188. John Jones was born on 2 Mar 1732 in Wales. He died on 21 Mar 1801 in Newtown, Powys, Wales. He married Ann Williams on 15 Oct 1753 in Hanover Square, London, England.
189. Ann Williams was born on 27 Jul 1732 in Llandovery, Dyfed, Wales. She died on 8 Apr 1799 in Newtown, Powys, Wales.
190. George Barger was born about 1741. He married Margaret ________.
The Barger family may have been from the Grand Dutchy of Baden. Other sources say he was a Pennsylvania Dutch emigrant to Ohio. George Barger, with other members of the family, were among those who had their claims under French and English grants confirmed by Gov. St. Clair of the Northwest Territory, under the resolves of Congress of June and August 1788, and later by the U.S. Commissioners appointed for the purpose of adjusting the old colonial claims.
191. Margaret ________ was born about 1745.
She was of German extraction. Her four daughters married men of Welsh extraction.
192. Moses Parsons I 1 was born on 6 Jul 1708. He died on 3 Jan 1746. He married Wait Miller on 5 Nov 1730. [Parents]
193. Wait Miller was born on 26 Jul 1711 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. She died on 9 Sep 1731. [Parents]
194. Noah Bridgeman was born on 24 Jul 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He died on 28 Mar 1776 in Horse Mountain, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He married Mahitable Warner on 15 Jan 1731. [Parents]
195. Mahitable Warner was born on 9 Aug 1708 in Massachusetts, U.S.A.. She died on 4 Dec 1794 in Horse Mountain, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Parents]
196. Samuel Kingsley was born on 24 Nov 1710 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He died on 19 Aug 1781 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He was buried in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He married Jemina Parsons on 27 Dec 1739. [Parents]
197. Jemina Parsons 1 was born on 17 Nov 1713 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. She died on 24 Jan 1784 in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Parents]
198. Lt. Daniel Pomeroy 1, 2, 3 was born on 27 Mar 1709 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He died on 8 Sep 1755 in Lake George, Warren, New York, U.S.A.. He married Rachel Moseley on 4 Nov 1736. [Parents]
Lieut. Daniel Pomery , b. March 27, 1709, Northampton; m. (1) May 25, 1733, Mary Clapp, b. Sept. 21, 1713, d. June 6, 1734, dau. of Samuel Clapp (Preserved, Captain Roger) of Northampton and Mary Sheldon (his third wife), who was dau. of Ensign John Sheldon of Deerfield; Mary Sheldon, mother of Mary Clapp was a captive to the Indians who attacked Deerfield, Feb. 29, 1704, and taken to Canada, where she remained a prisoner three years; he m. (2) Nov. 4, 1736, Rachel Moseley, b. 1715, dau. of Joseph and Abigail Moseley; she survived him and m. Lieut. Moses Dewey of Westfield, June 9, 1763; she d. Feb. .1, 1797, in Northampton, age 82 years.
Lieut. Daniel Pomeroy was in Col. Williams' regiment, with his brother, Lieutenant-Colonel Seth Pomeroy, and was killed at the Battle of Lake George, September 8, 1755, in the assault on the position of the French and Indians under command of Baron Dieskau, who was afterwards defeated and captured by Col. Seth. Pomeroy.
199. Rachel Moseley was born on 11 Sep 1715 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. She died on 1 Feb 1797 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Parents]
200. William Janes 1, 2 was born in 1692 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He died on 9 Mar 1752 in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He married Abigail Loomis on 5 Jun 1712. [Parents]
William Janes was the prominent son and leading member of the family of Abel Janes. He raised up a large and honored family of sons and daughters. He was the favorite son of the family, and was at home with father and mother till some time after the death of his father, Abel (1718), and in time moved with all, or nearly all his family, from his native place, Lebanon, Conn., to lands he purchased for himself and sons in Brimfield, Mass.
