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John Pantry (-1713)

**John Pantry** (d. 1713) was the great-grandson of William Pantry, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut.

He was born in Hartford, Connecticut as the son of John Pantry and Abigail Mix. He was the last of the Pantry name. However, the Pantry blood was transmitted through female lines in the Goodman, Goodwin, Jones, and Whitman families, and descendants bore the name into the generations of the late 1800's.

Pantry died in 1713 in Hartford, Connecticut.

## Family

Pantry married Mary Norton.

* Abigail Pantry - m. John Whitman
Elizabeth (Beach) Robinson (1869-1936)

**Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Beach** (November 30, 1869 - March 7, 1936) was a prominent Hartford, Connecticut society woman long active in civic and patriotic organizations in the state.

Beach was born on Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford, Connecticut on November 30, 1869 as the daughter of Cyprian Nichols Beach and Hettie Hart Jarvis. In the 1910s, she became a member of the Old State House Committee and served on the committees of the Hartford Chapter, American Red Cross, the Community Chest, and other groups, which held roll call and drives in the building. Intensely interested in philanthropic and humane work, Beach conducted a knitting class at the Newington Home for Crippled Children. Sweaters made by the children were sent to the Seaman's Church Institute in Newport, Rhode Island, for distribution among the sailors. She was also one of the prime drivers in the movement to restore the site of the Old Post Office to its original state.

The donor of many prizes and medals for polo, Beach held a box at the Troop B Armory on Farmington Avenue and attended the polo games there each Saturday night. She marched in the Armistice Day parade each year with Lieutenant Caldwell Colt Robinson Post, VFW, which was named for her son, who was killed in action in 1918.

Beach died in Hartford, Connecticut on March 7, 1936 at her home, Manatuck Farm at 1161 Prospect Avenue.

## Family

Beach married Charles Leonard Frost Robinson on June 30, 1895.

* Elizabeth Alden Robinson - m. E. Sanderson Cushman
* Francis Robinson - m. Suzanne Combes
* Caldwell Colt Robinson - unmarried.
* Hetty Robinson - died young.
Thomas Hurlbut (1681-1761)

**Thomas Hurlbut** (January 23, 1681 - April 10, 1761) was a farmer in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Hurlbut was born on January 23, 1681 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, as the son of Stephen Hurlbut. He was a farmer and settled in his native town after his childhood.

Hurlbut died in Wethersfield, Connecticut, on April 10, 1761. His will was dated Nov. 19, 1755, and proved in court Apr. 25, 1761.

## Family

Hurlbut married Rebecca Meekins on January 11, 1705.

* Hannah Hurlbut - m. Thomas Dickinson
* John Hurlbut - m. (1) Mary Ann Cowles (2) Mabel Loomis
* Rebecca Hurlbut - m. Abraham Crane
* Amos Hurlbut - m. (1) Hannah Wright (2) Sarah Hills
* Elijah Hurlbut - m. Elizabeth Belden
* Timothy Hurlbut - m. Sarah Clark
* Thomas Hurlbut - m. Abigail Belden
* Stephen Hurlbut - unmarried.
* Elizabeth Hurlbut
Joseph Hurlbut (1683-1752)

**Joseph Hurlbut** (July 10, 1683 - June 24, 1752) was a farmer in Newington, Connecticut.

Hurlbut was born on July 10, 1683 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, as the son of Stephen Hurlbut and his wife, Dorothy. He grew up and settled in that area of Wethersfield known as Newington, which hadn't been incorporated as a town yet. He served as a farmer in that society and became a member of the Newington church in 1747 with his wife.

Hurlbut died in Newington, Connecticut, on June 24, 1752. He was buried in Newington's church burial ground, where the monument and inscription could be seen for many years.

## Family

Hurlbut married Sybil Fitch on April 27, 1704.

* Joseph Hurlbut - m. Hannah Wells
* Sarah Hurlbut - m. Samuel Hurlbut
* Phebe Hurlbut - m. Elijah Andrus
* Martha Hurlbut - m. Phineas Cole
* Fitch Hurlbut - m. Jemima Hun
* Elisha Hurlbut - m. Alta Hugaboom
* Charles Hurlbut - m. Martha
* Sybil Hurlbut
* Josiah Hurlbut
* Abigail Hurlbut - died young.
Martha (Williamson) Goodwin (1700-1777)

**Martha Willamson** (February 13, 1700 - February 8, 1777) was a resident of Barnstable, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticu.

Williamson was born on February 13, 1700 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, as the daughter of Caleb Williamson and Mary Cobb. She was a descendant of Timoth Williamson, a resident of Marshfield, Massachusetts, in 1649. After her marriage in 1723, she removed to Hartford, Connecticut, where she remained for many years to start a family.

Williamson died in Hartford, Connecticut, on February 8, 1777.

## Family

Williamson married Ozias Goodwin on June 6, 1723.

* Timothy Goodwin - m. Bethiah Stiles
* Ozias Goodwin - m. Mary Steele
* Jonathan Goodwin - m. Eunice Olcott
* Nathaniel Goodwin - m. Anna
* Ozias Goodwin - died young.
Bryan Edward Hooker (1813-1888)

**Bryan Edward Hooker**(January 1, 1813 - December 10, 1888) was a wool merchant and manufacturer in Hartford, Connecticut.

Hooker was born on January 1, 1813 in Bristol, Connecticut as the son ofBryan Hooker and Nancy Lee. He grew up in Bristol and removed to Hartford, Connecticut in 1844. There, he became a wool merchant and manufacturer at Hartford. He was associated in business with Ives, Hooker & Company, which became a well-established wool-house in Hartford. Around 1862, he retired from the firm and business to manage the Broad Brook company, which had he been connected with until his death. When he entered upon this undertaking, the situation was most discouraging, as the company was heavily in debt and the stockholders were despondent. His ability as a man of business is indicated by the succes of the company for more than a quarter of a century under his management.

In November 1888, he was struck by an illness; however, he still left his bed to go to the polls at the presidential election. He never left his home after that as a mild attack of pneumonia followed. He died on December 10, 1888. His obituary in the *Hartford Courant*ends with: "Hartford had no better man."

