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Alfred Conrad Weeks, Jr.

**Alfred Conrad Weeks, Jr.** (February 6, 1851 - May 1932) was an engineer for the United States War Department and one of the contributors of the Confederate memorial monument in Arlington Cemetery in Virginia.

Weeks, Jr. was born on February 6, 1851 as the son of Alfred Conrad Weeks and Anne Stephens Hunter. He was born in Louisiana and grew up in the area before getting his degree in civil engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 1885. Soon after, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he became an engineer for the United States War Department. In 1914, he contributed his services to help prepare a site in Virginia for the Confederate monument, and oversaw the memorial's erection. He was quite zealous and efficient in the laying of the cornerstone that he was always ready to start working.

Weeks died in May 1932 unmarried.
Augustine Washington

**Augustine Washington** (November 12, 1694 - April 12, 1743) was the father of U.S. President George Washington. He belonged to the Colony of Virginia's landed gentry and was a planter and slaveholder.

Washington was born in Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia, on November 12, 1694 as the son of Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner. He was only four years old when his father died and he inherited about 1,000 acres on Bridges Creek in Westmoreland County. When he came of age in 1715, he married and settled on the Bridges Creek property. He was active in the Anglican Church and in local politics. He took the oath as justice of the peace for the county court in July 1716, and served as county sheriff. In 1718, Washington purchased land on Popes Creek, abridging the property on Bridges Creek. He had a new house built there about 1726 and moved there officially with his wife and two sons.

It was an ideal place to access the large ships on the Potomac River via flat bottom boats and other small craft. He had great success growing tobacco, since England had an insatiable appetite for tobacco and merchants paid top prices for it. He used a keen sense of investment and speculation and began to purchase as much land as he could obain in the area. In 1738, Washington purchased the 150-acre Strother property across the Rappahannock River and moved there with the family at the end of the same year. The Rappahannock River, although not as wife as the Potomac River, was still a viable artery for commerce. The town of Fredericksburg was emerging as a thriving port of commerce as well.

Washington amassed a tremendous amount of land and wealth. He carefully arranged for his sons to settle in nice plantation homes in splendid locations. On April 12, 1743, Washington died from a chill not long after being surprised by a sudden downpour of rain while riding his horse.

## Family

Washington married Jane Butler, an orphan who had inherited about 640 acres from her father, in 1715. She died in 1731.

* Lawrence Washington - m. Jane Fairfax
* Augustine Washington, Jr. - m. Anne Aylett
* Jane Washington (1722-1735) - died young.
* Butler Washington - infant.

Washington married second to Mary Ball in March 6, 1731 when she was 22 years old. He had met her at the home of her brother, Joseph Ball, outside London, England, when he was in England on business and visiting his sons, Lawrence and Augustine, who were students at the prestigious preparatory school, Appleby's. Washington was sick and Ball nursed him back to health. He returned to Virginia and learned his wife, Jane Butler, had died during his journey abroad. When the widower heard that Ball returned to Virginia, he went over to where she lived and proposed.

* George Washington - m. Martha Dandridge
* Betty Washington Lewis - m. Fielding Lewis
* Samuel Washington - m. (1) Jane Champe (2) Mildred Thornton (3) Lucy Chapman (4) Anne Steptoe (5) Susannah Perrin
* John Augustine Washington - m. Hannah Bushrod
* Charles Washington - m. Mildred Thornton
* Mildred Washington (1739-1740) - infant.
Benjamin Sedgwick

**Benjamin Sedgwick**(November 7, 1716 - February 7, 1757) was the son of Samuel Sedgwick, one of the original settlers of West Hartford. He was an ancestor of John Sedgwick, a prominent Revolutionary War soldier, and General John Sedgwick, a major general in the American Civil War.

Sedgwick was born on November 7, 1716 in West Hartford, Connecticut, as the youngest of eleven children of Samuel Sedgwick and Mary Hopkins. In the 1740's, after he married his wife, he moved his family "out west" to Cornwall, Connecticut in Litchfield County after the birth of his son, Theodore.

When he died on February 7, 1757, he left his wife as a widow for seven years until she remarried to Timothy Judd in August 1764.

## Family

Sedgwick married Ann Thompson.

* Sarah Sedgwick (1739-1766) - m. Hezekiah Gold, Jr.
* John Sedgwick (1741-1820) - m. Abigail Andrews, m. Sarah Lewis
* Benjamin Sedgwick, Jr. (1743-1778) - m. Mary Tuttle
* Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813) - m. Eliza Mason, m. Pamela Dwight, m. Penelope Russell
* Mary Ann Sedgwick (1479-1826) - m. Job Swift
* Lorain Sedgwick (1755-1823) - m. Jacob Parsons
Edward Goodwin (Hartford farmer)

**Edward Goodwin** (October 24, 1788 - November 14, 1872) was a farmer in Hartford, Connecticut.

Goodwin was born on October 24, 1788 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Moses Goodwin and Mary Ann Burnham. After he was educated in the local schools, he became a farmer in the early 1800s, where he remained for several decades.

On November 14, 1872, Goodwin died in Hartford, Connecticut. His widow, Lois, lived until 1890.

## Family

Goodwin married Sarah Mills. The couple had no children.

Goodwin married for a second time to Lois Mehetable Pelton in October 1856.

