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He is a member of several clubs, among Marvin, born in 1600, came from London
them the Hartford, Hartford Golf, Farm- in 1635, in the ship "Increase," was one
ington Country and Republican. He is
a thirty-second degree Mason, affiliated
with Washington Commandery, Knights
Templar, and the Sphinx Temple, Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine.
Mr. Perkins married, in 1903, Gertrude
Constant, daughter of Nelson J. Allen-
der, of New London, Connecticut.
HOLLISTER, Norman Edward,
Tobacco Grower.
A native and life-long resident of Glastonbury,
where much of the best Connec-
ticut tobacco is grown, Mr. Hollister is
descended from a pioneer family of the
town.
The founder of the family in America
was John Hollister, who came to this
country about 1642, probably from Weymouth,
England, and was admitted a freeman
by the General Court in Boston,
May 10, 1643. Soon after he removed
to Wethersfield, Connecticut, and represented
that town in the General Court
at Hartford, November 15, 1644, an d
again in 1654 and 1656. He was lieuten-
ant of the local militia company. His
wife, Joanna, daughter of Hon. Richard
Treat, died in October, 1694. Hon. Rich-
ard Treat was a pioneer of Wethersfield,
came of a good family and possessed a
fine education ; he was a most useful cit-
izen in the pioneer days.
John Hollister, eldest son of John and
Joanna (Treat) Hollister, was born about
1644, m Wethersfield, and became prom-
inent in that part of the town which is
now Glastonbury, where he died Novem-
ber, 171 1. He married, November 20,
1667, Sarah Goodrich, daughter of William
and Sarah (Marvin) Goodrich, born
in 1632, and died in Glastonbury, in 1700.
Sarah Marvin was daughter of Matthew
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of the original proprietors of Hartford in
1638, and one of the grantees of Norwalk,
and an original settler in 1653. He was a
son of William Marvin, of Hegasset in
Suffolk, England.
Thomas Hollister, son of John and
Sarah (Goodrich) Hollister, was born
January 14, 1672. He was a deacon of
the church, a weaver by occupation, in
Glastonbury. A house built by him there
was still standing in 1882. He died in
Glastonbury, October 12, 1741. He mar-
ried Dorothy Hills, born about 1677, in
Glastonbury, a daughter of Joseph and
Elizabeth Hills, died October 5, 1741. She
was a granddaughter of William Hills,
who came in the ship "Lyon" to Boston
in 1632, settled in Roxbury in 1635,
removed to Hartford, where he died in
1683. He married Mary, widow of John
Steele, and daughter of Andrew Warner,
of Hadley, Massachusetts. Joseph Hills,
son of William Hills, was baptized March
17, 1650, in Hartford, and died in Glastonbury,
November 8, 1713. His wife's
name was Elizabeth, and their eldest
child Dorothy became the wife of Thomas
Hollister.
Josiah Hollister, eldest child of Thomas
and Dorothy (Hills) Hollister, born June
7, 1696, in Glastonbury, lived in that
town, and was a landowner in Sharon,
Connecticut, where he purchased, in
1742, for six hundred and fifty pounds, a
full share in the town. He may have
lived there later in life. He died January
3, 1749, and was buried in Glastonbury.
He married, January 18, 1718, Martha
Miller, born 1698, died July 12, 1777,
daughter of William Miller.
Elijah Hollister, youngest child of Josiah
and Martha (Miller) Hollister, born
May, 1729, lived for a short time in Farm-
ington, Connecticut, later removed to