UN VERS TY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO 3 1822019547975 UNIVERSITY OF CAL FORM A SAN DIEGO 3 1822019547975 Social Sciences & Humanities Library University of California, San Diego Please Note: This item is subject to recall. Date Due N 2 C SEP 28 1996 Cl 39 (2/95) UCSDLi). THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD ^ GILLIAN JVTANSFIELD WHO SETTLED IN NEW 1639 WITH SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED. ALSO, OF CONNECTIONS OF OTHER NAMES. COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY H. MANSFIELD, NEW HAVEN, 1885. J^3 Hoggson & Robinson, C *% ^^ ^ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. The figures denote the ages of the persons when their Portraits were taken. Col. Jared Mansfield, (69), Frontispiece. PAGE. Maj. William Munson, (77,) 23 Lieut. Nathan Mansfield House, 28 Rev. Dr. Richard Mansfield, (90,) 31 Rev. Dr. Richard Mansfield House, 35 Col. William Douglas, (30,) 42 Hannah (Mansfield) Douglas, (25,) 43 Silhouettes of Rev. Achilles Mansfield, etc., 54 William Punderson Mansfield, (78,) 72 Hon. Edward D. Mansfield, (74,) 77 Prof. Charles Davies, (68,) 87 Gen. J. K. F. Mansfield, (57,) 91 Maj. Benj. F. Mansfield, (63,) 102 Mrs. Susan Huntington, (18,) 104 H. Mansfield, (75,) 114 J. M. Mansfield, (68,) 118 Hon. Hugh White, (46,) 126 Maria M. (Mansfield) White, (75,) 126 William Mansfield White, 126 Lewis Wm. Mansfield, (62,) 127 The author desires to return his most hearty thanks to the following persons who have contributed important information in the compilation of this work, in- cluding those who have furnished several of the Illustrations, namely : Ex-Lieut. Gov. Douglas of Middletown, Ct., who contributed the fine steel plate Portraits of Col. William Douglas and his wife Hannah (Mansfield) Douglas, which he had engraved at great expense, by Sartain of Phila. for the "Douglas Genealogy," and were taken from oil paintings, preserved in his possession, painted by a French artist in 1772. Also Rev. Mrs. Edward T. (Mansfield) Swiggett of Morrow, Ohio, for the Portrait of her grandfather Col. Jared Mansfield, from a copy of an oil painting by Prof. Robert Wier (and presented to Yale College by Prof. Charles Da vies many years since) from the original painting by Sully in the West Point Academy; said to be an excellent likeness. Also Charles D. Mansfield, Paymas- ter U. S. N. at Washington, D. C., for the steel engraving by Sartain of his father, Hon. Edward D. Mansfield of Cincinnati, O., which he had engraved at his own expense expressly for this work. Henry Livingston Mansfield, Esqr., of Middle- town, for the steel engraving of his father, Gen. J. K. F. Mansfield. Mrs. Prof. (Mansfield) Davies of Fishkill, N. Y., for the steel portrait of her late husband Prof. Charles Daviea Mrs. Hon. Hugh (Mansfield) White of Cohoes, N. Y., for the Portrait of her father Wm. P. Mansfield, and others. L. W. Mansfield, Esqr. , of Cohoes, N. Y., for a fine portrait of himself. W. C. Willcox of Phila. for the Plate of Silhouettes of Rev. Achilles Mansfield, etc. Mrs. Dr. Richards of Nor- wich, Ct., for the Portrait of her mother Mrs. Susan (Mansfield) Huntington. Mrs. Grace Wheeler of New Haven (in her 94th year) and her daughter Mrs. Grace Glenny for the Portrait of Maj. Wm. Munson, (Mrs. Wheeler's father) from an oil painting in their possession. Burton Mansfield, Esqr., of New Haven, for the portrait of his father Mr. J. M. Mansfield. Mrs. Mary Aurelia (Mansfield) Doolittle of Cheshire, Ct., for much information and records. Rev. Prof. Geo. B. Hopson of Annandale College, Dutchess Co., N. Y., for records of Rev. Dr. Richard Mansfield's family and descendants. Maj. Benjamin F. Mansfield of New Haven, for thorough records and reminiscences. Mrs. Rev. Dr. Phelps of New Haven and her sister Miss Elizabeth Lyon Linsley of Stratford, Ct., for records and sketches of the members of the Col. Lyon family. Chief Justice C. D. Drake of Washington, D. C., for important records, and to all the many others who have contributed information he would tender his grateful acknowledgments. This has been a laborious undertaking during the past three years and more, but a pleasant one, and the writer feels grateful that he has been enabled to success- fully carry it through to its completion. RICHARD MANSFIELD, one of the first settlers of New Haven, and ancestor of about all of the Mansfields in Connecticut, and most of them in New York State, and in several of the western and southern States, came from Exeter, Devonshire, Eng., and settled in " Quinnipiac " in 1639. This is shown by a deed of land from James Marshall, of Exeter, Eng., duly recorded in New Haven land records, Vol. 1, part of which was situated on the north west corner of what is now Elm St. and Church St. , extending from near Temple St. easterly and round the corner, northerly, to near the present Wall St. He owned another lot on State St., nearly opposite the County Bank. For the first two or three years the settlers confined themselves to cultivating their lots in the Town plat, and near vicinity, included in what was called the first Division, and it is supposed he did not build on either of the above lots, unless it was temporary accommodations, perhaps a sort of a cellar, partly in the ground, with a thatched roof, which kind of habitations were built and occupied by many of the most respectable inhabitants in the first year or two. In the schedule of the list of the first Planters, 1641, he is put down at 400. 30 acres in the first Division, 6 acres in the " Neck," 22 acres of meadow, and 88 in the second Division. About this time, it is supposed, he established his large farm, and built his dwelling-house and farm accommodations, at a place in the "second division" called the "East farms," some four and a-half miles out, on the present North Haven road, where he lived, till he died, 10 Jan., 1655. His nearest neighbors were David Atwater, Capt. Nathaniel Turner, William Potter, William Bradley, and a few others. His wife's first name was Gillian ; what her surname was, probably can never be ascertained. After his death, she married, in 1657, Alexander Field, and removed into the Town to live with her husband in a house just purchased by him of Josiah Stanbrough of Southampton, L. I., and Elizabeth, his wife, formerly the wife of Thomas Wheeler, who had owned and occupied the same while living. " House and Barn with about one acre of land facing easterly the Market Place." Richard Mansfield and Gilliaij, his wife, had only two children, Joseph born aboift 1636, and Moses, born in January or February, 1639 Old Style. She had no children by her second marriage. Her second husband died in 1666, and she then went to live with her son Moses, whose Homestead occupied the large Lot corner of Elm and Church streets, formerly his father Richard's. His Dwelling House fronted on Elm St. She died in 1669. We extract from the Colony Records the following : At a Court held 1643, Richard Mansfield demanded a debt of 40s. of Henry Gib- bons, which said Henry promised to pay within a month, only desired to have 20s. of itt abated for lodging and firewood for a whole winter in his cellar, which was thought reasonable, and Richard Mansfield ordered to allow itt. The Gov. Theopilus Eaton gave oath of fidelity to Richard Mansfield at General Court at New Haven, 1 July, 1644. 2 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. At General Court 7 Oct., 1646, Bro. Richard Mansfield had liberty to dept. the Court. Richard Mansfield with John Thomas are appoynted to view East river for a Bridge, and consider in what place, and how with the least chardge it may be most conveynient and commodious to suite the end propounded, and report to the Governor and Magistrates, what their apprehensions are concerning it. At General Court Maye 1648 Richard Mansfield and David Atwater, is to fiude cache of them a man to watch at the towne, in regard of ther house lots heare. In 1648 Richard Mansfield and others (18 in all) each of them fined 12d. for not bringing their weights and measures to be tryed, upon the day appoynted. 6th Feb., 1648. Richard Mansfield, John Thompson, and Andrew Low, were complained of for their fencing lying down, the most part of the last summer, and yet it is not up. 20 posts Richard Mansfield, 12 posts Andrew Low, and 6 posts John Thompson, as John Cooper informs. They answered it was a middle fence and some of the Quarter was in a demurr for some time whether to have it maiii- tyned or taken away. Upon which consideration the Court ordered that they pay but 12d. a post for the whole time past. Exeter, the place from which he emigrated, has been a City, and governed by a Mayor, etc., ever since the year 1200. There was a Sir John Mansfield, Knight, Mayor of the City a few years before the first emigration to New England. He was also "Master of the Minories, and Queen's Surveyor under Queen Elizabeth." There was a " rich merchant," a Mr. Marshall, in Exeter, who advanced consider- able money to John Mansfield, a son of the above Sir John, to enable him to come over and settle in New England. He came in the Regard, in 1634, settled in Charlestown, had a family, and died about 1670, but there are no descendants, at least by name of Mansfield. Probably this Mr. Marshall whom Gov. Wiuthrop calls " that rich merchant," in his History of New England, was the same as the James Marshall, who sold all his possessions in New Haven to Richard Mansfield, and perhaps, or probably, Richard was also a son of Sir John. In the List of the 123 first grantees of New Haven, Richard Mansfield has Mr. affixed to his name, with only seven others in the whole List, with that title. The title of Mr. (Master) at this time was far more honorable than that of Esquire two hundred years later. By writing a good many times to different persons in Exeter, the compiler has not been able to obtain any further geneMogical information of the family. The clerk of the most ancient Church in the City, has made thorough search of records without success, and I am told on good authority, that not in one case in twenty can satisfactory information be obtained of families, the records are so complicated and different from ours in this country. In compiling this work, have spent a great deal of time the past few years in thoroughly searching all of the New Haven Colonial, Probate, and Land Records. First Church, Trinity, and North Church Records. North Haven and Hamden Church Records. All of the genealogical works in Yale College Library as far as known, that might contribute information, including Savage's Gen. Dictionary of first settlers of New England down to 1692, 4 Vols. R. Octavo. New England Historical Register, 35 Vols., Drake's History of Boston, History of Charlestown, History of Lynn, etc. Visited, and looked over carefully all of the ancient cemeteries in New Haven, Derby, Woodbridge, Hamden, North Haven, West Haven, and East MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. 3 Haven. Have consulted many old people, several over ninety years of age, and the necessary and widespread correspondence has far exceeded anything I had any conception of, when the work was first commenced. ARRANGEMENT. After examining a good many genealogical works in the Yale College Library, gave the preference to the "Huntiugton Genealogy," as the most simple, and easiest to be understood. And have mostly followed the arrangement in that work. Every male Mansfield and every female by the name of Mansfield when born, is numbered on the left hand side of the page, from the first settler Richard, down to the last descendant without a break. And all particulars of each individual, are given in connection with their number, whether occupying one line, or several pages. Those male Mansfields with a star affixed to their number, are carried forward as heads of families, with their number placed in the middle of the page. All that is snid of the female Mansfields, (of other names by marriage), and their descend- ants, is given in connection with their number, without being carried forward to another place, as in the case with the males. The numbering of the children of each family, with Roman letters, as is the case with some geneological family Books, has been omitted, as unnecessary, and rather rendering the work more complex, and not so quickly and readily understood. SECOND GENERATION. 1. RICHARD. From England. *2. JOSEPH, probably born in England, in 1636, as he took the freeman's oath Feb. 8, 1657. He occupied and owned part, or the whole, of the farm which was his father Richard's before him, situated about 4 miles north of the Town center, in what is now the town of Hamden, on the North Haven road. His house was probably situated near where the brick dwelling-house of the widow, Mrs. Seymour Mansfield, now is. He married Mary about 1657, joined the Church Aug. 30, 1685. He died Nov. 15, 1692, aged about 56. Estate 440. His seat in the ^meeting house was No. 8 of the "long seats for men," the others on this seat were Robert Hill, William Meeker, Ephriam Howe, Thomas Harrison, Matthew Rowe, and John Johnson. In the land records Jan. 14, 1687, it is stated that his 3d Division land (which was in addition to his farm,) east side of East river is bounded north by Thomas Bowmond, deceased, West by river, South by Daniel Barnes' land, and East by New Haven Commons. 160 rods from the river to the country road, and 208 rods along by the river, being 106 acres. James Bishop, Moses Mansfield, (his brother), and Abraham Dickerman, Sizors, Enos Tallmadge, Surveyor. Aug. 5, 1687, at a Town Meeting, Joseph Mansfield made a motion to buy Duck Cove Island in the East river. Two persons were ap- pointed to view the same, and make report thereof to the next Town Meeting, what the land is and how marked. Aug. 11, 1690, at the Town Meeting, ordered that Lieut. Dickerman and Joseph Moss, two of the " Townsmen," give a deed of sale, according to law, to Joseph Mansfield, of a small island on or near the East river, he bought of the town. By the following it would appear he owned land on the site of the Yale College Buildings. From deed dated April 11, 1696, Joseph Mansfield, (his son), heir of his deceased father, Joseph Mansfield, to John Ailing, for valuable sum in hand, one acre,boundedEast by the Market Place, (the Green), South by Thomas Tuttle's Home lot, North by John Yale's lot and George Pardee's lot, and West by Joshua Hotch- kiss' Home lot. This same John Ailing became Treasurer of Yale College a few 6 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. years later, soon after it was established. According to a map of the original col- lege grounds, in the " History of Yale College," recently published in 1879, (in 2 Vol. Quarto), this "one acre," was situated, or rather fronted the street about where the new Farnham College building now stands. *3. MOSES, born in 1639, probably in Jan., Feb. or March, "Old Style," as he was of course 21 when he took the freeman's oath, 1 May, 1660, and he was 63 when he died Oct. 3, 1703. He married Mercy Glover, daughter of Henry Glover, an early settler and prominent man, 5 May, 1664, by whom he had all his children. He married for his second wife Abigail Yale, daughter of Thomas and Mary Yale. She was born May 5, 1660, and died Feb. 28, 1709, in her 49th year. On his monumental table, which is still in a good state of preservation, is inscribed, "Here lyeth interred the body of Major Moses Mansfield, Assist., Aged 63. Deceased ye 3rd of October, Annodom, 1703." Major was the highest military title at that time, and for defeating a body of Indians in the time of King Philip's war, about where the town of Mansfield is situated, the town was named after him. He was a member of the General Court or Assembly 48 sessions, ("which met twice a year, and some years oftener), Judge of Probate, and of the County Court. He owned and occupied the large lot as his homestead, corner of the present Elm and Church Sts., which was his father Richard's before him. The following is ex- tracted from the colony and Proprietors' Records, etc., 6 Jan., 1684, Town Meet- ing. By a full vote bought by exchange of land, 1 j acres of land adjoining Moses Mansfield's Home lot, for building upon it a dwelling house for the new minister, Rev. Mr. Pierpont. 7 Dec., 1685. At a Town Meeting, Moses Mansfield informed that he had re- ceived a writing from Rev. Mr. Pierpont of acknowledgment and thanks for the land and house granted to him. 3 March, 1689. It was voted that Maj. Moses Mansfield view the arms, according to the order and command, as there shall be occasion for the common safety of the Place. Sir Edmund Andross had just arrived at Boston, which created a great sensation throughout the colonies, not knowing what would be the result. 3 Nov. , 1690. At Town Meeting Moses Mansfield made a motion for George Scott, a gunsmith, to be allowed liberty of settling as an inhabitant in the Town. Referred to the Townsmen, (Selectmen). 28 Dec., 1692. Moses Mansfield with three others, appeared, to undertake to build a Saw Mill, at Pine Brook, by Sperry's Gap, under the West Rock. 28 Dec., 1696.^ Maj. Moses Mansfield and seven others for liberty to take in forty acres of the common for corn, for seven years on the west side of the Beaver Ponds, near the Pine Rock. 22 Nov. , 1697. At a Town Meeting, Maj. Moses Mansfield opened the meeting by informing the Town that the chief occasion of the meeting was to settle a mainte- nance for the minister, while he continues among us. 17 Sept., 1700. At a Town Meeting Maj. Moses Mansfield propounded that the new Meeting House, (addition), behind the back of the pulpit, across the House below, be filled with pews, (excepting the aisles,) under a regulation of a commit- tee, by the town appointed, and that the persons that would build the pews give in their names to the committee at or before the 24th day of this month. It was SECOND GENEKATION. 7 granted, provided that if the persons that build the pews do not fill up the room in the pews, the Town shall have the liberty to do it. 21 Dec., 1702. At a Town Meeting Maj. Moses Mansfield chosen Moderator for the year ensuing, etc. From the Land Records, 23 Dec. , 1697. Widow Ellen Glover gives to her son- in-law Maj. Moses Mansfield and Sergt. John Ball, a son-in-law, all her property except what she had already given to her grandson, John Glover. 8 Feb., 1687. Moses Mansfield and Abraham Dickerman, Agents for the Town, to Rev. James Pierpont for his encouragement, 7 acres Salt Marsh, N. by Causway, E. by Uplands, W. by Mill river, and S. by land of Mr. Fenn's children. Also 150 acres Upland East side of East river, near Mr. Yale's farm, S. by a creek or bogsmire, W. by Meadow, N. by Common, and E. by a common on the Plains, 200 rods in length, and 120 rods in breadth. Also 12 acres of bog meadows ad- joining. 5 Sept. , 1699. Moses Mansfield to my beloved son-in-law John Thompson, for valu- able satisfaction 1 g acres at a place called the cove. N. W. by upland commons,N. E. by John Ball's land, S. W. by Samuel Hemingway's land, and S. E. by Eleaner Morris. 25 Oct., 1697. Moses Mansfield, committee of the Hopkin's Grammar School fund, to Deac. Punderson, for 7, 6s. 13 acres in the Neck. E. by East river, W. and S. by Highway, and N. by said Punderson's. 18 March, 1702. Moses Mansfield and Abigail, his wife, to Rev. James Pier- pont, 108 acres, partly arable and partly feeding ground. East side of East river, first range of lots adjoining Branford, old line, E. by Common land, W. by Sam- uel HumistoneX and S. and N. by Henry Brooks'. 26 Oct., 1702. Moses Mansfield Sen r. to Moses Mansfield Junr. Gives to lov- ing son Moses, several pieces of land, viz.: One part of my homelot 9i rods broad at the front on street, and 1H rods broad at the other end. Bounded E. by a Town Street and land of Samuel Bassett, S. by own land, W. by Rev. James Pierpont's and N. by Samuel Mix, John How, and Samuel Bassett. Also half of Glover's farm, meadow and upland. N. by Deacon John Punderson's, and other land, E. by West meadow, S. by Sergt. John Ball's, and W. by Town Commons, which hath a highway across it, between 1st and 2nd Division. The meadow, S. by John Ball, E. by West river, N. by river, and W. by the Upland. 26 March, 1703. The worshipful Moses Mansfield, to Ebenezer Blacksly, 20 acres east side of East river, near Wharton's Brook. S. W. by Joseph Mansfield's land, N. E. by Thomas Leeke's, and the river, N. W. by the county road and S. E. by the common. THIRD GENERATION. 2. JOSEPH. New Haven, " Mansfield Farms.' 4. MAKY, bora April 6, 1658. Probably died unmarried. 5. MARTHA, born April 18, 1660, married Richard Sperry Dec. 16, 1680, his father Richard Sperry, Senr. , was one of the early settlers, and his homestead and farm was about a mile west of West Rock, he is rendered famous in history in connection with the regicides, " Goffe and Whalley." It is said he secreted them in what is called tho "Judges' Cave," on West Rock, and supplied them daily with food. Postmaster, Hon. N. D. Sperry is a descendant of Richard Sperry, Senr., through his son Nathaniel, (brother of Richard, Junr.), who married Sarah Dickerman Get 2, 168;$, daughter of Abraham Dickerman, who was a member of the General Assembly many years, as colleague with Maj. Moses Mansfield. (3.) They had 8 children, Moses, John, Joseph, Stephen, Martha, Mary, Silence and Mercy. 6. MERCY, born July 26th, 1662, baptized Aug. 12th, 1688, married a Bristol. Have made much enquiry and endeavor to trace down this Bristol's descendants, but without success. 7. SILENCE, born Oct. 24, 1664, married a Chatfield of Killingworth. Three brothers by the name of Chatfield came from England in 1639, in the Rev. Henry Whitfield company, to Guilford. Francis died unmarried. Thomas settled at East Hampton, L. I., and George settled at Killingworth. He was probably father of the above husband of Silence Mansfield. He died in 1671. 8. ELIZABETH, born Sept. 20, 1666, probably never married. 9. COMFORT, born Dec. 6, 1668, married John Benham about 1691. By thorough search of Records, and enquiries among New Haven Benhams, I have not been able to trace down any descendants of this John Benham, but waa recommended to apply to Major-General Henry W. Benham of New York, who had studied the Benham genealogy for years. Gen. Benham graduated at 3 10 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. West Point, 1837, Hank No. 1, was wounded at the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, and brevetted Captain in 1847 and having his horse shot under him at Fredericks- burg, Va., May, 1863, in the War of the Rebellion, was brevetted Colonel to Major- General and thus became senior by honorary rank, of the officers of the Corps of Engineers, being retired from active service by the "operation of law "in 1882, in his 70th year, and Senr. Colonel of the Corps. He writes that John Benham the ancestor of all of the Benhams in this country, came over from England with his family in the ship Mary & John, in May, 1630, and with his fellow passengers, some 120 to 130 in number, including Stephen Terri, and Matthew Grant, the an- cestors of Gen. Terry and Gen. Grant, landed in Boston Harbor, and the same month, May, 1630, with others founded Boston, at what has since been called Dorchester, and is now a part of Boston again. In 1634 the Church having divided, a part with the senior minister, including Benham, Terri, and Grant, went off to Windsor, Ct. In 1639, when the Daven- port and Eaton Company came to New Haven, Benham finding old acquaintances among these newly arrived settlers, joined them and was one of the 70 heads of families that founded New Haven. Gen. Benham says he has no doubt that this John Benham that married Comfort Mansfield was his grandson. They had Com- fort, born Aug. 15, 1692. John, born April 8, 1695. Japhet, born Dec., 1697. Sarah, born July 11, 1700, and Ebenezer, born May 17, 1703. 10. JOHN, born April 8, 1671, died Dec. 22, 1690. *11. JOSEPH, born Dec. 27, 1673, wife's name Elizabeth (probably Cooper), who died Mar. 4, 1763, aged 86. Her gravestone is in the old North Haven bury- ing ground. He died Oct. 8, 1739, aged 64. His gravestone is in the Grove- street Cemetery, against the north wall. If the record of his birth is correct, he would have been 66 instead of 64 ; such discrepancies between the records and gravestones occur occasionally, especially the ancient stones. He was admitted a member of the First Church in New Haven under the ministry of Rev. James Pierpont, Aug. 14, 1735, and she was admitted to the same May 31, 1733. His Homestead and farm was at the same place of his father Joseph's, and grandfather Richard's. The following is copied from "Colonial and Proprietors Records." April 3, 1704. "Here followeth the quantity of each person's right in the sequestered land, also the order of the lots given in the Half division, and each person's quan- tity therein drawn." From a long List, stating the quantity that each one had drawn, this Joseph draws 20 acres Sequestered land, and 10 acres in the Half Di- vision. April 13, 1713. At a Meeting of the Proprietors for 2nd Division of Se- questered lands, Joseph Mansfield draws 4| acres. Dec. 19, 1715. Joseph Mans- field chosen a grand Juror. April 29, 1718. At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the undivided lands, Joseph Mansfield and 6 other men, appointed to state out most of West Rock, and also half of the Blue Hills, as commons, forever. 1722. 5th Division lots as they were drawn. Near Blayton Brook, next to the Milford line, Joseph Mansfield gets 30 acres, 26 rods. 80 rods long by 61 rods wide, also 18 acres, 8 rods long 22^ rods wide at each end. Jan. 15, 1722. Lots drawn in the 3rd Division, Joseph M. gets 6 acres, 6 rods and 11 feet. THIRD GENERATION. 11 March, 1724. Here followeth some part of the 2nd Division of sequestered lands beginning at the west end of the Mill Rock, leaving a way at each end. Joseph M. 6f acres 6 rods 11 feet, 40 rods long, 27 rods 4 ft. wide, also 6| acres 60 rods in the third part of the sequestered land. In this way all the land was distributed from the beginning of the settlement. First Division, Second Division, &c., up to 7th or more, which means First Dividing, &c., and Distribution. Dec. 13, 1736. At a Town Meeting Joseph M. was chosen a Grand Juror for the year ensuing. 20 Shillings was granted to him in lieu of the same he paid to the Town for a stray beast of said Mansfield's. *12. EBENEZER, (changed from Ichabod), born Feb. 6, 1677. He married Hannah Bassett April 20, 1710, she died Jan. 22, 1766, aged 87. She joined the First Church under Rev. Joseph Noyes, Mar. 29, 1721. He joined the same June 26, 1735. He died Aug. 3, 1745, aged 73. His gravestone stands against the north wall of the Grove St. Cemetery, a very handsome Stone for the times. I used to notice it in my boyhood as it stood in the ancient ground, near the S. W. corner of the Centre Church. He lived at the same place where his brother Joseph and Japhet did, their farms adjoining each other. His estate was 1217. In his will he gives his daughter-in-law Susanna Stone, of Milford,lOO. To the first Church in New Haven, Joseph Noyes, Pastor, land at Indian Hills. To the church at the North Village, Isaac Stiles, Pastor, land at Duck Cove. The rest to John Pot- ter, alias John Gill, whom I brought up. If he die without issue, to go to the above Churches. We insert a few extracts from the Land Records. Feb. 12, 1716. Sergt. Ebenezer Mansfield of Thos. Morris and Jos. Gilbert 10 acres at a place called Gilbert's Farm. S. by the highway, W. by Thos. Morris', N. by said Gilbert's, and E. by the highway. April 30, 1717, Joseph, Ebenezer, Japhet Mansfield's agreement concerning a third Division Farm, east side of East river, W. by the river, E. by Highway, S. by Samuel Bassett's heirs, and N. by Ebenezer Blacksley, Senr. South side of said Farm, to Joseph, North side to Ebenezer and Japhet, said north side to be 9 rods wider than said south side to Joseph. From "Colonial or Proprietors' Records." 1722. Fifth Division lots near Blayton Brook, next to the Milford line, as they were drawn. Ebenezer M. draws and is entitled to 17f acres, 25 rods long, 35| rods broad. Jan. 15, 1722. Lots drawn in the third Division. To Ebenezer M. 4^ acres, March, 1724. He draws from the second Division of sequestered land at the West end of the Mill Rock 4| acres, also another piece of the same of 60 rods long, and 11* wide. Also he draws a piece 17 rods wide at each end, in the first Division, next to the York- shire Quarter. *13. JAPHET, born July 8, 1681. He married Hannah Bradley Jan. 16, 1703. She was a member of the first church in 1758. She died Oct. 27, 1768, aged 86. According to the Probate record, he died in 1745, at the age of 64. He lived at the "Mansfield Farms," his farm adjoining his brother Joseph's and Ebenezer's. His estate was 475. We insert the following extracts from a few of a number of Deeds recorded in the " Land Records," to which he was a party. May 19, 1718. Japhet and Ebenezer M. owned an undivided tract of land in > 3d Division, near the river, 4 acres of ploughed land. A straight line to divide. South part to Japhet, North part to Ebenezer. June 29, 1736, Japhet Mansfield to 12 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Samuel Mansfield, Senr. ,for 95,3d Division land in Wallingford plain, formerly laid out to Joseph Mansfield, deceased,(2), N. and W. by Ebenezer Mansfield's land, S.by Joseph Mansfield's land, and E. by the country road. Quantity not stated. Aug. 18, 1738, Japhet Mansfield to Japhet Mansfield, Junr. (his son) Half of New House, namely, the end next to the country road, with all privileges of cellar, oven, and well, passing and repassing to and from the same. Also half of my farm, on the west side of the road, from the road to the mill river on the south side. E. by said road, S. by Ebenezer Mansfield's land, W. by the mill river, and N. by the remaining part of the same farm. Also half of my meadow in the East Meadows, so called. Jan. 20, 1741, Japhet Mansfield, to Susannah Mansfield, and her daugh- ter Hannah, the only child of Samuel Mansfield, deceased, for 9, a certain small Island in the East river. Also Upland and Meadow that lies N. and E. from a Ditch which runs from or near Ebenezer Mansfield's Barn, to the East river. Aug. 11, 1741, Japhet Mansfield, to Benjamin Rasbotham for 30, 5 Acres, being part of the farm where said Japhet dwells. W. by mill river, S. and E. by said Japhet's and N. by land that was Joseph Mansfield's. Perhaps it is impossible at the present time to determine the locations of the Homesteads of these three brothers, Joseph, Ebenezer, and Japhet, but should suppose by a careful study of the Land records, that they all three dwelt on the East side of the main road, Joseph at the north end of the original "Mansfield Farm," about where Mr. Ive's Brick yard is, Japhet the next south, and Ebenezer next south of Japhet's, extending southerly to, or beyond the ancient " Elias Cooper House," now standing, (1884.) 3. MOSES. MAJOR. New Haven. 14. ABIGAIL, born Feb. 7,1664, married John Atwater, Sept. 13,1682. Hesettled in Wallingford on a farm which had belonged to his brother Joshua. He died in 1748. She died Sep. 24, 1717. They had 10 children, 7 sons and 3 daughters. David Atwater, whose grave-stone is the largest, and stands first in the row of an- cient stones against the west wall of the Grove St. Cemetery, was her grandson. It says on the stone he was a "Noted apothecary," and was killed in a skirmish with the British troops at Cumpo Hill, April 28, 1777. Ward Atwater one of our most prominent sea captains, in the West India trade, was one of her descendants. He died in 1822. " The Old Ward Atwater House " is still standing (1883) in a good state of preservation, on the S. W. corner of College and Crown Sts. Old President Atwater," as he was called, was another of her descendants, whose Dwell- ing House is still in good condition, on College St., the east side, between Grove and Wall Sts., he, Jeremiah, graduated at Yal. Col., 1793, was President of Mid- dlebury College, Vt., and afterward of Dickinson College, Penn. He died at New Haven, Aug. 29, 1858, aged 85. There have not been many of her descendants in New Haven, but many in Wallingford, and some in N. Carolina, Ohio, and N. Y. State. 15. MERCY, born Ap. 2, 1667, married John Thompson, about 1691. He was born Aug. 6, 1667, was son of Serg't John Thompson, who was son of the first settler, Anthony Thompson. Serg't John's farm and homestead was at "South End," near the old Light House. His son John and wife Mercy also lived at THIED GENEKATIOX. 13 South End, and owned a large farm there. Their children were John, born Oct. 11, 1692, Abigail, born Oct. 6, 1694, Mercy, born Feb. 21, 1696, Moses, born Nov. 1, 1699, Helena born Ap. 28, 1702, Samuel, born Sept. 30, 1704, Joseph and Bath- sheba. He died 1721. Estate 1669. Mentions in his will much land, and Build- ings at South End. The daughter of his son Moses and wife, Desire Hemingway, whose name also was Desire, married Rev. Nicholas Street, the Cong. Minister at East Haven, Dec. 6, 1758. Their children were Eunecia, born Oct. 27, 1759, who married Rev. Stephen Stebbins, 1783, Pastor in West Haven. Lucinda, born July 17, 1763, married first Darius Hickox, second Titus Ailing, third Theophilus Miles, Desire, born Aug. 16, 1764, married John Morris, 1779. She, Mrs. Street, died in 1765. Mr. Street's second wife died 1802, aged 61. Most all of the East Haven Thompsons descended from John and his wife, Mercy Mansfield. At the present time (1883) there are some 12 or 15 families of them scattered along on the road to the Light House, most of them well-to-do farmers. The late Nathaniel F. Thompson, President of the Mechanics Bank, and his brother Elsworth, in East Haven centre, near the Cong. Church are lineal descendants of this Mercy, and John Thompson. 16. HANNAH, born Mar. 11, 1669, married Gershom Brown about 1795, who was born Oct. 9, 1665. He was son of Eleazar, who was son of Francis, one of the first settlers of New Haven, and came from England and arrived in Boston June 26, 1637, accompanied with his wife, who was Mary Edwards. Their children were Eleazar, born in 1696, married Sarah Rowe, Jan. 21, 1725, died Sept. 21, 1768, aged 72. Hannah, born Jan. 1, 1702. Olive, born Feb. 22, 1708. This Olive married a Nathaniel Brown (who came from England) Mar. 20, 1728, and she died Oct. 10, 1743, aged 35, at the birth of her son Benjamin. This Benjamin lived to grow up and was a noted sea captain in the West India trade for many years. I can just remember him when I was a small boy about 1820, when he was an old man. He built the House which is still standing, corner of Goffp and Sperry Sis., where he lived and died. At that time it stood all alone, surrounded with open fields. " Old Capt. Ben. Brown,' 1 as he was called, was well known throughout the town, for his sharp sayings, and eccentricities. His descendants, by other names, are very respectable. His brother, Robert, was born in 1736, and was well known as "Capt. Robert Brown," (a military captain), and lived to a good old age and was father of Robert, who for many years carried on the tallow chandler business in Union St. Hannah Mansfield's husband, Gershom Brown, was a merchant and owned several vessels ; appears to have been a prominent Christian man. He once lost a vessel at sea, which was considered a very great loss, so much so, that his friends and neighbors, with the minister, met at his house to sympathise with him and have prayers. He left some 450 acres of land scattered about in West Haven, West Side, Muddy river, 3d Division, 4th Division, Governor's Quarters, 5th Division, East side, Dragon, &c. 7 slaves, namely, Mingo, Jack, James, Philip, Harry, Robin, and Job. He died in 1724, aged 59. She died Nov. 1, 1726, aged 57. There are not many descendants by the name of Brown that can be traced down. The late Daniel Brown, Carpenter and Builder, who lived in Cherry St., was one of them, and there are some in Fair Haven. 14 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. 17. SAMUEL, born Dec. 31, 1671. He graduated at Harvard College in 1690. Took charge of the Hopkins Grammar School, in 1694, and continued the charge till 1699. He was the second teacher of that celebrated school, John Davenport, his predecessor, being the first after its organization. After leaving the school he went into the West India trade, and died single, in 1701. He left an estate of 180. In the Inventory is mentioned Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Mathematical Instru- ments, Silver bucklers and buttons, Pair of Money Scales, Prospective Glass, and one-third part of a Sloope. Library of 11 Folios, 10 Quartos, 51 Quartos and Oc- taves, A Bible, 21 Old school books, and a few small Quartos, stiched, &c. Valued at about 18. Moses Mansfield, Mariner, (a younger brother), Sworne to the Pre- sentment, Richard Rosewell and Joseph Moss, Sworne to the Aprisement. His brother Moses followed the same business, also his nephew Capt. Stephen M. son of his brother Deacon Jonathan M. and Samuel M. son of his brother Moses M. Capt. Jonathan M., grandson of Deacon Jonathan M. , and several other collateral relatives, down to about 1800 carried on this West India trade, but this Samuel seems to have been the first of the Mansfields to engage in the business. In the will of Henry Glover, Aug. 20, 1689, who was his grandfather, he wills and de- sires his wife, Ellen, to consider the afflicted statoof their daughter Mansfield ( wife of Maj. Moses M.) and also my grandson Samuel (son of said daughter,) for the promoting and encouraging his education in that way of learning, which his parents, (by the will of God), have devoted him unto. *18. MOSES, born Aug. 15, 1674, married Margaret Prout, Nov. 3. 1702. She was daughter of John Prout who was the son of Timothy of Boston, and was born Jnne 7th, 1682. Was sister of John Prout who graduated at Yale Coll. 1708, and was treasurer of the same from 1717 to 1765, and died April 4, 1776, aged 87. His gravestone, against the north wall of the Grove St. Cemetery, has this inscription: Moses Mansfield, Esq., Died Feb. 15, 1740, aged 67. A very good red-stone grave- stone for the times. His Homestead, of about 3 acres was on East Water St., and included the land on which the "Benedict Arnold House" now stands (1883.) He bought this land of John Holt, son of William Holt, in 1721. In the Deed of this land, said Moses M. is styled a mariner, in another place he is called a mer- chant. He was a prominent man of the Town, and his name appears many times on the Town records. A few extracts from them are as follows. In 1718 license was granted to Moses M., John Prout, Junr., and Jeremiah At- water, to set up a mill to improve the flax seed of this colony and for the extracting and producing linseed oyl, and in 1T19 the same persons were granted the Exclu- sive right to make linseed and rape Oyl. May 13, 1718. Moses M. of John Prout 19 acres in East Haven, land he bought of Jos. Tuttle, N. S. & W. by Highway, E. by Fresh meadows. Feb. 12, 1724, Moses M., John Prout, John Trowbridge and Jeremiah Atwater, take a lease of water power of a Grist Mill, to put up Build- ings for an Oil Mill, to make linseed Oil, said Grist Mill owned by John Todd, Mary Todd, Jonah Todd and Daniel Todd, (Christopher Todd, the " Town Mill- er," was probably their father. The Mill was at the present site of Whitney's Gun factory.) June 26, 1724, Moses M. and wife Margaret, C. Christophers and Sarah his wife of New London, & John Dixwell of Boston (son of John D. the "Regicide ") whose wife Mary, daughter of John Prout had recently died from in- THIRD GENERATION. 15 oculation for the small pox, sells for 21 pounds to Theophilus Munson a Store House in New Haven, (no description given.) She left 3 orphan children, Basil Dixwell, born 1711, Elizabeth Dixwcll, born 1716, and John, born in 1718. Their uncle John Front took the orphans home, and became their guardian. His mother, Madam Front, took care of John. His Aunt Margaret, wife of Moses M. , took Basil, and his Aunt Sarah wife of C. Christophers took Elizabeth. Basil resided in Rhode Island, and was a Silversmith. He never married. Elizabeth married Joseph Lathrop. He was a Mariner. They resided in New London. In 1849 Some of the descendants in Boston, of John D. & his wife Mary Prout had per- mission from the Authorities of New Haven to put up a handsome white marble monument near the rude ancient gravestone of the regicide and a suitable iron rail- ing around the same, enclosing them both, which said descendants soon after ac- complished, much to their credit and honor. The grave is on the public square just in the rear of the "Center Chnrch," a large portion of this square being the Site of the Ancient Burying ground, the stones and monuments of which, except those for Goffe, Whalley, and Dixwell, were removed to the Grove St. Cemetery in 1821. This monument and these stones are visited much by strangers passing through, and stopping to look around and view the city. 19. SARAH, born June 14, 1677, married William Rhodes, Jan. 1, 1698, a mar- iner, from Newport, R. I., probably resided in New Haven. May have ultimately removed to Newport, as the records are so silent concerning them. There appears to have been no other family of Rhodes in New Haven. In the Church records, the name appears only t\vice, two children baptized, namely, Sherman Rhodes, baptized June 4, 1721, and Ailing Rhodes, baptized Oct. 29, 1727. There is only one grave .stone for this name, which is a large handsome one in the row of ancient stones against the north wall of the Grove Street Cemetery. Inscription reads. In memory of a son and daughter of Doct. John Rhodes, viz. : Frederick, died Nov. 22, 1759, aged 10 months, Catharine, died Jany. 14, 1773, aged 3 years. This Doct. Rhodes was a son of the above William. His large brick Dwelling house where he resided was near the present St. Paul's Church, corner of Chapel and Olive Sts. He died, Jan. 24, 1775, leaving minor children, namely, Thomas, Wil- liam, and Andrew. His Estate was valued at about 1200. His widow Rebecca, married 13 Sept., 1775, Doct. Daniel Bontican, he died, Aug. 20, 1778, aged 39, and for her next husband, she married, Dec. 23, 1787, Capt. Ephraim Pease, of Enfield, Ct. and her family probably removed to that place, as the name of Rhodes does not appear again on the New Haven Records, and the writer has never been able to find any of their descendants. She died Apr. 6, 1802. Her first husband was Thomas Tyler, who died Nov. 7, 1754. She married Doct. Rhodes, her sec- ond husband, Sept. 23, 1756. 20. RICHARD, born July 20, 1680, died Aug. 7, 1681. 21. BATHSHUA, born 1 Jan., 1682, married Joseph Chapman, of Newport, R. I., Jan. 22, 1705. Have taken a great deal of pains to ascertain further of their hist- ory. Eqgaged a friend who spends part of his time in Newport every year to search and examine Records, but without success. *22. JONATHAN, born Feb. 15, 1686, baptized Mar. 21, 1686. Joined the Church 1C MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. under Rev. James Pierpout, Aug. 28, 1709. Married Sarah Ailing June 1, 1708. She was the daughter t>f John Ailing, (" Recorder" and Treasurer of Yale Coll.) and Susannah Coe, daughter of Robert Coe, of Stratford, Ct. The inscription on his monument, removed from the ancient ground to Grove St. Cemetery, Cedar Av. , College Lot, reads thus : " Here lyeth intered the body of the worshipful John Ai- ling, Assist., who died March 25th, 1717, aged 76 years." He was the son of Rod- ger Ailing, one of the first settlers, who came to New Haven from England in 1639, became a prominent man, Deacon, and Treasurer of the jurisdiction. This John Alling's wife, Susannah, died Ap. 3, 1746, aged 93. Jonathan's wife died May 4, 1765, aged 80. Her gravestone in the Grove St. Cemetery, Sycamore Av., No. 28, has this inscription : Here lies intered the body of Mrs. Sarah Mansfield, the vertu- eus consort of Deacon Jonathan Mansfield, who having faithfully in her place served God and his people to a good old age, fell asleep May 4, 1765, aged 80. Their Homestead and Dwelling House was on the original Mansfield Lot, on Elm St. which extended from near the present Temple St. to Church St. and around the corner to near the present Wall St. (See the well known map of New Haven of 1748.) The 1st Church records, records his marriage to have been May 13, 1766, to his second wife, who was Abigail Dorman, widow of Ebenezer Dorman, and danghter of James Bishop and his wife Abigail Bennet, and was born Sept. 1, 1707. She married Ebenezer Dorman Aug. 26, 1731. They had a son, Ezra Dorman, and three daughters, Hannah, born May 12, 1782, and married Charles Ailing Jan. 17, 1753. Their youngest daughter, Lois Dorman, born Aug. 7, 1745. This second wife joined the first church Aug. 9, 1747, and died 1798. An obituary notice of her death, in the New Haven Connecticut Journal of Feb. 1st, 1798, reads thus : Died thursday evening Jany. 25, Mrs. Abigail Mansfield, widow of the late Deac. Jonathan Mansfield, in the 91st year of her age. On the Saturday following, her remains were carried into the Church at Hamden Plains where she had resided, and an excellent and well adapted discourse was delivered on the occasion by Dr. Trumbull of North Haven, from the words Eccl. vn-i. " A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth." He died, the church record says (of a fever) Jany. 10, 1775, Almost 89 years of age. He seems to have been a very enterprising, active business man, and was appointed to several important and responsible public trusts. His name appears on the Land records in 56 Deeds, and on the Court and Town Records 39 times. We insert a few extracts as follows : Apr. 8, 1708. Jonathan Mansfield in consideration of the loving and peaceable agreement had made and obtained between me and my brother Moses Mansfield, respecting our parts and proportions into the estate of our father Maj. Moses M. Quit claims to his brother Moses all lands made over to him the said Moses of his father Maj. Moses', and also lands from his grandfather Henry Glover. Also of Estate from his mother Helena (Glover) Mansfield deceased. Jonathan Mansfield Executor of his father's will. May 24, 1721. Jonathan Mansfield of John Dixwell of Boston (Son of the " Regi- cide ") 5i acres in the first Division of Sequestered land at a place called the Plains. Bounded, etc. July 25, 1743. Jonathan Mansfield, Trustee for Hopkins Grammar School, loans to Peter Roberts 33. THIRD GENERATION. 