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Glastonbury, which town he represented<br />
in the Legislature in 1775, 1776 and 1780.<br />
He died, January 10, 1785. In 1776 he<br />
was on a committee "to see that every<br />
able bodied man was provided with a<br />
good gun." He married, in Farmington,<br />
October 1, 1752, Mehitable Judd, born<br />
October 6, 1732, died in her twenty-sixth<br />
year, daughter <strong>of</strong> Benjamin and Sarah<br />
(Hollister) Judd, <strong>of</strong> Glastonbury. Sarah<br />
Hollister Judd, born January 6, 1699, was<br />
the eldest daughter <strong>of</strong> John and Abigail<br />
Hollister, granddaughter <strong>of</strong> John and<br />
Sarah (Goodrich) Hollister.<br />
John Hollister, eldest child <strong>of</strong> Elijah<br />
and Mehitable (Judd) Hollister, was born<br />
February 2, 1756, in Farmington, and<br />
lived in Glastonbury, where he died Feb-<br />
ruary 27, 1835. He married, December 6,<br />
1 781, Mary, daughter <strong>of</strong> William Wells,<br />
<strong>of</strong> Glastonbury, born August 14, 1757,<br />
died April 2, 1838, surviving her husband<br />
more than three years.<br />
Josiah Hollister, third son <strong>of</strong> John and<br />
Mary (Wells) Hollister, born February<br />
21, 1790, in Glastonbury, lived in that<br />
town, and died January 28, 1857. He<br />
married, January 28, 1818, Rebecca,<br />
daughter <strong>of</strong> William Stevens, born in<br />
1793, died April 7, 1826.<br />
Horace Hollister, second son <strong>of</strong> Josiah<br />
and Rebecca (Stevens) Hollister, was<br />
born June 19, 1821, in Glastonbury, where<br />
he was a farmer, and died October 22,<br />
1877. He married, January 1, 1844, Rhoda<br />
Strickland, born November 16, 1824, died<br />
March 30, 1884, daughter <strong>of</strong> Jared and<br />
Sarah Strickland. They had two sons<br />
Norman Edward and Justin Kilbourn,<br />
and a daughter Mary, born August 14,<br />
1853, died August, 1853.<br />
Norman Edward Hollister, eldest child<br />
<strong>of</strong> Horace and Rhoda (Strickland) Hol-<br />
lister, was born April 28, 1845, m Glas-<br />
tonbury, where he has spent an active<br />
and useful life engaged in general agricul-<br />
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ture and growing <strong>of</strong> tobacco. His educa-<br />
tion was obtained in the public schools<br />
<strong>of</strong> his native town, and for many years he<br />
has occupied a farm on the east side <strong>of</strong><br />
Main street, Glastonbury, and has been<br />
recognized among the most substantial<br />
citizens <strong>of</strong> the town. A Republican in<br />
politics, he has always sustained his prin-<br />
ciples, but has taken little part in the conduct<br />
<strong>of</strong> public affairs. Mr. Hollister and<br />
family are members <strong>of</strong> the First Congregational<br />
Church <strong>of</strong> Glastonbury.<br />
He was married in that town, October<br />
19, 1870, to Charlotte Elizabeth Talcott,<br />
born January 4, 1852, in Glastonbury,<br />
daughter <strong>of</strong> Charles Henry and Cornelia<br />
Melinda (Bissell) Talcott, descendant <strong>of</strong><br />
one <strong>of</strong> the oldest families in <strong>Connecticut</strong>.<br />
The name <strong>of</strong> Talcott is an old one in England,<br />
and members <strong>of</strong> the family removed<br />
from Warwickshire to County Essex.<br />
The coat-<strong>of</strong>-arms borne by the family is:<br />
Argent, on a pale sable, three roses <strong>of</strong> the<br />
field.<br />
Crest—A demi-griffin erased, argent, wings<br />
endorsed collared sable, charged with three<br />
roses <strong>of</strong> the first.<br />
Motto<br />
—<br />
Virtus Sola Nobilitas.<br />
John Talcott was living in Colchester,<br />
County Essex, England, before 1558, and<br />
died there, leaving a large estate. His<br />
first wife was a Wells, and mother <strong>of</strong><br />
John Talcott, who died early in 1604,<br />
before his father's death. He married<br />
Anne, daughter <strong>of</strong> William Skinner, <strong>of</strong><br />
Braintree, County Essex, England, who<br />
survived him with their five children. He<br />
bequeathed his homestead in Braintree to<br />
his wife. Among his children was John<br />
Talcott, born in Braintree, the pioneer <strong>of</strong><br />
the family in America. He embarked for<br />
New England, June 22, 1632, in the ship<br />
"Lion," settled first at Cambridge, Mas-<br />
sachusetts, where he was admitted freeman,<br />
November 6, 1632, was deputy to