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GENEALOGICAL HISTOBY
EEDFIELD FAMILY
UNITED STATES
BY JOHN HOWARD REDFIELD.
REVISION AND EXTENSION OF THE GENEALOGICAL TABLES COMPILED IN 1839, BY WILLIAM C. REDFIELD.
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HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER, THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONO ' UPON THE LAND, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE."
ALBANY :
MUNSELL & ROWLAND, 78 STATE STREET.
NEW YORK:
C. B. RICHARDSON, No. 14 BIBLE HOUSE.
1860.
1298899 PREFACE
In 1819, Manning Redfield of Manchester, N. Y., while on a pilgrimage to the home of his fathers, in Killingwortb, Conn., instituted some inquiries into the history of his great grand- father, Theophilus Eedfield, one of the early residents of that town. The facts thus collected, consisting of some incidents of personal history, a list of his children, with dates of their birth and death, and a list of the children of George Redfield, sixth son of Theophilus, were printed by Lewis H. Redfield of Syra- cuse, N. Y., in the same year, and by him circulated among some of the family. This little slip is believed to have been one of the earliest genealogical publications in this country.
In 1838 a copy of it fell into the hands of my father, William C. Redfield of New York City. Having always felt an interest in the early family history, and having already collected many facts concerning his own branch, he was led (with this slip as a foundation) to undertake to trace out the connection and lineage of all the various families bearing the name of Red- field. In this labor he was much aided by Richard W. Redfield and Justus S. Redfield, both residents of New York City — and the result of his active and persevering inquiries, was the pub- lication in 1839 of a series of genealogical tables showing at a glance the descent and relationship of the various families of Redfield in the United States, so far as knowledge of them could be obtained. That so much information and so complete, should be collected and analyzed in so short a time, at a day when genealogical researches were neither common nor appre- ciated, is surprising, and illustrates that untiring diligence and
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that thoroughness of treatment which were still more strongly manifested in another and higher field of investigation. When Mr. R. began his work it was supposed that all the Redfields in the United States were the descendants of Theophilus Redfield of Killingworth, but, in the course of his inquiries, he met with several families who traced their origin to a stock in Fairfield, Conn. He found among them vague traditions of a connection between the Killingworth and Fairfield stocks, but all his efforts to ascertain the nature of this connection failed, and he was forced to content himself with a suggestion that Theophilus Redfield of Killingworth might have been a nephew of James Redfield of Fairfield.
Nearly a generation has passed away since the publication of the Genealogical Tables of 1839. Since that day further research has not only shown the actual relationship of the two stocks, but has enabled us to trace the family back still another generation, to the grandfather of Theophilus. It has also shown that the brief history of Theophilus, as given in the slip of 1819 and the work of 1839, must be modified in some particulars. In view of these facts, and actuated by a desire to correct some errors and supply some material omissions in the work of 1839, I have felt myself called upon to attempt a thorough revision of the whole family genealogy in the hopes of offering it in a more complete and detailed form which should also include the later generation. In the prosecution of this work I have had recourse to all available material. Having in my possession the corres- pondence on which was based the original tables, I have reexam- ined it with care and scrutiny. I have transcribed from the town and ecclesiastical records of Killingworth, Clinton and Fairfield, all the entries referring to the family name — and have consulted the town and probate records of Cambridge, New London, Say- brook, New Haven, Guilford and Middletown, for requisite information. The moss-covered memorials of the ancient grave yards of Clinton, Killingworth, Fairfield and Middletown have not been neglected. Circulars have been sent as far as practi- cable to all the scattered representatives of the family, inviting information, and in many cases, personal inquiries instituted. The genealogical facts thus brought together are far more com-
PREFACE. V
plete and specific than I at first permitted myself to expect. The old tables were defective in the enumeration of the descend- ants of the second and fourth sons of Theophilus. The last named branch was especially incomplete, and it is believed that the present work, in a measure, supplies these deficiencies. Yet I must lament that, notwithstanding all diligence, in the later generations will be found a few gaps which it has been impossi- ble to fill. In some cases all clue has been lost by change of residence; in other instances, those to whom circulars have been addressed have failed to reply. This failure may perhaps be ascribed, in part, to an indifference to the subject, not unusual, yet I am happy to state, in this connection, that in a great major- ity of instances the circulars have met a ready response, often- times at the cost of much labor and time, and often with the most cheering expression of interest in the success of the under- taking.
