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Evelyn (Costanza) Beckett

**Evelyn Costanza** (1906 - November 15, 2001) was an employee of the Fuller Brush Company in Hartford and the wife of Asa G. Beckett. She was born in Peacedale, Rhode Island in 1906 as the daughter of Eugene Costanza and Josephine Nigrelli. After marrying Asa, they lived in Hartford for many years. In 1957, they moved to Windsor, where they made their home at 34 Heritage Drive. On September 11, 1975, her husband died at Hartford Hospital, leaving her and her children.

On November 15, 2001, she died at the age of 95 at St. Francis Hospital.

### **Children**

* Eugene F. Beckett - m. Joanne \_\_\_\_
* Gilbert Beckett - m. Betty \_\_\_\_
* Dorothy Beckett - m. \_\_\_\_ Dalton
Benedicta (Goodwin) Goodrich

**Benedicta Goodwin** (bapt. February 25, 1693 - aft. January 1746) was a resident of Hartford, Connecticut, and Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Goodwin was born and baptized on February 25, 1693, as the daughter of Nathaniel Goodwin and Mehetable Porter. She grew up in Hartford, Connecticut and removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut after her marriage in 1717. She lived out her remaining years there.

Goodwin died after January 1746.

## Family

Goodwin married Jacob Goodrich on September 12, 1717.

* Hannah Goodrich
* Rebecca Goodrich - m. Capt. Reuben Loomis
* Elijah Goodrich
* Ruth Goodrich
* Stephen Goodrich
* Sarah Goodrich
George Dewey Tourtellotte

**George Dewey Tourtellotte** (1898 - May 19, 1983) was an employee with the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Corporation in East Hartford, Connecticut, and the husband of Kathleen Smith. He was born in 1898 in Attawaugan, Connecticut, the son of Marvin W. Tourtellotte, Jr. and Ada Green. After completing his education in the regional school system, he married Kathleen Smith, the daughter of English immigrants. He worked for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Corporation for 21 years, from 1942 during World War II, until his retirement in 1961.

In 1970, the couple moved to 22 Elliott Street in Hartford, Connecticut, where he resided until his death at Hartford Hospital on May 19, 1983. He was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, Putnam, Connecticut. His wife remained a widow until her death in September 1999. He was survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
Charles Wadsworth Curtis

**Charles Wadsworth Curtis** (December 10, 1811 - December 15, 1841) was a silver-plater and a resident of Hartford, Connecticut.

Curtis was born in 1811 in Granville, Massachusetts, as the son of Nathan and Nancy Wadsworth. He grew up in the area and moved to Hartford, Connecticut when he married. He became a silver-plater and resided there until he died on December 15, 1841 at the age of 30.

## Family

Curtis married Mary Ann Goodwin on December 27, 1838.

* Charles Wadsworth Curtis, Jr. (Sept. 17, 1839 - May 11, 1885) - unmarried.
* Georgiana Curtis - m. James S. Fitch
* Josephine Curtis - m. Henry Chapman
Donald Wilhelm (grandfather of Bill de Blasio)

**Donald George Wilhelm** (January 23, 1887 - February 25, 1945) was a prolific author and lecturer in New England, and the grandfather of Bill de Blasio, the Mayor of New York City (2014-present). He was a member of the Cosmos Club in Washington and the Harvard Club in New York. He married Nina Warren.

He was born on January 23, 1887 in Defiance, Ohio, as the son of John C. Wilhelm and Agnes Marantitte. He was educated at George Washington and Harvard Universities. In 1917-1918, he collaborated with Benedict Crowell, assistant Secretary of War, on articles fostering a united air service, and also served on President Woodrow Wilson's United States committee on public information for the Advisory Council of National Defense. In 1923, he served as a personal assistant to Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce, to study industry in the Ukraine, the Crimea, the Ruhr Valley, and England.

In the fall of 1942, Wilhelm traveled to England during World War II as a war correspondent gathering magazine material. He had made a first-hand study of United States arsenals and war plants for the government. Among his articles on the war were "Boomtown No. 1," "What Happened at Wake?", and "Robot of Destruction" (on the torpedo). His books included, "The Book of Metals," "Story of Iron and Steel," and "Writing for Profit."

He moved to Riverside in Greenwich, Connecticut, and remained there during World War II after his time in England. On February 25, 1945, he died of a heart attack in Brooklyn, New York, at the age of 58. He was survived by his wife, his children, a sister, and two brothers.

### **Children**

* Warren Wilhelm - m. Maria de Blasio
* Donald Wilhelm, Jr.
* Jean Wilhelm (b. 1927)
Edna (Tourtellotte) Johnson

**Edna Tourtellotte** (1889 - February 15, 1972) was a resident of East Hartford, Connecticut, and Deltona, Florida. She was born in 1889 in Voluntown, Connecticut to Marvin W. Tourtellotte, Jr. and Ada Green, 14 years after their marriage in 1875. She moved to East Hartford, Connecticut in 1935 after she grew up in Voluntown. She married Gibert Johnson and in October 1970, she and her husband moved to Deltona, Florida, where they lived at 2320 Greenwood Street.

On February 15, 1972, she died in Deltona, Florida, and was buried in Rose Hill Memorial Park in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. She had lived in Florida for 16 months with her husband. She had no surviving children upon her death, only a brother, George.
Henry Corning (Hartford dealer)

**Henry Franklin Corning** (August 12, 1818 - January 3, 1904) was a Hartford dealer in harnesses and saddlery hardware.

Corning was born on August 12, 1818 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Henry Corning and Elizabeth Kappell. He grew up in the area and attended the local schools. As he was a young man, he went to New York, where he was engaged in a dry goods jobbing house for ten or twelve years. Because of ill health, he returned to Hartford, Connecticut to recuperate, intending to return to New York as soon as he recovered his health. His father-in-law, Colonel Ralph Goodwin, who conducted a saddlery hardware store on Asylum Street in Hartford though entered into partnership with Corning, the firm being known as Goodwin & Company.