* Moses Alfred Goodwin - unmarried.
* Sarah Elizabeth Goodwin - m. Charles L. Shaw
* Mary Ann Goodwin (Jul. 23, 1857 - Aug. 22, 1866) - died young.
Eugene F. Beckett

**Eugene F. Beckett** (--) was an employee for Capitol Motors, Inc.

He was born to Asa G. Beckett and was the grandson of Lucas A. Beckett. In the 1950's, he was stationed with the U.S. Army for two years at Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska. On March 22, 1959, his engagement with Anne Katherine Milikowski was announced. The couple were married on October 3, 1959. The reception was held at the Hartford Saengerbund Hall, after which the couple left for a wedding trip to Niagara Falls. After they returned from the trip, they lived at 282 Barbour Street in Hartford, Connecticut.

In 1964, the couple were living in Thompsonville, Connecticut.

After a divorce with Anne Milikowski, he remarried to Joanne Turek.
Alexander Cook Thayer

**Alexander Cook Thayer** (June 18, 1865 - September 16, 1918) was a United States Consul in Trieste and Italy.

Thayer was born on June 18, 1865 in Cambridge, Massachusetts as the son of Henry Thayer and Jane Cook. He grew up in Cambridge and attended Harvard from 1884 to 1886. He served as U.S. Deputy Consul in Trieste from 1901 to 1902. From 1902 to 1905, he also served as U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Venice, as well as Vice Consul in Venice from 1916 to 1917. In the last year of his life, Thayer's mental health deteriorated and he was admitted to a sanatorium.

Thayer died on September 16, 1918 from dementia paralytica in the Bellevue Sanatorium in Switzerland.

## Family

Thayer married Alice Bartlett Mansfield on August 6, 1910. The couple had no children.
Diana, Princess of Wales

**Diana Spencer** (July 1, 1961 - August 31, 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales and a British royal.

Spencer was born into a family of British nobility with royal ancestry as *The Honourable* Diana Spencer on July 1, 1961, as the daughter of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and Frances Shand Kydd. She grew up in Park House, situated on the Sandringham estate, and was educated in England and Switzerland. In 1975, after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer, she became Lady Diana Spencer. Her wedding to the Prince of Wales in 1981, held at St. Paul's Cathedral, reached a global television audience of over 750 million people. As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on behalf of the Queen and represented her at functions overseas. She was celebrated for her charity work on leprosy and AIDS, and for her support of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. From 1989, she was the president of Great Ormand Street Hospital for children, in addition to dozens of other charities.

On August 31, 1997, Diana died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, France, which also caused the deaths of her companion Dodi Fayed and the driver. The funeral saw the British television audience peak at 34.10 million, one of the United Kingdom's highest viewing figures ever, while millions more watched the event around the world.

## Family

Diana married Charles, Prince of Wales on July 29, 1981 at St. Paul's Cathedral. During the early 1990s, the marriage fell apart, an event at first suppressed, then sensationalized, by the world media. The couple was divorced on August 28, 1996.

* Prince William, Duke of Cambridge - m. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
* Prince Harry of Wales
Helen (Sears) Tetlow

**Helen Sears** (1887 - May 24, 1975) was a resident of West Granby, Connecticut, and a member of the West Granby Methodist Church. She was born in 1887 as the daughter of Newman E. Sears and Florence Smith in Newington, Connecticut. She lived in West Granby with her family, especially her elderly mother, until her death.

She died on May 24, 1975 in a Bloomfield convalescent home.

## Family

Sears married William A. Tetlow and took on three stepsons and a stepdaughter.

* William J. Tetlow
* Ralph Tetlow
* George Tetlow
* ????? - m. William B. Petroske
Epaphras Symonds (Manchester cooper)

**Epaphras Symonds** (d. February 1837) was a cooper and farmer in Manchester, Connecticut.

He was born in Manchester, Connecticut (then East Hartford) as the son of William Symonds and Elizabeth Case. He grew up there and remained there after his marriage in the early 1810s for the remainder of his life. He worked as a cooper and farmer in Manchester. In February 1837, Symonds died, leaving his daughter.

## Family

Symonds married Lucy Goodwin.

* Mary Goodwin Symonds (b. Oct. 26, 1813) - unmarried.
Arthur Everett Austin, Jr. (Wadsworth Atheneum)

**Arthur Everett Austin, Jr.** (December 18, 1900 - March 29, 1957) was the innovative and pacesetting director of the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut from 1927 to 1944.

Austin was born on December 18, 1900 in Brookline, Massachusetts, as the son of Arthur Everett Austin, Sr. and Laura Ann Etnier. He attended Noble & Greenough School near Boston, Massachusetts, and Phillips Academy in Andover before entering Harvard College in the class of 1922. He interrupted his undergraduate career to work in Egypt and the Sudan from 1922 to 1923 with the Harvard University/Boston Museum of Fine Arts archaeological expedition under George Reisner, then the leading American Egyptologist. After obtaining his degree in 1924, he became a graduate student in Harvard's fine arts department, where he served for three years as chief graduate assistant to the Director of the Fogg Art Museum. He was appointed director of the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1927 and joined the staff of Trinity College in Hartford, where he founded the fine arts department and taught throughout his tenure.

Austin produced America's first comprehensive exhibitions of Italian baroque painting, surrealism, and Pablo Picasso's works in 1934. He also founded The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music, a society that sponsored premieres or early performances of works by composers. In addition, he served as a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.

On March 29, 1957, Austin died of lung cancer in Hartford, Connecticut, at the age of 56.

## Family

Austin married Helen Goodwin on July 11, 1929 in Paris, France.

* David Etnier Austin - m. Mary Munro
* Sarah Goodwin Austin - unmarried.
Frances (Washington) Snickers

**Frances Washington** (April 30, 1775 - 1810) was a resident of Virginia and a cousin of the first President of the United States, George Washington.