17 Nov. 28, 1750. Jonathan Mansfield and John Hitchcock to Samuel Lewis, Junr. for 723. Lots 21 and 36, of Oyster Shell field lands, alias Hopkins Grammar School lands. Surveyed and laid out into 75 Lots. (Said Jonathan M. and John H. empowered by the committee of ten men, names mentioned in the Deed, to sell the same.) These 75 Lots had all been sold at Vendue, and Jonathan M. and John H. were empowered to give the Deeds. Same date for 134 Lot 58 to Moses Mansfield (son of Jonathan,) also same date Lots 40 and 41 to Eb. Beecher for 250. Lot 71 to Timo. Bonticue for 115. Lot 18 to Elihu Lyman for 170. Lot 7 to Daniel Lyman for 271, also 22 others of the same date bought one Lot each or more. This tract of land was bounded on the west by Union St., north by Chapel St., east probably by Olive St. and south by the rear lines of Lots on East Water St. It may have extended further east than the present Olive St. These purchasers don't seem to have paid anything down, but gave their Notes for 5 years time on mortgage of said Lots, and when the time came to pay they were only required to pay half of the nominal price, which they generally did, in so many ounces, &c., of silver, and the mortgages were quit claimed off in full. Ap. 5, 1751. Jonathan Mansfield to Nathan M. In consideration of Love, Good- will and affection towards my loving son Nathan convey to him about 3 acres, E. by Highway, W. by Mr. Mix, N. by my land, and near a path, and S. by Blakeslei's, and said granted home lot. Ap. 3, 1762. Jonathan Mansfield to John Rhodes for 42 ounces of silver, Lot 58 in Oystershell fields. This was Doct. John Rhodes, his nephew, son of his sister Sarah, who married William Rhodes. Doct. Rhodes appears to have built a house on this Lot and resided there. Should judge on Chapel St., near where St. Paul's Church stands. Mar. 2, 1772. Jonathan Mansfield to Selectmen, for land given him by stopping up the road East of his son Nathan's Dwelling House. Gives the Town land for a road on the West side of said Dwelling 2 rods wide and 40 rods long, which is now fenced and used as a Highway. This new road is part of the present Prospect St. The old road ran diagonally from the entrance to Hillhouse Av. across to about where the R. R. Bridge is situated on Prospect St. and extended thence, north west into the plainfield road as it was then called, but lately Canal St. , and thence northerly on what is now Winchester Av., to Mill Rock. The following is from the " Town and Court Records:" Town Meeting Dec. 21, 1725. Ensign Jonathan Mansfield, chosen Townsman (or Selectman). Dec. 14, 1726. Ensign Jonathan M. chosen a Lister. Dec. 11. 1727. chosen Grand juror. Dec. 10, 1730. Jonathan M. and Joseph Ives appointed to lay out a Highway from the Country road to the East river, (North of Cedar Hill). May 10, 1731. Jonathan M. and Jno. Hitchcock appointed to take a view of a place for erecting a Saw Mill, as per petition of Ben- jamin Dorman and others, which petition was granted Dec. 20, 1731, if built within one year from this time. Ap. 18, 1737. Jonathan M. appointed one of a committee to fix the line between Branford and New Haven. Dec. 18, 1752. Jonathan M. chosen one of a committee for building a Pest House. Reported to build it at the Oyster point, one side of the way leading down to said point on the bank or high land. 37 feet long, 16 feet wide, one story high, with a Gambriel roof and small fire places in the chambers, and a convenient cellar under one end, and that a committee be appointed to prosecute the- affair immediately. 4 18 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Feb. 26, 1759. At this Town Meeting Deac. Jonathan M. chosen Moderator. Feb. 16, 1767. Deac. Jonathan Mansfield Moderator of the Town Meeting. This is the last entry on the Town records of his appointment to any public ser- vices. He was 82 years of age at this time and it was seven years before his death. My Father, Glover Mansfield, his grandson, was eight years old when he died, and remembered considerable about him. When I was a boy I used to hear him say he remembered his Grandfather Jonathan, and that he was quite smart and active down to the last year of his life, cultivating his large farm, and attending to his business. He seems to have been a prosperous successful Farmer. His will is dated Oct. 1, 1767, and he left a very good estate for those times, namely, 1493. As reminiscences and anecdotes of those who lived so long ago are so scarce, any- thing authentic, handed down is interesting though trivial. Maj. Benjamin F. Mansfield relates the following, which he used to hear told by his father William M. who was a grandson of Deacon Jonathan, and was born in 1750 : In front of his Homestead, on Elm St. there was considerable of a depression or hollow in the ground, extending from in the Green across the street into his large barn yard, which frequently in the winter used to be filled with water, and frozen so that the boys would gather on it for sliding and skating, often taking the bars down so that they could go the whole length into his yard, which was quite an annoyance and vexa- tion to the old gentleman. So on one of these occasions he took hiscartwhip and sta- tioned himself behind his barn and watched till they came along, and put it on to the first boy that appeared so suddenly that he hadn't time to recognize him as his pet grandchild William, who was quite a favorite with him, often taking him up behind him on horseback when going up to part of his farm a few miles out on the North Haven road, not a great way beyond Cedar Hill. It is recorded Aug. ,1710, that the General Court or Assembly had the use of his Dwelling House for their sitting, and again Oct. 14, the same year he was granted Eighteen Shillings for tending six days upon the assembly as constable. This was when he was twenty-four years of age, his father Maj. Moses having been dead seven years, who occupied the Dwelling (a large one) before him. FOURTH GENERATION. 1 1. JOSEPH. New Haven, Manafleld Farms. 23. MAKY, born Apr. 1701, married Daniel Tuttle Apr. 25, 1726. 24. LYDIA, born Dec. 25, 1702, probably never married. *25. JOHN, born Jan. 21, 1704, married Lydia Tuttle, who was born Mar. 15, 1707, a daughter of John Tuttle, grandson of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came over from England in the ship Planter in 1635, and settled in New Haven. Her father lived on Chapel Street near High St. She sold her rights to several pieces of land from time to time in that vicinity, one piece to Rodger Sherman, the "Signer." She lived down to 1780, and perhaps later. Her brother, Rev. Moses Tuttle, who grad. Y. C. 1745, married a sister of the great Dr. Edwards, and was pastor in Windsor, Ct., etc. The above John Mansfield died in June 1751. His name appears on the Land Records as a Grantor, six times, but not once as a Grantee. The first Deed is dated Sept. 19, 1740, for 33, 7f acres in second division, to David Punderson. The next Deed Feb. 10, 1741, for 12, Bills of Credit to the Governor & Co., 11 Acres in the Plains north side of the farm where I now dwell, E. by Highway, W. by East river, N. by Ebenezer Mansfield's, and S. by said John's. The last Deed recorded is dated Oct. 16, 1744, for 290, to Abraham Blackslee a certain part of the farm where I now live, with the House and Barn thereon, that is to say, all that part of rny farm not made over to the Government, nor sold to Abraham Bassett. E. by the Country road, N. by the Government land, W. by said Bassett and the East river, and S. by Ensign Abram Bassett. 26. ELIZABETH, born Oct. 23, 1706. *27. JOSEPH, born Aug. 17, 1708, married Phebe Bassett Oct. 10, 1732, died about 1762. His name as Grantor or Grantee appears in Deeds recorded in the Land Records 13 times, from. 1739 to 1761. We insert a few extracts from a few of them. June 17, 1754, Joseph Mansfield and wife Phebe for 11 14s. of Daniel 20 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Bassett 2 acres Half Division land in Parish of North Haven. Oct. 28, 1756, Joseph Mansfield for the consideration of the Love, Goodwill and affection I have and bear unto my beloved son Titus, give him a certain piece of land of the garden and the east end of my dwelling house, with liberty to pass to the road, with con - veniences, also with half of my cellar. May 23, 1753. Joseph Mansfield of Samuel and David Bassett, Samuel Ailing and wife Mary, Thos. Doolittle and wife Eliza- beth of Wallingford, John Sutliff and wife Martha, Levi Bassett of Waterbury and Daniel Rowe and Thankful his wife, of Cambridge, County of Hartford, for a suitable confidatioii of our Brother and Sister. Joseph Mansfield and his wife Phebe, con- veys 4 acres of land to the same, that belonged to our honored father Samuel Bas- sett. Bounded W. by Highway, N. by Joseph Bradley's, E. by Abraham Bassett's, and 8. by John Sutliff and wife's. Feb. 16, 1761. Joseph Mansfield for 12 to son Titus 4 acres, N. by Jos. Gilbert's, E. by Highway, S. by Widow Mansfield's, and W. by said Titus'. Also another piece at the S. W. corner of my Homelot, 9 rods, being 3 rods square. W. by Highway, S. Abel Ives', E. and N. by said Homelot. This Joseph, 3rd doubtless, lived on land included in the original tract granted to Richard the first settler, and perhaps on the very site of the original Homestead. Old people in this vicinity remember very well when the very Old House where the above Titus lived was pulled down, which was doubtless his father Joseph's before him, and from a careful survey of the Deeds, with the boundaries described therein, it looks as though it might be the very spot where Richard the ancestor lived. This was on the east side of the main road, exactly where Mr. Alfred Ives' Brick Kiln was till 1882, but since removed. 28. AMOS. His birth is not recorded. He was baptized as an adult, in the 1st Church Nov. 25, 1733. His name appears on the Records as Grantor only 5 times, from 1741 to 1742. June 4, 1741, he sells to John Potter a portion of the farm called the " Mansfield farm " for 20, on the west side of the road. W. Samuel Bradley's, S. Japhet Mansfield's, E. said Amos' land, and N. Ebenezer Mansfield's land. May 29, 1742, to John Potter for 72 a part of the estate of Joseph Mans- field's, Deceased, 9 acres, west by said Potter's and Japhet Mansfield's land, N. by Ebenezer Mansfield, Junr's land, E. by Highway and S. by heirs of Japhet Mans- field, Junr's land. Nov. 2, 1742, for 125 he sells 17 acres, being part of the farm of the estate of Jos. Mansfield, deceased, to Aaron Gilbert. Feb. 28, 1742, sells for 25, to Thos. Mansfield, 2 acres meadow, lying at "Mans- field Farm," so called, etc. Nov. 2, 1742. He and his mother, widow Elizabeth, sells to Samuel Mansfield for 100, 6 acres with Dwelling house, Barn, &c. W. by Highway, that leads to Wallingford, N. by Jos. Mansfield's, E. by meadow land, S. by Eb. and Japhet Mansfield's, with the orchard and improvements thereon. This is the last we can trace of him. Perhaps, or probably, he died rather young, unmarried. *29. JOSIAH. His birth not recorded. According to the Probate Records he died in 1757. He appears in the Land Records 3 times only, and as Grantor. June 30, 1736, for 12, to Samuel Ives, 9 acres 20 rods 6th Division land, at a place called the " Steps" (Mt. Carmel). Nov. 17, 1739, for 2, rd part of the Island in East river, encompassed by the river, to Samuel Mansfield. June 20, 1740, for 295, FOUBTH GENERATION. 21 86 acres of 6th Division land with the Dwelling house where said Mansfield now lives, N. Jno. Beecher's, E. Mill river, S. Samuel Woodin's and W. by Highway. He appears to have lived at Mount Carrael, and his son Josiah, grandson Josiah, and great grandson Josiah after him as will appear in the proper places. 30. ABIGAIL. Her birth not recorded, died Sept., 1740. She married Jan. 20, 1724, Jacob Turner, who was born Jan. 20, 1702, and was a great grandson of the celebrated Capt. Nath. Turner, who settled a little south of the "Mansfield farm," and was lost at sea in Lamberton's ship, that was never heard from, 1646. She probably lived and died in this vicinity. *31. THOMAS, born in 1713. He was baptized as an adult, in the first Church Nov. 25, 1733, at the same time with his brothers, Amos and Ebenezer, also adults, and supposed, preliminary to their admission into the Church. He married Hannah Goodyear Dec. 1738. He died Nov. 4, 1798, aged 85. She died Nov. 24, 1798, aged 81. Their residence was in North Haven. He was a prominent man in the Place, as the records show. His name appears in 39 Deeds, recorded from 1739 to 1786. 26 times as Grantee, and 13 times as Grantor. A few of them are here given. Sep. 22, 1739. Sells to Samuel Mansfield, Senr. (son of Ebenezer M.) He was called Senr. probably because there was another Samuel M. 6 years younger, son of Capt. Moses M. the mariner), for 19, 1 Acre of Meadow, near Ebenezer M's. Dwelling house. N. by Joseph M's. Meadow, etc. Mar. 30, 1741, sells to Aaron Gilbert for 37, 6J Acres, being part of the farm which was my honored father Joseph's, deceased, lying by that road running through said farm, called the upper highway. N. by said road, E. Amos M's. land, S. Japhet M's. land and N. by Samuel Bradley's land. Sept. 27, 1739 buys of Josiah Tuttle for 100, 8 acres east side of East river near the pine Bridge, with the Dwelling house thereon, etc. Mar. 3, 1752, buys of Stephen Brown for 1900, 28 acres with the House and Barns adjoining Jos. Bassett's, Moses Thorp's and Christopher Todd's, also 3| acres adjoining Isaac Stiles' land, etc. July 27, 1753. Thos. M. and Jos. Bassett established boundaries between their 30 acres of land each, in the North Haven Parish. Dec. 3, 1753. Thos. M. buys of Christopher Todd for 328, 8f acres near the Meeting House in the Parish of North Haven. S. by Isaac Thorp's, E. and W. by highway, N. by said M's. land. Aug. 6, 1659. Thos. M. of the <( Select- men," for 3, 13s., 8d. that old original highway between said M's. farm, and the river, antiently laid out at the end of the third Division, etc. Jan. 10, 1771, Thomas M., Thos. Cooper, and Thamer Todd appointed a committee by the Society of North Haven to sell a certain piece of land in North Haven to Lawrence Clinton for 72, 18s., containing \\\ acres. S. by Stephen Alling's, E. and W. by High- way in part, and part on Samuel Bassett's land, N. on said Bassett's and Moses Bradley's land. Sep. 5 Sept. 1776 Thomas M. to my daughter Bede Daggett, wife of Philip Daggett, for love, good will, &c., the House and 1 acre of land, in Parish of North Haven, where said Philip and Bede dwell, E. by highway, N. and W. by Walter Munson's, and S. on land of . Jan. 31, 1785. Thos. M. of Jas. Bishop and wife Patience, for 150, 30 acres and the House and Build- ings thereon, in Parish of North Haven. N. by Highway, E. by Capt. Ezra Tut- tle's, and Gideon Todd's. and S. and W. on Titus Todd's land. From " Colonial or Proprietor's Records." Dec. 19, 1754. Thos. M. appointed Collector of the 22 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Town rates for North Haven. Dec. 8, 1755, chosen a Selectman. Also chosen again in 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760 and 1761. Dec. 11, 1761. Thos. M. chosen one of a committee of 3, to open a Highway in North Haven. From the above it will be seen he was one of the principal men in North Haven. He left no male descendants by name of Mansfield, as his son Samuel lived and died single. 32. EBKNEZEK. His birth not recorded. He died in 1745. Estate 23, 18s. 3d. His brother-in-law, Daniel Tuttle, husband of his sister Mary, was Executor. Property divided among his Brothers and sisters. Lived and died young, unmar- ried. He appears on the Records only on two Deeds, on both as Grantor, as follows : Oct. 18, 1742 to John Potter for 20, 2 acres, 20 rods, being part of the farm of my honored father's, Jos. M., deceased, N- and W. by Samuel Bradley's, S. by said Potter's, and E. by said Ebenezer's land. June 28, 1743, to John Potter, for 60, 6$ Acres. E. by Highway, called the middle road. S. and W. by said Potter's land, and N. by Samuel Bradley's. 12. EBENEZER. New Haven, Mansfield Farms. 33. SAMUEL, his only child, born Jan. 28, 1711, married Susanna Mansfield, daughter of Deacon Jonathan M., Dec. 23, 1736. She was born Dec. 9, 1712. She was his second cousin. He died in 1750. They had one child, Susanna, which died, and his Estate of 750 was allowed, one third of it to his widow dur- ing life, afterwards said third to be distributed to the child's great Uncle Japhet and great Aunts, namely, Mercey Bristol's heirs, Comfort Benham's heirs, Martha Sperry, and Silence Chatfield, of Killingworth. The two thirds were distributed to the above at once, in 5 equal parts. His name appears on the Land Records only 3 times, Feb. 12, 1739, he buys of Jos. Humaston, for 12, acres part orchard and part mowing land. S. by land of Sergt. Ebenezer M's. which he bought of John Newman's heirs, E. by said Samuel's & N. & W. by the country road. Mar. 28, 1740, he buys of Jos. M. land near his own dwelling, and another piece adjoin- ing his uncle Japhet's, & Sergt. Ebenezer's Homelot. He was baptized Ap. 22, 1721, at the same time his mother Hannah was, and I presume prepartory to her being taken into the Church. Samuel's widow, Susanna, subsequently married John Stone of Milford, and lived and died there. She died in 1797, aged 85, leaving for each of the above 5 heirs, or their representatives, 8 2s. 6d. each. 13. JAPHET. New Haven, Mansfield Farms. 34. HANNAH, born Jan. 6, 1704, married Gershom Todd. 35. SARAH, born Apr. 8, 1706, married Amos Tuttle. 36. JAPHET, born Jan. 5, 1708, married Ruth Tuttle, sister of Lydia, wife of John (25) Jan. 18, 1738. He died Mar. 25, 1741, aged 33 ; on his gravestone which is among the ancient stones removed from the old ground and placed against the north wall of the Grove St. Cemetery, he is called Japhet Mansfield, Junr. He died 4 years before his father Japhet. He left no children. His homestead was in the vicinity of his father's, and uncles Joseph's and Ebenezer's homesteads. His Es- Albertype. Forhe Co.. Boston. FOUBTH GENERATION. 23 tate was 516, distributed, at least in part, among his seven married sisters, ac- cording to the Probate Records. 37. MERCY, born Nov. 18, 1711. As her name does not appear in the distribu- tion of the Estate of her brother Japhet, she probably died young. 38. RACHEL, born Apr. 3, 1714, married Stephen Tuttle. 39. ESTHER, married Beach. 40. MARTHA, married Thomas Sperry. 41. COMFORT, married Samuel Nichols, of Stratford. 42. MARY, married Elihu Sperry, Feb. 3, 1746, of Woodbridge. 18. MOSES, CAPT. New Haven. 43. SAMUEL, born Aug. 23, 1705, and died in infancy. 44. MARY, born Feb. 23, 1707, and married Fitz John Allyn, Oct. 7, 1725. They had Elizabeth, born Dec. 9, 1726, who married Christopher Christophers of New London, Dec. 1, 1743. 45. MARGARET born Oct. 7, 1708, and married Captain Israel Munson for his third wife, Sept. 27, 1744. He was a prominent, enterprising man, and carried on the Blacksmithing business on the East side of College St., just north of Wall St., and at the same time kept an Inn on the opposite side of the Street. Their chil- dren were William, born May 27, 1747. (He was born in the House formerly owned and occupied by John Dixwell the Regicide, Corner College and Grove Sts.,) and Margaret, born Mar. 10, 1749, who married Benj. Gillett. She died Mar. 11, 1825. Their posterity are not very numerous, but respectable, none of them bearjthe name of Gillett, but there arc Youngs, Derricks, Hastings, etc. William, the eldest, as above, was one of our most distinguished citizens. He served as a commissioned officer in the Revolutionary War, from 1775 until the army was discharged in 1783. He was afterward made Major by brevet, and was appointed by General Washington as Inspector and Surveyor of the Customs at the port of New Haven, which office he held 33 years, and until his death, which occurred Feb. 26. 1826. He served in the winter campaign in Canada, from November, 1775, until April, 1776. He was present at the siege and capture of the British Army, under the command of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown. His large Dwelling House was on the north-east corner of State and Fair Sts. When the British in- vaded New Haven, in 1779, an 18 pound cannon ball, fired from one of the Galleys in the harbor, lodged in the chimney, beside the fire place, which, partly in sight, remained there for many years, at least during his life. I remember him well, often seeing him in my boyhood. He was a rather large, portly gentleman, and dressed in the fashion of the continental times. I remember distinctly he was scrupulously neat, and always displayed a nice ruffled shirt in his bosom. I am indebted to his daughter, Mrs. Capt. Wheeler, now 91 years of age, (1888), and to her daughter, Mrs. Glenney, for most of the above account, which is here grate- fully acknowledged. 24 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. 46. DANIEL, born Mar. 23, 1711, lived single, and died in 1788. He was a merchant, and in the inventory of his estate is mentioned a wharf and store. His estate went to his brother Samuel, and his four sisters, namely : Susannah Cook, Margaret Munson, Mary Allyn, and Mercy Throup, or their heirs. 47. SUSANNAH, born Feb. 16, 1713, and married Samuel Cook, son of Rev. Samuel Cook, of Stratfield, (now Bridgeport), Ct., Nov. 5, 1735. 48. SAMUEL, born Nov. 23, 1717, and married Esther Hall, of Middletown, Ct., Oct. 4, 1742. He was a Merchant, and his Dwelling, Wharf and Store, was on what is now East Water St., near the celebrated "Benedict Arnold Mansion," now standing, (1883), whose daughter Margaret, Benedict Arnold, the traitor, married for bis first wife. He graduated at Yale Coll., 1735, carried on business very ex- tensively, and was Sheriff of the county. He joined the North Church, June, 1773, and his wife, Esther, June, 1771. Hedied June 22, 1775, aged 57. She died Oct. 21, 1795, aged 77. Their handsome white marble gravestones were removed from the ancient ground to the Esther Thompson lot, in Grove St. Cemetery, No. 57 Linden Av. 29 Deeds are recorded in the Land Records, in which he appears as buyer or seller. Their children and descendants, which were to be carried forward to another place, we are obliged to insert here, without numbering. The children of the above Samuel Mansfield and Esther, his wife, were Esther, born Jan. 6, 1744, died in infancy. Margaret, born April 24, 1745, married Feb. 27, 1767, Benedict Arnold, the "traitor." She died June 19, 1775. Her grave- stone, of blue slate, is in the "Crypt," under the Center Cong. Church, as out of curiosity, at least many would be interested to know of their descendants, we are enabled from several sources of information, recently come to light, and published to present the following : They had 3 children, Benedict Arnold, born Feb. 14, 1768 ; died in Jamaica, aged 27. Richard Arnold, born Aug. 22, 1769, married Dec. 30, 1804, Margaret, daughter of Samuel Weatherhead, Augusta, Canada. He died Dec. 9, 1847. They had 9 children. Henry, or Harry Arnold, born Sept. 19, 1772, married Dec. 4, 1796, Hannah Ten Eyck, daughter of Richard Ten Eyck, of New York. He died Dec. 8, 1826. They had 11 children, of whom only one survived infancy, namely, Sophia, who married Mr. Sill, of New York. There are no male descendants by name of Arnold living, of Benedict and his wife, Mar- garet Mansfield. Margaret, 4th child of the above Richard Arnold, married John McEwan, for the last twenty-four years Sheriff of Essex Co., Canada. Their son, P. A. McEwan, Esq., of Windsor, Canada, has in his possession a lot of correspond- ence of Mrs. Benedict Arnold, the second wife, Miss Shippen, of Philadelphia, and of her sons in England with his grandfather Richard Arnold, half brother of these sons. It will doubtless be interesting information to state that Gen. Arnold married for his second wife, April 8, 1779, Margaret, daughter of Judge Edward Shippen, of Pennsylvania, who died Aug. 24, 1804. By her he had four children. Edward Shippen Arnold, Lieut. 6th Bengal Cavalry, and Paymaster of Muttra, died unmarried at Singapore, India, Dec. 13, 1813. James Robertson Arnold, Lieut. Gen. K. H. and K. C. , married Virginia, daughter of Bartlett Goodrich, of Saling Grove, Essex, which lady died July 14, 1852. He died without issue, Dec. 27, 1854. George Arnold, Lieut. Col. 2nd Bengal Cavalry, married Martin Brown, POURTTt GENERATIOX. 25 and died in India, Nov. 1, 1828, leaving issue, namely, George, who married a daughter of Sir Thomas Seaton, K. C. B. , and died about 1865, leaving one daughter, and Sophice Mary, who married Rev. Arthur Wilmington Ingram. William Fitch Arnold, the youngest son of Benedict and his wife, Miss Shippen, was born in London, June 25, 1794. He was a Capt. in the 19th Lancers. He died Nov. 7, 1846. He married, May 19, 1819, Elizabeth Cecelia, only daughter of Alexander Ruddach, of the island of Tobago, Capt. in the Royal Navy, and had six children. The eldest, Rev. Edward Gladwin Arnold, born April 25, 1823, married April 27, 1852, Lady Charlotte Georgiaua, eldest daughter of Lord Henry Cholmondeley, now the Marquis of Cholmondeley. They have had 7 sons and 4 daughters. The next son of William Fitch Arnold was William Trail, born Oct. 23, 1826. Capt. 4th (King's own) Regiment, and killed at Sebastopol, May 5, 1855. The other four children of William Fitch Arnold wero all daughters, and all married Ministers. The Estate and seat of the Arnold family is Little Missenden Abbey, Bucking- ham. Gen. ArnoJd received from the British government several grants of land in Canada, one of them at Gwillimbury, near what is now the city of Toronto ; and other grants at Elmsley. The greater part of the lands at Elmsley have been sold, and the lands at Gwillimbury have been occupied by squatters for a number of years. The next child of Sheriff Samuel Mansfield, and his wife, Esther Hall, was Esther, born Nov. 2, 1746, married Jacob Thompson, son of Abraham, about 1773. This Abraham had four children, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Mary. I was told by a grandson of this Mary, that people used to say, this family of children, wer Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the virgin Mary. She married the father of the late Prof. Elea/ar Thompson Fitch, Y. Coll., and she was his mother. Jacob Thompson, and his wife Esther Mansfield, had eight children, viz.: Esther Thompson, bapt. Jan. 2, 1764, married Aaron Bradley, of Hamden. Frances Thompson, bapt. Oct. 16, 1774, died in infancy. Margaret Arnold Thompson, bapt. Oct. 5, 1777J died Oct. 5, 1850, aged 73. Henry Thompson, bapt. Mar. 28, 1779, died young. Frances Thompson, bapt. Oct. 14, 1781, married a Buckley, State of N. Y. Mary Thompson, bapt. Nov. 23, 1783, probably died young. Elizabeth Thompson married Hezekiah Hotchkiss, sou of Hezekiah Hotchkiss, who was many years a hat manufacturer, his shop and hat store was on Elm St., south side, two or three doors east of York St., the buildings still standing, as dwelling houses, in good repair. Hezekiah Hotchkiss, and his wife Elizabeth Thompson, had only one child, Doct. Jacob Thompson Hotchkiss, whose office was in the old Jacob Thompson House, still 'standing, on George St., north side, near ( 'hurch St. , he died unmarried, Aug. 22, 1850, aged 34. His mother, Elizabeth, died I )cc. 6, 1834, aged 49. Maria Thompson, the youngest daughter of the above Jacob, and his wife Esther Mansfield, married Doct. Atwater, of Canandaigua, N. Y. Mr. Jacob Thompson, was connected with business in the West Indies, was a large, portly man, was struck with the "numb-palsy" a few years before he died, and was quite helpless. He died Jan. 28, 1807, aged 62. His wife, Esther, was also large and fleshy, of excellent sense and intelligence, and died July 25, 1825. The very ancient and large house in which they lived on George St., as described above, is said to be much more than a hundred years old. The noted Benedict Arnold "Sign" now in the "Historical Rooms," was for many years stowed 5 26 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. away in the garret of this house. The next child of Sanil. Mansfield, and his wife Esther Hall, was Mary, born July 3, 1748, married John Prout Sloan, a sea captain, they at one time lived on East Water St., in the Benedict Arnold house. He died Nov. 27, 1786, aged 41. She died Apr. 26, 1817, aged 69. They had only one child, which died Aug. 1781 , one month old. Their next child, Elizabeth, born Feb. 26, 1750, died, unmarried, Sept. 24, 1794. Their next, Moses Samuel, who went by the name of Samuel, born Dec. 16, 1751. He lived and died in New York, married, and had two daughters, who married and settled somewhere in N. Y. State, up the Hudson river. They had no son. Their next and youngest, Giles Daniel, born Nov. 14, 1753, died, unmarried, 1792. His brother-in-law, Jacob Thompson, Adm. of his Estate. His slave, Cuff Anson, was liberated on his paying 30 for his freedom. Sept. 28, 1796, a slave named Nancy Ailing, belonging to the Estate of the late Esther, widow of the late Sheriff Samuel Mansfield, Jacob Thompson Adm., was made free. The health of the slave was good, her age about 40. There are no living male descendants of Sheriff Saml. or his father Capt. Moses Mansfield, bearing the name of Mansfield, having long since became extinct, and their property, so long held by them, or their heirs, on East Water St., has long ago passed into other hands. The very ancient brick house on East Water St. , once occupied by Capt. Moses, and afterwards by this son, Saml. Mansfield, and afterwards for many years by the late Robert Brown, and more recently by his son, the late Charles, was a short time since pulled down to make room for the office and lumber yard of the Messrs. Beckleys. 49. MERCY, born Mar. 3, 1719. She married Rev. William Troup. They had a son, Capt John Rutherford Troup, who married Susannah Bills. Their daughter, Polly, married Capt. Justus Storer, whose son, Alexander Storer, still living, (1884), was a well known grocery merchant many years, on the corner of Olive and Wooster Sis. In President Stiles' " History of the Judges," Goff, Whalley, and Dixwell, published in 1795, he states that he called on several aged people to obtain infor- mation and confirmation concerning their reputed gravestones, still standing in the rear of the Center Church, and among others he called on Madam Mercy Troup, then 75 years of age. The relation she gave him is so interesting we here insert it from the Book, verbatim. " She was the daughter of Capt. Moses Mansfield. She says once when a girl, riding with her parents together in a chaise or calash, they passed by Dixwell's House, (corner of College and Grove Sts.,) her mother desired Mr. M. to stop, and while sitting in the carriage, she mourned over and lamented him, as a pious and holy man, and enlarged in his praises and commen- dation, sa} T ing many holy prayers had been made in that House. From her I was informed of the place of Di-xwell's house, which was standing till 1756. Her Brother Prout had the same veneration for these good men. " This ' 'brother Prout. " brother to her mother, who was Margaret Prout, was John Prout, many years Treasurer of Yale Coll., (see 18). 50. SARAH, born July 25, 1720, died in infancy. FOURTH GENERATION. 27 22. JONATHAN, DEACON. N ew Haven. *51. MOSES, born May 5, 1709, married Ann Mary Kierstead May 17, 1734. She was the daughter of a Mr. Kierstead, of New York, a wealthy Dutchman, who when he became old came to New Haven, and lived there till he died. She died July 5, 1742, aged 33 He married for his second wife widow Rachel Ward, Feb. 17, 1748. lie graduated at Yale Coll. 1730. His Dwelling is put down on the Map of New Haven of 1748, on Church St., between Elm and Wall Sts., on the west side, and by occupation is styled "Schoolmaster." He kept the Hopkins Grammar School from 1730 to 1734, and thereafter he appears to have kept a popu- lar private School, fitting young men for college, etc. He died in 1754. His name appears on the Land Records as Grantor or Grantee in 16 Deeds. He was chosen several times as constable, and collector of taxes, and was appointed on committees for public services several times. There is a well authenticated anecdote handed down in the family which I had from Miss Mary Francis Townsend, a great granddaughter of the above Moses Mansfield. Some of the College students had been guilty of some petty misbe- haviour, perhaps pilfering fruit from his garden, or something of that kind, and he was authorized by the faculty to punish them personally by boxing their ears, and that they were ordered to stand in a row in regular order, when he boxed the ears of each most thoroughly, beginning at the first, and so through to the last. I presume this story is substantially true, as his business was fitting young men for college, thus bringing him into intimate relation with the faculty. 52. JONATHAN, born Jan. 27, 1711, died young. 53. SUSANNAH, born Dec 9, 1712, married Dec. 23, 1736, Samuel Mansfield, only child of Ebenezer Mansfield. He was born Jan. 28, 1711, and died in 1750. Afterward she married John Stone, of Milford. See Ebenezer, (12). 54. SARAH, born May 2, 1715. She married Feb. 21, 1739, Capt. Thomas Wilmot, a Joiner and Builder, who was born Aug. 25, 1712. He was a great grand- son of Benjamin Wilmot, one of the first settlers, who came over from England about 1640, at the age of 50, with his wife, Anne, both much older than the aver- age of emigrants, which was about 25 to 28. He died Aug. 18, 1669, and his wife Oct. 7, 1668. The children of Capt. Thomas Wilmot and his wife, Sarah Mansfield, were Rhoda, born Feb. 29, 1740. Samuel, born Mar. 6, 1742. Daniel, born Oct. .16, 1744, and Sarah, born Feb. 6, 1747. The Land Records show that he was living in 1792, and his wife in 1787. The precise date of their deaths could not be ascertained. Their son, Capt Samuel, died Mar. 1, 1812, aged 70, and his wife, Elizabeth, died Jan. 9, 1809, aged 63. Samuel, son of Capt. Samuel, was a silver- smith and jeweler. His store was on the south-west corner of Chapel and Orange Sts. He moved away several years before he died. He died Mar. 25, 1846, aged 69. His wife, Abanatha, died Jan. 7, 1846, aged 71. These last were taken from a white marble monument, in the Grove St. Cemetery, Central Av., Lot No. 40. This Samuel, the Silversmith, owned and resided in the Dwelling house in Olive St., now (1884), owned and occupied by the Hon. James Gallagher. *55. STEPHEN, born Nov. 14, 1716, married Dec. 31, 1746, Hannah Beach, of 28 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Wallingford. He died July 15, 1774. She died Sept. 20, 1795, aged 67. He was an enterprising sea Captain, and engaged many years extensively in the West India trade. His Homestead was on the north-east corner of Chapel and State Sts. , and his Store was adjacent to it. Feb. 27, 1760, Capt. Stephen M. and three others appointed a committee for improvement of common and undivided lands, for (5 a piece, of land lying east of said Stephen's lot, being the length of his lot, which is 16 rods, and 3 rods wide at the south end, and 2 1-16 rods wide at the north end. W. by said M's. lot, E., S. and N. on common land. Oct. 34, 1765. Stephen M. and Christopher Kilby, Vestrymen of Trinity Church, and Timo. Bonticou and Isaac Doolittle, Church Wardens, and the rest of the members of said Church, buy of Enos Ailing, for 271, 5s., a certain piece of land lying at a place called Gregson's Corner, about H acres. N. by the Market Place, (the lower Green), or Highway, E. by the Highway, (Church St.), or Town Street, S. by land in possession of Samuel Cook, and W. by land in possession of Halph Isaacs. May 12, 1769. Stephen M. and Enos Ailing, to the committee of White Haven Church Society, namely, Col. David Wooster, Phineas Bradley, and Lieut Jno. Mix, for 410, acre. W. by the Town street, N. by Abigail Bassett, E. Jno. Noyes' heirs, and S. on land of Richard Woodhull, and Isaac Jones, with the House and barn thereon where Rev. Mr. Hubbard dwells. This land w;is pur- chased for the enlargement of the site of the "White Haven Church," corner of Church and Elm Sts., in order to build an addition to the Building which was erected about 20 years previous to this time. It was called the "Blue Meeting House," on account of its being originally painted blue. It was pulled down in 1815, the society having united with the North Church, who had just completed their New Brick Church Building, corner of Elm and Temple Sts., now standing, (1884). The above extracts from the Land Records, were selected from quite a number of Deeds recorded, in which his name appears. Several of his children and grandchildren became very distinguished in public life, as will appear in ! licit- proper places. *56. NATHAN, born Nov. 15, 1718, married in 1745, Deborah Dayton. His Dwelling House was on the east side of the present Prospect St., just north of the New Sheffield Scientific Building, which was built about 1740, (and taken down in 1871,) and given to him by his father, Deac. Jonathan, soon after his marriage, and a considerable part of his Farm was adjacent, north of his Dwell- ing. His gravestone was moved from the Ancient Burying ground to the Grove St. Cemetery, and is placed in Lot 28 Sycamore Av., and contains the following inscription : In memory of Mr. Nathan Mansfield, who departed this life Mar. 13, 1783, in the 65th year of his age. He was a kind and tender husband and father, a benevolent and charitable neighbor, a sincere friend to his Country, and a hearty well wisher to all mankind. He died in the Christian faith, with a sure and certain hope of a glorious resurrection to immortal life. " Mark the perfect man, and be- hold the upright, for the end of that man is peace." This stone is erected by his disconsolate widow. The inscription on his wife's Gravestone is as follows : De- borah, wife of Nathan Mansfield, died May 29, 1817, aged 93 years. Distinguish- ed in life for enlightened and consistent piety, she descended to the grave, with a hope full of immortality. She had the high satisfaction of communing at the altar r > i w H ffl w r 1 O ffl o c| CA) bd C O a FOURTH GEXEKATION". 29 of her Lord, with her descendants of four generations, and pronouncing her bless- ing on one of the fifth. Having seen the salvation of God, she departed in peace. This " one of the fifth generation" alluded to, was Caroline Augusta Street, daughter of Augusta R. Street, (Founder of the Yale Coll. Art Department,) and his wife, Caroline M. (Leffingwell) Street. She was born Aug. 24, 1816, became the wife of Rear Admiral Andrew H. Foote.U.S.N., and died Aug. 26,1863, aged 47. Mrs. Street was the daughter of Wni. Leflingwell, and his wife Sally Maria (Beers) Leffingwell. Mrs. Leffingwell was the daughter of Isaac Beers, and his wife Mary (Mansfield) Beers. Mrs. Beers was the daughter of the above Nathan and Deborah Mansfield. The following "notices" from the ' Journal and Courier " of June, 1875, will in this place be very appropriate and interesting. The one signed "Aged Observer " was written by her great granddaughter, Mrs. Augustus R. Street, at the age of 85. The following obituary notice we extract from the Connecticut Journal of June 3d, 1817: After an illness of nearly five y< ars, which she bore with patient resignation, this day expired (May 29) Deborah, relict of Nathan Mansfield. She drew her first breath in this town, August 8th, 1724, and here her eyes beheld her great great grand-child ; for she had been for several years the oldest person in the city. It is a remarkable fact that her surviving descendants of four generations are just equal to the years of her life, viz. 93. In this long period the circumstances and appearance of her native place were entirely changed. She could remember the time when there was but one house for public worship, and but one minister; when the New Township was a common field without a single building ; when there was not one painted house, one pane of sash glass, nor one riding chair in the town when all the foreign trade employed two small vessels, and when the first stick was laid for the Long Wharf. Funeral eulogiums are too frequently extravagant, but the writer feels compelled to say that if the uniform practice of industry, prudence, fidelity and benevolence springing from vital piety, deserves the esteem of fellow mortals, let the memory of the deceased be regarded. The maiden name of this venerable lady was Deborah Dayton. At the time of her birth the entire population of the State was not more than the present popula- lation of this city alone. Dr. Trumbull, in his history of Connecticut, states the population in 1717 to have been 17,000. In 1724, the year of Mrs. Mansfield's birth, and only seven years later, its increase could not have been over thirty per cent. It helps us -to realize the rapidity of our growth, to think that hundreds of our citizens, now in the maturity of life, can well remember this aged person in whose childhood Litchfield county was still that remote west to which the more adventurous and daring looked for a future home to themselves and their children. [For the Journal and Courier.'] MESSRS. EDITORS: The revival of the memory of Mrs. Mansfield, by your extract on Wednesday morning from the Journal of 1817, was grateful and refreshing to the feeling of surviving friends, although they did not all need it in order to retaua a lively rec 30 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. ollection of her virtues. It was ray privilege, as a fellow-citizen and Christian friend, to visit and converse with the old lady at intervals, through a series of years. She was, without question, an uncommon woman in her day ; stout and robust in form ; of strong, well balanced mind ; with a large share of good sense, and vein of pleasant humor. Intelligent people from a distance sought her society in order to enjoy the original, independent and shrewd remarks which spiced her ordinary con- versation. Her children, and children's children, in the city more especially, set a high value upon her example, counsel and prayers. Among these children were the first wife of Hon. Isaac Beers ; the wife of the well-known Captain Major Lines, and of Col. Lyon, the old cashier of New Haven Bank. Rev. Achilles Mansfield of Killingworth, now Clinton, was her son, the father of Mrs. Susan Huntingtou, of precious memory. But Mrs. Mansfield was most valued and is best remembered for the elevation and dignity of her Christian character. Her mind was enlightened and regulated by familiarity with the Bible, together with the writings of Flavel, Baxter, Edwards, and Bellamy. She had seen and convers- ed with General Washington ; had been a hearer of Whitfield, and permanently felt the influence of his preaching. Well directed observation, a retentive memo- ry, and protracted discipline in the school of Christ, as well as active intercourse with the world, made the results of her experience in life both rich and various. Above all, like the mother of Samuel and Deborah of old, Mrs. Mansfield was pre-eminently a woman of filial confidence in God, of fearless courage, faith and prayer. Fear indeed she did, for a time, (as who did not,) that Napoleon would be permitted to bind the whole of Europe in chains : but still with unshaken firm- ness clung to the divine government as sure. And in answer to an inquiry once put her by the late Dr. Mason, (with a view to develope the degree of her faith and hope,) "having, she said, through divine grace been able to resist the attacks of the Adversary for near sixty years, she had no idea that she was to be left to fall into his hands at last, but felt sure of victory through the crucified, risen, reigning, all conquering Redeemer." I have thus gone into some details, because there was a fitting occasion for it, and I love to exhume and hang up before a generation so easily satisfied with our- selves as the present, some specimens of the purity of the piety in repute in former times. AGED OBSERVER. 57. Louis, born Apr. 27, 1721, married Jan. 9, 1746. Abraham Bradley, great grandson of William Bradley, the ancestor of all the New Haven Bradley's, who appears to have come to New Haven about 1645. Their children were Abraham, born in 1746, and died Jan. 24, 1825, and Lois, born Mar. 3, 1748. She married Thadeus Beecher, a "Merchant for 50 years," on N. E. corner of Church and Chapel Sts., who died Jan. 17, 1823, aged 74; his wife, Lois, died Apr. 20, 1805, aged 57. The above Lois Mansfield's first husband, Abraham Bradley, died in 1748, aged about 28, leaving an estate of 1041. In the Inventory is mentioned Watt's Hymns, Gospel Sonnets, by Ralph Erskins, and a Psalm Book. In 1761 Deacon Jonathan Mansfield was appointed guardian to Abraham and Lois Bradley, his grandchildren. For her second husband she married Josiah Woodhouse, of London, Eng. He died Sept. 3, 1764, aged 42. They had one child, Robert, and FOURTH GENERATION. 31 Lewis Kelay, in New York, became his guardian. Have the impression he died young. For her third husband she married, July 10, 1766, John Watts. She joined the Church under Rev. Chauncey Whittlesey, Oct. 30, 1764. She died Mar. 16, 1806, aged 85. The inscription on her gravestone, a large white marble handsome one for the times, is as follows: "In memory of the widow, Lois Watts, who died March 16, 170G. In the 85th year of her age. She was the daughter of Deacon Jonathan Mansfield, and Sarah, his wife, of an ancient family of this City." (Lot No. 18 Maple Av., Grove St. Cemetery). Her son, Abraham Bradley, married Mary Punchard, who died Sept. 25, 1823, aged 74. They had only one child, William, who married Caroline Munson, of New Haven, and had six children, namely : Abraham P., Wm. A., Catherine B. , Emeline W., MaryE., and Caroline A. Catharine B. Bradley married Philando Armstrong, a prominent Shipping Merchant of New Haven. They have had eight children. Two died in infancy. The others are W. T. Burden Armstrong, H. Bolden Armstrong, Lillian Idle Wild Armstrong, Philando Sitiendo Armstrong, Kicardo Fuertos Armstrong, and Maude Searles Armstrong. * *58. RIOHARD, born Oct. 1, 1723, married Oct. 10, 1751, Anna Hull. She died Aug. 20, 1776, aged 40. He died Apr. 12, 1820, aged 96. According to the New Haven Probate Records, he made his will in 1798. His daughter, Elizabeth, ap- pointed Executress. He gives to Richard, William, Stephen, Elizabeth, Anna Hum- phreys, Lucretia Allis, Mary Louisa, Grandaughter Sarah Mansfield Blakesley, his whole Library of Books, to be equally divided among them. Gives to daughter Elizabeth, ^ of all lands or real estate, the other to his son Stephen,. His daughter Elizabeth to give a legacy of $100 to Mary Louisa. All movables, Cattle, Horses, &c., to Elizabeth. William and Elizabeth were appointed joint Executors, but as William died before his father, she was sole Executress, in the settling of the estate. His Dwelling House, in Derby, at Up Town, as it is called, is still stand- ing, (1884). The following sketches of his life are extracted from "Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit," and from the History of the "Old Town of Derby," by Rev. Samuel Orcutt, and Ambrose Beardsley, M. D., (Pub. 1880). Richard Mansfield was born in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 1, 1723. He was the youngest child of Jonathan and Sarah (Ailing) Mansfield, and his father was a Deacon in the Congregational Church. He was very early put to the stud}' of the languages, and was fitted to enter College when he was only eleven years of age : though he did not enter until he was fourteen. He graduated at Yale College in 1741, and afterwards remained, as a resident graduate, for two years, devoting his time to the further prosecution of his studies, and to general reading. It was during these two years that, in consequence of reading the theological works of some of the divines of the Church of England, he renounced the congregational system, under which he had been educated, and became an Episcopalian. He was an excellent classical scholar, as was sufficiently indicated by the fact that he shared in Dean Berkeley's bounty. In 1744 he took charge of the Hopkins Grammar School, in New Haven, and continued his connection with it three years. In 1748, he crossed the ocean, and was ordained Deacon in Kensington Church, London, on the 3d of Aug., 1748, by Dr. Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canter- 32 MA&SFIELD GENEALOGY. bury, and advanced to the Priesthood by the same Archbishop, in the same church, Aug. 7th, 1748. Having received an appointment from the " Venerable Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts," he returned to his native country in 1749, and entered upon the active duties of his ministry. His first charge was Derby, Conn. , in connection with West Haven, Waterbury and Northbury (now Plymouth). About the year 175.% he relinquished the care of the churches in West Haven, Waterbury and Northbury, and from that time till his death, had charge of the Churches in Oxford and Derby. Of the parish of Derb} r he was Rector during the almost unprecedented period of seventy-two years. What Mr. Mansfield's position was during our Revolutionary troubles may be inferred from the following extract from a letter written by him Dec. 29, 1775 : " After having resided and constantly performed parochial duties in my mission, full twenty-seven years, without intermission, I have at last been forced to fly from my churches, and from my family and home, in order to escape outrage and violence, imprisonment and death, unjustly meditated of late, and designed against me,* and have found a temporary asylum in the loyal town of Hempstead, pretty secure, I believe, at present, from the power of those violent and infatuated people who persecute me in particular, and disturb the peace of the whole British Empire. As soon as these sparks of civil dissention appeared, which have since been blown up into a devouring flame, I did (as I thought it my duty), inculcate on my parishioners, both from the pulpit and in private conversation, the duty of peaceableness, and quiet subjection to the King, and to the parent State, and I am well assured that the Clergy in general of the Church in the Colony of Connecticut, with most of whom I have the pleasure of a particular acquaintance and friendship, did the same. That my endeavours and influence have had some effect appears from hence, that out of one hundred and thirty families which attended Divine service in our two churches, it is well known that an hundred and ten of them are steadfast friends to Govern- ment, and that they detest and abhor the present unnatural rebellion, and all those measures which have led to it." Mr. Mansfield addressed a letter to Governor Tryon, stating it as his opinion that, in case the King's troops were sent to protect the Loyalists, several thousand men in the three western counties of the Colony would join them. The contents of this letter having been communicated to the Committee of Enquiry, they gave direc- tions for Mr. Mansfield's apprehension ; but, being apprized of the order by his friends, he had just time to affect his escape. His own account of the affair is as follows: " I was forced to flee from home, leaving behind a virtuous, good wife, with one young child, newly weaned from the breast, four other children which are small, and not of sufficient age to support themselves, and four others which are adults; and all of them overwhelmed with grief and bathed in tears, and but very slenderly provided with the means of support, whilst I myself could entertain but very faint hopes, if any at all, considering the badness of the times, of return- ing back to them in safety. But I hope to be able to maintain some fortitude of mind under adversity, and to improve in the virtues of patience and resignation to the disposal of Divine Providence, which, since my misfortunes, I have found to yield me some comfort and sensible relief." We will here insert a short extract from the " History of the Old Town of Derby " as a sequel to the above. " On a Sunday morning, whilst Dr. Mansfield was preaching, a guard of American troops FOUBTH GENERATION. 33 marched into his church, when the good parson came down from his pulpit in " double-quick," and escaping from the sanctuary without his hat, hastened to his home and soon fled to Long Island, then in possession of the British, leaving his wife and infant , and seven other children, to the care of others ; one daughter being married to Elijah Humphreys- It is said that this son-in-law, being an officer on a War Vessel, arrested him in his flight, but it is more probable that he became a guarantee for his conduct, and obtained the privilege for him to return not long after to his home and his pulpit. After the war, his opposition to the cause of liberty in the colonies seems to have been soon forgotten in the piety and zeal he manifested towards his church, and the meek and dignified deportment he exhib- ited toward all who entertained different religious views from himself." Mr. Mansfield received the Degree of Doctor of Divinity from Yale College in 1792. Dr. Mansfield was obliged to cease preaching some twenty years before his death, on account of the failure of his voice, and from that time he could only make the attempt occasionally, when extreme necessity required it. His general health, however, remained unimpaired, and his efforts to be useful among his people out of the pulpit, unintermitted, till a very late period of his life, His death was not occasioned by any particular disease, but was the natural result of the decay of na- ture. He was confined to his house but about four weeks previous to his death, and for a less time to his room and bed. He breathed his last so quietly that it was impossible to fix upon the precise moment of his departure. He died August 12, 1820, aged ninety-six, and his Funeral Sermon was preached by the Rev. Philo Shelton, of Fairfield. He was married, Oct. 10th, 1751, in his church, to Anna, eldest daughter of Joseph Hull, 2nd, of Derby, by Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson, of Stratford, who has been justly styled "the father of Episcopacy in Connecticut." (She was of the same family with Commodore Isaac Hull, of the U. S. Navy). They had thirteen children, nine of whom lived to maturity. One son was graduated at Yale College, but never studied a profession. Dr. Mansfield published a Sermon on the death of the Rev. John Beach, New- town; another on the Evidences of the Christian Religion; and a third on the Free Grace of the Gospel. [From the Rev. Joseph Scott, Rector of St. Michael's Church, Naugatttck.] NADGATUOK, CONN. , May 8, 1855. To DR. WILLIAM B. SPRAGUB : MY DEAR SIR, In April, 1834, 1 took charge of the parish in Derby, Conn., of which the Rev. Dr. Mansfield was Rector seventy-two years, and as he died in April, 1820, it was fourteen years after his decease that I became one of his suc- cessors. I found residing there, at that time, three of the Doctor's children, rang- ing in their ages, I should judge, from fifty-five to seventy-five, and also some eight or nine grandchildren. And not only his own family, but half of the parish, at least, and many persons in the town and the towns round about, remembered him well. So that what I am to say of him, though not gathered from personal fi 34 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. acquaintance, (for I never saw him), may, I believe, be regarded as worthy of en. tire confidence, coming, as it does, from those who had known him intimately from their childhood. Dr. Mansfield was a man who, by reason of his profession, his appearance, his manners, his very long life, and his being out and active to the last, would make strong and enduring impressions upon all who knew him. Probably no man has ever lived in Derby, who, from all the circumstances that combine in his history, has left so vivid an unwritten memorial of himself in the minds of the generation that survived him. Dr. Mansfield was nearly six feet in height, rather slender, always erect in his gait, his visage somewhat long, his nose acquiline, his mouth rather small, his eye mild and amiable, with a general expression indicating an intellect of high order, and a pure and affectionate heart. His costume, to the last of his days, was the same, in fashion with that of the old school period, when a dignified and imposing dress and a courtly ease and elegance of manner prevailed. He wore the large white wig, surmounted with a broad, flat-brimmed hat, and small clothes and shoes. A friend once said, as the boys laughed when a gust of wind blew off the old gen- tleman's hat, as he was riding by, ' ' It seemed as if they were laughing at an angel." Dr. Mansfield was distinquished for his politeness, on all occasions, and every where, and to persons of all grades and conditions, he was ever the true and kind gentlemen. He was most delicately considerate of the feelings of others. Neither by neglect or abruptness, nor by marked- partialities to one or more, while others were present, was he ever known to give pain to any one. As he was passing by some children of his flock, who had grown so fast as to appear considerably larger than when he last saw them, he hastily exclaimed "Why, my dear children, you grow like weeds no, for I should have said like flowers in the garden." While his politeness was so easy and winning that it might have seemed, at first view, to have been the result of well studied lessons in the school of some Chesterfield, yet its hightest charm was that it belonged to him as part of his nature, coming from his goodness, as from an ever-flowing fountain within. It was a marked trait of his character never to think little, but always much, of every kind of ministerial duty he was called to perform. As an instance of this ; when he was sent for, a certain time, at a distance of nearly a day's journey, to marry a couple, he mounted his horse, and rode through a stormy day until he reached the place. After solemnizing the marriage, and tarrying over night, he set out the next morning for home, and traveled another day over a bad and tedious road. When again by his own fireside, after such a jaunt, he was as placid and as far from fault-finding, as though he had traveled at ease, in a rail-cur, and had re- ceived some princely compensation for his services. On being asked how much the fee was, which you know is not an uncommon question, when the minister returns from a wedding, he replied with a smile, " Why, it was a pistareen, (twenty cents) and two cents !" Dr. Mansfield, as a preacher, was not loud and vehement, but always solemn and impressive, leaving upon the minds of his hearers the conviction of his deep sincerity, and of the infinite importance of Gospel truth. In reading some of his sermons, I found his style to be easy, chaste and nervous. He was a finished, classical and FOURTH GENERATION. 35 belles lettres scholar, and hence such a style might reasonably be expected of him. His matter was always sound and instructive. Though a close thinker, and a vig- orous reasoner, yet his aim seemed never to be to put the gifted and erudite man in the foreground, while the preacher of "the truth as it is in Jesus" was left in the shade. In a word, his ruling desire evidently was to magnify his office, and not himself. And he could truly say, in view of his best efforts," Not unto me, not unto me, O Lord, but unto thy name be the glory." Though he lived nearly a century, he retained his senses, his judgment,and his other faculties, unimpaired to the last. It falls to the lot of but very few to live so long and favored a life as was Dr. Mansfield's. The patriarch sleeps in the quiet church- yard of his old and rural parish, and Hope and Peace, like guardian angels, are waiting to attend his resurrection at the last day. Dr. Mansfield's register of baptisms numbers 2, 191, and there is reason to believe his marriages and burials were equally proportionate. He taught from house to house, and was diligent in his attentions to his people. He generally rode on horse- back, being a good horseman, and no inclemency of weather, or almost impassable, roads prevented his visiting the sick, or in any way discharging his duty. On one Sunday he appointed to preach and hold a baptismal service in Oxford, and the week previous rains fell in torrents, the streams were greatly swollen and bridges swept away ; but mounting his horse in the morning, around gullied roads, through lots, and traveling eight miles out of his way to cross the Naugatuck, he reached Oxford, and found his little flock waiting his arrival. This he considered no hard- ship, in the line of duty. On one occasion he was called to tie the " indissoluble knot " at Wooster's tavern, in Gunntown, in the limits of old Derby. The happy pair were colored, and they wanted to be " married like white folks." " Will you pay the same as white folks, if I marry you in that way ?" said Dr. Mansfield. "Oh, yes, massa," was the reply. The ceremony over and the parson ready to leave, waiting for his fee, the sable groomsman turned him off by saying, "You no sing the psalm, nor kiss the bride, as you do with white folks." Dr. Mansfield was very familiar Avith his laymen, who loved him as a father, and always provided " Something good " when he came among them. Visiting a parishioner one day in Oxford, the wife had prepared him a meal with the luxury of coffee sweetened (as was common in those days) with molasses " fretted in." Passing his cup for more sweetening, the good lady said, " La me, parson, this coffee would be none too good for you if it was all 'lasses." Dr. Mansfield was never idle. Among his diversified and arduous duties he found time to cultivate the lands about his residence, in which he took particular pride. The venerable elm that now adorns the front yard of the "old Mansfield house " at Up Town, was planted and nourished by him more than a hundred years ago, he having brought it from New Haven on horseback. The black walnut, so fash- ionable in this age, was first introduced into Derby by Dr. Mansfield. On bis return from England in 1748, the year of his ordination, he brought in his pocket some of the "old England walnuts," and had them planted on the farm now owned by the heirs of the late Capt. Asa Bassett. One seed took root and grow to be a large tree, the stump of which we believe, in part, still remains. We might call up many more pleasing reminiscences of this excellent divine. As a preacher he was earnest, persuasive, and scripturally interesting. In a word, his 36 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. counection with the Episcopal church in Derby for nearly three-quarters of a cen- tury, largely identifies his name with her history, and the people here are greatly indebted to him for the good fruits of his long, faithful and untiring ministry. He still lingers in the affection of those who remember his godly example and pious teachings, with profit and comfort to their souls. A "memorial window " in the flourishing church of Ansonia holds sacred his memory. Near where was the cor- ner-stone of the first Episcopal church edifice erected in Derby, an humble slab, leaning toward the rising sun, for over, half a century has marked the place where he lies, over which many grateful tears have been shed. Through the munificence of his descendants an imposing monument has very recently been erected. It is stated in Dr. Beardsley's " History of the Episcopal Churches of Connecti- cut," that the Episcopal Clergy in convention, Feb. 27, 1787, chose Dr. Mansfield Bishop, as coadjutor Bishop to Dr. Seabury, but he shrunk from the burden as one too oppressive for him to bear. It is stated also in the same work, that at the Ct. Episcopal Convention, for the Election of a Bishop, which met at New Haven, Sune 2, 1819, the venerable Dr. Mansfield, of Derby, verging upon a century, met his bretliren for the last time, on this occasion, and presided over their deliberations during the pending of the ballot. FIFTH GENERATION. 25. JOHN. New Haven, Mansfield Farms. The Probate Records say, Lydia (Tuttle) Mansfield, their mother, was appointed guardian to these four young children. 59. EUNICE. 60. REBECCA. *61. DAVID, baptized Nov. 28, 1742. His father dying when he was about ten years of age, he was bound out to Capt. D. Holbrook, of Derby, Ct., until he was 21 years old. He bought a farm in the western part of the town of Harwinton, Ct., Oct. 25, 1771, being one of the earliest settlers there. The first house he built was burned down about 70 years ago. He married Sept. 27, 1770, Eunice Peck, of Northbury (now Plymouth), Ct. She died July 29, 1787. He married second, Nov. 27, 1788, Mrs. Abigail Coply. She died without issue, Apr. 29, 1819. He died Jan. 22, 1832. 62. TIMOTHY, died 1782. His cousin, Captain Joseph Mansfield (65), was ad- ministrator of his estate. He probably was never married. 27. JOSEPH. New Haven, Mansfield Farms. 63. DAN, born Jan. 29, 1733, wife Sarah , probably Cooper. He prob- ably died in 1773. His name appears in 18 Deeds in the Land Records, mostly of lands in Mount Carmel Parish, where he lived. He had one child, Ahimeas, who was baptized in first church of New Haven, Nov. 27, 1763. At the same time was baptized Benedict Arnold, (son to Benedict Arnold, the Traitor), Jan. 8, 1768. For valuable consideration, Theophilus Goodyear gives a quit claim to Dan M. to ^ of his right to, a saw-mill on Sheppard's Brook, with part of all the irons belonging to said Mill, also ^ part of privilege of Pond and land, leased to me. Record, June 7, 1773, says : Jos. Chandler and Steven Ball, empowered by the General 38 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Assembly to sell his estate. The same was sold to James Bassett for 165. 16 acres, home-lot and House in Parish of Mt, Cannel. In the last record, Apr. 16, 1783, he sells to Richard Mansfield for .18, 12 acres, E. by Mill river, W. Nath. Heaton and Neal Mansfield, N. Highway, and S. by Nath. Heaton. He died about this time. *64. TITPS, born Nov. 5, 1734, wife Mabel Todd, daughter Gershom Todd. She died Sept. 12, 1783, aged 45. He died about 1808. His Homestead and Farm was at " Mansfield Farms." There are 39 Deeds in the Land Records in which his name appears, as Grantor or Grantee, about an equal number of each. Feb. 16, 1761, His father, Joseph M., conveys to him for 12. 4 acres, N. Jos. Gilbert's, E. Highway, S. by Widow Mansfield's, and W. by said Titus' land. Also another piece, at S. W. corner of my Homelot, 9 rods, being three rods square. W. Highway, S. Abel Ives, E. and N. by said Homelot. Mar. 19, 1764, his father, Joseph M., conveys to him for 10, one half of the House where said Titus dwells, together with half of an acre of land, which is all the land I now own, where the House stands, W. by the coun- try road, S. Abel Ives', E. on meadow of Joel Cooper's, running north to a point. Dec. 3, 1771, Titus M. of Abel Ives, for 100, 4 acres with House and Barn, W. Highway, N. by said Titus' in part, and part on meadow of Left Joel Cooper's, E. on Joel Cooper's meadow in part, and part on said Titus' meadow, and S. by Capt. Gill's land. Sept. 26, 1772, Titus M. of Lemuel Bradly, for good considera- tions, fec., convey all my right in a certain Mill or Mill place, that was conveyed to me by Dan Mansfield. June 15, 1772. Bill of Sale is this day given into the hands of said Titus, and is in his hands at the signing hereof. (In Mount Carmel on Sheppard's Brook). Jan. 21, 1784, Titus M. leases to Josiah Tallmadge and Daniel Tallmadge, Junr., all the land he owns on the East side of the Mill river, for flowing and raising a dam, for 999 years, for 6d. a year, payable annually. The last Deed in the Records is dated May 15, 1786. He conveys to Ebenezer his son, for 8, part of the brick yard, so called, N. by Samuel Humaston, Junr., S. by said Ebenezer's, W. by the country road, and E. on the meadow. He appears to have been an invalid at this time, as it says in the Deed, "By consent of his overseer, Doct. Walter Munson." He lived in a very old Dwelling, opposite the present Seymour Mansfield House, on the site of Alfred Ives' brick-yard ; probably it was built by his father Joseph, and possibly by his grandfather Joseph, son of Richard the First. Mrs. George Atwater, his granddaughter, now (1884) 87 years of age, says she remembers him well, and that he was disabled by the rheumatism for many years, till he died. She says she was about 10 or 12 years of age when he died, which would make the year of his death about 1808. *65. CAPT. JOSEPH, born, Apr. 16, 1737, married, May 27, 1761, Hannah Pun- derson, who was born Oct. 21, 1740. She was the eldest child of 12 children of David Punderson and his wife, Thankful (Todd). Their Homestead and farm was at the " Mansfield Farms," where they lived till about 1784. All of his nine children were born there. His name appears in the land records in 25 Deeds, the earlier ones as grantee, the later ones as grantor. He appears to have sold about all of his property in the course of the years 1784 and 1785. Jan. 4, 1784, he sold his Homestead of 5 acres, with all the buildings thereon, to his nephew, Ebenezer FIFTH GENERATION. 39 Mansfield, Bounded E. by the Highway, N. Tinio. Potter, W. David Atwater and S. by Rev. Mr. Whittlesey's laud. The house, part stone and part brick, of the late John Lewis Mansfield, son of this Ebenezer, was built on the very site of this Joseph's Homestead. After selling out his property, he immediately removed with his family to Litchfield, South Farms, where he bought a very large farm, and lived and died there. Mrs. Sally Maria (Mansfield) Blakeslee, wife of Mr. Joel Blakeslee, of Bridgeport, Ct., daughter of John Todd Mansfield, son of Capt. Jo- seph, says she remembers well when she was a small girl of seeing her aged grand- father and grandmother at their home, and of his sitting in a large arm chair, and remembers just how they looked. Mrs. Louisa (Mansfield) Harrison, of New York, daughter of David Mansfield, son of Capt. Joseph, writes that she has heard her father say that his mother was a very courageous woman, and told of her going out in the night alone to scare a bear away from the pig pen. Doubtless at this time the region around them was comparatively a wilderness, infested with wild beasts. His grave stone in Litchfield reads thus: Joseph Mansfield, born Apr. 16, 1737, Died June 6, 1821, aged 84 yrs. Fond memory lingers round this turf, Recalls his worth, his useful life, The honor brave, thu parent kind, Are legacies that are left behind. His wife Hannah's grave stone ; Inscription thus : Hannah Punderson, wife of Joseph Mansfield, born Oct. 21, 1740, Died Aug. 26, 1826, aged 85 yrs. " Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." We here add the following interesting anecdotes : James Pundersou Mansfield, son of Timothy, son of Capt. Joseph, many years a prominent business man in Detroit, Mich., now residing there, retired, sends the following : My grandfather Joseph, when the Revolutionary war broke out joined the army, and was made Captain, and remained till the close of the war, and took with him his eldest sou Charles, aged 16, asfifer, who also remained until the close of the war. I send a little anecdote which might come in place here, which took place during the war. My grandfather, who was home on a furlough, was asked by Mr. Lines, that noted man for tricks, of New Haven, to accompany him to the army, which was accepted. They both started on horseback for the front ; on arriving at an elevated piece of ground, they saw before them a number of men about finishing a bridge across the stream, Lines said to Grandfather, we will have some fun with them when we get there. Grandfather couldn't imagine what he was going to do, but soon discovered Lines reeling on his horse as if intoxicated, and when they got on the bridge he fell off, Grandfather holding the horse. He, Lines, said he would bet a dollar he could throw any one on the bridge, wrestling side hold. The bet was accepted and put up in grandfather's hands. They took hold and the bridge man threw him, and stakes were given him. Lines said he would bet two dollars he could not do it again, which was accepted, and the bridge man threw him again ; stakes given him as before. Lines continued to appear as if drunk, said he would bet ten dollars he could not, do it again, which was accepted. They took hold and Lines worked him up near the railing, took a hip-lock on him, threw him over the railing into the water, and while his comrades were looking after Mm, Lines 40 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. jumped on his horse, and away they went. As facts and anecdotes handed down from so long ago, are so extremely rare, it is hoped the above will not be deemed too frivolous to insert in this connection. When I was a boy this " Lines" was an household word in New Haven, as it were, though he died before I was born. 1 used to hear a great many stories about his tricks. Though he was a member of the Church, (a queer one,) I have heard my father say that he remembered when he was a small boy of "Old Lines," as he was called, teaching him the Catechism with some other boys, and that even then he couldn't refrain from gratifying a lit- tle of his natural propensity. Putting his hand behind his back and slyly nunching one of the boys, and looking sober as though it wasn't him that did it. The following extract is from Mrs. Maria M. (Mansfield) White, widow of the late Hon. Hugh White, of Cohoes, N. Y., daughter of William Punderson Mans- field of Kent, Ct. , son of Capt. Joseph : My grandfather was a Captain in the Revolutionary war. His eldest son, Charles, had a musical talent, and at 14 or 15 years of age had joined the band with "the fife," so when the Company or Regiment were ordered " off" he had to go with them. His mother made his suit of clothes to go, with the tears running down her face as she worked. Afterwards Charles went to N. Hampshire, and settled there. "Mansfield Mountain" was named after him, I am told. 66. PHEBE, born , married Leman Potter. 29. JOSIAH, Mount Carmel, (Hamden.) *66|. JOSIAH, wife Hannah. He died in 1777. Estate, 199. He bought, in Mt. Carmel, land of Benj. Hotchkiss, also of Abr. Norton, and a shop of Mrs. Mather. Widow Hannah, and Simeon Bristol, Ex., (perhaps this Bristol was her brother,) was probably a mechanic. 67. ABIGAIL, born June 5, 1738. 68. TIMOTHY, born Mar. 4, 1740. 69. LEMUEL, born Dec. 25, 1741. *70. URAL, born Nov. 6, 1744, married Rachel Sperry Oct. 1, 1770. Dr. Trum- bull married them. Admitted a member of the Cong. Church in Mt. Carmel, July 7, 1774. His name appears in 15 Deeds, 9 on the New Haven Land Records, and 6 on the Hamden Records, the last is dated 1793, on the Hamden Records. 31. THOMAS, North Haven 71. SAMUEL, born Aug. 1740, died, unmarried, Nov. 10, 1813, aged 73. 72. MABEL, born Mar. 13, 1743, married Doct. Walter Munson. She died Feb. 25, 1789, aged 46. 73. BEDE, born Nov. 21, 1746, married Philip Daggett, brother to President Daggett, Yale Coll. Pres. They had at least one child, Samuel, died Sept. 13, 1772, aged 4 years. She afterwards married Oct. 24, 1785, Ensign Thomas Cooper. 74. POLLT, born 1757, died June 3, 1775, aged 18. FIFTH GENERATION. 41 51. MOSES, SCHOOLMASTER. New Haven. 75. JOHN, born Aug. 18, 1734. 76. SAEAH, born July 7, 1736, married by Richard Mansfield, D. D., July 13, 1758, John Danielson, a Scotchman. He was a communicant of the Trinity Episco- pal Church in 1781, as per Church Records. She died Feb. 18, 1775, aged 39. They had 3 children, one of them only lived to grow up, namely, Mary Ann Danielson, who married William Lamont, a mariner, and they had one child only, Sarah Mansfield Lamont, who died unmarried Oct. 15, 1867, aged 80. *77. JONATHAN, born Mar. 8, 1739, married, Nov. 10, 1761, by Rev. Samuel Bird, to Mary Dorchester, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Dorchester. Mr. Dor- chester owned a large part of the land facing on Broadway. He was a merchant, and his store was the only one on State St. at that time. By her second husband, Ed- mund Burke, she had a daughterwho became the wife of the late well know Deac. Sherman Blair. Mrs. Burke survived her second husband, and died Sept. 24, 1830, aged 92. She is remembered by some now living, as a fleshy woman, smart and lively, and well versed in reminiscences of the old times. She was ancestress of the large family of New Haven Benedicts, also of the Blairs. He was an enter- prising Sea Captain, and died at the early age of 30, Sept. 2, 1769. His name ap- pears three times in the Land Records. He appears to have left a homestead on Union St., on the east side, between Wooster St. and East Water St. 78. MOSES, (by his second wife, widow Rachael Ward,) born Sept. 25, 1749, married the widow of Thomas Dodd, a mariner, and became step-father to her 5 small children. He never had any children of his own ; one of them, Mary Dodd, married the late Isaac Mix, the well known'Carriage Maker. Hannah, one of the other daughters, married a Hubbell, and Richard, a son, was a prominent and popu- lar Barber many years in New Haven. This Moses was also a Schoolmaster, as his father before him. His homestead was on Grove St. , the south side, near Church St., the story-and-a-half Cottage of which is still standing (1883). He died Dec. 31, 1831, aged 82. *79. JAMES KIERBTEAD, born Feb. 15, 1751. He was always called Kierstead instead of James. Married, Feb. 2, 1774, Mary Hitchcock. She was taken into the First Cong. Church July 26, 1788. They lived in the House on Church St., west side, about half way between Elm and the present Wall St. He inherited the same from his father Moses, Schoolmaster, who kept the Grammar School, (see map of 1748.) Said Kierstead owned most of that part of the original Mansfield home-lot that faced Elm St. and the Green. He was a Mason, or Builder, and just before the Revolutionary War was engaged in manufacturing Saltpetre for the government service : was at one time also engaged in calico printing. Miss Mary Francis Townsend, his granddaughter, furnishes the following well authenticated facts concerning him. He was a member of the " Governor's Foot Guards," and as he was six foot tall, or over, was chosen one of the twelve grenadiers. He contracted a cold in making Saltpetre, which eventually settled into consumption. At the time of the Revolution, being sick with the consumption, he was not able to enter into the service. When the British invaded New Haven, he and his wife, and their two small children, started for Hamden on foot, but as grandfather and the little 7 42 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. boys became very tired, he hailed a man with a team, hurrying out of town with some goods, to take them in. He said he could not stop for it, for if he was over- taken he would be blamed. Just then Capt. Vandusen came along, and by some means he had captured a British Officer, and was driving him out of town. The Captain told the man with the load, if he did not stop and take in that sick man and children, he would run him through with his sword, which had the desired effect. Some of the soldiers went into great grandmother's house, and one of them took her glasses from her. She said, "don't take them, I shall not be able to read my Bible." His comrade said, "don't take them, you do not want them." His reply was, " he wanted them for his blind brother." He cut the ribbon off her bonnet to tie his cue with. He died in 1804, aged 53. His descendants are not numerous ; there are none by the name of Mansfield. 55. STEPHEN, MARINER, SKA CAPT. New Haven. This family of eight children were all born in New Haven. 80. HANXAH, born Nov. 17, 1747. She married, July 5, 1767, William Doug- las. The following sketch of his life is taken from the " Genealogy of the Doug- las family," recently published : "Col. William Douglas was born in Plainfield, Ct., Jany. 27, 1743. At the early age of 16 years, he engaged in the old French and Indian War. He was chosen orderly sergeant, in a company under Israel Putnam, and participated in the expedition which resulted in the surrender of Quebec, in 1759, and the speedy termination of the war. He soon after removed from Plainfield to New Haven, where he engaged in the sea-faring business, and soon became a commander of a merchant ship, sailing between New Haven and the West Indies. In this he was very successful, and accumulated a fortune, consid- ered in those days more than ample. At the breaking out of hostilities between this country and Great Britain, he abandoned the water and raised a military com- pany in New Haven. He was commissioned Captain of this Company, May 16, 1775, and immediately proceeded to the north with provisions and supplies for the troops under Montgomery. When he reported, Gen. Montgomery finding he was a good seaman, requested him to take command of the Flotilla, on Lake Champlain. He accepted the position of commander of this little fleet, and in the fall of 1775, rendered important service in the siege and capture of St. Johns, at the head of the lake, taking large quantities of provisions, arms, and other military stores, together with cannon, which were carried across the country, and used in the de- fence of Boston. Early the next year, 1776, he raised a regiment of soldiers in the vicinity of New Haven, of which he was commissioned Colonel, by Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, June 20, 1776. As soon as the regiment was equipped, he marched to New York, and joined the Continental Army under General Washington. He participated in the disastrous campaign of Long Island, taking part at Harlem Heights, White Plains, Philip's Manor, Croton River, and New York. In the bat- tle of Sept. 15, his clothes were perforated with bullets, and his horse shot from under him. In this engagement he became so exhausted that in connection Avitli subsequent exposure, he lost his voice, and was never able afterward to speak a loud word. From the day of this battle until toward the middle of 'December, IIP was so constantly on duly, that he rarely slept beneath a roof. GENERATION-. 43 When the war broke out, and after Col. Douglas had joined the army, New llaveu being in an exposed position, was continually harrassed by fear of the British soldiers, who in many places were driving the families of the whigs out of their houses at the point of the bayonet, while the homes of the lories were pro- tected from molestation by the royal soldiers. To save his young wife and children from these annoyances, Col. Douglas purchased a farm of 150 acres, about 8 miles from New Haven, in the town of Northford, and moved his family thither. When he was disabled at the battle of New York, and was no longer able to render ser- vice to his country, he returned to his family in Northford, where, surrounded by those nearest and dearest, and comforted by their ministrations, he quietly breathed his last on the 28th of May, 1777, at the early age of 35 years. Col. Douglas' wife was the daughter of Capt. Steven Mansfield, (55), and sister of Col. Jared Mans- field, who was at the head of the West Point Millitary Academy, and subsequently Surveyor General of the United States. Mrs. Douglas survived her husband 48 years, dying in Northford, May 22, 1825. Their children were all born in New Haven, namely: Olive, William, Hannah and John." Their daughter, Hannah, born Apr. 12, 1772, married Amos Dutton. Their son, George Dutton, graduated at West Point, 1822, died 1857, a Major of Engineers, aged 54. 81. STEPHEN, born Sept., 1750, died Aug. 25, 1751. 82. STEPHEN, born July 31, 1753, died Aug. 14, 1756. 83. JOHX, born Apr. 11, 1756, died Nov. 5, 1766. *84. JARED, born May 23, 1759. He was married in New Haven, March 2, 1800, to Elizabeth Phipps, who was born Apr. 8, 1776, daughter of David Phipps, and his wife Mary English, by the Rev. Bela Hubbard, of the Episcopal Church. She was admitted a member of the First Cong. Church, Dr. Jas. Dana, Pastor, Mar. 29, 1795. The following is furnished by members of his family. At the age of fourteen, he entered Yale College. Soon after, his father died suddenly in the night. From that time he assisted his mother in the charge of her family, living at home, and continuing his studies in College, excepting a period when the col- lege instruction was suspended, during the war of the Revolution. He afterwards finished his studies there, and graduated. He took particular pleasure in the exact sciences and of Greek. After leaving College, he continued to reside with his mother. When he was about twenty-five years of age, his health became impaired, owing to too hard study, and in hopes of benefitting it, he took a journey, during which he visited the notch of the White Mountains. About the beginning of April, 1887, he sailed from New York for Belfast, and arrived there after a voyage of fifty-six days. He visited Ireland, England, and Wales, and spent ten months in carefully investigating what he saw, especially in London. He traveled on foot in Ireland, and ever after retained a sense of pity for the poverty of the people, and a grateful remembrance of their hospitality; for he had always found the Irish Peasant ready to share his potatoes and milk with the stranger. After his return, he went to Philadelphia, to take charge of the Friends' Latin Grammar School. The friends were very kind to him, and he appreciated them highly; but after several years spent among them, hearing of the illness of his mother, he re- 44 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. signed his position, and returned to New Haven. It was too late ; his mother was dead. This was in 1795. He remained in New Haven, and taught a school for advanced pupils of both sexes, which was also attended by young men studying navigation. While teaching in New Haven, he published a book entitled, " Essays on Mathematics." It was an original work, and but few copies were sold; for there were but few men in the country who could understand it. The book, how- ever, established his reputation as a man of science, and greatly influenced his after life. He was appointed in the army, with the rank of Captain of the Corps of Engineers. The letter containing news of his appointment, was entirely unex- pected, for he had not applied for it, and at first was not inclined to accept, as he had no taste for the military ; but when he was assured that he would be stationed at West Point, and his sole duty would be to teach science in the Military Academy, he accepted the appointment. He removed with his wife and infant son to West Point, where they remained a year and a-half. In the autumn of 1803, he received an appointment as Surveyor General of the United States. This was entirely un- expected, and it was not without much hesitation that it was accepted. They then removed to Marietta, Ohio, where they lived about a year and a-half, and from thence to the neighborhood of Cincinnati. Col. Mansfield resigned his Surveyor Grneralship in 1812. In reference to the above appointment, we extract from the Book "Personal Memories," by Edward D. Mansfield, the following : "Mr. Jeffer- son had been but a short time in office when he became annoyed by the fact that the public surveys were going wrong for the want of establishing meridian lines with base lines at right angles to them. The surveyors of that time, including Gen. Rufus Putnam, then Surveyor General, could not do this. Mr. Jefferson wanted a man who could perform this work well; necessarily, therefore, a scientific man." Col. Mansfield, after his resignation as above, removed to New Haven, where he resided two years. The Military Academy having been remodeled by Congress, hew as appointed Prof, of Natural and Experimental Philosophy Oct. 7, 1812, but none of the cadets being prepared for this study, his presence was not yet needed at West Point. In Aug. , 1814, he chartered a sloop to take himself, family and furniture to West Point. It being reported that a British Man-of-War was near, a Revenue Cutter escorted the sloop beyond the supposed danger. He remained at West Point four- teen years, and resigned his Professorship Aug. 31, 1828. He removed to Cincin- nati, where he continued until the summer of 1829, then returned east, and died in New Haven, Feb. 8, 1830. His wife died in Fishkill, on the Hudson, April 20, 1850. There is a fine white marble monument to their memory in the Grove St. Cemetery, Cypress Ave., one side of which is devoted to the following inscription : " Early distinguished for intellectual power, industry and self-denial. His attain- ments in classical learning, in Mathematics, .Astronomy and Philosophy were pre- eminent. As a public officer, able and faithful. As a Professor and instructor of youth, loved and venerated, of singular integrity. 'His word was a bond.' In the discharge of his relative duties, conscientious. Few have better deserved the character of a wise and just man." We append further extracts from "Personal Memories," by Edward D. Mansfield, LL.D., son of Col. Jared. "My mother's maiden name was Phipps, and my grandfather Phipps came from Falmouth, Me. , to New Haven, Connecticut. He had the distinction for in a historical sense, FIFTH GENERATION". 45 such it was of being an officer in the first naval squadron ever fitted out by the United States. He sailed under Commodore Hopkins, who captured the island of New Providence, in the Bahamas, from the British ; he remained in the Navy during the Revolution, and was a remarkable man : he was a strict disciplinarian and a pious Christian. Once when commanding the frigate Essex, he heard the sailors swearing; he called the men up and said: "Men! there must be no swearing ou board this ship. I do all the swearing." For some years after the Revolution, the Government having no employment for him, he commanded a merchant ship trad- ing with Holland and Ireland. In his voyages from Ireland, he brought from Lon- donderry and Belfast a large number of Irish emigrants, among the first who came to this country. My mother had strong views of politics, and was a great patriot : for this, she had, in her experience, good reason. When Tryon captured New Haven, in the Revolution, my mother's family suffered ; some of them fled to the country, and others remained. It was then that her grandfather, Benjamin English, (great grandfather of Ex-Gov. English, of Connecticut), when over eighty years of age, was stabbed and killed by a Hessian soldier, whilst sitting in his own house. That incident never faded from my mother's memory, and a warmer patriot or a greater enemy to the English government, than my mother, never lived. Here let me say that I am indebted for my political opinions to two persons, except so far as they have been modified by my studies and experience. These persons were my mother and Oliver Wolcott, of Connecticut. The reader may ask if I got no opinions from father. Some certainly, but not of that positive character and in- fluence which marked my mother's principles and views. He was a philosopher, a student of science, and a teacher; his mind was cool and philosophical, while my mother's was positive, direct, and earnest. She believed in the triumph of Christianity, in the success of the American Republic, the overthrow of the British Government, and the downfall of all oppression. She was lion-hearted, and would have died a martyr to her opinions, had it been necessary. My mother was brought up in a very religious family, and therefore had all the knowledge that the Bible and the Church can give, and that is not a little. In the next place, she had a strong literary taste, read all the English classics, with the popular literature of the times, and remembered what she read. Her husband being a man of letters and of science, she was always in the best society, and acquainted with many dis- tinguished literary and scientific people. This social education is, perhaps the best, and, with her naturally strong mind, made my mother a superior woman. *85. HENRY, born Feb. 1, 1762, married Mary Fenno, of Middletown, Ct., Aug. 3, 1785, she being then 18 years and 4 months old. He was engaged in the West India trade for many years. He built one of the largest and handsomest Dwell- ing Houses in the City, on the east side of State St., near Chapel St. Nearly two-thirds of this House is standing now, (1884), ttfe south part having recently been cut off to make room for a brick store. He lived in the West Indies a good part of the time, and died there about 1805. Ou the New Haven Land records his name appears as Grantor or Grantee eight times. The last record is as follows : May 10, 1805. Henry Mansfield, of West End, Island of St. Croix, W. I., to William McCrackeu, and William McCracken, Junr., for $25, a quarter part of the pew No. 28, in Trinity Church. His wife died Jan. 14, 1825, aged 58, and is buried in the Mor- 46 MAKSFIELt) GENEALOGY. timer Cemeteiy in Middletown. She was daughter of Ephraim Fenno, of Middle- town, and born April 3, 1767. 