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son, Thomas Shepard, born January 4,
1730, baptized January 18th following, in
Hartford, died in West Hartford, May 22,
1819. He married Mary Kellogg, born
July 3, 1736, in Hadley, and died September
21, 1775, daughter of Steven and
Mary (Cook) Kellogg. They united with
the West Hartford Church, July 30,
1758. Their fourth son, Phineas Shepard,
born November 2, 1766, in Bloomfield,
died in 1846, in Hartford. He mar-
ried Mary Webster, born September 1,
1772, died in 1848. She was the daugh-
ter of Samuel and Huldah (Skinner)
Webster. Their sixth daughter, Jane
Shepard, born August 24, 1808, married,
April 28, 1834, Norman Hubbard Gillette,
as previously noted. Mary Webster, wife
of Phineas Shepard, was descended from
Governor John Webster, of Connecticut,
one of the original settlers of Hartford.
He was magistrate of the Colony twenty
years, from 1639, a deputy governor in
1655, and governor the following year.
He became one of the fifty-nine signers
of the agreement to settle at Hadley,
where he died April 5, 1685. He retained
his estate in Hartford, the use of which
he gave to his wife, Agnes, during her
life. Their eldest child, Robert Webster,
born about 1639-40, was representative to
the General Court at Hartford in 1658-59.
He signed the agreement to go to Hadley,
but remained in Hartford and was
executor of his father's will. He died in
1676, and his wife, Susanna, died about
1705 ; the inventory of her estate having
been made November 17, of that year.
The first child mentioned in her will was
John Webster, probably the eldest son,
born November 10, 1653, m Hartford, and
died in 1694. He married Sarah, daughter
of Jacob and Sarah (Whiting) Mygatt,
and their second son was Ebenezer
Webster, baptized July 14, 1689. He was
a miller in Hartford, and died February
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1, 1776. He married his cousin, Hannah
Webster, born November 7, 1695, died
November 11, 1775, the daughter of
Robert and Hannah (Beckley) Webster.
Their second son, Medad Webster, was
baptized January 5, 1724, in the Second
Church of Hartford, and became a mem-
ber of that church. He was a farmer in
Hartford, and sucessively ensign, lieutenant
and captain of the Second Company
of Militia, and died April 9, 1793. Me married,
November 10, 1748, Elizabeth, daughter
of Joseph Holton, and she died August
18, 1805. Their eldest child, Samuel
Webster, baptized in September, 1749,
was a farmer in Hartford, and died there
March 25, 1813. He married, about 1770,
Huldah Skinner, died April 1, 1813. She
was a descendant of John Skinner, who
came to Hartford with Rev. Thomas
Hooker. Their eldest child, Mary or
Mollie Webster, born September 1, 1772,
baptized July 31, 1791, married, Novem-
ber 24, 1791, Phineas Shepard, and died
in 1848. She received from her father
as a marriage portion a slave woman,
Jinny, who served her faithfully until
death. Their sixth daughter, Jane
Shepard, born August 24, 1808, became
the wife of Norman Hubbard Gillette,
as above related.
Charles Stanton Gillette, second son of
Norman Hubbard Gillette, was born October
10, 1843, m Odgensburg, New York,
and died in Hartford, Connecticut, January
10, 1887. In youth he attended what
was known as the South School, now the
Chauncey Harris School, of Hartford. He
was subsequently a student in the Hart-
ford High School for one year, and at the
age of seventeen years was recommended
for a position in the old Merchant and
Manufacturers Bank of Hartford, which
became in i860 the First National Bank.
After twelve years of faithful service he
was made cashier, and in 1883 became