Washington was born on April 30, 1775 as the daughter of Warner Washington, Jr. and Mary Whiting. She grew up in Virginia and married in 1793, settling down and raising a family. Washington died in 1810 in Clarke County, Virginia.

## Family

Washington married William Snickers on May 30, 1793.

* Mary Snickers - m. Moses Hunter
* Elizabeth Snickers - m. Charles Henry Browne
* William Snickers (b. 1795) - unmarried.
* Emily Snickers (b. 1797) - unmarried.
* Edward Snickers (b. 1803) - unmarried.
* Beverley Snickers (1808-1808) - infant.
Herman J. Maercklein

**Herman J. Maercklein** (December 30, 1856 - April 30, 1933) was the assistant cashier of the Connecticut River Banking Company. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut as the son of Herman A. W. Maercklein and Julie Moll. He started work for the Connecticut River Banking Company on March 1, 1873 as a runner at a salary of $100 a year. Since then, he served under four presidents and was for many years assistant cashier. On March 1, 1923, he celebrated his 50th year at the bank. During the observation, he was given a gift of a diamond scarf pin by his banking associates, and a subsantial purse of gold voted him by the director. He retired from the bank in 1930 after working for the company for 57 years.

Maercklein died at his home of 213 Laurel Street on April 30, 1933.

## Family

He married Alice Crane, a descendant of the founders of Connecticut, on November 3, 1883.

* Burdette Crane Maercklein - unmarried.
* Marion Crane Maerckelin - m. Phillip W. Woodbridge
* Richard Cone Maercklein - m. Margaret Goodwin
Frank A. Prior, Sr.

**Frank A. Prior, Sr.** (d. July 14, 1953) was an employee at the Veterans Hospital in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

Prior was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Elias Prior and Annie Connors. He grew up in the area and attended the local schools. After leaving school, he was employed at the Veterans Hospital in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, and served in World War II as a veteran. He enlisted in the Navy on September 22, 1943 and was formally discharged on January 11, 1946, after the war had ended. After the war, he lived at 48 Congress Street in Hartford, Connecticut.

On July 14, 1953, Prior died after a short illness at the Rocky Hill Veterans Home and Hospital.

## Family

Prior married Margaret O'Brien.

* Richard F. Prior
* Francis A. Prior
* Patricia F. Prior
* Eileen P. Prior
Emma (Lepper) Hunter

**Emma Lepper** (c. 1898 - April 4, 1969) was a resident of West Hartford, Connecticut, and the wife of James Monroe Hunter. She married James in the early 1900's and moved into their home on Englewood Avenue to raise a family. On February 13, 1932, her husband died at the home, leaving Emma a widow for over 35 years.

She died on April 4, 1969 at her home on 149 Englewood Avenue in West Hartford.

### **Children**

* Hugh Lepper Hunter - m. Jane Deming
* Irma Hunter - m. John Ohliger
Donald W. Skinner

**Donald Webster Skinner** (---) was an Air Force veteran of World War II and the assistant manager of Kresge's in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was born as the son of Luther C. Skinner of Rockville, Connecticut.

During World War II, Skinner served as personnel officer with the 12th Air Force in the ETO and CBI Theaters of Operation for three years. In the fall of 1945, after the war ended, he was discharged from the Army Air Force following his service.

On December 1, 1945, he married Norma Lorentzen at 7 pm in her home on Lancaster Road in West Hartford, Connecticut. She was gowned in English lace with a sweetheart neckline and a small train formed by rows of ruffles. Following a reception and a short honeymoon, the couple made their home at 100 Lincoln Street in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he worked.
Benjamin Charles Perkins

**Benjamin Charles Perkins** (---) was a Coast Guard veteran in the Pacific during World War II.

Perkins was born on \_\_\_\_ as the son of Jo Bracken of Hartford and Daytona Beach, Florida. He spent much of his childhood school holidays at the Brackens' winter home there. He served with the Coast Guard in the Pacific during World War II.

## Family

Perkins married Margaret Maercklein on September 6, 1947 at Trinity Church in Hartford, Connecticut.
George Henry Williamson (Stamford, CT)

**George Henry Williamson** (1843 - July 12, 1934) was a businessman in Darien and Stamford, Connecticut.

Williamson was born in 1843 in New York. After growing up in the area, he moved to Darien, Connecticut in the 1864, where he became a businessman. He lived in the area to conduct business for fifty years, as he retired in the early 1910s. He resided at the home of his son in Darien, where he fractured his hip in a fall in the middle of 1934.

On July 12, 1934, Williamson died at Stamford Hospital at the age of 91.

## Family

Williamson married Cynthia Millspaugh.

* Charles Ernest Williamson - m. Grace Norton Murray
* Norman L. Williamson - m. ???
* Frederick H. Williamson - m. ????
Charles Mather (North Main Street)

**Charles Mather** (October 18, 1814 - October 18, 1898) was a resident of North Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut, and one of the best-known residents of the North End of Hartford. He was a regular attendant at Unity Church.

Mather was born on October 18, 1814, in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Return Strong Mather and Patty Shepard Clark. He worked as a farmer in an extensive way on the land in the North End of Hartford, Connecticut. He was a strong earnest Republican in politics, but never held local office other than serving on the district school committee several years before his death. Few were more earnest in their advocacy of republican principles or more firm in their allegiance to the party to which he had always belonged. He was a typical Yankee in his appearance and manner of address, a keen businessman. He was an interesting talker and always took lively interest in local affairs and the events of the day. He was a very practical man, direct in speech and manner and of the strictest integrity, upright in all dealings with his fellow men.