While entire accuracy has been aimed at, and while I have avoided all statements, whether of fact or date, not based on good authority, lam well aware that errors, especially in regard to date, will occasionally be found. Only those who have been engaged in such inquiries can realize the perplexing discrepant cies which constantly occur, not only between dates furnished by different members of the same family, but between different family records, between family and town records, and some- times between town, ecclesiastical and probate records. In these cases of discrepancy I have decided, according to the best judgment I could form, probably not always rightly.
To follow out the descendants of the female lines would be an endless task, and one which would lead into genealogies pro- perly belonging to families of other names, therefore no attempt has been made to follow the descendants of daughters beyond one generation. In other words, wherever the mother was a born Redfield, her children have been named, though they have not been designated by reference numbers.
To aid those who may desire to trace back their lineage, both on father and mother's side, I have, as far as possible, given the full name of the father and maiden name of the mother of each individual brought into the famity by marriage. This
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feature will be serviceable to other genealogists in their labors and a complete index of names will, I trust, add to its useful ness.
It is proper here to make acknowledgment to the various individuals who have kindly aided me in this task. I am undei special obligations to Miss F. M. Caulkins, the accomplished his torian of New London, who, to determine questions of identity and locality connected with the early history of the family reexamined and transcribed all the passages of the origina town records which could have a bearing upon the subject. II is mainly by her researches that we have been enabled to cany back the family history two generations beyond the tables oi 1838. To the Hon. James Savage of Boston, I am indebted foi many usefnl suggestions, and it is by a happy thought of his, confirmed by Francis Jackson, Esq., the historian of Newtown Mass., that we have traced our progenitor to his first residence in the Bay Colony. Thanks are due to Henry Hull, Esq., the town clerk of Killingworth, for his kind assistance in the examination of the records of that town, and for important facts furnishedjifrom his personal knowledge. Dr. Alvan Talcott oi Guilford, Conn., has transcribed and placed at my disposal a large store of genealogical facts gleaned from the records oi Guilford and from other sources. To S. A. Nichols, town clerk of Fairfield, and to Dr. R. Blakeman, probate judge in the same town, and a careful antiquarian, I am under obligation for favors conferred. Finally, to my kinsmen, who have joined me in the circular of inquiry, or who have, in other ways, counte- nanced and aided me with information (oftentimes obtained and set forth with much pains), and who are too numerous to name, I present my sincere thanks.
JOHN H. REDFIELD.
New York, September, 1860.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Introduction, 1
Explanations, 3
First Generation, 5
Second Generation, T
Third Generation, 12
Fourth Generation:
A. Killingworth Tribe 15
B. Fairfield do 24
Fifth Generation:
A. Killingworth Tribe;
a. Branch of Daniel, 26
to. do Richard, 29
c. do Ebenezer, 31
d. do Theophilus 2d, 33
e. do Capt. Peleg,..,., 31
f. do George, 39
g. do William, 44
to. do Josiah, 4T
i. do James, 49
B. Fairfield Tribe;
a. Branch of John, 53
to. do James 54
c. do Ebenezer, 56
Sixth Generation:
A. Killingworth Tribe;
a. Branch of Daniel, 5?
to. do Richard 66
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Page.