Goodwin's retirement from the firm allowed Corning to bring in his brother, Franklin Corning, in 1858, and the business was then conducted under the name Corning Brothers. The business was strictly silver plating, but shortly afterward, they added carriage supplies, leathers, and other artifacts, conducting a jobbing business, handling coach and saddlery hardware. About the year 1877, they began making harnesses, and added trunks and bags to their stock, and ten years later, they added small leather goods, such as pocket books, card cases, and others.

Corning's long business career on Asylum Street made him a familiar figure to the people of Hartford. He was a firm Episcopalian and was heavily invested in the church. For many years, he was a junior warden of St. John's Church and a senior warden of Trinity Church, and he was a member of the latter at the time of his death. During Mayor George G. Sumner's term, he was appointed a member of the board of police commissioners and he served as a member of the common council from the old Second Ward.

In the early 1890s, Corning was struck with a complication of diseases and did not enjoy good health since that time. On the retirement of his brother from the industry, his son, Henry, took over at the store almost daily, as Corning was not engaged in the management of the business anymore. He visited the store for the last time at the end of 1903.

On January 3, 1904, Corning died of old age at his home on Spring Street in Hartford, Connecticut, caused by the failure of his vital forces.

## Family

Corning married Mary Jane Goodwin on May 3, 1847. The couple celebrated their golden wedding on May 3, 1897, going out to West Hartford, Connecticut in the afternoon.

* Henry Franklin Corning - m. (1) Mary Keney (2) Delia F. Howard
* Mary Elizabeth Kappell Corning - ?
* Carrie Goodwin Corning - m. ?
* Jennie Boyd (Feb. 28, 1860 - Sept. 18, 1861) - died young.
Elisabeth of Valois

**Elisabeth of Valois** (April 2, 1545 - October 3, 1568) was a Spanish queen consort.

She was born on April 2, 1545 in the Chateau de Fontainebleu as the daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. Her childhood was spent in the French royal nursery, where her father insisted she share her bedroom with her future sister-in-law, who was about the same age. The two remained close friends for the rest of their lives. She was described as being shy, timid, and very much in awe of her formidable mother. After her marriage in 1559, she improved her amateur painting technique. She and her husband were attached to each other, staying close by her side even when she was ill with smallpox. Her first pregnancy in 1564 ended with a miscarriage of twin girls. Elisabeth had another miscarriage on October 3, 1568 and died the same day, along with her newborn infant daughter.

## Family

Elisabeth married Philip II of Spain on June 22, 1559. They had five daughters, though only two survived. Elisabeth died a few hours after the loss of her last child in 1568.

* Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain - m. Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
* Catherine Michelle of Spain - m. Charles Emmanual I, Duke of Savoy
Eveline (Dickinson) Sears

**Eveline Dickinson** (May 6, 1813 - 1908) was a resident of West Hartford, Connecticut.

Dickinson was born on May 6, 1813 in Marlborough, Connecticut. After she married Selden Sears in 1843, the couple removed to West Hartford, Connecticut in 1854. With her husband, they operated the Noah Webster farm on South Main Street. On Thanksgiving Day in 1899, she and her husband celebrated their 56th anniversary very happily. On January 10, 1900, he died from an attack of heart disease combined with edema.

Dickinson died in November 1908. The funeral was held at her home in Elmwood on November 20, 1908, and she was buried in the North Cemetery, West Hartford.

## Family

Dickinson married Selden Philo Sears on November 29, 1843.

* Prescott A. Sears - m. Julia L. Roberts
* Newman E. Sears - m. Florence Smith
* Alida A. Sears - died young.
* David Edward Sears - died young.
Frederick Law Olmsted

**Frederick Law Olmsted** (April 26, 1822 - August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and pubic administrator. He is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture. He was famous for co-designing many well-known urban parks with his senior partner, including Prospect Park and Central Park in New York City.

Olmsted was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 26, 1822 as the son of John Olmsted and Charlotte Law Hull. His father was a prosperous merchant who took a lively interest in nature, people, and places. He studied civil engineering for three years and pursued scientific studies at Yale College. He was then for two years a working student of agriculture, and afterwards a farmer and a horticulturist upon his own land for seven years. In 1850, he traveled to Europe, mainly on foot, giving special attention to rural affairs, particularly to parks and pleasure grounds. In 1853 and 1854, he was engaged in a study of the economic condition of the slave states. For closer observations of rural details, he traveled a distance of more than four thousand miles in these states on horseback. In 1856, he visited Europe again. The following spring, he was appointed superintendent of the preparatory work of the projected Central Park in New York City.

At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Olmsted was appointed by the President a member of the National Sanitary Commission. In 1865, he returned to New York and entered upon the general practice of landscape architecture. In 1872, his partnership dissolved and he served for a time as President and Treasurer of the Park Commission of New York, and moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1878. He was an important early leader of the conservation movement in the United States. In the 1880s, he was active in the efforts to conserve the natural wonders of Niagara Falls. In 1895, senility forced him to retire and remove to Belmont, Massachusetts, where he remained.

On August 28, 1903, Olmsted died in McLean Hospital. He was buried in the Old North Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut.

## Family

Olmsted married Mary Cleveland Perkins on June 13, 1859.

* Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. - m. Sarah Hall Sharples
* Marion Olmsted - unmarried.
Charles Burt Gentry (University of Connecticut)

**Charles Burt Gentry** (October 3, 1884 - November 16, 1955) was a well-known educator and high-ranking administrative official at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut.

Gentry was born in 1884 as the son of John H. Gentry and Sarah Beaty in Drexel, Missouri. At the age of 14, he took over the management of his family's farm while going to high school. After graduation, he took his first teaching position in a rural Cass County school. He later entered the Warrensburg, Missouri State Teachers College, receiving degrees there in 1908 and 1911. During those years, he also taught mathematics and was principal of the Booneville, Missouri High School. He attended the University of Missouri, the University of Chicago, and Cornell University, where he received a master's degree in agriculture. His teaching career took him to state teachers colleges at Conway, Arkansas, and Springfield, Missouri, and to Rutgers where he served as professor of agricultural education and also part time as assistant supervisor of agriculture for the State of New Jersey.

In 1920, Gentry joined the staff of the University of Connecticut to become dean of the School of Education. During his years at Storrs, Connecticut, Gentry taught during summer vacations at many universities throughout the country, and continued his studies at Columbia University and Harvard. For a decade, he combined his duties as dean of teacher training and director of vocational education with those of supervision of agricultural education for the State Board of Education. He similarly took an active part in the drafting of national educational policies, working with the United States Department of Education. He also served as acting president in 1928-29 upon the retirement of Charles L. Beach, and again in 1935. In 1950, following 30 years of service, he retired from the position.

On November 16, 1955, Gentry died at his home in Storrs, Connecticut.

## Family

Gentry married Kathleen Moore in Kansas City, Missouri on August 8, 1912.

* Robert Wilton Gentry - m. Priscilla Moerdyke
* Charles Edwin Gentry - m. Cornelia Robinson
* Jean Gentry - m. Andrew J. McMullan Jr.
* John Lewis Gentry
Li Xiaon Xishun

The man known as **Li Xiaon Xishun** was a legendary penguin warrior who lived between -4061 to -12 and was the great ancestor of *Bao Xishun*, the tallest man alive from 2005 to 2009.

Since his rebirth, Li Xiaon needed a new identity and origin: he is known as ***Râo Li-Shun*** (sometimes he changes it as "**Raoul Xiao-Long**"). He then wanders on the Scarlet Lands those days...

## Biography

As a proud penguin who lives in the Shah-Feng tribe of the Northern Mountains, Li Xiaon Xishun was feared by many because of his gifted talent: the ability to perceive the future. It is actually fore sighting but at an incredible level, near and very close to *Future Vision* power. Xiaon was able to see the incoming attacks and dodge, parry and block them all but with the help of his 6th sense he trained so hard with and the **Amulet of Ren-Ai** (a powerful and useful amulet that is said to be blessed by the Gods of Above, it allows the user to **predict the future** for a certain time), this increase his incredible talent of "seeing the future". When Li Xiao was 12 years old, he already mastered all the techniques of the Shah-Feng tribe in less than a year, which makes him as a chosen one.
Ann Eliza (Moseman) Brooks

**Ann Eliza Moseman** (1811 - 1893) was a resident of Rye, New York, and New York City.

Moseman was born in 1811 in Rye, New York, as the daughter of Willet Moseman and Lavinia Coe. She married in 1834 and removed to New York City, where she lived for the remainder of her life, raising a family. In 1893, Moseman died in New York City.

## Family

Moseman married John Brooks on September 15, 1834.

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Anna Josephine (Wait) Prescott

**Anna Josephine Wait** (December 7, 1834 - September 14, 1883) was a resident of Kings County, New York.

Wait was born on December 7, 1834 in New York City as the daughter of Joseph Wait, Jr. and Abigail Ann Goodwin. She grew up in the city throughout her entire life.

On September 14, 1883, Wait died in Morisania, New York.

## Family

Wait married Davis Bates Prescott on May 26, 1857 in St. Louis, Missouri.

* Anna Belle Prescott - m. Frederick Oscar Hausrath
* Grace Goodwin Prescott
* William Joseph Prescott
Harriet (Magnuson) Gorman

**Harriet Magnuson** (1904 - August 7, 1975) was a resident of West Hartford, Connecticut for most of her life. She was born in 1904 in West Hartford, Connecticut as the daughter of Charles A. Magnuson and Mary Magdelena, living there most of her life. In 1974, she moved to Wethersfield, where she remained at 65 Oldham Road until she removed to a local convalescent home, where she died on August 7, 1975.

## Family

Magnuson married Harold R. Gorman.

* Robert E. Gorman
* Harold C. Gorman
Francis Howard Olmsted

**Francis Howard Olmsted** (April 14, 1853 - March 26, 1886) was a world traveler and a student of law in the United States.

Olmsted was born on April 14, 1853 in Chicago, Illinois, as the son of Lucius Duncan Olmsted and Jessie Sherman. He prepared for college at the Hartford Public High School in Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale in 1874 and went abroad after graduation, traveling during the summer of 1874, in company with others. He settled down to work in the autumn of 1874 in Berlin, Germany, where he studied German and attended lectures. In the spring of 1875, he went to Heidelberg, and was matriculated at the University, where he spent the summer semester. In August 1875, he traveled through Switzerland, and in October went to Munich, and spent the winter studying Roman law. In 1876, he traveled in North Italy and the Riviera, and in Spain, intending to return to Germany for further study.

