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House is a Congregationalist and attends
the church of this denomination at Wind-
sor.
Albert Hammond House was united in
marriage, June I, 1892, with Mrs. Jennie
A. Hutchinson, a daughter of Simeon and
Katherine Simons, of Long Meadow,
Massachusetts. While the office of Mr.
House is in Hartford and while he main-
tains his business headquarters there, he
has ever since coming to this district
made his home in Windsor.
BOSTICK, Arthur Randall,
Attorney.
The Bostick family is of English ori-
gin, descended from Randall Bostick, a
native of England, who came to the
United States and located in the town of
Enfield, Connecticut, where he first began
business as a dealer in vegetables. He
was possessed of excellent business ca-
pacity and was industrious, and by vir-
tue of these qualities soon made himself
popular. By his faithful attention to bus-
iness, he acquired means, and in 1875
purchased land in the town of Enfield,
which he continued to reside on until his
death, April 12, 1894. In 1858, at the
age of eighteen years, he married Anna
Joy, daughter of John and Ella (Howring)
Joy, of Irish antecedents. They
were the parents of six children : John,
Thomas, Nellie (Mrs. Thomas Priskett),
Randall, Anna (Mrs. Colt), George E.
John Bostick, eldest son of Randall and
Anna (Joy) Bostick, was born September
10, 1859, in Enfield, where he has since
continued to make his home. He mar-
ried, in 1886, Alice Button, daughter of
Warren and Ellen Maria (Allen) Button.
Warren Button was born in Enfield, January,
1831, son of Jonathan Button, born
in Enfield, June 22, 1799, and who was
a harnessmaker there. Jonathan Button
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married, April 8, 1823, Betsey Terry, who
was born in Enfield, February 28, 1802,
and she died December 4, 1864. The
grandfather of Warren Button was Jona-
than Button, Sr., and he married Alice
Parsons, August 29, 1793. She died December
15, 1850. Warren Button lived
in Enfield throughout his entire life, and
was a school teacher, clergyman and
farmer. In religion he was a member of
the Catholic Apostolic church. He mar-
ried, in 1856, Ellen Maria Allen, a de-
scendant of Samuel Allen, who was be-
lived to have settled in Dorchester in
1630. He was a farmer, a man of promi-
nence in civil life, and was a juryman in
1644. He was buried in Windsor, April
28, 1648. His wife Ann died November
13, 1687. Their son, John Allen, was an
early settler in Deerfield, and was killed
by the Indians in the battle of Bloody
Brook, September 18, 1675. He married,
December 16, 1669, Mary Hannum, born
March 5, 1650, the daughter of William
and Hannah Hannum, of Northhampton.
Their son, John Allen, was born September
30, 1670, in Northhampton, Massa-
chusetts. It is said that he came from Deer-
field to Enfield and located on a farm,
which has remained in the Allen family to
the present time (1917). He died November
3, 1739. On May 3, 1694, he married
Bridget Booth, born 1670, daughter of
Simeon and Rebecca Booth, who came
from Wales and settled in Enfield in 1680.
She died September 5, 1714. Their son,
Ebenezer Allen, was born February 10,
1711-12, and died June 25, 1795. He married,
February 7, 1750-54, Rebecca, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Rebecca (Kibbe) Bartlett,
of Stafford, Connecticut, who was
born November 26, 1729, and died September
15, 1817. Their son, Captain Solomon
Allen, was born in Enfield, September
16, 1767, and died May 27, 1813. He
married (second) January 26, 1797, Lucy