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died October 12, 1741 ; a house built by<br />
him was still standing in 1882. He mar-<br />
ried, 1696, Dorothy Hills, born about<br />
1677 in Glastonbury, daughter <strong>of</strong> Joseph<br />
and Elizabeth Hills, died October 5, 1741.<br />
Their son, Gideon Hollister, was born<br />
in Glastonbury, September 23, 1699, was<br />
lieutenant <strong>of</strong> militia in 1736, and a deacon<br />
<strong>of</strong> the church. He married, in 1723,<br />
Rachel Talcott, born October 6, 1706, in<br />
Glastonbury, daughter <strong>of</strong> Sergeant Na-<br />
thaniel and Elizabeth (Pitkin) Talcott,<br />
died June 13, 1790.<br />
Their son, Nathaniel Hollister, was<br />
born in 1731, in Glastonbury, died 1810.<br />
He married, October 29, 1754, Mehitable<br />
Mattison, born 1736, died September 26,<br />
1824.<br />
Their son, Gideon Hollister, born Jan-<br />
uary 20, 1776, in Glastonbury, settled in<br />
Andover, engaged in the business <strong>of</strong><br />
paper manufacture, and was very influ-<br />
ential in that town, died February 22,<br />
1864. He married, November 15, 1798,<br />
Mary Olmstead, <strong>of</strong> East Hartford, born<br />
May 3, 1778, daughter <strong>of</strong> Samuel and<br />
Jerusha (Pitkin) Olmstead, died Septem-<br />
ber 17, 1827.<br />
Their son, Edwin Hollister, born in<br />
1800 in Andover, settled in Hartford in<br />
business as a drygoods merchant, and af-<br />
terwards in Windsor engaged in paper<br />
manufacture, died in 1870. He married<br />
Gratia Taylor Buell, daughter <strong>of</strong> Major<br />
John Hutchinson Buell, whose ancestry<br />
dates back to William Buell, born in<br />
Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, England,<br />
about 1610. He was the emigrant to<br />
America in 1630, and settled first at Dor-<br />
chester, then in Windsor, and shared in<br />
the first land division <strong>of</strong> that town, held<br />
a high position in the community, was a<br />
large property holder, and died November<br />
23, 1681. He married, in Windsor,<br />
November 18, 1640, and his wife died<br />
September 2, 1684. Their first son, Sam-<br />
uel Buell, born in Windsor, September 2,<br />
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1641, removed in 1664 to Killingworth,<br />
<strong>Connecticut</strong>, lived there the remainder <strong>of</strong><br />
his life, and died July 11, 1720, in that<br />
part <strong>of</strong> Killingworth which is now called<br />
Clinton. He filled many town <strong>of</strong>fices, and<br />
was a gentleman <strong>of</strong> influence, also a large<br />
land-owner. He married, in Windsor,<br />
November 18, 1662, Deborah Griswold,<br />
born June 28, 1646, died in Killing-<br />
worth, February 7, 1719, daughter<br />
<strong>of</strong> Edward and Margaret Griswold,<br />
<strong>of</strong> Windsor. Their son, Benjamin Buell,<br />
born 1686 in Killingworth, died there<br />
February 18, 1725. He married, in Lebanon,<br />
June 28, 1 710, Hannah Hutchinson,<br />
<strong>of</strong> Hebron, died 1728. Their son, Benjamin<br />
Buell, born April 4, 1722, removed<br />
to Hebron, was the ablest ecclesiastical<br />
lawyer in <strong>Connecticut</strong>, died 181 1. He<br />
married, in Hebron, July 4, 1751, Mary<br />
Sprague. Their son, Major John Hutchinson<br />
Buell, born about 1752 in Hebron,<br />
was an <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> the Revolutionary War<br />
and in the army the greater part <strong>of</strong> his<br />
life ; was<br />
father <strong>of</strong> Gratia Taylor Buell,<br />
wife <strong>of</strong> Edwin Hollister, as previously<br />
noted.<br />
Edward Hubbell Hollister, son <strong>of</strong> Edwin<br />
and Gratia Taylor (Buell) Hollister,<br />
was born in Hartford, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, November<br />
27, 1826. He was a merchant in<br />
New York City for a long period. In<br />
1862, he enlisted in the Twenty-second<br />
Regiment <strong>of</strong> <strong>Connecticut</strong> Volunteers,<br />
served in Virginia, after which he made a<br />
voyage to China, and died in Brooklyn,<br />
November 27, 1875. He married, December<br />
6, 1849, Emily H. Phelps, born in<br />
Poquonock, December 30, 1822, daughter<br />
<strong>of</strong> Josiah and Emily (Allen) Phelps, died<br />
March 14, 1878. There were two other<br />
children in addition to Sidney Miller Hol-<br />
lister: namely, Emma Gratia, born Janu-<br />
ary 4, 1852, married, October 15, 1872,<br />
Lucien Royce ; Carrie Maria, born December<br />
4, 1853, died March 29, 1855.<br />
Sidney Miller Hollister married, Sep-