However, in June 1876, he was taken very ill at Avignon and was moved to Geneva, where his family was staying. The illness resulted in a permanent lameness. Later, he went to Rome, returning to Switzerland in the spring of 1877, and in May, he returned to the United States. He attended lectures at the Columbia Law School, and subsequently entered the law office of Barlow & Olney in New York, of which he became managing clerk. In the spring of 1881, he revisited Europe, where his mother and sisters had remained, at Vevey, Switzerland, and went abroad again in December of the same year.

Immediately after his marriage in 1882, he started with his wife for Australia, where he went as agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company on a mission to the Australian Government concerning the mail service of the company. So far from restoring his health, which was seriously affected, the Australian climate had the contrary effect, and on his return to America, he went to Colorado in January 1884. After visiting health resorts, he settled in Denver, entering the law office of Hon. Edward Wolcott. The condition of his health soon drove him from the law to a life out of doors, and in the spring of 1885, he settled on a Denver ranch, which he selected with such good judgment and improved with such skill that its value increased rapidly. His disease had, however, progressed too far to be checked by this wholesome life.

On March 26, 1886, Olmsted died at the age of 32 in Denver, Colorado.

## Family

Olmsted married Gertrude Meredith Holley on October 13, 1882.

* Alexander Holley Olmsted
* Jessie Sherman Olmsted - m. Edmund John Drummond
* Francis Howard Olmsted, Jr.
Abigail (Hooker) Talcott

**Abigail Pantry Hooker** (January 23, 1770 - March 16, 1854)was a resident of West Hartford, Connecticut, and a 5th generation descendant of the Hartford founder, Thomas Hooker.

Hooker was born on January 23, 1770 in Farmington, Connecticut, as the daughter of Thomas Hart Hooker and Sarah Whitman Hooker. She grew up in Farmington throughout her children and moved to West Hartford after her marriage, living in the house her parents had owned at the corner of New Britain Avenue and South Main Street. The couple later sold the home to her uncle, Charles Seymour.

Hooker died on March 16, 1854 in West Hartford, Connecticut.

## Family

Hooker married Samuel Talcott on January 25, 1795.

* Eliza Talcott - m. Amzi Francis
* Samuel Talcott - m. (1) Cynthia Olcott (2) Lucelia Brace (3) Margaret Lewis Sage
* Seth Talcott - m. Charlotte Stout Butler
* Mary Talcott
* Henry Talcott - m. Elizabeth Wells Whiting
* John Talcott (Jan. 21, 1811 - Oct. 17, 1815) - died young.
Edward Tallmadge Huntington

**Edward Tallmadge Huntington** (March 14, 1870 - August 25, 1949) was the erecting engineer for the Stockton Iron Works in Stockton, California.

Huntington was born on March 14, 1870 as the son of Edward Bouverie Huntington and Eleanora Tallmadge. He grew up as a boy in California, where his father worked as a farmer in Napa County. He worked on the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers until he "knew a dredge from the bottom of the keel to the top of the A frame." By the early 1900s, he became the erecting engineer for the Stockton Iron Works, who made a specialty of building dredge machinery. He lived as an Episcoplian in Stockton, California, for the remainder of his years.

On August 25, 1949, Huntington died at French Camp, San Joaquin County in California. He was buried at Saint Helena Public Cemetery.

## Family

Huntington married Marie Elizabeth Alstrom on June 28, 1909.

* Edward Alstrom Huntington - m. ????
Georgiana (Curtis) Fitch (Hartford, Connecticut)

**Georgiana Curtis** (August 26, 1841 - July 12, 1909) was a resident of Hartford, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts.

Curtis was born on August 26, 1841 in Hartford, Connecticut as the daughter of Charles Wadsworth Curtis and Mary Ann Goodwin. She grew up in the homestead on the upper Windsor Avenue in Hartford and after her marriage, she settled down and started a family. After many years of residence, she removed to Springfield, Massachusetts, where she remained. In 1907, she was seriously injured by a fall, due to a fault in the sidewalk when returning home in the evening. The fracture failed to respond to treatment and she was confined to the home. The city of Springfield was held responsible for the original cause and had to pay several hundred dollars.

On July 12, 1909, Curtis died at the Springfield Hospital at the age of 67.

## Family

Curtis married James S. Fitch.

* Charles Fitch
* Alice Fitch
* Georgia Fitch
Chester Faxon

**Chester Faxon** (September 14, 1805 - November 5, 1885) was the grandson of Captain Ebenezer Faxon and the owner of a shop in Elmwood, West Hartford, Connecticut, where he made and repaired wagons. He was also the father of West Hartford librarian, Julia Faxon.

Faxon was born

Faxon died in West Hartford, Connecticut, at the age of 80.

## Family

Faxon married Sarah Deming on June 12, 1833. She died on February 26, 1848, prompting him to remarry.

* William Edward Faxon (1838-1927) - unmarried.

Faxon married second to Delia Seymour on September 27, 1849. She died on May 26, 1852, prompting him to remarry again.

Faxon married third to Lucy Mills on September 29, 1853.

* Julia Faxon - unmarried.
Frederick Wolcott (senator)

**Frederick Wolcott** (November 2, 1767 - May 28, 1837) was Judge of Probate for Litchfield County, Connecticut, in 1796, and a member of the honored Wolcott family.

Wolcott was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on November 2, 1767 as the son of Oliver Wolcott and Laura Collins. His father was Governor of Connecticut and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also the younger of two surviving sons. In 1786, Wolcott graduated from Yale and obtained his law degree from the Litchfield Law School the following year. Illness, however, prevented him from practicing law right out of school. Instead of pursuing his own law practice, Frederick became Clerk of the Common Please. He followed that job by moving up in 1798 to become the Clerk of the Superior Court in Litchfield County. Afterwards, he was appointed a Judge of Probate, a position he held until he retired from public life.