86. SARAH,borninl765, married in 1784, James Sisson, of Newport, R.I., either while he was in Yale College or soon after. They had 9 children, as follows ; Mary, who married Richard Gaines, a farmer living in Hamilton Co. . Ohio. Harriet, born Nov. 11, 1787, in New Haven, married Dec. 20,1807, Dr. Daniel Drake, of Cincinnati, and died Dec. 30, 1825. James married, and had five children. William - Grace, married Arthur Henric, of Hamilton Co., Ohio, and died in Texas, having had two sons and a daughter, all now dead. Sarah, married William Poursford, of Cincinnati, and died in 1832, leaving a daughter, now dead, and a son, Arthur H.; now living in Cincinnati. Emily, married John Forbes, of Cincinnati, and died in Texas. Her daughter, Mrs. Emily Wells, lives now at Nacogdoches, Texas. Eliza, married sometime between 1820 and 1825 to a Mr. Smith, in Cincinnati. Caroline, never married. Died in Cincinnati in 1828. The above Dr. Drake, " was a man of real genius, whose mind was fresh, active, ambitious, and intellectually enterprising. He studied medicine with Dr. Goforth, the pioneer physician of Cincinnati, and for thirty years was a leader to medical science and education. He founded the Medical College of Ohio, the Cincinnati Hospital, and was a professor in medical colleges, and a teacher during the largest part of his active life. He closed his career with a great work on the diseases of the Mississippi Valley, a work of great value, embodying an immense amount of research, information and science." 87. GKAOE, born in 1770, married (by Rev. Bela Hubbard) Oct. 15, 1785, to Peter Totten. They had two children, Joseph Gilbert, born Aug. 23, 1788, and Susan Maria, who married Col. Beatty, an English officer. Mrs. Beatty was living, a widow, in London, in 1866, where they probably always resided. In the Grove St. Cemetery, in the Totten lot, Maple Av. No. 2, there is a handsome Grave Stone of clouded white marble, which was removed from the Ancient burying ground on the upper green, in 1821, with this inscription : "Sacred to the memory of Grace, the amiable consort of Peter Totten, Ob. July 12, 1792, yE XXII. Her exemplary conduct in life, her patience during her illness, and her resignation in her last mo- ments, softened the King of Terrors to the Prince of Peace." Her son, Joseph G., became one of the most distinguished men of the military department of the United States. We make the following extracts from a sketch of his life, by Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. G. Barnard, U. S. A.: "Joseph Gilbert Totten was born in New Haven, Ct., on the 23rd of August, 1788. His grandfather, Joseph Totten, came from England before the war of the Revolution, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York. Attached to the cause of the mother country, he left that city, after the acknowledgment of our independence, J'or Annapolis, Nova Scotia. It would appear that his two sons remained in this country, since one of them, Peter G. Totten, married, in 1785, Grace Mansfield, of New Haven, a very beautiful woman, who died a few years after her marriage, leaving two children, the subject of this memoir, and a daughter, Susan Maria. After the death of Mrs. Totten, which oc- curred when her infant son was but three years old, the father having been ap- pointed United States Consul at Santa Cruz, West Indies, took up his future abode on that island, leaving his son under the care of his maternal uncle, Jared Mansfield, FIFTH GENERATION. 47 a graduate of Yale College, 1777, and a learned mathematician. The boy continu- ed to be a member of Mr. Mansfield's family until the latter removed to West Point, having been appointed Captain of Engineers, and a teacher in the United States Military Academy, then just organized by act of Congress of 1802. Young Totten's first teacher in New Haven was Levi Hubbard, brother to the rector of Trinity Church ; afterwards his education was carried on under the personal super- intendence of his uncle. Of the period of his schoolboy life we have some glimpses through the recollections of an old friend and schoolmate, Hon. Ralph I. Ingersoll, of New Haven, who speaks of him as a bright, noble youth, of fine mind, fond of study, and always at the head of his class, gentlemanly in his deportment, and greatly beloved. Young Totten went to West Point with the family of his uncle in 1802. He was soon after appointed a cadet. He remained at West Point one term, that of 1803, and perhaps part of that of 1804. He was promoted to a second lieutenancy, in the corps of Engineers, July 1, 1805. The venerable General J. G. Swift, recently deceased, his brother Engineer offi- cer and life -long friend, describes him at West Point as " a flaxen headed boy of fourteen years of age," a good scholar, and to me a most interesting companion. His uncle, having been appointed surveyor general of Ohio and the Western Territories, Nov. 4, 1803, induced his nephew to accompany him to the west, as an assistant on that first systematic survey of any of the new States of the Union. His tastes, however, led him back to the army, (from which he had resigned short- ly after his promotion,) and Feb. 23, 1803, he was reappointed a second lieutenant, of Engineers. Lieutenant Totten commenced his career as a military engineer under Col. Jona- than Williams, the first chief of the corps, and was engaged on the construction of Castles Williams and Clinton, New York harbor. At the commencement of the war with England, he was assigned to duty as chief engineer of the army, under Brigadier General Van Rensselaer, in the campaign of 1812, on the Niagara frontier, and in that capacity took a conspicuous part in the battle of Queenstown. He was subsequently chief engineer of the army under the command of Major General Dearborn in the campaign of 1813, and of the army, under Major General Izard and Brigadier General Macomb, in the campaign of 1814, on Lake Champlain. Having been promoted to a captaincy in 1812, he was in June 1813, brevetted major, for "meritorious services," and Sept, 11, 1814, lieutenant colonel, for "gallant conduct at the battle of Plattsburg ;" his efficient services as an engineer in the defensive arrangements of that field having contributed powerfully to the successful issue. The termination of the war may be considered as the close of one period in the life and services of Gen. Totten, and the commencaient of another ; or rather it may be said, that the events of which we have traced a faint outline were but the preparation and training of his mind for the real work of his life. Reared under the eyes and guardianship of a relative distinguished for his mathematical attain- ments, receiving as extensive a military and scientific education as West Point at that early day could give, called by his position in Surveyor General Mansfield's office, not only to exercise the science which the duties involved, but to take ex- tended views of our country as to the interconnection of its parts, and their rela- 48 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. tione to commerce or war, then practically taught the duties of a military engineer in what concerns the defence of harbors, and finally carried through the ordeal of actual war in the campaigns of armies in the field, he was now prepared for the great work of his life the fortification of our seaboard frontier. When I call this the great work of his life, I am not unaware that it is but a part of that work still the most important part, and one to which his other labors may be considered incidental. " In 1828, Colonel Totten took special charge of the construetion of Fort Adams; for ten years he devoted himself entirely to it, and in the technical skill, happy adaptation of means to ends, and the mastery of every detail of the engineer's art, it stands one of the best monuments of his genius." At the breaking out of the Mexican war, Colonel Totten was called on by Gen. Scott, who well understood his worth, to take personal charge of the engineering operations of our armies. For " his gallant and meritorious conduct at the siege of Vera Cruz " of which he had full directions, he was brevetted Brigadier Gen- eral, March 29, 1847. This period forms, so to speak, an episode between the two great labors of his life, of the second of which we shall now speak. General Totten is one of the two or three men to whom we mainly owe our present light-house establishment. The attention of congress was called in 1851 to the many abuses, irregularities, and imperfections of the then existing system or, rather want of system and to the necessity of a general reform and improve- ment, in accord with the advanced state of science. A board was instituted to in- vestigate the whole subject, of which General Totten was a prominent member. The mass of evidence collected in the reports of this Board as to the defects and abuses characterizing the management of the light-houses, and the suggestions of new and scientific systems were due, in a great measure, to his critical observation and practical mind ; and when these reports led to the formation of a permanent Light-house Board, he was appointed a member. ID its great work of bringing order out of chaos, light out of darkness, he bore his share. His minute acquaint- ance with our coast, his technical knowledge in construction, his practical, solid sense, made his co-operation truly invaluable. The present system speaks his praise, and his name will not be forgotten while the Minot's Ledge light looks out on the Atlantic. He was married to Catlyna Pearson, of Albany, in 1816. Beautiful beyond all else that earth presents is that conjugal companionship, so touchingly depicted by Burns, which, beginning in youth, is permitted to continue unbroken till the Psal- mist's period of life is overpassed. During the later years of their lives, Mrs. Totten no longer bound to the domestic hearth by the cares of a growing family, became truly an inseparable companion. Never, when it was at all practical to have her with him, did he ride or walk, or make a journey, or perform one of his periodical tours of inspection, without her companionship ; nor could one see them together without feeling that they presented a model of whatever is amiable and lovely in the conjugal state. If he was to her the embodiment of all that is most worthy of respect and love in man, not less marked was his deference to her. In her own sphere as woman, wife, mother she was supreme, and her judgment his law. When, but two years before his own death, she was somewhat suddenly called away, it seemed as if he regarded it as a message from on high, "set thy house in FIFTH GENERATION. 49 order, for thou shall die and not live." No murmur escaped his lips, and no long continued sadness clouded his brow, but there was an unwonted gentleness and quietude in his demeanor, a softening, as it were, of his nature, which revealed how deeply ' ' the iron had entered his soul. " His health and bodily strength seemed to con- tinue little impaired, and his devotion to the duties of his office undiminished. But once, during a life protracted beyond the usual span, had that powerful frame submitted to the sway of sickness, and he seemed to have unusual promise of a still further protracted life. But such promises proved deceitful. Early in March, 1864, he was attacked with pneumonia. His illness was not at first deemed alarming, and, indeed, at one time he was supposed to be convalescent, but a relapse ensued, and on the 22nd of April, he expired, having born the sufferings of his sickness with cheerfulness and resignation, and retained to the last the perfect use of all his mental faculties. He had long been a member and communicant of the Episcopal church, and died in the Christian's hope of a joyful resurrection. Gentle, kind, and good, mild, modest, and tolerant, wise, sagacious, shrewd, and learned ; yet simple and unpretending as a child, he died as he had lived, sur- rounded by hearts gushing with affection, and the object of the respect and love of all with whom he had ever been associated. 56. NATHAN, LIEUT, FARMER. New Haven. This family of eight children were all born in New Haven. 88. MART, born Dec. 14, 1745; married Isaac Beers, Bookseller. His store was on Chapel St. corner of College. He was also President of the New Haven Bank from 1798 to 1812. His father was Nathan Beers, from Stratford, who was killed, or rather murdered, by a British soldier, whilst standing in his own door, when the British invaded New Haven, July 5, 1779. Mrs. Beers was a woman of a very superior mind, in illustration of which we extract the following very inter- esting account from Dr. Stiles' " History of the Regicides," published in 1795. When Dr. Stiles, President of Yale College, compiled his well-known Book, called " Stiles' Judges," he availed himself of every possible source of information in his power: among several persons whom he consulted was Mrs. Beers. We quote the result in his own words, as follows : " Some persons are of a singularly tenacious memory, and treasure up things in conversation, which vanish from others who hear them with cursory inattention. Such is Mrs. Beers, consort of Isaac Beers, Esq., born in this town, 1745, and now aged 47. She is well read, is an excellent historian, and is versed in the family anecdotes and antiquities of New Haven. She is of the Mansfield family, and a lineal descendant from Maj. Moses Mansfield, her great grandfather, who died 1703, aged 63, and who was one of the appraisers of Dixwell's Estate, and was intimately acquainted with the history of Dixwell after his death and I presume with Whalley and Goffe. Her grandmother was of the family of Ailing, the Assistant, about the close of the last century; also well acquainted with the story of the Judges. The Honorable John Ailing, Esqr., had three daughters, sensible, very worthy .and venerable, and social matrons, one of whom was Mrs. Beers' grand- mother. They often met together on social visits at her grandfather Deacon Jona- 8 50 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. than Mansfield's, son of the Major's, who was born 1684, or four years before Dix- well's death, who was also full of the stories of the Judges. This visiting circle and family connection had the greatest esteem and veneration for the Judges, and in their visits together were often talking over the stories about them. Mrs. Beers, when young, was often among them at her grandmother's, and heard these good ladies converse on these matters, and tell all the anecdotes concerning them. She used to sit and listen to them with attention while the other grandchildren took little notice of the discourse, so different are the tastes of children, that what strikes one's curiosity will not touch another's. Mrs. Beers was born an historic genius, and curious narratives were food and delight to her mind. I think this particularity in describing character necessary in this case towards making the most or best of what otherwise might be deemed information too slight to have any weight. Mrs. Beers has, from this source, as much of the interesting history of the Regicides, not only of Dixwell, but Goffe and Whalley, as most persons, and narrates several anecdotes with singular precision and accuracy; but as they coincide with what I have gone over before, from other more certain sources, I do not repeat them. She died Aug. 16, 1805, aged 60. Isaac Beers, her husband, died Aug. 30, 1813, aged 71. They had only two children, Sally Maria, born in 1765 ; she married William Leffingwell, a Merchant, one of the most prominent and wealthy men in the city. Their residence was on the corner of Chapel and Temple Sts. Mrs. Leffingwell died Aug. 25, 1830. Mr. Leffingwell died Oct. 23, 1834, aged 69. Their children were William C., born Dec. 25, 1788, died Jan. 3, 1833. Caroline M., born Apr. 30, 1790, married Augustus Russell Street, who founded the " Yale School of Fine Arts." She died Aug. 24. 1877. He was born in New Haven, Nov. 5, 1791, and died June 12, 1866. Sally Maria, born July 17, 1792, married Timothy Dwight Williams. She died Jan. 31, 1866. He was born March, 1794, and died June, 1831. Lucius Wooster, born Sept., 1796, grad. Yale Coll. 1814, lived most of his life in Ohio; died Feb., 1875, and was buried in the family lot in New Haven. Edward H.. M. D., born Apr., 1802, grad. Yale Coll. 1822, lived several years in South America, married there Maria del Garcia Fani. Had a sou, died July 26, 1833, aged 1 yr., 7 mos., and a daughter, died Feb. 23, 1834, aged 3 mos. His wife died Dec. 31, 1834, aged 21. He was for several years manager of the His- torical Soc. rooms. The other daughter of Isaac Beers and his wife, Mary, was Elizabeth, born 1767, married Col. Joseph Lucius Wooster, of Huntington, Ct. , who was born in 1761, graduated at Yale College, 1781. and died July 20, 1796. They had only one child, namely, Elizabeth L., born May 24, 1795, married Eleazar Thompson Fitch, who was born in New Haven, Jan. 1, 1791, graduated at Yale College, 1810, and was Pastor and Professor of Divinity in said college from 1817 to 1852, when he resigned. He died Jan. 31, 1871. She died Aug. 30, 1821. They had only one child, a sou, Lucius Wooster, born July 25, 1820, grad. Yale Coll., 1840, married Sarah Porter Tufts, who was born Mar. 14, 1823. Their children were Elizabeth Wooster, born Jan. 1, 1846, Eleazar Thompson, born Sept. 22, 1847, Mary Cornelia, born May 29, 1852. He was assistant treasurer of Yale Coll. many years. Mrs. Leffingwell and her sister, Mrs. Wooster, were persons of rare Christian attainments and excellence. Mrs. Leffingwell and her husband joined the Church under Rev. Moses Stuart, Sept. 24, 1809. FIFTH OE^ERATtOtf. 51 The following additional, respecting the above William Lefflngwell and his wife, is from a paper by Rev. Dr. Bacon, in the New Englander of Jan., 1882: Sally Maria Beers was married by Rev. Achilles Mansfield, (her uncle), to Willliam C. Leffingwell, 1786; grad. Y. C. next day. He was the eldest son of Col. Christo- pher Leffingwell, of Norwich, Conn. He removed to New York, 1793, and was partner with Hon. Beers Pierpont : returned to New Haven, 1809; lived on the cor. of Chapel and Temple Sts., in house built by Jared Ingersoll, afterwards owned and occupied by the Street family, and now known as the " Foote House." He was the richest citizen of New Haven. 89. Lojs, born Apr. 24, 1747, married Col. William Lyon, who was born Mar. 6, 1748, a son of William, and Elizabeth (Maltby) Lyon. The following sketch is furnished by one of his granddaughters: "Col. Lyon early exhibited remarkable mental power, being well prepared for Yale College at nine years of age. He was the first Cashier, and head of the old New Haven Bank, incorporated in 1792. Devoting the last twenty or thirty years of his life to intense reading, and possess- ing an extraordinary memory, he was considered one of the greatest antiquarians and thoroughly versed historians, in the United States. Although his pen enriched so many periodicals of his time, he could never be persuaded to publish any volume of ancient or modern history. This has been deeply regretted, as for half a century he was the oracle of so many histories published by others. His upright life re- mains a model of integrity." I remember well how he looked, when I was a boy. He wore short breeches, with knee buckles, and large buckles to his shoes. He'dressed always very plain, almost like a quaker. He was a great economist, and abhorred extravagance. He thought it was wicked to build costly churches, (though not a church member), and I rec- ollect when the extremely plain Methodist Church was built on the north-west corner of the green, he contributed torwards building it, on account of its plainness. He was an early riser. When a boy about 15 years f age, it was my vocation to rise very early in the morning, and go down and open store, and he was about the only person I used to see. I would often hear the sound of his cane, on the walk, coming up Chapel St., before he was in sight. I recollect exactly how he looked when talking, the peculiar motion of his lips, and the short, quick, articulation, of his words. His sayings were proverbial. He had a good garden, and was an enemy to hens. I have heard my father tell more than ouce what Col. Lyon said about keeping hens ; he said every hen that was raised cost somebody, I say somebody, at least 50 cents. When quite young, I was once at a funeral where he was, the weather being almost insupportably warm : when he arrived at the house and came into the room, he asked for a glass of water, on receiving it he clasped both hands around the tumbler, and held it some time before he drank, and said to those sitting near, "it made a person feel cooler to do in that way.'' They had six children, William, born July 12, 1772. Was clerk, or teller, m the old New Haven Bank many years, and died Oct. 26, 1841. Sarah Lyon, born July 21, 1775, married Ely Sherman, and had two sons, Gold Sherman and Eli Sherman. After his death, she married Samuel Andrew Law, and had four sons, William Lyon Law, Samuel Andrew Law, Jonathan Albion Law, and Stephen Dodd Law. She died Mar. 10, 1840. Elizabeth Lyon, born July 2, 1777, died Nov. 26, 1851. Mary Lyon, born Oct. 7, 1780, died Sept. 12, 1817, in Charleston, 52 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. S. C. "Possessing a superior intellect, and warm affections, her life was eminent in its exemplary piety." Her "memoirs," were written by her sister Sophia, the wife or Rev. James H. Linsley, and were published in New Haven in 1837. Sophia Brainard Lyon, born March 17, 1782, married, Feb. 1, 1818, Rev. James Harvey Linsley, who was born in Northford, Conn., May 5, 1787. He graduated at Yale College 1817, taking his second degree in due time. In his owu denomina- tion he was one of the most prominent clergymen in the State ; of eminent ability, and widely varied culture, he was elected to the membership of many scientific societies. His contributions to different departments of science were numerous and important. He was especially distinguished as a Naturalist. His catalogues of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes and Shells of Connecticut, appeared in Silliman's American Journal of Science, in 1842, '43 and '44. He was the first who had ever attempted this great work for his native State. These unprecedented and most valuable papers were brilliant with his discoveries. Numerous religious, literary and scientific works were aided by his pen, when living, and since his death, many more have contained sketches of his life and his successes. His memoir, was published in Hartford, in 1847. He died in Stratford, Conn., Dec. 26, 1843. His wife also died in Stratford, Jan. 31, 1866. They had two children, Elizabeth Lyon Linsley, and Sophia Emilia Linsley, the latter married Rev. Sylvanus Dryden Phelps, D. D., Aug. 26, 1847. He was born in Suffleld, Ct., May 15, 1816, graduated at Brown University in 1844, and at the Divinity School of Yale College in 1847. After supplying the First Baptist Church of New Haven, fpr about a year, he was ordained Jan. 21, 1846, as its pastor, a relation that lasted nearly twenty-eight years. In 1874, he became pastor in Providence, R. I. , and in 1876, Editor and proprietor of the Christian Secretary, Hartford, Ct. Author of "Elo- quence of Nature, and other Poems ;" " Sunlight and Hearthlight, or Fidelity, and other Poems; " " Holy Land, with Glimpses of Europe and Egypt, a Year's Tour,' and " The Poet's Song for the Heart and the House." They have had five child- ren: Sophia Lyon Pbclps, born May 24, 1848, died Feb. 21, 1871. Drydeu Will- iam Phelps, bora Mar. 16, 1854. James Linsley Phelps, born Apr. 8, 1856, died Jan. 27, 1860. Arthur Stephens Phelps, born Jan. 23, 1863, and William Lyon Phelps, born Jan. 2, 1865. These births and deaths wereat New Haven. Emilia Lyon, born Feb. 6, 1787, married Joseph Bennett, of Charleston, S. C.,who graduated at Yale College, 1807. Their children were Joseph William Bennett, born July 6, 1811, died Mar. 29, 1883. Lois Mansfield Bennett, born in Charleston, S. C., Feb. 5, 1813, died in New Haven, Apr. 16, 1815. Thomas Bennett, born Feb. 6, 1815, died Apr. 1858. Mary Lyon Bennett, born in Charleston, S. C., Oct. 2, 1817, died Oct. 23, 1819, and Elizabeth Margaret Stone Bennett, born in Sullivan's Island, S. C., Sept. 23, 1824, died July 30, 1832. The above Thomas Bennett married, Apr. 2, 1838, by Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, Mary A. Hull, daughter of Elisha Hull, of New Haven. He was a Lawyer and Judge. Their nine children were Emilia L. , Mary E. , Margaret, deceased, Thomas Gray, Wm. Lyon, Joseph H., George H., deceased, Susan J. and Harriett. Thomas Gray Bennett married, May 8, 1872, by Rev. Dr. Phelps, Jeiyiie Winchester, and had Hope, Winchester, and Eugene Bristol. He is Vice President of the "Win- chester Arms Co." in New Haven, Grad. Yale Coll. Is a member of the corpora- tion of said College. FIFTH GEXERATIOtf. 53 William Lyon Bennett married Frances T. Welles, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and had Ethel, and Mary Elizabeth. Grad. Yale College. Is a -prominent Lawyer in New Haven. Joseph H., also Grad. Y. C. Col. Lyon's daughters, Sarah and Mary, joined the First Church, under Rev. Moses Stuart, Aug. 31, 1806. Sophia and Emilia joined the same Jan. 29, 1809, and Elizabeth joined July 30, 1809, at the same time her cousin Caroline Mary Leffingwell, afterwards wife of Augustus R. Street, joined this church also. Col. Lyon died Oct. 12, 1830, his wife died Aug. 26, 1821. She joined the church under Rev. Chauncey Whittlesey, Apr. 27, 1777. *90. NATHAN, born Nov. 30, 1748, married Anna Thomlinson, of Derby, Mar. 5, 1775, who was born in 1756. They lived in Derby, at a place called by the In- dian name of Squantuck, some four miles west of Derby Narrows. He was a car- penter by trade, and built many houses in the Town of " Old Derby." A grand- son of his informs me he also made coffins, and sometimes had to get up in the night and make them, often getting only a dollar for one. For a great many years he also kept a tavern at Squantuck, which was very extensively known in the ad- jacent parts of the State, and was a popular stopping place for persons traveling west, to Danbury, Newtown, etc. I well remember my Uncle Nathan, when a small boy of about twelve years of age, I was sent of an errand out there, about thirteen miles from New Haven, and as I was to foot it, my father let me take his old fashioned " bulls eye " watch, at my request, as I wanted to see how many miles I could walk in an hour, there being regular mile stones on the way, and I recollect I made my four miles several times, but I must confess that I had to almost run in order to do it. He was then over seventy, but quite smart, not tall, but rather thick set. His natural expression was very cordial and smiling in conversation. As the weather was rather cool when I arrived in the afternoon, he stirred up a glass of "toddy," for me. I might have drank a little but don't remember exactly. I have always been a tetotaler, and my father before me. I am told, by one of his grand- sons, that he was a member of the Episcopal Church, and that he used to read the Bible a great deal a few years before he died, when he was much over over eighty, and that sometimes he would get asleep and drop the Bible, and that many a time he picked it up for him. He died Nov. 5, 1835, aged 87. His wife died Dec. 10, 1838, aged 82. They were buried in the small, new, neat burying ground, a short distance west of the homestead where they had lived so many years, which was set apart from his own land some years before he died. *91. WILLIAM, born April 1, 1750, at the old Mansfield House, which occupied the place where the Sheffield North College now stands. Married Dec. 25, 1776, Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Maltby) Lyon. She died Oct. 17, 1817. He married for his second wife, Dec. 1, 1818, Lucy (Peck) Culver, daughter of Abner and Sarah Peck, of Wallingford. "In his boyhood he was employed on the farms of his father, and grandfather Deac. Jonathan Mansfield, whose residence was on the N. W. corner of Church and Elm Streets, though his lands were mostly in what is now the southerly part of Hamden: where William was required to spend many nights in watching the sheep, to protect them from the wolves, which were then very numerous. When grown to manhood he became a mariner, and was a mate and part owner of a vessel trading to the West Indies. It was on his first voyage out that by his experi- 54 ence and observation he became so impressed with the evils of intemperance that he became at once a " total abstinence man," and although it was many years before a Temperance Society was thought of, he pledged himself against the use of ardent spirits of any kind, and from that time to the day of his death, which was seventy years afterwards, not a taste of spirits passed his lips. At the breaking out of the war of the Revolution, he was a merchant in West India and other goods, and his store and residence was on the south side of Chapel Street, about four rods east of where now is the corner of Orange Street. He was an ardent patriot, and entered heartily into the cause of the colonists. He joined a company of minute men, raised mostly among the sailors, and men engaged in trade about the wharves, and was made a lieutenant. He went with Gen. Wooster, in 1777, to the vicinity of Norwalk upon receipt of intelligence that the British were landing there in force, and acting as aid, and in charge of a small scouting party, followed the enemy to near Danbury, and it was upon his return and report to Gen. Wooster, that such disposition was made of the militia under Generals Silliman and Arnold, as to en- deavor to cut off the retreat of the enemy on their return to the coast, and which brought on the engagement which resulted in the lamentable death of the brave Gen. Wooster. At the invasion of New Haven by the British, in. 1779, he was early on the scene of action, and his experience and account of the whole affair, as related to his children, some of whom are still living, is extremely interesting, but too lengthy for insertion here. He, in common with most of his fellow-citizens, suffered severely for their patriotism. His house and store being ravaged, and all goodsand articles of value carried away or completely destroyed. A vessel in which he was part owner lay in the harbor nearly loaded and ready for sea, waiting for op- portunity to run the blockade, was taken away, and, as believed at the time, by lories from Long Island, under protection of the British vessels. Being consider- ably broken in fortune, and suffering in physical health, and having much of the responsibility of providing for the large family of his father,- (he being an invalid), besides the care of his own wife and young child, obliged him to remain at home for a time, though always in readiness to render all possible aid to the cause of his country. After the war he was engaged in business and in farming, his residence being in the northerly part of the town until about the year 1800, when he built a house and barn, and established a milk, fruit, and vegetable farm on what was called the "Neck," between Mill River and Quiunipiac River, on land he acquired partly by purchase, and partly by inheritance, a portion having been in the family name since the first settlement of the town. There he lived for many years, when the only road to town was by " Ferry Path," over the Neck Bridge, and down "Neck Lane," (now State Street). When the Grand Street Bridge, over Mill River, was built in 1818, he contributed to its cost, and gave a strip of land through his farm four rods wide, extending from near Mill River to Ferry Path, or about where now is the junction of Fillmore and Grand Streets, for the opening of a highway, now known as East Grand Street. About 1824 he sold this farm to his son-in-law, Capt. Richard Everitt, and moved to Fair Haven, near the Quinnipiac River, where he died May 28, 1842, in the 93rd year of his age. In all the vicisitudes of a long and eventful life he bore its ills with amazing fortitude, and to the end sustained the character of a man of candor, honesty, and uncompromising integrity. His first wife was admitted a member of the First Cong. Church, Rev. Chauncey Wuittlesey, pastor, Dec. 3, 1779. His second wife died April 29, 1842, aged 62. REV. ACHILLES MANSFIELD. JBS. ELIZABETH MANSFIELD OLOOTT. HON. AUSTIN OLCOTT. M. D. MRS. ELIZABETH MANSFIELD WILLCOX FIFTH GENERATION. 55 *92. ACHILLES, born in 1751, was graduated at Yale College in 1770, was or- dained pastor of the Cong. Church in Killingworth, Ct., Jan. 6, 1779, and died July 22, 1814. He was a fellow of Yale College from 1808 till his death. He married Mar. 10, 1779, Mrs. Sarah Huntington, widow of Rev. Eliphalet Hunting- ton, predecessor pastor of the above church. She had three children by her first husband, and three by her last husband. She was born July 24, 1751, and married her first husband April 14, 1766. He was the son of Deac. Samuel Huntington of Lebanon, Ct., and was born April 14, 1737. Graduated at Yale College, 1759, installed over the Church at Killingworth Jan. 11, 1764, and died of the small pox Feb. 8, 1777. Her maiden name was Elliott, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Walker) Elliott, and granddaughter of Rev. Dr. Jared Elliott, of Killingworth, and fourth generation from John Elliott, "Apostle to the Indians." Dr. Elliott stood very high throughout the country for his learning, philosophical researches, and acquire- ments. Mr. Mansfield's daughter, Susan, married Rev. Joshua Huntington, Pastor of the Old South Church, Boston, and became distinguished for talents and piety, and her "Memoirs" had a wide circulationhere, and in Great Britain.' Full notice of her life will be given in its proper place. W. C. Willcox, Esq., of Philadelphia, who married a granddaughter of Mr. Mansfield, and remembers him, and is familiar with the history of the family, writes that though not a robust man, he enjoyed excellent general health, and his sudden death created a profound sensation and universal grief in the community. He conducted the services of his church all day on Sunday, preached from the text, "And his rest shall be glorious," his last sermon, was taken with a malignant fever on the same night, and was buried on the following Thursday. A lady now (1884) nearly eighty years of age, who was brought up in Killing- worth, now Clinton, says she remembers him well, and that she, with other children, used to recite the catechism to him on Saturday afternoons, and that he was one of the kindest and best of men, greatly beloved and esteemed by the entire community. There is only one printed sermon of his handed down, preached in 1810, and is preserved in the Yale College Library. We very much regret we are unable to give a more extended account of his life, as there are so very few now living who are able to add any further information to this brief sketch. His wife died Dec. 27, 1817, aged 66. A white marble monument was erected to his memory, on which the inscription reads thus: "Sacred to the memory of Achilles Mansfield, Fellow of Yale Col- lege, Pastor of the First Church in Killingworth, who was suddenly called from bis labor, July 22nd, 1814, in the 64th year of his age, and in the 35th of his min- istry." The following extracts from " Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Clinton Con- gregational Church," printed in 1867, were furnished by a friend in Clinton, after the above was written. Achilles Mansfield was the fifth pastor. He was born at New Haven, in 1751. Graduated at Yale College in 1770. Licensed by the New Haven East Association in 1775. Began to preach for this people the 17th of August, 1777, being then twenty-six years of age. On the 17th of December, 1778, a call was given him to become pastor, which he accepted, and was ordained and installed January 6th, 1779. It was voted : 56 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. " 1st. That there be given to Mr. Achilles Mansfield, on condition of his set- tling amongst us in the work of the Gospel Ministry, the sum of 600 ounces of silver, or in bills of credit to the value thereof, to be improved by him at his dis- cretion, towards providing himself with a convenient tenement for his accomodation among us, to be collected and paid in four equal payments annually. " 2d. That there be granted unto Mr. Mansfield, as a yearly salary, for the four years first after his being regularly inducted into the work of the Gospel Ministry among us, the sum of 135 ounces of Silver, or in Bills of Credit to the value thereof, to be paid Mr. Mansfield on the first day of January, annually, until the term of four years be completed ; and after the expiration of four years coming, this Society do hereby grant to Mr. Mansfield the sum of 180 ounces of Silver, annually, during his continuance in the office of the Gospel Ministry among us; and to be computed and paid to him in Wheat, at the rate of 5 shillings per bushel ; or Rye, at 3 shillings per bushel ; or Indian Corn, at 2 shillings per bushel ; or in pork, at four pence per pound ; or in Beef, at two pence per pound ; or in other articles in like proportion : or in Bills of Credit to the value thereof." He was also llowed the use of the Parsonage or Society lands, and the sixty cart loads of wood annually. On March the 10th, 1779, he married the widow of the Rev. Eliphalet Hunting- ton, by whom he had three children Elizabeth, who married Dr. Olcott ; Nathan, who graduated at Yale College in 1803, studied medicine, and died in 1813 ; and Susan, who married the Rev. Joshua Huntington, of Boston. A gentleman, who was a member of his congregation, and knew him well, has kindly furnished me the following: " The Rev. Achilles Mansfield was of medium height, of good form, and had a very pleasant countenance. He was courteous and affable in his manners, and upon all occasions gave good evidence of a sincere desire to promote the interest of his Master's Kingdom. His voice was good, being clear and full. In the delivery of his sermons he was lively and interesting, and very punctual in the performance of all his duties as pastor. In extempore speaking, at funerals and like occasions, he had few equals ; for, possessing a tender and sympathetic heart, he felt keenly for those in affliction, and so, prompted by his own kindly nature, he was in an especial degree fitted to soothe and console the sorrowing. It was during his ministry that evening meetings were established, being held in the Old Stone School House which then stood a little east of the Church. He con- ducted the meetings thus : After the preliminary exercises, such as prayer and singing, he would read the chapter selected for the occasion and then explain it verse by verse, remaining seated. All who attended these exercises well remember. how, after reading a verse or two, he would stop, sit back, raise his spectacles, and then explain and enforce the truths of the passage. Few, if any, surpassed him in like efforts; and the meetings were well attended and appreciated." He was six years a member of the Corporation of Yale College, being so at his death. He was faithful and attentive in the discharge of his duties to that Instil tion, and was ever desirous of promoting its interests. He was very popular with his associates, and his death was. regarded as a severe loss to them and the flock which he loved. Dr. Field says : " H was a man distinguished for mild and pleasant manners, FIFTH GEXEEATION". 57 for uniformity and sweetness of disposition, and for the patient endurance of afflic- tion." Here for thirty-seven years he preached to this people, and for the whole time, lacking two years, their pastor and he had the joy of welcoming one hun- dred and eighty-two to the Sacramental Feast. On the Sabbath preceding his death he preached from the text, " His rest shall be glorious." He lived in the house now occupied by Esquire Taintor, where he died July 22d, 1814, aged sixty-three. 93. SUSANNA, born Sept. 23, 1756, married Aug. 12, 1775, Major Lines, a Sea Captain, who was born Oct. 14, 1747. The inscription on his gravestone reads thus: "Major Lines, 40 years commander in the Merchant Service, performed 111 foreign voyages, died May 2, 1814, aged 66." She was admitted a member of (he North Cong. Church, Rev. Dr. Edwards, pastor, Sept., 1722, died Aug. 2, 1824, aged 03. Will, dated Oct. 30, 1823 ; leaves all her property to daughters Susan, Mary and Frances. David Daggett, Executor ; Simeon Baldwin and Elisha Munson, Dividers. They had eight children : Stephen, born Jan. 31, 1777, married Elizabeth Gour- ley June 11, 1796. She was born Jan. 22, 1780, joined the North Church Oct., 1808, died Aug. 28, 1857. He died Dec. 25, 1816. Their six children were Sally Gourley, died in infancy, Elizabeth Sloan, born Feb. 26, 1799, married, July 14, 1822, Henry Cannon, born July 8, 1797. He died Apr. 1, 1830. She died Feb. 8, 1862. Their nine children were : Emily Augusta Cannon, born May 17, 1823, died Aug. 31, 1824. Edward Young Cannon, born Nov. 24, 1834, grad. Brown Univ., 1845, Lawyer in Richmond, Va. , married June 29, 1854, Mary Georgianna Smith, and have had five children. Garland H. Cannon, born May 11, 1826, died May 8, 1832. Alexander G. Cannon, died Apr. 24, 1828. Richard Watson Cannon, died Aug. 15, 1830. Henry Gibbon Cannon, born Nov. 18, 1830, Lawyer in Richmond, Va., married Nov. 17, 1869. Margaret E. Blair, born Jan. 18, 1840, and have had six children. George 1 Randolph Cannon, died Dec. 9, 1853. Frederick Middleton Cannon, unmarried. Louisa Chatterton Cannon, dred June 25, 1838. Maria Sarah Lines, born Feb. 13, 1801, married William Chapman, of Hartford, Nov. 6, 1825, who died Dec. 24, 1825, aged 27 ; she died Jan. 20, 1830. Julian Lines, born July 11, 1803, married Aug. 14, 1825, John Hutchins, who died May, 1863; she died in New York, Nov. 4, 1837, and was buried in Grove St. Cemetery, New Haven. Their five children were: Augustus Hutchins, born July 8, 1826, for several years Secretary of Boonton, N. J. Iron Works, and died of consumption, Feb. 23, 1854, unmarried. Charles Hutchins, born June 26, 1828, married 1866. Resides in San Francisco. Albert Hutchins, born Aug. 23, 1830, accidently killed July 9^ 1831, while in charge of a black domestic. Albert Hutchins, born Oct. 17, 1832, died Aug. 31, 1833. Alexander Hutchins, born Jan. 22, 1835. Grad. Williams College as valedictorian, 1857. Stud. Med. in Boston and New York, M. D. from N. Y. Medical Coll., 1860, and at the same time received the prize in the depart- ment of Toxicological Chemistry. Assistant Ed. of the Journal of Materia Medica, of New York. Appointed House Snrgeon to BlackwelPs Island Hospital. Com- missioned as Surgeon in the U. S. N., 1861. In Sept., 1863, began private prac- tice in Brooklyn, where he still resides. His principal contributions to medical 9 58 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. literature are monographs on "Afocynum," " Jaborandi," "Nitrate of Atnyl," and an Essay on " School Hygiene, with reference to the physiological relations of age and sex to mental and physical education," to which essay the State of New York awarded the prize for 1875. He married Dec. 16, 1863, Mary F. Pelton, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., born, Dec. 25, 1836, a niece of Gov. Samuel J. Tilden. They have had four daughters and three sons. Frances Amelia Lines, born Dec. 10, 1805, married Feb. 26, 1828. Laban S. Beecher, born Jan. 30, 1805. He learned the trade of a wood carver of Hezekiah Auger, born in New Haven, a great natural genius, self-taught, the first carver that ever set up the business in the city. Afterward, he was in a prosperous leather business with Elma Townsend, his brother-in-law. In 1858, a director in the Chicago Land Co.; subsequently he bought largely with Indian land warrants, and from Oshkosh, Wis., sent lumber to the Eastern Markets; and at the time of his decease was thought to be the second largest owner in Wis. He did much to improve the country, and won the confi- dence of the Indians, by his efforts to protect their reservations. He labored to procure a city charter for Roxbury, Mass, and was elected on its first Board of Aldermen. At the time of his decease, he was Pres. of the United States Insur- ance Co., of Boston. He died at Oshkosh, Mich., Oct. 22, 1876. of injuries by a runaway team. Buried from his residence in Boston Highlands, Mass. Hr was a member for forty years of the Elliot Cong. Church, in Roxbury. Their six children were as follows: William Chapman Beecher, born March 21, 1829, died Dec. 25, 1829. Louisa Augusta Beecher, born Dec. 27, 1830, married May 27, 1852, William Gaston, born at Killingly, Ct., Oct. 3, 1820, son of Alexander and Keziah (Arnold) Gaston. His ancestor, a French Huguenot, came over about 1725, and settled in Killingly, where the family continued until 1830, when the father of William removed to Boston. He prepared for college at, the Brooklyn and Plainfield Academies, entered Brown Univ. at the age of 1">, and grad. with honor, 1840. After a course of study in the law office of Hon. Francis Billiard, of Roxbury, and of C. P. & B. R. Curtis, of Boston, he was admitted to the bar in 1844. In Roxbury he held, among other offices, that of City Solicitor for a number of years. Elected Mayor of the city in 1861, and re-elected in 1S(L>. almost unanimously, there being but four votes in opposition. For many years lie was a member of the law firm of Jewell, Gaston & Field, of Boston. In 1853 and 1854 he was elected to the House of Reps., as a whig ; and again, 1856, by a combination of Whigs and Democrats against the Knownothings. In 1868, elected to the Senate, though the district was strongly Republican. In 1857, after the annexation of Roxbury to Boston, he was elected Mayor of the enlarged City, and re-elected in 1871. In 1874, elected Gov. of Mass., by about 7,000 ma- jority over Lieut. Gov. Thomas Talbot. In 1876, he declined the nom. for Gov.. in favor of Chas. Francis Adams, and the same year declined the Cong. nom. from the fourth district. At the expiration of his gubernatorial term, he actively resumed his professional practice, and in 1879, having associated Mr. C. L. H. Whitney, continues under the firm name of Gaston & Whitney. While Gov. the hon. degree of LL.D., was conferred by Brown and Harv. Univs. Their children are Sarah Howard Gaston, born 1853. Wm. Alexander Gaston, born 18o9. irrad. H. C., and Martha Louisa Gaston, born 1861, died 1869. Frances Amelia Beeeher. born June 5, 1833, married Hon. Henry G. Cromwell, (son of Isaiah Cromwell, of FIFTH GENERATION. 