From records of the town of Brimfield, its settlement was commenced in 1717, and William Janes, grandson of the first William, the emigrant, was among the first, or nearly so, in purchasing and preparing for the future abode of his family. He might have removed there with his young family as soon as a part of his five hundred acre purchase was cleared and partially improved, and convenient buildings erected for their occupancy. The dates are not at hand to determine the point. But his oldest son was not born till 1713, and his youngest son was born in 1734. Their births are all recorded in Lebanon, and his mother, Mary, died in Lebanon 1736. The distance being about fortv miles from Lebanon to Brimfield, no doubt a part of the family remained till after the death of their grandmother, Mary, and perhaps all of them spent their winters there till Brimfield could be made to seem to them a real home.
201. Abigail Loomis 1, 2, 3 was born on 10 Aug 1691. [Parents]
202. Capt. Joseph Cheney 1, 2, 3 was born on 18 Aug 1709 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He died on 3 Oct 1779 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He was buried in Oct 1779 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He married Margery Mason on 8 Apr 1731. [Parents]
Joseph Cheney married first, April 8, 1731, Margery Mason, a sister of his stepmother. He married second, October 21, 1736, Abigail Warren. They lived in Killingly, Connecticut, 1736-1744. He was a selectman in 1739, a man of ability and reputation, called "Captain." He left a large estate.
203. Margery Mason was born on 5 Jan 1704. She died in 1776 in Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Parents]
204. Jonathan Coy 1 was born on 6 May 1687 in of Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. He died on 10 Feb 1766 in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He married Abigail ________. [Parents]
He was of Duxbury,Plymouth,Massachusetts. This link is not proven.
205. Abigail ________ 1.
206. William Barker III was born about 1713 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He married Martha Ingalls on 10 Mar 1730. [Parents]
207. Martha Ingalls was born in Feb 1713 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Parents]
208. Ensign Timothy Seymour 1 was born on 17 Jun 1696 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He died on 8 Sep 1749 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He married Rachel Allyn on 27 Apr 1727 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. [Parents]
Ensign Timothy Seymour of Hartford and West Hartford, Connecticut, born at Hartford 17 June 1696, died at West Hartford 8 September 1749, in his 54th year (gravestone record). He married at Hartford, 27 April 1727, Rachel Allyn, born at Hartford 20 Aug. 1694, died prior to 12 January 1756, daughter of Edward and Rachel (Steele). Timothy Seymour lived in the West Parish of Hartford, now West Hartford, where he became a member of the church in 1730 and where his children were baptized. The house that he built was standing in West Hartford as late as 1882 and was in the possession of his descendants until 1870. His "mantion house" was located on the top of the hill in Elmwood, at the corner where the road to Newington intersects the New Britain road.
He held the following town offices: Surveyor of Highways on the west side, 1729; on the Committee of Inspectors concerning Staddle wood, 1731; Surveyor of Highways, 1734; Selectman, 1739; Fence-viewer, 1741, 1743-1748; Inspector of wood, 1747-1749; was a member of the committee to supervise the erection of the second church building in West Hartford, 1741-2; and was chosen Ensign of the Fourth Company of Militia 13 October 1743. Admimstration on his estate was granted 3 Oct. 1749 to his widow Rachel and his son Timothy, and on 23 Apr. 1751 distribution of the estate was ordered between the widow, Rachel, the eldest son, Timothy Seymour, and the other children, Allyn and Charles Seymour and Rachel Easton. The inventory amounted to L18,684. 4s. 9d., and included estate at Canaan, Salisbury, and Bethlehem, Connecticut.
209. Rachel Allyn was born on 20 Aug 1694 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. She was christened on 30 Sep 1694. She died before 12 Jan 1756. [Parents]
210. Deacon John Whitman was born on 23 Dec 1713 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He died on 10 Jul 1800 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He married Abigail Pantry on 20 Feb 1739 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. [Parents]
John Whitman held several town offices and for nearly 50 years was deacon in the church at West Hartford. Near the close of his life, his hearing became impaired, but with an ear-trumpet was able to hear preaching.