He grew up in the area and built a home on the upper Windsor Avenue in Hartford, where he moved with his wife after their marriage in 1849. He lived there for many years until his death. In 1897, he suffered a severe attack, but recovered for many months. However, in the middle of September 1898, after attending to his business affairs and displaying some old time activity, he sank rapidly from the last attack and was conscious nearly to the end.

On October 18, 1898, on the 84th anniversary of his birth, Mather died at his home on Windsor Avenue in Hartford, Connecticut, at 9:45 pm.

## Family

Mather married Cornelia Jane Goodwin on January 4, 1849.

* Sarah Mather - m. Frank A. Lane
* Henrietta Mather - m. Lewis B. Herrick
* Laura Matilda Mather - unmarried.
* Alice C. Mather - unmarried.
* Cornelia Jane Mather (Jan. 15, 1851 - Apr. 5, 1851) - died young.
* Edward Goodwin Mather (Feb. 10, 1852 - Aug. 25, 1876) - died young.
* Charles Minor Mather (Apr. 27, 1856 - Jan. 13, 1869) - died young.
* Hattie Eva Mather (Feb. 23, 1859 - Sept. 9, 1876) - died young.
* Martha Adelaide Mather (Feb. 13, 1865 - Oct. 10, 1876) - died young.
* Kitty Mather (Dec. 25, 1872 - Jul. 13, 1873) - died young.
Bessie (Hubbard) Belknap

**Bessie Hubbard** (1882 - January 23, 1978) was a resident of West Hartford, Connecticut.

Hubbard was born in 1882. She lived at 109 North Quaker Lane in West Hartford, Connecticut in her adulthood. In her later years, she moved to Groton, Massachusetts, where she lived at 9 Elm Street. On January 23, 1978, she died at the age of 95 in Ayre, Massachusetts. She was buried at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut, on January 26, 1978.

## Family

Hubbard married Charles Henry Belknap.

* Margaret Hubbard Belknap - m. Richard O. Bennett
Georgia (Cadwell) Morris

**Georgia Cadwell** (November 1, 1870 - September 1, 1933) was a charter member of the Elmwood Community Church in West Hartford and the sister-in-law of Wallace B. Goodwin, a Hartford real estate developer and insurance agent. She was born on November 1, 1870 in Elmwood, the daughter of John P. Cadwell and Emma Salisbury, and had lived in Elmwood her whole life. On July 15, 1891, she married a painter from Rochester, Massachusetts, named William Morris, whose parents were born in England.

In the 1920's, she was involved in the foundation of the new Elmwood Community Church on Newington Road, West Hartford. On September 1, 1933, she died at the home of her daughter at 118 South Street in Elmwood.

### **Children**

* Ruth Emma Morris (b. Oct. 25, 1903) - m. Ronald S. Backus
* Norma Louise Morris (b. Nov. 12, 1905) - m. Peter M. Balfour
* Ralph W. Morris (b. Mar. 17, 1893) - m. Marion Arletta Diefendorf
* Ernest F. Morris (b. Sept. 5, 1895) - m. Eloise P. Rowland
* Harvey C. Morris (b. Sept. 29, 1912) - m. Pauline J. Quoos
* Richard E. Morris (Dec. 21, 1915 - Jun. 20, 1917) - died young.
Ernest H. Moseley, Jr.

**Ernest H. Moseley, Jr.** (April 24, 1919 - January 18, 2004) was a co-founder of Moseley Metal Crafts Incorporated of West Hartford, Connecticut, a family-owned business where he worked for 35 years. He was a member of The Regency Cove Yacht Club, past President of the West Hartford Lions Club, and a longtime volunteer at the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Florida.

## Life and Death

Moseley was born on April 24, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Ernest H. Moseley, Sr. and Elizabeth Allis. After completing his education in the area, he moved with his family to South Main Street in West Hartford, Connecticut. In the late 1930's, he was involved with the insurance business in Hartford, Connecticut and joined the war effort at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran after war broke out in 1939. He enlisted soon after and was stationed as a Private in Texas. On June 6, 1944, he stormed the shore with the 3rd Army on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.

After the war was over, the two moved into 49 Brightwood Lane in West Hartford, Connecticut to raise their family. He helped co-found Moseley Metal Crafts Inc. on New Park Avenue in West Hartford, a family-run business. He also served as a Deacon of Memorial Baptist Church in Hartford, Connecticut. After his wife's unexpected death in January 1977 at the age of 58, he moved to Tampa Florida in 1981 and shortly after began employment with Metal Industries in Oldsmar, Florida. He worked as a metal craftsman on a volunteer basis for the local museum of science and technology.

The metal crafts store was the site of much importance in the early 1960s when researchers for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of History and Technology were combing area shops for pieces of outdated industrial machinery. They were directed to Moseley's, where an old metal spinning machine caught their attention. The piece was donated to the Smithsonian during that decade and was later stored in the museum.

On January 18, 2004, Moseley died in Tampa, Florida at the age of 84. A memorial service was held in Tampa at the Regency Cove Clubhouse on February 1, 2004. He was buried in Hartford, Connecticut.

## Family

Moseley married Helen Rydquest on July 23, 1943 in a ceremony that took place in the chapel in Camp Maxey in Texas.