## Family

Hooker married first to Maria Robbins Williams in 1834. She died in February 1860.

* Mary Williams Hooker - m. Joseph Gurley Woodward
* Ellen Frances Hooker

Hooker married second to Martha Huntington Williams on May 14, 1862.

* Edward Williams Hooker - m. Mary Mather Turner
* Thomas William Hooker - m. Loua Catherine Bedell
* Robert Huntington Hooker - died young.
Thomas Hooker (founder of Hartford)

**Thomas Hooker** (July 5, 1586 - July 7, 1647) was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and a leader of universal Christian suffrage.

Hooker was born on July 5, 1586 in England, as the son of Thomas Hooker and Susannah Pym. After preaching briefly in the parish of Esher in Surrey, England, Hooker became lecturer to the Church of St. Mary at Chelmsford, Essex, around 1626, where he delivered fervent evangelical addresses. Such church lectureships, an innovation of Puritanism, came under attack from the Church of England in 1629, and in 1630, Hooker fled to Holland. In 1633, he immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony. At New Towne (now Cambridge), he became pastor of a company of Puritans, who had arrived from England the previous year; in expectation of his joining them, they had been called Mr. Hooker's Company. They became restive under the influence of John Cotton, and in 1636, he led a group to Connecticut to settle Hartford, where he served as pastor and was active in formulating the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639), which helped shape aspects of the Constitution.

In 1647, Hooker died in Hartford.

## Family

Hooker married his first wife, whose name was not known.

* Joanna Hooker - m. Thomas Shepard
* Mary Hooker - m. Roger Newton

Hooker married Susanna Garbrand on April 3, 1621 in Buckinghamshire.

* Sarah Hooker - m. John Wilson, Jr.
* Samuel Hooker - m. Mary Willet
* John Hooker - unmarried.
* *Sarah Hooker - died young.*
Richard Goodman (1663-1730)

**Richard Goodman** (March 23, 1663 - May 14, 1730) was a resident of Hadley, Massachusetts.

Goodman was born on March 23, 1663 in Hadley, Massachusetts, as the son of Richard Goodman and Mary Terry. When he was young, his father was killed by Native Americans during King Philip's War just south of Hadley. He grew up with his mother during his childhood and attended the local school. He lived in Hadley on his estate with his wife after their marriage in the late 1690s. An inventory of his estate after his death showed one hundred and thirty-seven pounds, seven shillings, and eight pence.

On May 14, 1730, Goodman died in Hadley, Massachusetts.

## Family

Goodman married Abigail Pantry around the turn of the 18th century.

* Mary Goodman
* Richard Goodman
* Timothy Goodman - m. (1) Joanna Wadsworth (2) Elizabeth Wadsworth
* Abigail Goodman - m. Daniel Ensign
* Esther Goodman
* Mary Goodman - died young.
Thomas Brace (1797-1880)

**Thomas Brace** (August 18, 1797 - February 18, 1880) was treasurer of the Congregational society of West Hartford, Connecticut, and a leader of the choir.

Brace was born on August 18, 1797 in West Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Lory Brace and Lucinda Belden. He grew up there and became a respected member of West Hartford through his work in the Congregational Church. He became leader of the choir, a position he maintained for almost half a century. He taught singing schools in the different schoolhouses of West Hartford for many years. He was also treasurer of the Congregational society for 46 years; treasurer of the Middle school district for 42 years; treasurer of the Sunday school and librarian for 37 years; treasurer of the Home missionary society for 24 years; and treasurer of the town for 18 years. He also held many other small trusts.

On February 18, 1880, Brace died in West Hartford, Connecticut.

## Family

Brace married Electa Alling Deming on October 6, 1823.

* Helen Maria Brace - m. William Pomeroy Stanley
* Charlotte Sophia Brace - m. Prescott Arnold
* Thomas Deming Brace - m. Elizabeth Lamphier
* Joseph Ensign Brace - m. (1) Annette Belden (2) Ella Conklin
* John Henry Brace - m. Ellen Rogers
* Emma Alice Brace - died young.
Samuel Hooker (1633-1697)

**Samuel Hooker**(1633 - November 6, 1697) was the second minister of Farmington, Connecticut.

Hooker was born in 1633 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the son of Thomas Hooker and Susanna Garbrand. He entered Harvard College in 1651, and graduated in 1653. He entered the ministry in 1657 and preached at Plymouth, Massachusetts, though probably not regularly settled there. He was invited to settle at Springfield, Massachusetts, but declined the invitation and remained at Plymouth until he removed to Farmington, Connecticut, in 1661, where he succeeded his brother-in-law, Roger Newton, and became the second minister of the place and remained there until his death in 1697.

He was famous as an eloquent preacher and Cotton Mather says of him, "Thus we have to this day among us our dead Hooker, yet living in his worthy son Samuel Hooker, an able, faithful, useful minister at Farmington, in the Colony of Connecticut." He occupied at Farmington the parsonage which had been occupied by his predecessor, Newton, on the east side of South Main Street and nearly opposite to the road going to the meadows across the stone bridge which spanned the Pequabuck River. He remained in a home near this site until his death.

Hooker died at Farmington, Connecticut, on November 6, 1697.

## Family

Hooker married Mary Willet on September 22, 1658. The marriage was undoubtedly celebrated in a proper manner, for an account of it is handed down in the Willet family, concluding the ceremony with, "And Samuel and Mary did then brew a great bowl of punch."

* Thomas Hooker - m. Mary Smith
* Samuel Hooker - m. Mehetable Hamlin
* John Hooker - m. Abigail Stanley
* James Hooker - m. Mary Leete
* Nathaniel Hooker - m. Mary Stanley
* Mary Hooker - m. James Pierpont
* Daniel Hooker - m. Sarah Stanley
* Sarah Hooker - m. Stephen Buckingham
* William Hooker - m. Susannah
* Roger Hooker - unmarried.
* Hezekiah Hooker - died young.
Isaac Goodwin (1695-1766)

**Isaac Goodwin** (c. November 10, 1695 - August 15, 1766) was a Grand Juror and Selectman of West Hartford, Connecticut.