In June 1805, Wolcott, his brother Oliver, and Benjamin Tallmadge signed an agreement to finance four successive voyages to China, beginning in the spring of 1806. Shares in the venture were later purchased by a local merchant. Goods they imported were also sold in Litchfield. The Embargo Act of 1807, which remained in effect for two yars, raised concerns about foreign trade which pervaded the endeavor. In April 1809, his brother Oliver announced to him, "...we have concluded to send out the Trident with a moderate Investment & to close the existing concern with the depending voyage." He continued to do business with his brother - they owned the Wolcottville Manufacturing Company, which manufactured woolen cloth, and they imported sheep and cattle.

Throughout his life, he held several other positions: he represented Litchfield in the Connecticut General Assembly; was president of the Litchfield County Foreign Mission and Education Societies; was president of the Board of Trustees of the Litchfield Female Academy (LFA); was a fellow of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences; and was a fellow of Yale College.

On May 28, 1837, Wolcott died in Litchfield, Connecticut, at the age of 69.

## Family

Wolcott married first to Elizabeth Huntington on October 12, 1800.

* Marianne Goodrich Wolcott - m. Asa Whitehead
* Hannah Huntington Wolcott - m. Frederick Freeman
* Joshua Huntington Wolcott - m. (1) Cornelia Frothingham (2) Hariet Frothingham
* Elizabeth Wolcott - m. John Peter Jackson
* Frederick Henry Wolcott - m. (1) Abby Howland (2) Sarah Chase
* Laura Maria Wolcott - m. Robert G. Rankin

Wolcott married second to Sally Cooke on June 21, 1815.

* Charles Moseley Wolcott - m. (1) Catherine Rankin (2) Mary Goodrich
* Others.
Edward L. Belknap (accountant)

**Edward Leverett Belknap** ( - March 6, 1955) was an accountant for the Aetna Life Insurance Company in Hartford, Connecticut.

Belknap was born in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Leverett Belknap and Margaret Swan. He grew up in the area for a major part of his life. He was employed as an accountant for the Aetna Life Insurance Company in 1906, working there for 43 years. In 1949, Belknap retired from the company and moved to Preston, Connecticut, where he remained for the rest of his life. He lived at 15 Plainfield Street until his death.

On March 6, 1955, Belknap died in Preston after a long illness.

## Family

Belknap married Virginia Case. The couple had no children.
Charles Henry Belknap

**Charles Henry Belknap** (1878 - March 16, 1964) was an employee of the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. He was a member of the Central Baptist Church, the Sons of the American Revolution, and other local organizations.

Belknap was born in 1879 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of the bookseller Leverett Belknap and Margaret Swan. After he became an adult, he worked as a partner in the old Belknap & Warfield stationery and book store. On November 12, 1895, while still with the store, he joined the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, at its home office at 95 Pearl Street. He was continuously in its employ through its progress to the new and modern building located at Asylum and Woodland, Collins, and Atwood Streets.

He saw the impressive growth of the fire insurance business throughout several depressions, booms, and conflagrations. He was well-known and favorable among the insurance fraternity, as was evidenced by the tributes paid him by his many friends and associates. In his later career, he became the head examiner of the New York City underwriting department at the home office, and completed 50 years of service with the company on November 12, 1945. In January 1946, he retired from his post and remained in West Hartford, Connecticut for many years.

In 1963, Belknap moved to Wellesley, Massachusetts, where he stayed for a year at 7 College Road. On March 16, 1964, Belknap died in Wellesley at the age of 85.

## Family

Belknap married Bessie Hubbard.

* Margaret Hubbard Belknap - m. Richard Bennet
Captain Ebenezer Faxon

**Captain Ebenezer Faxon** (December 12, 1749 - January 11, 1811) was a prominent West Hartford citizen and the proprietor of the Faxon homestead on the corner of New Britain Avenue and South Quaker Lane. He was famous for contributing to the planting of elm trees at that corner in Elmwood after the surrender of British General John Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, New York in 1777. These elms gave the community its name.

He married (Jul. 20, 1755 - Nov. 30, 1827). His grandson, William Faxon, was the Chief Clerk of the Untied States Navy Department during the Civil War and the United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Another grandson, Chester Faxon, was the owner of a wagon shop in Elmwood.

## Life and Death

Ebenezer Faxon was born on December 12, 1749 in Braintree, Massachusetts as the son of Thomas Faxon and Elizabeth Hobart. He removed to West Hartford, Connecticut on January 6, 1772 and started up the manufacture of pottery, utilizing the rich clay in the southern community of Elmwood. On February 8, 1776, he married Eleanor Whitman (Jul. 20, 1755 - Nov. 30, 1827), the daughter of John Whitman and Abigail Pantry. Eleanor Whitman was also the sister of Sarah Whitman Hooker.

He enlisted in the Continental Army against Great Britain on August 15, 1776 under Captain Charles Seymour and his company. He was discharged on September 17, 1776. After the surrender of British General John Burgoyne in 1777, he planted thirteen elms at the corner of New Britain Avenue and South Quaker Lane to celebrate the event. These elms gave Elmwood its name as a distinct community in West Hartford. In 1779, during the American Revolutionary War, he requested from the town the ability to buy lead for his burgeoning pottery business, but was turned down because lead was needed for other purposes.

In June 1781, he witnessed the colorful and exciting march of General Rochambeau's troops along New Britain Avenue from Rhode Island. Connecticut historians also believe that George Washington traveled by New Britain Avenue from Farmington (where he dined) and so traversed the southern part of West Hartford on the route past the Faxon homestead and the Sarah Whitman Hooker House, owned by Sarah Whitman Hooker, the widow of Thomas Hart Hooker, a descendant of the founder of Hartford - Thomas Hooker. After the war, Faxon contributed to the planting of more elm trees along New Britain Avenue and Newington Road.