59 Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Mass.,) merchant of Boston ; mem. of the Governor's Coun- cil of Mass., in Gov. Claffin's adm., and has held other public trusts. They have had Martha Louisa Cromwell, born 1865, and Alice Brown Cromwell, born 1869. Theodore Sedgwick Beecher, born Apr. 6, 1835, died Mar. 3, 1846. Elizabeth Gourley Beecher, born Mar. 5, 1839, married Hon. Henry Wm. Puller, born in Hooksett, N. H., June 30, 1838, (son of David G. and Jane C. Converse Fuller), Dartmouth College, 1857, class poet; LL.B. Harvard 1859, taking the first prize for legal essay; began practice at Concord, N. H., 1860, was the first man to enlist in the 1st Regiment X. II. Vols. on 3 mos. call, in 1861 ; commis- sioned as 1st Lieutenant before leaving the State, served through the war in Dept. of Va., Dept. of the Gulf, Dept. of the South, promoted to rank of Captain, Major, Lieut-Colonel, Colonel, and breveted Brigadier General. After the war, remained in Louisiana two years, then removed to Roxbury, Mass., and began practice of law 1868. Representative in Massachusetts Legislature 1875, '76, '78, '79, and Senator 1880. They have had one child, Frederick Beecher Fuller, born 1872. Julia Martina Beecher, born Mar. 1, 1844. Contributor to " The Golden Rule," over signature ''Aunt Mary." A volume of selections from her writings has been published. Susanna Mansfield Lines, born Mar. 10, 1808, married Jan. 18, 1830, Benjamin English, eldest brother of Gov. James E. English. He was in the lumber business near the head of long wharf. He died Aug. 29, 1839. She died May 26, 1838. They had Frances Elizabeth English, born Oct. 20, 1833, married Oct. 20, 1853, Stephen Bishop, son of Stephen and Hannah Cutler (Atwater) Bishop, born Oct. 28, 1830, died Oct. 27, 1866. She died Feb. 26, 1857. James Gourley English, born Feb. 13, 1834, married Oct. 7, 1856, Mary Elizabeth Tuttle, daughter of Isaac Tuttle. He is of the firm of English & Mersick, Importers, Manufacturers, and Dealers in Carriage Goods, 38 and 38 Crown St. He is also President of the New Haven County Bank. Charles Burrill Lines, born July 29, 1779, married Dec. 25, 1803, Laura Frost. She united with the North Cong. Church, Oct., 1808, died April 29, 1853, aged 70. He died Mar. 1, 1833. Their six children were Jane Maria Lines, married David H. Carr, of Newark, N. J., a carriage-maker. Deputy Sheriff for several years, had 6 children. Charles B. Lines, born Mar. 12, 1807, married, Jan. 18, 1829, Maria Wooden, born Jan. 7, 1808, golden wedding celebrated at Wabaunsee, Kan. , 1879. They have had 9 children, 4 girls and 5 boys, 20 grandchildren, and 1 great grand child. Thirty-two of his relatives are settled around him at W. of which 28 were present at the wedding. When a boy, he went to sea awhile, but afterwards learned the trade of cabinet- making. He seems to have done undertaking to some extent, for he put Noah Webster in his coffin, and John Trumbull, aid of Gen. Washington, into his. He was always an urgent reformer, and ready with voice and pen to help on every good work. Ardent in the temperance movement ; then, in 1854. he entered with his usual belligerent energy into the Kansas Anti-Slavery War. In 1856 he con- cluded to form a company to colonize in Kansas, and in furtherance of that enter- prise, the celebrated meeting in the North Church, New Haven, was held, at whiqh a 60 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. quantity of " Sharpe's rifles," and a sum of money, were subscribed to arm and equip the emigrants. He left New Haven the same year, and settled with his colony at Wabaunsee, now a flourishing agricultural community ; and Kansas, the dark and bloody ground where the battle of freedom was fought and won, ia now a great state of a million of inhabitants, more or less. In 1871 he was appointed pension agent for. Kansas. (The above from the "Tuttle Genealogy," by permission of the author). Laura Frost Lines, born 1809, married Chase Hill, of the State of Maine, and had 3 children. Mary M. Lines married Abner Beach, of Newark, N. J. , and had one child. Grace Ann Lines married F. S. Collins, a joiner and car- penter, and had 6 children. Charlotte P. Lines married F. W. Gilbert, a hotel- keeper ; after he died she married J. It. Harris. William Lines, born Mar. 18, 1781, married 1805, Elizabeth Osborn, (daughter of Capt. Edward Osborn). He was a sea captain, and master of the Brig Shepherdess, many years sailing from this port. He died in Savannah, Ga., Oct. 10, 1822. Their children were Edward, born 1806, married and had children ; residence, Chatham Four Corners. Amelia, born 1808, married Smith, a purser in U. S. N. She died about 1861. William Frederick, born 1810, married and had children ; residence, Newark, N. J. Elizabeth Lines, born July 5, 1783, married 1810, John Chatterton, son of Samuel 'and Rhoda (Ball) Chatterton, born Nov. 10, 1781, died Sept. 3, 1834. She died Mar. 20, 1852 Their ten children were John Henry Chatterton, born Feb. 2, 1811, died Jan. 15, 1846. Elizabeth Chattertou, born Aug. 19, 1812, died Feb. 7, 1828. Samuel Chatterton, born Jan. 5, 1816, died Oct. 10, 1816. Thomas Chat- terton, born Aug. 16, 1818, married, Aug. 27, 1844, Adeline Marble Bishop. He removed to New York, where he has for many years done a large and prosperous business as a manufacturer and wholesale dealer in clothing ; House of Thomas Chatterton & Co., 365 & 867 Canal St., near Broadway. He has many interesting heirlooms and family relics, and has also made considerable collections of local history, biography, anecdote and genealogy relating to his native City and its people. He has traced mainly from original records, several of his ancestral lines, and has obtained much information of his collateral kindred of various names. For the privilege of examining these papers the thanks of the compiler are due. (The above from the "Tuttle Genealogy"). Louisa Augusta Chatterton, born Aug. 27, 1820, married Jeremiah A. Bishop, Merchant and Bank President. She died April 19, 1846. Edwin Star Chatterton, born April 3, 1822, died Jan. 5, 1823. Susan Lines Chatterton, born Dec. 15, 1823, died May 5, 1825. Francis Chatterton, born June 5, 1825, married, May, 1849, Josephine Riker ; they have 3 children : Alfred Clark Chatterton, born Oct. 14, 1826. Susanna Lines, born May 31, 1785, died Jan. 21, 1871. Mary Lines, born Mar. 31, 1788, married, May 6, 1840, Hon. David Daggett, for his second wife. His first wife was Wealthy Ann Munson, daughter of Dr. Eneas Munson, Senr. He was born in Attleboro, Mass., Dec. 1, 1764, died April 12, 1851. Graduated at Yale College in 1783. Representative in Connecticut Legislature of 1791. U. S. Senator from Connecticut in 1813, 1819. Instructor in Yale Law School, 1824. Kent Prof. 1826, same year Judge of Sup. Court, and LL.D. from Yale College. Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Connecticut in 1832 ; retired by limitation of FIFTH GENERATION. 61 age in 1834. Francis Lines, born May 21, 1790, died Feb. 8, 1869. Major Lines, born July 11, 1792, married, July 11, 1843, Martha Truesdel. They resided in Philadelphia. He died in Philadelphia, Jan. 10, 1870. They had one son, Theo- dore, born Sept. 13, 1844, is in prosperous business in Philadelphia. The four sisters above, Elizabeth, Susanna, Mary and Frances, were taken into the North Congregational Church, June, 1808. 94. ELISHA, born about 1761. I had always heard my father speak of his brother Elisha, as being remarkably bright and likely, but very impulsive, daring, and venturesome. When the British came to New Haven, in 1779, he being a young man of only 17 or 18 years of age. When they were marching down Broad- way he took his loaded gun and ran down College St. to the tavern, corner of Col- lege and Elm Sis., and as the British had got down nearly to where now is High St., he, quick as a flash, from the corner, fired into them, and ran with all his might and got safely way, their bullets whizzing after him. He learned a tailor's trade, and when some 25 years of age, went south, and died in Baltimore, some years after : uncertain whether lie ever married. *95. GLOVEE, born Dec. 20, 1767 ; bapt. Apr. 19, 1772. Married April 5, 1792, Mary Aikins, of Danbury.Ct. She was born May 23, 1775. Was the daughter of Andrew Aikins, of Wilton, Ct., and Deborah (Foote) Aikins, born Aug. 22, 1753, a descendant of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Ct. She was admitted into the First Cong. Church, Dr. James Dana, pastor,. Apr. 14, 1799. He carried on the hat manufacturing business for many years on the spot on which the new Sheffield Scientific School building is built. Some of his sons and grand- sons have carried on the same business down to almost the present time. Stores on State and Chapel Sts. He was a great antiquarian, and well versed in the his- tory and all the legends of the town. Just before the " Centennial Celebration," July 4, 1879, of the British coming to New Haven in 1779, one of his sons furnished the following, which was printed in the Morning Courier: "In my boyhood I had often heard a great deal about the British coming to New Haven, by my father and others, and had had my mind exceedingly interested from time to time by relations of incidents that took place on that wonderful occasion, but quite vague and unconnected. So when I was about ten years of age I recol- lect it almost as of yesterday, and the place where the whole story was told me I urged my father to tell me the whole thing from beginning to end, and his being at the time, as I thought, in good mood to tell stories, he finally consented, and we sat down together in his counting room all alone by ourselves in the evening, about eight or nine o'clock ; it seemed to me I was never in my life more intensely enter- tained for full two hours or more, and I, of course, had a great many questions and explanations to ask. My father was twelve years old at the time the British came, he said, as he commenced the story. "There had been various alarms that morning early, ringing the bells, etc., and rumors through the town that they were certainly coming, but his father, then somewhat aged, would not believe it would amount to anything, as there had been so many false alarms, and concluded they would go to work in the fields near by, 63 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. being a fanner. So they went to work, as usual, early in the morning. They had a large piece of rye cut on the lot, afterward owned by Prescott & Sherman a good many years, and subsequently by the late Mayor Skinner, and others, on what is now Prospect St., extending to the top of the hill. They kept on working till about nine o'clock without much fear or misgiving, when the rumbling report of a distant field-piece a little startled them. But my grandfather was not yet convinced they were actually coming, so thej r kept on raking rye still longer, when another report came a little louder and nearer, but the old gentleman was not convinced yet. By- and-by another, and then another still nearer, but they kept on raking, as it might be possibly from our own cannon. Not long after, there was a discharge of mus- ketry and a field-piece almost simultaneously, and soon after more musketry, and as the report of the cannon became louder, they noticed they were different from the re- ports of the old iron cannons they were accustomed to hear, being sharper, from brass pieces. The firing rapidly becoming more frequent and louder, the father says to his son, ' The British really are coming, sure enough, and we won't work any longer,' and throwing down their rakes, they left the field at once. "At this time they had probably marched as far as Allingtown, and considerably this side of there. My grandfather, being old and lame, went home and remained there during the occupation of the town by the British. My father, a twelve-year- old boy, went up the second-quarter road, now Prospect St., up to the top of the hill, where a great many of our people were collected. At that time they could look down into the region of Broadway, Ditch Corner, &c., and discern objects quite distinctly, as there was not much obstruction by buildings, fences and shade- trees. My father said he could see the ' red coats ' plainly and distinctly, swinging their caps and shouting ' hurro ! hurro!' and firing upon our people. It was a clear day, and they could see their muskets and bayonets glistening in the sun. The British were scattered around considerably, and he said he saw one fellow deliber- atety load his piece and fire it off, as distinctly as though he were right before him. " After remaining on the high ground for some time with our people, it began to be rumored around that they were putting out their guard or sentinels, to surround the town, as some of them had notice of it, and it wouldn't do to stay there much longer, which proved true Some were in vehicles with valuables, some on foot, others on horseback. It finally became apparent it was unsafe to remain there any longer, and they began to leave for their several places of retreat in the adjoining country farm houses. As my father stood there in the throng, an acquaintance, a man by name of Beecher, on horseback, called to him and said, " come, get up be- hind me," calling him by his first name, which he very promptly did, and in quick time they all soon scattered away, not knowing probably, most of them, whither they were going. Mr. Beecher and the boy rode out about five miles into Hamden, and stopped at a kind farmer's house till the British left the town. I recollect, he said, they had hasty pudding and milk for supper and he never more relished a meal in his life, he was so hungry, His parents knew nothing what had become of him, and were anxious almost to distraction about him. On making enquiry of one of the British concerning him, he replied "they saw in a lot just above them a boy as de- scribed, lying dead and bayoneted." " After the British left the town he came home, to the great relief and joy of his FIFTH GENERATION. 63 parents, all safe and sound. The next day he went all around to see the damages and the results. He saw feather beds ripped open and the feathers scattered around, looking-glasses dashed to pieces, dead hogs and other domestic animals bayoneted just for sport and wantonness, and many other things, and furniture mutilated and destroyed. In coming to the old brick grammar School, which stood on the corner of the Green, about fifty feet east of the front of the North Church, in which some fifteen or twenty prisoners including some Hessians, were confined and guarded, which excited a great deal of interest and curiosity, he found crowds of spectators there and many from the country. Some of the prisoners were wounded, more or less severely. He recollected one of the prisoners asking the bystanders for a string to tie round and keep on one of his bandages, and one of the Potter Farm women, from Hamdeu. answering him, "I'll give you a string to hang you with." The soldiers stole some valuables, including a choice silver tankard from his father's house. A party bivouaced in a lot near the old Prof. Silliman place, the night they were here, and made a large fire in sight of his father's house, and cooked for themselves Johnny Cake. Near noon of that day a party of our soldiers pulled off boards from his father's barn in the rear of his house to make a breastwork of, and made a stand, consequently the house itself received several of the bullets of the enemy. A lady visitor there in the act of stooping down to lay an infant child on the bed, very nar- rowly escaped a bullet, that lodged in the wall in range of her body, had she not been stooping. His father owned a slave, who I belief was born in Africa, and had been his grandfather's many years. This grandfather was then living, towards 90 years of age, and a deacon of the First Church. The slave's name was Kent, well known through the town for his witty and humorous sayings, and would on occa- sions sometimes get a little boozy. It was given out by the British commander that no lights would be allowed in any house in the town that night, and that the nf most stillness should be observed, but old Kent having imbibed too freely of some intoxicating liquor, probably rum, acted as if he were possessed, lighted a candle and capsized boxes and heavy things in the house and made all the noise he could, which frightened the folks almost to death, fearing the worst consequences, but he was finally subdued and taken care of. He related that for several years after, in going of errands across lots into Broadway, he could see traces of the tight in bullet holes through the rails and fences. I presume at that time they could see through and all over the town, and go across lots as in the country I have in my posses- sion an old oaken chest that the above slave used to keep his cocked hat and Sunday clotlu-s in. It was thought possibly it might have been brought over from England by his senior master's grandfather, the settler. My father related to me the whole storv and incidents of the invasion as far as he knew and recollected at the time. He told me of the killing of Mr. Tuttle, and cutting out his tongue, and stabbing and murdering old Mr. Beers, ;md English. He gave the number of killed and wounded on both sides, as near as were known. He knew and had seen many of them on our side that were killed, some of them from Hamden, and adjoining towns. The whole story of the detachment of the British that landed on East Haven side, the hot reception which they received, of Mr. Pardeis having his head shot off by an eighteen pound ball from the British fleet, their burning many buildings, and other incidents in East Haven he fully related. Also of President Daggett's going 64 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. out to fight them and being taken prisoner and beaten, insulted and abused, and many other well known incidents or acts of the invasion, from their landing at Savin Rock, their march into the town, their occupation and departure." " Our father was one of the most affectionate of parents, very social, kind, and in- teresting. Exceedingly industrious and diligent, even till within a short time before his death. He was proverbially honest in his dealings; and our mother used to often say that in his business and bargains, he seemed to have more regard for the interests of those he was dealing with, than for his own ; and she thought people often took the advantage of that trait in his character. He died of the dysentery Oct. 26, 1849, aged 82. Our mother possessed the virtues and graces of the true Christian in an eminent degree. It seemed to us there never was a more faithful and affectionate parent. She endured many trials and sorrows of an unusually protracted life, with the greatest patience and fortitude serenely sustained with the Christian's hope. She died Nov. 8, 1858, aged 83." 58. RICHARD, D. D. Derby, Conn. This family numbers twelve children. *96. RICHARD, born Sept. 3, 1752 ; bapt. Sept. 10, 1752. Married Abia Shelton. 97. ELIZABETH, bapt. Sept. 29, 1754, commonly called Betsey. Remained un- married. After the death of her mother, who died Aug. 20, 1776, aged 40. she devoted her life to the care of her father and his large family of motherless chil- dren. She reached her 72nd year, universally respected and beloved. On her monument is inscribed, " Forever with the Lord." A life of rare devotion to filial duty. " This woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did." Arts ix., 36. She died Feb. 22, 1826. 98. ANNA, bapt. May 2, 1756. Married Major Elijah Humphreys Oct. 22, 1774. He died on his way to the West Indies, July 2, 1785, in the 40th year of his age, and was buried in Martinico. She died Apr. 11, 1841, aged 85. Their children were Anna Humphreys, born Sept. 14, 1775 ; died Nov. 15, 1854, in Manhattan, 111. She married Rev. James Thompson, an Episcopal Minister in Durham, Given Co., N. Y. Their children were Caroline Thompson, born Feb. 18, 1802, died in Manhattan, 111., Jan. 9, 1858. Mansfield Thompson, born July 13, 1803; died of yellow fever in New York City, Aug. 21, 1822. Hezekiah Thompson, born Aug. 22, 1808; died in Durham, N. Y., Mar. 16, 1882. Sarah Ann Thompson, horn Nov. 21, 1813. Betsey Thompson, born Aug. 19, 1816: died in Albany, N. Y., Apr. 30, 1880. Elijah Thompson, died young. Caroline Thompson, married Apr. 2f>, 1825, John Young. Their children were Ann Elizabeth Young, born on Staten Island, N. Y., Nov., 1826: died, aged 3 days. James Thompson Young, born in Ohio, May 6, 1828. Mansfield Young, born in New York City, Dec. 26, 1830. Caroline Elizabeth Young, born in New York City, July 2, 1833, and Edward Young, born in Durham, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1837. James Thompson Young, married in New York City June 12, 1856, Caroline Garrison; has always resided in New York ; is President of Staten Island Dyeing and Printing Establishment. FIFTH GEXERATIOX. . 65 They have had five children, viz.: Ella Garrison Young, born in N. Y. City. Caroline Estella Young, born in N. Y. Willoughby Thompson Young, born in N. Y., died. Virginia Custis Young, born in N. Y., and Samuel Marsh Young, born in N. Y. Mansfield Young, married May 6, 1863, in N. Y. City, Sarah Walker, daughter of Joseph Walker. She was born Jan. 7, 1842, and died May 25, 1876, leaving no children. Her husband now resides in Joliet, 111. Sarah Walker was born in N. Y. City, and was born of Quaker parentage, and was baptized and con- firmed in the Episcopal Church in 1864, at Orange, N. J., and now sleeps in Joliet, 111. Caroline Elizabeth Young, married June 11, 1863, Frank Cagwin, a Banker, in Joliet, 111 ; no children. Edward Young, married Feb. 13, 1865, Annie E. Hoyt, of Greenwich, Ct. They reside in Joliet, 111. Their children are George Warner, born in Manhattan, 111., Mar. 25 V 1866. Charles Herbert, born in Manhattan, 111., Sept. 21, 1867. John Mansfield, born in Manhattan, 111., Nov. 21, 1869. Heusted Thompson, born in Manhattan, 111., May 10, 1872, and F. Edward, born in Joliet, 111., Dec. 13, 1876. Sarah Ann Thompson, daughter of the above Rev. James Thompson, married Orin Peckham, Oct. 13, 1834, she had one sou, George Thompson, Peckham, born Mar. 25, 1837, who married Mary Dickerman, of Turner's Junction, N. Y., June 1871, where he now resides. By her second husband, Capt. Edward Blakeslee Crafts, to whom she was married Oct. 9, 1846, she had three children, Elizabeth Mansfield Crafts, born in Derby, July 25, 1848, Edward Thompson Crafts, born in Derby, Dec. 29. 1850, and John Young Crafts, born in Manhattan ville, 111., June 8, 1852, jtt died Sept. 20, 1852. Elizabeth Mansfield Crafts, married June 12, 1872, Abi- ja> ( agvvin. She now lives in Joliet, 111., and has two children, viz.: Edward Crafts Cagwin, born in Joliet, Nov. 3, 1874, and Francis Mansfield Cagwin, born in Joliet, Feb. 1, 1877. Edward Thompson Crafts is a Physician, unmarried, and resides in Chicago. Betsey Thompson, daughter of the above Rev. James Thomp- son, married Apr. 1837, Edward Hand, in Durham, N. Y. They both died in Al- bany, N. Y., and had three children, viz.: Edward Hand, born in 1838, died in infancy. Kate Thompson Hand, born in Durham, N. Y., Sept. 1842, and John Thompson Hand, born in Durham, Nov. 1844. Sarah Humphreys, daughter of the above Major Elijah Humphreys, born in Derby, Dec. 22, 1777, married Moses Austin, and died in 1865 no children. Elijah Humphreys, son of the above Ma- jor Elijah Humphreys, was born in N. Y. City, Oct. 12, 1779, married Maria Eld- ridge in New York, sister of Mrs. Mclntyre, (Vide Hist, of Derby, pp. 600, 601). He died in 1834. Their 5 children were Annie, born Sept. 15, 1823, died Aug. 6, 1856. Maria Louise, born Aug. 17, 1825, died June 11, 1833. Elijah, junr., born Jan. 25, 1829, died Dec. 1, 1829. Elijah, born in Derby, Ct,, Aug. W, 1833, un- married. Edward, born June 20, 1834, died unmarried, Aug. 27, 1870. Annie married Admiral Aaron K. Hughes, U. S. N. They had Emma Hughes, died in infancy, and Annie Mansfield Hughes, born in Erie, Pa., Dec. 14, 1849, married Cornelius Disosway, a hardware merchant in New York City. They had four children, Annie Marion Disosway, born in New York, Feb. 11, 1875, now living. Rosilie Disosway, born on Staten Island, Mar. 17, 1876, died Jan. 14, 1877. Cor- nelius Humphreys Disosway, born on Staten Island, Jan. 28, 1878, died July 29, 1878, and Aaron K. Hughes Disosway, born on Staten Island, Nov. 30, 1880, de- 10 66 MANSFIELD GEXEALOGY. ceased. Betsey Humphreys, daughter of the above Capt. Elijah Humphreys, was born in Derby, Ct., Oct. 10, 1781, and died Dec. 9, 1864, aged 82. She married Capt. Thomas Vose, a prominent man, and sea captain, in the town of Derby, Ct., who died Sept. 30, 1845, aged 73. They had one child, Ann, who died Jan. 17, 1811, at the age of years. David Humphreys, the youngest child of the above Major Elijah Humphreys, was born Feb. 26, 1784, and died in New Orleans 1809, aged 25. 99. SARAH, born Aug. 9, 1758, baptized Sept. 17, 1758, married Rev. Edward Blakeslee, who for several years assisted his father-in-law in the parish of Derby. He died July 17, 1797, aged 30. She died Dec. 23, 1790. They had one child, Sa- rah Mansfield Blakeslee, who married Pearl Crafts, M. D., Dec. 24, 1812. Their childreti were Edward Blakeslee Crafts, Elizabeth Mansfield Crafts, Samuel Pearl Crafts and Julia Maria Crafts ; the last two died in infancy. Edward Blakeslee Crafts, (born 1814, died 1883), married Sarah Peckham, widow of Orin Pcckham. Their children have already been mentioned. Elizabeth Mansfield Crafts married Edward Clark no children. 100. HENRIETTA, born Oct. 3, 1760, baptized Nov. 16, 1760, died Feb. 3, 1761. 101. JOSEPH, born Feb. 24, 1762, baptized Mar. 13, 1762, died Dec. 19, 1782. It is recorded in New Haven Trinity Church Records, that the Rector of said Church, Dr. Hubbard, was called to officiate at his funeral, Dec. 22, 1782. *102. WILLIAM, baptized Jan. 12, 1764, Grad. Yale Coll. 1784, married Eunice Hull. He was a merchant in Derby, and carried on an extensive business, was en- gaged also in the manufacture of linseed oil. He died Oct. 1, 1816, in his 53rd year. They had eleven children. 103. STEPHEN, born Sept. 12,1765, baptized Sept. 15, 1765, died Aug. 9, 1819, in his 54th year. His death was the result of a singular accident. Driving alon^ in his buggy, he saw overhead a branch of a tree so decayed that it seemed ready to fall. He seized hold of it as he was passing, to break it off, but the branch prov- ing stronger than he anticipated, pulled him out of the buggy. He fell on the back of his head, and was killed. 104. JONATHAN, baptized Jan. 21, 1768, died in infancy. 105. JONATHAN, baptized Nov. 12, 1769, died Dec. 10, 1770. 106. LUCRETIA, born Jan. 12, 1772, baptized Feb. 2, 1772, and died Feb. 10, 1849. She married, Aug. 10, 1796, Abel Allts. Their six children were Mansfield Allis, born Aug. 9, 1797, died Aug. 18, 1797. Richard Mansfield Allis, born Sej.t. 10, 1799, died Oct. 6, 1799. Mansfield Allis, born Nov. 9, 1800, died Nov. 26, 1800. William Mansfield Allis, born Jan. 31, 1803. Stephen Giles Mardenbrongh Allis. born June 5, 1805, and Caroline Allis, born Sept. 15, 1809. William Mansfield Allis removed to Mississippi, married and died, leaving no children. Stephen Giles Mardenbrough Allis, married Ann Chapin. Their six children died in infancy. They reside in Waverly, 111. Caroline Allis married, Sept. 9, 1833, Rev. Oliver Hopson, an Episcopal minister. Their eight children were Richard Mansfield Hop- eon, born Dec. 22, 1834, died Apr. 28, 1835. William Allis Hopson, born Apr. 20, FIFTH GENERATION". 67 1836, died Aug. 31, 1873. George Bailey Hopson, born Jan. 18, 1838. Caroline Scovill Hopson, born Jan. 26, 1840. Edward Crafts Hopson, born June 18, 1842, died Oct. 19, 1864. Elizabeth Crafts Hopson, born Apr. 21, 1845. Mansfield Co- biah Hopson, born Mar. 23, 1848, and Mary Clark Hopson, born Mar. 3, 1850. William Allis Hopson removed south, and entered into the mercantile business in Macon, Ga. He married in 1866, Miss Virginia Connor. Their children are Georgia, born June 25, 1870, and Virginia, born Sept. 17, 1872. Rev. George Bailey Hop- son, an Episcopal Minister, and Professor of Latin, in St. Stephens College, Annan- dale, N. Y., married Mar. 29, 1864, Mary Williamson Johnston. Their children are Francis Johnston, born Feb. 4, 1865. Caroline Allis, born Mar. 8, 1866, died Mar. 27, 1867. Mary Williamson, born Feb. 23, 1868, died Jan. 6, 1874. Edward Mansfield, born May 31, 1870, died Feb. 6, 1874, and William Oliver, born Nov. 19, 1872. Caroline Scovill Hopson, daughter of the above Rev. Oliver Hopson, married Rev. James Starr Clark, D. D., an Episcopal Minister, and Rector of Trinity School, Tivoli, N. Y. Their children are Ann Mansfield Clark, born Oct. 14, 1874, and Margaret Elizabeth Clark, born Nov. 23, 1876. Elizabeth Crafts Hopson, daughter of the above Rev. Oliver Hopson, married Dec. 27, 1871. John Cuyler Baker, a farmer in Manhattan. 111. Their children are Helen Mary Baker, born June 2, 1878. George Welsh Baker, born May 7, 1882, died Sept. 14, 1882, and Clark Guy Baker, born Aug. 3, 1883. Mansfield Cobia Hopsou, son of the above Rev. Oliver Hopson, is a farmer residing in Waverly, 111., married Sept. 22, 1874, Cornelia Mason Bailey. Their children are John Neal, born July 22, 1875, and Fanny Bailey, born Feb. 27, 1880. Mary Clark Hopson, daughter of the above Rev. Oliver Hopson, married Aug. 2, 1877, William Brown, Cashier of a Bank in Waverly, 111. Their children are Cornelia Kate Brown, born Mar. 6, 1881, ancj Edward Tanner Brown, born June 18, 1883. 107. MARY LOUISA, baptized June 12, 1774, died May 6, 1863. She married Giles Mardenbrough. Their children were Eliza A. Mardenbrough, and Louisa Mar- denbrough. Eliza E. Mardenbrough married, Oct. 20, 1822, Capt. Richard Marshall Clark, who was born Feb. 13, 1789, and died Jan. 19, 1854. He was an extensive shipping merchant in New Haven for many years. Their children were Richard Marshall Clark, John Mardenbrough Clark, who died unmarried, Nov. 4, 1853, in Natches, Miss., aged 27. Willie! mina Verveer Clark, who died Nov. 7, 1832, aged 5. William Lintot Clark, Mary Louise Clark, Wilhelmina Clark, and Joseph Farran Clark. Richard Marshall Clark, Junr., died unmarried Nov. 19, 1883. Mary Louise Clark, married, Dec. 26, 1867, Prof. Charles D. Vail, of Hobert College, Geneva, N. Y., and died Sept. 11, 1874, leaving one child, Louis Mardenbrough Vail. William Lintot Clark married Frederica Kimberly, removed to Sacramento, Cal., and died Dec. 22, 1874, leaving three children, viz.: Eliza Mardenbrough Clark, William Lintot Clark, and Joseph Marshall Clark. Wilhelmina Clark married June 11,1863, John P. DeLancy, son of Bishop DeLaucy of Geneva, N. Y. He died June 22, 1870, leaving no children. Joseph F. Clark, son of the above Capt. Richard Marshall Clark, is unmarried. Louisa Mardenbrough, daughter of the above Giles Mardenbrough, was horn in St. Martins, W. I., July 25, 1806, and died Nov. 20, 1883, in Ansonia, Ct. She married, Mar. 4, 1840, Eleazar Peck, who was born in Woodbury, Ct., 68 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. June 4, 1808, and died July 24, 1878. He was a merchant in Ansonia, (Derby). Their children were Charles Edward Peck, born June 14, 1841, and died Sept. 19, 1852. John Verveer Peck, who died Dec. 10, 1850, aged 6 years and two months. Jane M. Peck, who died Feb. 2, 1855, aged 8 years, and Eliza Peck, born June 13, 1843, and married June 13, 1865, Albert W. Webster, who was born at Pleasant Valley, Ct., Jan. 21, 1838. They had three children, Louise Mardenbrough Web- ster, born Mar. 5, 1866. William Walter Webster, born Mar. 16, 1869, and Susie, (twin daughter), born Mar. 16, 1869, and died July 13, 1869. Mrs. Webster died Aug. 10, 1882, aged 39. 108. GRACE, born Aug. 15, 1776, baptized Aug. 25, 1766, and died Oct. 14, 1776. SIXTH GENERATION. C>1. DAVID. Harwinton, Ct. The records of the descendants of the above David Mansfield were furnished too late to be inserted in the regular order, with the numbers attached to each name. His children were Mary, born Aug. 11, 1771 ; married John Hosford, of Litchfield, Ct. , and had several children. They removed to the Western Reserve, Ohio, where some of the descendants are still living. Joseph C., born May 15, 1775; never married ; died Mar. 14, 1883. He was subject to epileptic fits from infancy, and always lived with his father's family. David, Junr., born May 21, 1777, married July 13, 1806, Widow Hannah Gillette Goodwin, who died ~Apr. 3, 1842. He always lived in Harwinton, occupation, fanner; was a member of the Baptist Church. He died Mar. 5, 1865. Their five children were as follows: Asahel G., born July 4, 1807, was never married. He was lost at sea in returning from Cuba in 1851. He was a very scholarly man, being a physician, and having studied civil engineering. He also composed music : was making a book at the time he died. Prof. Mason of the (i Boston Academy of Music," said his work was equal to that of any of the English composers, and that he had no equals in this State. He could speak or write correctly in seven different languages, was a member of the "Harwinton Board of Education," at one time. Jeremiah P., born Jan. 6, 1809 ; married Mary Hosford, of Ohio, who was born Mar. 14, 1826, and died Aug. 15, 1872. He is a machinist, and farmer, in Ganges township, Alligan Co., Mich. Their four children are as follows : Oscar Delos, born Sept. 16, 1854, is a telegraph operator in Chicago. Sidney David, born June 15, 1857. Lucy Adelaid, born Sept. 30, 1859 ; married May, 1881, Whitcomb Hendrys. Residence Dakota. Have a daughter, born Nov. 13, 1882 ; and Henry Lewis, born Sept. 29, 1863 t is a joiner and carpenter. Abigail C., born Mar. 20, 1811, married Nov. 24, 1830, Thomas J. Bailey, of Harwinton. Their son, Henry Bailey, married May 23, 1871, Amelia L. Marshall, of Brooklyn, N. Y., later of Green Bay, Wis. She died a few years after their marriage without leaving any children. He is a part- 70 MAXSFIELD GENEALOGY. / ner with his father in the wood turning business in Green Bay, Wis., where they own a shop or factory. John, born Apr. 30, 1814; never married; owns a farm in Burlington. Hartford Co., Ct., where he carries on farming. He has a remark- ably clear conception of numbers, and employs a considerable part of his leisure time in doing problems in the higher mathematics. David E., youngest child of David, Junr., born May 23, 1818; married, Dec. 13, 1855, Lucy Newell Churchill, who died Apr. 20, 1873. He married second Clara Marvin, of Litchfield. lie is a farmer, and lives on the old homestead in Harwinton. Had by his first wife Da- vid Baker, born July 27, 1856, and John Asahel, born Apr. 20, 1858. They both live at home with their father, and are farmers. Am indebted to David B. for most of the information of the descendants of David Mansfield, Senr. Ruth, daughter of David Mansfield, Senr., born July 25, 1778; married May 28, 1811, Willard Hodges, of Torrington, Ct. She died Jan. 15, 1864. He died June 9, 1817. Their two children were as follows: Sally Emeline, born Mar. 8, 1812; married Sheldon Barber, Apr. 10, 1833, of Torrington, by whom she had one son, Willard Hodges Barber, who is the wealthiest farmer in Torrington. She died Nov. 3, 1863. Eunice Willard Hodges, born June 19, 1817, married Oct. 30, 1837, Hon. John Marsh Wadhams, of Goshen, Ct., who has represented Goshen in the Connecticut Legislature several terms, and was State senator one term. She died Aug. 7, 1855. Betsey, the next child of David Mansfield, Senr., born Feb. 2, 1781, never married; always lived with her father's family ; died of consumption Nov. 29, 1816. Eunice, the next and last child of David Mansfield, Senr., born Aug. 21, 1784, never married ; also lived with her father's family, and died Dec. 2, 1816. 64. TITUS. New Haven, "Mansfield Farms." *109. EBENEZER, born July 16, 1757, married Mary Lewis Sept. 23, 1784, and died Oct. 8, 1819. She died Mar. 8, 1844, aged 79. He was a carpenter and farmer. He served in the Revolutionary war, and saw Major Andre hung. He received a silver dollar from Lady Washington, for making her a milking stool. *110. ENOS, born Dec. 12, 1758, married, April 4, 1791, Elizabeth Jacobs, and died Feb. 20, 1814. She died Apr. 22, 1850, aged 84. He was a farmer at " Mans- field Farms," now Hamden. 111. HANNAH, born Feb. 12, 1761 ; baptized Apr. 19, 1761. Married, Daniel Tuttle. Their children were Betsey, L}-dia, Polly and Sally. *112. RICHAKD, born May 24, 1763 ; married Mary Stiles, (who was born Feb. 22, 1763), a daughter of Isaac Stiles. He died . She died Mar. 13, 1828, aged 65. He was a saddler. They lived in North Haven, Ct. 113. MABEL, born 1767, bapt. Sept. 11, 1767 ; died Mar. 5, 1773. *114. TITUS, born 1770, married, July 16, 1795, Hannah Ives. He died Jan. 19, 1829, aged 59. He lived in what is now Hamden : was a blacksmith. *115. JESSE, born Aug, 11, 1772; married Keziah Stiles, who was born Nov. 11, 1772. He died July 21, 1825. She died July 4, 1854, aged 82. They lived in what is now Hamden. He was a carpenter. SIXTH GENEKATIOS". 71 116. MABEL, born 1774, married Joel Todd. He died Sept. 11, 1820. She died Sept. 12, 1857. Their children were Dennis, Orrin, George, Seloma, Caleb and Mabel. *117- LEMUEL, born , married Mary Cooper, (who was baptized in Cong. Church, North Haven, May 6, 1821), Dec. 24, 1800, and died Sept. 26, 1826. He was a farmer. They lived in North Haven. *118. JOEL, born 1778, married Terza Jacobs. He died July 25, 1824, aged 46. He was a farmer. They lived in North Haven. 119. MAKY, (or Polly), born , married Lyman Smith. Their children were Emeliue, Almira, Mary, Julius, David and Grace. 65. JOSEPH, CAPT. Litchfleld, South Farms, Ct. This family were all born in New Haven (Hamden). Their parents, with their family of children, removed to Litchfield about 1785. *120. CHARLES, born Dec. 14, 1762, married about the year 1792, or 93, Molly Howard, of Winchester, N. Hampshire. She died a few days after the birth of her fourth child, Polly, who was born Nov. 7, 1800. He afterwards married sec- ond, about 1801, or 2, Elizabeth Howard, a sister of his first wife. At the early age of 14 years, he went with his father into the Revolutionary War, as fifer, en- during all the hardships and privations that the soldiers in that war were subject to, until its close. Many very interesting incidents were related by him to his family and friends, and handed down. The venerable fife used by him is now in the family of his sou Charles, of Winchester, N. H., and will be handed down from generation to generation. Through the influence of a man by name of Moore, he came to Winchester for the purpose of working at his trade, brick making, when he was probably about 21. He lived an honest and upright life, and died Jan. 12, 1830, aged 67. His second wife, Elizabeth, died Sept, 28, 1843, aged 69. *121. ELISHA, born Dec. 12, 1764, married Rebecca Camp, of Litchfield, a sister of Deacon Abel Camp, a prominent man in the town. Removed from Litch- field to Canaan, and settled in what is called Canaan Mountain. He died Apr. 27, 1840, aged 76. 122. JOSEPH, born June 17, 1767. He lived near his brother Elisha, on Ca- naan Mountain ; married , and had certainly a son Julius, who spent his life near by, and raised a large family. The Mansfields of Canaan, of which there were quite a number some 30 years ago, appear to be entirely extinct, of that name, at least, in that town. He died Oct. 22, 1837, aged 70. This is all have been able to obtain of this family. 123. SALLY, born Dec. 27, 1769 ; died May 8, 1773. *124. DAVID, born Feb. 11, 1772, married in 1797, Louisa Harmon, of New Maryborough, Mass. She died, and he married second, in 1808, Melinda Harmon, a younger sister of his first wife. They lived in Westmoreland, Oneida Co., N. Y., and both died and were buried there. He died May 5, 1867, in his 96th year. He was a joiner and cabinet maker, by trade, but afterwards a farmer. MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. *125. WILLIAM PUNDERSON, born Sept. 6, 1774, married in the spring of 1807, in Litchfield, Ct., Sally Mills, daughter of Bradley and Hannah (St. Jolm) Mills, with whom he became acquainted whilst she was a pupil at the Morris Academy at Litchfield S. Farms; was a merchant there. Removed to Kent, Ct., and in 1810 built there the house and store now occupied as a dwelling and residence by Mrs. Myra Wheeler, and her son. John R. Haxin, being in partnership with his father- in-law, under the name of Mills & Mansfield. In 1833, he removed to Waterford, Saratoga Co., N. Y., to be near his daughter, Mrs. Hugh White, and they occupied houses opposite of each other. He there joined with his son-in-law, Hon. Hugh White, in building a flouring mill, the site of which is now occupied by the Munson Manufacturing Co. Their residence was on what is now called " North Side," op- posite Cohoes, on the other side of the river. He died Mar. 10, 1855. His wife died in Feb., 1842, in her 53rd year. *126. JOHN TODD, born Dec. 31, 1776, married in 1798, Dolly Steelr, who was born in 1777. They were devoted Christians, and possessed with a disposition uniformly amiable, cheerful and kind ; highly esteemed and beloved, bringing sun- shine into every circle wherever they went. He died Oct. 25, 1860, aged 84. She died in 1840, aged 63 : both died at their son Lemuel's, in Litchfield, Ohio. 127. SALLY, born June 13. 1779, married about 1825, Lewis Spooncr, a wid- ower. She died May 18, 1857, in Cohoes, N. Y., having survived her husband. She had no children of her own. " She was a genuine old-fashioned specimen of a Connecticut Puritan. In person, very tall and slim, full of humor and fun, but sometimes a little ' timid.'" We extract the following from a letter of one of her nephews: "They were married in Kent, Ct., where Mr. Spooner lived, she being about 40 or 45, and he a widower.and came up here on their wedding trip in a two horse country wagon. Got to way, where they had to cross over to our side, and the bridge there seemed so long, that Aunt Sally was a little afraid of it, and asked the tollman if he was sure that bridge was safe; being told that it was, they drove on, and about half way across, Mr. Spooner stopped the team to show his wife how strong the bridge was ; and now, said he, this is a good place for you to take a pinch of snuff. She told him very sternly to ' drive right on, that was no place lo be taking snuff.' I forget whether they went back by that bridge or by Waterford, but they made us their visit, and got back safe home, with as many proper oppor- tunities for a pinch of snuff, no doubt, as they cared for." *128. TIMOTHY, born May 1, 1782, married Mar. 11, 1809, Annie Carter, of Wetaug, who was born Sept. 16, 1789. They lived in Salisbury, Ct., till about 1820, when they removed to Greenfield, Pa., and three or four years after, to Stroudburg, Pa. He died Apr. 2, 1845, at Castleton, Ontario Co., N. Y. She died July 26, 1852, at Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y. His occupation was road-build- ing, turnpiking, etc. JOSIAH. Mount Carmel, Ct. 129. JOSEPH. *130. JOSIAH. He lived in Mt. Carmel, probably a mechanic; died there in 1795 ; gives of shop to his widow, to his son, Josiah, and ^ to son Ira ; mentions the Hotchkiss lot and Norton lot in his will. Wife's name not given in the record. SIXTH GENERATION. 73 7O. UZAL. Mount Carmel, Ct, *131. URI, born in 1774 or 5, in Mount Carmel, married Eunice Atwater, who was born in 1778, in Hamden. He died Jan., 1813. She died May, 1862. She was admitted a member of the First Cong. Church at New Haven, under the min- istry of Dr. Nathaniel Taylor, Sept. 26, 1818. 132. TIMOTHY, baptized Aug. 20, 1775, in Mt. Carmel. 133. MABEL, baptized Aug. 16, 1777, in Mt. Carmel. *133i. EBENEZER, born in 1786, married Sally Hill, of Bethlehem, Ct, He died Sept. 4, 1835, aged 49. She died July 15, 1839, aged 51. 134. ELIZABETH, bapt. July, 1789, in Mt. Carmel. 135. JAMES, bapt. Mar. 25, 1792, in Mt. Carmel. 77. JONATHAN, CAPT., MARINER. New Haven. 136. MARY, born about 1765, married Wheeler Beecher, of Woodbridge, Ct. son of Caleb Beecher, whose farm was situated in Woodbridge, and is now owned and occupied by Capt. Daniel Auger, where he has resided for nearly fifty years. Wheeler Beecher's wife, Mary Mansfield, died in 1793, or a little before, leaving no children. He married for his second wife Mary (or Polly) Hotchkiss, of Wood- bridge, by whom had several children. Their son Anson, born in 1805, was a great mechanical genius. He carried on extensively manufacturing for many years in Westville, (New Haven Town), and died in 1876. His four sons, Ebenezer B. L., Wheeler, Lyman A. and William S., have successfully continued the business at the same place, till the present time. The above Wheeler Beecher removed to Waterbury, and resided there in 1808, according to the Woodbridge Town Records, and probably some time before and after that date. He removed to Plymouth, Ct., about six years befo're his death, and died there in 1838, aged 84. He and his wife, and his half-brother, Burr Beecher, wen- buried in Northfield, near Plymouth, side by side. His wife was a member of the Episcopal Church. Wheeler Beecher's name appears on the Woodbridge Town Records in eight places : May 17, 1785, he buys of Capt. Lazarus Tolles and Capt. Enoch Newton, for 180, 35 acres in Parish of Bethany. May 18, 1787, 3 acres of Lazarus Tolles. Sept. 16, 1790, for 94, 21 acres of Enoch Newton and Lazarus Tolles, lying in the Parish of Bethany, 5 acres of which were given to his wife Mary. Sept. 19, 1792, for 2 5s. small piece of land in Bethany, near a saw mill that Capt. Tolles built. June 21, 1786, Wheeler Beecher, and Burr Beecher, for 4 5s. small piece of land in Woodbridge, to Alvin Lines, bounded, etc. ' Feb. 25, 1793, Wheeler Beecher to Jesse Beecher, for 68, 16 acres in Bethany, which I bought of Lazarus Tolles, when 5 acres adjoining were conveyed to wife of said Beecher. Apr. 8, 1808, Wheeler Beecher, of Waterbury, sues Joseph Collins of Cheshire, for $15, and recovers. Mar. 8, 1793, John Benedict and wife Sarah of New Haven, who was sister of Mary B., now deceased, wife of Wheeler B., quit claims for a consideration to Jesse Beecher, all right to the 5 acres from Capt. Enoch Newton to Mary Beecher, now deceased. 11 74 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. 