following his arrival here, he
married Sarah Hemenway, and they were
the parents of John Goodsell, born December
2i, 1705, was educated at Yale
College, and was the first minister of the
Church of Christ on Greenfield Hill, Fairfield,
in 1726, and died in 1763. He mar-
ried, in 1724, Mary Lewis, of Old Mill,
Stratford, and they were the parents of
William Goodsell, who married Prudence
Nichols, daughter of William Nichols.
William and Prudence (Nichols) Good-
sell were the parents of Jane Goodsell,
born November 15, 1808, died April 2,
1872; married, February 14, 1831, Nathaniel
Paddock Crosby, and they were
the parents of Jennie Crosby, born June
17, 1839, and was married, September 24,
1857, to Julius Alonzo Case, as above
noted.
WOLFF, Arthur J., M. D.,
Surgeon, Specialist, Author.
An analysis of the life record of Dr.
Arthur J. Wolff, gynecologist, also city
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bacteriologist of Hartford, one of the representative
citizens of that city, shows
that keen discrimination, unflagging in-
dustry and a thorough knowledge of his
chosen profession constitute the princi-
pal elements in the success which has
crowned his efforts. He is a native of
London, England, born June 7, 1855, son
of Dr. Arthur S. and Sarah (Ansell)
Wolff.
Dr. Arthur S. Wolff was born in Lyons,
France, in 1819, and died in Brownsville,
Texas, in October, 1904. He was a man
of splendid classical education and un-
usually broad and thorough training in
medicine and surgery for his day. He
received his classical education at the
famous University of Lauvain, which has
gone down in the ruthless devastation of
the present European war. After his
graduation from that institution, he pur-
sued a course in medicine at the University
of Leyden, in Holland, a city made
famous as the residence of the Pilgrim
Fathers prior to their coming to America.
After completing the course there, he
pursued post-graduate studies at the
Academy of Medicine in Paris, France.
After completing his studies there he de-
voted a period of time to extensive travel
in Europe, after which he became an
interne in one of the Paris hospitals.
From there he went into the French army
as a surgeon, serving in the Algiers campaign.
In recognition of his work he was
made a member of the Legion of Honor,
the cross he received being now in the
possession of his son, Dr. Arthur J. Wolff.
He also went with the French army into
the Crimea. He then located in London,
England, where he was married, and also
practiced his profession until 1858, in
which year he emigrated to the United
States. He located in New York City
and practiced there until the outbreak of
the Civil War. He served as surgeon of