Litchfield enquirer., 1846-09-10

to-day. Some few of the 9Th generation
have lust arrived on the shores of existence
Three of this generation are here present,
and though they may not be old enough to
understand what this crowd meanS,yet il will
be something for them TO tell to their child
renS' children, when we are in our graves,
that they were present when the Sd, 18th, 9Th
generations of the descendants of John
Marsh, assembled ON this ground to honor
the departed dead, and to strengthen between
the living the ties of friendshi P and consan-
guinity.
At the conclusion of Mr. Seymour's
address, the Rev. DR.. Fuller read song
written for the occasion by Mr.. Henry
Ward, which was sung by the audience
to the tune Of "Auld Lang Syne."
The Hon. Norton j. Buel, of Water
bury, here gave a very interesting &C
count of the Buel family previous to the
settlement of Lilchfeld; and was follow
ed by DR.. William Buel, of this village,
who gave a history Of the Llchfeld
branch of the family. DR.. Buel has po
litely furnished US with the following
facts
We learn from history that the estab.
lishment of the Mayhower Pilgrims at
Plymouth, A. D., 1920, was soon followed
by sundry immigrations from the father
land of our puritan ancestors to Boston
and vicinity. A company from England,
with their pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Ware
ham, established themselves at Dorches-
ter, near Boston, about the year 1880.
From this company par: Of the colony
was formed which in 1885 came through
the wilderness, as it was called, and es-
tablished themselves on Connecticut Riv-
er, making settlements at Wethersfeld,
Hartford and Windsor. 1t appears by
Windsor records, that among the Dor
chester emigrants who formed a part of
the company emigratng with their pas
toral leader, the Rev. Mr.. Wareham. was
WILLIAM BUEL, probably the common
ancestor of all of The Buel name in this
country. There is family tradition,
vague, and possibly not we'll founded,
that this William Buel was of WEIGH Or
igin. He appears TO have assisted in
laying out the town of Windsor, and was
one of the original proprietors ofthetown-
ship. He married at Windsor, Nov. 1910.
His issue were two sons and five daugh-
tiers. The two sons were SAMUEL, born
Sept. 2, l641 and PETER, born August
10, 1914. The youngest son, Peter, emf
grated to the adjacent territory Of Sims
bury-was prominent man in the af-
fairs of the lown-repres ented it several
times in the Legislature, and was The pro-
genitor of numerous and respectable
branch of the family. Samuel, the eldest
son of the patriarch William, married
Deborah Griswold, of Windsor, Nov. 49,
1862, and located himself al KiIlingwor:h
about the same time. He assisted in lay
ing out that town in 1868. His issue were
twelve children - seven sons and five
daughters, the ancestors of very nu'
merous progeny dispersed over all sec
tons of our country, and constituting,
probably, a great proportion of the whole
mass of the name now eXtant. He died
in 1920, aged cighly-five years. 1t is
said by R. D. Smith, Esq, who has seen
the record ofhs Will. that the signature
was made in an apparent business hand
though in a tremulous manner, and that
he signed himself gentleman"
Among the children Of this Samuel Bu-
Ell Esq, was, JOHN, the patriarch OF Ltch-
field. He was his fifth child and second
son-was born Feb. II, 1871. He mar
ried Mary Loomis, of Windsor, Nov. 20,
1903, and emigratcd to Lebanon about the
same time. His issue were, thirteen
chldren-six sons and seven daughters,
viz:
MARY, born Dec. II, loom. - lIinckley,
of Lebanon.
JOHN, born Feb l, 1903.
ISAAC, born March 27, l70l-1ied without issue.
~
HANNAH, born Dec. / 1903.
LOIS, born March II, l7O6-m. Supply Strong.
DEBORAH born Jan. 81, l1DS--m. f. Marsh.
PET Err, born May 20, l7lO-m. Avis Collins.
EBENEzER, born March l6, l7l3--m. ID. Gillet
and Ruth Lewis.
SOLOMON, born August 30, 17l5-m. Eunice
Griswoid.
JONATHAN born December, 10, l7l7-m. Ly-
dia Landon.
El'zA1 BETH born April 81 l7ao--m'
RACHEL, born May %, l723-m. T. Grant and
Paul WEIGH:
They were probably all, except one or
two Of the youngest, born in Lebanon
as he removed to 1itchfeli during the
year of the birth of Elizabeth, the young
est child but one. His children, all but
the third, Isaac, who died young, had
families, the most or all Of them numer-
Gus ones. Deborah, his seventh child and
fifth daughter, married Col. Ebenezer
Marsh, son of John Marsh, one of the
original proprie,ors of Litchtield, and