Goodwin was born and baptized on November 10, 1695 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Nathaniel Goodwin and Mehetable Porter. Goodwin removed to West Hartford, Connecticut, where he served as the Grand Juror in 1741 and Selectman in 1742.

Goodwin died in West Hartford, Connecticut, on August 15, 1766.

## Family

Goodwin married first to Hannah Morgan.

* Sarah Goodwin - m. Elizur Wright
* Mehetable Goodwin - m. Lamrock Flower
* Anna Goodwin - m. Ebenezer Mix
* Morgan Goodwin - m. Mary Hawley
* Deliverance Goodwin - m. Zenas Brace
* Isaac Goodwin - m. (1) Mercy Merrill (2) Deborah Francis
* Uriah Goodwin - m. Mabel Francis
* Ebenezer Goodwin - died young.

Goodwin married second to Ruth Gaylord.

* Ebenezer Goodwin - m. Ame Webster
Cornelia (Jones) Griswold (1830-1916)

**Cornelia Arnold Jones** (1830 - September 27, 1916) was a resident of East Hartford and West Hartford, Connecticut, and an active member of the town and social activities.

Jones was born in 1830 in East Hartford, Connecticut, as the daughter of Joseph Pantra Jones and Sarah Comstock. Her early life was spent in that town east of the Connecticut River until her marriage in 1849, when she removed to West Hartford, Connecticut. She was one of the oldest members of the Congregational Church there and for many years took an active part in social activities of the town and church. She was also interested in all progressive measures, though chiefly devoted to her home life to which she was ever most loyal. She lived her life just northwest of Mountain Road and Farmington Avenue in West Hartford.

On September 27, 1916, Jones died at her home on Mountain Road at the age of 87.

## Family

Jones married John Belden Griswold on May 24, 1849. The couple celebrated their golden wedding in 1899.

* Josephine Griswold - unmarried.
* Kate Griswold - unmarried.
* William Jones Griswold - died young.
George Beach (1812-1899)

**George Beach, Jr.**(January 26, 1812 - July 16, 1899) was a prominent business figure in Hartford, Connecticut, and a popular dye importer. He was also one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Hartford, Connecticut, as well as a trustee of Trinity College.

Beach was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on January 26, 1812 as the son of George Beach and Harriet Bradley. He was educated in the public schools and commenced his business career by becoming junior partner of the house of Hungerford, Phelps & Beach, which was organized in 1833, importers of dyes in Hartford. Upon the retirement of the older partner, the firm became Phelps, Beach & Company, and finally in 1839, Beach & Company. In 1849, the members of the firm included his brothers. After the death of J. Watson Beach in 1887, the business was continued by surviving brothers. He was connected with the house for a period altogether of 66 years, and was for two generations or more a prominent figure in the business circles of Hartford.

Beach was one of the organizers, and first president, of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Bank of Hartford, elected on August 14, 1857, which later became the First National Bank of Hartford. When reorganized as a national bank, its capital was five hundred thousand dollars, and surplus forty thousand dollars. Beach was one of the directors of the Broad Brook Company at the time of his death, and had been active in the concern for many years, manufacturing woolens. He was a prominent figure in public life as well. He was a State Senator from Hartford in 1866-1867, and in 1880, he was the Democratic candidate for Congress from his district; however, the Democratic party was in a minority and he was defeated.

In later years, he was a vestryman and was interested in the park system of Hartford as the chairman of the board of trustees that laid out Bushnell Park. He also took an active oversight and direction in the planting of rare trees and shrubs in the parks.

## Family

Beach married first to Sarah Nichols. The couple had no children. Beach married second to Emily Wood in 1876. The couple had no children. Beach married third to Fannie Curtis in March 1888. The couple had no children.
Thomas Olcott (founder of Hartford)

**Thomas Olcott** (c. 1609 - 1654) was a founding settler of Hartford, Connecticut. The Olcott family was prominent and influential in Hartford for many generations.

Olcott was an original proprietor of land in Hartford. His home-lot in the distribution of 1639 fronted on Meeting House Square, which was land bought from Edward Hopkins, his first location having been directly east of the Square. This lot comprised the square, fronting on Main Street, now bounded by Pearl, Trumbull, and Asylum Streets. On the southeast corner, he erectd a dwelling for his own occupation, which continue in possession of his family for several generations. This dwelling was allegedly demolished in 1824 to make room for the large block called Union Hall, which was in its turn removed when the Connecticut Mutual Building was erected. Olcott served as a merchant and carried on trade with parties in Virginia for tobacco.

Olcott died in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1654.

## Family

Olcott married a woman by the name of Abigail.

* Samuel Olcott - m. Sarah Stocking
* John Olcott - m. Mary Blackleach
* Elizabeth Olcott - m. Timothy Hyde
* Hannah Olcott
* Thomas Olcott
John Ogden (1737-1797)

**John Ogden** (January 17, 1737 - April 27, 1797) was a resident of Orange, New Jersey.

Ogden was born on January 17, 1737 in Orange, New Jersey, as the son of Samuel Ogden and Phebe Baldwin. After his marriage around 1773, he had several children between 1774 and 1783. During this time, Ogden served as a soldier in the American Revolution against the British Army. After his service, he returned home, where he remained for several years. Ogden died in New Jersey on April 27, 1797, and was interred at Caldwell, New Jersey.

## Family

Ogden married Elizabeth McGee around 1773.

* Polly Ogden - m. Stephen Condit
* Samuel Ogden - m. Rachel Lyon
* Abigail Ogden - m. John Harrison
* Aaron Ogden - m. Rebecca Farrand
* Hannah Ogden - died young.
* Abigai Ogden - infant.
Thomas Hooker (1659-1756)

**Thomas Hooker**(June 10, 1659 - October 13, 1756) was a physician in Hartford, Connecticut.

Hooker was born on June 10, 1659 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, as the son of Samuel Hooker and Mary Willet. He grew up in Plymouth and removed to Hartford, Connecticut, where he became a physician. He had primary control over his wife's first husband's estate in Hartford from 1686 until February 1693 when the administration of the estate was handed over to his stepson.