* Ernest H. Moseley III
* Claire Moseley - m. Brad Young

He married his second wife, Marguerite Clauson, who had several children from a prior marriage, after 1981.
Benoni Barber

**Benoni Barber** (August 14, 1758 - ?) was a resident of Windsor, Connecticut.

Barber was born on August 14, 1758 as the twin son of Moses Barber in Hartford, Connecticut. He grew up in the city throughout his childhood. After his marriage in 1790, he moved to Windsor, Connecticut, where he remained until his death years later.

## Family

Barber married Patty Goodwin on November 11, 1790.

* Martha Barber - m. William Tinker
* Mary Barber - m. Bela Landfear
* Eunice Barber - m. Walter Butler
* Benoni Bissell Barber - m. (1) Eliza Dwyer (2) Mya Hanscom
* Nancy Barber - m. William J. Gilbert
* Sarah Barber - unmarried.
* Abigail Barber - unmarried.
Bryan Hooker (Bristol deacon)

**Bryan Hooker** (August 5, 1764 - June 22, 1826) was a woolen goods manufacturer in Bristol, Connecticut, and an active representative for the state of Connecticut.

Hooker was born on August 5, 1764 in Bristol, Connecticut, as the son of Asahel Hooker and Anne Parmalee. He grew up in Bristol and established one of the first woolen manufacturies in the state. His fulling mill was long known as the old yellow shop, near the bridge on the corner of East and South Streets. It was later destroyed by fire in 1903. He was a man of mark and influence both in hchurch and state, and filled many offices of trust. The town records tell that he took the Freeman's oath in September 1796. In 1806 and again from 1811 to 1820, he was chosen as Town Clerk. When he was not Town Clerk, he was often Moderator of the meeting.

Hooker represented the town at the General Assembly in 1812, 1813, 1814, 1817, and on July 4, 1818, he was appointed a delegate to meet in convention in Hartford, Connecticut, on the fourth Wednesday of August for the purpose of framing a Constitution of Civil Government for the people of the state." He voted on the conservative side often and was chairman of many important committees, such as the inspection of bridges and highways. He united with the Congregational Church on September 29, 1799 and played an active part in the church. His interest and sympathy for the poor and unfortunate were unbounded, as he frequently served on the Board of the poor relief and his private charities were numerous. He served as a deacon for many years.

Hooker died in Bristol, Connecticut on June 22, 1826.

## Family

Hooker married first to Lydia Lewis in 1790. She died on April 20, 1804. The couple had no chidlren.

Hooker married second to Nancy Lee in 1804, a widow who had two children by a previous marriage.

* Lydia Lewis Hooker - m. Cyrus Porter Smith
* Nancy Hooker - m. William Hill
* Bryan Edward Hooker - m. (1) Maria Robbins Williams (2) Martha Huntington Williams
Alexander Hamilton Holley (Governor of Connecticut)

**Alexander Hamilton Holley** (August 12, 1804 - October 2, 1887) was an American politican and the 40th Governor of Connecticut.

Holley was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, on August 12, 1804 as the son of John Milton Holley and Sarah Porter. He was educated in the public school system of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. Holley went into his father's business and in 1854, became President of the Holley Manufacturing Company, a position he held for life. He also served as director and president of the Salisbury Iron Bank, and a director of the Connecticut Western Railroad. He served in the state militia, rising through the ranks to division inspector. He entered politics in 1844, serving as a delegate to the Whig National Convention. He was lieutenant governor of Connecticut in 1854, and was elected Governor of Connecticut in 1857.

During his tenure, which started on May 6, 1857, the Supreme Court ruled on the Dred Scott case, with both the legislature and the governor criticizing it as Democratic pro-slavery scheming. Holley's administration also endorsed the requirement for recently naturalized citizens to wait one year before being eligible to vote. He was not renominated and retired from public service on May 5, 1858.

Holley died on October 2, 1887 in Lakeville, Connecticut, and was buried at Salisbury Cemetery in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

## Family

Holley married first to Jane M. Lyman in October 1831. She died on September 18, 1832.

* Alexander Lyman Holley - m. Mary Slade

Holley married second to Marcia Coffing on September 10, 1835. She died on March 11, 1854.

* John Coffing Holley -
* Maria Holley - m. William B. Rudd

Holley married third to Sarah Coit Day on November 11, 1856.
Francis Goodwin (Hartford Symphony Orchestra)

**Francis Goodwin** (April 20, 1895 - January 19, 1976) was the founder of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in Hartford, Connecticut.

Goodwin was born on April 20, 1895 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of James Goodwin and Frances Whittlesey Brown. He attended the local schools in Hartford and graduated from Yale University, where he had a seven-piece band called the Eli Society Orchestra. He quickly became a prominent figure in the arts in Hartford. In the 1930s, Goodwin helped found the symphony's frontrunner, the Hartford Civic Concert Orchestra, which was supported by grants from the Works Projects Administration during the Great Depression. When Goodwin received a telegram in 1936 telling him the government would withdraw funds unless private sponsors donated one-third of the costs, he went on stage during a concert intermission. With three thousand people watching, he suggested the formation of a symphony society. They raised $1,500 that night in one dollar bills, and the symphony was formed.

He devoted much of his life to the orchestra's musical advancement, community service, and financial stability. He also served as an alderman and was a member of the Park Board in Hartford. He was the author of "The Hartford Symphony Orchestra: A Brief History from Its Beginning to the Present." He was also the director of the Hartford Conservstory and president from 1936 to 1948.

## Family

Goodwin married first to Janet Stanley in 1923.

* Jane Fenwick Goodwin

Goodwin married second to Effie Gilbertson on July 12, 1947. She died in 1967.