Ebenezer Faxon died on January 11, 1811.

### **Children**

* Ebenezer Faxon (1777-1865) - m. Mary Colton (1775-1850)
* Elihu Faxon (1779-1847) - m. Elizabeth Olcott (1784-1854)
* Eleanor Faxon (1782-) - m. Theron Deming (1761-1839)
* Sally Faxon (1784-1853) - m. Levi Deming (1772-1847)
* Elizabeth Faxon (1787-1865) - m. Reverend Chester Colton (1783-1850)
* Nancy Faxon (1790-1868) - m. Roderick Colton (1790-1862)
* Amelia Faxon (1793-1872) - m. Timothy Seymour Goodman
* Thomas Faxon (1796-1855) - m. Marcia Maria Goodman (1796-1871)
* Charles Faxon (1799-1867) - m. Lucy Ann Steele (1804-1874)
Clayton Tourtellotte Allison

**Clayton Tourtellotte Allison** (1901 - February 26, 1953) was a resident of Manchester, Connecticut, and an employee of the Southern New England Telephone Company.

Allison was born in 1901 in Manchester, Connecticut as the son of William Clayton Allison and Caroline Tourtellotte. He was educated in the Manchester schools and became a lifelong resident of Manchester. He was employed by the Southern New England Telephone Company for more than 35 years, and at the time of his death, he was a test man. He was a member of the Connecticut Union of Telephone Workers and a member of the Rod and Gun Club. In March 1934, he was elected president of the British-American Club

On February 26, 1953, Allison died at his home of 575 Center Street in Manchester, Connecticut.

## Family

Allison married Hilda Anne Callis on July 17, 1927 at 2:30 pm in St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Manchester, Connecticut. A reception was held at the home of her parents after which the couple left on a wedding trip. Upon their return, they lived at 396 East Center Street in Manchester. They had no children.
Charles Coffing Beach (Hartford physician)

**Charles Coffing Beach** (May 19, 1856 - February 11, 1948) was a practicing physician in Hartford, Connecticut, and medical director of the Travelers Insurance Company.

Beach was born on May 19, 1856 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Joseph Watson Beach and Josephine Elizabeth Coffing. He received his early education in small private schools then flourishing in Hartford and was sent to a boys' school in Pitsfield for a short while in 1867. On his return to the city, he continued in the district schools and eventually entered Hartford Public High School in the class of 1876. During his sophomore year, however, Beach left high school and entered Yale College, from which he graduated in 1877. He almost immediately entered the scientific world and went by schooner to the Canary Islands, in the interests of the cochineal trade.

On Beach's return from the schooner trip, he entered Beach & Company, performing chemical analyses. Shortly after, he left his father's company and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, from which he was graduated a doctor in 1882. He became acquainted in Vienna, Austria, with Sigmund Freud and Arthur Schnitzler, then a celebrated laryngologist, later a dramatic literary figure. In 1885, he began the practice of medicine in Hartford, Connecticut, which he followed through with for the next 60 years. By 1887, he was appointed medical examiner for the Travelers, and a few years later, was made medical director. He also administered to the wider public as one of the city's first three police surgeons. He retired from Travelers in 1947 due to failing health.

On February 11, 1948, Beach died at his home at 54 Woodland Street at the age of 91.

## Family

Beach married Mary Batterson in 1884.

* Joseph Watson Beach
* Goodwin Batterson Beach
* Charles Bradford Beach - m. Lucille Curtin
* Elizabeth Beach - m. (1) Llewellyn Powell (2) George C. Capen
Clarence Rufus Burke (East Hartford, Connecticut)

**Clarence Rufus Burke** (October 14, 1891 - December 11, 1947) was a toolmaker with the Noble and Westbrook Manufacturing Company of East Hartford, Connecticut.

Burke was born in Bolton, Connecticut, on October 14, 1891 as the son of William Edward Burke and Hattie Flora Toutellotte. He grew up in Manchester, Connecticut and removed to East Hartford around 1917, when he became a toolmaker and was employed by the Noble and Westbrook Manufacturing Company of East Hartford. He worked for the company for thirty years and lived on School Street in East Hartford.

On December 11, 1947, Burke collapsed and died while working early in the morning. He was buried in the Hillside Cemetery in East Hartford, Connecticut.

## Family

Burke married Margaret Adams.

* William E. Burke
* Robert Langlands Burke - m. Florence Hill
* Miriam E. Burke - m. Charles Arthur Bedford
Helen (Peabody) Sedgwick (settlement worker)

**Helen Peabody** (February 8, 1890 - September 6, 1948) was a socially prominent Boston, Massachusetts settlement worker.

Peabody was born on February 8, 1890 in Danvers, Massachusetts, as the daughter of Endicott Peabody and Fannie Peabody. She grew up in Massachusetts and removed to Boston, Massachusetts, where she worked as a settlement worker. Long active in prominent social work, she was president for more than 20 years of the Lincoln House in South Boston, and during World War I, she served two years overseas with the Y.M.C.A. auxiliary unit. During World War II, while her husband served as a colonel in the United States Army, she helped receive draftees at Fort Devens. She was a member of the Christ Episcopal Church in Needham, the Vincent Club, and the Boston Junior League.

On September 6, 1948, Peabody died at the House of Mercy Hospital from a sudden heart ailment after a weekend trip to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to attend a wedding.