On October 13, 1756, Hooker died in Hartford, Connecticut.

## Family

Hooker married Mary Smith around 1686. The couple had no children.
Mathew Woodruff (1612-1682)

**Mathew Woodruff** (c. 1612 - September 1682) was one of the settlers of Farmington, Connecticut.

Woodruff was born around 1612. Although it has been said that he came from Hartford, Connecticut to Farmington in 1640-41, written evidence seems to be lacking. His name does not appear as a landowner or church member that early. He was made a freeman of Hartford, Connecticut on May 21, 1657. In February of 1653, he had bought two or three acres of land from John Warner and Thomas Upson, which eventually became his homestead. From time to time, he bought more land in Farmington. In 1665, his homestead was describd as being east of Main Street.

Woodruff died in Farmington, Connecticut, in September 1682.

## Family

Woodruff married a woman named Hannah.

* John Woodruff - m. Mary Winchell
* Mathew Woodruff - m. (1) Mary Plumbe (2) Sarah North
* Hannah Woodruff - m. Richard Seymour
* Elizabeth Woodruff - m. John Broughton
* Samuel Woodruff - m. Rebecca Clark
* Mary Woodruff - died young.
Daniel Hooker (1710-1761)

**Daniel Hooker** (February 22, 1710 - September 4, 1761) was a physician and farmer in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Hooker was born on February 22, 1710 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, as the son of Daniel Hooker and Sarah Stanley. He grew up in Wethersfield and removed to West Hartford, Connecticut, where he became a farmer and a physician in the region.

Hooker died in West Hartford, Connecticut, on September 4, 1761.

## Family

Hooker married Sarah Webster.

* Daniel Hooker III - m. Mary Sedgwick
* Susannah Hooker - m. John Flowers
* Sarah Hooker - m. Cornelius Flowers
* Chloe Hooker - m. Ebenezer Crosby
* Abigail Hooker - m. Henry Brace
* Riverius Hooker - m. Mehitable Baker
* William Hooker - unmarried.
* Thomas Hooker - unmarried.
* John Hooker - unmarried.
George Cheney (1771-1829)

**George Cheney** (December 20, 1771 - July 29, 1829) was a resident of East Hartford and Manchester, Connecticut, and the father of the founders of the Cheney Silk Company in Manchester, Connecticut.

Cheney was born on December 20, 1771 as the son of Timothy Cheney and Mary Olcott. He grew up in Hartford County and became a farmer in East Hartford and Manchester, Connecticut, where he raised his family. When his father died in 1795, George occupied the home in South Manchester and passed his life as an influential citizen in the section of town. Several of his children left the home in youth to engage in various pursuits, such as art or business.

On July 19, 1829, Cheney died in Manchester, Connecticut, at the age of 57.

## Family

Cheney married Electa Woodbridge on October 18, 1798.

* George Wells Cheney - m. Mary Cheney
* Charles Cheney - m. (1) Waitstill Dexter Shaw (2) Harriet Bowen
* Ralph Cheney - m. Jerusha Drake Goodwin
* Seth Wells Cheney - m. (1) Emily Woodbridge Pitkin (2) Ednah Dow Littlehale
* Rush Cheney - m. Julia Ann Goodwin
* Frank Cheney - m. Susan Jarvis Cushing
* Electa Cheney - m. Richard Goodman
* John Cheney - unmarried.
* Ward Cheney - unmarried.
Esther (Crow) Hamlin (1628-1700)

**Esther Crow** (1628 - August 23, 1700) was an English immigrant and a resident of Middletown, Connecticut.

Crow was born in 1628 in England as the daughter of John Crow and Elizabeth Goodwin. She came to New England with her father, who owned large tracts of land in Hartford, Connecticut. After her marriage in 1655, she settled in Middletown, Connecticut, and remained there until her death. She was admitted to the first church of Middletown on December 30, 1668.

Crow died in Middletown, Connecticut, on August 23, 1700.

## Family

Crow married Giles Hamlin in 1655.

* Hester Hamlin - m. William Southmayd
* John Hamlin - m. (1) Mary Collins (2) Sarah Bull
* Mary Hamlin - m. Noadiah Russell
* Mehetable Hamlin - m. Samuel Hooker
* William Hamlin - m. Susannah Collins
* Giles Hamlin, Jr. - unmarried.
* Richard Hamlin
Martha (Fenn) Newton (1650-)

**Martha Fenn** (bapt. July 7, 1650) was a resident of Milford, Connecticut.

Fenn was born in 1650 and baptized on July 7, 1650 as the daughter of Benjamin Fenn and Sarah Baldwin. She grew up in Milford, Connecticut. After her marriage in 1669, she settled there with her husband to start a family between 1671 and 1689.

Fenn died in Milford, Connecticut, most likely in the 1690s.

## Family

Fenn married Samuel Newton on March 14, 1669.

* Susanna Newton - m. Joseph Plumbe
* Samuel Newton, Jr. - m. Phebe Platt
* Thomas Newton - m. Mary Baldwin
* Roger Newton - m. Susanna Bryan
* Sarah Newton - m. (1) Daniel Miles (2) Jonathan Ingersoll
* Abner Newton - m. Mary Burwell
* Martha Newton
* Mary Newton
Stephen Hosmer (1645-1693)

**Stephen Hosmer** (1645 - November 4, 1693) was one of the earliest settlers of West Hartford, Connecticut.

Hosmer was born in 1645 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Thomas Hosmer and Frances Bushnell. In 1679, he was sent to run a house and a new sawmill about half a mile north of what is now West Hartford Center. As part of Thomas Hosmer's 300 acres of land that he was allotted north of the Center, the sawmill was located on Trout Brook, west of North Main Street. Although Hosmer returned to Hartford to live, he held 310 acres in West Hartford, a house and part of the new sawmill, most of which he left to his son, Thomas.

