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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
John Milton, the blind poet, and daughter England, and was originally "Tollmock."
of John and Sarah (Jeffrey) Milton. At the old manor house at Bentley, where
"Stamford Registrations" says, "wife to
Jeffrey died 31st, 5th, 1658." Also, "Su-
sanna, wife, married 1659, died at 'Grin-
wich,' December 23, 1660."
(II) James Ferris, son of Jeffrey and
Ann (Milton) Ferris, was born about
1643, an d was one of the original paten-
tees named in the patent granted to the
town of Greenwich by the General Assembly,
in May, 1665. He married Mary
. His death occurred November
26, 1726.
(III) Samuel Ferris, son of James and
Mary Ferris, was born September 21,
1706. He married Ann Lockwood, born
in 1713, daughter of Gershom and Mary
Lockwood. He died April 25, 1786. His
widow passed away July 2, 1789.
(IV) Stephen Ferris, son of Samuel
and Ann (Lockwood) Ferris, was born
December 27, 1740. He married Sarah
Lockwood. His death occurred February
12, 1824, and his widow died November
23, 1848.
(V) Stephen (2) Ferris, son of Stephen
(1) and Sarah (Lockwood) Ferris, was
born May 8, 1783. He married Elizabeth
Dixon, who was born May 20, 1782, and
died December 6, 1871. Mr. Ferris passed
away September 25, 1866.
(VI) William Henry Ferris, son of
Stephen (2) and Elizabeth (Dixon) Fer-
ris, was born July 14, 1810. He was a sea
captain engaged in the coast trade. He
married . He died December 5, 1877.
(VII) Tryphena Ferris, daughter of
William Henry Ferris, became the wife of
William Henry Stewart Jarvis, as stated
above.
TALLMADGE FAMILY,
Ancestral History.
The name of Tallmadge is found on almost
every page of Fairfield county his-
tory. It is a very ancient surname in
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the family originated, is found the inscription
: "Before the Normans into England
came, Bentley was my ring seal, and
Tollmache was my name." The name
signifies "the tolling of the bell."
(I) In America, the family was
founded by Thomas Tallmadge, of Suffolk,
England. He came to New England
as a passenger in either the ship
"Plough," or with John Winthrop. He
was in Boston in 1631, and three years
later removed to Lynn, Massachusetts.
Thence he removed to Southold, Long
Island, in 1639.
(II) Robert Tallmadge, son of Thomas
Tallmadge, removed to Southold in 1644,
and died in New Haven, Connecticut, in
1660. He married, in 1649, Sarah Nash,
doubtless the daughter of Thomas and
Margery (Baker) Nash. Robert Tallmadge
was a freeman in New Haven,
July 1, 1644.
(III) John Tallmadge, son of Robert
and Sarah (Nash) Tallmadge, was born in
1654, and married, November 18, 1686,
Abigail Bishop, born October 30, 1658,
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Lamberton)
Bishop, and granddaughter of Captain
George Lamberton, of the famous
phantom ship. Joseph Bishop was a dis-
tinguished man, and held many public of-
fices as magistrate and deputy governor.
(IV) Captain James Tallmadge, son of
John and Abigail (Bishop) Tallmadge,
was born June 11, 1689, and died in 1748.
He was commissioned cornet in 1731 ;
lieutenant in 1734, and commanded the
only troop of cavalry in the colony of
Connecticut. He married (first) July 1,
1713, Hannah Harrison, born July 28,
1690, and died February 16, 1744, daugh-
ter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Frisbie)
Harrison. Her father was a wealthy man
in Branford, and for thirteen years was
representative in the Colonial Legisla-