## Family

Peabody married Robert Minturn Sedgwick in 1925.

* Henry Dwight Sedgwick II - m. (1) Helen Philips Burroughs (2) Patricia Ann Rosenwald
* May Minturn Sedgwick - m. (1) Frederick Osborne
* Frances Helen Sedgwick
Frances Hunter Weeks

**Frances Hunter Weeks** (April 16, 1848 - October 16, 1928) was one of the founding members of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Weeks was born in Louisiana on April 16, 1848, as the daughter of Alfred Conrad Weeks and Anne Stephens Hunter. She resided in Washington, D.C., where as a young teenager she and her sister Mary happened to encounter General David Hunter. According to at least one unconfirmed account, this Union officer was a close cousin of their father. General Hunter had personally ordered the burning of the Virginia Military Institute and also the beautiful home of her aged uncle, Andrew Hunter, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The General said pleasantly to the young sisters, "I am sorry you have not met me before." Frances replied, "General Hunter, we would rather meet the Devil!"

Weeks was a founding member of the Colonel John Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution when it was organized on April 3, 1917. The first meeting was held at her home as she was the Organizing Regent, at 1920 Sunderland Place in Washington, D.C. She served seven years in that office, and most of the early meetings were in her home.

Weeks died on October 16, 1928 at the age of 80. A tribute to her was placed in the Chapter Memorial Book at the chapter house and a chair purchased for the auditorium at Constitution Hall in her honor.
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy

**Charles Emmanuel I** (January 12, 1562 - July 26, 1630) was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630. He was also nicknamed "Head of Fire" for his rashness and military attitudes.

He was born in the Castle of Rivoli in Piedmont, Italy, on January 12, 1562, as the only child of Emmanuel Philibert and Margaret of France. He became duke on August 30, 1580. Ambitious and confident, he followed a policy of expansion for his duchy. In the autumn of 1588, taking advantage of the French Wars of Religion, he occupied new territories to the west. The war that ensued over these lands involved France and Spain and ended with the Peace of Vervins on May 2, 1598. By terms of the treaty, the eradication of Protestants was to be carried on in the Duchy. In 1602, Charles Emmanuel attempted to besiege the city on December 11, 1602. The Savoyard helmets they wore contributed to the immense failure of the raid.

He was one of the most wanted candidates for the crown of a restored Serbian Kingdom. With the Treaty of Bruzolo on April 25, 1610, Charles Emmanuel allied with France against Spain. He obtained the help of French troops to free Alba from the Spaniards in January 1617. In the First Genoese-Savoyard War of 1625, Charles Emmanuel tried with the help of France to obtain access to the Mediterranean Sea at the expense of Genoa. After Spanish intervention, the status quo was restored.

Charles Emmanuel caught a violent fever and suddenly died at Savigliano on July 26, 1630. He was succeeded by his son, Victor.

## Family

Charles Emmanuel married first to Catherine Michelle of Spain on March 11, 1585 as a way of gaining Spanish support for his plans to expand Savoy on the coast of the then-weakened France.

* Victor Amadeus I - m. Christine Marie
* Margaret of Savoy - m. Francesco IV Gonzaga
* Isabella of Savoy - m. Alfonso III d'Este
* Thomas Francis - m. Marie de Bourbon
* Emanuel Filibert - unmarried.
* Maurice of Savoy - unmarried.
* Maria Apollonia - unmarried.
* Francesca Caterina - unmarried.
* Anna - died young.

Charles Emmanuel married second to Margherita of Rossillon, Marchioness of Riva di Chieri on November 28, 1629. The couple had four children, legitimized after the wedding but without succession rights.

* Maurizio, Marquis of Poirino (d. 1645)
* Margherita, Lady of Dronero - m. Filippo Francesco d'Este, Marquis of San Martino
* Gabriele, Marquis of Riva (d. 1695)
* Antonio (d. 1688)

Charles Emmanuel also had several illegitimate children.

* Emanuele, Marquis of Andorno
* Carlo Umberto (1601-1663)
* Silvio (d. 1645)
* Vitichindo (d. 1668 or 1674)
* Felice (1604-1643)
* Ludovico Cusani (d. 1684)
* Anna Caterina Meraviglia (d. 1660)
Charles Edward Shaw (Hartford teacher)

**Charles Edward Shaw** (September 20, 1888 - March 3, 1963) was an industrial arts teacher in the Hartford public school system.

Shaw was born on September 20, 1888 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Charles L. Shaw and Sarah Elizabeth Goodwin. He attended local schools and Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut. He served in World War I in 1917 and became a member of St. John's Lodge No. 4 AF&AM of Hartford, Pythagoras Chapter RAM, Wolcott Council RandSM, Washington Commandry, KT, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Hartford, and Connecticut Consistory SPRS. He was also a deacon at Central Baptist Church and a member of the Founders of Hartford.

He worked as an industrial arts teacher in the Hartford public school system starting in 1919 after his service in World War I. He was a teacher for 34 years, retiring in 1953. He lived at 42 Eastview Street in Hartford, Connecticut, for his remaining years.

On March 3, 1963, Shaw died at Hartford Hospital at the age of 74.

## Family

Shaw married Christina Antz in 1922.

* Donald A. Shaw - m. Doris Theriault
Anne Stephens (Hunter) Weeks

**Anne "Nancy" Stephens Hunter** (December 28, 1819 - August 1896) was a resident of Louisiana and a member of the Washington family.

Hunter was born on December 28, 1819 in Louisiana as the daughter of Mary Snickers and Moses Hunter. She grew up as an orphan in the region and after her marriage to a sugar planter in 1845, she resided in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, on his parents' prosperous plantation known as "Belle Grove," valued at $600,000 in the 1850 census.