211. Abigail Pantry 1 was christened on 16 Mar 1712 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. She died on 19 Feb 1765. [Parents]
Abigail Pantry was an only child. She inherited the west part of the Pantry farm in West Hartford on which the meeting house stood. The Farmington Turnpike runs through it.
212. Matthew Perkins was born on 31 Aug 1713. He died on 3 May 1773. He was buried in May 1773 in Lisbon, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He married Hannah Bishop in 1739. [Parents]
Matthew Perkins owned a farm of 1,000 acres in Hanover Society, north part of Lisbon. He belonged to the Hanover branch of the family, known as the "Black Perkinses." He was a large and powerful man. He died from lockjaw, caused by the bite on the thumb which he received from a young negro slave, whom he was chastising for some fault.
213. Hannah Bishop was born on 2 Aug 1724 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.. She died on 28 Oct 1809 in Lisbon, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.. [Parents]
Hannah Bishop was 15 years old when she married Matthew Perkins in 1739.
214. Rev. Timothy Pitkin 1, 2 was born on 13 Jan 1726/1727 in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He died on 8 Jul 1812 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He married Temperance Clap on 9 Aug 1753 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. [Parents]
Timothy Pitkin, the second son of William Pitkin, of Hartford, Governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1766 to 1769, and grandson of Chief-Justice William and Elizabeth (Stanley) Pitkin, was born in (East) Hartford, January 13, 1726-27. His mother was Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, of Hartford, of the founders of Yale College. Soon after graduation he returned to New Haven as Rector of the Hopkins Grammar School, where he continued for nearly two years, and from the autumn of 1750 till the end of 1751 he was a Tutor in the College. Meantime he was studying theology, and in June, 1752, he was ordained as the fourth pastor of the Congregational Church in Farmington, Connecticut.
He married, August 9, 1753, Temperance, the younger surviving daughter of President Clap, of Yale College, who was born April 29, 1732, and died May 19, 1772, leaving three sons and five daughters. He next married Eunice, second daughter of Colonel John and Eunice (Whitman) Strong, of Farmington, who was born on February 9, 1741-42, and died August 2, 1778, without issue. The eldest son was graduated at Yale in 1777, and died the same year in the army of the Revolution. The youngest son was also graduated here (in 1785), and became distinguished as an historian and a statesman. The eldest daughter married the Rev. Dr. Nathan Perkins (College of N. J. 1770), of West Hartford, and three of her sisters married Yale graduates, viz., the Rev. Timothy Langdon (1781), Enoch Perkins (1781), and the Rev. Asahel S. Norton 1790).
Mr. Pitkin was elected a Fellow of Yale College in Sep-tember, 1777, and served until his resignation in September, 1804. He was also one of the early Trustees of Dartmouth College, from 1769 to 1773. His attitude in reference to the religious divisions of that generation were distinctly favorable to the new and stricter ideas. The adherence of his church to the halfway-covenant was abolished by his efforts, though not until 1781.
The historian of Farmington describes Mr. Pitkin as "a fervent and godly man, distinguished for his courtly and dignified manners," and his eminent parishioner, Governor Treadwell, bears testimony that his life was dignified and useful. He had sufficient fortune to be independent of his salary, and was probably among the wealthiest of his profession in the State. He welcomed the Revolution as a patriot, and was outspoken in his aspirations for liberty.
In the earlier part of his ministry his people were united in cordial and outspoken admiration for him. But as he grew in years he found, as he thought, a change in their warmth of feeling and of expression, which so distressed him that after his repeated requests he was dismissed, reluctantly, on June 15, 1785. The grounds alleged being his want of health and the pros-pect that his usefulness was at an end. After that date he preached occasionally in neighboring places, and performed some pastoral service for his former flock in the absence of a settled minister; but for the most part he lived a retired life in Farmington.
He published: 1) A Sermon at Litchfield, at the Execution of John Jacob, an Indian Native, for Murder. Hartford, 1768. 12*, pp. 18. 2) A Sermon [from Job vii, 9, 10], Preached at New-Cambridge, in Bristol, February l2th, 1789, at the Funeral of the Rev. Samuel Newell. Hartford, 1790. 8*, pp. 20.