c. Branch of Ebenezer of Killingworth, 13
d. do Theophilus 2d, T4
e. do Capt. Peleg 83
f. do George, 91
g. do William, 104
li. do Josiah, 110
i. do James, 113
B. Fairfield Tribe;
a. Branch of John, 126
to. do James, 131
Seventh Generation:
A. Killingworth Tribe;
a. Branch of Daniel, 134
b. do Richard, 149
c. do Ebenezer, 156
d. do Theophilus 2d, 158
e. do Capt. Peleg, 116
f. do George, 188
g. do William, 205
b. do Josiah, 213
i. do James, 214
B. Fairfield Tribe;
a. Branch of John, 218
to. do James, 226
Eighth Generation:
A. Killingworth Tribe;
a. Branch of Daniel, = 229
to. do Richard, 248
d. do Theophilus 2d 248
e. do Capt Peleg, 251
f. do George 251
B. Fairfield Tribe;
a. Branch of John, 259
b. do James, 259
Summary, 261
Appendix, • 215
Index to Redfield names, 299
do names other than Redfield, 316
INTRODUCTION.
Although the Redfield family in the United States, was undoubtedly intro- duced from England at the time of the Puritan emigration, still the name is very rare in Great Britain at the present aay. It is not found in the London Directory, nor in those of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Edin- burgh or Glasgow. Nor have we in our inquiries met with any positive testimony of its present existence beyond the Atlantic* Yet there is suffi- cient historical evidence to show that names closely allied in etymological affinities were formerly to be found in England.
A William Redefeld is mentioned as holding an ecclesiastical position in 1213, in the reign of King John.t
Johannes de Grey de Retherfeld is named in certain deeds of enfeoffment of property in Oxfordshire in the reign of Edward III., 1327-1377, t and his name is still substantially preserved by a village in Oxfordshire called Roth- erfield Grays. Rotherfield as a family name now occurs in England.
Roger of Redelingfeld is mentioned in the public records of Great Britain as holding various messuages in the county of KentJ and the Prioress of Red- lingfeld or Redyngefeld in Suffolk, is often named in old land titles, $ and the name Redlingfield is still applied to a village in Suffolk.
Passing on to other names perhaps more likely to have relation to the ancient form of our patronymic, we find a manor in the hundred of Hinck- ford, county of Essex, which in 1378, bore the name of Redfanne, though now called Redfants,1T and in Wiltshire, in the time of Edward I, we find a
* Among Ihe papers of the late Win, C. Redfield was found the following memorandum, probably made about 1843 : "lam informed that a Dr. Thomas RedHeld and his son resided at Beckington, Somersetshire, England, but has removed to some other place. I think a reference was made to Thomas Barter, 16 Wolcott Parade, Bath, as one likely to give inform- ation. This is the only instance in which I have heard of the name in England, except once hearing a statement that a Mr. Redfield, lately from Birmingham, England, was drowned soon after his arrival at New York, some thirty years ago." The compiler's efforts to follow up ihe clue indicated above, have not been successful.
t Rotuli Chartarum in turri Londinensi asservati, Vol. I. Pars I. p. 196.
t Rotulorum originalium in curia Scaccharii Abbreviatio, II. pp. 129, 300.
|| Rotuli Hundredorum II., 380, 381.
§Placita de quo warranto, 724.
IT Wright's History of the County of Essex. I. 682. 1
2 INTRODUCTION.
William de Redefaunde. Rndfyn, Ruffyn, and Redfern are family names occasionally found in the public records.
In Burke's Encyclopedia of Heraldry, the name Redfield does not occur, but we find the following cognate names :
Redferx. Or, six martlets gules three and three. Crest, A birch tree proper.
Redfin. Argent on a fesse gules three fleurs de lys of the field.
Repfyxe. Argent a fesse gules between three fleurs de lys azure.
Redlefeld. Paly of eight argent and gules : on a chief azure a lion passant guardant or.
The similarity of the arms above assigned to Redfin and Redfyne, seems to imply a close relation between the two, and they are doubtless but different forms of the same name. The name Redlefeld naturally suggests that of Redfield, and hence some of our kindred have too hastily assumed for our own family the arms assigned above to Redlefield. But we think that the evidence which will presently be adduced, will show that the ancestor of the Redlields in the United States was probably not Redlefeld, but Redfin, and that the change to Redfield (not easily explained) did not take place till after the death of the first settler. The fact that this change occurred on this side of the Atlantic may explain the present rarity of the name of Redfield in England, though Redfin seems now to be quite as uncommon there. Redfern is not unfrequent now in England, and has some representatives in this country, but is probably a distinct family, as indicated by the armorial bearings just quoted.
