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