He died, of old age, July 8, 1812, in his 86th year. The sermon preached at his funeral by his son-in-law, the Rev. Dr. Nathan Perkins, was printed. It gives his character at length as an able, faithful, conscientious, affectionate, and zealous minister of the Gospel. His portrait is preserved by his descendants, and is reproduced by photography in the Pitkin Genealogy and in the Memorial History of Hartford County.
215. Temperance Clap was born on 29 Apr 1732 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, U.S.A.. She died on 19 May 1772 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. [Parents]
216. Thomas Day III 1, 2 was born on 23 Oct 1689. He died on 28 Feb 1772 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He was buried in 1772 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He married Mary Wells on 2 Feb 1727. [Parents]
Thomas Day was from Colchester and came to Sharon in 1755. He lived where Thomas N. Lucas, Esq., now lives on the mountain. He had two sons, Jonathan and Jeremiah, the former of whom died in early life. His younger son, Jeremiah, was educated at Yale College and graduated in 1756. Soon after he left college he was married, and settled in town as a farmer. He was constable in 1765 and 1766, and selectman the latter year. He was representative to the Assembly in October, 1766, and in May, 1767. His wife died in August, 1767, and soon after that event he turned his attention to the ministry. He was, for many years, the minister of the parish of New Preston, in Washington. He was the father of the Rev. Jeremiah Day, D. D., President of Yale College and the Hon. Thomas Day, for many years Secretary of the State of Connecticut.
His epitaph at Sharon, Connecticut, reads:
In memory of Mr. Thomas Day,
Died February 28, 1772, aged eighty-two.
Life how short,
Eternity how long !
217. Mary Wells was born on 22 Jan 1702 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. She died in Aug 1767. [Parents]
218. Stephen Noble Jr. 1, 2 was born on 27 Mar 1710 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He died on 5 Dec 1797 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He married Sarah Ferris on 18 Jul 1733 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.. [Parents]
219. Sarah Ferris was born on 10 Nov 1710 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.. She died on 9 Mar 1802 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.. [Parents]
220. Col. Samuel Coit 1, 2, 3 was born in 1708 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He died on 4 Oct 1792 in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.. He married Sarah Spalding on 30 Mar 1730 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, U.S.A.. [Parents]
Col. Samuel Coit, second child and oldest son of Rev., Joseph and Experience (Wheeler) Coit, born at Plainfield, Connecticut, in 1708, was twice married: l. To Sarah Spalding of Plainfield, daughter of Benjamin Spalding, March 80, 1780. She died July 11, 1776, aged 65. 2. To Mrs. Jemima Hall, March 22, 1779. He settled in the North Society of Preston (now the town of Griswold), and there spent a long and honored life, dying Oct. 4, 1702, aged 84.
In military life he rose to the rank of Colonel, and, in 1758, had command of a regiment raised in the neighborhood of Norwich, which wintered at Fort Edward. He was also much employed in civil matters, representing Preston in the General Assembly in 1761, 1765, 1769, 1771, 1772, and 1773, and sitting as judge on the bench of the county court and of a maritime court, in the time of the Revolution.
In 1761 he was one of a committee appointed by the proprietors of Amherst Township, in Nova Scotia, and in 1774 was moderator of the town meeting on the Boston Port Bill, and one of the Preston "Committee of Correspondence." He was received into the church in Preston in 1742, and his wife Sarah in 1733.
The posterity of Col. Coit have been quite numerous, and, as they filled a large place in the town for one or two generations they have been distinguished from their New London cousins as "the Preston Coits." They have now entirely withdrawn from Preston and Griswold, but the graves of the past generations are numerous in the cemetery east of Griswold church.
221. Sarah Spalding 1, 2 was born on 8 Oct 1711 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, U.S.A.. She died on 11 Jul 1776 in Preston, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.. She was buried in Jul 1776 in Griswold - Pachaog Cemetery, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.. [Parents]