Thorough research in England would probably contribute to further disco- veries in relation to the transatlantic history of the family, and it is to be hoped that some one may yet have the opportunity and the disposition to perform this task, which has been out of our power.
In the United States, the name Redfield can hardly be called common, yet it has been borne by more than 1600 individuals, and not less than 500 families of the name now exist, distributed in almost every State and Territory of the Union, though chiefly in the Northern and Western States. All these, that have come to our knowledge, are certainly descended from James Redfield, who resided in Say brook in 1676, and we can hardly doubt that he was the son of William Redfin, who settled near Boston as early as 1639.
In tracing the descent of the family, we assume this William Redfin to be the ancestor, and take him for the first generation.\ The grounds of this position will appear as we proceed. Should our conclusions be deemed un- satisfactory by any, the chain of genealogical succession from the second generation will still be unimpaired ; and if the James Redfield from whom we all unquestionably descend, be not identical with James, the son of Wil- liam Redfin, then there is no evidence whatever that the last mentioned James had any descendants.
EXPLANATIONS.
The arrangement herein adopted is substantially that now in general use for works of a similar character. The system of numbering, wbich is to serve for a clue through all the affiliations and ramifications of the family tree, is also that more generally employed. To those who are not familiar with it, it may be necessary to say, that all bearing the name of Redfield are numbered in order in the left margin, and where any of them have families, the same numbers are repeated for them as heads of families, in the same order in the center of the page. The numbers in parenthesis after heads of families, refer to preceding heads of families from whence they descend. This system of notation makes it easy to trace any branch of the family, either in a descend- ing or ascending line. For instance, William Redfin is numbered 1, and his son James is numbered 4 in the margin. By looking for 4 in its proper order in the body of the page, James Redfield's family history is found, where his son Theophilus bears No. 8 in the margin. If 8 is sought for in its proper order in the body of the page, there the history of Theophilus's family will be found, and so on. Or if we wish to trace any family upwards, the process is reversed, thus — Amasa Angell Redfield, numbered in the margin ' 1346, is the son of Luther Redfield, who is numb red 592 in the body of the page. By running back along the marginal figures to 592, we find Luther enumerated as son of Luther Redfield, sr., who is numbered 221 in body of the page. Referring again to the margin for this number, we find the father of Luther Redfield, sr., and continuing the same method soon trace back to No. 1.
In reckoning the successive generations the children of the first settler are called the second generation, and so on. To readily distinguish between in- dividuals of different generations, a different type is employed for each gene- ration, thus :
First Generation, ZmiUmi IcUtTffeUL
Second Generation, JfltHCS lUbfielb.
Third Generation, THEOPHILUS REDFIELD.
Fourth Generation, Daniel Redfield.
Fifth Generation, Daniel Redfield.
Sixth Generation, Ebenezer Redfield.
Seventh Generation, WILLIAM H. REDFIELD.
Eighth Generation, Alfred B. Redfield.
Ninth Generation, Caroline Redfield.
4 EXPLANATIONS.
In the later generations, subdivisions are employed which will also facili- tate reference.
Previous to 1752 the English legal year began with 25th March, though the change to January 1st as the beginning of the year, adopted by Catholic nations in 1582, had been gradually gaining ground. To prevent confusion between the two styles, it became usual to write all dates occurring between January 1 and March 25 with double year, thus: Feb. 22, 173^, meaning that the year under the old style would still be 1731, while by the new style it would be 1732.
Under the new style another change also took place, by which ten days should be added to all dates previous to 1700, and 11 days to those between 1700 and 1752. In this work the dates are taken as found in the records, and no attempt has been made to reduce the earlier ones to new style. Those subsequent to 1752 are of course in new style.