Hosmer died in Hartford on November 4, 1693. His heirs held much of the land until the 1760s and 1770s. The mill pond still exists and a grinding stone from a later gristmill is the front doorstep of the house at 175 North Main Street.

## Family

Hosmer married Hannah Bushnell.

* Hannah Hosmer - m. Stephen Post
* Dorothy Hosmer - m. Joseph Skinner
* Thomas Hosmer - m. Ann Prentiss
* Stephen Hosmer - m. Sarah Long
* Esther Hosmer - m. Nathaniel Pitkin
* Deborah Hosmer - m. Richard Olmsted
* Clemence Hosmer - m. Nehemiah Olmsted
* Mary Hosmer - m. (1) Nicholas Olmsted (2) John Goodwin
John Lathrop (1584-1653)

**John Lathrop** (bapt. December 20, 1584 - 1653) was an English Anglican clergyman, who became a Congregationalist minister and emigrant to New England. He was among the first settlers of Barnstable, Massachusetts, and a strong proponent of the idea of the separation of Church and State.

Lathrop was born and baptized on December 20, 1584 in Yorkshire, England as the son of Thomas Lathrop and Mary Howell. He attended Queens' College in Cambridge and graduated with an MA in 1609. He was ordained in the Church of England and appointed curate of a local parish in Egerton, Kent. In 1623, he renounced his orders and joined the cause of the Independents, gaining prominence the following year. They were forced to meet in private to avoid scrutiny until April 1632 when officers of the king arrested 42 members of the group. He was ultimately released on bond in May 1634 and emigrated to Plymouth, Massachusetts on the ship *Griffin.* He arrived in Boston that September and quickly relocated to Scituate. Dissent on the issue of baptism as well as other unspecified grievances and the lack of good grazing land and fodder caused the church in Scituate to split in 1638. He thus removed to Plymouth in 1639, where he constructed a sturdier meeting house, completed in 1644. The building is the present part of the Sturgis Library in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and one of his original homes.

Lathrop died in Barnstable, Massachusetts, in 1653.

## Family

Lathrop married first to Hannah House in England on October 10, 1610.

* Thomas Lathrop
* Jane Lahtrop - m. Samuel Fuller
* Anne Lathrop
* John Lathrop
* Barbara Lathrop
* Samuel Lathrop
* Joseph Lathrop
* Benjamin Lathrop

Lathrop married second to Ann Hammond in 1635.

* Elizabeth Lathrop
* Barnabas Lathrop
* Abigail Lathrop
* Bathsheba Lathrop
* John Lathrop
John Hopkins (founder of Hartford)

**John Hopkins**(1613 - 1654) was one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut, and a member of Thomas Hooker's company in Massachusetts that removed to Connecticut. He was also the great-grandfather of the Reverend Samuel Hopkins.

Hopkins was born in England in 1613, and traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1633. He took the oath of Freemen there on March 4, 1634. At the time of his residence in Cambridge, he lived on what is now the southwest corner of Dennis and Mt. Auburn Streets. He removed to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1636 as a member of the Hooker Colony, so named for Thomas Hooker. He was an original proprietor of Hartford, and a townsman there in 1640. He also served as a juror in 1643. He married his wife Jane and they had two children.

In 1654, he died and the inventory of his estate was taken. It is also probable that he was a member of the Hooker Church that came from Chelmsford, England, in 1632 and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts entirely.

## Family

Hopkins married a woman named Jane.

* Stephen Hopkins - m. Dorcas Bronson
* Bethia Hopkins - m. Samuel Stocking
Mehetable (Hamlin) Hooker (1664-1749)

**Mehetable Hamlin** (November 17, 1664 - January 29, 1749) was a resident of Middletown and Hartford, Connecticut.

Hamlin was born on November 17, 1664 in Middletown, Connecticut, as the daughter of Giles Hamlin and Esther Crow. Her father as a noted and wealthy sea captain and merchant of Middletown, and her mother was a daughter of John Crow, a merchant and founder of Hartford, Connecticut. After her marriage in 1687, she settled in Hartford, Connecticut, where she raised a family from 1688 to 1706. She remained there for many decades.

On January 29, 1749, Hamlin died in Connecticut.

## Family

Hamlin married Samuel Hooker on June 28, 1687 at Middletown, Connecticut.

* Samuel Hooker - m. (1) Mercy Leete (2) Mary Elliot
* Giles Hooker - m. Martha Cooke
* Thomas Hooker - m. Hannah Wells
* William Hooker - m. (1) Lydia Woodward (2) Anna Steele (3) Abigail Phelps (4) Esther
* Esther Hooker - m. Isaac Stiles
* Mehitable Hooker - m. Daniel Colt
* Richard Hooker
Mary (Elliot) Hart Pierson Hooker (1688-1771)

**Mary Elliot** (1688 - March 9, 1771) was a resident of Kensington, Connecticut.

Elliot was born in 1688 in Guilford, Connecticut as the daughter of Rev. Joseph Elliot and his second wife, Mary Wyllys. After her third marriage after 1751, Elliot settled in Kensington, Connecticut, where the couple had no children.

On March 9, 1771, Elliot died in Kensington, Connecticut.

## Family

Elliot married first to a Mr. Street.

Elliot married second to Hawkins Hart on January 30, 1734.

* Samuel Hart - unmarried.

Elliot married third to Abraham Pierson.

Elliot married fourth to Samuel Hooker. The couple had no children.
Mary (Lee) Hooker (1714-)

**Mary Lee** (October 4, 1714 - ) was a resident of Kensington, Connecticut.

Lee was born in Kensington, Connecticut on October 4, 1714, as the daughter of Deacon Jonathan Lee and Mary Root. After her marriage in 1735, she settled in Berlin, Connecticut, where she raised a family through the 1730s and 1740s. After the death of her first husband, she married again.

## Family

Lee married Andrew Hooker on May 22, 1735.

* Mary Hooker - m. Thomas Gridley
* Thomas Hooker - m. Esther Thompson
* Giles Hooker - m. Abigail Smith
* Rollin Hooker - m. Lucy Brownson
* Martin Hooker - m. Hannah Judd
* Martin Hooker - unmarried.

