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He is a descendant of Joseph Wood-
house, who came from Hertfordshire,
England, in 1710, sailing from Bristol, and
appears in the records of Wethersfield in
November, 1716, when he purchased a
dwelling house in that town, said to have
been the first brick house erected there.
He continued to reside in Wethersfield
until his death, August 1, 1774. His wife,
Dorothy (Buck) Woodhouse, died Octo-
ber 18, 1771.
Their third son, Samuel Woodhouse,
was born October 1, 1728, in Wethersfield,
where he died August 11, 1800. He
married, October 24, 1754, Thankful
Blinn, born November 24, 1729, died October
27, 1813, daughter of William and
Thankful (Nott) Blinn.
The eldest child of this marriage was
Samuel Woodhouse, born December 23,
1756, in Wethersfield, a soldier of the
Revolution, serving through several en-
listments. He first entered the service at
Wethersfield in January 1776, and after
serving altogether fifteen months was
discharged in 1780. At the battle of Long
Island, August 28, 1776, he was a member
Colonel John Chester's battalion, of Gen-
eral Wadsworth's brigade, and also par-
ticipated in the battle of Westchester on
October 28, following. He was in the
service in New Jersey at the time of the
battle of Trenton, but was not in the en-
gagement. He died in Wethersfield, September
6, 1834. He married, March 14,
1 781, Abigail Goodrich, who was baptized
September 16, 1759, and died October 27,
1851, daughter of Nathaniel and Martha
(Deming) Goodrich, a descendant of one
of the oldest Connecticut families.
Their fourth son, Solomon Woodhouse,
was born August 30, 1798, in Wethers-
field, where he died February 8, 1888, in
his ninetieth year. He lived in Stepney
Parish, where he married, January 30,
1821, Lura Adams, born August 10,
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1800, daughter of Joseph and Mary
(Hatch) Adams, great-granddaughter of
Benjamin Adams, who was born about
1649, was a soldier of King Philip's War,
and settled in Wethersfield. He was bap-
tized and admitted to full communion in
the Second Church of Hartford, March
31, 1678 ; was a carpenter and builder ; had
a home lot in Wethersfield, December
28, 1696, and served in various town
offices. He married, about 1690, Eliza-
beth Dickinson, daughter of Thomas and
Hannah (Grow) Dickinson, granddaugh-
ter of Nathaniel Dickinson, of Hadley,
Massachusetts, pioneer ancestor of a very
large family. She was born December
6, 1668, in Hadley, and was the mother of
Amasa Adams, baptized October 24, 1708,
in Wethersfield, where he was a farmer
and shipbuilder, and purchased lands in
1735. He owned one-half of Chester
Mills, which were afterward operated by
several generations of his descendants.
In 1761 he contributed generously toward
the construction of the present Congrega-
tional church building, and later aided in
the construction of the residence for the
pastor. He joined the First Church, Feb-
ruary 5, 1738, had all his thirteen children
baptized there, and died July 6, 1790. He
married, March 16, 1732, Hannah Camp,
who was baptized September 28, 1712,
in Hartford, daughter of Captain Joseph
Camp, granddaughter of John and Mary
(Sanford) Camp. Joseph Adams, son of
Amasa and Hannah (Camp) Adams, was
born 1755, and lived on Harris Hill in
Wethersfield, and was a farmer and miller.
After his second marriage, he moved
to the home of his wife on West Hill,
where he died September 10, 1801. He
married (second) January 9, 1800, Mary,
widow, successively, of John Forbes and
Leonard Dix, daughter of Zephaniah and
Esther (Dickinson) Hatch, born April 13,