Goodwin married third to Jacqueline Parsons on January 16, 1973. The couple had no children.
Ellen (Phillips) Cheney (Ohio)

**Ellen Phillips** (February 3, 1840 - March 29, 1909) was a resident of the Gallia County, Ohio, and the great-grandmother of United States Vice President Dick Cheney.

Phillips was born on February 3, 1840 in Silver Creek, New York, as the daughter of Jeremiah William Phillips and Louise Langdon. After her marriage in 1861, she removed to Ohio, where she lived for the remainder of her life, in Defiance. By 1900, her husband and family removed to Buffalo County, Nebraska, and by the time fo her death, she returned to Ohio, specifically in Gallia County.

On March 29, 1909, Phillips died in Gallia County, Ohio. She was buried in Webster Cemetery on March 31, 1909.

## Family

Phillips married Samuel Fletcher Cheney on September 24, 1861 in Defiance, Ohio.

* Thomas Herbert Cheney - m. (1) Lillian Byers (2) Margaret Tyler
* Lucy Belle Cheney - m. Delbert G. Webster
Ann (Spencer) Goodwin (Sharon)

**Ann Spencer** (1724 - August 31, 1804) was a resident of Sharon, Connecticut.

Spencer was born in 1724 as the daughter of Obadiah Spencer and Ann Burr. She attended the local schools and moved to Sharon, Connecticut in 1753 after her marriage. She lived in Litchfield County for many decades after, remaining there with her family. She was one of the founders of the Sharon branch of the Goodwin family as well, residing on a farm just north of the village.

Spencer died in Sharon, Connecticut, on August 31, 1804.

## Family

Spencer married John Pantry Goodwin on June 3, 1753.

* Ann Goodwin - m. Joseph Lake
* John Pantry Goodwin, Jr. - m. Nancy Rogers
* Hezekiah Goodwin - m. (1) Ellen Burr (2) Polly Dorr
* Elijah Goodwin - m. (1) Parthena Fuller (2) Martha Wilkinson
* Abigail Goodwin - m. Abraham Nott
* Mary Goodwin - m. Eliakim S. Noyes
* Hannah Goodwin (May 18, 1755 - Jan. 3, 1845) - unmarried.
* Hezekiah Goodwin (Feb. 13, 1757 - Jan. 23, 1760) - died young.
Henrietta (Mather) Herrick

**Henrietta Mather** (December 21, 1854 - March 5, 1939) was a resident of West Hartford, Connecticut, and a soloist in Hartford churches for many years.

Mather was born on December 21, 1854 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the daughter of Charles Mather and Cornelia Jane Goodwin. She grew up in the local schools and resided with her family on the upper Windsor Avenue in the North End of Hartford. She was a soloist in Hartford churches for many years. After her marriage, she moved with her husband to 12 Bretton Road in West Hartford, Connecticut, where she resided for her remaining years.

On March 5, 1939, Mather died at her home on Bretton Road at the age of 84.

## Family

Mather married Lewis B. Herrick on December 27, 1882 in Hartford, Connecticut.

* George Goodwin Herrick - m. Rhoda Darlington
* Lewis B. Herrick, Jr.
* Nettie Herrick - m. Herbert H. Beckwith
Abigail Ann (Goodwin) Wait

**Abigail Ann Goodwin** (September 2, 1805 - November 9, 1889) was a resident of Hartford, Connecticut, and New York City.

Goodwin was born on September 2, 1805 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the daughter of John Goodwin and Anna Goodwin. She grew up in Hartford during her childhood and attended the local schools. After her marriage in 1829, she moved to New York City with her husband, who worked as a printer. She lived several more years after he died in 1871.

On November 9, 1889, Goodwin died at the age of 84.

## Family

Goodwin married Joseph Wait, Jr. on March 4, 1829 in Hartford, Connecticut.

* Anna Josephine Wait - m. Davis B. Prescott
* Martha Jane Wait (Aug. 2, 1830 - Mar. 11, 1843) - died young.
* William Joseph Wait (Jun. 11, 1846 - Jul. 27, 1848) - died young.
Helen (Newman) Maercklein

**Helen Newman** (---)

Newman was born on \_\_\_\_\_\_ as the daughter of Frederick Newman of Winsted, Connecticut. She graduated from the Gilbert School in Winsted, Connecticut.

## Family

Newman married Karl Hale Maercklein on December 31, 1924. They made their first home at 818 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford.
Albert W. Olsen, Jr.

**Albert W. Olsen, Jr.** (May 15, 1921 - July 30, 1998) was the sixth headmaster of The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut from 1960 to 1981.

## Life and Death

Albert W. Olsen, Jr. was born on May 15, 1921 in Tianjin, China, the son of Albert W. Olsen, Sr. and Gertrude Richards. Throughout his youth, the family lived in China, where his father was engaged in an import-export business. After the family moved to Connecticut, Olsen graduated from The Hotchkiss School in 1939 and from Yale University in 1943, where he was manager of the Yale football team and a member of the Whiffenpoof Singing Group. He attended Columbia and received a Master's Degree in history in 1948.

He married Jean Rohrbach, the daughter of John F. D. Rohrbach and Elsie Alpaugh. The couple had one child, listed below.

Olsen began his teaching career at Hotchkiss in 1945 and spent five years as a teacher of English and History at Deerfield Academy. In 1953, he returned to his alma mater to teach English and work in admissions. In 1960, he was named the sixth headmaster and presided over the institution for the next two decades. Under his leadership, the school prospered and became coeducational in 1974. Mr. Olsen's reputation led to associations with many other institutions in Connecticut. He was a trustee of the Wooster School in Danbury, Connecticut; the Westover School in Middlebury, Connecticut; the Town Hill School in Salisbury, Connecticut; and the Forman School in Litchfield, Connecticut, among others. He was also a past president of the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools.

