Abi North
1784-1868
Born: New Britain, Hartford, CT, USA
Died: Connecticut, USA
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1784-1868
Born: New Britain, Hartford, CT, USA
Died: Connecticut, USA
<p>John North of Farmington Connecticut and His Descendants With a Short Account of Other Early North Families, By Dexter North, Washington, D. C., 1921 </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>PREFACE </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>To the descendants of John North, Greeting; </p> <p> </p> <p>The history of this branch of the North family was begun over seventy-five years ago by the Rev. Wilham S. Porter of Farmington, a young minister who undertook genealogical research while awaiting a call. </p> <p> </p> <p>It was the most complete genealogy of the North family up to that time. </p> <p> </p> <p>The original manuscript is in the possession of Mr. William F. North of Austin, Texas. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Unfortunately, however, the dates in this record fail to give the day and month of events. </p> <p> </p> <p>To the late Mr. Julius Gay of Farmington, who compiled from original sources the vita records of many old families in that vicinity, are due many of the exact dates given in the early generations in this volume. </p> <p> </p> <p>His manuscript, based apparently on the Porter record, and with marginal references for every date, is in the possession of the Connecticut Historical Society at Hartford. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1893 Mr. John Hollister North of New Haven, undertook the completion of the Porter record, and after much painstaking research, succeeded in completing many of the lines to that date, besides adding much biographical matter. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The present compiler became interested in the subject and kindly being given access to the records mentioned above, determined to complete and publish them. </p> <p> </p> <p>It is therefore with pleasure that he acknowledges the sources from which he obtained much information in the compilation of the records herein presented. </p> <p> </p> <p>Throughout the book much new material has been added, gleaned from local histories, biographies, records, original archives of Connecticut, and by correspondence with all known present descendants in America. </p> <p> </p> <p>Unless otherwise indicated, the authorities for military records in the French and Indian Wars, the Revolution and the War of 1812 are from "Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society," and "Connecticut Men in the Revolution, War of 1812 and War with Mexico." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Stiles' "History of Ancient Wethersfield, Conn.," published in 1904, contains a genealogy of some of the descendants of John North of Farmington; Andrews' "Memorial and Ecclesiastical History of New Britain, Conn.," published in 1807, and Camp's "History of New Britain, Conn.," published in 1889, both contain genealogies of the New Britain branch. </p> <p> </p> <p>Hibbard's "History of Goshen, Conn.," published in 1897, contains a genealogy of the Goshen branch, and F. A. North's "Account of the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of Deacon Frederick and Harriet North," published in 1890, contains a genealogy of the Torrington branch. </p> <p> </p> <p>These are the only publications of importance previously brought out dealing with the descendants of John North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The abbreviations for born, married, died, buried, baptized, etc., will be readily understood. </p> <p> </p> <p>The names of places, unless otherwise designated or understood, are all in Connecticut. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>From most of the descendants of John North the utmost courtesy has been received. </p> <p> </p> <p>It is to be regretted that in some instances, it was impossible to obtain any information. </p> <p> </p> <p>Owing to indifference or lack of knowledge, certain members of the family failed to reply to repeated queries. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>For valuable aid and information concerning the various branches of the family, the compiler is particularly indebted to</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. Francis S. North and Mr. Arthur T. North of Chicago; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. Ralph H. North and Mrs. Francis A. North of Philadelphia; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. Charles H. North of Cleveland; Mr. James S. North of New Britain; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. William F. North of Austin, Texas; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. Edward North of Houston, Texas; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. Charles J. North of Buffalo; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. Ceylon H. North of Minneapolis; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. John W. North and Mr. Nelson L. North of Brooklyn; </p> <p> </p> <p>Miss Temple North of Patriot, Ind.; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. Levi North of Antwerp, N. Y.; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mrs. Harriet North of Chazy, N. Y.; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. Rufus North of Vacaville, Calif.; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. Charles H. Aspinwall of Berlin, Conn.; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mrs. Mary North Fuller of Garland, Utah; </p> <p> </p> <p>Dr. Jane North Frear of Palmyra, N. Y.; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mrs. Daisy Nave of Rising Sun, Ind., </p> <p> </p> <p>Mrs. Farrest Abbott of North Manchester, Ind., </p> <p> </p> <p>Mrs. Asa Wilson of Niles, O., and others. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Dexter North. </p> <p> </p> <p>2852 Ontario Road, Washington, D. C. September, 1921. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>INTRODUCTION </p> <p> </p> <p>Concerning the antecedents of John North, original proprietor of Farmington, Conn., of whose descendants this book is a record, nothing is known previous to his arrival in this country, save that he sailed from London in 1635. </p> <p> </p> <p>This would indicate that he came either from the south of England, the eastern counties, or from London or its vicinity, for there were frequent sailings to America from the western ports of Plymouth, Hull and Bristol, thus rendering unlikely, if he came from the vicinity of those cities, what was in those days a slow and tedious journey across England, to embark from London. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The ship in which he came to America was owned and fitted out by Sir Richard Saltonstall, one of the original patentees of Connecticut.</p> <p> </p> <p>His son Richard was one of John North's fellow-passengers. </p> <p> </p> <p>The Saltonstalls came from the parish of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. </p> <p> </p> <p>It is not unlikely that many of the passengers in Sir Richard's ship came from that vicinity, where North families are recorded during the the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the records of the parish of Rotherham in the West Riding of Yorkshire, is entered the marriage of a John North and Elizabeth Robinson, Dec. 6, 1614. </p> <p> </p> <p>We give this date as being of interest because John North of Farmington was born in 1615, and hence might be the former's son. </p> <p> </p> <p>But this is a mere surmise based on the information given above, and on the fact that Richard Saltonstall and John North both settled at Ipswich, Mass., after their arrival in this country, and that John North of Farmington married Hannah Bird, whose ancestors are said to have come from Yorkshire where several generations of Birds are recorded in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Some future historian may have time to further examine the parish records of Yorkshire, and thereby throw light on what remains an unsolved mystery. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The tradition persists in certain branches of the family in this country that John North was descended from the ancestors of the distinguished family of Guilford Norths who were prominent and influential in English history, but evidence is lacking to substantiate this connection. </p> <p> </p> <p>They were intellectual and cultured even at an early date; many became well known scholars and genuine book-lovers; others entered the active fields of politics or law and became famous. </p> <p> </p> <p>They were always genial and popular, loving ease and luxury, shrewd enough generally to be on the winning side; and although always Tories and Royalists, they escaped serious trouble throughout changes and revolutions. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The two most distinguished members of the family were Francis, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Charles II and James II; and Frederic, Lord North, Prime Minister under George III during the American Revolution. </p> <p> </p> <p>Both of these famous men have been severely criticized and harshly censured. </p> <p> </p> <p>Their lives may be found in the encyclopedias. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>In the English family there is a tradition that the first North entered England with William the Conqueror and married his daughter. </p> <p> </p> <p>Some members of this family have an ancestral tree showing this origin. </p> <p> </p> <p>The first ancestor of the Guilford Norths mentioned in the peerage 1 books is Robert North, who was living in 1470, in the reign of Henry V. </p> <p> </p> <p>His grandson Edward, born in 1496, was the first Baron North of Kirtling, County Cambridge, in 1553-4. </p> <p> </p> <p>A branch of this family comprises the Norths of County Nottingham. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Correspondence with present members of the North family in England who have compiled the family records, fails to reveal any who came to America previous to 1700, save one, Roger, who sailed with Sir Walter Raleigh on his fatal last voyage to Guiana in 1617, and who was unmarried. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>London genealogists have failed to tell us anything about John North's parentage or place of birth. </p> <p> </p> <p>Although a common ancestry with the Guilford Norths cannot be proved, such a relationship is not unlikely, in view of the fact that the name North is not common in England. </p> <p> </p> <p>That John North's parents were not poor, as poverty was reckoned in those days, may be assumed from his being "no subsedy man." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>His fellow-passcnger, Richard Saltonstall, was said to be related by marriage to the Norths of Kirtling. </p> <p> </p> <p>Whether there is any significance in this and the fact that they both first settled in Ipswich, Mass., owing perhaps to family ties, or whether these were merely coincidences, remains to be determined. </p> <p> </p> <p>1 Collins' "Peerage'"; Burke's "Peerage and Extinct Baronets." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>There were other John Norths among the forefathers of the numerous North progeny of the present day, of whom two landed in America about the same time as John North of Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p>One of these went to Virginia in the ship Primrose July 27, 1635, (1) aged 22. </p> <p> </p> <p>The second sailed in the Assurance to Virginia in 1635-7, (1) aged 24. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 Hotten, "Original Lists of Immigrants.")</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>They were probably the ancestors of the Norths in the South, concerning whose progenitors little is known. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>There was a Thomas North in the "list of men living" in Queen City, Va., Feb. 16, 1623. </p> <p> </p> <p>This is probably a list of the survivors of the terrible experiences of the early colony. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>A family tradition is that John North of Farmington had a brother, Thomas (2), who settled in New Haven, and had three children, Thomas, John and Bashua, born there 1650-7. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(2 N. E. H. and G. R.; 11, 160; XII, 309.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He died and his widow, Mary (Price) North, married again. </p> <p> </p> <p>About 1670, leaving her second husband behind, she returned to London wnth her two sons, furnished with documents from the colonial authorities to enable her to inherit property there. </p> <p> </p> <p>The daughter Bashua married and remained in this country. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>There was a Richard (3) North, who was one of the original settlers of Salisbury, Mass., in 1640, later removing to Salem. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(3 Ibid.: VII, 87.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>His wife's name was Ursula, and they had three daughters: </p> <p> </p> <p>Mary, who married in 1669 Thomas Jones; </p> <p> </p> <p>Sarah Oldum; </p> <p> </p> <p>and Susanna, who married George Martyn. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Though both Thomas North of New Haven and Richard North of Salisbury, Mass., lived within short distances of John North of Farmington while in the latter place and at Ipswich, fifteen miles from Salisbury, no evidence has been found to show that there was any relationship between these three. </p> <p> </p> <p>In a new and strange country where family ties would rather be strengthened than weakened, there would i)robably have been left some documentary or other evidence of intercourse between them. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>A branch of Norths, whose posterity is among the most numerous of the present day families, is descended from a North, supposed by some to bear the christian name Thomas, who was born about 1649, came to America about 1670 and settled at Providence Plantations. </p> <p> </p> <p>His descendants claim descent from the Guilford Norths. </p> <p> </p> <p>He had several children, of whom the oldest son, Thomas, Jr., went to New Town, Long Island. </p> <p> </p> <p>The latter's oldest son Jeremiah came of age in 1731. </p> <p> </p> <p>Soon after that, Thomas, Jr., heard that his grandfather's estate in London was without heir. </p> <p> </p> <p>He prepared to go over and take possession of the property, but was taken sick and died. Jeremiah was then the heir, but for some reason would not go himself, and sent his brother Robert. </p> <p> </p> <p>But in consequence of ignorance of the forms of English law, he failed to obtain the property. </p> <p> </p> <p>This is the story told by the granddaughter of Thomas North, Jr. </p> <p> </p> <p>It corresponds with the facts and dates of history. </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1734, William, Lord North, died without heirs, and the titles and estates passed to Francis, Lord Guilford, son of his first cousin. </p> <p> </p> <p>The exact lineage of Thomas, Sr., is not clear, but it is supposed that he was descended from a younger brother of William, Lord North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>From Jeremiah's brother Benjamin are descended Dr. Frank Mason North, the noted Methodist clergyman, and many Norths in and around New York City. From Robert North are descended the Norths of Walton, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1677, Edward (1) North, a mariner, was living in Boston with his wife Sarah Bateman.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 Boston Record Commissioners Reports, IX, 142; "History of Hingham, Mass.," II, 210.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Their daughter Hannah married Nathaniel Eells. </p> <p> </p> <p>They also had two other children, Sarah and Paul, twins, born Aug. 14, 1677. </p> <p> </p> <p>Edward North died before 1689, in which year his widow married Samuel Eells of Hingham, Mass. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>There was a Stephen (2) North of Boston, son of Stephen, also of Boston, who returned to England about 1724, in which year his will was probated. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(2 N. E. H. and G. R.; XXX, 108; LXII, 92.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He had an uncle Francis in England, which fact would indicate that his arrival in America was not many years previous to this time. </p> <p> </p> <p>It is probably one of these Stephen Norths whose name appears among the list of Boston tavern keepers in 1714. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>About this time there was a Daniel (3) North at Barnstable, Mass., who was born about 1696. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(3 Ibid., II, 66.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He had a wife Hannah, whom he married about 1715, and children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Daniel, born 1716; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mary, born 1718; </p> <p> </p> <p>James, born 1720; </p> <p> </p> <p>John, born 1722-3; </p> <p> </p> <p>Hannah, born 1725; </p> <p> </p> <p>and Winifred, born 1727. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Further descendants are untraced. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The next Norths of whose migration we have any record were cousins, Caleb and John North, grandsons of John North who was said to have gone to Ireland about 1650 in the Cromwellian wars, and had lands granted by the Crown in West Meath and County of Kings. </p> <p> </p> <p>His descendants claim an acknowledged kinship with the ancestors of the Guilford Norths, and the right to carry the coat of arms of the North family in America. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Caleb was the son of Roger North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Jane, daughter of Eckerly, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and had eight children: </p> <p> </p> <p>Roger, </p> <p> </p> <p>Caleb, </p> <p> </p> <p>Joseph, </p> <p> </p> <p>Ann, </p> <p> </p> <p>Elizabeth, </p> <p> </p> <p>Catharine, </p> <p> </p> <p>Joshua,</p> <p> </p> <p>and Sarah. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>With most of his children he landed at Philadelphia, July 29, 1729, and in 1734 bought sixty-nine acres of land from the Penn family at Gilbert Manor, Pa. </p> <p> </p> <p>Most of the present Norths of Pennsylvania are descended from this branch, as are also many throughout Ohio, Indiana and the middle west. </p> <p> </p> <p>Col. Caleb North, of Revolutionary fame, was the son of Roger North. </p> <p> </p> <p>Another line (1) went into Virginia and during the Civil War made fine records on the Confederate side. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 "The Keyes, Cruzen, and North Families," by M. F. Stipes, Jamesport, Mo., 1914.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>John, cousin of Caleb, was the son of John and Hannah (Watson) North, and grandson of John North, who settled in Ireland. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was born in County West Meath, Ireland, about 1682, and came to America in 1730, landing at Portsmouth, N. H. </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1731 he bought land at Pemaquid, Me., where he settled. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was the ancestor of the Augusta, Me., branch of Norths. </p> <p> </p> <p>His only surviving son John was a surveyor of lands, a captain in the French and Indian Wars, and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Lincoln Co., Me. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>His children were:</p> <p> </p> <p>Joseph, who married Elizabeth Pittson and was a member of the Maine Provincial Congress, 1774-5; </p> <p> </p> <p>Mary, who married Dr. John McKeckie; </p> <p> </p> <p>and William, who married Mary, daughter of Hon. James Duane of New York, and was General Steuben's aide during the Revolution, later several times member of the New York Legislature, and at one time speaker of the Assembly. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>For a more complete genealogy of this branch of Norths, see the ''History of Augusta, Me.," by James W. North, which presents many facts supporting the claim to connection with the English Norths. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Another family that is probably descended from John North of Farmington, is that of Thomas North who, according to the Federal Census of 1790, was head of a family in Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., of three males over 16 years, one under 16, and two females. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was the father of Capt. Thomas North, Jr. (1768-1852) of that town, who was a captain in the militia in 1796, and whose three sons, Justus, Nathan and Selah, were the ancestors of the Norths of Elbridge and Marcellus, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Thomas North, Sr., was either brother or cousin to John North who was head of a family in Balston Spa, N. Y., in 1790, of one male over 16 years, one under 16 and two females, and who also removed to Elbridge, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p>He had one son, Daniel Hoyt North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The compiler is inclined to believe that Thomas North, Sr., was the son of Capt, Thomas North (No. 19) who removed from Sharon, Conn., to Dutchess Co., N. Y., about 1753. </p> <p> </p> <p>The census of 1790 records no Norths in that county, and records in Granville, Washington Co., besides Thomas North, Salmon North, cousin of Capt. Thomas North (No. 19). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>A study of the dates shows no inconsistency in tracing a line from Capt. Thomas North of Sharon to Capt. Thomas North of Granville. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>There was an Edward North, a merchant in Charlestown, S. C. in the time of the Revolution, who was imprisoned in one of the British prison ships. </p> <p> </p> <p>His ancestors came from Bermuda, where they had first settled after leaving England. </p> <p> </p> <p>He had a descendant, Edward W., who was a noted physician in his day. </p> <p> </p> <p>He died in 1842-3. </p> <p> </p> <p>His two sons, Edward and Richard, were also physicians, and left children whose homes are in South Carolina and Georgia. </p> <p> </p> <p>Another son, James Heyward North, was an officer in the United States Navy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The first Federal Census of 1790 shows that at that time there were ninety-two families named North, with a membership of 585, or 6.4 members to a family. </p> <p> </p> <p>These ninety-two families were located, one in Maine, three in Vermont, three in Massachusetts, thirty-three in Connecticut, eighteen in New York, sixteen in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, seven in Virginia (partial enumeration), three in North Carolina and six in South Carolina. </p> <p> </p> <p>Of these families two in Massachusetts, four in New York and all those in Vermont and Connecticut can be identified as being descended from John North of Farmington, which indicates that his posterity at that time formed the largest single branch of Norths. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Of the Norths in Connecticut, three families of the Torrington branch are recorded under the name Noth (perhaps an error on the part of the enumerator). </p> <p> </p> <p>Eleven families lived in Farmington, and the same number in Berhn; eight lived in Litchfield, which then included Torrington, and two in Cornwall. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The descendants of John North are now numbered by the thousands, and are scattered from Maine to California. </p> <p> </p> <p>When the tide of emigration began to move westward after the Revolution, and well into the nineteenth century, many Norths left their homes in Connecticut and were among the early settlers of numerous towns in Vermont, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan and later in Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Utah and California. </p> <p> </p> <p>Northfield, Minn., and Riverside, Calif., were both founded by John Wesley North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Among their numbers were farmers, lawyers, doctors, ministers, manufacturers, men of affairs, teachers, college presidents and soldiers in the Colonial Wars and in six American Wars. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>FIRST GENERATION </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>1. John North sailed from London at the age of 20 in the Susan and Ellen and landed at Boston April 16, 1635. </p> <p> </p> <p>Among his fellow voyagers were many of the founders of the sturdy New England families so intimately connected with the development of the colonies and the United States. </p> <p> </p> <p>The ships lists were often headed with the words: "The men have taken the oath of allegiance and supremacie," or they swear "that they are no Subsedy men." </p> <p> </p> <p>This is explained by the fact that King James issued a proclamation that no person take passage in any ship to America (being subsidy men or their value) without license from his Majesty's Commissioners for the plantations, nor any under the degree of subsidy men, without a certificate that they have taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy, and a testimony from the ministers of the parish of their conformity to the orders and discipline of the Church of England. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The list (1) of the Susan and Elen was thus made out: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 Hotten, "Original Lists of Emigrants.")</p> <p> </p> <p>In the Susan and Ellen Edward Payne Mr. for New England Theis pites hereinunder expressed have brought Certificate from the Minister and Justices of their Conformitie and that they are no Subsedy Men. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Husbandman John Procter 40 </p> <p> </p> <p>Martha Procter 28 </p> <p> </p> <p>John Procter 3 </p> <p> </p> <p>Marie Procter 1 </p> <p> </p> <p>Alice Street 28 </p> <p> </p> <p>Husb: Walter Thornton 36</p> <p> </p> <p>Joanna Thornton 44</p> <p> </p> <p>John North 20 </p> <p> </p> <p>Mary Pynder 53 </p> <p> </p> <p>Francis Pynder 20 </p> <p> </p> <p>Marie Pynder 17 </p> <p> </p> <p>Joanna Pynder 14 </p> <p> </p> <p>Anna Pynder 20 </p> <p> </p> <p>Katherin Pynder 10 </p> <p> </p> <p>Jo: Pynder 8 </p> <p> </p> <p>Richard Skofield, 22 </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Edward Lumus 24 </p> <p> </p> <p>Husb: Richard Saltonstall 23 </p> <p> </p> <p>Merriall Saltonstall 22 </p> <p> </p> <p>Merriall Salstontall 9 Mo. </p> <p> </p> <p>Thos: Wells 30 </p> <p> </p> <p>Peter Coop (Cooper) 28 </p> <p> </p> <p>Wm. Lambart 26 </p> <p> </p> <p>Samuel Podd 25 </p> <p> </p> <p>Jeremy Belcher 22 </p> <p> </p> <p>Marie Clifford 25 </p> <p> </p> <p>Jane Coe 30 </p> <p> </p> <p>Marie Riddlesden 17 </p> <p> </p> <p>Jo: Pellam 20 </p> <p> </p> <p>Matthew Hitchcock 25 </p> <p> </p> <p>Elizabeth Nicholls 25 </p> <p> </p> <p>Toraazin Carpenter 35 </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Edward Weeden 22 </p> <p> </p> <p>George Wilby 16</p> <p> </p> <p>Richard Hawkins 15</p> <p> </p> <p>Tho: Parker 30 </p> <p> </p> <p>Symon Burd 20</p> <p> </p> <p>Jo Mansfield 34</p> <p> </p> <p>Clement Cole 30 </p> <p> </p> <p>Jo: Jones 20</p> <p> </p> <p>Wm Burrow 19</p> <p> </p> <p>Phillip Atwood 13</p> <p> </p> <p>Wm. Snowe 18</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Anna Fowle 25 </p> <p> </p> <p>Edmond Gorden 18 </p> <p> </p> <p>Tho: Sydlie 22 </p> <p> </p> <p>Margaret Leach 22 </p> <p> </p> <p>Marie Smith 21 </p> <p> </p> <p>Elizabeth Swayne 16 </p> <p> </p> <p>Grace Bewlie 30 </p> <p> </p> <p>Ann Wells 20 </p> <p> </p> <p>Dyonis Taylor 48 </p> <p> </p> <p>Hanna Smith 30 </p> <p> </p> <p>Jo: Backley 15 </p> <p> </p> <p>Wm. Battrick 18 </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Gov. John Winthrop in his "History of New England," under date of April 16, 1635, says: "A bark of forty tons arrived, set forth with twenty servants, by Sir Richard Saltonstall, to go plant at Connecticut." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Perhaps reports of trouble with the Indians in Connecticut deterred the party from proceeding thither, and under the guidance of Richard Saltonstall, son of Sir Richard Saltonstall, some turned their steps towards Ipswich, (1) Mass., which was founded in 1634.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts.")</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>On the list of proprietors there in 1637 appear the names of both Richard Saltonstall and "John Northe." </p> <p> </p> <p>The next year there is entered in the town records the following transaction: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Granted to John North in the year 1637, three acres of Land, lying near the Reedy marsh, bounded by a planting lott of William English on the Northwest, and having three acres of the lyke ground formerly granted to Isaac Perkins, on the south east, to enjoy the sayd Land, his heirs and assigns forever. </p> <p> </p> <p>Entered 7th month, 1638 into the Town book folio 15. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Meraorand, that whereas John North was lately possessed of three acres of planting ground, lying near the Reedy marsh, having a plant lott of William English on the Northwest, and three acres of the lyke planting ground formerly granted to Isaac Perkins now in possession of John Warner on the South east, now the said John North hath for a certain sum of money to him in hand payde sould unto forenamed John Warener all the sayd three acres of Land together with all his interest and claim unto the sayd Land with all the fencing timber and all the other apurtenances to the sayd Lauds, and the sayd John Warener, to enjoy the sayd Land, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. </p> <p> </p> <p>Entered by their joynt order, the 13th of December, 1638. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>On July 7, 1646, John North sold a house and lot on the south side of the river to Robert Kinsman. </p> <p> </p> <p>Perhaps this was preparatory to his removal to Connecticut, for at that time there began a considerable migration westward from the settlements around Boston. </p> <p> </p> <p>One of these was the church party of the Rev. Thomas Hooker, which made its way through the wilderness in 1635-6 and founded the town of Hartford. </p> <p> </p> <p>Of this colony Farmington was the first offshoot, and was settled in 1640. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>This territory now includes the following towns: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Southington, which was the first to be detached as a separate township in 1779; </p> <p> </p> <p>nearly the whole of New Britain and Berlin, 1785; </p> <p> </p> <p>Bristol, 1785; </p> <p> </p> <p>Burlington, 1806; </p> <p> </p> <p>Avon, 1830; </p> <p> </p> <p>Plainville, 1809; </p> <p> </p> <p>and parts of Wolcott, Harwinton and Bloomfield, formerly Wintonbury Parish. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>After his sale of land in Ipswich we have no further record of John North until 1652, when his name appears in the Hartford County court records. </p> <p> </p> <p>He had evidently kept in mind the original objective of the Susan and Ellens party to settle in Connecticut. </p> <p> </p> <p>There is no record that he ever lived in Hartford city, as did most of the early settlers of Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Under entry of January, 1653, in the Farmington land records (Vol. II, pp. 12) are described several pieces of land belonging to John North. </p> <p> </p> <p>One piece of eight acres in the Little Meadow was bought of Nicholas Marson. </p> <p> </p> <p>In that month John North bought of John Steele, original owner, a house and lot of three-quarters of an acre, situated on the east side of the north end of the main street, now occupied by two houses, one recently owned by Sarah Shield, the other by Dorothy Palmer. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the same year he had a daughter baptized there. </p> <p> </p> <p>Trumbull's "Memorial History of Hartford County" gives a map of Farmington showing the location of John North's lot and those of his sons, John and Samuel. </p> <p> </p> <p>These three were among the eighty-four men between whom the unoccupied lands of the ancient town were divided in 1672. </p> <p> </p> <p>All those included in this list were known as original proprietors of the town. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>John North and his wife were members of the Farmington Church, which she joined in 1656. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was made freeman of Connecticut, May 21, 1657. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>John North's name appears as witness on the will of Elizabeth, widow of William Smith, dated "Nouvember 15th, 1676." </p> <p> </p> <p>In the year 1681 he had, according to the original act of division, an estate of 157 Pounds. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>There is a mystery surrounding John North's marriage. </p> <p> </p> <p>Did he marry twice? </p> <p> </p> <p>There is no authentic record. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was married before leaving Ipswich, for his first child was born there in 1641. </p> <p> </p> <p>But the vital records of that town contain no births or marriages of any Norths or Birds. </p> <p> </p> <p>Most records state that his wife was Hannah, daughter of Thomas Bird. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the distribution of the latter's estate, August-September, 1662, portions were set to Mary Northe and to Hannah Scott, again mentioned March 3, 1663, as good wife Northe and Hannah Scott. </p> <p> </p> <p>From this statement is probably drawn the conclusion in the "Goodwin and Morgan Ancestral Lines," by F. F. Starr, that Mary Bird was John North's second wife, and that Hannah was probably the first wife of Edmund Scott. </p> <p> </p> <p>Savage does not give the name of Edmund Scott's first wife and says his second wife was Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Upson. </p> <p> </p> <p>John North's oldest daughter was named Mary. </p> <p> </p> <p>None bore the name Hannah, but both names occur among his granddaughters. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>No satisfactory explanation being obtainable from this meagre information, it perhaps strengthens the reliability of the various old family records, which state that Hannah Bird was John North's wife. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>It is interesting to conjecture when and where the Norths and the Birds came in contact with each other. </p> <p> </p> <p>From Mr. Starr's book we learn that the first record of Thomas Bird in America was in 1639, when he bought land in that part of Boston later set apart as Braintree, and that by May, 1644, he was in Hartford, and shortly afterward removed to Farmington, where he bought land. </p> <p> </p> <p>But the present compiler believes that the Thomas Bird who was granted in April, 1639, a house and lot in Ipswich, and six acres of planting land in "Reedy marsh," according to the Ipswich town records, was this same Thomas Bird, and that he probably went to Braintree later in the same year. </p> <p> </p> <p>His stay in Ipswich therefore probably covers the period when the two families were in contact. </p> <p> </p> <p>But there is always the interesting possibility that the families may have known each other in England, as previously suggested by the fact that early in the seventeenth century there were families of Norths and Birds in Yorkshire, whence both may have come. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>John North died early in 1691-2, aged 76 years. </p> <p> </p> <p>Though he is supposed to have been buried in Farmington, his grave cannot be found. </p> <p> </p> <p>His will (1) was taken Feb. 12, 1692, by John Thompson, Sr., and John Orton. </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 Early Connecticut Probate Records, Manwaring: Vol. I, pp. 126)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The Hartford Co. Court, sitting March 3, 1691-2, ordered distribution as follows:</p> <p> </p> <p>Admns. to Thomas North. </p> <p> </p> <p>This Court distributeth the Estate as followeth: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>£ s. p. , </p> <p> </p> <p>To Thomas North 69 16 00 </p> <p> </p> <p>" Joseph North 24 18 00 </p> <p> </p> <p>" Mary Searles 27 18 00 </p> <p> </p> <p>" Sarah Woodruff & children 31 08 00 </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Ensign Thomas Hart and Mr. Thos. Bull to Dist. to legatees.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The above sum total of £154, small according to modern standards, was no insignificant fortune in early days. </p> <p> </p> <p>It appears that Thomas and Joseph were unable to agree over the division of the father's property, as shown by the following: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>This present writing witnesseth an agreement between Thomas North and Joseph North, both of Farmington, upon some difference yt was between us, the aforesaid Thomas and Joseph North, respecting the division of our honored Fatlier Jolm North desc'd Estate, as it was distributed at the honored court held at Hartford the first Thursday of this present March. </p> <p> </p> <p>That we may enjoy what by the Holy Providence of God is left us in peace and quietness and love and a blessing there-with, and for our better satisfaction, we do agree as followeth: Thomas relinquisheth his right to a dubbel portion out of his father's estate, and as to the personal property we doe hereby agree that Thomas </p> <p> </p> <p>North shall have themm all except Mary - part and portion, and a great kettel of three pounds and ten shillings worth, which we doe agree ye Joseph North shall have that, and also ye great porridg pot. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Signed, sealed and acknowledged at Hartford, May 13, 1692, before mee John Allyn, Ass't. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Thomas North. </p> <p> </p> <p>Joseph North. </p> <p> </p> <p>Witness: Thomas Bull, Jonathon Smith. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. John Hollister North has in his possession the original copy of the receipt of John North's daughter Mary and son-in-law John Searles for their portion of the father's estate: </p> <p> </p> <p>Now all people to whom this present wrighting may come thee twentey fouerth day of march in the yer of our lord one thousand six hundred niutey two that I John Searles and Maray Searles of Northampton in the countey of Springfeld and the coloney of the Matechuscts in new euglaud doe her by acknowleilg that wee have Reseved of the estate of our honoured father John North of Farmington deseased wee say wee have Reseved the full and all our wholl proprtion dead or dus bee long to us from our Honnored father John North deseased according to the acts and settlement of the Honnor countey court of Hartford march the 3 (1692) and all so wee do further owne and acknowlig that wee have also reseved our full and wholl and all our proportion of that estat that doth be long to us as leagetes to the estat of the above sayed father John North deseased according to the court acte we say we have reseved all the above saied leagecis of our Loveing Brothers Thomas North and Joseph North administrators to the estat of our Honnored father John North deseased and we do her by fully freely and absolutly for ever acquit and discharge the sayed Thomas North and Joseph North as administrators to the above sayed estat of our Honnored father John North deseased from all chalenges claimes Rightes or titles to said estate or anay part thare of as Leagetes in witteness whare of I John Searls have signed Sealed and delivered this wrighting with my owne hand in the day and yer above said. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children of John North: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>2. i. John, b. probably at Ipswich, Mass., Nov., 1641; d. at Wethersfield, Aug. 6, 1682. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>3. ii. Samuel, b. probably at Ipswich, Mass., 1643; d. at Farmington, Dec. 14, 1682.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Mary, b. probably at Ipswich, Mass., 1643 (twin). </p> <p> </p> <p>See "Conn. Probate Records," Vol. II, pp. 341. </p> <p> </p> <p>Other records say she was b. 1645. </p> <p> </p> <p>She d. Nov. 5, 1726; m. Mar. 10 or 30, 1675, widower John Searles, son of John and Sarah (Baldwin) Searles. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. May 30, 1726 (Wrong?), and d. Oct. 3, 1718.</p> <p> </p> <p>They removed to Northampton, Mass. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) James, b. Feb. 1, 1681. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Sarah, b. Feb. 28, 1684. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Nathaniel, b. May 3, 1686. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Lydia, b. Aug. 22, 1688. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>4. iv. James, b. 1647; d. at Northampton, Mass., July 25, 1689. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>5. v. Thomas, b. 1649; d. 1712. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Sarah, b. 1653; bapt. at Farmington, Dec. 18, 1653; d. about Jan., 1691-2; m. widower Matthew Woodruff, Jr., brother of Hannah Woodruff who m. Capt. Richard Seymour and whose son m. Hannah North, daughter of Thomas North (8). </p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. 1640, and d. before Nov. 18, 1690. </p> <p> </p> <p>Her estate was inventoried Feb. 2, 1691-2, in the same month as that of her father and in less than two months after that of her husband. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Nathaniel, b. 1687. </p> <p> </p> <p>Removed to Litchfield, where his descendants lived. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Joseph, bapt. May 19, 1689; heir to his uncle Joseph North.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Nathaniel, b. and bapt. at Farmington, June 29, 1656-7. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a soldier in King Philip's War and had a soldier's grant. </p> <p> </p> <p>Probably d. without heirs and is not mentioned in his father's will. </p> <p> </p> <p>He may, however, be the father of the Capt. Nathaniel North, b. May, 1686-7, who m. 1709 Thankful Wright, and d. Nov. 13, 1758, and of Joseph North who was bapt. May 18, 1689, m. Oct. 24, 1717, Esther Brown, and d. Jan. 23, 1737. </p> <p> </p> <p>(''History of Weathersfield.") </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Lydia, b. and bapt. at Farmington, May 9, 1658; probably d. unm.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Joseph, bapt. at Farmington, Mar. 18, 1659; d. about Jan., 1730-1; m. before Jan. 3, 1680-7, Martha Porter, b. 1666, d. July 11, 1749. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was the daughter of John and Sarah (Hart) Porter. </p> <p> </p> <p>Joseph North had his father's house in Farmington, and having no children, made his nephew Joseph Woodruff, his heir. </p> <p> </p> <p>His wife m. (2) 1732, John, son of Dr. Daniel Porter. </p> <p> </p> <p>His estate was inventoried Jan. 30, 1730-1, and in his will he speaks most tenderly of his wife: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>April 24, 1724. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>I, Joseph North Sen., of the Town of Farmington, do make this my last will and testament. </p> <p> </p> <p>It having pleased God, in His holy, wise, providence, to deny me heirs of my own body, I have already by deed settled the greatest part of my freehold estate upon my neare kinsman, Joseph Woodruff.</p> <p> </p> <p>It is my special care now in this my will, that my wife, who, through her great pains, prudence, and industry, hath been a great builder of my house, may be comfortably carried through this world. </p> <p> </p> <p>Therefore, I do give unto Martha, my wife, and to her heirs and assigns forever, all my estate, both real and personal. </p> <p> </p> <p>More particularly do I give to my wife 2 parcels of land, both of them lying and being within the bounds of the Township of Farmington, viz., one parcell of land lying near a place called Purgatory, containing about 7 acres, be the same more or less, adjoining northerly on land of Samuel Cowles; </p> <p> </p> <p>also one parcel of land lying on the contrary side of the highway, against Smith Gridley's house, containing acres be the same more or less, bounded as followeth: </p> <p> </p> <p>east with land formerly Joseph Smith's, west with the land of Thomas North, north with a highway, and south with the land belonging to the heirs of Capt. Judd. </p> <p> </p> <p>Also, I give unto my wife, to be at her own dispose forever, all my personal estate of all sorts without exception, which I now have or shall be mine at my decease. </p> <p> </p> <p>Also, I do give imto my wife, during the term of her natural life, the use and profit of my land in the Common Field neare the Round Hill; </p> <p> </p> <p>also that part of my house, barn, and home lott whereof I made a reserve in the deed of conveyance I made to my aforesd kinsman Joseph Woodruff. </p> <p> </p> <p>And further, if I, the sd. Joseph North, through neci'ssily should in my life time make dispose of any particular thing or things willed to my wife as above entered (which my purpose is to avoid as much and as well as I can), that then my will is that her right to the remainder should be no ways altered or weakened thereby. </p> <p> </p> <p>And I hereby make Martha my wife only and sole executrix. </p> <p> </p> <p>Witness: </p> <p> </p> <p>John Hooker, Sen. </p> <p> </p> <p>Joseph North. </p> <p> </p> <p>Abigail Hooker, Sen. </p> <p> </p> <p>Sarah Hooker. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Joseph North was imbued with the spirit of '76 as evidenced by the following proceedings of the General Assembly Court, Hartford, May 10, 1705: </p> <p> </p> <p>"At this Court, the King's attorney, Joseph Migate, entered complaint against Joseph North for unwittingly concealing such soldier as had deserted the King's garrison at Albanie. </p> <p> </p> <p>This Court voted the said North not guiltie in law of the matter of fact charged upon him." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>In later proceedings of the same court: </p> <p> </p> <p>"This Court grants full power to Joseph North of the town of Farmington, administrator to the estate of Sampson, negro, to sell the land of said Sampson for the payment of his just debts, and the remainder or overplus of what the land is sold for to be returned to the selectmen of Farmington by them to be disposed for the benefit of the widow and children." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>SECOND GENERATION</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>2. Dr. John (2) North (John 1), oldest son of John and Hannah (Bird) North, was born, probably at Ipswich, Mass., in November, 1641, his father having settled there, and sold land in 1646. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was married by Capt. Samuel Welles, April 15, 1671, to Susanna Francis, born Nov. 1, 1651, daughter of Robert Francis of Wethersfield. </p> <p> </p> <p>They removed to that town, Newington parish, where he died Aug. 6, 1682, aged 41. </p> <p> </p> <p>With his father and brother Samuel, he was one of the original eighly-four proprietors among whom the unoccupied lands of Farmington were divided in 1672. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the list of inhabitants of Wethersfield who petitioned in May, 1682, to settle in what is now Windham Co., Conn., appears the name of John North. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was said to have been a natural doctor and to have practised medicine in Farmington and New Lontlon, where he gave his opinion concerning the sudden death of a captain whose ship was anchored in the harbor, "that it was caused by unseasonable bathing after immoderate drinking." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Miss F. M. Caulkins in "The Family Repository and Horticultural Cabinet," New London, August, 1861, says of him: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>"Our regular physician, Dr. John North, professor of physic, appears in the plantation during the ministration of Dr. Bulkley. </p> <p> </p> <p>How long he continued here is uncertain, but we venture to suggest that he found the location too healthfid, and the few people that composed the plantation too robust for his business, and soon removed elsewhere. </p> <p> </p> <p>Little else is known of this our first Dr. North, but that he died in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1682." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. John, b. Aug. 16, 1672. </p> <p> </p> <p>According to the Porter record he m. Abigail; in 1734 resided in Worthington, and in 1738 removed to New Fairfield. </p> <p> </p> <p>According to Mr. Julius Gay, he m. before 1720, Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Smith; she d. Jan. 24, 1732-3, and he d. after Jan. 16, 1732-3.</p> <p> </p> <p>No record of any descendants has been found. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1674; m. John, son of Thomas Marshall of Hartford.</p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. Feb., 1671-3. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was probably the Mary (who with her brother John?) was kept at the house of Sergt. John Stillman in 1693, during the prevalence of smallpox in the home of Robert Francis. ("History of Wethersfield.") </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Susannah, b. April 15, 1676; d. April 23, 1764; m. Jan. 18, 1694, Sergt. Benjamin Judd, Jr., son of Benjamin and Mary (Lewis) Judd, of Great Swamp Parish, now included in New Britain, and grandson of the immigrant Thomas Judd. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Benjamin, b. Mar. 2, 1697; m. 1727, Sarah Hollister. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Susannah, b. Aug. 12, 1699; m. 1756, David Bronson. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Mary, b. Feb. 6, 1702; m. 1723, Joseph Beckley.</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Abigail, b. Sept. 5, 1703; m. 1746, George Kilborne.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Keziah, b. Sept. 14, 1705; m. 1729, Amos Judd. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Bathsheha, b. Aug. 20, 1707; m. 1728, David Sage.</p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Joanna, b. Sept. 16, 1709; m. 1731, Samuel Hubbard.</p> <p> </p> <p>(8) Catharine, b. Sept. 26, 1711.</p> <p> </p> <p>(9) Uriah, b. Dec. 28, 1713; m., 1st, in 1744, Mabel Bidwell; 2nd, in 1747, Mercy Seymour. </p> <p> </p> <p>(10) James, b. 1717; m. 1749, Hannah Andrus.</p> <p> </p> <p>(11) Nathan, b. Aug. 24, 1719; m. 1743, Thankful Wright.</p> <p> </p> <p>(12) Hezekiah, b. June 19, 1722; d. young.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1678; d. before 1742.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>3. Samuel (2) North (John 1), second son of John and Hannah (Bird) North, was born in 1643, probably at Ipswich, Mass., since his father did not sell land there until 1646. </p> <p> </p> <p>He died at Farmington, Dec. 14, 1682, aged 39. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Jan. 3, 1666, Hannah, daughter of John (1) and Elizabeth Norton, born at Branford in 1649. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 John Norton, third son of Richard and Ellen (Rowley) Norton of London, was one of the first settlers of Branford, and removed in 1659 to Farmington, where he was one of the original proprietors in the division of the lands. </p> <p> </p> <p>His ancestry has been traced back to Alfred the Great, Henry I of France, the brother of William the Conqueror, and Rollo, Duke of Normandy. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Elizabeth Clarke.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>They lived in Farmington on the north side of the Hartford road, a little east of Edward Norton's farm buildings. </p> <p> </p> <p>He, with his father and brother John, were among the eighty-four proprietors between whom the unoccupied lands of Farmington were divided in 1672. </p> <p> </p> <p>After his death his widow married (2) in 1685 John Rew (?). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Farmington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>6. i. John, b. 1669; d. April, 1745. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Samuel, b. 1671; d. 1707. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a merchant and d. in Boston, probably leaving no children, as his property was divided among his brothers and sisters. </p> <p> </p> <p>His will is dated Nov. 11, 1706. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The last will and testament of Samuel North of Farmington, in the County of Hartford, in the Colony of Connecticut, in New England, husbandman, at present residing in Boston, being under bodily illness and infirmities, but through mercy of sound disposing mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following: </p> <p> </p> <p>Imprimus: I give unto my nephew Josiah North, son of my brother John North, my house and barn, with the moiety or half part of all the lands adjoining and pertaining thereunto, containing about 102 acres, situated in Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p>I give unto my nephew Daniel North, son of my brother Thomas North, the other moiety or 1/2 part of my land aforesd. </p> <p> </p> <p>And it is my will that my aforenamed brothers have and enjoy the profits of my sd. land unto each of their sons respectively until they attain the age of 21 years. </p> <p> </p> <p>I give unto my brother Thomas North, my 9 acres of land lying near Clatter Valley in Farmington, which I purchased of Thomas North; also my husbandry tools. </p> <p> </p> <p>I give unto my sister Hannah Northaway one cow and a yoke of oxen. </p> <p> </p> <p>I appoint my two brothers John North and Thomas North, to be the executors of this my last will, and I do hereby revoke and disannul all wills by me heretofore made - In </p> <p> </p> <p>y. witness - Annoqvie Quinto - </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>As a codicil to my foregoing will, and to be accepted and taken as part and parcel thereof, I do give unto my brother Thomas North, 3 acres and 1/2 of land at a place called Nod, a parcel of land lying at the hop garilen, a tract of land in the southwest division and 40 acres in the north division near the Pinnacle, all which sd. lands are in Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p>Samuel North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Witness: </p> <p> </p> <p>John Cutlau, </p> <p> </p> <p>John Perkins, </p> <p> </p> <p>Ezekial Lewis. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>7. iii. Thomas, b. 1673; d. April 5, 1755. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Hannah, b. 1677; d. at Northington, now Avon, May 25, 1752; m. Mar. 29, 1705, George Northaway of Northington. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Hannah, b. Oct. 12, 1700. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) John, b. Dec. 2, 1707.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1711; m. 1730, Daniel North (16). </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1715.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Sarah, b. April 24, 1720.</p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Josiah, b. Aug. 31, 1724.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>4. James (2) North (John 1), third son of John the settler, was born in 1647, and died at Northampton, Mass., July 25, 1689. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a soldier in the Indian Wars and had a soldier's lot granted to him. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Nov. 20, 1677, Sarah Edwards, born Nov. 21, 1654, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Baldwin) Edwards of Northampton, Mass., whither he removed in 1677, and where he was made freeman Feb. 8, 1678. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Sarah, b. 1679; m. April 13, 1703, Israel Rust of Northampton, Mass., son of Israel and Rebecca (Clark) Rust. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. July 15, 1679, and d. Nov. 27, 1759. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Mary, b. Sept. 1, 1687; d. Feb. 17, 1748; m. Oct. 8, 1714, Ebenezer Edwards of Northampton, Mass., son of Benjamin and Thankful (Sheldon) Edwards. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. Nov. 18, 1682. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>5. Thomas (2) North (John 1), fourth son of John and Hannah (Bird) North, was born in 1649, and died at Northington, now Avon, in 1712, aged 63.</p> <p> </p> <p>He married in 1669, Hannah, daughter of Thomas (1) and Rebecca (Olmstead) Newell. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 Thomas Newell was from Hertfordshire, England. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was an early settler of Hartford, and an original settler of Farmington in 1640. </p> <p> </p> <p>He died Sept. 13, 1689. </p> <p> </p> <p>See "Newell Genealogy." </p> <p> </p> <p>Rebecca Olmstead was a niece of James Olmstead, with whom she came from England in the Lion. )</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born in 1656, baptized April 14, 1658, and died Nov. 4, 1757. </p> <p> </p> <p>If her dates are correctly given she was married at the age of 13, was the mother of two sons at 17, and lived to be 101. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>She and her husband were both members of the church. </p> <p> </p> <p>After his marriage and the birth of two sons, Thomas North enlisted under Captain Henchman in King Philip's War. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was stationed with Connecticut troops in the vicinity of Boston in 1675, and was with the garrison at Hadley, Mass., in the summer of 1670. </p> <p> </p> <p>("Soldiers in King Philip's War.") </p> <p> </p> <p>He was made freeman there Feb. 8, 1678, and received a grant of land for his military services in or near Northington, now Avon, where he and Joseph Woodford were pioneer settlers. </p> <p> </p> <p>There he lived on the east side of the river near the old Marshall's tavern, "under the mountain" and north of the Hartford and Albany turnpike. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a magistrate of the colony of Connecticut. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The General Assembly and Court of Election sitting at Hartford acted as follows: </p> <p> </p> <p>April 6, 1713 : "This Court appointed Hannah North of Farmington, guardian to her 2 daughters, Lydia and Sarah, both minors, above 14 years, and also allow the said Hannah North to be guardian to her son Ebenezer North, 14 years of age. </p> <p> </p> <p>Joseph North, a minor, chose Thomas North to he his guardian. Recog. £100." </p> <p> </p> <p>April 6, 1713-4: Inventory £39-12-07 taken by Samuel Newell and Joseph North. </p> <p> </p> <p>"Thomas North, Adms., exhibits now an account of his Admns. Order to dist. the estate. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>£ s. d. </p> <p> </p> <p>To Jane North widow relict £9 12 s. 03 d.</p> <p> </p> <p>To Thomas North, eldest son [broken page] </p> <p> </p> <p>To Nathaniel, Joseph, Ebenezer, Hannah, Mary, Rebekah, Lydia and Sarah North, to each of them £2 02 s. 08 d.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>and appoint John Stanly, Samuel Newell and Joseph North of Farmngton, dist." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>May 13, 1714: "Upon the petition of Hannah North and Thomas North, administrators of the estate of Thomas North of Farmington, deceased: This Assembly empowers the said administrators to make and execute a deed of 3 acres of land to the heirs of Joseph Bird, deceased, pursuant to a bargain between the said Thomas North, deceased, and him, the said Joseph Bird, deceased." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. John, b. ; d. Feb. 2, 1709-10; m. Mar. 19, 1707-8, Jane Stebbins of Wethersfield, who m. (2) Oct. 12, 1710-1, Thomas Shepard of Hartford. </p> <p> </p> <p>The General Assembly and Court of Election held at Hartford, Jan. 2, 1709-10, acted as follows: </p> <p> </p> <p>"This Court grants letters of administration on the estate of John North late of Farmington, dec. - who died intestate, jointly to Jane North of Farmington, widow and relict, of sd. dec., and Thomas North, brother of the dec, provided they shall give bond, etc." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>8. ii. Thomas, b. 1673; d. Mar. 2, 1724-5.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Hannah, b.; m. May 10, 1706, Samuel, son of Capt. Richard and Hannah (Woodruff) Seymour of Great Swamp Village.</p> <p> </p> <p>They were members of the original church in Kensington. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Hannah, b. Mar. 26, 1706-7; m. Allen Goodrich, the village blacksmith of Great Swamp Village. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1708.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Eliakim, m., 1st, Susanna Judd; 2nd, Mary Hooker. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Rebecca, b. June 25, 1711; m. Nov. 21, 1734, Elisha Goodrich. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Mercy, b. Sept. 11, 1715; m. Feb. 14, 1747, Uriah Judd; and removed to Lenox, Mass.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>9. iv. Nathaniel, b. 1688; d. April 5, 1777. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Mary, b.; m. 1709, William, son of James and Abigail (Bissell) Eno of Simsbury. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a lieutenant in the trainband. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) William, b. 1710. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Samuel. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Mary. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Hannah. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Abigail, b. 1740; m. 1760, Martin North (29).</p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Deborah, m. Jonah Westover.</p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Anna. </p> <p> </p> <p>(8) Susannah. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>10. vi. Joseph, b. 1693; bapt. Dec. 31, 1693; d. Mar. 20, 1781. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Rebecca, b. 1693 (twin); bapt. Dec. 31, 1693; m. Jan. 27, 1713, Joseph Phelps, Jr., of Turkey Hill. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Hannah, b. May 28, 1714; d. June 3, 1714. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1716; d. May 14, 1775; m. 1740, Deborah Harris.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Hannah, b. June 7, 1718; m. Abel Forward. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Elijah, b. May 11, 1720; m. Esther Kent. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Ezekial, b. Mar. 8, 1723; m. 1744, Elizabeth Gillette. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1724; m. Joel Harmon. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Elizabeth, b. Nov. 27, 1726; m. Moses Holcomb.</p> <p> </p> <p>(8) Lydia, b. Sept. 10, 1728; m. Jacob Gillette. </p> <p> </p> <p>(9) Abel, b. May 22, 1730; m. Mary Eno. </p> <p> </p> <p>(10) Hezekia, b. 1732; m. Hannah Hayden. </p> <p> </p> <p>(11) Kezia, b. 1732; m. James Harmon. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Lydia, bapt. Mar., 1696; d. Aug. 8, 1736; m. Dec. 6, 1714, Samuel Humphrey of Simsbury.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Lydia, b. Nov. 7, 1715; m. Capt. Daniel Wilcox. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Elizabeth, b. Sept. 17, 1717; m. Oct. 27, 1735, Joseph Wilcox.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Ezekial, b. Aug. 28, 1719; m. Elizabeth Pettibone. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Tryphena, b. Jan. 29, 1722; d. 1752; m. June 11, 1739, Dr. Samuel Barber.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Mary, m. April 10, 1746; Sergt. Ezra Wilcox. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) David, b. June 5, 1726.</p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Phebe, m. Mattison.</p> <p> </p> <p>(8) Isaac, d. Aug. 3, 1732. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Sarah, b. 1696 (twin); unm. </p> <p> </p> <p>Was a minor over 14 in 1713 when her father's estate was settled. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>11. x. Ebenezer, b. 1703; d. Aug. 5, 1789. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>THIRD GENERATION </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>6. John (3) North (Samuel (2), John 1), oldest son of Samuel and Hannah (Norton) North, was born at Farmington in 1669, and died there in April, 1745.</p> <p> </p> <p>He married four times: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) May 16, 1692, Mary, daughter of John and Anna (Norton) Warner, who died Mar. 1, 1694-5; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Sept. 25, 1700, Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Watson) Seymour of Hartford, who died Mar. 2, 1732-3; </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Elizabeth -, who died 1733; </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Mar. 20, 1734, Abigail (Phelps) Judd, widow of Sergt. Samuel Judd. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>John North was a church member and by trade a weaver. </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived in Farmington, where his hve acre lot with house bordered north on Ebenezer Steele, east on Thomas North and west on Matthew Woodruff. </p> <p> </p> <p>The house thereon stood a little east of the farm house of the late John T. Norton, the land having belonged to his father, Samuel North, as early as 1666. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was probably the John North who participated in 1694 in the second allotment of lands, in Wethersfield, western division. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>At the Court of Probate held for the County of Hartford, April 8, 1701 (Hartford Prob. Records, Vol. VII, pp. 11): "The Court do appoint John North guardian to his two (2) daughters, viz. - Ann and Mary which he had by Mary Warner - he giving bond." </p> <p> </p> <p>Vol. VII, pp. 73 - "Hannah North, daughter of Samuel North, under the guardianship of John North." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>His will is dated April 6, 1737: </p> <p> </p> <p>I, John North of Farmington, do make this my last will and testament: </p> <p> </p> <p>I give to Abigail North, my wife, the use of 1/3 part of my housing and lands and also the use of 1/3 part of my moveabe estate, so long as she bears my name. </p> <p> </p> <p>And my eldest son Jonathon North and my youngest son Samuel North, having already rec'd their portions or is otherwise secured to them, therefore I give them nothing by this will. </p> <p> </p> <p>I give to my daughter Anna Coleman, and to the children of my daughter Mary Wilcox dec'd £70 to Anna aforesd., and £70 to the children of Mary aforesd., with what Anna and Mary has already rec'd from their grandfalher's estate in Middletown to be recorded and accumulated as part of and towards the £70. </p> <p> </p> <p>I give to the children of my daughter Ruth Cowles £70 with what my daughter Ruth has already rec'd. </p> <p> </p> <p>I give to my daughter Unice Hawley £70 with what she hath already rec'd. </p> <p> </p> <p>I give to my son Josiah North my homostead whereon I now dwell, both housing and lands; also 20 acres of land in the 2nd allotment in the division butting on Hartford and Windsor bounds; also about 7 acres of land in the great meadow, with all the rest of my estate, both real and personal, I give to him and his heirs forever. </p> <p> </p> <p>I appoint my son Josiah North executor. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>John North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Witness: </p> <p> </p> <p>Joseph Hawley, </p> <p> </p> <p>John Newell, </p> <p> </p> <p>Abell Hawley. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Farmington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Hannah, b. 1693; m. (1) June 28, 1716, Thomas Wilcox, b. July 5, 1687, d. Jan. 20 or 21, 1726, son of Israel and Sarah (Savage) Wilcox; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Feb. 2, 1728, Richard Coleman. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children by first husband: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Martha, b. April 21, 1720; m. Andrew Warner.</p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1720 (?). </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Jonathan, b. Jan. 24, 1722-3; m., 1st, Dinah Orvis; 2nd, Rachel Lewis. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Hannah, b. Dec. 3, 1724.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Mary, b. 1695; d. July 6, 1734; m. Dec. 16, 1717, Israel Wilcox, Jr., b. Jan. 16, 1680, d. July 6, 1731, brother of Thomas, above. </p> <p> </p> <p>Child: Israel, m. Sarah Rogers. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. John, b.; d. 1733; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p>Lived in Worthington. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>His will is dated Jan. 1, 1732. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>I, John North, Jr. of the Parish of Kensington, in the Township of Middletown, do make this my last will and testament. </p> <p> </p> <p>I give the 1/2 of my land which my father gave me in Farmington, called the south lott (the north side of sd. lott) to my honoured father John North. </p> <p> </p> <p>And also I give to my said father all my moveable estate of what name, kinds or nature so ever. </p> <p> </p> <p>I give to my mother Elizabeth North all the rest of the lands which were given me by my father as aforesd. </p> <p> </p> <p>And I appoint my honoured father John North and my honoured mother Elizabeth North executors, requireing them to pay all my just debts. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>John North, Jr. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Witness: </p> <p> </p> <p>Samuel Hubbard, </p> <p> </p> <p>Hezekiah Hooker, </p> <p> </p> <p>Isaac Lee. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Margaret, b. 1701; m. before 1737, Prior.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Ruth, b. 1702; m. 1729, Isaac Cowles, a wealthy farmer of Southington.</p> <p> </p> <p>Descendants in male line extinct. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>13. vi. Jonathon, b. April 8, 1704. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>14. vii. Josiah, b. 1705; d. 1777. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>15. viii. Samuel, b. 1708; d. 1796.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Eunice, b. Dec. 17, 1710; m. Hawley. </p> <p> </p> <p>Lived in Simsbury. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>7. Thomas (3) North (Samuel (2) John 1), third son of Samuel and Hannah (Norton) North, was born in Farmington in 1673 and died there April 5, 1755.</p> <p> </p> <p>He married Dec. 4, 1699, Hannah, daughter of Joseph (1) and Rebecca (Newell) Woodford. </p> <p> </p> <p>She died Nov. 4, 1757. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 Joseph Woodford, Sr., was born in Hartford in 1666 (1636? for Sr., 1666-7 for Jr.?), and was perhaps the son of Thomas Woodford who was born in Lincolnshire, England, and who was a member of Rev. Thomas Hooker's church party which founded Hartford. </p> <p> </p> <p>He removed with Thomas North (son of the first John North), to Northington, then called Nod, which they first settled. </p> <p> </p> <p>The Norths and the Woodfords were very intimate and several intermarriages occurred. </p> <p> </p> <p>In a deed of conveyance to his daughter Hannah, Joseph Woodford, Sr., mentions "my well beloved daughter, now ye wife of Thomas North." </p> <p> </p> <p>Rebecca Newell was the daughter of Thomas Newell (see footnote, p. 12). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He joined the church in 1708, and lived in Farmington, on the south side of the Hartford road, and probably built the house where his grandson Seth North lived. </p> <p> </p> <p>The house stood next east of that of Samuel North, and next west of that of Joseph Bird. </p> <p> </p> <p>He inherited lands in Farmington from his brother Samuel. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Farmington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>16. i. Daniel, b. Mar. 20, 1702; d. Mar. 23, 1784.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Hezekia, b. May 11, 1704; d. Dec. 23, 1759; m. Jan. 21, 1735, Elizabeth, daughter of John Porter and grand daughter of Dr. Daniel Porter.</p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p>His property was bequeathed to his nephew Timothy Woodruff whom he brought, up. </p> <p> </p> <p>Buried in the old graveyard at Farmington.</p> <p> </p> <p>She m. (2) Mar. 23, 1761, widower Stephen Sedgwick.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Susanna, b. May 3, 1706; d. Dec. 11, 1766; m. June 10, 1728, Matthew Woodruff, Jr., of East Farms.</p> <p> </p> <p>Child: </p> <p> </p> <p>Timothy. </p> <p> </p> <p>Perhaps others. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Thankful, b. July 1, 1708; bapt. Aug. 15, 1710; d. Oct. 6, 1772; m. Oct. 10, 1734, James Hart of Avon, a mill owner.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Elnathan, b. Sept. 10, 1735; d. Aug. 26, 1831; m. Ruth Judd.</p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Lucy, b. Oct. 5, 1740; d. Nov. 30, 1820.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1741; m. Oct. 3, 1765, Obadiah Andrews. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Sarah, b. July 15, 1743; m. Oct. 6, 1766, Ebenezer Merrills.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Eunice, b. Aug. 9, 1746; m. Oct. 3, 1765, Eli North (38). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Hannah, b. July 27, 1711; d. April 19, 1760; m. May 3, 1738, Samuel, son of Samuel and Hannah (Lathrop) Sampson of Northington, b. April 13, 1709.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>17. vi. Timothy, b. Sept. 21, 1714; d. July 31, 1788.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Abigail, b. April 6, 1716; d. Sept. 23, 1749; m. July 18, 1744, Thomas, son of Stephen and Abigail (Porter) Andrews.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Mary, b. Oct. 6, 1744.</p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Noah, b. Jan. 29, 1746-7; d. 1780. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Son, b. and d. 1749. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Sarah, b. June 26, 1717; d. Dec. 9, 1798; m. Nov. 15, 1739, widower Abraham Woodruff of East Farms, son of Matthew and Elizabeth (Baldwin) Andrews Woodruff. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. Feb. 13, 1710-11 and d. Dec. 7, 1768. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>8. Thomas (3) North (Thomas (2) John 1), second son of Thomas and Hannah (Newell) North, was born at Farmington in 1673, and died at Christian Lane, now Berlin, Mar. 2, 1724-5. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) Dec. 1, 1698, Martha Roys (spelled also Ryce, Rice, Royce), daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Lathrop) Roys. (1)</p> <p> </p> <p>She was born June 1, 1679. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 Isaac Roys was the son of Robert Roys, who was known to have been of Boston as early as 1631-2, removing to New London before 1637. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was one of the first planters of Wallingford in 1761. </p> <p> </p> <p>Elizabeth Lathrop was the daughter of Samuel Lathrop who came from England to Scituate, Mass., in 1734 (1634 ?). </p> <p> </p> <p>He was the son of Rev. John Lathrop, who was imprisoned for his religious beliefs, and released on condition that he go to America.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>After her death he married her cousin Mary Roys, who married June 10, 1730, widower Matthew Woodruff, and died at Northington, April 23, 1763, nearly one hundred years old. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Thomas North was a pioneer settler in that part of Berlin known as Christian Lane, where he owned much land, possibly a part of the grant made to his father. </p> <p> </p> <p>His name appears among those who petitioned the General Assembly at Hartford, Oct., 16, 1705, to settle in Great Swamp, now Berlin, and to have a meeting house there. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was one of the seven pillars of the original Congregational Church of Kensington, which was formed in 1712. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The other six were:</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>William Burnham, </p> <p> </p> <p>pastor, Stephen Lee, </p> <p> </p> <p>Dr. Anthony Judd, </p> <p> </p> <p>Samuel Seymour, </p> <p> </p> <p>Thomas Hart </p> <p> </p> <p>and Caleb Cowles. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Thomas North was a man of wealth and influence. </p> <p> </p> <p>Attempts to find his dwelling place have failed. </p> <p> </p> <p>Records give it as Kensington and Farmington, but we know that he lived near the Seymour Stockade in Christian Lane just back of the residence of the late Mr. John Goodrich of Berlin. </p> <p> </p> <p>It was built of sixteen foot palisades, sharpened to points and stuck in the ground, and affording protection against the Indians. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Around this stockade clustered many families, including:</p> <p> </p> <p>the Harts, </p> <p> </p> <p>the Standleys (Stanley), </p> <p> </p> <p>the Nortons, </p> <p> </p> <p>Cowles, </p> <p> </p> <p>Porters, Gridleys, </p> <p> </p> <p>Newells </p> <p> </p> <p>and others less closely connected with the Norths. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Thomas North and Thomas Hart were a committee to whom Rev. William Burnham deeded land Jan. 7, 1716-7, for a burying place in Christian Lane "To be theirs and their heirs forever, for the above said use." </p> <p> </p> <p>This graveyard, fallen into a condition of sore neglect, was restored in 1909 by the Emma Hart Willard Chapter of the D. A. R. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>By deed of Jan. 24, 1709, Thomas North conveyed to William Burnham two parcels of land, one of 18 acres, the other of 22 acres, described as being in Great Swamp. </p> <p> </p> <p>By deed of Feb. 1, 1709, he sold land in Beach Swamp, Great Swamp, to Samuel Seamore, who married his sister Hannah North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Martha, b. June 30, 1700; m. Aug. 6, 1719, Daniel, son of Nathaniel and Comfort (Deming) Beckley, and grandson of Sergt. Richard Beckley, the first settler in Berlin. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Martha, b. Oct. 27, 1720; m. Aug. 4, 1742, John Savage.</p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Daniel, b. Nov. 29, 1724; m. Ruth Hart.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Lois, b. Nov. 17, 1730; m. Pete Galpin. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>18. ii. Isaac, b. Sept. 27, 1703; d. Dec. 20, 1788.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>19. iii. Thomas, b. Oct. 27, 1705.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>20. iv. James, b. April 17, 1709; d. 1758. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1711; d. Jan. 3, 1777; m. May 17, 1727-8, Joseph Woodford, Jr., of Northington, b. Aug. 22, 1705, and was a church member. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Samuel, b. July 28, 1715; d. April 11, 1725.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Joseph, b. 1720; d. 1737; m. Hannah. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Hannah, b. Sept. 17, 1722; d. Feb. 23, 1811; m. 1739, Timothy North (17). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>9. Nathaniel (3) North (Thomas (2) John 1), third son of Thomas and Hannah (Newell) North, was born at Northington, now Avon, the northeast part, in 1688, and died there April 5, 1777, aged 89. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married June 10, 1708, Margaret, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Bliss) Holcomb of Simsbury. </p> <p> </p> <p>She died May 27, 1777, aged 90. </p> <p> </p> <p>He joined the church in 1752, and lived on his father's place in Northington. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>21. i. Nathaniel, b. April 14, 1709; d. 1754. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>22. ii. John, b. at Farmington, Mar. 13, 1711; d. Oct. 22, 1785. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Margaret, b. Jan. 2, 1714; d. June 17, 1803; m. May 29, 1735, Joseph Woodruff of Kensington, son of John and Elizabeth (Thomson) Woodruff.</p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. Mar. 5, 1708-9. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was a woman of superior intellect. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Margaret, b. April 11, 1730; m., 1st, Jonathon Whaples; 2nd, Elijah Porter of Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Dorcas, b. April 8, 1739; m. Cornelius Dunham. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Sarah, b. 1744; m. Nov. 3, 1775, Asahel Goodrich.</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Joseph, Jr., b. Sept. 4, 1753; m., 1st, 1771, Rhoda Hollister; 2nd, widow Abigail (Smith) Hooker; 3rd, widow Prudence (Spellman) Wright. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Mary, b. Mar. 18, 1717; d. Feb. 21, 1775; m. Dec. 23, 1743, Ladwick Hotchkiss of New Britain, son of Josiah and Abigail (Parker) Hotchkiss.</p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. Jan. 18, 1722, and d. Mar. 7, 1803. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Lemuel, b. Nov. 8, 1741; m. Mar. 26, 1764, Penelope Mather. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Molly, b. July 21, 1747; m. Dec. 17, 1769, John Stedman. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Ladwick, b. May 25, 1752; m. May 17, 1773, Martha Lee. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Josiah, b. Nov. 7, 1757; d. April 14, 1832; m., 1st, Feb. 22, 1781, Mary Root; 2nd, widow Esther Carrington. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>23. v. David, b. Aug. 4, 1721; d. 1791. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Lydia, b. 1724. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Hannah, b. May 14, 1727; d. Mar. 11, 1810; m. June 30, 1743, Eleazer, son of David and Hannah (Gaylord) Orvis.</p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. Nov. 11, 1719, and d. Feb. 1805. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>24. viii. Joseph, b. April 2, 1730; d. at Lake George, N. Y., in 1775, while serving in the Revolutionary Army. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>10. Joseph (3) North (Thomas (2) John 1), fourth son of Thomas and Hannah (Newell) North, was born at Northington, now Avon, in 1692, and died at Goshen Mar. 20, 1781. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married July 18, 1734, Mrs. Martha (Denny) Smith, who died at Goshen Aug. 24, 1798. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He removed from Farmington to Goshen in the spring of 1744. </p> <p> </p> <p>His first purchase in that town was made May 8, 1744, of Samuel Towner. </p> <p> </p> <p>It comprised 60 acres on the west side of East Street, about 35 rods south of where the Hartford turnpike comes in from the east. </p> <p> </p> <p>It became the home lot of his family and descendants, his first house thereon being of logs. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Farmington, except the youngest, b. at Goshen: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>25. i. Joseph, b. July 1, 1736; d. Aug. 7, 1806.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Elisha, b. 1738; d. of sickness in the army during the French and Indian War. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Martha, b. Aug. 4, 1740; m. Aug. 5, 1761, Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Gaylord) Howe of Canaan. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Rebecca, b. April 24, 1743; d. Oct. 8, 1825; m. Sept. 16, 1762, Elisha, son of Elihu and Judith (Howe) Yale of Canaan, b. Aug. 29, 1742; d. April 1, 1825. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>26. v. Ezekial, b. Aug. 12, 1747; d. Sept. 13, 1832.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>11. Ebenezer (3) North (Thomas (2) John 1), youngest son of Thomas and Hannah (Newell) North, was born at Northington, now Avon, in 1703, and died at Torrington, Aug. 5, 1789, aged 86. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Dec. 10, 1730, Sibyl, daughter of Capt. Thomas and Mary (Goodrich) Curtis. -</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Ebenezer North was one of the petitioners to the General Assembly at Hartford, May 10, 1739, for permission to erect a new meetinghouse in Kensington parish. </p> <p> </p> <p>He removed from Great Swamp (now Berlin) or Kensington to Torrington in the spring of 1741 with his family. </p> <p> </p> <p>With Zebulon Curtis he bought two farms south of the old Matthew Grant place in Torrington, where he settled, later selling part of his land to Curtis. </p> <p> </p> <p>His wife died at Winchester Nov. 17, 1794, aged 91. </p> <p> </p> <p>Ebenezer North was the progenitor of the Torrington branch of Norths. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>27. i. Ashbel, b. Oct. 3, 1731; d. July 9, 1800. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>28. ii. Noah, b. Jan. 10, 1733; d. April 5, 1808. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>29. iii. Martin, b. Dec. 13, 1734; d. 1806. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Sibyl, b. Sept. 4, 1736; m. Samuel Cowles of Norfolk. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Lucy, b. at Torrington, May 1, 1739; m. Feb. 25, 1766, Amasa Cowles of Norfolk. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Asahel, b. at Torrington, May 13, 1743; d. 1803; unm.</p> <p> </p> <p>Served in the Revolutionary War, Oct. 25 - Dec. 24, 1776, in Capt. Seymour's Company, Maj. Sheklon's Regiment, Light Horse Connecticut Militia. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>30. vii. Ebenezer, b. at Torrington, June 27, 1746; d. Dec. 13, 1832. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Achsah, b. Aug. 14, 1748; m. Dec. 12, 1780, John Vidette (Viditto, Videtto). </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>Jasper, m. Rebecca Williams. </p> <p> </p> <p>Laura. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Sarah, b. at Torrington, Dec. 1, 1752; m. Lebbeus Holmes of Goshen. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>FOURTH GENERATION </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>13. Jonathon (4) North (John (3) Samuel (2) John 1), third son of John and Mary (Seymour) North, was born at Farmington, April 8, 1704, and married Aug. 28, 1730, Mary Wolcott, born Aug. 20, 1709, daughter of Lieut. Charles and Elizabeth (Hawley) Wolcott of Windsor, whitlier he removed, and where his five oldest children were born. </p> <p> </p> <p>He removed to Canaan about 1738, where his youngest son was born. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1732.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Mary, b. April 1, 1734.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>31. iii. John, b. May 14, 1736; d. 1803. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Charles, b. May 14, 1736; (twin). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Sarah, b. April 27, 1738; m. June 24, 1761, Jonathon Miller (?)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>32. vi. Asa, b. Sept. 10, 1745; d. Aug. 21, 1801.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>14. Josiah (4) North (John (3) Samuel (2) John 1), fourth son of John and Mary (Seymour) North, was born at Farmington in 1705, and died there in 1777. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married in 1726, Temperance Baldwin of Milford. </p> <p> </p> <p>She died in 1789. </p> <p> </p> <p>They were both members of the church. </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived near his father in Farmington, and had half of his uncle Samuel's farm, which the latter bequeathed to him, together with the house and barn. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Sibyl, b. 1727; m. 1750, James Gridley, whose descendants lived in Cornwall and Clinton, N. Y.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Sarah, b. 1729; d. unm.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Oliver, b. 1732; d. 1737. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Jane, b. 1735; d. 1738. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Mary, b. April 21, 1736; m. Norton. </p> <p> </p> <p>Child: Sophia. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Josiah, b. 1738; d. May 6, 1784. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Mercy, m. April 21, 1766, Elisha, son of Hezekia and Mercy (Harris) Scott and lived at the south end of Farmington Street.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>15. Samuel (4) North (John (3) Samuel (2) John 1), youngest son of John and Mary (Seymour) North, was born at Farmington in 1708 and died there in 1796, aged 88. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married in 1737 Lois, daughter of Dea. Samuel Porter. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born in July, 1712, and died Dec. 15, 1796. </p> <p> </p> <p>They and their children were all church members, and lived at Eastern Farms, Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Either Samuel North or his son Samuel became involved in contempt of court proceedings in 1774-8 for refusing to deliver to William Pitkin an unrecorded deed for certain land in Farmington, after the court had ordered him to do so. </p> <p> </p> <p>The court (1) fined Samuel North £20 and costs, rendered the deed null and void, and ordered the petitioners to deliver to Samuel North certain monies which the latter had refused to accept for the deed. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1 "Colonial Records of Connecticut," Trumbull, Vol. XIV, p. 280; Vol. XV, p. 58.)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Farmington:</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Samuel, b. 1738; d. 1738. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>33. ii. Samuel, 2d, b. July 17, 1740; d. Aug. 11, 1806. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>34. iii. Reuben, b. May 23, 1743; d. Nov. 19, 1822.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Lois, b. and d. Feb. 8, 1745.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>35. v. John, b. Oct. 5, 1748; d. Aug. 7, 1840.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Susannah, b. Nov. 10, 1750; d. Oct., 1829; m. Gabriel Curtiss.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Lois, 2d, b. 1752; d. Mar. 26, 1814; m. (1) 1770, Samuel Scott; (2) Timothy Woodruff of East Farms.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Solomon, b. 1754; m. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Aaron, b. 1756; d. Jan. 21, 1776, in the Revolutionary Army at Woodbury; unm.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>16. Daniel (4) North (Thomas (3) Samuel (2) John 1), oldest son of Thomas and Hannah (Woodford) North, was born at Farmington, Mar. 20, 1702, and died there Mar. 23, 1784. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) Feb. 18, 1736, his cousin Mary, daughter of George and Hannah (North) Northaway, and granddaughter of Samuel North (3). </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born Jan. 10, 1711, and died Aug. 8, 1748.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (2) Mar. 15, 1750, Lydia (Porter) Lee, widow of John Lee, and daughter of William and Mary (Smith) Porter.</p> <p> </p> <p>She was born July 4, 1716, and died Sept. 10, 1837 (Doubtful ?). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Daniel North lived at Eastern Farms, Farmington, where he inherited half of his uncle; Samuel's farm. </p> <p> </p> <p>He is buried in the old graveyard at Farmington, wilh his wife Mary Lee, his son Daniel, and the latter's wife Mary Larcum. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, by first wife, b. at Farmington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1737; d. Sept. 10, 1737. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Mary, b. Sept. 11, ; d. Oct. 25, . </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Ruth, b. May 4,; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. George, b. Mar. 11, 1742; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Abigail, b. July, 1744; m. (1), Oct. 8, 1767, Simon Clark, who d. Sept. 14, 1776, aged 33; (2), Chapman.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children by first husband: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Abigail.</p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Sarah.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Jesse. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Lydia N. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>36. vi. Daniel, b. Sept., 1746; d. Oct. 7, 1824. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>By second wife: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Noah, b. Jan. 2, 1751; d. Mar. 1, 1751. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Elydia, b. Mar. 4, 1752; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Noah, 2nd, b. Mar. 23, 1754; d. July 16, 1769. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>x. Lydia b. Mar. 23, 1754 (twin); d. before 1784.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>xi. Hannah, b. Oct. 10, 1758; d. Feb. 13, 1809; m. Nov. 20, 1783, widower Amos Shepard, Jr. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>17. Timothy (4) North (Thomas (3) Samuel (2) John 1), third son of Thomas and Hannah (Woodford) North, was born at Farmington, Sept. 21, 1714, and died there July 31, 1788. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Jan. 25, 1739, his cousin Hannah, daughter of Thomas North (8). </p> <p> </p> <p>His six sons served in the Revolutionary War, and three of them, Thomas, Lot and Abijah, were pioneeers in the settling of Ohio and Kentucky after the war. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Timothy North's house was '"burned to ashes," and the Connecticut (Colonial Assembly sitting at Hartford Oct. 13, 1763, recompensed him for certain bills lost therein: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>"Upon the memorial of Timothy North of Farmington, shewing to this Assembly that on the 21st day of April last his house was burned to ashes and also about nineteen shillings in bills emitted by this colony was burnt at the same time; praying that the same might be paid him out of the public treasury, etc., as per memorial on file: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>"Resolved, by this Assembly, that the sum of nineteen shillings be paid to the said Timothy North out of the public treasury; and that the Treasurer is hereby empowered to pay the same." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Farmington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>37. i. Asa, b. Nov. 3, 1739; d. July 9, 1829. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>38. ii. Eli, b. May 11, 1743; d. May 15, 1813. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Eunice, b. Jan. 10, 1746; d. Mar. 29, 1759.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>39. iv. Thomas, b. Aug. 29, 1748; d. Nov. 1, 1830. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>40. v. Seth, b. April 6, 1752; d. May 13, 1822. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>41. vi. Lot, b. Jan. 20, 1756; d. Oct. 8, 1825. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>42. vii. Abijah, b. Feb. 8, 1759; d. Mar. 23, 1850.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Rhoda, b. Dec. 23, 1760; d. Jan. 28, 1763. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Abi, b. Jan. 13, 1763; d. 1791; m. Thomas Perry. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>18. Dea. Isaac (4) North (Thomas (3) Thomas (2) John 1), oldest son of Thomas and Martha (Roys) North, was born at Berlin, Sept. 27, 1703, and was baptized by Rev. Samuel Goodrich (the father of "Peter Parley"), who preached solid doctrinal sermons under an antique sounding board. </p> <p> </p> <p>He died in Berlin, Dec. 20, 1788, aged 86 years. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1728 he married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Smith) Woodford, with which family the Norths were very intimate. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born Mar. 2, 1708, and died Aug. 25, 1798, aged 90 years. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Dea. Isaac North was the first enrolled member and the first deacon of the Second Congregational Church of Berlin, organized Feb. 9, 1775. </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived in a house still occupied and in good condition, situated one mile north of Berlin village, and later known as the Abijah North place. </p> <p> </p> <p>The highway was later changed from the front to the rear of the house so that the back door now faces the street. </p> <p> </p> <p>Dea. Isaac North and his wife are both buried in the Beckley Cemetery, where their gravestones may be seen. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Berlin: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>43. i. Isaac, b. Aug. 4, 1729; d. Nov. 17, 1804.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1732; m. at Berlin, April 24, 1760, Thomas Gilbert, b. Oct. 4, 1738, son of Moses Gilbert.</p> <p> </p> <p>She became a church member in 1758. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>44. iii. Jedediah, b. Jan. 16, 1734; d. Dec. 16, 1816. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Lydia, b. Dec. 16, 1736; d. Oct. 1, 1741. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>45. v. Samuel, b. Sept. 19, 1742; d. July 19, 1814.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Seth, b. May 4, 1744; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Ruth, b. 1747; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>46. viii. Seth, 2nd, b. 1749; d. Feb. 29, 1820. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>19. Capt. Thomas (4) North (Thomas (3) Thomas (2) John 1), second son of Thomas and Martha (Roys) North, was born at Berlin Oct. 27, 1705. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Elizabeth -. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1743 he removed from Wethersfield to Sharon, where he lived for about ten years, and was one of the first proprietors of the iron works situated in the Hollow. </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived on the twenty-sixth home lot known as the Capt. Patchen place, later owned by Mr. Chase. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The Connecticut Colonial Assembly elected him ensign and later captain of the train band for the town of Sharon, by which last title he was afterwards known. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was also selectman of Sharon for several years. </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1753 he went into the western wilderness in Dutchess Co., N. Y., settling in the Little Nine Partners grant, now included in the towns of Pine Plains and Milan, and where were born his three youngest sons. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Elizabeth, b. at Wethersfield, July 4, 1731; m. July 2, 1752, Elkanah Fuller.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Ruth, b. at Wethersfield, Nov. 6, 1741.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Thomas, b. at Sharon, Feb. 3, 1745-6. </p> <p> </p> <p>Perhaps the Thomas North recorded in the Federal Census of 1790 as head of a family in Granville, Washington Co., N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>47. iv. Daniel, b. about 1740-50. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Benjamin, removed to Otsego Co., N. Y.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>48. vi. Samuel, b. Sept. 20, 1751; d. July 7, 1820. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>20. James North (4) (Thomas (3) Thomas (2) John 1), third son of Thomas and Martha (Roys) North, was born at Christian Lane, now Berlin, April 17, 1709, and died at Canaan in 1758. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Sarah Seymour, who was born Dec. 2, 1712, and died Aug. 20, 1781. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He was the progenitor of the New Britain branch of Norths, famous for their manufacturing enterprises. </p> <p> </p> <p>James North lived on the borders of Wethersfield, then removed to Canaan where he died. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Extracts From Colonial Records of Connecticut </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>"Upon the memorial of Sarah North of Canaan, administrix of the estate of James North, late of said Canaan, deceased, shewing to this assembly that the debts due from said deceased surmount his moveable estate the sum of seventy one pounds ten shillings and four pence one farthing lawful money; praying this assembly to improve the memorialist, or some other meet person, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceased as shall be sufficient to pay said sum and the incident charges etc. </p> <p> </p> <p>Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorialist have power and she is hereby empowered, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceased as shall be sufficient to pay said sum together with the incident charges arising thereon; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Sharon therein." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The above act was passed "at a General Assembly of the Governor and company of his Majesty's English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America, holden in Hartford in said Colony, on the second Thursday of May (being the eleventh day of said month) and continued by several adjournments until the eighth day of June following, Annoque Donimi 1758." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>General Assembly holden at Hartford, May 14, to June 10, 1761, the following act was passed: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>"Upon the memorial of Judah Hart and Susan Hart, administrators of the estate of James North, late of Canaan, deceased, representing to this Assembly that the debts due from the estate of said deceased which was allowed by the court of probates for the district of Sharon surmount the whole moveable estate, and so much of the real estate of said deceased as hath already been sold by order of the General Assembly the sum oi £31 5s. 8 1/2 d. lawful money; praying that Capt. Thomas North of Sharon might be empowered to sell so much of real estate as to pay said sum within the incident charge of sale, taking the direction of the Court of probate in said district, as per the memorial appears: </p> <p> </p> <p>Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Thomas North have liberty, and liberty and authority is hereby granted unto him, to sell so much of said estate as shall be sufficient to pay said £31 5 s. 8 1/2 d. with the incident charge of such sale; taking the direction of the court of probates in said district therein." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Thomas. During the French and Indian Wars, at the alarm for Fort William Henry in August, 1757, rode horses from Canaan for Capt. Uriah Stevens of that town. </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1760 he served with the rank of sergeant, from April 6 to Sept. 4 in Capt. John Sumner's Company, Gen. Lyman's Regiment, which participated in the capture of Montreal under General Amherst. </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1761 served from April 10 to Sept. 1 under Capt. Joseph Canfield of New Milford. </p> <p> </p> <p>Was drowned later during the wars, at the age of 19. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>49. ii. Asher, b. 1741; d. Feb. 29, 1816. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Lydia, b. 1746; d. April 18, 1814; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>50. iv. James, b. Jan. 14, 1748; d. May 14, 1833. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1749; d. Sept. 15, 1822; m. Sept. 27, 1770, Judah Hart, Jr. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Sarah, m. Asahel Hart. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Salmon, m. 1st, Sarah Goodrich; 2nd, Rosetta North.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Judah, m. Abigail Belden.</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Anna, m. Truman Woodruff. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Roxana, m. 1st Albert Merriman; 2nd, James Beecher. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Lydia, m. Samuel Porter. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Eliphaz, m. Eliza Armstrong. </p> <p> </p> <p>(8) Henry. </p> <p> </p> <p>(9) Amzi. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Mercy, b. 1753; d. Aug. 6, 1819; m. 1782, Samuel Bass, who d. Nov. 29, 1802, aged 50.</p> <p> </p> <p>Joined church 1778. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>21. Nathaniel (4) North (Nathaniel (3) Thomas (2) John 1), oldest son of Nathaniel and Margaret (Holcomb) North, was born at Northington, now Avon, April 14, 1709, and died in 1754, aged 45, at Wethersfield, where he lived. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married May 12, 1731, Thankful Root, born at Newington, July 15, 1717, daughter of Joseph Root. </p> <p> </p> <p>No record of any grandchildren has been found. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Jonathon, b. June 10, 1738. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Elnathan, b. June 10, 1738 (twin).</p> <p> </p> <p>Was a soldier in the French and Indian Wars, serving in five different campaigns. </p> <p> </p> <p>He enlisted April 11, 1755, under Capt. John Patterson, 5th Company, 1st Regiment, Connecticut Militia, and was discharged Oct. 24. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the campaign of 1757 he enlisted Mar. 27, again under Capt. Patterson, for service in the alarm of Fort William Henry and parts adjacent, and was discharged Oct. 21. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the campaign of 1757, also in service at Fort William Henry, he was for two weeks and four days under Capt. Lee of Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p>On May 31, 1758, he enlisted in Capt. Eiiphalet Whittelsey's Company, for the Canadian campaign, and was discharged Nov. 15, 1758. </p> <p> </p> <p>The following year he served from April 22 to Dec. 1 in Capt. King's Company, in the campaign of 1761. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 6, 1740; d. Sept. 7, 1762.</p> <p> </p> <p>Was also a soldier in the French and Indian Wars, serving in 1761 in the company under Lieut. Col. Smedley of Fairfield; Mar. 11, 1762, enlisted for the Havanna campaign in Capt. John Patterson's Company and died at Havanna, Sept. 7, 1762. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Amos, b. Oct. 30, 1742. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Thankful, b. Aug. 26, 1744; m. 1766 Ezekial Lewis.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>22. Lieut. John (4) North (Nathaniel (3) Thomas (2) John 1), second son of Nathaniel and Margaret (Holcomb) North, was born at Farmington, May 13, 1711, and died at Goshen Oct. 22, 1785. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Feb. 21, 1739, Esther Stanley who was fifth in line from John Stanley, Sr., who died on the passage from England in 1634. </p> <p> </p> <p>She died Nov. 19, 1770, aged 72. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>They removed in 1745 to Goshen.