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I AC" 1 1 one JFnreuiorb of us is "
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY PITKIN, A
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ing his life and residence in Hartf
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fU^ofx^
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father, Benjamin Ellsworth, was a s
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to the church in June, 1643, anc^ w
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Spencer, and granddaughter of Willi
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president of the bank, being at tha
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granted land there April 24, 1639.
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poetry, and he was thoroughly verse
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L^i^fa JVisA.
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their superior educational faciliti
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Council for several terms. In 1916
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of John and Mary (Bates) Piatt. Jon
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etired from active business, though
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active part—serving as a soldier
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From 1645 to 1648 he was a member o
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formed so many feats of daring, and
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FORWARD, George Hinsdale, Merchant,
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than Tyler's regiment, serving in R
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CA^c^t^^^i X^K v#-*^l^-.
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ground. His name is on the Founders
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the Masonic order. In religious fai
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The Cutler genealogy is an interest
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three children: i. Charlotte Elizab
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not discovered, but she is describe
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of Bedford. In later life he remove
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1715, and his tombstone still stand
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y a large number of men whose abili
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trade to take up the cultivation of
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establishment they have poured the
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shilling and fifteen pence, which s
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Emery, who was born soon after 1600
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until recent years but is now falle
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cember 16, 1842, in the city of New
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of William Myrick, and settled in t
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the Guard Lafayette, Fifty-fifth Ne
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g^Cf
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vember 9, 191 5, was one of the bes
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ings. The company also published th
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sylvania, and finally located in Ha
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sey (Dimock) Eldredge, born Februar
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Abel Wright, of Springfield, who ma
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have been John Ellsworth, of a town
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Hartford County Tobacco Growers' In
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^L^. Cl. l/u^u-i^u^^i
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Epidemics," etc. He is a member of
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and took part in the battles of Con
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Jonathan Alford, second son of Jere
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George and Joseph. The latter were
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wmasAaa 9^ t//VvtxCt^v^
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the board of street commissioners,
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has the lasting- gratitude of all h
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Philo Slocum Newton, son of Daniel
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saving devices of his invention. He
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leisure time to devote to his inven
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vices on the market, and Mr. Des Ja
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was sheriff. His father, Bertram de
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nickname of some progenitor, just a
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ness as a shoemaker. Both he and hi
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did not appear. Eighteen months aft
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in education, aside from his specia
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Warren and Albina (Walton) Jacobs,
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died October 12, 1741 ; a house bui
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(o , ^nu^^t^c.
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to details of his business, steadil
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ity states that Joseph Clarke came
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and Jane (Smith) Hardy, of Holyoke,
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erable prominence." His military ti
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Jeremiah and Joanna (Kitchell) Peck
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was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffo
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shire, where he succeeded to the po
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of the "Wethersfield Inn."' Famed f
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in those days, his inventory includ
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in Kingston, Canada. There were fou
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isbury, which is now Amesbury, and
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a nurse and on special occasions as
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to 1658, with the exception of 1653
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those sections where he anticipated
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tion in all quarters. Of social nat
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^X^f ^^r
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and died there, September 31, 1658.
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Canada, and entered the employ of h
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1889, Isabelle Peck, born March 31,
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the Board of Relief of the town. In
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Gospel for over a quarter of a cent
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istry had been years of broadening
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(fix*/ /*• ^>
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facts. He married, July 22, 1664, A
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enty years, so that it is now one o
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Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York; honor
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well directed, persistent effort, a
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cut, was descended from old Puritan
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Connecticut, the eldest child of Du
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a prominent figure in the life of t
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years, and Alice Brass, aged 15 yea
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^llililiilil jJW £j,r£ ma* 4-&T-J
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two years ; county ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
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the smallest details of his busines
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ciples. Pie was a member of Manches
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killed. After this engagement, Mr.
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acres of the Sherwood homestead on
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^
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Middle School in Hartford. During t
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school master. He married, in Engla
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Connecticut Literary Institute of S
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were legatees of their uncle, Sir R
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of Joseph Northrop. Captain Israel
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S5S^
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a business man with large interests
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equirements, and in good place in t
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HWYCLOl'KDIA OF BIOGRAPHY Like most
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Godryke, Goodryke, Guthrich, Gultir
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY Murray wa
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, I ' :C^^^—^
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uary 2$, 1886; and Marshall, born M
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Peck, was born July 5, 1762, and li
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in 1781, and must have had other se
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oy, had started to learn the trade
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and placed into permanent record va
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of America, the Loyal Order of Moos
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The name is a variation of Whitmore
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given will show. The grandfather of
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and on December 8, 1910, was made v
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he attended Manchester Academy, the
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^ogJai£7eott
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have dealt lightly with him and eac
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their son, was born April 8, 1691,
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(Goodwin) Mason, of that town. Mr.
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dlenwM, J*L. Jftez/caa
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among the captives taken to Canada.
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stead, was a very substantial farme
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later was granted a franchise for m
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Sarah Savelle, baptized October 16,
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the stipulation that if he did not
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AUSTIN, John Turnell, President of
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it, and this, with his natural apti
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ied a Silsbee, but no record of thi
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^K % tiflzmr
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Mr. Skinner purchased what was know
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wife of James Bardwell Ryan, as abo
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in Wethersfield. John Belden was th
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per week with board. Her eldest dau
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Aaron Kierstead, who came from Cana
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try and business ability has made a
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epitaph describes him as "deacon el
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^AsoLucisi*^ ** x3 . /kZtnsiiA}
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Grace Bett, who died there June 6,
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north of Middletown, the most south
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probably died early in 1738. Her se
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State as a leader in the dairy inte
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Mary Jane, born October 25, 1854; E
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married, August 3, 1836, Rhoda E. S
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and became one of the foremost citi
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Powell, died in infancy ; and Frank
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orn January 15, 1835, at Chesterfie
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Washington street, a section which
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. ^O, Hzt^fcb
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The eldest child of this marriage w
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esented the town in the Legislature
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1762. She was the mother of Lura Ad
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Hingham, Massachusetts, the followi
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clerk. He is a member of the Congre
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY He is a m
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the General Court in 1634-35-36, an
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College, and his wife, Catherine (E
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The first in this country was Jonas
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— of nine to the senator at fifty
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J^£4aa^
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was made a freeman in October, 1681
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ancestor of a large New England fam
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stable in 1657, in which year he ap
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er from that town of the Free Soil
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INDEX
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Austin, Jane, 316 John T., 314 Jona
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Aaron, Jr., 179, 180 Arthur, 181 Da
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Halladay, Aaron, 52 Edmund, 52, 53
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Horace, 7 James D., 7 John, 7 McLau
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Stanford H., 321 Thomas, 321 Rawlin
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Jeremiah, 165 Mary M., 166 William