137. SARAH, born 1768, married, in 1786, John Benedict, of New Haven, who was born in 1766. John Benedict was born in New York, to which place his mother journeyed on horseback from West Haven, Ct., and remained there several years, when she returned to her home in West Haven, a widow, bringing her boy with her. She made the journey several times on horseback, which was nothing strange in those days. Soon after the marriage of John and Sarah, they purchased a house on Brewery St., with a large garden, which extended through to beyond Warren St., (Warren St. having been cut through it), where they lived till he died, in 1838, aged 72. His wife died April 26, 1856, aged 88. Mr. Benedict wa very fond of his garden, and raised many fruits, and vegetables of all kinds, which were free to all his friends, both rich and poor. He was a man of strict integrity, with a strong degree of order, and daily read his Bible by the hour. Often when complimented on the neatness of his garden, he would reply by saying : "He who would let weeds grow in his garden, would let weeds grow in his heart." They had twelve children, as follows : Lyman, born in 1781*, died July 9, 1863. He married Annie Moulthroup, who died Oct. 27, 1874. Their children were Harriet, who married Richard Storey. They resided at Cedar Hill. They had nine children, and are both deceased. Elizabeth resides in Fair Haven. William J. married Abigail Grannis, lives in Fair Haven, is in the oyster business. They have had three children. Grace, de- ceased. Sarah, married Dennis Dorothy, a mariner. They have had eight children. Emeline, born in 1820 ; married Levi Granniss. They live in Fair Haven, and have had three children. Nancy, married Lambert Moulthroup, a carpenter, who is deceased. They had three children. Lyman, born in 1823 ; married Harriet Beers. They live in Fair Haven. He is an engineer. They have had live children. Julia, married John Kingsbury, and they have had eight children. Barnabas, son of the above John and Sarah Benedict, born in 1788, and died Dec. 21, 1836. Walter and Polly, died in infancy. Sarah, born in 1796, and died June 2, 1873, aged 77. Truman,born Apr. 19, 1798, married, July 4, 1819, Elizabeth Hotchkiss, who was born Nov. 17, 1796, and died Dec. 4, 1867. He married for his second wife, Mary A. Auger, who is still living. He died April 14, 1880. He was the first that en- gaged in the anthracite coal business in New Haven, and carried it on successfully till his death. The children by his first wife were as follows : (there were none by his second marriage.) Henry W., born Aug. 16, 1820 ; married, April 2, 1844, Sarah E. Hemingway, by Rev. Stephen Dodd, of East Haven, at the house of her father, Capt. John Hemingway. Their children were Henry Hobart, who married Ella Maltby. They have had three children. He is extensively engaged in the coal business. Edwin Walter, died June 27, 1850, aged 3 years. Sarah Maria. Frank Walter, who married Helen Piper, from Williamsport, Pa., also engaged in the coal business, and Nellie Hemingway. Henry W. was engaged largely in the coal trade. He built the large, elegant block, called the "Benedict Building," corner of Church and Center Sts. Ele sadly came to his death by a railroad accident, Nov. 25, 1877. Truman, born Oct. 11, 1821, died in infancy. Mary A., born May 22, 1823, married J. S. Bromley. They have had two children. Ralph I., born Aug. 11, 1824; married, Feb. 18,1846, Ann Eliza Kurd, of Clinton, Ct., and died May SIXTH GEXEKATIOtf. 75 12, 1879. They had one child. John A., born Jan. 2, 1847, who married Emma Butler, of Middletown, Ct. Elizabeth, born Nov. 22, 1825 ; married E. Bromley, and died Mar. 16, 1865. They had four children. Henrietta, born July 13, 1827, married H. Fenner, of Worcester, Mass. He is a R. R. Engineer. They have had four children. Truman, born Sept. 14, 1829, died in infancy. Truman, bom Mar., 1831, died in infancy. Caroline, born Dec. 13, 1832, married Merrit H. Bishop. They had four children, three of whom are dead. The fourth, Mettie, married John H. Platt, of the firm of Platt & Thompson, painters and paper hangers, corner of Orange and Center Streets. He died, and she married for her second husband D. W. Buckingham, a retired merchant. George W. L., born Oct. 16, 1839; married, Jan. 15, 1863, Amelia M. Lee, of Clinton, Ct.; no chil- dren. Coal merchant in the " Benedict Building." Mary, born in 1800, married, Jan. 12, 1823, by Rev. Samuel Merwin, Morris Church, of Wilton, Ct. They settled in Bristol, Ct., where they lived four years, and then removed to New Haven. They had six children, namely : Munson Bene- dict, Wealthy Anna, Bolivar Morris, who died in infancy, Maria Augusta, Albert Walter, and Charles Benedict. Morris Church died in 1834, aged 34. His wife, Mary, died in 1857, aged 57. Munson B. emigrated to California in 1849, going round Cape Horn, and is still living there. He was married in 1860, to Arabella Schnediker. They have had four children : Charles, who died in infancy, Mary Adalene, Frank and Thomas. Mary Adalene was married in 1884, to J. S. Clarke, a teacher, of Sonoma Co., California. Maria Augusta Church, married in 1854, by Rev. Edward Strong, D. D., to Robert M. Hoggson, a printer of New Haven, a member of the well known firm of Hoggson & Robinson, located in " Benedict Building," corner of Church and Center Sts. They have had five children, namely : Mary Adelaide, Annie May, Charles Robert, died in infancy, Lillian Irene, and Albert George, who died in infancy. Nancy, born in 1802, and died unmarried, 1883. Harvey, born in 1804, married Henrietta Hotchkiss ; they had seven sons, one of them, James Edward, married Sarah Foote, daughter of Joel B. Foote. They have had three children : Edward and Minnie, who are living, and Herbert, who died in infancy. Willis Hotchkiss, born Mar. 16, 1841, married, May 29, 1872, Sarah J. Goodell, and they have one child, Emma Frances,* born Sept. 17, 1873. He is a Druggist. Store on Congress Avenue. The other five children of Harvey died in childhood. Harvey died Nov. 11, 1878, and his wife died Nov. 21, 1868. Charles W., born in 1809, died on the day appointed for his wedding, Jan. 15, 1832. Sherman, born Oct. 16, 1811, married, Sept. 18, 1833, Lucy J. Prindle, who was born Oct. 30, 1810, and died Jan. 9, 1843. They had two children : Lucy J., and Ellen A. Lucy J. married George Blair, a son of Deacon Sherman Blair, and had one daughter, Kate E. Ellen A. married Courtland Wooding, keeper of a livery stable, Crown street. He married second, Dec. 31, 1843, Eliza A. Ives, who was born Nov. 14, 1820, and they have had two children : Fannie L. and Helena E. Fannie L. married William Frost, in the telephone business ; reside in Hartford, Conn. He is a farmer, and lives in North Haven. George W., born in 1814, married Polly Landcraft, of East Haven, and had hree children : Martha J., who died in childhood, Charles, who married Isa- 76 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. dora Armstrong, and has one daughter, and Emma, who died at the age of 18. George died May 26, 1847. 1 38. JOHN was a mariner ; never married. He sailed out of New York generally. Owned land in the " New Township." He was, doubtless, off on a voyage at sea, when the following Deed was given. May 17, 1789. Wheeler Beecher and wife, Mary; John Benedict, and wife, Sarah, and if their brother, John Mansfield, is dead, they, his heirs, convey to David Daggett, land bounded south on Elm Street, front 5 rods and 5 links. East by land of Kierstead Mansfield, north by land of Kierstead and Moses Mansfield, and west by land of John Pierpont. Said land was given by will of Deac. Jonathan Mansfield to Capt. Jonathan Mansfield, his son Moses Mansfield's son, said Moses being deceased. This Moses, (51) grad- uated at Yale Coll. 1730, lived on Church St., west side, about half way between Elm and Wall Sts. Said Mary, Sarah and John, were the legal heirs of said ('apt. Jonathan, their father, deceased. 79. (JAMES) KIERSTEAD. New Haven. *139. JONATHAN, baptized July 26, 1778. He married, about 1796, Hannah Dougal, daughter of David Dougal, who came from Edinburg, Scotland, whose homestead was on George St., south side, near Morocco St. He died of tlio con- sumption, in the West Indies, in 1801. *140. KIERSTEAD, baptized July 26, 1778, married, Mar. 15, 1797, Anna Thompson. He was a merchant, in New Haven. He died Jan. 16, 1805, aged 28. She joined the North Cong. Church, Aug. 7, 1808 ; married for her second husband Eli Osborn, a widower, with several children, of whom the late Walter Osborn, many years Collector of taxes, was one, and the late Minott.Osborn, Editor of the New Haven Daily Register, was another. She died Oct. 6, 1849, aged 70. He died Sept. 9, 1844, aged 67. 141. MARY, baptized Sept. 12, 1779, married Leman Hall, Mar. 4, 1800. lie kept a grocery store many years on the north-east corner of Elm and Church Sis, Have not been able to obtain the record of this family. They had some six or eight children. 142. SARAH, bapt. Mar. 17, 1782, married Stephen Porter, about 1815. They had one son, George H. Porter, who was born Nov. 2, 1819; married, Nov. 21, 1849, Sarah Hotchkiss. They have an adopted daughter, Alta H. Porter. Resi- dence, New Haven. 143. JULIA, born Nov. 1, 1784, baptized Jan. .19, 1785, married, Mar. 21, 1821, David Ritter, an extensive manufacturer of monuments, gravestones, etc.. a widower, with a number of children. They had Stephen, born Sept. 22, 1822, who married, Sept. 7, 1846, Margaret G. Bond, of New York, and had 3 children. and Joseph, born Oct. 24, 1824, married, in 1845, Elizabeth Pease, of Hartford, Ct., and had one child. Both Stephen and Joseph reside in New York. Stephen is a commercial traveler ; Joseph is a jeweler. Their father was born 1778, and died Oct. 14, 1842. Their mother died Oct. 9, 150. SIXTH GENERATION. 77 144. RACHEL, born Mar. 14, 1787, baptized May 20. 1787, married, June 20, 1807, James Webster Townsend, a mariner, who was born July 20, 1782. He died Dec. 21, 1824. She died Feb. 26, 1855. Their children were Lucius Beards- ley, -born Apr. 16, 1808, died Mar. 19, 1882. Martha, born in 1810, died in infancy. John, born July 10, 1812; married and had children, and died Mar. 16, 1867. Mary, born in 1814, and died in infancy ; and Mary Frances, born June 20, 1820. To this last mentioned I am indebted for much of the information relative to the descendants of Kierstead Mansfield. X-t. JARED, COL. West Point, and Cincinnati. *145. EDWARD DEEKING, born in New Haven, Aug. 17, 1801, married probably about 1830, to Mary Peck, of Litchfield. Ct ; she died -. For his second wife he married, Apr. 24, 1839, Margaret \Vorthington, fourth daughter of Thomas and Eleanor VVoithington, of Adena, nearChillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio. He was born July 16, 1773, was governor of Ohio 1814, and in 1818 ; was U. S. senator from 1803 to 1807, and in 1809 and 1815. She died Mar. 16, 1863. As there has been no regular History of his Life published, we are dependent in a good measure upon his " Personal Memories " from 1803 to 1843, a Book of some 350 12 mo. pages, written by himself, and published in Cincinnati, 1879, from which we extract the following passages : "His father having been appointed by President Jefferson, Surveyor General, it was necessary for him to remove into Ohio. My father's removal to the west, which took place in 1803, required long journeys, much time, and a good deal of trouble. The reader will understand that there were then no public conveyances west of the Alleghany. Who ever went to Ohio from the East had to provide his own carriage, and take care of his own baggage. At that time there was really but one highway from the East to the West, and that was the great Pennsylvania route from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. It professed to be a turnpike, but was really only a payable road on the mountains, narrow and dan- gerous. It was chiefly traversed by the wagons who carried goods from Philadel- phia to the West. A private carriage and driver, such as my father had to have, was the abhorrence of the wagoners, who considered it simply an evidence of aristoc- racy. They threatened, and often actually endangered, private carriages. My mother used to relate her fears and anxieties on that journey, and, as contrasted with the mode of traveling at the present day, that journey was really dangerous. Arrived at Marietta, Ohio, my father established his office there for the next two years." " The people of Marietta were, in general, intelligent, upright people, and my parents passed two years there pleasantly and happily. I, who was but a little child of three or four years of age, was utterly oblivious to what might go on in Marietta Society." "In 1805 my father and mother, with their little boy, left Marietta for Cincinnati. There was neither railroad, steamboat, nor stage. How were they to travel ? There were two kinds of boats on the Ohio, one called a keel- boat, and the other an ark, an oblong boat made of boards, with a flat bottom. In the one we came in there was a small cabin at one end fitted up for my mother." We arrived in Cincinnati, I think, the last part of October, 1805. Here occurs the first memory of which I am absolutely sure. Cincinnati was the first town I had seen, except Marietta. But what was Cincinnati then ? One of the dirtiest little 78 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. villages you ever stfw. The chief houses at that time were on Front Street, from Broadway to Sycamore ; they were two-story frame houses, painted white. One was that of General Findley, receiver of the land office." " We remained in Cin- cinnati but a few days, when my father removed to " Ludlow Station." The ' Sta- tions," as they were called, of which Ludlow was one, were originally points of rendezvous and defense against the Indians. It was built by Col. Ludlow, one of the originaj proprietors of Cincinnati. It was then a large two-story dwelling, with wings the best looking, and I think, the largest house then in Cincinnati. My father being Surveyor General, took one of the wings as his office, and the other was used as a kitchen ; a lawn sloped down toward Millcreek and there was a large apple orchard, and two gardens a kitchen, and flower garden. This house is still standing in the midst of Cumminsville." I have said already, that my father was appointed by Mr. Jefferson, for the express purpose of running the meridian lines, on which our whole system of public surveys depend. The astronomical in- struments, whose purchase by Mr. Jefferson has been described, were set up in one room at our .house, at Ludlow Station. Hence, as I have often said, the first real observatory was established in our house. (See an account of Observatories in Har- per's Magazine.) My father established three of the principal meridians in Ohio and Indianna, and by them were surveyed the great body of lands to the north and west of Cincinnati. In his employment were many young men who became after- wards the most successful and distinguished men of the West. Among these were Thomas Worthington, afterwards governor and United States senator ; Lewis Cass, afterward, senator, secretary, andembassador, who was one of his clerks ; Governor Ethan Allen Brown, etc. He had, at one time, as many as forty deputies having contracts of surveys." " We lived at Ludlow Station from October, 1805, to June, 1809. I went to no school and have no memory of any sort of education, even from my mother." "In the summer of 1809 we paid a visit to our friends in the East. I was too young to pay much attention to the journey. When we arrived at what is now called Jersey City then a solitary tavern the question was, how was the river to be crossed ? There was no bridge, no ferry boat, but there was a little schooner called a Pirogue. On this we had to carry our horses, carriage, baggage, and our- selves. The wind was high, and there were two frightened people my mother and myself but this ridiculous little craft carried us safely across, and we were landed in New York." "On going East, my father had given up Ludlow Station, and, on retiming to Ohio, rented a house called Bates' Place, two miles nearer Cincinnati, now within the city limits. We were established at Bates' Place in 1809, in the autumn, and remained there three years. I was then eight years old, and this is the first period at which I can remember receiving anything that can be called education. In 1810. in the spring, my father gave me a slate and pencil, and taught me the elementary rules of arithmetic. My mother had taught me to read, and the first line I ever read was in Webster's spelling book, and was : ' No man may put off the law of God.' My particular admiration in the spelling book was the picture of the man who pretended to be dead when the bear smelled of him, and the old man who called the boys down from the apple-tree, and when they laughed at him for throw- ing grass, pelted them with stones. SIXTH GEKERATIOtf. 79 There was one thing my mother was very particular about, and the effect of her care remains to-day, this was spelling. She drilled me in that, and I believe I have never misspelled a word through ignorance. It was in 1811 that I received two quarter's schooling all that I received prior to 1813. It was in a log school- house ; at the close of the quarter in July, there was a spelling battle, in which I came off head of the school." "My father had now fulfilled his office as surveyor-general, and was about to return to West Point, as professor of philosophy and astronomy. We began our journey in the beginning of June." "It took us thirty days, traveling in our own carriage, from Cincinnati to New Haven, where we arrived in July, 1812." The war had then begun, and the United States coasts, especially seaports, were lined with British cruisers. My father was then an officer of engineers, and was de- tained at New Haven on military service, and subsequently by severe illness. He was ordered to New London and Stonington to superintend fortifications. During these two years detention at NCAV Haven, he attended, part of the time, a select classical school, in which he learned considerable Latin, and became acquainted with the nicest boys in New Haven. One of them was Theodore Woolsey, after- ward President of Yale College ; another was Alexander Twining, afterward a dis- tinguished engineer : another, Henry White, a lawyer, and most excellent man. Thus my two years' residence in New Haven became a very important period of my educational life. My taste for reading was acquired. The books I read were instructive, and I first learned to think. In the Spring of 1814, my father had recovered from his severe illness, and his military duties in Connecticut were over. He therefore proceeded to West Point to enter upon the duties of his profession. Congress having reconstructed the Military Academy, and instituted this professorship of Natural and Experimental Philosophy for my father. Accordingly we went to West Point. But how ? in a steamboat, railcar, or stage? In neither; but in a sloop. Family and furniture were all embarked in a sloop at New Haven, and proceeded down the sound and up the Hudson." At West Point we occupied the same old yellow house looking up the Hudson, which we had occupied in 1802, and now again in 1814." "Here I will revert to an episode in my own life. While my father was be- ginning his professional career at West Point, I was sent to an Episcopal academy at Cheshire, Connecticut. The purpose was that I should learn Latin, preparatory to entering college. My brief stay at Cheshire can soon be told, and it is of no special importance, save in tracing out my own life. My father introduced me to Squire Beach, who was his cousin on his mother's side. One of his brothers was rector of St. Paul's Church, New York, and my father'.s family were Episcopalians. The principal of the academy at Cheshire was Dr. Bronson, and I boarded at the house of Mr. Cromwell, another Episcopal clergyman. Dr. Bronson was a good natured, smiling old gentleman, who invited me once or twice to make hay in his yard, but who seemed to care very little whether the boys learned anything or not. Mr. Cromwell was somewhat more strict, but the whole affair was rather official than either useful or real. I learned little, but Cheshire had three attractions for me. which, if they did not advance my education or elevate my thoughts, perhaps did me quite as much good. First, Cheshire had a town library, and, like most town libraries, was chiefly composed of novels. In the second place, being sum- 80 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. mer time, Cheshire abounded in blackberries and whortleberries. There was a little stream in town, with some good land near it, but away from that the hills and slopes produced little but rock and sand. It was a glorious place for black- berries, and gloriously did we enjoy it! For every new latin word I learned I ob- tained at least a quart of blackberries, but the chief thing I had was exercise and pleasure. Lastly, Cheshire had what was a town green, and it was a fine place to play in. So Cheshire had other merits for me than its renowned academy." " I remained as I have already said, but a brief time at Cheshire. One summer day, my parents drove up to the tavern in their gig. and found me on the town grean, chasing a pig. My mother cried out : ' How thin you are ! You are noth- ing but skin and bone.' No wonder; for their beloved son had been chiefly en- gaged in playing ball, picking blackberries, and chasing pigs. I was acquiring the vitality and fibre which was to carry me through the next half century. It was the summer of 1815 when I returned to West Point. 1 was just fourteen years of age when I received my appointment as cadet. West Point had then none of the fine buildings and ornaments which it has since received. But nature was still the same. There was the grand old mountains, Rocks, and the river the same scenes which had beheld the treason of Arnold, and on the mountain top stood old Fort Put., almost the only ruin in our country which can remind the traveler of the castellated ruins of Europe. There, too, were the lonely graves of the Revo- lution, unknown to the present generation, but which I knew and found beneath the shade of the rocks and the cedars. There the trees grew green o'er the homes of the dead, who had fought with Washington and Wayne. Old Fort Put. is the only witness to their burial. It was then almost a wild, for no steamboats were seen on the river, no fine buildings rose on the plain, and no bright assembly of ladies and gentlemen greeted the evening parade. West Point was then as the Revolution had left it, before the hand of Young America had adorned it as the home of young officers, and the resort of fashion. " " It was ordered by the War Department, that at each annual examination, five cadets of each class should be enrolled according to merit, and 'their promotion in the army be determined by this order. When this order was issued, I remember very well, when sitting at the breakfast table, my mother (who was ambitious for her son), said that I could and must be one of the " five," who, by the way, were to be honorably recorded in the army register. I don't think this mention moved me much, but my father looked up and said : " Edward, if you will be one of the five, I will give you the best gold watch I can buy." That struck my attention, and, to tell the truth, was the leading motive to my increased activity. A gold watch is rather a stirring prize to a youth. I had only two years to make up time in, but I did it, and the watch I wear is the evidence of niy diligence. From that moment I waked up and did a good deal of hard work before my graduation.' 1 " You can see from what I have said that West Point was to our class almost an unmixed scene of work and study ; but we had some amusements. In summer, the latter part of the afternoon, we often played foot-ball, a game I was fond of, as I was a fast runner, and alert in all games. In winter the Hudson furnished the best skating in the world, and when they could get an hour to spare, much did the cadets enjoy the ice of the Hudson. Saturday afternoons were always given us, and in summer that was my time for walking, and much did I enjoy the SIXTH GENERATION. 81 sublime and picturesque scenery of the highlands. I have seen many beautiful and grand scenes, but I never saw one which surpassed that up the river from West Point. I would often run to " Old Fort Put.," and look off from its battlements upon the rock-built mountains and the lake-like river, shut in between Beacon Hill and Crow Nest." " I graduated at West Point in June, 1819. I stood fourth in the class, and was commissioned second lieutenant of engineers. My commission was signed by John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War. It was determined in the family council, however, that I should be a lawyer, and therefore declined my appointment." In August, 1820, my father took me to Farmington, Conn., to prepare, under a private tutor, to enter college, preparatory to the study of law. As this was a new and striking life, I will give a little description of it, chiefly for the sake of the in- side view I had of New England society. "My tutor, Mr. Hooker, was a des- cendant of one of the old New England families, and had all the characteristics of the Puritans ; was very religious and exact in all his duties. He lived on what had been a farm, but a portion of it had been embraced in the town. Having got forward in the world, he had built a new house. His old house was one of the oldest in the country, large, dark red, with a long, sharp, projecting roof. This was the residence and school-room of the students, and we called it 'Old Red.' There were about fourteen of us, from nearly as many States. There we lodged, and there we recited, while we took our meals at Mr. Hooker's. His son, John, afterward married Miss Isabella Beecher, now the noted Mrs. Isabella Hooker." At that time, and to a great degree yet, in a New England village, out of the great stream of the world, its young women were the largest part of the inhabitants, and by far the most interesting. The young men usually emigrated to the cities or the West, in hopes of making fortunes. The old people were obliged to remain to take care of their homesteads, and the young women stayed also. No place illustrated this better than Farmington, where there were at least five young wo- men to one young man. The advent of the students was, of course, an interesting event to them. And a young man in his nineteenth year was not likely to escape wholly the bright shafts which, however modestly directed, he was sure to encoun- ter. I soon became acquainted with these young ladies, and never passed a pleas- anter time than when days of study were relieved by evenings in their society. My father went with me to Farmington, and introduced me to the Hon. Timothy Pitkin. This gentleman was then a very distinguished man. He was one of the leading men of the old federal party. He was sixteen years a representative from the State of Connecticut, and had written a very good book on the civil history and statistics of this country. He was a plain man, of the old school, living in an old-fashioned houso, near the church. In two or three weeks after I had been in ' Old Keel,' Mr. Pitkin called upon me, and said his daughters would be glad to see me on a certain evening. Of course I accepted, and on that evening, arrayed in my unrivaled blue coat,, with brass buttons, cravatted and prinked according to the fashion, I presented myself at Mr. Pitkin's. It was well I had been accus- tomed to good society, for never was there a greater demand for moral courage. On entering the parlor, I saw one young man leaning on the mantel-piece, and around the room, (for I counted them), were eighteen young ladies ! During the evening, my comrade and self were reinforced by two or three students ; but five 12 82 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. made the whole number of young men who appeared during the evening. The gentleman who was in the room when I entered it was Mr. Thomas Perkins, of Hartford, who afterward married Miss Mary Beecher, the daughter of Dr. Lyman Beecher. The town of Farmington furnished but one beau during the evening, and I found out afterward that there were but two or three in the place ; I mean in that circle of society. This was, perhaps, an extreme example of what might have been found in all the villages of New England, where, in the same circle of society, there were at least three girls to one young man. You may be sure that when I looked upon that phalanx of eighteen young women, even the assurance of a West Point cadet gave way. But the perfect tact of the hostess saved me from trouble. This was Miss Ann Pitkin, now Mrs. Denio, her husband being Mr. Denio, late chief Justice of New York. Miss Pitkin evidently saw my embar- rassment, which was the greater from my being near-sighted. She promptly came forward, offered me a chair, and, introducing me to the ladies, at once began an animated conversation. In half an hour I felt at home, and was ever after grate- ful to Miss Pitkin. "The time had now come to leave Farmington. My sleigh rides, my parties, my pleasant visits, and, alas ! my pleasant friends, were to be left forever. My path lay in different, and sometimes, far less pleasant scenes. I well remember the bright morning on which I stood on Mr. Pitkin's steps, bidding farewell to my kind and gentle friend, Mary Pitkin. Married and moved away, she soon bid farewell to this world, where she seemed like the morning flower, too frail and too gentle to survive the frost and the storm. In May, 1820, I returned to my father's home at West Point, to finish my preparations for Princeton College. I recited Xenophon to my father, and the Greek Testament to our next door neighbor, the Rev. Mr. Picton, the Chaplain. Toward evening I would run down to the river, or up to 'Old Fort Put.,' on whose rock-built battlements I would often stand alone, and gaze with delight an that unequaled scene. "In September, 1820, I was admitted to the junior class, Nassau Hall. I was more than prepared in mathematics, but deficient in Greek. Mr. Lindsley, pro- fessor of languages, said I might make it up by extra study. This I did. I was conscientious, and took everything literally, which I have found would, in the pre- sent age of the world, be a great mistake. With hard work, I had accomplished before January six books of Homer. When I came to Mr. Lindsley to be examined, he said : "Pooh! pooh! It's no matter. " The truth is, he had found me to lie the best student in the classnot the hardest worker in the classics, but the best general student." " Upon the whole my two years in Princeton College were years of the hardest work I ever did. In the mean time Mr. Lindsley and I got on capi- tally together, not only during my time at college, but in after years, when he con- tinued my firm friend." "At length the time came for me to graduate. At Princeton they divide the distinguished graduates into what are called " Honors," sometimes several having the same "Honor." The first "Honor" was given to me, Mr. Pearce, and Mr. Mearns, of Pennsylvania, who afterwards became a clergyman. It became my lot to speak the Latin salutatory, as it is called. You may depend I was puzzled, for this was not my forte, and I scarcely knew what to do. It was not uncommon on the contrary, quite common for the students to get their commencement SIXTH GENERATION. 83 orations written by others, and pay for them ; hut this did not suit me. So I went home and went to work. I wrote a good oration in English, and then translated it into Latin, and finally my father, than whom I never knew a better scholar, wrote the exordium and peroration, and you may depend they had the ore rotundo. When I came to speak it I was in fear and trembling. But I had one comfort, that if I happened to make a mistake or stumble, not a soul in the audi- ence would know what it was about. In looking back upon it, I think that to write a Latin oration, commit it to memory, and speak it without a blunder to a great audience of learned men and bright women, is, in relation to his capacity, equal to one of the labors of Hercules. I got through quite creditably, and returned home with my honors fresh upon me. I left Princeton without much regret or affection. But I have since learned to regard it more highly, for I have learned that it WAS one of the first institutions in the country, where pure and undefiled religion the religion of the cross was taught without any mixture with the false philosophies or the corruptions of the world. There I received, perhaps not the first, but the strongest of my religious impressions. They have never left me, nor has the conviction that those doctrines taught there, are the real doctrines of the cross as interpreted by St. Paul, and now preached in the Evangelical churches." " I left Princeton in the autumn, and it had been determined that I.should be a lawyer. It was thought best that I should commence my studies at Litchfield, where I was to go the next summer. My parents were doubtless willing to see a little more of me than they had recently done, and besides there was a practical advantage in being able to read works of general history and jurisprudence, which few young men can spare the time to do. So my plan was soon marked out, and I never regretted it. It was a part of education which few can get, but which none can be thoroughly educated without. I determined to take the forenoon of each day to read history, the laws of nations, and general jurisprudence, leaving the latter part of the day to society and amusement. Notwithstanding I was wholly unrestricted as to what I should or should not do, yet I pursued this plan strictly and most profitably. About eight months of time was passed in this kind of study. During that time, Hume's History, Robertson's Introduction, Vattel's Law of Nations, Rutherford's Institutes, Beccana, and other works, which were historical and legal, I read with the greatest interest, and in regard to my intellec- tual advancement, with great advantage. This course, as was all that I ever after pursued, I chose myself, and I cannot at this day see that I could have chosen any better. The simple fact is, that after a school or college has given a young person what may be called the tools of education that is, the elementary studies all the rest must be of their own making. People talk of " self-education;" but all edu- cation which is practically useful for either mind or business must be self-directed. " " It was about the middle of June, 1823, that my father and I drove up to Grove Catlin's tavern, on the "green," of Litchfield, Connecticut. It was one of the most beautiful days of the year, and just before sunset. The scene was most striking. Litchfield is on a hill, about one thousand feet above the sea, and having fine scenery on every side. On the west rises "Mount Tom," a dark frowning peak; in the south-west, "Bantam Lake," on whose shores I have often walked and ridden. In the north and east other ridges rolled away in the distance, and so, from Litch- field Hill, there is a varied and delightful prospect. One of the first objects which 84 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. struck my eyes was interesting and picturesque. This was a long procession of school girls, coming down "North street, walking under the lofty elms, and moving to the music of a flute and flageolet. The girls were gayly dressed, and evidently enjoying their evening parade, in the most balmy season of the year. It was the school of Miss Sally Pierce, whom I have mentioned before, as one of the earliest and best of the pioneers in American female education. That scene has never faded from my memory. The beauty of nature, the lovliness of the season, the sudden appearance of this school of girls, all united to strike and charm the mind of a young man, who, however varied his experience, had never beheld a scene like that. In the evening my father and myself walked up to the home of Judge Gould, who was to be my future preceptor. The judge was a handsome man, a very able lawyer, with a keen and superior mind, subtle, discriminating, and yet clear as a crystal. His treatise on "Pleading," which was one of the law titles upon which he lectured to our class, is the ablest law book there is extant, My father was acquainted with him, and it was soon announced that I should enter as a law student, and, as it turned out, my residence in Litchfield continued the next two years, and I was admitted to the bar by the county court of Litchfield, in June, 1825." "The time had now arrived when I was to begin my professional life, if such I was to have. In May, 1825, I started, in company with my father, for Ohio, where, as it was intended, and it turned out in fact, I was to remain. We went by the route through New York, via. Buffalo. At that time a large part of the New York and Erie Canal was completed. It seemed to my inexperienced mind that nothing could be more pleasant than a calm, unruffled voyage, without danger or noise, and with time to read and observe the scenery, in a nice, well-fitted canal- packet. So we took passage in such a packet from Alban} r to Utica, ninety -five miles. Never was a youthful vision so speedily and so utterly dispelled ! The quiet and beautiful canal-boat proved to be the dullest, the most tedious, the most wearisome of all earthly conveyances. Arrived at Utica, we were glad to take an old-fashioned stage-coach, and complete our journey to Buffalo." " We arrived in Cincinnati in June, and found it hot enough. My first aquaiut- ances were my relatives, Dr. and Mrs. Drake. As they were in the midst of so- ciety, and my father was well remembered by all the old citizens, it did not take long for me who, I found, was regarded as a promising young man to become known to the best people of Cincinnati. So far as my memory extends, I will mention some of them. Among the first I saw were General and Mrs. James Find- lay, who were warm friends of my father and mother. He was the brother of William Findlay, governor of Pennsylvania, and of John Findlay, member of Con- gress. James Findlay was receiver of public moneys at Cincinnati, in 1805, when my father first arrived, and the families became intimate. He was now out of office, but in good circumstances, living on Broadway. In that, or the following year, he was elected to congress, from the Cincinnati district. Another family, connected with the Findlays was Judge Torrence, then president judge of the com- mon pleas. He was a bluff, honest, good-natured man, with not much law, but a great deal of good principle. He was very kind to me, and I have remembered him with gratitude. It was under him that I came to the bar for a very brief time." (,He soon after left the law, and devoted his whole life to literary pur- SIXTH GENERATION. 85 suits.) The outline sketch which follows, was furnished by one who knew him intimately. "Edward D. Mansfield is a commanding figure in the annals of Ohio. His birth gave him an assured position among the best residents of the community. His education had been careful, thorough and complete. He was thereby fitted to oc- cupy the highest place among people of refinement and cultured intellect. This position he filled for the elevation of his fellows. His culture was broad, and the versatility of his pen enabled him to reach all classes of men, who were subject, in a remarkable degree, to the influence which his keenness of insight and wisdom enabled him to exert. There was no man, so wise or so experienced in public af- fairs, who might not sit at his feet and learn truth. There was none so humble that he could not understand the lucid argument and forcible diction, and find guidance and strength in his writings. In political affairs his influence was unpar- alleled, because his ability to weigh events, and issues, and by deductions from them forecast the future, was matchless. His constituents were found everywhere in the United States. But in Ohio, where he was best known, men were accus- tomed to receive their watchword from his pen. Yamoyden, the delightful resi- dence which had been his home for the last quarter century of his life, was a Mec- ca to which all eyes were turned in days of doubt and danger. Here also, in the midst of an abounding hospitality, were found statesmen and divines, scholars and soldiers, who delighted to do honor to their host. The value of thorough educa- tion was appreciated by Mr. Mansfield. In public addresses, by his pen, in pri- vate, his great influence was ever found in the front, urging on the elevation of his kind, through the training of the intellect, and purification of morals. Some of his valuable papers are preserved in printed form. His literary ability and useful- ness received recognition from Marietta College when, in 1854, the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by that institution. A marked mathematical faculty and marvelous memory added to his power. In the field of statistical labor he was without a compeer. He was also a member of the "Societe de Statistique," of France. In his social life, Mr. Mansfield was the most delightful of men. A brilliant conversationalist, he drew from his accumulated stores of information, and the interest of what he said was heightened by the addition of his own per- sonal views, or illustrated by anecdote of famous men and events. At all times accessible to all, his home had entertained many of the most noted men of con- temporary times. He was a friend of Chase and Garfield and Hayes among States- men : of Daniel Drake and others, among physicians ; of Lyman Beecher, among divines. Upon a high ridge, of peculiar conformation, overlooking the waters of the blue Miami, he had created a home. It was called " Yamoyden," a name known in the early Indian wars of King Philip in New England, and from this spot were dated the literary productions of his later years. The range of his work was so extensive that it is impossible to give a complete catalogue of his published writings and ad- dresses. He wrote much in behalf of railway enterprises, and these were not al- ways published over his own signature. A multitude of pamphlets, some of which are inaccessible, attest his indefatigable diligence. During the dark days of the civil war, he was a regular contributor to the New York Daily Times, over the signature " Vetran Observer." His writings at this time did much to dispel des- 80 MANSFIELD pondent fears and stimulate the courage of those whose doubt led them to antici pale disaster to the cause of the Union. His cheerful and hopeful mind found en- couragement in circumstances whose value he knew well. He possessed a marked ability in imparting to others his own well founded views. Even men high in the conduct of tbe war found help in the calm judgment of this retired observer of men and events. lie was editor of the Cincinnati Gazette for many years, and remained the most valued contributor to its columns until the end of his life. At different periods he was editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle, the Cincinnati Atlas, the Railroad Record. He was the author of a " Treatise on Constitutional Law," " Political Grammar," " The Legal Rights of Women," "Life of Gen. Winfield Scott," "History of the Mexican War," " American Education," "The Utility of Mathematics," "Memoirs of Daniel Drake ;'' joint author with Benjamin Drake of " Cincinnati in 1826," and also of a volume entitled " Personal Memories," covering a period of many years, and embracing sketches of many men who have been prominent in the public life of the United States. His personal character was without the faintest suggestion of a blemish. A mind free from petty faults ; a heart moved by the desire to benefit the world ; a hand ever willing to labor in the cause of the right and of those who had no defenders, gave him a place in the hearts of men rarely attained, even by the wise and the good. His achievements have added luster to the annals of his adopted State, Ohio. His life and work embellished the history and traditions of the race of Mansfields. His broad sympathy for the oppressed and needy his true heart in the loyal ser- vice of human progress place his name by he side of those whose names stand as types of the noblest and best among the creatures of God. He was a Christian, serving God according to the faith and order of the Presbyterian church, in which body he was for a long time a Ruling Elder. But his religious convictions were neither narrow nor bigoted. His pre-eminent virtue was a catholic charity, ever ready to discover the best and to " cover a multitude of sins." This attribute was a fitting exponent of the faith which he professed in the eter- nal verities of divine revelation and providence ; and of the exalted hope which was an anchor holding him firmly to those truths which his own consciousness at- tested, and which pointed to an ultimate destiny of unbounded blessedness, when he should be transferred to the highest sphere of action in which man can find scope for his activity." What follows is from one of his married daughters, Rev. Mrs. S. : " Whatever else is left out from the obituary sent by my husband, I should like emphasized, 1st, my father's power of mind even to old age. He wrote an article for the Cincinnati Gazette two weeks before his death, and the morning after his death the paper republisfied it, in compliment to his memory he had been at one time Editor of the Gazette, and up to his death contributed to it regularly, over his initials E. D. M. 2nd. His thorough literary education he had gradu- ated both at West Point and at Princeton before he was twenty-one years of ago that was a good deal, but more than that he read a great deal, always what was worth reading, and kept up with the age ; had read books of Darwin and Herbert Spencer, and had written articles on them before there was any general discussion of them in the papers or society /< 235. ELISHA D. Canaan, Ct. 442. WILLIAM H., born in 1835. Has been many years Agent of the Housa- tonic Rail Road Co. , at Great Barrington, Mass. Has never married. 148 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. 443. PETEE, birth not given. 444. SARAH BOOTH, birth not given ; and a half brother. 241. WARREN. Westmoreland, N. Y. 445. TIMOTHY. 446. LOUISA. 447. ELEOTA. 448. WILLIAM. 449. LAURA. 244. CHARLES M. Westmoreland, N. Y. 450. JULIA C. 451. ELIZA, 452. ALICE. 246. DAVID, JUNE. Westmoreland, N. Y. 453. MAET LOUISA, born Apr. 6, 1842, and died Mar. 18, 1867. 454. CELIA MARIA, born Feb. 1, 1845, married, Dec. 6, 1871, William Thomp- son, a farmer, Wsstmoreland, N. Y. Their two children are Clyde Mansfield Thompson, born July 20, 1873, and Nina Mary Mansfield Thompson, born Dec. 13, 1878. 248. JOSEPH L. Grandin, Dakota. 