Hunter died in August 1896 at the age of 76.

## Family

Hunter married Alfred Conrad Weeks on July 3, 1845.

* Beverley Warner Weeks - m. Mary Elizabeth Edmondson
* Mary Evelina Weeks - unmarried.
* Frances Hunter Weeks - unmarried.
* David Weeks - unmarried.
* Alfred Conrad Weeks, Jr. - unmarried.
* Brooke Hunter Weeks - unmarried.
* Henry St. George Hunter Weeks - unmarried.
* William Frederick Weeks (Nov. 21, 1857 - Feb. 1922) - unmarried.
* Beverley Hunter Weeks (Oct. 3, 1852 - Oct. 29, 1852) - infant.
Henry St. George Hunter Weeks

**Henry St. George Hunter Weeks** (September 15, 1861 - c. 1900) was a surveyor for the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Weeks was born on September 15, 1861 in Louisiana as the son of Alfred Conrad Weeks and Anne Stephens Hunter. He became a surveyor for the Southern Pacific Railroad for over a decade and died unmarried between 1890 and 1900 in Texas.
Alice (Keating) Cheney

**Alice Keating** (November 12, 1894 - December 22, 1981) was one of the founders of the Jitley Players, a troupe of traveling actors and actresses throughout New England.

Keating was born on November 12, 1894 in Buffalo, New York as the daughter of Francis Root Keating and Grace Brayley. She removed to Madison, Connecticut when she was younger and remained there most of her life. She and her husband founded the Jitley Players in 1923, which was a troupe of traveling actors and actresses across New England. The group became quite well-known in the region and allowed them to found the Madison Little Theatre, which later became the Nutmeg Players. The Cheneys, along with the company of actors, set forth to perform theatrical productions across the United States. Their unique form of transportation involved a truck that opened up and converted into a stage. During inclement weather, the Jitney Players performed in a theater, but the truck never made it to the west coast for fear that it would not be able to traverse the mountains.

Keating also taught drama in St. Mary's School in Watertown, Connecticut. She died at the age of 87 on December 22, 1981 at Saybrook Convalescent Hospital after a long illness.

## Family

Keating married Horace Bushnell Cheney, Jr. in April 1923. The couple had no children.
Ada (Green) Tourtellotte

**Ada Green** (January 25, 1861 - March 29, 1938) was the wife of Marvin W. Tourtellotte and a resident of Windham, Connecticut. Born on January 25, 1861 in Rhode Island, she married Marvin Tourtellotte in 1875 in Connecticut at the age of 14. Indeed, she had her first child, Ella, at the age of 17. On March 29, 1938, she died at her home at 302 Burnside Avenue in East Hartford, Connecticut, following a long illness. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of East Hartford and was buried at the Grove Street Cemetery in Putnam, Connecticut.

### **Children**

* Ella M. Tourtellotte (1878-1961) - unmarried.
* Florence I. Tourtellotte (1881-1962)
* Marvin E. Tourtellotte (1884-)
* Edna Tourtellotte (1889-1972) - m. Gilbert L. Johnson
* Charles Tourtellotte (1887-1961) - unmarried.
* Frank Tourtellotte (1884-1956)
* George Dewey Tourtellotte (1898-1983) - m. Kathleen Smith
Henry Hudson (explorer)

**Henry Hudson** (c. 1570 - June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century.

Hudson was probably born in the 1560s or as late as 1570. He is thought to have spent many years at sea, beginning as a cabin boy and gradually working his way up to ship's captain. In 1607, Hudson was hired to find a northerly route to the Pacific coast of Asia. The English were battling the Dutch for northwest routes. He sailed on May 1, 1607 with a crew of ten men and a boy on the 80-ton *Hopewell*. They reached the east coast of Greenland on June 14, coasting it northward until June 22. The expedition returned to Tilbury Hope on the Thames River on September 15. In 1608, English merchants of the East India and Muscovy Companies again sent Hudson in the *Hopewell* on another attempt at a passage to the Indies, this time to the east around northern Russia. Leaving London on April 22, 1608, the ship traveled almost 2,500 miles, making it well above the Arctic Circle in July, but even in the summer, the ice was impenetrable and they turned back, arriving at England on August 26, 1608.

In 1609, Hudson was chosen by merchants of the Dutch East India Company in the Netherlands to find an easterly passage to Asia. He departed Amsterdam on April 4, 1609 in command of the Dutch ship. At the point of ice obstacles, he acted entirely outside his instructions and pointed the ship west and decided to try to seek a westerly passage through North America. They arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in mid-July 1609. On July 25, they went ashore and assaulted a settlement with muskets and a small cannon. On August 4, 1609, the ship was at Cape Cod and Hudson sailed south to the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. He explored the coast to the north and found Delaware Bay, continuing north. On September 3, he reached the estuary of the river that would eventually be called the Hudson River. On September 23, Hudson decided to return to Europe and was detained in England on November 7, 1609. His voyage was used to establish Dutch claims to the region.

In 1610, Hudson managed to get backing for another voyage, this time under the English flag. He reached Iceland on May 11, 1610, and was unsuccessful at finding a passage to Asia. When the ice cleared in the spring of 1611, he planned to use the ship to further explore Hudson Bay, but his crew members ardently desired to return home. In June 1611, Hudson's crew mutinied and set him and his followers adrift in a small, open boat, effectively marooning them in the Hudson Bay. The ship left them behind and they were never heard from again.

## Family

Hudson married a woman named Katherine.

* Richard Hudson
* Oliver Hudson
* John Hudson - died with Hudson after the mutiny.