Lee married second to Eliakim Seymour.
Amos Hurlbut (1792-1873)

**Amos Hurlbut** (February 13, 1792 - March 26, 1873) was a farmer in the southern end of West Hartford, Connecticut, adjoining property in Newington.

Hurlbut was born on February 13, 1792 in West Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Stephen Hurlbut and Abigail Meeker. He grew up in West Hartford and remained there in the southern end of town his whole life. After his marriage in 1827, he settled down in the village of Elmwood, where he remained to raise his family as a farmer.

Hurlbut died in West Hartford, Connecticut, on March 26, 1873.

## Family

Hurlbut married Eleanor Elmer on September 15, 1827.

* Julia Hurlbut - m. Charles Jaqua
* Eliza Hurlbut - m. Francis Mills
* Joseph Hurlbut - m. Julia Dunham
* Hiram Hurlbut - m. Cena Barrett
* Amos Hurlbut - m. Ellen DeWolf
* Ellen Hurlbut - m. John Gilbert
Electa (Woodbridge) Cheney (1781-1853)

**Electa Woodbridge** (January 2, 1781 - October 12, 1853) was a resident of South Manchester, Connecticut.

Woodbridge was born on January 2, 1781 in East Hartford, Connecticut. Her father kept a tavern there, where she was born, and removed to another tavern standing on Manchester Green. Her mother was of nervous temperament, and subject to fits of melancholy, which kept her sometimes for weeks from her duties in the family. Thus, during her early age, she had to take care of the household. Through this, she developed the self-reliance and capacity for work, which distinguished her in her later life. While she was living at the tavern, George Washington, then President, made a journey to New England on horseback, and passed through Manchester on his way to Providence, Rhode Island. As the party halted at the little tavern, the young girl ran out to see them, and Washington asked her to bring him a glass of water - a service which she always remembered with pleasure.

On October 12, 1853, Woodbridge died in South Manchester, Connecticut, after raising a large family.

## Family

Woodbridge married George Cheney on October 18, 1798.

* George Wells Cheney - m. Mary Cheney
* Charles Cheney - m. (1) Waitstill Dexter Shaw (2) Harriet Bowen
* Ralph Cheney - m. Jerusha Drake Goodwin
* Seth Wells Cheney - m. (1) Emily Woodbridge Pitkin (2) Ednah Dow Littlehale
* Rush Cheney - m. Julia Ann Goodwin
* Frank Cheney - m. Susan Jarvis Cushing
* Electa Cheney - m. Richard Goodman
* John Cheney - unmarried.
* Ward Cheney - unmarried.
Mary (Goodwin) Savage (1685-1758)

**Mary Goodwin** (December 8, 1685 - June 3, 1758) was a resident of Cromwell, Connecticut.

Goodwin was born on December 8, 1685 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the daughter of William Goodwin and Elizabeth Shepard. She grew up there and removed to Middletown, Connecticut (which would later become Cromwell, Connecticut) after her marriage in 1710. There, she raised a family from 1711 to 1721.

Goodwin died in Cromwell, Connecticut, on June 3, 1758.

## Family

Goodwin married Thomas Savage on March 21, 1710.

* John Savage
* Thomas Savage
* Mary Savage
* Ebenezer Savage
* Nathaniel Savage
* Samuel Savage
Anthony Stoddard (-1687)

**Anthony Stoddard** (c. 1614 - March 16, 1687) was an English immigrant to Boston, Massachusetts.

Stoddard was born around 1614 in England. He immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts about 1639 and became a citizen on August 26, 1639. He was received into the church on September 28, 1639, as a "linen draper." He was granted one hundred acres of land on Mount Wollaston, currently Quincy, Massachusetts. He was admitted Freeman on May 13, 1640 and was Constable as early as 1641. In one case, a warrant was placed in his hands by the Governor for the arrest of Francis Hutchinson, who was tried for "heresy", and fined. Against the sentence of jail, Stoddard protested that the civil court should not convict and sentence for "heresy," until the accused had been tried by the church. He was then fined for contempt of court. In 1650, he was chosen Recorder of Boston, and a Representative of Boston in 1659 and 1660, again in 1665, and for twenty successive years until 1684.

Stoddard died in Boston, Massachusetts died on March 16, 1687.

## Family

Stoddard married first to Mary Downing. She died on June 16, 1647.

* Benjamin Stoddard
* Solomon Stoddard - m. Esther Warham
* Samson Stoddard

Stoddard married second to Barbara, widow of Captain Joseph Weld, in 1647. She died on April 15, 1655.

* Samuel Stoddard
* Simeon Stoddard
* Sarah Stoddard
* Stephen Stoddard

Stoddard married third in 1655. She died several years later.

* Anthony Stoddard
* Christian Stoddard
* Lydia Stoddard
* John Stoddard
* Ebenezer Stoddard
* Dorothy Stoddard
* Mary Stoddard
* Jane Stoddard
* Joseph Stoddard - died young.

Stoddard married fourth.
Frank Cheney (1817-1904)

**Frank Cheney** (July 5, 1817 - February 4, 1904) was a silk manufacturer in Manchester, Connecticut.

Cheney was born on July 5, 1817 in Manchester, Connecticut, as the son of George Cheney and Electa Woodbridge. He engaged in the manufacture of silk in a small way with his brother, Rush Cheney, as early as 1836, but for some years, the business was not successful and in 1849, Cheney removed to California, where his health was impaired by the privations which he underwent. He returned to Manchester, Connecticut, and in 1856, he again began the manufacture of silk in the form of thread, employing but a few hands and working in the mill with them. The business was successful and in 1872, the manufacture of spun silk in all its forms was begun. Since that time, repeated additions were made to the plant and Cheney, during his lifetime, saw it grow from its small beginning to an industry employing over 3,000 workers.

By 1897, Cheney was in feeble health, and an attack of pnuemonia left him in a poor condition. On February 4, 1904, Cheny died in Manchester, Connecticut.

## Family

Cheney married Susan Jarvis Cushing in 1853.