455. ELIZABETH, born Nov. 19, 1852, in Westmoreland, N. Y., married, Dec. 24, 1877, John D. Irving, of New Hampshire, resident Insurance Agent, Toledo, Ohio. They have one child, John Mansfield Irving, born July 6, 1883, in Toledo. " Mrs. Irving teaches elocution, and is a successful dramatic reader. She is a woman of wonderful force of character, a determined worker in her art, and has already won a high place in the public regard. She has recited before great gather- ings of 3,000 to 5,000, and can make them all hear, without seeming at all mascu- line in her methods. These occasions were Soldiers' re-unions, and meetings of the 'Grand Army of the Republic.' The old veterans ' Go wild over her dramatic re- citations of patriotic Poems.' She was publicly complimented by Gen. Garfield, and Gen. Sheridan, for the genius and oratory she displayed. She was quite a young girl during the war, but she took in the whole situation, and always instinct- ively defended the right. She had a natural talent for her work, even in childhood, and after she had studied and practiced for two years, she placed herself in the * school of oratory in Phila., and took lessons in New York City. Her voice is faultless, her presence before an audience, pleasing yet earnest, and intensely mag- netic. Of medium size, yet with a fine physique, and shown herself capable of enduring an immense amount of work." EIGHTH GENERATION. 149 456. LOUISA, born Feb. 16, 1855, in Westmoreland, N. Y. 457. WILLIAM PUNDERSON, born Dec. 17, 1860, in Westmoreland, N. Y. la a farmer. 458. JESSIE, born Mar. 21, 1865, in Clockville, Madison Co., N. Y. 253. LEWIS WILLIAM. Cohoes, N. Y. 459. WILLIAM KINSELL, born Sept. 17, 1856, married, Oct. 30, 1883, Ella, daughter of Charles H., and Delia Clute, of Crescent, N. Y. He became proprietor of the " Cohoes Daily News," Oct. 1, 1884. 460. JOSEPH PUNDERSON, born Nov. 30, 1858, and died Sept. 23, 1859 ; also an infant of his last wife, that did not live to be christened. 258. LEMUEL STEEL. Near Durant, Iowa. 460. WILLIAM CARTER, born June 19, 1840 ; he enlisted in the 2nd Ohio Vol. Cavalry in the fall of 1861, and was killed on May 7, 1862, in a skirmish, near Lemar, Jasper Co., Mo. He was remarkably straight and well proportioned, six feet and one inch in height. He was a member of the Congregational Church ; had been trained for the mercantile business, also had some experience as a teacher. *461. JOHN RESSSKLAEK, born Feb. 26, 1842, also participated in the late war, was a member of the 164th Ohio Vol. Infantry. At the close of the war he removed with his father to Iowa, where he is now engaged in farming, and raising thorough- bred short horn cattle, also owns an improved farm of 1,000 acres in Eastern Ne- braska, valued at $25 per acre. In politics is a republican, and a strong advocate of prohibition, is a member of a Cong. Church, and has been superintendant of the S. School the past six years. He married, Jan. 12, 1871, Elice E. Eustick, of Cedarville, Green Co., O., who was born at Bloomingburg, Fayette Co., Sept. 25, 1847. 462. HARRIET CARTER, born Sept. 1, 1845, and died Sept. 1, 1846. 463. NANCY ELIZABETH, born June 19, 1849, married, Dec. 23, 1871, Jasper B. Blackstone, a well-to-do farmer of Muscatine Co., Iowa, and died Oct. 13, 1872, at the birth of their little daughter who is now living, and is called Nannie, after her mother. 272. JOSIAH. Mount Carmel, Ct. 464. BKDA married a Dorman ; had a daughter, who lived to grow up, and married well, and is deceased. 465. LAURA married Capt. Sherry, a sea captain. 466. HANNAH married a Rowe. 467. LUCY E., born Feb. 24, 1805, married, Jan. 20, 1828, Edward Bulkley, who was born Aug. 7, 1801, in Wethersfield, Ct., and carried on the chair making 150 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. business in New Haven for over fifty years, till his death, Dec. 15, 1880, and was highly esteemed for his excellent character, as a Christian, and diligent man of busi- ness. She died Dec. 15, 1880, on the same day of her husband's death. They had three children, Edward, born Oct. 30, 1828, and died Feb. 19, 1831. John Francis, born May 15, 1831, and died June 19, 1832, and Edward, born May 15, 1833, grad. Yale Med. Department, July, 1856 ; entered as medical officer in the 6th Reg. Ct. Vol., Sept. 2, 1861 ; served in S. C., Flor., and Va., mustered out by expiration of term of service in Va., Sept., 1864. Served as A. A. Surgeon U. S. A., in Wash- ington, D. C., from Nov., 1864, to July, 1865, after which he continued to practice medicine in New Haven till his death, Nov. 5, 1880. He married, May 7, 1867, Grace Caroline Bishop, of New Haven, and had, Jane Bonticon, born May 24, 1868 ; Lucy Mansfield born Mar. 19, 1870 ; Grace Chetwood, born Nov. 26, 1872 : Edward, born Mar. 12, 1875 ; and Sarah Chauncey, born May 7, 1878. 278. WILLIAM W. Middlebury, Ct. *468. HESRY A., born Sept. 20, 1829, married, Feb. 20, 1854, Betsy Ann Sackett. He learned a sail maker's trade in New Haven, of John Hempstead, after- wards bought a farm in North Haven, Ct., where he resides, and carries on farming. 469. LTMAN C., born Jan. 3, 1832, and died June 23, 1836. 470. ELIZABETH S., born May 14, 1834, died Aug. 5, 1880. 471. WILLIAM L., born Nov. 26, 1836, died May 2, 1859. 472. RICHARD G., bora July 14, 1839, died May 23, 1840. 473. MARTHA W., born May 27, 1841, died Dec. 11, 1847. 474. NANCY E., born Aug. 20, 1846. 28O. CHESTER D., CAPT. Fair Haven, Ct. 475. HARRIET S., born Apr. 7, 1838, died Jan., 1864. 476. MARION E., born Nov. 11, 1841, married, Nov. 25, 1860, James M. Bald- win. 477. ROZEL B., born Apr. 20, 1845, died May 20, 1846. 478. HELEN A., born Apr. 6, 1847, married Jan. 6, 1864, Henry B. Ball. 479. WALTER URI, born Oct. 13, 1852, died Nov. 24, 1835. 480. GEO. WASHINGTON EZRA, born Mar. 16, 1855, died Apr. 30, 1876. 481. ELLIOT WALTER, born July 9, 1857, died Apr. 7, 1878. 283. CHARLES. Woodbury, Ct. 482. MARGARET S., born Apr. 14, 1840, married, Aug. 12, 1862, Charles Rowley, a carpenter, had Le Grand R., born Apr. 3, 1868, and Eliza It., born Dec. 22, 1877. EIGHTH GEXEKATIOX. 151 483. GEORGE, born Dec. 16, 1845, married 1st, Lucy Read. 484. JULIA ANN, born Jan. 7, 1854, married Joseph Gee, who was born in Eng- land, Nov. 20, 1851. Shear polisher. 287. SHELDEN. Woodbury, Ct. 485. CEHEXO. born Feb. 15, 1849. 486. WALTER, born May 5, 1852. 487. RALPH, born Oct. 30, 1854. 488. WILBUR, born Dec. 23, 1861. 489. BELLE, born May 4, 18fi5. 302. HENRY STEPHEN. MilMiie, Mass. 490. HENRY F., born June 13, 1845, at Smithville, R. I.; married, Delia Hay- ward, daughter of William Hayward ; residence, Utica, N. Y. No issue. 491. EMILY, born Jan. 18, 1847, at Smithfield, R. I.; married at Millville, Mass., Isaac C. Bates, of Providence, R. I., at which place they reside. No issue. 492. ALBERT THAYER, born May 31, 1848, at Millville, Worcester Co., Mass., married. May 14, 1879, Mary Warren, of Newton Upper Falls, Mass. Residence, Allendale, R. T. No issue. 493. EEWARD ALEXANDER, born June 16, 1859, at Millville, Mass.; married, Dec. 6, 1883, Ada V. Scott, daughter of Orlando Scott, of Millville, Mass. Resi- dence, Uxbridge, Mass. 3044. JOSEPH KING FENNO. Rahway, N.J. 494. ARTHUR DOUGLAS, born July 6, 1853, at Smithfleld, R. I.; residence, Rahway, N. J. t 495. JAMES ANDREWS, born Jan. 26, 1860, at Smithfield, R. I.; residence (1884) in Michigan. 3O5. JARED. West Newton, Mass. 496. WILLIE HENRY, born June 15, 1856. Lives in Boston. 497. HATTIE PHILLIPS, born Nov. 6, 1858, married, Oct. 1882, Thomas Baher, in Rahway, N. J., where they reside (1884.) 498. FRAXK IRVING, born Dec. 4, 1860, at Newton Corner, Mass. Now living in Boston, (1884), unmarried. 499. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, born Oct. 26, 1867, at West Newton, Mass. Now living in Boston, (1884.) 152 MAXSFIELD GENEALOGY. 3O6. WILLIAM. Columbia, Tnolumne Co.. r: a l. This family were all born in Columbia, Cal. 500. ANNA ADAMS, born Apr. 29, 1858. 501. WILLIAM BDFFUM, born Apr. 2, 1860. 502. LILLY PIERCE, born May 4, 1862. 503. MARY ELIZABETH, born Feb. 17, 1865. 504. FANNY REBEKAH, born Aug. 11, 1871. 311. HENRY LIVINGSTON. Middietown. ct. 505. ELLIE BURNHAM, born May 23, 1872, in Middietown, baptized Nov. 20, 1872, by the Right Rev. Bishop John L. Williams. 506. JOSEPH LIVINGSTON, born May 3, 1875, in Middietown, baptized June 30, 1876, by Rev. Walter Mitchell, and died the same day, aged 1 year, 1 month and 27 days. 507. LOUISA MATHER, born May 29, 1877, in Middietown, baptized Aug. 20, 1878, by Rev. R. D. McConnell. 313. STEPHEN. Bethany. Ct. 508. BURTON, born June 23, 1832, in Oxford, Ct., married, LillfeMerritt. He is a merchant in New York. 509. MARY EUNICE, born June 17. 1843, in Berwick, Pa., married Mr. Schwartz ; married second, Ex. Senator Sawyer, of Tennessee. 510. FRANCES ANN. born Aug. 30, 1846, in Berwick, Pa., married a Mr. Marks ; married second, a Mr. Magalhaes, who was born in Brazil, S. A. 511. JOHN CLARK, born Feb. 22, 1848, in Berwick, Pa.: married Kate Hoctor ; residence, Philadelphia* Pa. 512. JARED WILLIE, born in 1850, in Allentown, Pa., married. Berwick, Columbia Co., Pa. 513. NATHAN FRENCH, born July 21, 1860, lives in Bethany, and is a farmer. 31.5. NATHAN GLOVER. Kaston, Pa. 514. HENRY, born in Lancaster, Pa. Served, years, in the 129th Regt., of the civil war, was afterward Secretary to Prof. James Coffin, in the preparation of his meteorological work, published by the Smithsonian Institute. Acknowledgment is made of his service, in the preface to the work. He lives at present in New York City. 515. MARY EUNICE, born in Harrisburg, Pa. , graduated at the High School in Eaeton, and at present, teacher to Senior class of the same school. EIGHTH GENERATION. 153 516. JULIA, born in Easton, married, Oct. 16, 1872, James J. Cope, Prothou- otary of Northampton Co., Pa. Their five children are Georgia, Lucy, Nathalie, Pauline, and James Mansfield Cope. 517. FANNIE, a graduate of Easton High School, was married Oct. 1, 1874, to Edwin S. Walker, a merchant of Philadelphia. They have one child, Marguerite Walton. 518. FRANK, born and educated in Easton, is book-keeper for firm of W. H. Hazzard, of Easton. Unmarried. 519. LIZZIE GLOVER, born and educated in Easton, resides at home, unmarried. 32O. WILLIAM L. New Haven, Ct. 520. ELLEN AUGUSTA, born Aug. 1, 1835, married, Nov. 9, 1858, John H. Northrop, and had one child, Edward Gold, born Nov. 20, 1860. 521. MARY LOUISA, born Oct. 1, 1839, married, Oct. 3, 1866, Auguatin R. Treadway, and had three children : Francis Wilcox, born Jan. 7, 1869 ; Charles Frederick, born Mar. 5, 1870, and Mary Elizabeth, born Feb. 17, 1874. Residence, Cleveland, Ohio. 322. HENRY. New Haven, Ct. *522. THOMAS TROWBRIDGE, born Jan. 29, 1839, married, Aug. 6, 1860, Cath- arine Robertson Hurlbut. He died Dec. 4, 1876, was professor of music. Resi- dence, Meriden, Ct. *523. FREDERICK OAKS, born July 19, 1841, married, Sept. 3, 1867, Mary Hine, who was born Jan. 28, 1840. He has been many years superintendent of the carrier department of the Daily Journal and Courier. Residence, New Haven. At present (1884) retired from business. 329. EDWARD FRANKLIN. New Haven, Ct. 524. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, born June 21, 1872. 525. HENRIETTA GOODNOW, born May 30, 1874. 332. WILLIAM FREDERICK. Fair Haven, Ct. 526. EFFIE LOUISA, born June 4, 1881. 338. JOHN W. New Haven, Ct. 527. EMILY DWIGHT, born Nov. 17, 1853, married, May 31, 1881, Charles H. Ferry, Grad. Yale Coll., 1872. Is a lawyer. Residence, Chicago. They have one child, Mansfield Ferry. 528. MAT, born May 1, 1858. 21 154 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. 34O. THEODORE D. Boston, Mass. 529. GEORGE STANLEY, born Nov. 4, 1854, in Dorchester, Mass., married, Sept. 11, 1879, at Everett, Mass., Sarah Elizabeth Nichols, who was born July 30, 1858, at South Maiden, Mass. She was the daughter of John Smith Nichols, who was born Feb. 20, 1817, in South Maiden, Mass., and his wife, Elizabeth Perkins, who was born Sept. 8, 1822, in Union, Maine, and died in 8. Maiden, Nov. 18, 18(56. Their son, Stanley, was born Dec. 8, 1884. 530. EMILY FRANCES, born Sept. 7, 1856, in Boston. 531. WILLIAM KENDRICK, born Nov. 3, 1858, in Chelsea, Mass. 532. FRANCIS LEEDS, born May 22, 1861, in Chelsea, and died June 14, 1861, in Chelsea. 533. LYMAN LEEDS, born July 5, 1862, in Chelsea, and died Feb. 17, 1863, in Chelsea. 534. HARRIET MAY, born Nov. 21, 1866, in Chelsea. 342. HENRY W. New Haven, Ct. 535. HARRIET STANLEY, born Sept. 7, 1860. 536. ARTHUR WHITING, born Aug. 27, 1862 ; died Mar. 6, 1864. 537. STANLEY, born Jan. 27, 1871. 348. FREDERICK W. New Havn, Ct. 538. NATHAN T., born June 1, 1861, is a Drug Clerk. 539. FANNIE P., born Nov. 17, 1863, died Oct. 13, 1873. 540. WALLACE, born in Mar., '1872, died July 16, 1872. 35O. LUCIUS. New Haven, Ct. *541. CHARLES E., born Apr. 2, 1858, married, Jan. 5, 1880, Katie R. Leeke, who was born June 2, 1860, in Centerville, Ct. He is connected with the photo- graphing business. 542. ELLA M., born Dec. 19, 1860, married, July 13, 1881, Charles M. Stone, who was born in Lee, Mass., Dec. 9, 1859. They have had Leroy Mansfield Stone, born Sept. 2, 1883. 358. EDWARD G. New Haven, Ct. 543. CORNELIUS, born Apr. 9, 1875, and died Mar. 20, 1878. 544. EDWARD G., born Dec. 5, 1877. 545. HERBERT RICH, born Dec. 27, 1879. NINTH GENERATION. 367. ISAAC. Morris, N. T. 546. ROMAFNE, born Feb. 25, 1843, married Emelia Moore, of Morris. They have had Archibald, Gertrude, Pauline, Mary Moore, and Mabel Rulison. He fitted for College at the New Berlin Academy, Chenango Co., N. Y., grad. at Hobart Coll., Geneva, N. Y., also at the General Theological Seminary, New York City. Ordained an Episcopal Minister 1868. The same year called to the Rector- ship of St. Paul's Church, in Spring Valley, Rockland Co., N. Y., where he still remains (1881.) 547. MART CORNELIA, born Aug. 21, 1845, and died Apr. 2, 1863. 548. VERNON DELANOET, born Feb. 15, 1849, married Marjery , and have had Agnes. At the age of 21, in 1870, went to Colorado, and joined the colony that first settled the City of Greely. Occupation, druggist, and proprietor of "Em- porium on European Plan," in that city. 549. EDWIN LYMAN, born Jan. 21, 1853. In 1871 joined his brother at Greely, was with the late N. C. Meeker, at the White river agency, when the massacre occurred, and was the only man who escaped. He is now with his brother, Le Roy, located at Greely, in the book and stationery business, with the telegraph business in connection, etc. 550. LK ROT, born Mar. 24, 1857, married Rose A. Allen, July 13, 1882. 551. CHARLES ISAAC, born Dec. 23, 1860, is a clerk in Potter Bros. & Co.'s Store, dry goods, groceries, &c., in Morris, N. Y. 368. EDWIN LEWIS. North Haven, Ct. 552. MAKY ADRELIA, born July 29, 1844, married, Nov. 30, 1864, Hubbard Bradley, of Hamden, Ct. He died, and she married second, May 28, 1884, Wil- liam Henry Doolittle, of Cheshire, Ct. He is a farmer. Residence, Cheshire. 156 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. *553. ISAAC EDWIN, born Nov. 28, 1850, married, May 28, 1874, Mary D. Shepherd. He is a teacher and farmer ; is one of the selectmen. Residence, North Haven. 375. WILLIS. New Haven. 554. MONROE W., born Jan. 21, 1852, and died May 14, 1867. 555. GEORGE L., born June 6, 1854, is a clerk in a store. 556. FREDERICK W., born Oct. 14, 1856, is a clerk in a store. 557. HATTIE E., born Jan. 27, 1860. 379. ENOS ORSON. New Haven. 558. LILIAN S., born Feb. 9, 1866. 559. NELLIE C. , born Mar. 9, 1867. 38O. WILLIAM LYMAN. Hamden, Ct. 560. WILLIAM C., born Apr. 30, 1858. 561. LUTHDR, born Sept. 3, 1860. 562. C. ELIZABETH, born Mar. 1, 1862, married, May 16, 1883, Elswortli H. Bassett, of Hamden, Ct. 563. FRANKLIN E., born Jan. 26, 1864, and died Oct. 18, 1864. 564. JENNIE I. , born Sept. 14, 1865. 565. NELSON L., born July 3, 1868. 566. AUSTIN H., born June 13, 1870. 567. ARTHCR, born Aug. 6, 1875. 39O. STILES. Fair Haven, Ct. 568. FRANK PIERCE, born Feb., 1853, and died Sept., 1853. 569. FREDERICK LYNN, born May 27, 1855, died June 16, 1879. 570. STILES CLARENCE, born July 18, 1857, died June 27, 1858. 571. EDWARD SANFORD, born July 12, 1859, died Jan. 18, 1860. 572. STILES SANFORD, born Feb. 23, 1866, died Sept. 28, 1866. 573. SARAH LUCRETIA, born Nov. 4, 1870. 392. HENRY. Peoria, 111. 574 E.LTING, born May 15, J848, died July, 1849. NINTH GENERATION. 157 575. MAT, born July 4, 1849, died June 3, 1869. 576. FANNIE, born Apr. 15, 1851, married, July 1, 1867, O. B. Blakeslee, and had Henry Mansfield Blakeslee, born Sept., 1869, and Denison Blakeslee, born Mar., 1872. 576^. LOPISE PENTARD, born June 1, 1857, married, Aug. 23, 1876, C. W. Mosher, a banker, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and had Edwin Wesley Mosher, born Dec., 1879; and Henry Mansfield Mosher, born Feb., 1881. 576|. ELIJAH HENRY, born Sept. 8, 1858. 577. MARGUERITE ELTING, born Oct. 2, 1859. 578. ISABELLE FLEMING, born Dec. 31, 1860. 579. SARAH SANFORD, born July 22, 1862. 580 HENRY, born Mar. 4, 1864. 581. ELEANOR TUCKER, born June 12, 1869. 582. NATHANIEL SAVILLE, born June 13, 1872. 396. EDWARD. Princeville, Peoria Co., El. 583. LEVERETTE, born May 24, 1858. 584. ALBERT, born Nov. 3, 1859. 585. GEORGE, born Aug. 14, 1862, and died in infancy. 586. EDWARD, born Feb. 4, 1865. 587. SANFORD, born Oct. 4, 1866. 588. RICHARD, born Apr. 22, 1868, and died in infancy. 589. . JOSEPH, born May 26, 1869. 590. JOSEPHINE, born May 26, 1869, and died in infancy. 591. CHARLIE, born Nov. 8, 1876. 4O7. JULIUS ELIAS. Sandersfleld, Mas*. 592. JAMES H., born Sept. 14, 1848, married Sept. 14, 1868, Hattie E. Kinney, of Winsted, C't. He is a dealer in pictures and frames, Chapel St., New Haven. 415. AUSTIN. New Haven. 593. LOT-IS A., born Mar. 11, 1863. 419. SHERLOCK, A. North Hayen, Ct. *594. FREDERICK, L., born Dec. 15, 1851, married, Jan. 12, 1876, Eunice Goodyear. He is a cartwright. Residence, North Haven, 158 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. 595. ZEirusW., born Jan. 7, 1855, married Oct. 9, 1883. Mary P. Bradley, daughter of Elijah Augustus Bradley ; of East Haven, Ct, and was born May 22, 1858. He is a painter by trade. 596. ROBERT S., born Sept. 4, 1857, married, Feb. 5, 1879, Hattie Hitch- cock, who was born July 6, 1856. He is a farmer. Residence, North Haven. 597. GEORGE H., born Oct. 4, 1861, died May 28, 1862. 598. FRANKLIN A., born Jan. 17, 1864, married, Nov. 23, 1882, Carrie E. Fredericks, who was born Sept, 1, 1883. Residence, North Haven. 423. BRONSON, A. North Haven. 599. JOHN HESRT, born Nov. 2, 1855, died Aug. 13, 1864. 600. WILLIE LTMAN, born Oct. 16, 1857, married Apr. 6, 1880, Fannie Birch. He is a farmer in North Haven. 601. HATTIE AUGUSTA, born Nov. 8, 1859, married, Feb. 15, 1882, Robert ('. Button. Had Alice Glena, born Sept. 14, 1882. 602. CHARLIE H., born Jan. 12, 1862. 603. MART E., born Mar. 11, 1866. 425. JAMES GORDON. North Haven. 604. JOBS HENRT, born Dec. 29, 1867. 428, LEVERET. Columbia Co.. N. Y. 605. EDWIN L. 606. ABNER W. 607. LOTTIE. 608. CLAUD. 609. DOUGLAS. 436. MARTIN. Troy, x. r. 610. KATE M., born Dec. 5, 1856, married, Sept. 11, 1874, Prof. Bert-Watis- man, and have had Vance W., born Apr. 9, 1876. Residence. Burlington. Vt. 611. BESSIE L, born Sept. 15, 1867, married in 1872, George Marsh, of North- field. Had one child, Nina L., born Nov. 9, 1874. She is now a widow, residing with her parents in Troy, N. Y. 612. WILLIAM RILEY, born Oct. 3, 1859. Now at the age of 24, i station agent ou the N. P. R. R.. at Windsor, Dakota. The following interesting sketch is from the Vermont Gazetteer: Will. R. Mansfield, at the age of 20, took his small NTIXTH GENERATION. 159 valise in baud aud started for the ' ' far west." He stopped a few weeks in Ne- braska as telegraph operator on the B. & M. R. R. He then accepted the position of baggage-master aud telegraph operator on a new branch of the Atchison, To- peka & Sante Fe R. R., through New Mexico, and served two months, when he was invited to dine with an old Spaniard, at Los Vegas, for whom he had done some slight service, and started to return to Grenada, Col., in the caboose that was sent ahead of President Hayes and his escort, on their way from California, to see that the road was clear. The party in the " caboose " had been "looking upon the wine when it was red," aud when the "caboose" gave a great bound, and any sober person must have known there was some obstruction, they declared there was " nothing wrong," nor would they stop to see whether there was or not. So this Vermont boy turned the brake, caught a lantern and jumped off, and upon examination, several feet of rails were gone, and he had nothing to do there in the wilds of N. M., but wait for the train, and this was not a pleasant task, as the co- yotes began to gather from every direction. This was his first experience of the kind, and grim terror seized him : quick as a flash, he sprang up a telegraph pole close at hand, and sitting astride the cross-bar, watched the howling pack, thinking all the while what an excellent mark he would be for an Indian, and it was far from being an agreeable thought. At last the train came up, and he clambered down from his perch, gave a great shout at the wolves, and swung his lantern to stop the train. The wolves scattered and the train had to stop for repairs. For this act of faithfulness, he was promoted at once to conductor, and has occupied that position until the present time. 461. JOHN RENSELLAER. Durtnt, Iowa. 613. BESSIE LEE, born Aug. 10, 1871. 614. SUSIE ELEANOR, born Mar. 20, 1873, died Aug. 10, 1873. 615. NELLIE CARTER, born Apr. 21, 1874. 616. WILLIAM ROBERT, born Aug. 14, 1876. 617. JOHN RALPH, born Dec. 7, 1878. 618. ALICE MABEL, born Sept. 7, 1880. 468. HENRY A. North Haven, Ct. 619. CHARLES H., born Jan. 15, 1855, married, Jan. 16, 1882, Bertha Bassett. He is a carpenter and builder ; resides in Fair Haven, Ct. 620. WALLACE H., born Oct. 27, 1859. Is a machinist in New Haven. 621. WILLIAM E., born Nov. 18, 1870. 622. EDITH M., born May 24, 1873, and died Mar. 28, 1874. 522. THOMAS TROWBRIDGE. Meriden, Ct. 623. EDWARD AUSTIN, born June 29, 1861. 160 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. 624. SOI-HIA PHILIPS, born May 1, 1864. 625. JULIA TBOWBRIDGE, born July 27, 1866, died Nov. 10, 1867. 626. HENRY TROWBRIIXIE, born Aug. 26, 1870, died July 24, 1871. 52S. FREDERICK O. x ew Haven. 627. MARY HIKE, born Dec. 2, 1868. 628. WALTER CARRINGTON, born Mar. 1, 1872. 541. CHARLES E. New Haven. 629. LEON B., born Aug. 27, 1882. 630. MAY, born Apr. 9, 1884, TENTH GENERATION. 553. ISAAC EDWIN. North Haven, Ct. 631. IRVINGS HOLMES, born Aug. 12, 1875. 632. EDITH, born Sept. 26, 1877. 633. EDWIN SHEPHERD, born Jan. 12, 1880. 594. FREDERICK L. North Haven. 634. CLARENCE G. , born Jan. 9, 1878. 635. EDWARD LEWIS, born Apr. 12, 1881. 596. ROBERT S. North Haven. 636. BERTHA LOUISE, born Nov., 1880. E N D I X . WILL OF MAJ. MOSES MANSFIELD (3) AND INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE. In the Name of God Amen, I Moses Mansfield of New Haven, being this third day of October, 1703, Sick and weak in body but through the mercy of God of sound and perfect memorie doe ordaine this my last will and Testament, first I comitt my Soule to God that gave it, and my body to be decently hurried by my Executors hereafter named, hoping in the mercy of God through Jesus Christ for the pardon of all my Sinss andau Inherritance among them that are sanctified, and for the dispose of such Wordly Estate as it hath pleased God to Betrust me with, after my Debts and Funerall Expenses are paid I dispose the same as follows, viz. : Imp. as a Token of my Love to my dear and beloved wife Abigaill Mansfield I give to her one third part of Such Estate as She had before and att marriage to be first sett out to her : And then one third part of all my estate reall and personal!, the personall estate to be at her absolute dispose. The reall to be to her during onely her naturall Life. 2nd. I give and bequeath unto my Loving Daughters Abigaill Atwater, Mercy Thomson, Hannah Browne, Sarah Rhodes, and Bathshua Mansfield, the summe of Fifty five pounds, Country pay or Inventorial Estate to Each of them, that is, to make up the said summes with what they have already received, and to be paid to each of them by my Executors within four years after my decease. 3rd. I having already given unto my Son Moses by Deed or Deeds sundry par- cels of land and meadow &c., Doe now Confirm the Same to him and doe alsoe give unto him that parcel of meadow Lying undivided betweene me and Brother John Ball on the West side of the West River near the Bridge, to be to him, hia heirs and Assignes for ever in full of his portion. 4th. All the rest and residue of my Estate both reall and personall with all interrest in undivided Land and all Right that at present doth or hereafter may acrue to the Same I give and bequeath to my Loving Son Jonathan Mansfield to be to him to his heirs and assignes forever. 5th. And Lastly I constitute and appoint my Loving Wife and my Son Jonathan Mansfield before named to be Joynt Executors of this my last will and Testament untill my Son Jonathan accomplish the age of Twenty one years and then do ap- point him to be Sole Executor. I doe also desire and appoint my Trusty and well beloved Friends Deacon Abraham Bradley and Nathaniell Bradley to be overseers of the performance of this my last will and to be helpf ull to my Executors thereof. And doe revoke all former will or wills by me made or done. Declaring this to be 164 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and Seal, the date first above on the other side mentioned. MOSES MANSFIELD 5^ITJ Signed sealed and published as his last Will and Testament in pre- sence of us. JEREMIAH OSBORNE PETER CARRINGTON NATHANIELL BRADLEY JOSEPH TUTTLE. Att a Court of Probate, November 11, 1703, Appeared Then the above Witnesses and made Sollomne Oath that they Saw Major Moses Mansfield subscribe Seal and publish the foregoing Will as his Last Will and Testament, and that he was of Sound mind and understanding (According to the best of their knowledge) when he soe did. Test, JOHN WINSTON, Clerk. The Inventorie of the Estate oi' Major Moses Mansfield of New Haven, deceased, & taken by us whose names are underwritten. November the second, 1703. s. d. Imp. 2 gunus, 3, 5s. a kersey Coat l, 14s. broad cloth Coat 2 . 6, 19, 00 a broad cloth Coat 3, Cloake 2, black vest 2, 7, 00, 00 Wast coat, 1, 10s., plush breeches 1, 5s. more 17s. . . . 3, 12, 00 a hatt 2, 10s. two pr. Shooebuckles 16s. breeches 16s. 4, 02, 00 4 pr. Stockina, 1, two pr. gloves 5s., five shirts 2, 17s. . . 4, 02, 00 To a pr. drawers 9s. neckcloth 16s 1 , 05, 00 plate, cash 16, =1, 4s. new pewter 1. 10s. pewter 1, 10s. . 4, 04, 00 pewter 1, old pewter 1, 10s., two potts 11s 3, 01, 00 more pewter, 10s. Three old Chamb. potts 15s 1, 05, 00 A great brass kettle 3, 6s. old kettle 2s. 6d. 3, 08, 06 a brass pan 13s. brass Skillett 12s. more brass 5s 1, 10, 00 a skillett, old warming pan 10s 00, 10, 00 bar iron 11s. Three Candlesticks 4s. 00, 15, 00 Frying pan & gridiron 8s. 2 pr. Tongs 6s 00, 14, 00 Scales and Stilliards 1, old morter, box irons 7s 01, 07, 00 To 2 pr. handirons 1, two cards 18s. Irons 19s. 02, 17, 00 To severall of Tools 4, 13s . . 04, 13, 00 To a knife, Tobacco Tongs Earthen ware 11s 00, 11, 00 Earthen ware 6s. hony 9s. glassbottles 3s 00, 18, 00 2 dozen of Trenchers 3s. driping pan Tunnill 2s. ... 00, 05, 00 dozen spoons 6s. Seven Trays 5s, 00, 11, 00 great Tray 5s. Tow Sheets 4 pair 4, 10s 04, 15, 00 APPENDIX. 165 one holland Sheet 1, 5s. two pair Sheets 1, 12s. . . ... 02, 17, 00 To one pair Sheets 1, 7s. pr. Sheets 1, 4s 02, 11, 00 To 6 pillow beirs 13s. Table Cloth 12s. Six napkins 12s. . . 01, 17, 00 Severall napkins l, Is.: napkins 13s. Cloth 3s 01, 17, 00 Table Cloth 8s. Tovvell 9s 00, 17, .00 To 2 Table cloths 6s. Towills 2s. brush Spectacles 4s. 6d. . . 00, 12, 06 Cloth 1, 5s. bed beding 17, 11s 18,16,00 Bed 10, 13s. Bed Furniture 15 25, 13, 00 More Bediug 3, 7s. great Bible 1, Books l2s 04, 19, 00 To a Table Cloth 1, 4 Leather chairs, 1, 12s. four chairs 12s. . 03, 04, 00 11 Chairs 16s. 8d. great Chairs 14s 01, 10, 08 To 9 Cushrons 12s. Three joint stools 5s 00, 17, 00 a Chist 14s. hatt press & Forme 10s. baskett 2s. glasses 10s. . . 01, 16, 00 .aTapeloome Is. 4d. hatchell 15s. Wheels 15s 01, 11, 04 To several! smale Things in the out roome, ..... 00, 12, 00 To 5 basketts 5s. Butchers ax 5s. four chists & others . . 04, 01, 06 Corne in the Barne T, 10s. Indian Corne 7, Wheat 1, 7s. . . 15, 17, 00 Flax 1, 5s. Gates 8, Hay 20 29, 05, 00 Wooll 3, 9s. butter 1, 17s. Cyder 1, Things 4, 14s. . . 11, 00, 00 2 Saddles 3, Bridle 2s. 6d. Fan 10s. others . . . . '07, 19, 03 2 Cowhides 18s. Four Oxen 20, Eight Cows 24, a 4 year old 4. 48, 18, 00 3, 2 year olds 6, two 2 yeare olds 4 10, 00, 00 one horse 4, two 3 yeare olds horses in the Woods 4, . . .08, 00, 00 more 4, Swine 15, two Stocks bees hives 1, 6s. . . . 20,06,00 39 Sheep 18, 10s. old dishes three shillings, . . . .18, 13, 00 Cart Irons 2, 46 Ibs. beefe 7s. 8d. ploughs 1 03, 07, 08 horse geers, l, 4s. harrow los. Chains 1, 4s. . . , . 03, 03, 00 Cart rope 10s. Imire rope 5s. forks 5s 01, 00, 00 Fetters 6s. 100 rayles 1, posts 10s. mattuck 5s 02, 01, 00 House homelott 150, Land in Cooper's quarters 140, 290, 00, 00 20 Acres Mill Rock 40. One acre & $ Governor's Quar. 4, 10s. 44, 10, 00 6 acres in Little quarter 18, in Westfleld 12, .... 30, 00, 00 20 acres in neck 40, at the Farm 20 acres 20, . . . 60, 00, 00 2 Acres meadow neck 22, 10, 00 Meadow at the West bridge 3 acres j 35. 15, 00 Meadow at the Farme, 25 acres 175, 00, 00 Land at Chestnut hill 15 15, 00, 00 quarter part of Sawmill & Swamp 20 acres of Winter Corne now on the ground .... 09, 00, 00 an old pillion 6s. 00. 6 . 00 1016, 07, 05 the widdow Abigail Mansfield) sworne to the a( j,j JQ jg 09 & Jonathan Mansfield/ presentment Abraham Bradley / sworne to the William Thomson f aprizement Att a Court of Probate Mar. 21, 1703. ORIGIN OF THE NAME. From nil that can be gathered from Encyclopedias, and other sources, it would seem the name originated in Saxony. An educated German who has been in this country some ten years, by the name of Mansfeld, (he spells his name without the i) had taken much pains and interest to ascertain its origin years ago, and has at my request written several times to a gentleman in the city of Mansfeld, in Saxony, for information. Mr. Mansfeld writes, " It is clear to my mind that all the English Mansfields are of Saxon origin. The name Mansfield and Mansfeld means the same in b0th languages, viz. " A Man in the field." How the name originated in En- gland after the Saxons mixed with the Normans, Danes, Celts and others is easily explained, no man in America for instance would call me Mausfeld, but Mansfield, in the same way no doubt man}' a German or Saxon name was changed in England, and this is done even now very often in the U. S. English speaking people make Hough out of the German Hoff. Herkhimer out of Herkheimer and hundreds of others which I observe myself in this country. "The shield on the Tower in the City of Mansfeld in Saxony shows the origin of the name, " A man in the Field," ' ' A Knight who first appeared as the Defender of his Country. " ' ' The noble Family of Mansfeld of Germany is very old, traces back almost to the time of Charlemagne ; ' ' and flourishes down to the present time : as the following extract will show, which is copied from the extended account of the great celebration of the unveiling of the Bronze Statue of Luther at Eisleben (adjacent to Mansfeld) on his four hundredth birth day, Nov. 10th, 1883. From the description of the long Historical possession, we extract the following: OITY HERALDS. At the head of the procession walked several elegantly caparisoned horses. After them marched a herald with the emblems of the new German Empire. He was fol- lowed by a horseman with a kettle drum. The drummer was clothed in a suit of red and white, the colors of the city of Mansfeld. He was followed by twelve trumpeters. Then came, in blue and white colors, the herald of the city of Eisleben. The Burgomaster and his staff, with a crowd of citizens, welcomed the procession. THE HOUSE OF MANSFELD. At the gates of the city they joined the procession. The color bearers of the Counts of Mansfeld came with some of the noblemen, bearing their coats of arms. They were followed by a large crowd of falconers and hunters on horseback and on foot. On a large horse rode the armour bearer of the house of the Counts of Mans- feld, followed by a splendid troop of noblemen of the Golden Aue. Then were seen the Counts von Mansfeld Albrecht and Gebhard themselves, with their wives, daughters and the young counts who were able to master horses. In this part of APPENDIX. 167 the procession were seen many garbs made out of brocade or Venetian mantles of silk or velvet suits and robes trimmed with real embroidery of Flanders. THE RENAISSANCE. Herewith was given a true picture of the lustre and glory of the time of the Ren- aissance. So everything shows the immense wealth and opulence of the Counts of Mansfeld. With great favor also was welcomed the Prince Wolfgang of Anhalt, who rode on a vivacious battle horse. He was conducted by his banner bearers and marshals of his court, and he presented himself as a stately hero. As he likes very much the noble sport of hunting he was accompanied by many hunters. SKETCH OF THE MILITAKY HISTOEY OF COL. LYON. Col. William Lyon, husband of Lois Mansfield (89), was one of the original 65 members of the " Second Company Governor's Foot Guards," organized in New Ha- ven, in January, 1775. Among them was Benedict Arnold (the traitor), who was chosen their Captain ; Thaddeous Beecher, a " merchant 50 years" on the north- east corner of Chapel and Church Sts. ; James Hillhouse, Senator to Congress, etc. ; the noted Pierpont Edwards ; Deacon Nathan Beers, Captain, and Paymaster in the war of the Revolution, (lived to be 96); Amos Doolittle, the Engraver, who carried on his business a great many years on the west side of College St. , near Elm St. He was the Engraver and publisher of the well known large engravings of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, published soon after they took place ; and for many years engraved the plates for " Silliman's Journal of Science ;" the well known Capt. Hanover Barney, etc. Immediately after the Company was organized, they employed Edmund Burke, probably a foreigner, and the one re- ferred to (77) to be paid 4 per month, as company's instructor. When the news arrived, Friday, 21st of April, of the Battle of Lexington, about noon, Captain Arnold immediately called out his company and proposed their starting for Lexing- ton, to join the American army. " The next day they commenced their march, and stopped at Wethersfield the second night. They took the middle road through Pomfret, at which place they were joined by General Putnam. On their arrival at Cambridge, they took up their quarters at a splendid mansion owned by Lieu- tenant Governor Oliver, who was obliged to flee on account of his attachment to the British cause. The company was the only one on the ground complete in their uniform and equipments, and owing to their soldier-like appearance, were ap- pointed to deliver the body of a British officer, who had been taken prisoner by the Americans and had died in consequence of his wounds received at the battle of Lexington. Upon this occasion, one of the British officers appointed to receive the body from the guards, expressed his surprise at seeing an American company appear so well in every respect, observing that in their military movements and equipments 'they were not excelled by any of His Majesty's troops.' After remain- ing nearly three weeks in Cambridge, the Guards, (except those who remained in the army), returned to New Haven." In 1788, Col. Lyon was appointed captain of this company, and May 15th, 1795, he resigned his office, being appointed by the Hon. General Assembly, colonel of a regiment. The following address, upon taking leave of the company, was pre- served among some old papers in the possession of one of his descendants : GENTLEMEN OF THE GOVERNOR'S GUARD : I presume the present occasion is the last time I shall have the pleasure of meeting with you as a member. I therefore crave your patience to a short address. As a considerable number before whom I now speak are not fully acquainted APPENDIX. 169 with the rise and progress of the company, it may not be improper to give a con- cise account thereof on the present occasion. In the fall of the year 1774, my very dear and honored friend, Samuel Greenough, now of Boston, proposed to myself and a few others of his friends, the raising an independent company. Fif- ty-eight gentlemen soon associated, and obtained from the General Assembly of the-State, in January, 1775, an act constituting them a military company. At their election of officers, in March following, Benedict Arnold, Esq., was appointed captain, he entering into the American Army, rose to rank of major-general. His knowledge, activity and bravery, for several years, and his final infamous defec- tion at West Point, are too well known to need any comment. In 1779, Hezekiah Sabin, Esq., was ejected captain, and being promoted to the command of a regi- ment in 1780, the Hon. James Hillhouse was chosen to fill the vacancy. In 1783, he was appointed major of a regiment, but resigning both that and the command of his company, he was succeeded by Daniel Bishop, Esq., who, resigning his commission in 1786, was followed by Nathaniel Fitch, Esq.; he procuring a dis- mission in October, 1788, you were pleased to appoint for the captain the man who now has the honor of addressing you. This mark of your esteem was gratifying my ambition to the utmost, but I accepted the office with diffidence, from a full conviction that I was placed over a number of gentlemen, on many accounts my superiors. I have ever aimed at the greatest impartiality in the discharge of my duty, and to the utmost of my power, promoted the welfare, the honor, and the privileges of the company. If my conduct on the whole has given satisfaction, I rejoice, and trust that your candor will excuse my errors. In May the last, the Hon. General Assembly were pleased to give me the command of a regiment, a task to which, in my present low state of health, I feel myself very unequal. I consider the appointment a compliment paid this company, as it sanctions their choice, and promotes a man whom they had first distinguished. Twenty years have elapsed since raising this company. In that time nineteen per- sons have died belonging to it, and two others, who had been members, were dis- missed. His Excellency the Governor, at my fourth application, has granted me a dis- mission from the command of the Guards, which I have held more than six years, double the time I determined or expected, on my accepting the commission. I leave behind me but two of the original members. I should be guilty of black in- gratitude if I did not, in the most explicit manner, return to you my thanks for all the obliging marks of esteem and friendship that I have received from you, for your prompt obedience when under arms, and for that general orderly conduct, which on many occasions, and particularly in October, 1793, attracted the notice and received the approbation of the most dignified members of the legislature. These things, while they give the company respectability, are peculiarly grateful to the officer commanding. I cannot express my feelings, as a man, nor take my leave with cold indifference. Believe me, gentlemen, from the long intimate acquaintance and mutual exchange of kind offices, you are become dear to me, and I shall ever retain a pleasing re- membrance of the many days we have passed together in great sociability, a pleas- ure that has never been alloyed by any altercation between me and my respected 23 170 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Company. In every situation of my future life, my best wishes, and on every proper occasion my best services attend you. Suffer me to hope that this affection is mutual, and that the members of this Company will not at once forget a man who is warmly attached to them. I have no doubt that your conduct under your new captain will be such as will do you and him honor, nor do I feel at all abashed in delivering over to any gen- tleman, the Company I have lately had the honor to command. Gentlemen, I bid you an affectionate farewell. WILLIAM LYON. CAPT. JOSEPH MANSFIELD (65). 'THE FOLLOWING 18 FROM THE LITCHFIBLD (CT. ) ENQUIRER " OF MAR. 18th, 1852: THE FATAL SILVER BULLET. A NARRATIVE OF FACTS. Captain JOSEPH MANSFIELD, the hero of the following revolutionary incident, was for more than thirty years a resident of this town, parish of South Farms, and died here in 1822. He is spoken of by our elder citizens, as a true patriot, a prompt and efficient officer, and a most worthy citizen. He made many sacrifices for his coun- try in the days of her peril and lived to see her independent, prosperous and great. His name is worthy of being remembered among those who have done honor to our State, and as one whose history is linked with that of the nation for the welfare and glory of which he periled his life and sacrificed his estate. ED ENQUIRER. In the summer and autumn of 1777, while Sir Wm. Howe with a fleet and part of the royal army were lying at New York, General Burgoyue with his army were advancing from Canada towards Albany. The object and design of the enemy were to possess themselves of Lake Cham- plain, with the whole of the Hudson, and thereby to cut off all intercourse and com- munication between the Eastern and Southern States. For the purpose of watch- ing the motions and annoying the operations of the hostile armies, General Wash- ington had directed small bodies of troops to be stationed at Fishkill, Redhook, Greenbush, and several other places on the east side of the river between New York and Albany, with strict orders to take up and examine all strangers travelling lip and down the river, either by land or water: and if detected in espionage, or employed in communicating information between the British armies, to be punished according to the rules of war. About the first of September a pedestrian passing northwardly WHS hailed and stopped by a sentinel of the guard stationed at Redhook, and commanded byCapt. Joseph Mansfield, of Connecticut. The. man was about thirty years of age, and clothed in the habit of a farmer, lie was conducted to the guard-house. Capt. M., inquired of him his name, the place of his residence, as well as that to which he was going, his business there, &c. He replied by giving a name and stated that he belonged to the place below Redhook, and was a farmer that he was on his way to the next 1,'nvn above with a view to purchase a pair of oxen from a farmer of his acquaintance living there. He was asked whether he had about him any letter or other communication from Lord Howe, or any other other British officer at New York, addressed to Gen. Burgoyne, or any officer in his army ? To which lie promptly answered in the negative, Capt. M. then told him that such were the or- ders of his superior officer, that it became his duty to search the person of every traveller under similar circumstances; to which he replied, he had no objection to being searched, Capt. M. then directed two or three of the guard to take off his coat and examine the pockets, lining, and every other part critically. While this 172 MANSFIELD GEKEALOGY. was doing, oue of the guards observed the prisoner to pass his hand with a quick motion from his vest pocket to his mouth, and by the motion of his chin seemed to be swallowing something that " went down rather hard," as he expressed himself. The search, however, continued and was finished, without any discovery which would justify the farther detention of the prisoner. Capt. M. was then informed of the suspicious circumstances noticed by the guard. What was now to be clone ? Strong suspicion had attached itself to the stranger, but no positive proof had yet appeared against him. An expedient soon suggested itself to the ready thoughts of our Yankee Captain. He observed to the prisoner, "we have detained you on your journey for some length of time, and subjected you to pretty strict examination. I feel bound by the rules of civility to treat you to a bowl of toddy before you proceed on, and if you will drink with us you shall be made welcome." The man was pleased with the invitation and readily agreed to accept it. The Captain took upon himself the office of bar-keeper and soon pre- pared the toddy. To make it genuine and answer the purpose for which he wanted it, he stirred in a good and sufficient dose of tartar emetic. Our stranger being thirsty and somewhat fatigued by travelling, drank very freely of the beverage, while the Captain and others present barely tasted and passed it around. A free conversation soon commenced between the stranger and his new acquaint- ances. He inquired of Capt. M. the number of men under his command and at the different militar}' stations above Redhook, whether they were furnished with field pieces or any kind of cannon what number of sentinels were placed on the watch at a time how often, and at what time in the night they relieved, &c., &c. About twelve or fifteen minutes after the toddy went round and went down, our guest began to grow pale and look wild, " something " said he "is the matter with me ; I feel very sick at my stomach all at once !" He rose immediately from his seat and went out into the wood-yard, where a quantity of chips were lying, and soon began to evacuate his stomach. He was carefull} T watched by Capt. M., and several of the guard, and was seen by them to draw with his foot a parcel of the chips over the matter emitted from his stomach before he returned into the house. While he was rinsing his mouth in the house, Capt. M. directed a search to be made among the chips, where was soon found a silver ball, of the size of a small musket ball, made by two pieces of very thinly plated silver, bent round, and slightly sodered together. Inclosed in this fatal bullet, was found a letter on silk paper, signed by Lord Howe, addressed to Gen. Burgoyne, giving information respecting the situation of the royal fleet and army at New York, and requesting advice from the General by the bearer, what progress he was making with the army under his command toward Albany, and at what place he expected to meet him. But the deciphering and reading the letter presented at first another puzzel for the Yankee Captain. It commenced " in the words and figures following," (viz.) " M 6 d 21 t S3 r b 6 t h 2 b 21 r 2 r y 15 w 3 1 1 1 21 r n." &c. Aftera little examina- tion and stud}', however, the difficulty was overcome. It was discovered that the arithmetical figures up to 6 inclusive, were substituded for our vowels, thus a 1, e 2, i 3, o 4, u 5, y 6. The key being now found immediately unlocked the whole contents of the silver bullet. The bearer of course was continued in custody, and a court- martial speedily formed, by whom on the clearest evidence of guilt, the unfortu- nate prisoner was convicted, sentenced, and executed. LETTER FROM JARED MANSFIELD (COL. JARED, 84) TO HIS BROTHER HENRY. (THIS HENRY WAS THE FATHER OF THE LATE GEN. 3. K. F. MANSFIELD.) DEAR BROTHER LONDON DERRY, May 23, 1785. We arrived here Apr. 7, after a tedious passage of seven weeks, dur- ing the greater part of which time, we had most violent storms & very heavy gales of wind : not a dry deck during the whole passage. No one who had experienced the like would ever wish to tempt the seas again. I hope however it has been beneficial to my health, as I have felt much better ever since, and we are now in * flue temperate climate, and there are many matters here, to excite one's curiosity, and give pleasure among the rest which I think would be an object with you as fine ladies as ever I saw ; surprisingly enchanting in their conversation & man- ners, these may be seen every evening in abundance, walking on the walls & though exclusive of the quality, the people are very poor yet they are remarkable for content and cheerfulness, which makes them happy in their station much more so thau ours who have the means of living better. I cannot at present give a particular description of this country, so old, populous, & different from ours, but must defer it till I arrive at New Haveu. From this place we expect soon to sail for London, the Capitol of the World, where I shall have a greater scope for curiosity & where, what small business I have, must be done. Nothing can be purchased here to advantage, except linen, & even that, I am imformed, may be had cheaper at London, there being the place where the prodigious quantity of linen, manufactured in the north of Ireland, is sent to. I apprehend, we shall not arrive there, till the 5th of June, it being a great distance from here, and the navi- gation difficult. But when I arrive there, I shall write the first opportunity- Give my kindest respects to the best of mothers, to my dear sister Grace, & Sally if you have an opportunity. To sister Douglas, Mrs. Smith & all enquiring friends I hope to see them again next autumn in good health, though, I am afraid not BO soon as they expect for passages across the Atlantic, are commonly very long at that season. 