</p> <p> </p> <p>He served in the French and Indian Wars, and Oct. 31, 1760, the Colonial Assembly appointed him "lieutenant of the east company or train band in Goshen." </p> <p> </p> <p>He engaged in business, speculated largely in lands, and finally meeting with misfortune, died poor.</p> <p> </p> <p>He and his wife are buried in the Goshen West Side Cemetery, where the tombstone still stands, erected by their grandson Theodore North, with the inscription: "In memory of John North who died Oct. 22, 1785, aged 72 years." </p> <p> </p> <p>Four of his sons served in the Revolution. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Esther, b. at Farmington, Mar. 17, 1739; m. Nov. 11, 1758, Isaac Humphrey of Goshen, son of Samuel and Hannah (Phelps) Humphrey. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Samuel, b. Aug. 31, 1759; m., 1st, Mary Humphrey; 2nd, Priscilla Warren; 3rd, Roxy Culver; 4th, Sarah Hubbard. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Isaac, b. June 26, 1761; m. Hannah Brown of Canaan. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Abraham, b. Mar. 12, 1763; m. Huldah Baldwin.</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Ethan, b. April 24, 1765.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Esther, b. April 24, 1765; d. 1806; m. Jesse Tirrell. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Rosanna, b. Sept. 14, 1767; m. 1794 Henry Lee.</p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Eunice, b. April 28, 1769; d. May 6, 1786; m. Joseph Bailey. </p> <p> </p> <p>(8) Jonathan, b. Mar. 21, 1771; d. April 10, 1835; m. 1792 Rachel Dowd.</p> <p> </p> <p>(9) Roswell, b. June 22, 1774; d. 1836; m. Ruth Gillet. </p> <p> </p> <p>(10) Elizabeth, b. April 7, 1776; also m. Henry Lee. </p> <p> </p> <p>(11) Electa, b. July 18, 1778; m. Heman Chapin. </p> <p> </p> <p>(12) William, b. June 5, 1783; d. Oct. 9, 1788.</p> <p> </p> <p>(13) Guy, b. July 29, 1786; m. his cousin Sarah, daughter of Simeon North (55), and in 1831 removed to Somerset, N. Y., where he d. Sept. 30, 1862.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Abijah, b. at Farmington, Oct. 2, 1741; d. Nov. 29, 1741. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>51. iii. Abijah, 2nd, b. at Farmington, Oct. 19, 1743; d. May 3, 1785. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1745; d. Aug. 6, 1832; m. Sept. 30, 1774, David Smith of Litchfield, b. 1752, and known as "Quaker Smith." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>52. v. John, b. at Goshen, Jan. 4, 1748; d. July 10, 1799. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Elizabeth, b. at Goshen, Jan. 1, 1750; d. Nov. 19, 1770. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>53. vii. Seth, b. at Goshen, Oct. 2, 1752.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>54. viii. Stephen, b. April 26, 1754.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Gad, b. at Goshen, Oct. 10, 1756; d. at New Britain, Sept. 9, 1807, aged 51. </p> <p> </p> <p>He served in the Revolutionary War, 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Line, Feb. 28-Dec. 31, 1778, under Col. Samuel Willys. </p> <p> </p> <p>This command assisted in part in repelling the enemy at Danbury, April, 1778. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>55. x. Simeon, b. at Goshen, Feb. 28, 1758.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>23. David (4) North (Nathaniel (3) Thomas (2)John 1), third son of Nathaniel and Margaret (Holcomb) North, was born at Farmington Aug. 4, 1721, and died in 1791. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Sarah Fuller, who died in 1804, aged 76. </p> <p> </p> <p>They lived in Simsbury and Northington. </p> <p> </p> <p>David North served in the Revolutionary War, Brig. Gen. Wolcott's Brigade, Col. Belden's Regiment, Capt. Wells' Company, April 10 - May 22, 1777. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Sarah, b. 1752; d. 1774. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Achsah, b. 1755; m. at Avon, Nov. 16, 1776, James Northaway of Goshen.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Margaret, b. 1757; m. at Avon, Mar. 9, 1780, William McKinley of Goshen. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Candace, b. 1759; d. Nov. 21, 1811; m. at Avon, Jan. 17, 1797, Capt. Dudley Woodford of Avon. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Joseph, b. 1761; d. 1761.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Lucinda, b. 1762; d. 1788; m. Mar. 13, 1783, Oliver Lewis. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Corinna, b. 1764.; d. 1765. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Corinna, 2nd, b. 1766; m. at Avon, Sept. 18, 1787, Gedor Woodruff. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Son, b. 1769; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>x. Daughter, b. 1769; d. in infancy.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>xi. Son, b. 1770; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>24. Joseph (4) North (Nathaniel (3) Thomas (2) John 1), youngest son of Nathaniel and Margaret (Holcomb) North, was born at Farmington, April 2, 1730, and died at Lake George, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1775, while serving in the Revolutionary Army as fifer in Capt. Joel Clark's Company, Col. Jedediah Huntington's Regiment, Continental Army, in which he enlisted July 8, 1775. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married at Avon June 9, 1754, Sarah, daughter of Josiah Woodruff. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Child: </p> <p> </p> <p>56. i. Isaiah, b. Nov. 13, 1754; d. Sept. 25, 1821.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>25. Dr. Joseph (4) North (Joseph (3) Thomas (2) John 1), oldest son of Joseph and Martha (Denny) North, was born at Northington, now Avon, July 1, 1736, and died at Goshen, Aug. 7, 1806. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Lucy Cole who died at Cornwall, Jan., 1829, aged 82, daughter of William Cole.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>"Dr. North came with his father to Goshen when be was eight years old. </p> <p> </p> <p>It is related of him that when he was a young man, he used to spend some time with Dr. Joel Soper, reading his books, and although the teacher was but poorly taught (as were most of the medical men of those days) the young man acquired some knowledge of medicine and surgery. </p> <p> </p> <p>In surgery and especially in the setting of broken and dislocated bones he became eminently skillful. </p> <p> </p> <p>His medical and surgical practice was very considerable for many years. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was long remembered as a valuable citizen and as a man useful in his day; and although some of his children and grandchildren have gone far beyond him in medical and surgical knowledge, it should be remembered that his opportunities were far less than theirs." </p> <p> </p> <p>("History of Goshen.") </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Goshen: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>57. i. Joseph, b. May 14, 1769; d. Sept. 22, 1818. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>58. ii. Elisha, b. Jan. 8, 1771; d. Dec. 29, 1843.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Ethel (son), b. 1774; d. in Kentucky, Aug. 17, 1797. </p> <p> </p> <p>Physician. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>59. iv. Reuben, b. 1776; d. Feb. 4, 1853.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Esther, b. 1778; d. Aug. 25, 1831; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Lucy, b. Dec. 28, 1779; d. 1843; m. Jan. 22, 1811, Samuel D. Street of Goshen.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Lamont, b. June 1, 1812; m. Jan. 19, 1840, Diana Thomson. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Lyman, b. 1816; d. 1818. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Lagrand, b. and d. 1818.</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Lucy C., b. May 14, 1820. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Martha, b. Sept. 1782; d. in Goshen, Dec. 30, 1821; m. Dec. 20, 1809, Norman Wadhams of Goshen, who m. (2) in 1822; Philena Hungerford. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Burr, b. Sept. 23, 1810; m. Nancy Freeman. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) James, b. Feb. 4, 1815; m., 1st, Sarah L. Oviatt; 2nd, Mrs. Fidelia (Curtiss) Platt. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Catharine, b. May 9, 1816; m. Abner C. Hard. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Lyman S., b. Mar. 20, 1818; d. about 1878; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Mary b. April, 1784; d. April 30, 1842; m. Isaac Newlin of Fishkill, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Sarah. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Edward. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Howard.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Daniel, b. June 1, 1787; d. 1868; m. Lucy (Norton) Rood, widow of Walter H. Rood, and daughter of Davis and Lois (Ferguson) Norton, Sangerfield, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>26. Ezekial (4) North (Joseph (3), Thomas (2) John 1), youngest son of Joseph and Martha (Denny) North, was born at Northington, Aug. 22, 1747, and died at Goshen, Sept. 13, 1832, aged 85. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Mar. 4, 1773, Abigail, daughter of Stephen Goodwin. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born Aug. 8, 1752, and died at Goshen, April 11, 1814, aged 62. </p> <p> </p> <p>They lived on East Main Street, Goshen. </p> <p> </p> <p>Ezekial North served in Capt. Seymour's Company, Maj. Sheldon's Regiment of Light Horse Connecticut Militia during the Revolution, Nov. 1-Dec. 29, 1776, accompanying Washington on his retreat through Delaware.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children : </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Olive, b. Nov. 11, 1773; d. at Goshen, Dec. 2, 1773.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Ezekial, b. Feb. 20, 1775; d. at Waterloo, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1806. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was unm., and for many years a physician at Junius, N. Y., where he is buried. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Olive B., b. Feb. 27, 1777; d. June 1, 1861; m. Jesse Beach of Goshen. </p> <p> </p> <p>Child:</p> <p> </p> <p>Horatio North, b. 1818; m. Mary Lucus. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Mable, b. Jan. 28, 1779; d. at Goshen, Mar. 8, 1814; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>60. v. Israel, b. Feb. 17, 1781; d. Nov. 4, 1843. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Abigail, b. Jan. 7, 1783; d. at Great Barrington, Mass., Feb. 5, 1868.</p> <p> </p> <p>Buried at Stockbridge, Mass. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 28, 1785; d. at Goshen, April 7, 1822; unm.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>61. viii. Jonathon, b. April 4, 1787; d. July 10, 1864.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Nancy, b. May 1, 1790; d. Sept. 1, 1822; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>62. X. Darius, b. Jan. 1, 1793; d. Dec. 30, 1843. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>27. Ashbel (4) North (Ebenezer (3) Thomas (2) John 1), oldest son of Ebenezer and Sibyl (Curtis) North, was born, probably at Kensington, Oct. 3, 1731, and died at Torrington, July 9, 1800. </p> <p> </p> <p>He removed to Torrington with his father when a boy, and married Jan. 20, 1757, Ruth, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Pomeroy) Lyman. </p> <p> </p> <p>She died Feb. 7, 1812, aged 77. </p> <p> </p> <p>Ashbel North was a farmer on what is known as the Phineas North place in Torrington, and was an enterprising man. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Roxalany, b. Nov. 24, 1759; d. of smallpox, in 1777, 1 month after her marriage to Dr. Elkanah Hodges.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>63. Phineas, b. July 19, 1762.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Lemuel, b. Dec. 14, 1767; d. Mar. 3. 1787. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>28. Dea. Noah (4) North (Ebenezer (3) Thomas (2), John 1), second son of Ebenezer and Sibyl (Curtis) North, was born at Kensington, Jan. 10, 1733, and died Mar. 4, 1818. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) Mar. 25, 1756, Jemima, daughter of Abraham Loomis, who died Dec. 27, 1767; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) April 29, 1771, Elizabeth Humphrey who died Aug. 5, 1822. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Noah North went with his father from Kensington to Torrington, when he was less than 10 years old. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the latter town he became an important and influential citizen. </p> <p> </p> <p>In religion he was a puritan of the strict and thorough kind. </p> <p> </p> <p>In going to the barn one Sunday afternoon, his grandson Cyrus, accompanying him, slid across a little piece of ice. </p> <p> </p> <p>The old gentleman obtained a whip, and proceeded to use it on him severely, and the boy was heard at some distance crying and saying: "I won't do it again, I won't do it again." </p> <p> </p> <p>To which the old gentleman was heard to reply: "I don't mean you shall." </p> <p> </p> <p>This was done as a religious duly rather than a matter of passion or want of love for the child. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Noah North represented Torrington in the legislature for several years, was selectman of the town, and deacon of the church. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Torrington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Noah, b. June 12, 1757; d. April 28, 1780.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>64. ii. Junius (Junia), b. Sept. 24, 1760; d. Nov. 14, 1828.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>65. iii. Remembrance, b. Oct. 13, 1762; d. Aug. 10, 1802. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Jemima, b. April 7, 1766; d. Dec. 10, 1818; m. Elihu Barber. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1767; d. Sept., 1827; m. Hezekia West a Baptist minister. </p> <p> </p> <p>They removed to Pennsylvania. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>29. Martin (4) North (Ebenezer (3) Thomas (2) John 1), third son of Ebenezer and Sibyl (Curtis) North, was born at Berlin, Kensington parish, Dec. 13, 1734, and died in 1806. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) April 2, 1760, Abigail, daughter of William and Mary (North) Eno, and granddaughter of Thomas North (5); </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) June 27, 1782, Mrs. Mary Coe, by whom he had two children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Martin North, with his sons Martin and Rufus, came from Danbury to Winchester where they built a house. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the French and Indian Wars, he served from June 9 to Dec. 1, 1756, under Capt. Benjamin Allen of Windsor. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the campaign of 1757 he served fifteen days in a Torrington company organized at the alarm of Fort William Henry in August. </p> <p> </p> <p>During the Revolution he served from July 7 to August 3, 1776, in Capt. Judson's Company, Maj. Skinner's Regiment, Light Horse Connecticut Militia, at New York. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, by first wife: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>66. i. Martin, b. June 10, 1761; d. Mar. 23, 1816. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Abigail, b. Mar. 3, 1764; d. June 2, 1795.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Lucinda, b. June 6, 1767; d. 1845.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>67. iv. Rufus, b. Dec. 24, 1769; d. June 20, 1841.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>By second wife: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Noah, b. May 25, 1783; d. June 13, 1783. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>68. vi. Noah, 2d, b. July 22, 1785; d. Sept. 28, 1824. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>30. Ebenezer (4) North (Ebenezer (3), Thomas (2) John 1), youngest son of Ebenezer and Sibyl (Curtis) North, was born at Torrington, June 27, 1746, and died there Dec. 13, 1832. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Feb. 16, 1769, Jerusha Cowles of Norfolk, born Jan. 6, 1750-1, daughter of Samuel Cowles. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Torrington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Prudence, b. Nov. 16, 1770; m. Jonathon Saxton, Jr., of Enfield, Mass., and had six children, including: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Jerusha, b. 1800. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Norman, b. 1807. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Ebenezer, b. 1811. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Melissa, b. 1814. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>69. ii. Enos, b. Nov. 17, 1773. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>FIFTH GENERATION </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>31. John (5) North (Jonathon (4), John (3), Samuel (2), John 1), oldest son of Jonathon and Mary (Wolcott) North, was born at Windsor, May 14, 1736, and died in 1803, probably at Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., where he had removed after living his early life at Canaan. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married at Norfolk, Nov. 17, 1763, Amy Russell of East Haven. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>During the French and Indian Wars he enlisted from Canaan, June 12, 1759, in Capt. Tarball Whitney's Company, Col. David Wooster's Regiment. </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1760 he served from April 6 to Dec. 4 under Capt. Sanmel Elmer of Sharon. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Oliver, went West, unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Charles, m. and removed to Canada. </p> <p> </p> <p>Two sons, Eden and Oliver, were living in Watertown, N. Y., in 1843. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>70. iii. John, b. at Canaan, Feb. 29, 1780; d. Mar. 20, 1848. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Amy, m. Dailey, of Sand Lake, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Sally, m. Allen, of Canada. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>32. Asa (5) North (Jonathon (4), John (3), Samuel (2), John 1), youngest son of Jonathon and Mary (Wolcott) North, was born at Canaan, Sept. 10, 1745, and died there Aug. 21, 1801. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married at Canaan, Feb. 11, 1773, Susanna, daughter of Nathan Newell. </p> <p> </p> <p>She died July 19, 1813. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Asa North lived for a number of years in Canaan, and then removed to Sheffield, Mass., where he was a farmer and kept a country store.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Federal Census of 1790 records him as head of a family in that town. </p> <p> </p> <p>During the Revolution he served from April 6 to May 19, 1777, in Capt. Shepard's Company, Col. Belden's Regiment, Gen. Wolcott's Brigade, Connecticut Militia, at Peekskill, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1794 he returned to Canaan and bought a farm of 130 acres with such good judgment that he paid for it with the lumber he cut from it. </p> <p> </p> <p>He also had an interest in an iron furnace. </p> <p> </p> <p>He and his wife were ardent Methodists, and frequent meetings were held at their house. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Olive, b. 1773; d. Feb. 10, 1810; m. at Sheffield, Mass., Nov. 16, 1789, William Cowles. </p> <p> </p> <p>Four children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>71. ii. Darius, b. Aug. 18, 1775; d. Jan. 21, 1847. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>72. iii. Samuel, b. May 2, 1778; d. Aug. 28, 1863. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Lucy Lavina, b. 1782; d. about 1855; m. Joseph Miles of Farmington, Ill. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Freeman, b. 1804-5. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Milo N., b. 1808; d. 1903. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>73. v. Asahel, b. 1786; d. Oct. 9, 1839. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>74. vi. Milo Linus, b. May 7, 1789; d. Feb. 22, 1856. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Eunice, m. Ozias Preston.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Abiram, b. 1791; d. at Albany, N. Y., July 26, 1867, where he m. Harris. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a Methodist divine and lived in Albany. </p> <p> </p> <p>Of the two sons whom he was known to have, one was probably Asa D. who married at Norfolk, Jan. 9, 1820, Clarissa D. Barden. </p> <p> </p> <p>Probably it was Abiram's daughter Elizabeth who was b. at Canaan, Mar. 17, 1812, and d. at Albany, N. Y., July 21, 1865, and m. in 1832, Horatio N. Northrup, and had:</p> <p> </p> <p>Edward, b. July 4, 1834, </p> <p> </p> <p>Frances J., b. 1836, </p> <p> </p> <p>and Howard N., b. Nov. 15, 1846. </p> <p> </p> <p>("Northrup Genealogy.") </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Son, b. and d. April 19, 1796. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>33. Samuel (5) North (Samuel (4), John (3), Samuel (2), John 1), oldest surviving son of Samuel and Lois (Porter) North, was born at Farmington, July 17, 1740, and died there Aug. 11, 1806, aged 66. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Nov. 29, 1770, Lucy Deming, born Dec. 5, 1747, daughter of Eliakim and Lucy (Gridley) Deming.</p> <p> </p> <p>She joined the church in 1775. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Samuel North was a farmer at East Farms, near Farmington, where all his children were born. </p> <p> </p> <p>He is buried in the old graveyard at Southington, with his brother Reuben, the latter's wife Julia, and his two sons Linus and Marcus. </p> <p> </p> <p>His wife spent her last seven years with her son Nathan at Boonville, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children : </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Anna, b. Sept. 4, 1771; d. Sept. 21, 1830; m. Mar. 2, 1795, Gad Langdon of Windsor, Vt., son of Ebenezer and Katherine (Green) Langdon. </p> <p> </p> <p>Child: </p> <p> </p> <p>Albert. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Clarissa, b. May 27, 1773; d. May 9, 1809; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>75. iii. Linus, b. Dec. 6, 1774; d. Aug. 17, 1828.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Marcus, b. Sept. 18, 1776; d. at Savannah, Ga., Oct. 12, 1801; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a printer by trade. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>76. v. Nathan, b. Sept. 3, 1778; d. Feb. 17, 1857. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Sarah, b. Jan. 7, 1781; d. Oct. 13, 1809; m. Thomas H. Wadsworth of Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Marcus N., b. 1806, d. 1842; m. 1842, Julia Burt. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Lucy, b. 1807; m. William Moulton. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) . </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>77. vii. Asahel, b. Sept. 3, 1782; d. Mar. 19, 1846.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Lucy, b. Jan. 12, 1785; d. Jan. 31, 1817; m. Gen. Daniel Bowen of Windsor, Vt.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Ellen, d. 1831.</p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Cullen.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Sylvia, b. Jan. 2, 1787; d. at Ascutneyville, Vt., Sept. 8, 1868; also m. Gen. Daniel Bowen of Windsor, Vt. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>x. Samuel, b. Feb. 6, 1790; d. at Southington, Oct. 13, 1862; m. April 23, 1822, Jemima Gridley of Southington. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p>Lived in the south part of Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>34. Reuben (5), North (Samuel (4), John (3), Samuel (2), John 1), second son of Samuel and Lois (Porter) North, was born at Farmington, May 23, 1743, and died there, Nov. 19, 1822. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Dec. 1, 1776, Julianna, daughter of Daniel Curtis. </p> <p> </p> <p>She died Dec. 13, 1797, aged 50. </p> <p> </p> <p>They lived at East Farms, Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Farmington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Lucretia, b. 1778; d. 1823; unm.</p> <p> </p> <p>Buried in Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Eben C., b. 1781; d. at New Haven, 1824; m.; no children. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a tallow chandler.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Fanny, m. 1814, Stephen Rowe. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Dolly, m. 1812, Brownell, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Brownell) Bulkeley. </p> <p> </p> <p>They removed to Coventry, Chenango Co., N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>George, </p> <p> </p> <p>Francis. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Julia, m. 1812, Solomon C. Woodruff of Catskill, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>35. John (5) North (Samuel (4), John (3), Samuel (2), John 1), second son of Samuel and Lois (Porter) North, was born at Farmington, Oct. 5, 1748, and died there Aug. 7, 1840. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married at West Hartford, Jan. 19, 1775, Rhoda Merrill, who died in 1819, aged 69. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a blacksmith, and lived at the north end of Farmington street. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Farmington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Susan, b. June 6, 1775; d. May 26, 1803; m. Nov. 7, 1802, Pomeroy Strong of Farmington, son of Col. John and Mercy (Pomeroy) Strong, b. April 9, 1777, d. Sept. 13, 1861. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>78. ii. Aaron, b. 1777. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>79. iii. John Adna, b. 1779; d. April 4, 1865. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Lucinda, d. aged 9 months. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>80. v. Adna, b. 1785; d. Jan. 1, 1822. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Lucinda, b. April 7, 1787; m. (1) Solomon Curtiss. </p> <p> </p> <p>Child: Cornelia. </p> <p> </p> <p>She m. (2) John Strong of Charlotte, Vt. </p> <p> </p> <p>Child: John. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Nancy, b. 1789; d. 1809. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>30. Daniel (5) North (Daniel (4), Thomas (3), Samuel (2), John 1), second son of Daniel and Mary (Northaway) North, was born at Farmington, in Sept., 1746, and died there Oct. 7, 1824, in which year he joined the church. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) in 1771, Anna, daughter of Nathan Judd of New Britain; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Mary Larcum, who joined the church in 1808 and died Mar. 2 of the same year, aged 50; </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) July 12, 1810, Mrs. Jemima Potter of Avery, who died Mar. 23, 1823, aged 70. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Daniel North lived at Eastern Farms, Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, by first wife, b. at Farmington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>81. i. Noah, b. 1772; d. about 1850.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Ira, b. 1774; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Lydia, b. 1776; m. Roger Clark of Wethersfield. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>82. iv. Ira, b. 1778. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Polly, b. 1780; m. Harmon, of Westfield, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Rhoda, b. 1783; m. 1809, Gad Wright.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii.Twin, b. 1786; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii.Twin, b. 1786; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Ozem, b. 1787; d. 1788. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>x. Anna, b. 1790; m. 1818, Martin Stedman. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>37. Asa (5) North (Timothy (4), Thomas (3), Samuel (2), John 1), oldest son of Timothy and Hannah (North) North, was born at Farmington, Nov. 3, 1739, and died at Avon July 9, 1829. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) Mar. 8, 1770, Margaret Lusk of New Britain, who died Dec. 16, 1802, aged 50; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) in 1804, Rhoda Humphrey, who died in 1831, aged 92. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He joined the church with his first wife in 1774. </p> <p> </p> <p>Their residence was on Lovely Street, Avon. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Asa North served in the French and Indian Wars, April 18 to Dec. 1, 1761, in Capt. King's Company of the Connecticut Militia. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the Revolution he served in Capt. Seymour's Company, Maj. Sheldon's Regiment, Light Horse Connecticut Militia, Oct. 25, to Dec. 24, 1776. </p> <p> </p> <p>This command accompanied in whole or in part, Gen. Washington on his retreat through New Jersey in December, 1776. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, by first wife, b. at Farmington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Rhoda, b. Mar. 4, 1771; d. at Candor, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1850; m. at Avon, April 8, 1793, Ebenezer Sanford, b. Wethersfield, June 1, 1771; d. Milan, Mich., Oct. 8, 1838.</p> <p> </p> <p>They removed to Owego, N. Y., in 1808. </p> <p> </p> <p>Ten children.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Timothy, b. Dec. 22, 1773; d. 1775.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>83. iii. Asa, b. 1775.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Isabel, b. Feb. 22, 1780; d. Oct. 1, 1854; m. at Avon, Nov. 26, 1798, David H., son of David and Susannah (Hart) Gleason, b. Sept. 8, 1776, d. May 6, 1850. </p> <p> </p> <p>They lived on her father's place, later removing to Sherman, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Hiram, b. Sept. 17, 1800.</p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Nancy, b. Oct. 20, 1803. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Asahel, b. May 12, 1806. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Nancy, b. April, 1785; d. Feb. 27, 1866; m. Nov. 21, 1803, Chauncey Woodford, son of Bissell and Delight (Thomson) Woodford, b. Oct. 14, 1782. </p> <p> </p> <p>They removed in 1805 to Candor, N. Y., where they were among the first settlers of the town. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>38. Eli (5) North (Timothy (4), Thomas (3), Samuel (2), John 1), second son of Timothy and Hannah (North) North, was born at Farmington May 11, 1743, and died at Avon May 15, 1813, aged 70. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married at Avon, Oct. 3, 1760, his consin Eunice, daughter of James and Thankful (North) Hart. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born Aug. 9, 1746, and died Aug. 4, 1824. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>They joined the church in 1777, and lived on Lovely Street, Avon. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a soldier in the Revolution (unofficial record). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Eunice, b. June 24, 1767; d. April 27, 1833; m. Jan. 28, 1790, Daniel Cowles, 3rd. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>84. ii. Elijah, b. 1768; d. May 29, 1808.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Irena, m. 1801, Samuel Gridley, of Collinsville, Conn., and Spencer, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Timothy, m. (1) Jan. 10, 1802; Polly Larkum; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) June 28, 1829, Anna Day. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p>Resided in Candor, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>85. v. James, b. 1781; d. April 22, 1833.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Roxy, m. 1812, Samuel Teel. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Cynthia, b. 1786; m. Amri Garrett, Candor, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Sophronia, b. 1788; m. William Monroe.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>39. Thomas (5) North (Timothy (4), Thomas (3), Samuel (2), John 1), third son of Timothy and Hannah (North) North, was born at Farmington, Aug. 29, 1748, and died in Switzerland Co., Ind., Nov. 1, 1830. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) Jan. 14, 1781, Sibyl, daughter of James Gridley. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born Sept. 25, 1762, and died Jan. 31, 1810. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (2) Nov. 17, 1810, Mrs. Bathsheba Denton. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Thomas North left Farmington early in life and settled in New York State, living in New Cornwall, and West Point, Orange Co. </p> <p> </p> <p>About 1800 he removed with his family to Switzerland Co., Ind., where he was later joined by his brother Lot. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The farm on which they lived, died and were buried, near Rising Sun, Ind., remained in the family until 1913. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Some detachments were in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and others went the same year with Arnold on his expedition through the wilderness to Quebec. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, by first wife: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Delia Sophia, b. June 20, 1784; m. Nov. 15, 1815, Alfred Scudder. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Sibyl. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Susan. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>86. ii. Thomas, b. Mar. 15, 1787.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>87. iii. Royal Flint, b. Feb. 24, 1790; d. May 11, 1860.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Oliver Gridley, b. at West Point, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1794; d. July 5, 1814; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>88. v. George Washington, b. at West Point, N. Y., April 21, 1797; d. July 13, 1873.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>40. Seth North (5) (Timothy (4), Thomas (3), Samuel (2), John 1), fourth son of Timothy and Hannah (North) North, was born at Farmington, April 6, 1752, and died there May 15, 1822. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Abigail, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Gridley) Hart. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born Mar. 18, 1751, and died Aug. 2, 1813. </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived on his father's place in Farmington and was a soldier in the Revolution, enlisting Feb. 6, 1776. ("War Dep't Records.") </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He did not have the habit which all good Christians possessed in those days of attending church, and he was familiarly known by the good people of Farmington as "Sinner North." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Child: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>89. i. Guy, b. at Farmington, 1779; d. Aug. 1815. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>41. Lot (5) North (Timothy (4), Thomas (3), Samuel (2), John 1), fifth son of Timothy and Hannah (North) North, was born at Farmington, Jan. 20, 1756, and died at North's Landing, Ind., Oct. 8, 1825. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Dec. 7, 1780, Silence Horsford, who was born Feb. 11, 1762, and died Aug. 14, 1835, at North's Landing. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Lot North was a drummer boy in the Revolution (family record). </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1799 he removed to Whitestown, N. Y., then to Kentucky, and finally settled about 1808-9 in Switzerland Co., Ind., near his brother Thomas, and engaged in farming. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, first nine probably born at Farmington:</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>90. i. Sydney, b. Jan. 12, 1782; d. Feb. 4, 1845. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Almira, b. Mar. 18, 1784; d. Oct. 1, 1852; m. April 1, 1806, Beverly Miller. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) James, b. 1807. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Polly, b. 1808. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Benjamin, b. 1810. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Lot, b. 1812. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Joseph b. 1814. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Thomas, b. 1816. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Edmund, b. 1820. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>91. iii. Abijah, b. Dec. 25, 1787; d. Feb. 26, 1859. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Rufus, b. Sept. 5, 1789; m. Feb. 16, 1815, Catherine Burns.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Royal Flint, b. Oct. 14, 1816; d. Dec. 30, 1817. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Garrett, b. Dec. 30, 1817. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Abi, b. May 21, 1791; m. Jan. 25, 1813, William Marsh.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Eliza Ann, b. 1813. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Fielding, b. 1815. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Clarinda Ann, b. 1817. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Willis, b. 1819. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Letiiia Ann, b. 1822. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) William T., b. 1824. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Abijah N., b. 1825. </p> <p> </p> <p>(8) George W. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>92. vi. Asahel, b. Nov. 3, 1792; d. Mar. 1, 1875. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>93. vii. Levi, b. Mar. 11, 1793; d. Aug. 20, 1845.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Olive, b. Oct. 18, 1794; d. July 20, 1795. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Huldah, b. June 20, 1796; d. Oct. 20, 1830; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>x. Nancy, b. Jan. 5, 1800; m. Jan. 16, 1817, Thomas Bennett.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Reed, b. 1818. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Oliver H. P., b. 1819. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Abijah N., b. 1820. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Asahel, b. 1823. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Almira M., b. 1825. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>42. Abijah (5) North (Timothy (4), Thomas (3), Samuel (2), John 1), sixth and youngest son of Timothy and Hannah (North) North, was born at Farmington, Feb. 8, 1759, and died in Gallatin Co., Ky., Mar. 28, 1850. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married in Fayette, afterwards Bourbon Co., Ky., July 20, 1780, Sally Marsh. </p> <p> </p> <p>Abijah North was a soldier in the Revolution. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>His service record as supplied by the Bureau of Pensions is: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Enlisted May, 1776, for 5 months - Conn., under Capt. Hooker.</p> <p> </p> <p>May, 1777, for 1 month - Conn., under Capt. Hooker. </p> <p> </p> <p>June, 1778, for 3 months - under Capt. Bray and Col. Enos.</p> <p> </p> <p>Sept., 1778 to Oct. 1781- in Springfield, Mass., under Capt. Faxton and Col. Mason. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Service under Capt. Bray seems to be confused with that of his cousin Abijah North (49). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Abijah North was in the battles of Ticonderoga and Crown Point under Col. Ethan Allen, enlisting in 1775, according to the New York state record. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>An interesting account of his pioneer life is contained in his reply to Rev. William S. Porter's request for information regarding his family. </p> <p> </p> <p>The original letter is in the possession of the Connecticut Historical Society at Hartford. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Warsaw, Gallatin Co., Kentucky.</p> <p> </p> <p>October, 1814.</p> <p> </p> <p>Dear Sir: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The Postmaster of Warsaw handed me your letter dated August the 29, 1844, requesting the lineage of the Norths in this country. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the year 1784 I took passage on board a small coaster at New York and went ashore at Beaufort, North Carolina, where I spent the summer. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the autumn of that year I joined a company of hunters and passed through a wilderness of 200 miles to Kentucky. </p> <p> </p> <p>Resided there till the 20th of July, 1786. </p> <p> </p> <p>I then married and settled myself in Bourbon County where I resided till October. </p> <p> </p> <p>I then went on an expedition against the Shawnees on the head waters of the Big Miami where we burned and destroyed 16 of their towns. </p> <p> </p> <p>On the 10th of May, 1791, I moved to what is now Harrison County where I resided till June, 1825. </p> <p> </p> <p>I then moved my family to Gallatin County to a tract of 1,200 acres which I had purchased there, and on which I now reside in good health. </p> <p> </p> <p>My wife is also in good health in the 78th year of her age. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1799 Brother Lot moved to Kentucky and afterwards to Switzerland County, State of Indiana. </p> <p> </p> <p>I had two sons, Henry who now lives on my farm, and Thomas who went to Louisiana and died there in 1825 leaving two sons, John and Thomas. </p> <p> </p> <p>My son Henry has three sons, Joseph, Theodore and Constantine, and four daughters. </p> <p> </p> <p>Brother Lot's eldest son Sydney moved to the western part of Indiana. </p> <p> </p> <p>His son Abijah has been a representative in the Indiana Legislature and is now a wealthy merchant in Rising Sun. </p> <p> </p> <p>His other sons, Asel and Levi, are wealthy. </p> <p> </p> <p>Brother Thomas died in Switzerland County, Indiana, where his sons, Royal and George now reside and are good farmers. </p> <p> </p> <p>You will excuse my bad writing. </p> <p> </p> <p>I have almost lost the use of my Pen. </p> <p> </p> <p>With respect, I am yours, </p> <p> </p> <p>Abijah North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Abijah North became a slave-owner, but he liberated the sixteen slaves which he acquired. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. in Gallatin Co.: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>94. i. Henry T., b. April 27, 1787; d. July 9, 1865. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Thomas, b. ; d. in Louisiana, 1825; m. Polly Davis. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>John, </p> <p> </p> <p>Thomas. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Elizabeth, b. April 21, ; m. June 29, 1820, James Gridley. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Emily, b. 1821; m. V. Brashiers. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Oliver D., b. 1823. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Eliza C., b. 1825; m. Nat Cromwell.</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) William Henry, m.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Abijah N., m. Deliliah Craig. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Polly, m. Joseph Blackburn. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>43. Lieut. Isaac (5) North, Jr. (Isaac (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2), John 1), oldest son of Dea. Isaac and Mary (Woodford) North, was born at Berlin, Aug. 4, 1729, and died there Nov. </p> <p>17, 1804. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Jan. 18, 1753, Hepzibah, daughter of Hezekia and Martha (Beckley) Hart of Berlin, and a descendant of Stephen Hart, original proprietor of Hartford. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born April 16, 1732, and died Nov. 3, 1817. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (2) Elizabeth (?). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Isaac North, Jr., lived in a large brown house in Berlin, long since gone to decay, that stood on the opposite side of the road from that of his father. </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1786, for the consideration of £22, he deeded six acres of land to his son Abel. </p> <p> </p> <p>This land lies on the north side of the road coming toward the village from Christian Lane, and the house thereon standing, long known as the Pollard place, was built by Abel North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The Connecticut Colonial Assembly, Oct. 13, 1763, appointed Isaac North, Jr., "to be Ensign of the eighteenth company or train band in the 6th Regiment in this Colony." </p> <p> </p> <p>He was also a soldier in the Revolution, with the rank of second lieutenant in Capt. Wells' Company, Brig. Gen. Wolcott's Brigade, Connecticut Militia, April 10-22, 1777. </p> <p> </p> <p>The Federal Census of 1790 records Isaac North, Jr., as head of a family in Berlin. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Berlin: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Selah, b. Oct. 22, 1753; d. at Wethersfield, Sept. 6, 1786-7; m. Mary.</p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p>Marched from Wethersfield for the relief of Boston in the Lexington alarm, 1775, and served six days. </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1778 he was sergeant of Capt. Wright's Company, Col. Enos' Regiment, Connecticut Militia, on the Hudson River. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>95. ii. Joseph, b. April 16, 1756; d. Sept. 18, 1819.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Hepzibah, b. Nov. 10, 1757; d. Feb. 25, 1819; m. Isaac Porter, b. 1755, son of Aaron Porter and a descendant of John Porter, original proprietor of Windsor. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>96. iv. Abel, b. April 8, 1761; d. May 22, 1839. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Lydia, b. May 31, 1764; m. David Deming.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>97. vi. Salmon, b. Oct. 25, 1767; d. May 25, 1817. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>98. vii. Isaac, b. 1771; d. Sept. 13, 1823. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>44. Jedediah (5) North (Isaac (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2), John 1), second son of Dea. Isaac and Mary (Woodford) North, was born at Berlin, Jan. 16, 1734, and died there Dec. 16, 1816. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) at Berlin, Jan. 27, 1757, Sarah Wilcox, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (White) Wilcox. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born in 1739 and died Oct. 5, 1775. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (2) Feb. 20, 1777, Abigail Andrews of Worthington. </p> <p> </p> <p>After her husband's death she joined her children in Meredith, N. Y., where she died. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He is buried in the Beckley cemetery beside his first wife. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Jedediah North was a very religious man. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was remembered by his grandchildren for his strict observance of the Sabbath Day. </p> <p> </p> <p>On Sundays, when they went according to their custom, to his house to spend the noon hour between church services, they always found him seated at a table with his Bible before him. </p> <p> </p> <p>Once he appeared at his back door and caught them in the act of picking up pears under a tree; he called out: </p> <p> </p> <p>"Children, there are plenty of pears in the house that you can have, but you must not pick them up from the ground on Sunday." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He joined the Kensington Church in 1758 and was a charter member of the Second Congregational Church in Berlin, founded in 1775, of which his father was the first deacon. </p> <p> </p> <p>His house, on the east side of the way at the north end of Berlin village, has been moved back from the street and is now used as a barn. </p> <p> </p> <p>He bought land of Josiah Burnham in 1780. </p> <p> </p> <p>Recorded as of Berlin in the first Census of 1790. </p> <p> </p> <p>He had eleven children and over eighty grandchildren. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, by first wife, b. at Berlin: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Asa, b. July 17, 1758; removed to Bennington, Vt., where he is recorded in the Federal Census of 1790.</p> <p> </p> <p>He m. Mabel Sage. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) A son, d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Mindwell, m. Cornwall. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>99. ii. Levi, b. April 16, 1760; d. Oct. 2, 1846.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>100. iii. David, b. April 23, 1762; d. Feb., 1831. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>101. iv. Simeon, b. July 13, 1765; d. Aug. 25, 1852. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>102. v. Stephen, b. Jan. 26, 1767; d. Jan. 11, 1842.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1769; d. June 21, 1822, m. 1787, Rev. Jacob Spalding, and lived in Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Linus, b. Sept. 19, 1788. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Jacob, b. Mar. 3, 1790. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Sophia, b. Nov. 14, 1791; d. Feb. 27, 1881; m. Levi Woodruff. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Mabel, b. Dec. 18, 1793; d. April 19, 1885; m. Moses Hinman. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Aspha, b. Jan. 24, 1796; d. June 19, 1803.</p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Patience, b. May 24, 1798; d. June 22, 1863; m. Stephen North (218). </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Simeon, b. Feb. 23, 1800; d. June 19, 1807. </p> <p> </p> <p>(8) Sarah, b. Jan. 10, 1802; d. Feb. 9, 1870; m. Seth Taft.</p> <p> </p> <p>(9) Daniel, b. Feb. 25, 1804. </p> <p> </p> <p>(10) Jedediah, b. Jan. 19, 1806. </p> <p> </p> <p>(11) Lucy, b. Sept. 18, 1808; d. July 3, 1868; m. Lewis Cook.</p> <p> </p> <p>(12) Emily, b. and d. 1811. </p> <p> </p> <p>(13) Emily North, b. Feb. 20, 1812; d. Nov. 3, 1813. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Olive, b. Aug. 26, 1772; d. 1849; m. Elisha, son of Peter Cheney of Berlin. </p> <p> </p> <p>Removed about 1835 to Lima, O., and later to Roscoe, Ill. </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. Cheney was a famous clock maker. </p> <p> </p> <p>He d. July 2, 1847. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Clarissa, b. Feb. 5, 1794; m. Dea. Joseph Savage. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Olcott, b. May 27, 1795. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Polly, b. Dec. 11, 1796; m. 1826, Richard Cowles.</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Harriet, b. Dec. 23, 1798; d. May 2, 1889; m. 1819, John North (201). </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Orry, b. Feb. 5, 1804; m. Walter W. Warner.</p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Olive, b. Feb. 5, 1804; d. 1895; m. Norris Wilcox. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Benjamin, b. Aug. 11, 1808; m., 1st, Adelia Blinn; 2nd, Rebecca G. Noggle.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Patience, b. Oct. 1, 1775; m. Nov. 4, 1798, Silas, son of David Beckley of New Haven. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Emma, b. July, 1799; m. May 7, 1821, Horace Porter. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Silas, b. April 21, 1802; m., 1st, Elizabeth Lyie; 2nd, Amelia Potter. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>By second wife: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>103. ix. Noah, b. April 25, 1778. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>x. Lydia, b. May 29, 1780; d. Mar. 28, 1857; </p> <p> </p> <p>m. (1) Sept. 17, 1800, Joel Hart, b. June 14, 1779, d. Oct. 16, 1811, son of Jehudah and Mary (Munson) Hart of New Britain; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Riley. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Removed to Meredith, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children by 1st husband: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Stephen, b. April 12, 1801; m. July, 1831, Eliza Buck. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Seth, b. Nov. 13, 1804; m., 1st, Vesta Curtis; 2nd, Mary Wilson. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Lydia, b. July 9, 1806; m. June 12, 1828, Carlisle Olmstead.</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Mary, b. Nov. 9, 1808; m. Oct. 8, 1827, Salmon Baldwin. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>xi. Hannah, b. June 11, 1782; m. Oct. 4, 1801, Josiah D. Wells, Wethersfield and Meredith, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p>He d. Sept. 3, 1831, aged 51. </p> <p> </p> <p>Large family of children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>45. Samuel (5) North (Isaac (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2), John 1), third son of Dea. Isaac and Mary (Woodford) North, was born at Berlin, Sept. 19, 1742, and died there July 19, 1814. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married at Avon June 28, 1764, Lois Woodford, daughter of Sergt. Joseph and Sarah (North) Woodford, died Sept. 15, 1783, aged 41. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived in Berlin near his father, and is recorded as of that town in the Federal Census of 1790. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a charter member of the Second Congregational Church founded in 1775. