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last record of his widow, Rebecca, ap-
pearing in 1667. It was during the resi-
dence of the family in New London that
the spelling gradually reached its present
form.
(II) James Redfin or Redfield, son of
William and Rebecca Redfin, was born
about 1646, and was a tanner. He was
married, in May, 1669, to Elizabeth How,
daughter of Jeremy How, of New Haven,
she born in 1645. The father of Jeremy
How, Edward How, was one of the early
settlers of Lynn, Massachusetts.
(III) Theophilus Redfield was born in
1682, probably at Saybrook, and died
February 14, 1759. On December 24,
1706, he married Priscilla Greenel (or
Grinnell) daughter of Daniel and Lydia
(Paybodie) Greenel. Lydia Paybodie
was a daughter of William Paybodie,
of Duxbury, Massachusetts, and Little
Compton, Rhode Island. William Paybodie
was born in England, in 1620, and
died December 13, 1707. He married, December
26, 1644, Elizabeth, born 1624-25,
died May 31, 1717, daughter of John and
Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, the story of
whose marriage in Longfellow's "Court-
ship of Miles Standish" has thrilled every
appreciative reader.
(IV) Daniel Redfield, born September
22, 1707, resided at Clinton, Connecticut,
and died January 11, 1758. His wife,
Elizabeth, whom he married in 1728, died
November 2, 1775, aged seventy-four
years.
(V) Roswell Redfield was born September
4, 1731, at Guilford, and about
1764 was lost at sea, with all of his crew.
On November 2, 1758, he married his
second wife, Mehetible Post, who died,
after another marriage, June 12, 1814.
(VI) James Post Redfield, born July
3, 1760, in Clinton, died September 27,
1829. He was a farmer at Westbrook,
and married (first) Chloe Post, born
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April 17, 1765, daughter of John and
Chloe (Chapman) Post. The wife died
December 5, 1799.
(VII) James Post (2) Redfield, born
September 18, 1786, at Westbrook, died
August 24, 1832, at Huntington, Long
Island. He married Mary Farrington, of
Meriden.
(VIII) Mary Redfield, born in Meriden,
August 26, 1810, daughter of James
Post (2) and Mary Farrington Redfield,
married Calvin Hayden, March 7, 1829.
He was the son of Calvin and Elizabeth
(Geoffrey) Hayden.
(IX) Cora Kirtland Hayden, daughter
of Calvin and Mary (Redfield) Hayden,
became the wife of Walter Herbert Lathrop,
as before mentioned.
TRANT, Thomas,
Contractor.
Thomas Trant, of Hartford, has, by
his own initiative, business ability, and
straightforward methods, developed for
himself a wholesale business said to be
one of the largest in its line in the State
of Connecticut. He was born February
17, 1866, the son of Maurice and Mary
(Coffee) Trant, the former having been
born in Ireland, where in early manhood
he farmed, and where also he married be-
fore coming to America. He reached this
country just after the close of the Civil
War, and located in Rocky Hill, Connec-
ticut, accompanied by his three eldest
children. During his entire life in
America he followed farming pursuits, at
the outset at Rocky Hill, later in
Windsor, and still later in Wethersfield.
Eventually, he removed to Hartford,
where he died about twenty-five years
ago. His wife, who was the daughter of
John and Mary Coffee, bore him seven
children: John C. and Ellen, twins;
Bartholomew ; Thomas, of whom further;
and Mary A.
Morris B. ; Timothy
;