1 am your affectionate brother, JARED MANSFIELD. Letter from MBS. PROF. DAVIES, To MR. H. MANSFIELD, Publisher. NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. Fl8HKILL-ON-THE-HUD9ON, DBAK SIR: May 28th, 1884. 1 send you a copy of a letter written 99 years ago, by my Father : then twenty-six years of age. His health had been injured by hard study, and he had crossed the Atlantic, in hopes to benefit it. Should you wish to publish it in your book, concerning the Mansfield family, you are welcome to do so. Respectfully, " DELATION," 'OF THANKFUL TODD. The following "Relation," as it was called, was preserved and handed down, and the original is now in the possession of Mr. John Mansfield, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, a great grandson of Thankful Todd. She wrote it in 1736, when 17 years of age, preliminary to joining the first Church in New Haven, as was the custom in those days. Deacon Joel Blakesley of Bridgeport, Ct. , whose wife is a sister of the above John Mansfield, furnished a copy of it for the work, and will doubtless be read with much interest as a rare document of those early times. She was a great granddaughter of Christopher Todd, one of the first settlers of New Haven, in 1638 or 9, and ancestor of about all the Todds in New Haven, and adjacent Towns. She married David Punderson of New Haven, and their eldest daughter Hannah, of their twelve children, married Joseph Mansfield, a Captain in Col. Meigs Regiment, in the War of the Revolution. See No. 65. Come and hear all ye that fear God and I will declare what He hath done for my soul. It is of the Lord's mercy I am not consumed, and that because His com- passions fail not. My father was taken off by death when I was young, (six years of age). My mother has been frequently counciiling me to seek the Lord in my youth, and told me that then was the best time to get an interest in Christ. But I was for delaying in these matters thinking that there would be time enough hereafter to mind my soul, and so I laid the reins on the neck of my lusts, and went on in almost all manner of sins, but especially profanation of the Lord's days, by which I have dishonored God and brought shame to myself. I heard the Rev. Mr. Williams from Matt. 24th, 44th. Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh, which much awakened me but not unto righteousness. I was afraid to go to God and afraid to neglect it. I was some- times ready to fear the earth would swallow me up. After this I heard the Rev. Mr. Noyes from Acts 2nd, 37th. Now when they heard this they were pricked in their hearts and said unto Peter and to the rest of the Apostles, men and breth- ren what shall we do ? I thought I was never brought to enquire in earnest what shall I do to be saved. I was further awakened by reading Mr. Baxter's Call to the unconverted; after this it pleased the Lord to lay his hand upon me by sickness. Then in my distress I was ready to make many promises that if God would spare my life I would live more to his glory than ever yet I had done. It pleased the Lord to restore me to some measure of health : then I thought of per- forming my promises, but found I had no heart. I was afraid to look to an offended God. Those words were a terror to me. Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee at thy coming, it storeth up the dead for thee Also those words Rise up ye women that are at ease, hear my voice ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech. I thought I was one of the careless daughters that had need to bestir myself As also Micah 2nd, 10th, arise depart for this is not your rest, &c. I thought this was a call to me to depart away from my sins, but I found I was unwilling to leave them, and cast all upon Christ, and rely wholly and alone upon him for mercy. APPENDIX. 175 Thus I remained for a time. I went to the Rev. Mr. Noyes and told him something of my condition, and he instructed me. I have been encouraged from these words And the servant said, Lord it is done as them hast commanded and yet there is room ; and as I was musing upon the bound- less mercy of God's goodness to me, I saw as I never before did and I desire to bless the name of God for it for then I saw it was not in my own strength that I must go to God, but in the strength of Christ who has died for me, and how just it would be for God to reject me and cast me off, and I was even astonished that I was out of hell. I took my Bible and happily lit upon Isaiah, 49th, 8th, Thus saith the Lord in an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee. I was brought to see the willingness of Christ to save sinners. I hope I have been made sensible of the evil of sin, and how it is displeasing unto a great and Glorious God, and hurtf ul unto men. I hope I have been made sensible of my perishing state out of Christ and have fled to Him for refuge who is the alone hope set before me. I hope I find in myself hungerings and thirstings after righteousness. I find in myself a love to God's ways and people and desire to give up myself soul and body unto Christ in a covenant to be cleansed and saved, and to be humbling myself before God and His people this day that I have so long stood as a dry tree in God's vineyard. I also desire the prayers of all those that have an interest at the Throne of Grace, for me, that I may walk worthy of the profession which I now make, and that they would council me and instruct me, and if need be reprove me Let the righteous reprove me and it will be an excellent oil, it shall not break my head. I desire to come among Christ's friends tho' very unworthy, and to Join w.ith this Church of Christ if I may be allowed. THANKFUL TODD. 1786. INDEX. INDEX OF THE MALE MANSFIELDS, In the regular order as they occur in the Book, (except young children), with date of births, and names of wives (first wives only), and residence. Births 1636. 1639. 1672. 1677. 1681. 1671. 1674. 1686. 1704. 1708. 1710. 1713. 1715. 1711. 1708. 1711. 1717. 1709. 1716. 1718. 1723. 1742. 1733. Joseph, Moses, Maj., Joseph, Ebenezer, Japhet, Samuel, Moses, Capt. , Jonathan, Dea., John, Joseph, Amos, Josiah, Thomas, Ebenezer, Samuel, Japhet. Daniel, Samuel, Moses, Stephen, Capt., Nathan. Richard, Rev. Dr. David, Dan. 24 Wives. Mary , Mercy Glover. Elizabeth , Hannah Bassett, Hannah Bradley, Unmarried, Margaret Prout, Sarah Ailing, Lydia Tuttle, Phebe Bassett, Married , Hannah Goodyear, Unmarried, Susanna Mansfield, Ruth Tuttle, Unmarried, Esther Hall, Ann Mary Kierstead. Hannah Beach, Deborah Dayton, Anna Hull, Eunice Peck, Sarah, prpb. Cooper, Residence. Pages. "Mansfield Farms, "5- 9 New Haven, 6-12 Mansfield Farms, 10-19 Mansfield Farms, 11-22 Mansfield Farms, 11-22 New Haven, 14 New Haven, 14-23 New Haven, 15-27 New Haven, 19-37 Mansfield Farms, 19-37 Mansfield Farms, 20 Mt. Carmel, Ct., 20-40 North Haven ,Ct., 21-40 Mansfield Farms, 22 New Haven, 22 Mansfield Farms, 22 New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, Derby, Ct., Harwinton, Ct. 24 24 27-41 27-42 28-49 31-64 37-69 Mt. Carmel, Ct., 37 178 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Births. Wives. Residence. Pages. 1734. Titus, Mabel Todd, Hamden, Ct., 38-70 1737. Joseph, Capt., Hannah Punderson, Mansfield Farms, 38-71 Josiab, Hannah , Mt. Carmel, Ct., 40-72 1744. Uzal, Rachel Sperry, Mt. Carmel, Ct., 40-73 1740. Samuel, Unmarried, North Haven, Ct., 40 1739. Jonathan, Capt., Mary Dorchester, New Haven, 41-73 1749. Moses, Widow Dodd, New Haven, 41 1751. (James) Kierstead, Mary Hitchcock, New Haven, 41-76 1759. Jared, Col., Elizabeth Phipps, Cincinnati, O., 43-77 1762. Henry, Mary Fenno, New Haven, 45-90 1748. Nathan, Anna Tomlinson, Derby, Ct., 53-98 1750. William, Elizabeth Lyon, New Haven, 53-99 1851. Achilles, Rev., Mrs. Sarah Huntington, Killingworth, Ct., 55-102 1761. Elisha, New Haven, 61 1767. Glover, Mary Aikens, New Haven, 61-112 1752. Richard, Abiah Shelton, Derby, Ct., 64-115 1762. Joseph, Derby, Ct., 66 1764. William, Eunice Hull, Derby, Ct., 66-115 1765. Stephen, Unmarried, Derby, Ct., 66 1757. Ebenezer, Mary Lewis, Hamden, Ct., 70-117 1758. Enos, . Elizabeth Jacobs, Hamden, Ct., 70-117 1763. Richard, Mary Stiles, North Haven, Ot., 70-118 1770. Titus, Hannah Ives, Hamden, Ct., 70 118 1772. Jesse, Keziah Stiles, Hamden, Ct., 70-118 Lemuel, Mary Cooper, North Haven, Ct., 71-118 1778. Joel, Tirza Jacobs, North Haven, Ct., 71 11!) 1762. Charles, Molly Howard, Wiuchester,N. H. 71-119 1764. Elisha, Rebecca Camp, Canaan, Ct., 71-122 1767. Joseph, Canaan, Ct., 71 1772. David, Louisa Harmon, Westmoreland, N.Y. , 71-122 1774. William P., Sally Mills, Litchfield, Ct., 72-126 1776. JohnT., Dolly Steele, Litchfield, Ct., 72-128 1782. Timothy, Annie Carter, Salisbury, Ct., 72-130 Josiah, Mt. Carmel, Ct., 72 131 1774. Uri, Eunice Atwater, Mt. Carmel, Ct., 73-131 1786. Ebenezer, Sally Hill, 73-132 1775. Jonathan, Hannah Dougal, New Haven, 76-132 1777. Kierstead, Anna Thompson, New Haven. 7t>-138 1801. Edward D., Mary Peck, Cincinnati, O., 77-133 1786. Henry Stephen, Elizabeth Buffum, Slatersville, R. I, 1(0-134 1788. John Fenno, Capt., Unmarried, Cincinnati, O., no 1803. Joseph K. F., Gen., Louisa M. Mather, Middletown, Ct., !)1 i:;r, 1774. Jared, Mrs. Eunice Lum, Derby, Ct., 98-136 1777. William, Sarah Oaks, New Haven, 99-18-5 1786. Isaac, Texas, 100 1798. Lucius, Winter, Lumpkin, Ga., 101 fNDRX. 179 Mirth x. Wives. Residence. Pages. 1820. Benjamin Franklin, Harriet Janet Clark. New Haven, 102-136 1825. Frederick, Emily Barnes, Fair Haven, Ct., 103-136 1784. Nathan, Unmarried, Killingworth, Ct. 103 1793. Giles, Harriet Stanley, New Haven, 112-136 1795. Nathan, Maria Sheppard, Oxford, Ct., 113-137 1796. Eli, Nancy B. Hardwick, Sparta, Ga., 113-138 1804. Andrew, CabiN, Ohio, 113 1808. Horace, Mary J. Dimock, New Haven, 114-138 1810. William A., Minerva Monk, Plymouth, Ct., 115 1791. Ebenezer, Junr. , Laura Stiles, North Haven, Ct. 117-141 John Lewia. Martha Burnham, Hamden, Ct., 117-141 1793. Lyman, Abtah Cooper, Hamden, Ct., X 17-142 1794. Seymour, Aluiera Bassett, Hamden, Ct., 117-143 1786. Leveret, Sally Sanford, Esperance, N. Y., 118-143 1790. Richard, Charlotte Potter, North Haven, Ct., 118-144 Stiles, VTo r-f\ prl Little Falls, N. Y., 118 1795. Elias,. Mary Todd, Sandersfield, Mass., 118-144 1'801. Jesse M. , Charlotte Heaton, New Haven, 118-145 John, Unmarried, North Haven, Ct., 118 1801. Jared, Sally B. Bradley, North Haven, Ct., 119-145 1806. John Henry, Eliza Mansfield, North Haven, Ct., 119-146 1808. Liverous, Esther J. Osborne, Livingston, N. Y., 119-146 1812. Orrin, Betsey A. Bishop, Sherwood, Wis. , 119-146 1816. John Leveret, Unmarried, North Haven, Ct., 119 1799. Riley, Betsy Chase, Fayston, Vt., 119-146 1804. Martin, Unmarried, Winchester, N. H. 131 1809. Charles, Lucy B. Burbank, Winchester, N. H. 121-147 1807. Elisha D. , Fanny Munson, Canaan, Ct. , 122-147 Phineas, Canaan, Ct., 122 William, Canaan, Ct., 122 1798. Warren, Married , Westmoreland, N.Y. 122-148 1809. William Punderson, Unmarried, Westmoreland, N. Y. 122 1811. Charles M ., Lucy M. Littlejohn, Westmoreland, N.Y. 122-148 1816. David, Susan Ann Gower, Westmoreland, N.Y. 123-148 1825. Joseph Lafayette, Maria L. Weaver, Grandin, Dakota, 123-148 1810. Bradley Mills, Kent, Ct., 127 1816. Lewis William, Carrie M. Bayard, Cohoes, N. Y. 127-149 1806. Joseph Pundersou, XT * *! Shelby Co. , Iowa, 128 iiarri6cij ' ' ' 'i 1808. Lemuel Steel, Susan A. Carter, Durant, Iowa, 128-149 1818. John, Sarah W. Wiard, Cleveland, O., 130 1820. Pundersou, m T ' 1 130 1811. James Punderson, Betsy Moore, Detroit, Mich., 130 1773. Josiah, Anna Dickerman, Mt. Carmel, Ct., 131-149 1806. William W., Nancy Tripp, Middlebury, Ct., 132-150 ...... Chester D., Capt., Esther Austin, Fair Haven, Ct., 132-150 1810. Charles, Alma Fox, Woodbury, Ct., 132 180 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Birth*. Wive*. Residence. Paffen. 1816. Almoa, Elizabeth Pope, Woodbury, Ct., 132 1818. Shelden, Eliza Cowles, Woodbury, Ct., 132-151 1831. Edward Jared, Unmarried, Cincinnati, O., 133 1834. Charles Davies, Anna Beck, Washington,D.C.133 1848. Francis W., Lt., Unmarried, Ft.Leavenworth ,K.,133 1818. Henry Stephen, Jr. , Emily Farnam, Millville, Mass., 134-151 1820. John Fenno, Fanny E. Batchelder, Smithfield, R. I. ,134 1824. Joseph King Fenno, Elizabeth Andrews, Rah way, N. J., 134-151 1827. Jared, Harriet Ayer, Newton, Mass., 134-151 1829. William, Sally Ann Burt, Columbia, Gal., 134-152 1839. Samuel Marther, Maj., Annie Baldwin Wright, Galveston, Texas, 135 1845. Henry Livingston, Adeline O. Carter, Middletown, Ct. ,135-152 1808. Stephen, Caroline Oatman, Bethany, Ct., 135-152 1812. Nathan Glover, Theodocia Parker, Easton, Pa., 135-152 1805. William L., Elizabeth Bradley, New Haven, 135-153 1809. Henry, Julia C. Trowbridge, New Haven, 136-153 1818. Leonard, Unmarried, New Haven, 136 1848. Edward Franklin, Kate Coale Goodnow, New Haven, 136-153 1852. William Frederick, Esther Eleanor WedmoreFair Haven, 136-153 1856. Frank Jared, Alice Enola Wilson, Fair Haven, 136 1818. George Stanley, Unmarried, New Haven, 137 1819. John W., Mary A. Macumber, New Haven, 137-153 1825. Theodore D., Mary Atkins Leeds, Boston, 137-154 1830. Hemy Whiting, Julia A. Macumber, New Haven, 137-154 1854. Joseph Deming, Unmarried, New Haven, 137 1821. Charles Henry, Unmarried, California, 137 1823. Samuel Howell, Unmarried, New Haven, 137 1825. Frederick W., Harriet Hurd, New Haven, 137-154 1827. Nathan, Unmarried, California, 138 1830. Lucius, Sarah E. Moore, New Haven, 138-154 1836. Rollin, Married , California, 138 1833. Robert William, Unmarried, Georgia, 138 1834. James Dimock, Unmarried, Minnesota, 138 1842. Edward G., Emma R. Smith, New Haven, 139-154 1854. George B. , Mary Robinson, Rapid City, Dak ,139 1856. Horace J. , Alma D. Mathushek, New York, 139 1868. Richard, ; New Haven, 139 1815. Isaac, Maria Hitchcock, Morris, N. Y., 141-155 1817. Edwin Lewis, Polly C. Bishop, North Haven, Ct ,141-155 1820. George B. , Hellen M. Bates, New York, 141 1824. Willis, Sarah E. Platt, New Haven, 142-156 1822. Enos Orson, Sarah L. Stowe, New Haven, 142-156 1825. William Lyman, Elizabeth Razee, Hamden, Ct., 143-156 1827. Charles, Elizabeth Van Doran, Hamden, 143 1812. Stiles, Sarah Kelly, Fair Haven, Ct. , 143-156 1816. Henry, Harriet A. Elting, Peoria, 111., 143-156 INDEX. 181 Births. Wives. Residence. Pages. 1820. John, ATflrriffl Elgin, 111., 144 * ^ ICll 1823. Leveret, Unmarried, New Jersey, 144 1826. Edward, Rebecca Fulton, Princeville, III., 144-157 1830. "William Leander, Unmarried 1A4 1833. Sereno, Lottie E. Rowe, Philadelphia, 144 1819. Julius Elias, Catharine L. Hardick, Sandersfleld,Mas. 144-157 1824. Jesse Albert, Belinda Bromley, Adrian, Mich., 144 1829. George Oscar, Married /-vi 1A~ 1835. Edwin Oliver, Amelia Jones, 145 1833. Austin, Emily Ford, New Haven, 145-157 1849. Howard, New York, 145 1856. Burton, Elizabeth H. Barney, New Haven, 145 1824. Sherlock A., Polly E. Bassett, North Haven, Ct. 145-157 Dennis T., Mrs. Maria Holmes, East Haven, Ct.,145 1829. Bronson, Harriet E. Mabry, North Haven, Ct., 146-158 1836. James Gorden, Nancy Riggs, North Haven.Ct ,146-158 1843. Franklin J., Unmarried, "Sherwood, Wis., 146 '1834. Martin, Sarah Brigham, Troy, N. Y., 147-158 1857. Charles Burbank, Hattie L. Franklin, Winchester,N.H.147 1858. Henry Martin, Matie E. Newbury, Greenwich, N.Y. 147 1835. William H., Unmarried, G. Barrington, M ,147 1860. William Punderson, Westmoreland, N.Y. 149 1856. William Kinsell, Ella Clute, Cohoes, N. Y., 149 1840. William Carter, Unmarried, Durant, Iowa, 149 1842. John Rensellaer. Elice E. Eustick, Durant, Iowa, 149-159 1829. Henry A., Betsey Ann Sackett, North.Haven.Ct., 150-159 1855. George Washington Ezra } Fair Haven, Ct., 150 1857. Elliot Walter, . Fair Haven.Ct., 150 1845. George D. , Lucy Read, Woodbury, Ct., 151 1845. Henry F , Delia Howard, Utica, N. Y., 151-159 1848. Albert Thayer, Mary Warren, Allendale, R. I., 151 1859. Edward Alexander, Ada V. Scott, Uxbridge,Mass , 151 1853. Arthur Douglas, Rahway, N. J., 151 1860. James Andrews, Michigan, 151 1856. Willie Henry, Boston, 151 1 wi-tn TJ* IT* Boston 151 10DU. 1867. -T ranK irwm, Frederick Augustus, Boston, 151 1832. Burton, Lillie Merritt, New York, 152 1848. John Clark, Kate Hoctor, Philadelphia, 152 1860. Nathan French, Bethany, Ct., 152 Frank, Easton, Pa., 153 1839. Thomas Trowbridge, Catharine R. Hurlbut, Meriden, Ct., 153-159 1841. Frederick O., Mary Hine, New Haven, 153-160 1854. George Stanley, Sarah E. Nichols, Boston, 154 1858. William Kendrick, Boston, 154 1861. Nathan T., Unmarried, West Haven, Ct., 154 182 MANSFIELb GENEALOGY. Birth*. 1858. 1843. 1B49. 1853. 1850. 1852. 1854. 1856. 1858. 1860. 1855. 1858. 1864. 1858. 1859. 1865. 1866. 1869. 1848. 1863. 1851. 1855. 1857. 1864. 1857. 1862. 1859. 1855. 1fl1 Charles E., Rouiaine, Rev., Vernon DeLancey, Edwin Lyman, Isaac Edwin, Monroe W., George L., Frederick W., William C., Luther, Frederick Lynn, Elijah Henry, Henry, Leverette, Albert, Edward, Sanford, Joseph, James H., Louis A. , Frederick L., Zenus W., Roberts., Franklin A., Willie Lyinau, Charles H., William Riley, Charles H., Wives. Katie R. Leeke, Amelia Moore, Margery Mary D. Shepherd, Hattie E. Kinney, Eunice Goodyear, Mary E. Bradley, Hattie Hitchcock, Carrie E. Fredericks, Fannie Birch, Bertha Bassett, Residence. Pages. New Haven, 154-160 Spr. Valley, N.Y., 155 Greely, Col., 155 Greely, Col., 155 North Haven, Ct., 156-161 New Haven, 156 New Haven, 156 New Haven, 156 Hamden, Ct., 156 Hamden, Ct., 156 Fair Haven, 156 Peoria, 111., 157 Peoria, 111., 157 Princeville, 111., 157 Princeville, 111., 157 Princeville, 111., 157 Princeville, 111., 157 Princeville, 111., 157 New Haven, 157 New Haven, 157 North Haven, 157-161 North Haven, 158 North Haven, 158-161 North Haven, 158 North Haven, 158 North Haven, 158 Windsor,Dakota,158 Fair Haven, Ct., 159 Meriden, Ct, 159 INDEX OF THE FEMALE MANSFIELDS, In the regular order as they occur in the Book, (excepting young children), with dato of births, and names of husbands, (first husbands only), and residence. Births. 1660. Martha. 1662. Mercy, 1664. Silence, 1668. Comfort, 1664. Abigail, 1667. Mercy, 1669. Hannah, 1677. Sarah, 1682. Bathshua, 1701. Mary. 1702. Lydia. ...... Abigail, 1704. Hannah, 1706. Sarah, 1714. Rachel, ...... Esther, ...... Martha. ...... Comfort, 1707. 1708. 1713. 1719. 1712. 1715. 1721. ...... 1743. 1746. 1757. 1736. 1747. 1765. Mary, Margaret, Susannah, Mercy. Susannah, Sarah, Lois, Phebe, Mabel, Bebe, Polly, Sarah, Hannah, Sarah, Husbands. Richard Sperry, Bristol, Residence. I Woodbridge, Ct., 'age. 9 Chatfield John Benham, John Atwater, John Thompson, Gershom Brown, William Rhodes, Joseph Chapman, Daniel Tuttle, Wallingford, Ct., East Haven, Ct., New Haven, New Haven, Newport, R. I., 12 12 13 15 15 PI Unmarried, Jacob Turner, Gershom Todd, "Mansfield Farms," Hamden, Ct., 19 21 22 Amos Tuttle, 22 Stephen Tuttle, 23 Beach, OQ Thomas Sperry, 00 Samuel Nichols, Elihu Sperry, Fitz John Allyn, Capt. Israel Munson, Samuel Cook, Rev. William Troup, Samuel Mansfield, Thomas Wilmot, Abraham Bradley, Leman Potter Stratford, Ct., Woodbridge, Ct., New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, 23 23 23 23 24 26 27 27 30 40 Doct. Walter Munson, Phillip Daggett, North Haven, (.'!.. North Haven, Ct., North Haven, Ct., 40 40 10 John Danielson, Col. William Douglas, James Sisson, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, 41 42 46 184 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Births. 1770. Grace, 1745. Mary, 1747. Lois, 1756. Susanna, 1754. Elizabeth, 1756. Anna, 1758. Sarah, 1772. Lucretia, 1774. Mary Louisa, 1761. Hannah, 1774. Mabel, Mary, 1779. Sally, 1765. Mary, 1768. Sarah, 1779. Mary, 1782. Sarah, 1784. Julia, 1787. Rachel, 1807. Mary Ann, 1792. Mary Grace, 1799. Grace Totten, 1801. Hannah Fenno, 1777. Betsey, 1781. Sally, Anna, 1780. Elizabeth, 1782. Annie, 1791. Sarah. 1795. Susan, 1806. Louisa, 1787. Eliza, 1791. Susan, 1799. Mary, 1806. Caroline, 1814. Elizabeth, Sophia, Rboda, 1786. Sally, 1788. Mabel, 1800. Mary, 1797. Melinda, 1800. Bede, 1802. Eliza, 1796. Charlotte, Hmbands. Peter Totten, Isaac Beers, Col. William Lyou, Capt. Major Lines, Unmarried, Elijah Humphreys, Rev. Edward Blakeslee Abel Allis, Giles Mardenbrough, Daniel Tuttle, Joel Todd, Lyman Smith, Lewis Spooner, Wheeler Beecher, John Benedict, Leman Hall, Stephen Porter, David Ritter, Jas. Webster Townsend. Prof. Charles Davies, Judge David Wade, Elias Parker, Unmarried, Anson Gillette, Cyrus Holbrook, William Dyer, Capt. Richard Everitt, Henry Eld, Capt. Richard Everitt, Unmarried, Doct. Peter Mattaner, Doct. Austin Olcott, Rev. Joshua Huntington Unmarried, Daniel Burritt, Newel C. Hall, Kurd, Derias Cooper, Ransley Hall, Stephen Babcock, Ezra Kimberly, John Frost, Unmarried, John Henry Mansfield, Elias Bassett, Residence. New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, Derby, Ct., Derby, Ct., Derby, Ct., Derby, Ct., Derby, Ct., Hamden, Ct., North Haven, Ct,, North Haven, Ct., Kent, Ct., Woodbridge, Ct., New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, Fishkill, N. Y., Cincinnati, O., Middletown, Ct,, Middletown, Gt., Derby, Ct, Derby, Ct. , Berlin, Ct., New Haven. New Haven, New Haven, Virginia, Georgia, Killingworth, Ct,, , Boston, Mass., New Haven, New Haven. New Haven, Derby, Ct., Hamden, Ct., Hamden, Ct., Hamden, Ct. , Hamden, Ct., Hamden, Ct. , Hamden, Ct., North Haven, Ct., Hamden, Ct., Page. 46 49 51 57 64 64 66 66 67 70 71 71 72 73 74 76 76 76 77 87 90 90 90 98 99 100 100 101 102 103 103 113 113 115 115 117 117 117 117 1.17 117 118 118 INDEX 185 Birth*. Uwsbandx. 1797. Julia Maria, David Leek, Delana, Zenas Bassett, Eunice, Alfred Thorp, 1809. Mary Ann, Washington Jacobs, '. 1795. Hannah, Christopher Bullock, 1796. Betsey, Ira Burdick, 1800. Polly, Henry Snow, 1806. Mary, Unmarried, 1812. Sarah, Lucius Naromore. Rebecca, Legrand Leavenworth, Hannah, Lylola, i 1800. Laura, Thomas Halbert, 1814. Louisa M., Hezekiah C.A.Harrison,' 1820. Lucretia Melinda, John Kinney, 1827. Helen Maria, Chester C. Waters, 1808. Maria Mills, Hon. Hugh White, 1809. Florilla Pundersou, 1799. Betsey, An son Hubbard, 1801. Ann, Chandler Swift, 1803. Susan, Asa Slade, 1810. Harriet, Ira Frink, 1813. Mary Steel, Henry Chapin, 1815. Sally Maria, Joel Blakeslee, 1813. Mary Ett, Noah French, 1816. Sarah Maria, Unmarried, ( 1818. Caroline Cornelia, Zimri Densmore, -. QOQ \nn Elizabeth, i 1808. Maria, Daniel At wood. 1814. Caroline, George Saxton, 1820. Julia Ann, Cereno Saxton, 1824. Harriet, George W. Johnson, 1826. Emeliue, Legrand Russell, 1797. Lucy Maria, Unmarried, 1800. Eliza A., Samuel Rowland, 1843. Elizabeth Phipps, Rev. A. S. Dudley, 184o. Eleanor Strode, Charles Moulton, 1853. Margaret Edith Deering, i 1816. Elizabeth Buffum, Parley Hammond, 1831. Mary S., Unmarried, 1841. 1 w ~ 1 1 Mary Louisa, Unmarried, leoU. 1815. Evatharine .Matnei. Eliza, Abram Fowler, 1799. Eliza, Unmarried, 1802. Grace, Capt. Benjamin Hallet, 25 Residence. Page. New Haven, Ct., 118 North Haven, Ct., 118 North Haven, Ct., 118 North Haven, Ct., 119 Winchester, N. H., 119 Kalamazoo, Mich., 119 Battle Creek, Mich., 120 Winchester, N. H., 121 Winchester, N. H., 121 Canaan, Ct., 122 Canaan, Ct., 122 Canaan, Ct., 122 Westmoreland, N.Y. 122 N. Y. City, 122 Meriden, Ct., 123 Englewood, N. J., 126 Waterford, N. Y., 126 Kent, Ct., 127 Litchfield, Ct., 128 Litchfield, Ct., 128 Litchfield, Ct., 128 Litchfield, Ct., 128 Anite, Iowa, 128 Bridgeport, t., 130 Clifton Springs, N.Y. 131 Clifton Springs, N.Y. 131 Jonesville, Mich., 131 Clifton Springs, N.Y. 131 Woodbury, Ct., 132 Woodbury, Ct., 133 Woodbury, Ct. , 132 Woodbury, Ct.. 132 Woodbury, Ct., 132 New Haven, 132 New Haven, 133 Yamoyden, O., 133 Yamoyden, O., 133 Oswego, N. Y., 134 Baltimore, Md., 134 Slatersville, R. I.. 134 Middletown, Ct., 135 Middletown, Ct., 135 Derby Ct., 135 New Haven, 135 Wilmington,N. C., 135 186 MANSFIELD GENEALOGY. Births. Husbands. 1803. Charlotte, Unmarried, 1807. Julia Ann, Unmarried, 1813. Sarah, Unmarried, 1815. Jane, Unmarried, 1844. Harriet Elizabeth, Thomas J. Beers, 1846. Emma Augusta, Charles E. Doty, 1855. Mary Louisa, Frank B. Walker, 1850. Susan Louisa, 1859. Jennie Elizabeth, Marcus E. Butterfleld, 1863. Alice Emma, 1817. Mary Ann, Unmarried, 1821. Emily Nichols, Timothy Dwight, 1818. Jennett, * Samuel Riggs, 1820. Harriet, Henry E. Rhodes, 1829. Mary Frances, Richard M. Johnston, 1836. Ellen Jane, Wallace B. Fenn, 1839. Mary Akins, Francis W. Wilkinson. 1844. Sarah W., Unmarried, 1849. Irene Elizabeth, Dr. Merrit Matteson, 1852. Jennie Louise, John D. Bulkley, 1823. Eunice, Edward Johnson, 1822. Maria, Dana H. Hotchkiss, 1825. Jane, Monroe L. Battell, 1828. Emily, Samuel Davis, 1830. Bede Cornelia, Uriah Robinson, 1830. Sarah Selina, John H. Thompson, 1829. Grace, William Van Doran, 1845. Maria, John Jacobs, 1808. Eliza, John S. Kelly, 1810. Jennet, Caleb Lyon, 1814. Adeline, Unmarried, 1818. Maryett, Unmarried, 1823. Caroline Amanda, Jared Brockett, 1826. Cornelia, Heman Brooks, Delia, Francis N. Stephens, 1821. Mary Maria, J. O. Barker, 1827. Ann Eliza, Newton Royce, 1837. Susan, George D. Gower, Sarah, Franklin Shepherd, 1842. Caroline, William R. Bishop, 1847. Louisa H. , Bela Bishop, 1825. Maria B. , Timothy Wheeler, 1848. Mary Minerva, Amson O. Brigham, 1849. Josephine, Andrews T. Sprague, 1845. Celia Maria, William Thompson, Residence. Page. New Haven, 135 New Haven, 135 New Haven, 136 New Haven, 136 New Haven, 136 New Haven, 136 New Haven, 136 Fair Haven, Ot. , 136 Fair Haven, 136 Fair Haven, 136 New Haven, 136 New York, 137 New Haven, 137 New Haven, 137 Sparta, Ga., 138 New Haven, 138 New Haven, 139 New Haven, 139 Morris, N. Y., 139 New Haven, 139 141 New Haven, 141 New York, 142 New Haven, 142 N. Branford, Ct., 142 N. Branford, Ct., 143 Hamden, 143 Hamden, 143 Pingree Grove, 111., 148 Beecher, 111., 143 North Haven, Ct., 143 143 West Haven, Ct., 144 144 West Haven, 144 144 Gr. Barrington,Mass. , 144 New Haven, 145 North Haven, Ct., 145 Sherwood, Wia, 146 Sherwood, Wis., 146 Waterbury, Vt.. 146 Stowe, Vt., 147 Greenwich, N. Y., 147 Westmoreland, N.Y., 148 ISTDEX. 187 Eirths. 1852. Elizabeth, 1855. Louisa, 1865. Jessie, 1849. Nancy Elizabeth, 1805. LucyE., 1848. Nancy E., 1841. Marion E., 1847. Helen A., 1840. Margarets., 1854. Julia Ann, 1847. Emily, 1858. Hattie Phillips, 1843. Mary Eunice, 1846. Frances Ann, Mary Eunice, Julia, Fannie, Lizzie Glover, 1835. Ellen Augusta, 1839. Mary Louisa, 1853. Emily Dwight, 1856. Emily Frances, 1866. Harriet May, 1860. Harriet Stanley, 1860. EllaM., 1844. Mary Aurelia, 1860. Hattie E., 1866. Lilian S., 1867. Nellie C., 1862, C. Elizabeth, 1865. Jennie L., 1851. Fannie, 1857. Louise Pentard, 1859. Marguerite Elting, 1860. Isabelle Fleming, 1862. Sarah Sanford, 1869. Eleanor Tucker, 1859. Hattie Augusta, 1866. MaryE., 1856. KateM., 1867. Bessie I., 1864. Sophia Philips, 1868. Mary Hine, Husbands. John D. Irving, Jasper B. Blackstone, Edward Bulkley, James M. Baldwin, Henry B. Ball, Charles Rowley, Joseph Gee, Isaac C. Bates. Thomas Baher, Schwartz, Marks, James J. Cope, Edwin S. Walker, John H. Northrop. Augusta R. Treadway Charles H. Ferry, Charles M. Stone, Hubbard Bradley, Elsworth H. Bassett, C. B. Blakeslee, C. W. Mosher, Robert C. Button, Prof. Bert Watisman, George Marsh, Residence. Page. Toledo, O., 148 Westmoreland.N.Y., 148 Clock ville, N. Y., 149 Muscatine Co., la., 149 New Haven, 149 North Haven, Ct,, 150 Fair Haven, Ct. , 150 Fair Haven, Ct,, 150 Woodbury, Ct., 150 Woodbury, Ct., 151 Providence, R. I., 151 Rahway, N. J., 151 152 152 Easton, Pa., 152 Northampton Co., Pa. 153 Philadelphia, 158 Easton, Pa., 158 New Haven, 153 Cleveland, O., 153 Chicago. 111., 153 Boston, 154 Boston, 154 New Haven, 154 New Haven, 154 North Haven, Ct,, 155 New Haven, 156 New Haven, 156 New Haven, 156 Hamden, Ct., 156 Hamden, Ct,, 156 Peoria, 111., 157 Lincoln, Neb., 157 Peoria, HI., 157 Peoria, 111., 157 Peoria, 111., 157 Peoria, fll. 157 Fair Haven, Ct, 158 North Haven, 158 Burlington, Vt., 158 Troy, N. Y., 158 Meriden, Ct., 160 New Haven, 160 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE MALE MANSFIELDS. Births. Wives. 1751. Achilles, Rev., Mrs. Sarah Huntington, '. 1848. Albert Thayer, Mary Warren, 1ft5Q Albert JL(J9JV. 1816. Almon, Elizabeth Pope, 1710 Amos 1 t M '. 1804. Andrew, Cahill, i 1853. Arthur Douglas, 1833. Austin, Emily Ford, 1820. Benjamin Franklin, Harriet J. Clark, 1810. Bradley Mills, Unmarried, 1829. Bronson, Harriet E. Mabry, 1856. Burton, Elizabeth H. Barney, 1832. Burton, Lillia Merritt, 1809. Charles, Lucy B. Burbank, 1811. Charles M., Lucy M. Littlejohu, 1762. Charles, Molly Howard, 1834. Charles Davies, Anna Beck, 1821. Charles H., Unmarried, ' 1827. Charles, Elizabeth Van Doran, 1810. Charles, Alma Fox, 1857. Charles Burbank, llattie L. Franklin, 1858. Charles E., Katie Leeke, 1862. Charles H., 1855. Charles H., Bertha Bassett, 1711. Daniel, Unmarried, 1733. Dan, Sarah, prob. Cooper, 1742. David, Eunice Peck, 1816. David, ' Susan Ann Gower, 1772. David, Louisa Harmon, Dennis, T., Mrs. Maria Holmes, 1677. Ebenezer, Hannah Bassett, 1715. Ebenezer, Unmarried, 1791. Ebenezer, Junr., Laura Stiles, 1757. Ebenezer, Mary Lewis, 1786. Ebenezer, Sally Hill, 1801. Edward D., Hon., Mary Peck, 1881. Edward Jared, Unmarried, Residence. Pages. Killingworth, Ct., 55-102 Allendale, R. I, 151 Princeville, 111., 157 Woodbury, Ct,, 132 Mansfield Farms," 20 Ohio, 113 Rahway, N. J., 151 New Haven, 145-157 New Haven. 102-130 Kent, Ct., 12? North Haven, Ct,, 146-158 New Haven, 145 New York, 152 Winchester, N. H., 121-147 Westmoreland,!*. Y., 122-148 Winchester, N. H., 71-119 Washington, I). ('., 133 California, 1=37 Hamden, (.'I., 143 Woodbury, Ct., 132 Winchester, N. H., 147 New Haven, I'd North Haven, Cl.. 158 Fair Haven, Ct., 15!) New Haven, 24 Ml. Carmel, Ct., :i! Hanvinton, Ct., 37- 69 Westmoreland, N.V., 123-148 Westmoreland, N. V., 71 1'.",' East Haven, Ct., 145 Mansfield Farms, 11- 22 Mansfield Farms, 22 North Haven, Ct., 117-141 Hamden, Ct., 70-117 Of Bethlehem, Ct., 73-132 Cincinnati, O., 77 15:; Cincinnati, O., 133 IXDEX. 189 BirtJis. 1848. 1842. 1865. Edward Franklin, Edward Glover, Edward, Wives. Kate C. Goodnow, Emma R. Smith, Residence. New Haven, New Haven, Pages. 136-153 139-154 1 ^7 1826. 1859. 1861. Edward, Edward Alexander, Edward Austin, Rebecca Fulton, Ada V. Scott, Princeville, 111., Uxbridge, Mass., Meriden Ct 144-157 151 1 *><** 1817. 1835. Edwin Lewis, Edwin Oliver, Polly C. Bishop, Amelia Jones, North Haven, Ct., 141-155 145 1853. Edwin Lyman, Greeley Col \KK 1761. Elisha, New Haven r!l 1796. 1795. 1807. 1764. 1858 Eli, Elias, Elisha D., Elisha, Elijah Henry Nancy B. Hardwick, Mary Todd, Fanny Munson, Rebecca Camp. Sparta, Ga. , Sandersfi eld , M ass. , Canaan, Ct. , Canaan, Ct., Peoria 111 113-138 118-144 122-147 71-122 157 1857. Elliott Walter, Fair Haven, Ct 150 1758. 1822, 1848. 1856. 1843. 1860. Enos, Enos Orson, Francis W., Lit., Frank Jared, Franklin J., Frank Invin, Elizabeth Jacobs, Sarah L. Stowe, Unmarried, Alice E. Wilson, Unmarried, Hamden, Ct., New Haven. Ft. Leavenworth, K. , Fair Haven, Ct., Sherwood, Wis. , Boston, 70-117 142-156 133 136 146 151 Frank Easton, Pa., 153 1864. 1825. 1825. 1867 Franklin A., Frederick, Frederick W. , Frederick Augustus Carrie E. Fredericks, Emily Barnes, Harriet Hurd, North Haven, Ct., Fair Haven, Ct., New Haven, Boston, 158 102-136 137-154 151 1841. 1856. Frederick O., Frederick W., Mary Hine, New Haven, New Haven, 153-160 156 1855 Frederick Lynn Fair Haven, Ct.. 156 1851. 1818. 1854. 1820. 1829 Frederick L., George Stanley, George B., George B.. Eunice Goodyear, Unmarried, Mary Robinson, Hellen M. Bates, Married North Haven, Ct., New Haven, Rapid City, Dakota, New York, Ohio, 157-161 137 139 141 145 1 855 Fair Haven, Ct.. 150 1845. 1854. 1854 George D. , George Stanley, Lucy Read, Sarah E. Nicholls, Woodbury, Ct., Boston, New Haven, 151 154 156 1793. 1767. 1762. 1786. 1818. 1845. 1809. Giles, (J lover. Henry. Henry Stephen, Henry Stephen, Henry Livingston, Henry, Harriet Stanley, Mary Aikins, Mary Fenno, Elizabeth Buffum, Emily Farnam. Adeline O. Carter, Julia C. Trowbridge, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, Slatersville, R. L, Millville, Mass., Middletown, Ct., New Haven, 112-136 61-112 45- 90 1)0-134 134-151 135-152 136-153 190 MANSFIELD GEKEALOGY. BiriJiS. 1830. Henry Whiting, 1816. Henry, 1858. Henry Martin, 1829. Henry A., 1845. Henry F., 1864. Henry, 1808. Horace, 1856. Horace J., 1849. Howard, 1786. Isaac. 1815. Isaac, 1850. Isaac Edwin, 1811. James P., 1834. James D., 1836. James Gorden, 1860. James Andrews, 1848. James H., 1681. Japhet, 1708. Japhet, 1759. Jared ; Col., 1801. Jared. 1827. Jared, 1772. Jesse, 1801. Jesse M., 1824. Jessie Albert, 1778. Joel, 1704. John, 1776 John T., 1788. John Fenno, Capt. John Lewis, John, 1806. John Henry, 1816. John Leveret, 1818. John, 1820. John Fenno, 1819. John W., 1820. John, 1842. John Renssalaer, 1848. John Clark, 1686. Jonathan, Dea., 1739. Jonathan, Capt., 1775. Jonathan, 1636. Joseph, 1672. Joseph, 1708. Joseph, 1737. Joseph, Capt., Julia A. Macumber, Harriet A. Etting, Matie E. Newbury, Betsey Ann Sacket, Delia Hay ward, Mary J. Dimock, Alma D. Mathushek, Maria Hitchcock, Mary D. Shepherd, Betsey Moore, Unmarried, Nancy Riggs, Hattie E. Kinney, Hannah Bradley, Ruth Tuttle, Elizabeth Phipps, Sally B. Bradley, Harriet Ayer, Keziah Stiles. Charlotte Eaton, Belinda Bromley, Terza Jacobs, Lydia Tuttle, Dolly Steel, Unmarried, Martha Burnham, Unmarried, Eliza Mansfield, Unmarried, Sarah W. Wiard, Fanny E. Batchelder, Mary A. Macumber, Married Elice E. Eustick, Kate Hoctor, Sarah Ailing, Mary Dorchester, Hannah Dougal, Mary Elizabeth, Phebe Bassett, Hannah Punderson, Residence. Pages. New Haven, 137-154 Peoria, '111., 143-156 Greenwich, N. Y.. 147 North Haven, Ct., 150-159 Utica, N. Y., 151 Peoria, 111., 157 New Haven, 114-138 New York, 139 New York, 145 Texas, 100 Morris, N. Y., 141-155 North Haven, Ct., 156-161 Detroit, Mich., 130 St. Anthony, Minn., 138 North Haven, Ct., 146-158 Michigan, 151 New Haven, 157 Mansfield Farms, 11- 22 Mansfield Farms. 22 Cincinnati, O. , 48- 77 North Haven, Ct., 119-145 West Newton, Mass., 134-151 Hamden, Ct., 70-118 New Haven, 118-145 Adrian Mich., 144 North Haven. Ct., 71-119 New Haven, 19-37 Litchfield, Ct., 72-128 Cincinnati, O., 90 Hamden, Ct., 117-141 North Haven, Ct., 118 North Haven. Ct., 119-146 North Haven, Ct., 119 Cleveland, O., 130 Smithfleld, R. I., 134 New Haven, 137-1 o3 Elgin, 111., 144 Durant, lown, 149 159 Philadelphia, 157 New Haven, 15- 27 New Haven. 41- 73 New Haven. 76 Mansfield Farms. 5- 9 Mansfield Farms, 10- 19 Mansfield Farms, 19- 37 Litchfield, S. Farms, 38- 71 Birttis. 1762. Joseph, INDEX. Wives. Residence. Derby Ct 191 Pages. 66 1767. Joseph, Married Canaan Ct 71 1803. 1824. 1825. 1854. 180C. Joseph K. F. , Gen., Joseph K. F., Joseph Lafayette, Joseph Deming, Joseph Punderson, Louisa M. Mather, Elizabeth Andrews, Maria L. Weaver, Unmarried, Married Middletown, Ct., Rahway, N. J., Grandin, Dakota, New Haven, Shelby Co , Iowa 91-125 134-151 123-148 137 128 1869. Joseph. Princeville, 111. 157 Josiah, Married Mt. Carmel Ct. 20- 40 Josiah, Josiah. Hannah Married Mt. Carrael, Ct., Mt. Carmel, Ct., 40- 70 72-131 1773. 1819. 1751. 1777. 1808. 1818. 1816. 1786. 1823. 1858 Josiah, Julias Elias, Kierstead (James), Kierstead, Lemuel, Lemuel Steel, Leonard, Lewis William, Leveret, Leveret, Leverette Anna Dickerman, Catharine A. Hardick, Mary Hitchcock, Anna Thompson, Mary Cooper, Susan A. Carter, Unmarried, Carrie M. Bayard. Sally Sanford, Unmarried, Mt. Carmel, Ct., Sandersfield, Masa., New Haven, New Haven, North Haven, Ct. , Durant, Iowa, Xew Haven, Cohoes, N. Y. , Esperance, N. Y., New Jersey, Princeville, 111. 131-149 144-157 41- 76 76-133 71-118 128-149 136 127-149 118-143 144 157 1808. 1863 Liverous, Louis \ Esther J. Osborne, Livingston, N. Y. , New Haven, 119-146 157 1798. 1830. 1860 Lucius Lucius, Luther Winter, Sarah E. Moore, Lurnpkin, Ga., New Haven, Hamden, Ct., 101 138-154 156 1793. 1804. 1834. 1852 Lymau, Martin, Martin, Monroe W Abtah Cooper, Unmarried. Sarah Brigham, Hamden, Ct., Winchester, N. H., Troy, N. Y., New Haven, 117-142 121 147-158 156 1639. 1674. 1709. 1749. 1718. 1748. 1784. 1795. 1812. 1827. 1860 Moses, Maj., Moses, Capt., Moses, Moses, Nathan. Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan Glover, Nathan. Nathan French Mercy Glover, Margaret Prout, Ann Maria Kierstead, Widow Dodd, Deborah Dayton, Anna Tomlinson, Unmarried, Maria Sheppard, Theodocia Parker, Unmarried, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven. New Haven, Derby, Ct., Killingworth, Ct., Oxford, Ct., Easton, Pa., California, Bethany, Ct., 6- 12 14- 23 27- 41 41 28- 49 53- 98 102 113-137 135-152 138 152 1861 Nathan T West Haven, Ct., 154 1812. Orrin, Phineas Retsey A. Bishop, Sherwood, Wis., Canaan, Ct., 119-146 122 1820. Punderson. Married .. 130 192 ] Births. Richard, 1723. Richard, Rev. Dr., 1752. Richard, 1768. Richard, 1790. Richard. 1868. Richard, 1799. Riley, 1833. Robert William, 1857. Roberts., 1836. Rolliu, 1843. Romaiue, Rev., 1671. Samuel,grad.H.Coll. 1711. Samuel, 1717. Samuel, 1740. Samuel, 1839. Samuel M., Maj., 1823. Samuel Howell, 1866. San ford, 1833. Sereno, 1818. Shelden, 1824. Sherlock, 1716. Stephen, Capt,, 1765. Stephen, 1808. Stephen, Stiles, 1794. Seymour, 1825. Theodore D.. 1713. Thomas, 1839. Thomas Trowbridge, 1782. Timothy, 1734. Titus, 1770. Titus, 1774. Uri, 1744. Uzal, 1798. Warren, 1750. William, 1764. William, 1774. William P., 1777. William, 1810. William A., William, 1809. William P., 1806. William W., 1829. William, 1805. William L., MANSFIELD GfcNEA] Wives. Gillian Anna Hull, Abiah Slielton, Mary Stiles, Charlotte Pot lor. Betsey Chase, Unmarried, Hattie Hitchcock, Married Emelia Moore, , Unmarried, Susanna Mansfield, Esther Hall, Unmarried, Annie B. Wright, Unmarried, Lottie E. Rowe, Eliza Cowles, Polly E. Bassett, Hannah Beach, Unmarried, Caroline Oatman, Married Almera Bassett, Mary Atkins Leeds, Hannah Goodyear, , Catharine R. Hurlbut, Annie Carter, Mabel Todd, Hannah Ives, Eunice Atwater, Rachel Sperry, Married Elizabeth Lyon, Eunice Hull, Sally Mills, Sarah Oaks, Minerva Monk, Unmarried, Nancy Tripp, Sally Ann Burt, Elizabeth Bradley, Residence. Pages. New Haven, 1 Derby, Ct., 31- 64 Derby, Ct., 64-115 North Haven, Ct., 70-118 North Haven, Ct., 118-144 New Haven, 139 Fayston, Vt., 119-146 Georgia, 138 North Haven, Ct , 158 California, 138 Spring Valley, N.Y., 155 New Haven, 14 Mansfield Farms, 22 New Haven, 24 North Haven, Ct., 40 Galveston, Texas, 135 New Haven, 137 Princeville, 111., 157 Philadelphia, 144 Woodbury, Ct., 132-151 North Haven, Ct., 145-157 New Haven, 27- 42 Derby, Ct., 66 Bethany, Ct., 135-152 Little Falls, N. Y., 118 Hamden, Ct., 117-143 Boston, 137-154 North Haven, Ct.., 21- 40 Meriden, Ct., 153-159 Salisbury, Ct. , 72-130 Hamden, Ct., 38- 70 Hamden, Ct., 70-118 Mt. Carmel, Ct., 73-131 Mt. Carmel, Ct., 40- 73 Westmoreland, N. Y.,122 New Haven, 53- 99 Derby, Ct., 66-115 Litchfield, Ct., 72-126 New Haven, 99-135 Plymouth, Ct., 115 Canaan, Ct., 122 Westmoreland, N.'Y.,122 Middlebury, Ct., 132-150 Columbia, Cal., 134-152 New Haven, 135-153 INDEX. 193 Births. 1852. William Frederick, 1825. William Lyman, 1830. William Leander, 1835. William H., 1860. William Punderson, 1856. William Kinsell, 1840. William Carter, 1858. William Kendrick, 1858. William C., 1859. William Riley, 1857. Willie Lyman, 1824. Willis, 1856. Willie Henry, 26 Wives. Esther E. Wedmore, Elizabeth Razee, Unmarried, Residence. Pages. Fair Haven, Ct., 136-153 Hamden, Ct., 143-156 144 Unmarried, Gr. Barrington.Mass ,147 Westmoreland, N.Y.,149 Ella Clute, Unmarried, Cohoes, N. Y., 149 Durant, Iowa, 149 Boston, 154 Hamden, Ct., 156 Windsor, Dakota, 158 Fannie Birch, Sarah E. Platt, North Haven, Ct., 158 New Haven, 142-156 Boston, 101 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE FEMALE MANSFIELDS. Births. Husbands. Residence. Page. 1664. Abigail, John Atwater, Wallingford, Ct., 12 Abigail, Jacob Turner, Hamden, Ct., 21 1814. Adeline, Unmarried, North Haven, Ct. , 143 Alice Emma, Fair Haven, Ct. , 136 1756. Anna, Elijah Humphreys, Derby, Ct., 64 Anna, William Dyer, Berlin, Ct., 99 1782. Annie, Henry Eld, New Haven, 100 1801. Ann, Chandler Swift, Litchfield, Ct., 128 1823. Ann Elizabeth, Clifton Springs, N. Y. , 131 1827. Ann Eliza, Newton Royce, Great Barrington, Mass ., 144 1682. Bathshua, Joseph Chapman, Newport, R. I., 15 1746. Bede, Phillip Daggett, North Haven, Ct., 40 1800. Bede, Unmarried, Hamden, Ct., 117 1820. Bede Cornelius, Uriah Robinson, N. Branford, Ct.,' 142 1867. Bessie I., George Marsh, Troy, N. Y., 158 1777. Betsey, Anson Gillette, Derby, Ct., 98 1796. Betsey, li-a Burdick, Kalamazoo, Mich., 119 1799. Betsey, Anson Hubbard, Litchfield, Ct., 128 1806. Caroline, Daniel Burritt, New Haven, 113 1818. Caroline Cornelia, Zimri Densmore, Jonesville, Mich., 131 1814. Caroline, George Saxton, Woodbury, Ct., 132 1823. Caroline Amanda, Jared Brockett, West Haven, Ct., 144 1842. Caroline, William R. Bishop, Sherwood, Wis., 146 1845. Celia Maria, William Thompson, Westmoreland, N. Y., 148 1796. Charlotte, Elias Bassett, Hamden, Ct., 118 1803. Charlotte, Unmarried, New Haven, 135 1668. Comfort, John Ben ham, 9 Comfort, Samuel Nichols, Stratford, Ct., 23 1826. Cornelia, Heman Brooks, Hamden, Ct., 144 Delana, Zenas Bassett, North Haven, Ct., 118 Delia, Francis N. Stephens, West Haven, Ct., 144 1845. Eleanor Strode, Charles Moulton, Yamoyden, O., 133 1869. Eleanor Tucker, Peoria, 111. , 157 1754. Elizabeth, Unmarried, Derby, Ct., 64 1780. Elizabeth, Capt. Richard Everitt, New Haven, 99 1787. Eliza, Doct. Austin Ollcutt, Killingworth, Ct., 103 1814. Elizabeth, Newall C. Hall, New Haven, 115 INDEX. 195 Births. 1802. Eliza. 1800. Eliza A., 1843. Elizabeth Phipps, 1816. Elizabeth Buffum, 1815. Eliza, 1799. Eliza, 1808. Eliza, 1852. Elizabeth, 1836. Ellen Jane, ]835. Ellen Augusta, 1860. Ella M., 1826. Emeline, 1846. Emma, 1821. Emily Nichols, 1847. Emily, 185:1 Emily Dwight, 1856. Emily Francis, Esther, Eunice, 1823. Eunice, Fannie, 1851. Fannie, 1809. Florilla Punderson, 1846. Frances Ann, 1770. Grace, 1799. Grace Totten, 1802. Grace, 1829. Grace, 1669. Hannah, 1704. Hannah, 1747. Hannah. 1761. Hannah, 1801. Hannah Fenno, 1795. Hannah, Hannah, 1810. Harriet, 1824. Harriet, 1844. Harriet Elizabeth, 1820. Harriet, 1866. Harriet May, 1860. Harriet Stanley, 1858. Hattie Phillips, 1860. Hattie E., 1859. Hattie Augusta, 1847. Hellen A.. 1849. Irene Elizabeth, JIuxbandx. John Henry Mansfield Samuel Rowland, Rev. A. S. Dudley, Parley Hammond, Married Residence. , North Haven, Ct., New Haven, Yamoyden, O., Baltimore, Md., Derby Ct Page, 118 133 133 134 1 Qlld, 1787. Rachel, James W. Townsend, New Haven, 77 Rebecca, Legrand Leavenworth, Canaan, Ct., 122 Rhoda, Deri as Cooper, Hamden, Ct., 117 1779. Sally, Lewis Spooner, Kent, Ct., 72 1781. Sally, Cyrus ilolbrook, Derby, Ct., 99 198 MANSFIEI/D GENEALOGY. Births. 1786. Sally, 1815. Sally Maria, 1677. Sarah, 1706. Sarah, 1736. Sarah, 1715. Sarah, 1765. Sarah, 1758. Sarah, 1768. Sarah, 1782. Sarah, 1791. Sarah, 1812. Sarah, 1816. Sarah Maria, 1844. Sarah" W., 1830. Sarah Selina, Sarah, 1862. Sarah Sanford, 1664. Silence, 1864. Sophia Phillips, Sophia, 1713. Susannah, 1712. Susannah, 1791. Susan, 1803. Susan, 1850. Susan Louisa, 1837. Susan, Husbands. Ransley Hall, Dea. Joel Blakeslee, William Rhodes, Amos Tattle, John Danielson, Thomas Wilmot, James Sisson, Rev. Edward Blakeslee John Benedict, Stephen Porter, Capt. Richard Everitt, Lucius Naromore, Residence. Hamden, Ct, Bridgeport, Ct, New Havan, New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, .Derby, Ct., New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, Winchester, N. H., Clifton Springs, N. Y. New Haven, N. Branford, Ct, North Haven, Ct. Peoria, 111., Killingworth, Ct., Meriden, Ct, Derby, Ct., New Haven, New Haven, .Boston, Litchfield, Ct, Fair Haven, Ct, New Haven, John H. Thompson, Franklin Shepherd, Chatfield, Kurd, Samuel Cook, Samuel Mansfield, Rev. Joshua Huntington Asa Slade, George D. Gower, 117 130 15 22 41 27 46 66 74 76 100 121 131 139 143 145 157 9 160 115 24 27 103 128 136 145 The descendants of the married female Mansfields of other names, are placed to- gether in one place, in regular order, annexed to their respective numbers, as they occur. ERR AT A. Page 40, 28th line, for Ural, read Uzal. " 89, 30th line, for profitable, read hospitable. " 90, 7th line, for country, read county. " 136, 6th line, for May 18, 1817, read May 17, 1813. " 119, 8th line, for Liverus, read Liverous. " 98, 31st line, for 1870, read 1828. Jared, of Derby, was accidentally left out of the Index. His places are pages 98 and 135. Page 102, 35th line, for at Sheffield, read of Sheffield. 4260. 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