After leaving Hotchkiss in 1981, he worked for a number of years at the executive recruiting firm Russell Reynolds Associates in Manhattan. He became a managing director and pioneered the company's searches for nonprofit executives. On July 30, 1998, he died of cancer at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut.
Elizabeth Mason (Sedgwick) Pomeroy

**Elizabeth Mason Sedgwick** (April 30, 1775 - October 15, 1827) was a resident of Southbridge, Massachusetts.

Sedgwick was born on April 30, 1775 in western Massachusetts as the daughter of Theodore Sedgwick and Pamela Dwight. She grew up in western Massachusetts throughout the better portion of her childhood and early adulthood, raised by her mother alone, due to her father's absence in politics. After her marriage in 1797, she removed to Southbridge, Massachusetts, where she lived for the remainder of her life.

On October 15, 1827, Sedgwick died in Stockbridge, Massachusetts as a result of a second paralytic attack. Her obituary in the Christian Register notes: "We will not pretend to give an outline of the character of this excellent woman - it is pre-eminently engraven upon the hearts of all who had the pleasure to know her - suffice it to say, Mrs. Pomeroy possessed every social and Christian grace - her charities were felt and acknowledged - her care and solicitude for the needy and the sick were not often equaled - these, to say nothing of her affectionate relatives and friends, will shed the tear of sorrow over the remains of their departed friend and benefactor."

## Family

Sedgwick married Thaddeus Pomeroy on April 23, 1797.

* Theodore Sedgwick Pomeroy - m. Huldah Fellows Hopkins
* Elizabeth Pamela Pomeroy - m. Horatio Byington
* Ebenezer Watson Pomeroy - m. Maria Aull
* Catharine Eliza Pomeroy - m. Samuel P. Parker
* Julia Pomeroy - m. Chester Averill, Sr.
* George Williams Pomeroy - unmarried.
* Egbert Benson Pomeroy - unmarried.
* Frances Susan Pomeroy - unmarried.
* Charles Sedgwick Pomeroy - unmarried.
* Mary Pomeroy - unmarried.
* Thaddeus Pomeroy, Jr. - unmarried.
Edith (Lord) Brown (Newington, Connecticut)

**Edith Lord** (1892 - October 7, 1964) was a resident of Elmwood, West Hartford, Connecticut, and Newington, Connecticut.

Lord was born in 1892 in Elmwood, West Hartford, Connecticut, as the daughter of Charles Edward Lord and Ellen Shaw. Her father was the former Republican Town Chairman of West Hartford. After gaining her education, she settled down in West Hartford, where she lived until the 1950s, when she removed to Newington, Connecticut. She became a member of the First Church of Christ Congregational in Newington, living at 16 Northwood Road.

On October 7, 1964, Lord died at Hartford Hospital at the age of 72.

## Family

Lord married C. Warner Brown.

* FirstName Brown - m. Edward Churchill
Hannah (Goodwin) Watson (Hartford)

**Hannah Goodwin** (bapt. December 28, 1715 - c. October 20, 1799) was a resident of Hartford, Connecticut.

Goodwin was baptized on December 28, 1715 as the daughter of Hezekiah Goodwin and Hannah Pantry in Hartford, Connecticut. She grew up in the area and attended the local school. After her marriage in the late 1730s or early 1740s, she continued to live in the city with her husband, where they started a family. She died sometime in October 1799, as she was buried in Hartford, Connecticut on October 20, 1799 at the age of 83.

## Family

Goodwin married John Watson between August 1737 and September 1745.

* William Watson - m. Deborah Griswold
* Hezekiah Watson - m. Abigail Fellows
David Weeks (1850-1895)

**David Weeks** (February 25, 1850 - 1895) was a government worker in Washington, D.C.

Weeks was born on February 25, 1850 in Louisiana as the son of Alfred Conrad Weeks and Anne Stephens Hunter. He grew up there and moved to Washington, D.C., where he lived for the remainder of his life as a government worker in the later 1800s administrations. He died unmarried in 1895.
Burdette C. Maercklein

**Burdette Crane Maercklein** (October 12, 1884 - November 21, 1959) was a direct descendant of the founders of Hartford and a retired publicist.

He was born on October 12, 1884 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Herman J. Maercklein and Alice Crane. Through his mother, Maercklein was connected with many of the colonial families of Hartford, Madison, Guilford, and Killingworth. He was a direct descendant of 12 of the founders of Hartford, including Elder William Goodwin, who arrived in Connecticut around the time of Thomas Hooker. Another ancestor was the Reverend Thomas Shepard, who arrived in Boston in 1635, to become a founder of Harvard College. He traced his descent from the Mayflower passengers, John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley.

Maercklein graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1902 and then Trinity College in 1906, where he received his B.A. and Master of Arts Degrees. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity while there. After graduating, he became a reporter for The Courant and the Hartford Times before joining the publicity department of Aetna Insurance Company in the 1920's. Always interested in historical subjects, many of his articles were published in newspapers and historical magazines. He retired in 1949 after working for many decades.

On November 21, 1959, he died at Hartford Hospital, after having lived at his parents' home at 213 Laurel Street. He was unmarried.
Charles Mason Beach

**Charles Mason Beach** (February 18, 1826 - June 27, 1910) was a prominent businessman in West Hartford, Connecticut, and an established dairy farmer in the state of Connecticut.