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He was probably the Corp. Samuel North who enlisted in Lieut. Porter's Company, 6th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, during the Revolution. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Berlin: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Rhoda, b. April 6, 1765; d. Feb. 1, 1766. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Caroline, b. Sept. 9, 1767; d. Jan. 17, 1768. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Samuel, b. April 3, 1769; d. in the West. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Lois, b. Jan. 28, 1771; d. at Falmouth, Me., July 20, 1786. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Rhoda, b. Oct. 3, 1773; m. Samuel Davis. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Caroline, b. June 18, 1775; m. 1801, her cousin, David North (100) and removed to Meredith, N. Y.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Chloe, b. Oct. 9, 1778; m. April 14, 1805, William Spalding of Meredith, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>104. viii. Elijah, b. Dec. 12, 1781. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Elisha. </p> <p> </p> <p>Removed to Falmouth, Me. with his brother; m. Nov. 8, 1807, Abigail Stevens.</p> <p> </p> <p>In the old burying ground at Westbrook, Me., is a stone marked "Abigail North, died Jan. 30, 1825, aged 34 years, wife of Elisha." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>46. Seth (5) North (Isaac (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2), John 1) fourth son of Dea. Isaac and Mary (Woodford) North, was born at Berlin May 4, 1749, and died there Feb. 29, 1820. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married at Avon Nov. 20, 1772, Eunice, born in 1750, died Sept. 18, 1819, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (North) Woodford.</p> <p> </p> <p>Seth North lived in Berlin near his father, and is recorded as of that town in the Federal Census of 1790. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a charter member of the Second Congregational Church organized in 1775. </p> <p> </p> <p>He and his wife are buried in the Beckley cemetery. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Berlin: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Eunice, b. Oct. 25, 1773; d. at Wethersfield, Jan. 19, 1826; m. 1793, David Woodruff of Farmington and Enfield, b. May 26, 1770, d. June 10, 1839.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Hiram, b. April 13, 1796; d. 1872. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) David, b. Sept. 10, 1800; d. 1882; m. Emeline S. Allen.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Almeria, b. Dec. 26, 1802; d. 1871; m. William Harrison.</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Eunice, b. 1804; d. 1865; m. Benjamin Green.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Mary, b. 1806; d. 1875; m. John W. Parkhurst. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Julia, b. Feb. 14, 1808; d. 1892; m. Dana Read. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Lucretia, b. 1812; d. 1891; m. 1851, Henry B. Wilcox. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>105. ii. Silas, b. Dec. 14, 1774; d. Dec. 28, 1839. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>106. iii. Seth, b. April 3, 1777. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Rosetta, b. Sept. 15, 1778; d. Oct. 6, 1862; </p> <p> </p> <p>m. (1) Jan. 1, 1802, Elisha Williams, who d. Mar. 9, 1809, aged 36; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) June 2, 1817, widower Salmon, son of Judah and Sarah (North) Hart, b. May 20, 1775, d. Sept. 18, 1857. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Sarah, b. 1782; d. June 10, 1822; m. 1810, her cousin, Isaac North (98).</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Almira, b. 1784; unm.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Esther, b. 1786; d. Mar. 7, 1860; m. Russell Clark, who d. Feb. 28, 1856. </p> <p> </p> <p>Three children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>107. viii. Abijah, b. 1792; d. Sept. 30, 1864. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>47. Daniel (5) North (Thomas (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2), John 1) was born about 1750, probably at Little Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., N. Y., where in April, 1775, he was one of the signers of a protest circulated against the British Government.</p> <p> </p> <p>He married Katrine Hawver and removed to Ulster Co., N. Y., with his brother Samuel, and was probably the Daniel North who enlisted in the Revolution from that county as given in the state records. </p> <p> </p> <p>The Federal Census of 1790 records him as head of a family in Marbletown, Ulster Co., N. Y., of three males over sixteen years, two under sixteen and two females.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>108. i. John Daniel, b. about 1772.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Robert. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ill. Deborah. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Catherine, m. John, son of Jonathan and Lucy Abbey. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>48. Samuel (5) North (Thomas (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2), John 1) was born Sept. 20, 1751, probably at Little Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., N. Y., where his father had removed from Sharon, Conn. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Elizabeth Avery, born April 19, 1752, died Dec. 18, 1828, and lived in his native village until some time before the outbreak of the Revolution, by which time he had removed to Marbletown, Ulster Co., N. Y., where he bought and cleared a large farm, and from where he enlisted in the war. </p> <p> </p> <p>("N. Y. State Records.") </p> <p> </p> <p>In the Federal Census of 1790 he is recorded as head of a family in Marbletown. </p> <p> </p> <p>He died there July 7, 1820. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, first three b. in Dutchess Co., remainder in Ulster Co., N.Y. : </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Polly, Nov. 20, 1772; m. Yerpenning. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>109. ii. John S., b. Feb. 13, 1775; d. April 10, 1855. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Katy, b. Feb. 23, 1778 (?); d. 1816. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>110. iv. Benjamin, b. Mar. 1, 1779; d. Oct. 20, 1848. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. William, b. Nov. 9, 1782. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>111. vi. Daniel, b. Jan. 13, 1785; d. July 20, 1851. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Rachel, b. Oct. 23, 1786; m. Samuel Hurd.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>111 1/2 viii. Samuel, Jr., b. Sept. 9, 1788; d. Mar. 5, 1841.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Sally, b. 1790-2. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>x. Robert, b. 1790-2. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>49. Asher (5) North (James (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2), John 1), second son of James and Sarah (Seymour) North, was born probably near Wethersfield in 1741, and died at New Britain, Feb. 29, 1816. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married April 29, 1773, Betsey Foster, and they joined the church the same year. </p> <p> </p> <p>They lived west of Clark's Hill, near New Britain. </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. North was of short stature and said to he eccentric. </p> <p> </p> <p>During, the French and Indian Wars he served in the campaign of 1761 in Capt. John Patterson's (Farmington) Company. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at New Britain: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Samuel.</p> <p> </p> <p>Went South. </p> <p> </p> <p>No family. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Thomas, bapt. June 8, 1788. </p> <p> </p> <p>Was a mariner with headquarters in New York. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) James. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Mary Ann, </p> <p> </p> <p>and perhaps others. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Asher, Jr., bapt. June 8, 1788. -</p> <p> </p> <p>Lived in New York City. </p> <p> </p> <p>Family untraced. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Betsey, bapt. June 8, 1788; m. (1) Samuel Carter; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Amos Parmelee. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Edward. </p> <p> </p> <p>Mariner, d. at sea. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Mary, b. Jan. 6, 1785; </p> <p> </p> <p>m. (1) July 10, 1804, Elisha Stone;</p> <p> </p> <p>(2) David Buel of Litchfield. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Sally, b. July 29, 1787; m. Oct. 1, 1809, Ira, son of Solomon Buel, Jr., of Litchfield, a Revolutionary soldier.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Maria C. b. 1810; m. William Tuttle. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Louisa, b. 1813; m. Clark Newcomb. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Julia A., b. 1816; m. Lewis Downy. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Sarah, b. 1818; m. Henry Merrill. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) James H., b. 1820.</p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Elizabeth, b. 1822. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) John M., d. young. </p> <p> </p> <p>(8) Myron. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. James, d. at Harwinton, Aug. 8, 1822.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Salome, m. Augustus Buel of Litchfield. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>50. Capt. James (5) North (James (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2), John 1), third son of James and Sarah (Seymour) North, was born Jan. 18, 1748, and died at New Britain, May 14, 1833. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) Sept. 29, 1774, Rhoda, daughter of Anthony and Mary (Burnham) Judd. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born Jan. 9, 1754, and died Mar. 15, 1824. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (2) Feb. 26, 1828, Abi, widow of Capt. Justus Francis, and daughter of Dea. Timothy Stanley. </p> <p> </p> <p>She died Oct. 3, 1852. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>James North lost his father when he was ten years old, and then went to New Britain to learn the trade of blacksmith from John Richards of Stanley Quarter, and had his shop at first on the site of his grandson, Henry North's house in New Britain opposite the Episcopal Church, then moved it opposite his own house, the same in which his son Henry lived and died. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a man of enterprise and influence, and did much to build up New Britain. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was in public offices, captain in the militia, magistrate and representative in the legislature. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was appointed treasurer and clerk of the school and ecclesiastical society. </p> <p> </p> <p>Having a sound body, a good trade and a handsome property by his wife, he began his career in life with fair prospects, which by great diligence and economy, proved a success. </p> <p> </p> <p>("History of New Britain.")</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, by first wife, b. at New Britain: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Rhoda, b. Jan. 10, 1776; d. before 1841; m. Matthew Clark. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) James S., b. Nov. 3, 1794; d. Feb. 7, 1820; m. Oct. 9, 1817, Amanda Rowe. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) George, b. Aug. 1, 1796; d. young.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Lucy, b. Mar. 6, 1799; d. young. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Abi, b. Feb. 5, 1801; d. Jan. 18, 1840; unm.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Dan, m. Sept. 4, 1827, Mary Whittlesey. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) George, b. Aug. 18, 1807; d. young. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>112. ii. James, b. Dec. 19, 1777; d. Sept. 29, 1825. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>113. iii. Seth Judd, b. Aug. 13, 1779; d. Mar. 10, 1851. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>114. iv. Alvin, b. Sept. 4, 1781; d. Sept. 1, 1865.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Henry, b. Nov. 3, 1783; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Abi, b. Nov. 21, 1784; d. 1868; m. Oct. 10, 1802, Amon, son of Lot and Rhoda (Wadsworth) Stanley of New Britain. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Julia, b. Dec. 24, 1803.</p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Thomas, b. Sept. 22, 1805. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Henry, m. June 10, 1820, Eliza Stanley North, daughter of Seth Judd North (113).</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) James, b. Oct. 22, 1809; d. in infancy.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) James, 2nd, b. Mar. 31, 1812.</p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Augustus. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Nancy, b. Jan. 11, 1787; d. June 18, 1818; m. Oct. 11, 1807, Cyrus, son of Joseph Booth. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>115. viii. Henry, 2nd, b. Sept. 24, 1789; d. Feb., 1853. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ix. Orpha, b. Aug. 12, 1793; d. Jan. 12, 1848; m. Mar. 12, 1812, Dr. Samuel Hart of New Britain, son of Elijah and Anne (Andrews) Hart.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Anna, b. Sept. 9, 1813; d. July 23, 1819. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Samuel B., b. Sept. 23, 1818; d. Oct. 10, 1823. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Lucinda, b. Aug. 30, 1820; m. 1842, William H. Smith. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Samuel Waldo, b. May 22, 1825; m., 1st, Oct. 22, 1851, his niece, Cordelia M. Smith; 2nd, 1864, Margaret C. Smyth</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Louisa, b. Oct. 5, 1828; m. Dec. 1, 1846, Rev. Jared B. Flagg. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>116. x. William Burnham, b. Dec. 6, 1797; d. 1838, </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>51. Abijah (5) North (John (4), Nathaniel (3), Thomas (2), John 1), second son of Lieut. John and Esther (Stanley) North, was born at Farmington, Oct. 19, 1743, and died at Bridport, Vt., May 3, 1785. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married at Goshen, Sept. 6, 1764, Triphenia Grant, who was born at Goshen Jan. 16, 1737, and died at Shoreham, Vt., Mar. 17, 1783, the first woman settler of the town to die. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>"Abijah North came to Shoreham from Farmington, Conn., in 1774; went on to fifty acres of land given him by one of the proprietors; cleared a piece of land that summer; planted apple seeds for an orchard; built a log house and returned to Connecticut in the fall of that year. </p> <p> </p> <p>The war having broken out that year, he did not come on with his family as expected, but remained till after the peace, when he returned with his wife and six children to his former residence. </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived on that place for two years, and then went to Bridport, where he died May 3, 1785." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>From "History of the Town of Shoreham, Vt.," by Rev. J. F. Goodhue, 1861. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>During the Revolution Abijah North enlisted in 1778 in Capt. Bray's Company, Col. Roger Enos' Regiment of Connecticut State Troops, and from Oct. 1, 1778, to 1781-2 in Col. Flower's Regiment, Capt. Parton's Company of Artillery Artificers. </p> <p> </p> <p>Service under Capt. Bray is also credited to Abijah North (42), his cousin. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Selinda, b. June 28, 1765. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Asintha (Cynthia), b. April 30, 1768; d. at Champlain, N. Y., June 19, 1823; m. Liberty Newton, son of Marshall Newton of Shrewsbury, Mass., who was a soldier in the Revolution. </p> <p> </p> <p>Father and son were pioneers of Shoreham, Vt., and the latter was the builder of the first iron furnace in the Champlain Valley. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Hannah. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Marshall. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Triphenia. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Daniel. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Salome. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Liberty. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Abijah. </p> <p> </p> <p>(8) Theda. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>117. iii. Abijah, b. Feb. 26, 1772; d. April 9, 1853.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>118. iv. Nathaniel, b. 1774; d. July 23, 1837. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>119. v. Lemuel, b. Mar. 21, 1779; d. Sept. 15, 1847.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 27, 1781; d. at Champlain, N. Y., Mar. 5, 1861; m. Daniel Moore of Champlain. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Marie, m. Melancthon Burdick. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Daniel. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>52. John (5) North (John (4), Nathaniel (3), Thomas (2), John 1) third son of Lieut. John and Esther (Stanley) North, was born at Goshen, Jan. 4, 1748, and died at Shoreham, Vt., July 10, 1799. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Ruth Carr, who after his death married in 1799, Stephen Barnum. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>John North was a member of Arnold's expedition to Quebec in 1775. </p> <p> </p> <p>Shortly before the death of his brother Abijah, he settled on the latter's farm at Shoreham, his brothers Seth and Simeon coming to the town at the same time. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. John, probably d. young. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Ruth, b. April, 1797; d. at Shoreham, Oct. 28, 1872. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>53. Seth (5) North (John (4), Nathaniel (3), Thomas (2), John 1), fourth son cf Lieut. John and Esther (Stanley) North, was born at Goshen, Oct. 2, 1752, and died at Shoreham Vt., according to the history of that town, where he had fifty acres of land given to him by one of the original proprietors. </p> <p> </p> <p>The Porter record says he died "at his son Theodore's in Elmira, N. Y." </p> <p> </p> <p>He went to Shoreham with his brothers John and Simeon shortly before 1785. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Wolcott, who died Dec. 27, 1822. </p> <p> </p> <p>From the "History of the Town of Shoreham," we learn that his wife "took the homesickness" on the day of her arrival, and returned to Connecticut on the next day, notwithstanding all efforts to persuade her to remain. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Seth North was a soldier in the Revolution, serving in Col. Wolcott's detachment of militia, in 1777, marching with the latter and 300 volunteers from Connecticut to Saratoga, N.Y., to aid Gen. Gates. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Betsey, b. Dec. 12, 1774; m. Samuel Billings.</p> <p> </p> <p>No children.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>120. ii. Theodore, b. Mar. 2, 1780; d. 1842. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>54. Stephen (5) North (John (4), Nathaniel (3), Thomas (2), John 1), fifth son of Lieut. John and Esther (Stanley) North, was born at Goshen, April 26, 1754. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Charity Richards, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Brown) Richards of Goshen, born Jan. 3, 1757. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He served in the Revolutionary Army at Ticonderoga, N. Y., in Capt. Watson's company. Col. Burrell's Battalion, Connecticut Militia, having volunteered with forty-four others for the relief of the Continental Army, Dec. 23, 1770. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Child: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Amos, b. at Goshen, Sept. 1, 1780. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>55. Simeon (5) North (John (4), Nathaniel (3), Thomas (2), John 1), seventh and youngest son of Lieut. John and Esther (Stanley) North, was born at Goshen, Feb. 28, 1758. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married - Landrus. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a soldier in the Revolution, enlisting from Cornwall in Capt. Griswold's Company, Col. Enos' Battalion, Connecticut Militia. </p> <p> </p> <p>He went from Goshen to Shoreham, Vt., about 1785, with his brothers John and Seth. </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived in Ticonderoga, N. Y., for a while, then returned to Shoreham where he lived for several years before removing to Orwell, Vt., where he died. </p> <p> </p> <p>In 1790, according to the first Federal Census, he was living in Shoreham. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Esther, m. T. C. Gibbs, Orwell, Vt. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Gad, m. Removed to western N. Y., where he d. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Moses, d. in Michigan; m. (1) Ruth Seeley; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Phoebe Humphrey. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Sarah, b. at Crown Point, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1799; d. at Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y.; m. Guy Humphrey, son of Isaac and Esther (North) Humphrey, and grandson of John North (22). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Betsey, b. at Crown Point, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1799 (twin) ; d. at Orwell, Vt., 1888; m. at Shoreham, Vt., Feb. 24, 1821, Eleazer Abbey, son of Gideon and Sybil (Campbell) Abbey. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. at Middlebury, Vt., April 24, 1800, and d. at Orwell, Vt., Sept. 4 or 7, 1872. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Alvin North, b. Feb. 9, 1825; d. Sept. 13, 1862; m. July 4, 1850, Esther Humphrey. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Edwin, b. Oct. 26, 1826; d. Oct. 25, 1906; m. Sept. 4, 1853, Abigail Heald.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Gideon, b. Jan. 12, 1829; d. Aug. 28, 1904; m. Jan. 15, 1856, Helen B. Skinner.</p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Byron S., b. June 25, 1838; d. Aug. 28, 1904; m. Feb. 9, 1864, Thankful L. Moffit. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Alvina, d. young.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Lavina, d. young. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>56. Dea. Isaiah (5) North (Joseph (4), Nathaniel (3), Thomas (2), John 1), second son of Joseph and Sarah (Woodruff) North, was born at Northington, now Avon, Nov. 13, 1754, and died there between July 4 and Sept. 25, 1821. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married at Avon, Feb. 6, 1777, Anna, daughter of Capt. Isaac and Sarah (Porter) Bidwell of Farmington. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born April 4, 1758, and died Nov. 9, 1817. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He was deacon of the church in Northington for many years. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Northington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Sarah, b. 1778; m. at Avon, April 20, 1795, Giles Ford. </p> <p> </p> <p>Removed to Ohio. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Anna, b. June 25, 1780; m. Oct. 9, 1803, widower Peter B. Gleason of Hartford, son of David and Abigail (Alford) Gleason. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Peter B. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Henry. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Mary Ann. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) John N. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Joseph, b. Mar. 19, 1782; d. April 7, 1782.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>121. iv. Joseph, 2nd, b. June 8, 1783; d. Oct. 2, 1847.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Pantha, b. Aug. 7, 1785, m. John Beecher. </p> <p> </p> <p>Son, d, in infancy, </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Edna, b. July 16, 1787; d. July 20, 1870; m. May 23, 1810, Isaac Osborn, who d. Sept. 30, 1853, aged 93. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Percy, b. June 26, 1790; d. Nov. 28, 1790. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. David, b. May 13, 1794; d. Aug. 10, 1794.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>57. Dr. Joseph (5), North (Joseph (4), Joseph (3), Thomas (2), John 1), oldest son of Joseph and Lucy (Cowles) North, was born at Goshen, May 14, 1769, died at Torrington, Sept. 22, 1848, and was buried at Cornwall. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Abigail Loomis of Torrington, and was a physician in Cornwall. </p> <p> </p> <p>In the War of 1812 he served under Capt. Jared Strickland, Sept. 10-Nov. 1, 1813. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Cornwall:</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Marilla, d. aged 4. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Ethel (son), b. 1800; d. at Hastings, Minn., 1873; m. in 1825, Lydia Millard of Cornwall. </p> <p> </p> <p>Child: </p> <p> </p> <p>Mary Elizabeth, b. Bristol, 1827; m. 1855, M. H. Claflin. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>122. iii. John Hart, b. 1802; d. Feb. 9, 1868.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>123. iv. Burritt Beach, b. Nov. 24, 1804; d. July 12, 1876. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Mary, b. 1806; d. Dec. 23, 1877; m. Chester M. Birge, Litchfield, Conn., and Manlius, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Harriet, b. 1833. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Emogene Albert. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>124. vi. Joseph, b. May 24, 1809; d. Oct. 28, 1877. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>125. vii. Loomis, b. Mar. 22, 1811; d. Sept. 16, 1856. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>58. Dr. Elisha (5) North (Joseph (4), Joseph (3), Thomas (2), John 1), son of Joseph and Lucy (Cowles) North, was born at Goshen, Jan. 8, 1771, and died at New London, Dec. 29, 1843. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Dec. 22, 1797, Hannah Beach, daughter of Anthony Beach of Goshen. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born Dec. 14, 1775, and died Nov. 11, 1862, and was sixth in line from Thomas Beach, whose name appears on the Milford records in 1648. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Dr. North was the son of a physician and had derived from nature or acquired by early cultivation such an aptitude for the healing art and the various manipulations of surgery, that before he had attained the age of manhood, he was regarded as a reliable physician and a successful operator. </p> <p> </p> <p>He subsequently enlarged the sphere of his medical knowledge by study with Dr. Lemuel Hopkins of Hartford, and attendance on the lectures of Dr. Rush in Philadelphia. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>For the space of twenty years he was a practicing physician in Litchfield County, Conn., the place of his birth, and was instrumental in producing various sanitary reforms in the medical practice of his society. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was particularly prominent in the struggle that preceded the introduction of vaccination into the state, contributing largely by the success of his operations to its extension and popularity. </p> <p> </p> <p>He also published a valuable work on the spotted fever or sinking typhus, demonstrating that it required a different treatment from what was adopted in ordinary fevers. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He removed to New London in 1812, and soon became noted as an oculist, performing many delicate operations on the eye with complete success. </p> <p> </p> <p>He also practiced in other cases of surgery as well as of medicine and was highly valued as a consulting physician in novel and doubtful types of disease. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Dr. North had some striking peculiarities. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was fond of certain recondite studies. </p> <p> </p> <p>To these he devoted his leisure moments and attributed to them an exaggerated importance, expending all the stores of his logic and research upon subjects which most people regarded as visionary and of no practical bearing. </p> <p> </p> <p>Some of his elaborate speculations on these favorite subjects, phrenological and metaphysical, he published, and however unsound their basis may be, they bear witness to his philosophical genius and wide range of information. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>To this sketch of Dr. North, we add a few sentences descriptive of his character and habits from an obituary tribute by one to whom he was both near and dear: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>"His mind, ever active, dwelt in a remarkable manner in an unworldly sphere of thought and reflection. </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived the life which we attribute to an ancient philosopher; indifferent to a great extent to his dress and manners and his worldly interests, and often apparently unconscious of the presence of his fellow beings, unless his attention was directly called to them. </p> <p> </p> <p>As might be conjectured from this account, his moral views were uncommonly pure and high, and it was impossible to suspect him of craft or duplicity. </p> <p> </p> <p>His manners had the simplicity and modesty of those of a child." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>(Miss F. M. Caulkins, in "The Family Repository and Horticultural Cabinet," January, 1862. New London, Conn.) </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Dr. Elisha North published, besides many fugitive essays, "A Treatise on a Malignant Epidemic Commonly Called Spotted Fever" (New York, 1811); "Outlines of the Science of Life," (1829); and "Uncle Toby's Pilgrim's Progress in Phrenology" (New London, 1836). </p> <p> </p> <p>See also " Life and Writings of Dr. Elisha North," by his grandson. Dr. H. Carrington Holton.</p> <p> </p> <p>(Privately printed.) </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>During the War of 1812 Dr. North served as a surgeon in the Connecticut Militia, Sept. 10-Nov. 1, 1813. </p> <p> </p> <p>Mrs. H. Harrington Bolton, his grandson's widow, of Washington, D. C, possesses a handsome oil portrait of Dr. North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Maria S., b. at Goshen, July 30, 1800; d. 1877, aged 77; m. in 1819, Prof. Elisha Mitchell, son of Abner and Phebe (Elliott) Mitchell. </p> <p> </p> <p>Prof. Mitchell lost his life while exploring on Mt. Mitchell, N. C., which was named after him. </p> <p> </p> <p>They lived at Chapel Hill, N. C. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Mary P., b. Dec. 19, 1822. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Ellen, b. April 23, 1824. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Margaret E., b. Nov. 21, 1825. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Mathers Henry, b. 1828; d. 1829. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Eliza Ann, b. April 20, 1833. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Henry Elliot, d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Charles A., b. Oct. 7, 1837; d. July 19, 1866.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Eliza, b. at Goshen, Mar. 4, 1803; d. April 6, 1871; unm.; schoolteacher. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>126. iii. Erasmus Darwin, b. at Goshen, Sept. 4, 1806; d. June 17, 1857.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. William Heberdeen, b. at Goshen, Sept. 1, 1808; d. at New York City, Oct. 6, 1857. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a prominent wholesale dry goods merchant in New Orleans, La. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>127. v. Harvey, b. at Goshen, Aug. 20, 1810; d. May 26, 1881. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Ellen Phoebe, b. at New London, Oct. 14, 1812; d. Oct. 15, 1843; m. June 11, 1830, widower John C. Coit of New London.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) William, b. April 7, 1833. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Henry W., b. May 6, 1836; d. Mar., 1862.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Julius, b. July, 1837; d. 1880. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) George, b. Oct., 1838; d. May 13, 1863.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Mattie D., b. 1840. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Julia C., b. Sept. 10, 1843; m. J. C. Silliman. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Elisha, b. Dec. 4, 1841; d. in infancy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. James Edward, b. at New London, Feb. 26, 1815; d. Sept. 27, 1854, in the shipwreck of the steamer Arctic, off the coast of New Foundland. </p> <p> </p> <p>He could have saved himself but refused to leave the vessel so long as women and children remained on board. </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived in New Orleans, where he was a large jobber in boots and shoes. </p> <p> </p> <p>He and his brother William willed handsome competences to their mother, brothers, sisters and nephews. </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. North was unmarried. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Anna Hinman, b. at New London, Dec. 25, 1817; d. Jan. 16, 1887; m. Oct. 7, 1841, Dr. Jackson Bolton, whose only child, the late Dr. H. Carrnigton Bolton of Columbia University, wrote the "Life and Writings of Dr. Elisha North," and "The Bolton Family in America," which contains an account of his branch of the Norths. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was b. in 1843. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>59. Reuben (5) North (Joseph (4), Joseph (3), Thomas (2), John 1), third son of Joseph and Lucy (Cowles) North, was born in May, 1776, and died Feb. 4, 1853. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) Lucy Towsley, who died in 1808, aged 27; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Amanda Austin of Wallingford. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a farmer. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, by first wife: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Franklin Benjamin, b. Oct. 13, 1801; d. 1862; m. Anna Ellen North. </p> <p> </p> <p>Child: Ann. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>128. ii. Alexander Hamilton, b. 1802-3; d. July 4, 1841. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Lucy C., b. Oct. 15, 1805; d. at Torrington, Jan., 1874; unm.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>129. iv. Reuben, b. Goshen, Nov. 2, 1807; d. Oct. 20, 1880.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>By second wife: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Caroline, b. 1811; d. Sept., 1878, unm.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Louisa A., b. Jan., 1813; d. Mar., 1880; m. at Litchfield, Oct. 11, 1835, Samuel Taylor of Bristol. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Lucretia, b. 1815; d. at Bristol 1837; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Mary M., b. Dec. 4, 1816; m. May 14, 1836, Daniel B. Capron of New York, b. Nov. 12, 1813.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>130. ix. Orrin A., b. 1818; d. Dec. 14, 1881.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>X. Ethel (son), b. Dec. 15, 1821;</p> <p> </p> <p>m. (1) Mabel Strickland; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Sarah Beach. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>xi. Harriet, b. Dec., 1822; d. Mar., 1847; m. Samuel Thompson, New York.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>xii. Cornelia, b. Dec., 1824; m. Abiram Atwood. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>xiii. Adaline, b. 1826; d. 1839. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>60. Israel (5) North (Ezekial (4), Joseph (3), Thomas (2), John 1) second son of Ezekial and Abigail (Goodwin) North, was born at Goshen, Feb. 17, 1781, and died at East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y., Nov. 4, 1843. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married in 1802, Charlotte Dowd, daughter of John Dowd.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>They resided in a house which he built on the south side of Pond Hill, Goshen, until 1821, when they removed to East Bloomfield, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p>The parents and all the children except Nancy, who died young, were professors of religion. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, first six b. at Goshen, last two at E. Bloomfield: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>131. i. Edwin A., b. July 17, 1803; d. April 20, 1873. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>132. ii. Goodwin, b. June 4, 1805; d. June 17, 1856.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Nelson H., b. Sept. 12, 1811; m. Aug. 22, 1836, Emily C. Benedict of Litchfield. </p> <p> </p> <p>He resided in E. Bloomfield, New York City and Canandaigua, N. Y., and Jersey City, N. J. </p> <p> </p> <p>Mrs. North d. at Canandaigua Aug. 3, 1885, aged 71. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was living at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1893. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1816; d. at E. Bloomfield, Aug. 22, 1827. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>133. v. Darius Robinson, b. Aug. 14, 1818; d. Dec. 16, 1910. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. John., b. Feb. 2, 1821;</p> <p> </p> <p>m. (1) at Buffalo, N. Y., July 4, 1853, Henrietta Claflin, who was b. in 1833 at Mendon, N. Y., and d. in Wisconsin; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Elizbath Mulford of New York City, who d. in 1882. </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. North removed with his parents to E. Bloomfield, N. Y., and later lived at Hastings, Minn., and Denver, Colo., where he was (1893) a manufacturer.</p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Nancy Jane, b. May 11, 1824; d. Aug. 6, 1827. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Elizabeth Jane, b. Aug. 10, 1829; m. Charles Higby of Syracuse, N. Y.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>61. Jonathon (5) North (Ezekial (4), Joseph (3), Thomas (2), John 1), third son of Ezekial and Abigail (Goodwin) North, was born at Goshen, April 4, 1787, and died at Jewett, Greene Co., N. Y., July 10, 1864. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Nov. 2, 1812, Rachel, daughter of Elder and Rachel (Griswold) Bissell of Litchfield. </p> <p> </p> <p>She was born Sept. 18, 1793. </p> <p> </p> <p>Jonathon North lived on his father's place in Goshen until he removed to Lexington, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>134. i. John Harvey, b. Jan. 26, 1816. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Lucius, b. Feb. 12, 1817, m. Roxa, daughter of Elisha Bailey of Jewett, N. Y., where he lived and d. </p> <p> </p> <p>No children.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. David, b. April 4, 1819; d. at New Orleans, La., Dec. 10, 1881.</p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Frederick, b, at Windham, Greene Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1821.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Julia Eliza, b. Mar. 17, 1823; m. Henry Peck, Malad City, Idaho. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 8, 1826; d. at Goshen, Aug. 6, 1833. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Emeline, b. Feb. 8, 1832; m. Henry B. Brown. </p> <p> </p> <p>Resided at Matteawan, N. Y. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Mary Jane, b. June 20, 1837; m. Addison Rumicon. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>62. Darius (5) North (Ezekial (4), Joseph (3), Thomas (2), John 1), youngest son of Ezekial and Abigail (Goodwin) North, was born at Goshen, Jan. 1, 1793, and died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 30, 1843. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married at Somers, July 9, 1828, Olivia M. Wood, b. at Somers, July 28, 1805. </p> <p> </p> <p>He lived in Indiana, later moving to Kentucky, and was a merchant and broker. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children : </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Romeo Ezekial, b. at Assumption, La., Mar. 31, 1830; d. 1880. </p> <p> </p> <p>Graduated from Yale College in 1849 and received M.A. degree from Yale in 1852. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Angelo Wood, b. at Watertown, Conn., Dec. 21, 1831; d. July 2, 1853.</p> <p> </p> <p>Graduated from Yale College in 1852. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Martino, b. at Mt. Vernon, Ind., Nov. 9, 1836; d, at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 6, 1853. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Juliette, d. 1 month old. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Juliette, 2nd, b. Dec. 24, 1839; d. Aug. 1840. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Adrian Darius, b. Sept. 20, 1842; d. at Memphis, Tenn., in 1883. </p> <p> </p> <p>Adrian North graduated from Yale College. </p> <p> </p> <p>He became a professional gambler. </p> <p> </p> <p>His appearance and personal qualities were such that he made many friendships among orderly people. </p> <p> </p> <p>From his boyhood he had a passion for gambling. </p> <p> </p> <p>The most trivial incidents were made the occasion of a wager with his associates. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was heir to $150,000, but made use of it only in gambling. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was sufficiently skilled in cards and dice to hold his own with the most practiced gamblers. </p> <p> </p> <p>For ten years he traveled through the west, making Louisville his headquarters. </p> <p> </p> <p>His death was brought about by an extraordinary run of good luck in Memphis. </p> <p> </p> <p>In celebrating the event with boon companions he prolonged his debauch until he was too weak to recover. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Among the pall bearers at his funeral in Louisville, were "a recognized leader in society," and "a gambler of the lowest kind." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>His property was divided between three lady relatives in Goshen, named Beach; the descendants of Mrs. Jesse Beach; and the descendants of her brothers Israel and Jonathon </p> <p>North. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>63. Phineas (5) North (Ashhel (4), Ebenezer (3), Thomas (2) John 1), oldest son of Ashbel and Ruth (Lyman) North, was born at Torrington, July 19, 1762. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Dec. 3, 1787, Chloe Skinner. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Mr. North served in the Revolutionary War, Col. Sheldon's 17th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, in 1780. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was made freeman of Connecticut in 1790. </p> <p> </p> <p>He engaged in farming in Torrington on the farm which still bears his name, and was a famous clock maker, making by hand brass clocks with high cases which would run nine or ten days, and keep the day of the month. </p> <p> </p> <p>One owned by F. D. Fyler of Winsted bears the date 1794.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>135. i. Lemuel, b. Sept. 23, 1790; d. April 9, 1832.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Roxalany, b. Dec. 27, 1796; d. 1835; m. May 1819, Joseph Humphrey of Norfolk. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Parmelia, b. Mar. 2, 1801; d. Mar. 31, 1831; m. Sept. 20, 1820, Martin Webster of Torrington.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>130. iv. Phineas, b. Feb. 9, 1803; d. May 7, 1867. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>137. v. Alfred, b. Sept. 17, 1807; d. 1872. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>64. Junius (5) North (Noah (4), Ebenezer (3), Thomas (2), John 1), second son of Noah and Elizabeth (Humphrey) North, was born at Torrington, Sept. 24, 1760, and died there Nov. 14, 1828. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married (1) Jan. 25, 1785, Sabrina Fyler; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) in January, 1807, Mrs. Sally Covey.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Junius North settled in Torrington on the north and south road east of his father's, and where his son Frederick lived after him. </p> <p> </p> <p>Recorded as of that town in the Federal Census of 1790.</p> <p> </p> <p>He kept a tavern for several years. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was an active and stirring man, and was called by all "Uncle Junia." </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, by first wife, b. at Torrington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Roxalany, b. Nov. 2, 1785; d. May 6, 1881; m. Mar. 25, 1810, Daniel Murray, who d. Aug. 27, 1870. </p> <p> </p> <p>Removed to Winchester. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Philomena, b. 1811; m. Robert Wilkes. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Fred, b. 1813; m. Anna Call.</p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Flora, b. 1815; m. Samuel Starks. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Jennett, b. 1818; m., 1st, George Phelps; 2nd, Robert Gear.</p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Lucretia, b. 1820; m. Augustus Smith. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Sabra, b. 1823; m. Bradley Wheeler. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Prudence, b. 1827; m., 1st, L. Curtis; 2nd, R. J. Crissey. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Triphena, b. Mar. 14, 1787; d. April 10, 1867; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Ariel, b. Aug. 13, 1788; d. Sept. 22, 1818; unm. Freeman of Connecticut, 1815.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Ruby, b. July 28, 1790; d. May 10, 1875;</p> <p> </p> <p>m. (1) Nov. 27, 1821, Orrin Loomis; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Moses Drake.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>138. v. Willard, b. June 5, 1792; d. Nov. 20, 1880. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Sabrina, b. Aug. 15, 1794; d. May 22, 1875; unm. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>139. vii. Junius, b. April 30, 1796; d. Dec. 30, 1885.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Lura, b. Oct. 7, 1798; d. at Litchfield, 1835; m. Mar. 19, 1822, Midian Griswold of Litchfield.</p> <p> </p> <p>Child: </p> <p> </p> <p>Midian N., b. Oct. 5, 1823; m. Oct. 30, 1850, Elizabeth Burr. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>140. ix. Lorrain, b. July 21, 1800; d. Aug. 12, 1881.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>141. x. Frederick, b. Aug. 12, 1803; d. Feb. 3, 1894. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>xi. Philomena, b. Aug. 12, 1803; d. April 30, 1804. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>65. Remembrance (5) North (Noah (4), Ebenezer (3), Thomas (2), John 1), youngest son of Noah and Elizabeth (Humphrey) North, was born at Torrington, Oct. 13, 1762, and died </p> <p>there Aug. 10, 1802. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Sept. 21, 1786, Elizabeth Lee, who was born in 1760 and died in 1818. </p> <p> </p> <p>He resided in Torrington, where he is recorded in the Federal Census of 1790, and was made freeman of Connecticut in 1794. " </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Torrington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>142. i. Noah, b. Sept. 4, 1787; d. Oct. 19, 1827. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Lucy, b. May 21, 1789; d. 1864; m. Justus Newell of Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>Henry, </p> <p> </p> <p>Clarissa, </p> <p> </p> <p>Lyman. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Prudence, b. Mar. 28, 1791; d. N. Bloomfield, Trumbull Co., Ohio; m. Ammi Murray. -</p> <p> </p> <p>Three daughters, </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Mary, b. June 14, 1793; m. Correl Crocker of Winchester.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>v. Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1795; d. at Sheffield, Mass., Mar. 19, 1861; m. Oct. 1, 1822, Correll Cowles of Norfolk.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>143. vi. Cyrus, b. May 6, 1797.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>144. vii. William, b. Oct. 1, 1799; d. Oct. 10, 1889. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>66. Martin (5) North (Martin (4), Ebenezer (3), Thomas (2), John 1), oldest son of Martin and Abigail (Eno) North, was born June 10, 1761, and died Mar. 23, 1816. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Sept. 24, 1781, Mary Fay. </p> <p> </p> <p>They lived for some time in Winchester, and in 1805 removed to Colebrook. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Abigail, b. Jan. 13, 1783; d. Oct. 5, 1783. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1785. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Sylvester Eno, b. Dec. 6, 1792. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>67. Rufus (5) North (Martin (4), Ebenezer (3), Thomas (2), John 1), second son of Martin and Abigail (Eno) North, was born Dec. 24, 1769, and died June 20, 1841. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Aug. 27, 1789, Esther Robards. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children, b. at Torrington: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Eben, b. Mar. 2, 1790; d. at Alexander, N. Y., April 29, 1816, whither he removed in 1816. </p> <p> </p> <p>He m. (1) Etta Betts, who d. 1841; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson. </p> <p> </p> <p>Two daughters. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>145. ii. Joel, b. June 10, 1795; d. Jan. 3, 1855.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Lester, b. July 24, 1797; d. Feb. 27, 1881; m. Feb. 22, 1824, Lucy Hart, b. Jan. 1, 1799, daughter of Titus and Lucy (Johnson) Hart. </p> <p> </p> <p>He took up farming as a vocation, and removed to Alexander, Genesee Co., N.Y. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>Rufus, </p> <p> </p> <p>Esther, </p> <p> </p> <p>Louisa. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>146. iv. Martin, b. Nov. 5, 1804; d. June 2, 1865. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>68. Noah (5) North (Martin (4), Ebenezer (3), Thomas (2), John 1), only son of Marlin North by his second wife Mary Coe, was born July 22, 1785, and died at Alexander, Genesee Co., N. Y., Sept. 28, 1824. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Dec. 26, 1804, Olive, daughter of Reuben and Olive (Gaylord) Hungerford of Colebrook. </p> <p> </p> <p>She died Mar. 11, 1849. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>They removed in 1808 to Alexander, N. Y., where he was a prominent man in the town and engaged in many cases of public trust. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a drum major in the War of 1812. </p> <p> </p> <p>("History of Genesee County.") </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Thetis, b. Feb. 6, 1806; d. Dec. 29, 1870; m. 1825, David Nay.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Olive W. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) George. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) De Witt. </p> <p> </p> <p>(4) Noah. </p> <p> </p> <p>(5) Helen M. </p> <p> </p> <p>(6) Agard. </p> <p> </p> <p>(7) Olive.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Launcelot, b. May 29, 1807; d. in Michigan, 1865.</p> <p> </p> <p>Child: </p> <p> </p> <p>Olive.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Noah, Jr., b. at Alexander, N. Y., June 27, 1809; d. June 15, 1880.</p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Mary, d. 1876. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Volney, d. 1874.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Alsemeda, b. Mar. 10, 1811; d. June 26, 1833; m. Hugh Wallace.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>147. v. James Agard, b. Jan. 4, 1813; d. Nov. 9, 1893.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vi. Olive, b. April 9, 1814; d. Aug. 13, 1835. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>vii. Aurelia, b. Mar. 13, 1816; d. 1896; m. Ashel Harlow Wells.</p> <p> </p> <p>No children. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>viii. Zaxie (Achsa ?), b. Nov. 14, 1817; d. Feb. 17, 1891; -</p> <p> </p> <p>m. (1) Edward Hills; </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) William Gere, by whom she had Olive, b. June 12, 1848; d. May 12, 1882, and m. Joseph Greene.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>69. Capt. Enos (5) North (Ebenezer (4), Ebenezer (3), Thomas (2), John 1), only son of Ebenezer and Jerusha (Cowles) North, was born Nov. 17, 1773. </p> <p> </p> <p>He married Sabina Pinney and removed to Colebrook. </p> <p> </p> <p>He was a captain, probably in the militia. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>i. Pinney, b. 1798.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>ii. Lyman, b. 1800; m. </p> <p> </p> <p>Children: </p> <p> </p> <p>(1) Harriet. </p> <p> </p> <p>(2) Olivia, m. John Marshall of Torrington. </p> <p> </p> <p>(3) Amy. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iii. Mary, b. July 5, 1803; m. Rolzman Merrill. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>iv. Mercy, b. Dec. 28, 1808; m. Martin North (146).</p>