* Frank Cheney - m. Florence Wade
* Katherine Sedgwick Cheney - m. Gustavus Farley, Jr.
* Paul Cheney - unmarried.
* Mary Cheney - unmarried.
* Alice Cheney - unmarried.
Giles Hamlin (1622-1689)

**Giles Hamlin** (1622 - September 1, 1689) was a Captain and New England mariner.

Hamlin was born around 1622 in England. He settled in Middletown, Connecticut, as early as 1654, and resided there the remainder of his life. With his wife, he became a member of the first church established there. He was admitted to the church on November 15, 1668. "He was a puritan, a man of good sense, and soon gained a high standing for probity and ability." He was long engaged in foreign commerce, partly on his own account. He was long honored with public offices and his descendants retained a remarkable degree of influence in public affairs. His home lot in Middletown, on the east side of Main Street, extended to Court Street. He purchased a house and ten acre lot on the southwest corner of Main and Washington Streets in 1679, which became the family homestead for four generations. He commanded multiple ships in the 1660s and 1670s.

On September 1, 1689, Hamlin died of an epidemic that was noted by the General Court from Middletown.

## Family

Hamlin married Esther Crow in 1655.

* Hester Hamlin - m. William Southmayd
* John Hamlin - m. (1) Mary Collins (2) Sarah Bull
* Mary Hamlin - m. Noadiah Russell
* Mehetable Hamlin - m. Samuel Hooker
* William Hamlin - m. Susannah Collins
* Giles Hamlin, Jr. - unmarried.
* Richard Hamlin
Samuel Olcott (1642-1704)

**Samuel Olcott** (1642 - spring 1704) was a resident of Hartford, Connecticut.

Olcott was born around 1642 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Thomas Olcott and his wife Abigail. He grew up in Hartford and lived there as a resident for many years after his marriage in 1673.

Olcott died in Hartford, Connecticut, in the early part of 1704. His last will, which was dated March 13, 1704, was exhibited into the Court of Probate on April 12, 1704. There is no record of the death of his wife though.

## Family

Olcott married Sarah Stocking on July 15, 1673 in Hartford, Connecticut.

* Sarah Olcott - m. William Williams
* Mary Olcott - m. Jonathan Bigelow
* Elizabeth Olcott - m. Jonathan Ashley
* Thomas Olcott - m. Hannah Barnard
* George Olcott - m. Sarah Bunce
Mary (Willet) Hooker Buckingham (1637-1712)

**Mary Willet** (November 10, 1637 - June 24, 1712) was a resident of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Farmington and Norwalk, Connecticut.

Willet was born on November 10, 1637, at Plymouth, Massachusetts, as the daughter of Capt. Thomas Willet and Mary Brown. Her father was at the time an energetic and thriving merchant at Plymouth, who succeeded Capt. Miles Standish in command of the famous military company of Plymouth, and he afterward became the first mayor of New York City. After her joyous wedding in 1658, the couple removed to Farmington, Connecticut, where they lived for many years. After the death of her first husband, she married again in 1703 at the age of 66. After his death in 1709, she went to the home of her son-in-law (and the son of her late husband), where she remained at Norwalk, Connecticut.

Willet died in Norwalk, Connecticut, on June 24, 1712. Her grave is near the center of the old burying ground, near the East Norwalk railway station.

## Family

Willet married first to Samuel Hooker on September 22, 1658. The marriage was undoubtedly celebrated in a proper manner, for an account of it is handed down in the Willet family, concluding the ceremony with, "And Samuel and Mary did then brew a great bowl of punch."

* Thomas Hooker - m. Mary Smith
* Samuel Hooker - m. Mehetable Hamlin
* William Hooker - m. Susannah Lastname
* John Hooker - m. Abigail Stanley
* James Hooker - m. Mary Leete
* Nathaniel Hooker - m. Mary Stanley
* Mary Hooker - m. James Pierpont
* Daniel Hooker - m. Sarah Stanley
* Sarah Hooker - m. Stephen Buckingham
* Roger Hooker - unmarried.
* Hezekiah Hooker - died young.

Willet married second to Rev. Thomas Buckingham on August 10, 1703. He died on April 1, 1709.
Sarah (Goodwin) Wyles (1750-1809)

**Sarah Goodwin** (bapt. December 2, 1750 - September 21, 1809) was a resident of East Hartford, Connecticut.

Goodwin was born and baptized on December 2, 1750 in East Hartford, Connecticut, as the daughter of John Goodwin and Dorothy Pitkin. She grew up in the town and settled there after her marriage before 1781.

Goodwin died in East Hartford, Connecticut on September 21, 1809.

## Family

Goodwin married John Wyles before July 1781.

* John Wyles (Brimfield, MA)
Charles Cheney (1803-1874)

**Charles Cheney**(December 26, 1803 - June 20, 1874) was an important figure in the organization of the Cheney Silk Company in South Manchester, Connecticut.

Cheney was born on December 26, 1803 in Manchester, Connecticut as the son of George Cheney and Electa Woodbridge. When he was about fourteen years old, he removed to Tolland, Connecticut as a clerk and engaged in mercantile business on his own account in Providence, Rhode Island when he came of age. In 1834, he removed to Ohio, Connecticut, and established himself as a farmer at Mount Healthy, near Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained for eleven years, during which period he became interested in the anti-slavery movement. There, he became a friend ofSalmon P. Chase, later a member of Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. They were both engaged in the building of a new turnpike road and they were both abolitionists. Indeed, Charles' house in Ohio was the first "underground railroad" station beyond Cincinnati. In 1842, he returned home to Manchester, Connecticut

In 1847, Cheney joined his brothers at Cheney Brothers Silk in South Manchester, Connecticut. In 1855, there was an acute labor shortage in Manchester, due to the rapid expansion of the business. The brothers decided to move a portion of the business to Hartford, and put Charles in charge. He and his family thus moved to a house on Prospect Street. Between 1855 and 1862, two mills were built on the north side of Morgan Street by the river. Indeed, the old Cheney mill, where G. Fox & Company built their warehouses, stood until about 1945.