Beach was born on February 18, 1826 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of George Beach, Sr. and Harriet Bradley. His early education was obtained in Hartford, followed by two years at a boarding school. Soon after, he began business as a clerk in the store of Howe, Mather & Co. on Asylum Street in Hartford, the firm later becoming Mather, Morgan & Company. In 1848, he began business in dye making and chemical production with two of his elder brothers, George Beach, Jr. and J. Watson Beach. Two or three years later, the firm became Beach & Company, and Beach remained in it until his death, although he had taken no active part in the business during the last few years of his life. In 1859, he made a summer home for himself in West Hartford and moved there permanently in 1869, establishing one of the largest dairy and sheep farms in the state of Connecticut. He was also one of the founders of the American Jersey Cattle Club and of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, and was also a member of the Hartford Club and the Hartford Golf Club.

Beach was the oldest director of the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, and was one of the oldest directors of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company as well. He became a director of the Hartford Carpet Corporation and of its predecessor, the Hartford Carpet Company. He was a director of the Phoenix National Bank and of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, having been on the board of the latter since 1879. He had for many years been a director of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, resigning in around 1907-08 because of his deteriorating health.

He was additionally a director of the Holyoke Water Power Company. He was a trustee of the Hartford Retreat, and since 1900, had been one of the trustees of donations and bequests for church purposes of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. For many years, he had been senior warden of St. James's Parish in West Hartford, Connecticut.

The last decade of his life in retirement was confined to his home. In January 1902, he drove to the home of his son-in-law on Prospect Hill to attend a social gathering when his horse became startled and threw him to the ground, dislocating his shoulder.

On June 27, 1910, Charles Beach died at his home at Vine Hill in West Hartford, Connecticut, of disease incident to old age. He had been in failing health for several months, but his serious illness lasted almost two weeks. The funeral was held at his home and he was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut.

## Family

Beach married Frances Lyman Belknap in Hartford, Connecticut on October 8, 1849.

* Harriet Beach - William W. Huntington
* Charles Edward Beach - m. Catherine Harriet Coffing
* Thomas Belknap Beach - m. Mary Mansfield
* Frances Antoinette Beach - unmarried.
* Mary Elizabeth Beach - unmarried.
* Edith Beach - unmarried.
Albert H. Matatall

**Albert H. Matatall** (1860 - April 2, 1929) was a resident of West Hartford, Connecticut, and one of the inventors of the electrically-welded pipe-joint.

On August 26, 1895, Albert and Ira C. Matatall applied for a patent for an electrically-welded pipe-joint in Harrison, New Jersey. Years after, he moved to the Elmwood section of West Hartford, Connecticut, where his children attended public school. In September 1904, his son attempted to marry a girl he had met at the Elmwood school. The Town Clerk told them that neither was of age and that they had to obtain the consent the consent of their parents. When her parents refused to let her sleep in the house, Albert's son let her stay at his home. By October 14, 1904, the family had a change of heart and the couple got married.

Albert purchased land on Grove Street and Princeton Street in Elmwood in 1911 and lived there for the remainder of his life.

On April 2, 1929, Matatall died, allowing his son to take his ome at 15 Grove Street in West Hartford.

## Family

Matatall married Susan Delanoy.

* Robert P. Matatall - m. Frances Goodwin
* Louise Matatall - m. Lucius C. Warner
Elizabeth (Goodwin) Steele

**Elizabeth Goodwin** (November 2, 1792 - January 18, 1839) was the daughter of Allyn Goodwin and a 6th-generation descendant of Ozias Goodwin, an original founder of Hartford. She married Horace Steele (1775-1867) on June 2, 1824, a bookbinder and the son of Thomas Steele and Eunice Clapp. The family resided in Hartford until her death on January 18, 1839.

### **Children**

* Sarah Jane Steele (b. June 5, 1825) - m. Emilius L. Beckley
* Emily Steele (Oct. 16, 1827 - Mar. 12, 1835) - child.
* Lucy Ann Steele (b. Mar. 26, 1830) - m. Lorenzo Lamb - resided in Hartford, CT
Chauncey Allen Goodrich

**Chauncey Allen Goodrich** (October 23, 1790 - February 25, 1860) was an American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer. He edited Noah Webster's dictionary after his father-in-law's death.

Goodrich was born on October 23, 1790 in New Haven, Connecticut, as the son of Elizur Goodrich and Anne Willard Allen. He graduated from Yale in 1810, served as tutor there from 1812 to 1814, and afterward studied theology. He settled in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1810 as pastor of the Congregational Church there, but feeble health obliged him to leave in 1817. In 1820, he was chosen president of Williams College, but declined the office. He was professor of rhetoric and oratory in Yale from 1817 until 1839 when he was transferred to the chair of pastoral theology in that institution, which chair he held until his death. Goodrich exerted a wide influence and cooperated with many learned societies. Soon after the publication of the *American Dictionary*, by his father-in-law, Noah Webster, in 1828, Goodrich was entrusted by its author with power to superintend an abridgment of the work, which he did, conforming the orthography more nearly to the common standard. This process was assisted by Denison Olmsted and others in 1847.

On February 25, 1860, while he was engaged in a radical revision of the dictionary, he died before the work received its final form, and it was published under another's supervision in 1864.

## Family

Goodrich married Frances Julianna Webster on October 1, 1816.

* Chauncey Goodrich - m. Elizabeth Ely Coe
* William Henry Goodrich - m. Mary Prichard
* Julia Webster Goodrich - m. George E. Hill
* Frances Louisa Goodrich - m. Henry Kirke White Welch