Cheney retired to Manchester, Connecticut in 1868 at the age of 65, and died there on June 20, 1874.

## Family

Cheney married first to Waistill Dexter Shaw in 1829. She died on April 6, 1841 of tuberculosis.

* Frank Woodbridge Cheney - m. Mary Bushnell
* Knight Dexter Cheney
* Mary Howell Cheney (1834-1836) - died young.
* Sarah Shaw Cheney (1835-1836) - died young.

Cheney married second to Harriet Bowen. She died in January 1870, and the couple produced no children.
Samuel Shepard (1667-1724)

**Samuel Shepard** (August 19, 1667 - bef. 1724) was a "Justice of the Peace" in Woodbridge, New Jersey.

Shepard was born on August 19, 1667 in Rowley, Massachusesetts as the son of Samuel Shepard and Dorothy Flint . He graduated from Harvard College in 1685 and after his marriage in 1698, he removed soon after in 1702 to Woodbridge, New Jersey, where he served as Justice of the Peace. On July 13, 1706, he deeded to Lieut. Thomas Hammond of Ipswich, Massachusetts, several parcels of land in Rowley, one of which, 12 acres of marsh, "was laid out to my father Samuel Shepard deceased." Also, "4 acres, granted for pasturage to my father Mr. Samuel Shepard..."

Shepard died in Woodbridge, New Jersey, before 1724.

## Family

Shepard married Alice Mason on July 14, 1698.

* Samuel Shepard
John Pantry Goodwin (1719-1801)

**John Pantry Goodwin**(bapt. October 4, 1719 - May 5, 1801) was a resident of Sharon, Connecticut and the founder of the Sharon branch of the Goodwin family.

Goodwin was born and baptized on October 4, 1719 in Hartford, Connecticut, as the son of Hezekiah Goodwin and Hannah Pantry. He grew up in the area and attended the local school, where he worked for many years. He lived there for many decades after his marriage in 1753 until he removed to Sharon, Connecticut, in Litchfield County in 1783 with his family. There, he formed the beginning of the Sharon branch of the Goodwin family, residing on a farm just north of the village.

Goodwin died there on May 5, 1801 at the age of 81.

## Family

Goodwin married Ann Spencer 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.
Samuel Ogden (1716-1789)

**Samuel Ogden** (bapt. May 20, 1716 - 1789) was a property-owner in Middleground, Essex County, New Jersey.

Ogden was born and baptized on May 20, 1716 in New Jersey as the son of Swaine Ogden and Mary Ackerman. He grew up in the area and lived a good portion of his life at Middleground, a section so-called near Orange, New Jersey. He owned several small tracts of land in the area.

Ogden died in New Jersey in 1789. His will was proved on July 10, 1789, and was dated October 27, 1787. "In the name of God Amen, I Samuel Ogden of Middleground in the County of Essex State of New Jersey." He bequeathed his lands to his sons, and added a bequest to his son Swaine, "if he returns."

## Family

Ogden married Phebe Baldwin, the daughter of John Baldwin in the 1730s.

* John Ogden - m. Elizabeth McGee
* Susannah Ogden - m. Enos Williams
* Samuel Ogden, Jr. - m. Eunice Huntington
* Thomas Ogden - m. Jemima Wheeler
* Mary Ogden - m. Adonijah Dodd
* Sarah Ogden - m. John Edison
* Hannah Ogden - m. William Bebout
* Phebe Ogden - m. James Brundage
* Simeon Ogden - m. Catherine Corey
* Swaine Ogden - m. Mary
* David Ogden - unmarried.
Margaret Ann Goodwin (1803-1890)

**Margaret Ann Goodwin** (December 11, 1803 - January 23, 1890), also known by those who knew her best as "Aunt Margaret," was a member of the Goodwin family that settled on the Windsor road in northern Hartford, Connecticut.

Goodwin was born on December 11, 1803, the youngest daughter of several children born to Moses Goodwin and Mary Ann Burnham, in northern Hartford, Connecticut. She came from a family of ancestors that had resided on the Windsor road north of Hartford. Her family had settled in the "up neck" district years prior and owned large tracts of land. She grew up in the home and lived to be content to remain in the homestead, which had long sheltered her kin before her. Few people carried themselves more than Goodwin. She was more active than other people in managing the home until 1889, when failing eyesight and health forced her to be less proactive. She retained her faculties to the last day. In the winter that carried into 1890, her illness worsened at a steady pace. She remained unmarried throughout her life.

On January 23, 1890, while talking to her attendant in the Goodwin homestead, she dropped away peacefully into the sleep that knows no waking. Her funeral took place a few days later and the will left the estate to her niece, Olive Goodwin.
Amos Hurlbut (1717-1777)

**Amos Hurlbut** (April 14, 1717 - 1777) was a farmer in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Hurlbut was born on April 14, 1717 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, as the son of Thomas Hurlbut and Rebecca Meekins. He grew up there and settled in Newington, Connecticut, on lands realized from his father's estate. He served as a farmer there for many years. He was recommended with his first wife to Newington church from the First Church in Wethersfield in 1747.

In 1777, he supposedly slipped while unloading a barrel of cider and brought it down on top of him, killing him. Administration was granted on his estate on Feb. 28, 1777, and Charles Churchill was appointed administrator.

## Family

Hurlbut married first to Hannah Wright on June 10, 1742. She died on July 25, 1756.

* Lois Hurlbut - m. Phineas Griswold
* Samuel Hurlbut - m. Rebecca Beach
* Lemuel Hurlbut - m. Tabitha Nott
* Hannah Hurlbut - m. Levi Brownson
* Solomon Hurlbut - died young.
* Josiah Hurlbut - died young.

Hurlbut married second to Sarah Hills on March 3, 1757. She died in 1764.

* Stephen Hurlbut - m. Abigail Meeker
* Martin Hurlbut - m. Elizabeth Wheeler
* Amos Hurlbut - died young.
* Anna Hurlbut - died young.
* Ruth Hurlbut - died young.

Hurlbut married third to Sarah Latimer on March 10, 1766. The couple had no children.