The following abbreviations are occasionally employed : b. for born. d. for died,
bapt. for baptized. dau. for daughter.
m. for married. ch. for child or children,
unm. for unmarried.
REDFIELD GENEALOGY.
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2M$tllftUtt IXCtiflU, or Redfen, or Redfyn, or Redfyne, as it is variously rendered in the uncertain orthography of the early records, was prohably one of the early emigrants from England to the Colony of Massa- chusetts. He was a man of moderate means, perhaps master of some mechanical handicraft, and we may reasonably suppose him to have been one of that large body of England's yeomanry, who, actuated by the combined motives of dread of the increasing encroachments of kingly and ecclesi- astical power, doubt of the issue of the fearful struggle then approaching, and the hope of bettering their worldly condition, left the Old England for the New, during the decade of years which followed 1630. The year of his arrival is unknown, but as early as 1639, and perhaps earlier, he occupied a house and four acres of laud on the south side of ^Charles River, about six miles from Boston. He was one of the first settlers on that side of the river. The location can be readily identified, and is not far from the foot of Nonantum Hill, on which Eliot, the Indian apostle, a few years later, first preached the gospel of Christ to the sachem Waubun and his people. It was near the north-westerly corner of what is now the town of Brighton, sloping from Nonantum to the meadows of Charles River, and afforded a fine view eastward toward Boston and its vicinity. His dwelling house aud land were confirmed to him on the Records of the Proprietors of Cambridge in 1642, and the same records show that in Sept., 1646, he sold his place to Edward Jackson.* Henceforth his name disappears from Massachusetts. With Cary Latham* and others of his neighbors, he probably followed the
* Records of the Proprietors of Cambridge. Jackson's History of Newtown, pp. 9, 23. In the latter work Redfen is erroneously quoted Redsen. Mr. Jackson relied upon Paige's copy of the Proprietors' records, which is, in this iUBtance, at fault— the f having been mistaken for the long f. The name occurs three or four times in the original records, and a close inspection of each instance will leave no doubt that the name intended is Redfen. See Appendix A.
* Cary Latham sold his property in Cambridge in Aug., 1646, three weeks before William Redfin sold his, but had already embarked in the New London enterprise, aud afterwards became one of the most prominent men of that town.
6 FIRST GENERATION.
stream of migration which, under the auspices of the younger Winthrop, was now directed from Massachusetts towards the fair river and harbor of Pequot, or as it was afterwards called, New London, in the jurisdiction of the Connecticut Colony. But though the first settlement in Pequot was made in 1646, we have no positive evidence of William Redfin's presence there till about 1653. Jonathan Brewster,* one of the earliest settlers at Pequot, had established a trading house with the Mohegan Indians, at a point on the east side of the river, opposite to their principal settlement. At this place (which is still called by his name, Brewster's Neck, and lies upon the north side of Poquetannuck Cove, about seven miles north of the present city of New Lon- don, in the present town of Ledyard), Brewster having obtained title from Uncas, the Mohegan chief, laid out for himself a large farm. Here William Redfin built himself a house, probably about 1653, at the solicitation, per- haps, of Brewster himself, for on the 29th May, 1654, Brewster conveyed to him " ten acres of arable land lying at Munhegan, of the plane of said Brewster's land and on the north side thereof, &c, with the ground whereon the said Redfin hath built a house, with a small garden thereto belonging, already fenced in,"
His family at this time consisted of his wife Rebecca, daughters Lydia, Rebecca and Judith, and son James. Lydia was married in the following year to Thomas Bayley of New London.
In April, 1657, William Redfin bought of Richard Houghton a parcel of land, containing four acres, more or less, with a stone house upon it. This was situated on the western side of the river, north of the present city of New London, west of the present road between New London and Norwich. To this purchase the town added a grant of six acres in the rear, and he probably removed to this new location, which was contiguous to the residence of his son-in-law. His death took place about April or May, 1662, and was probably not unexpected, for in March of that year he had conveyed his house to Thomas Roach, who had married his daughter Rebecca, and on the 1st of April he had provided for his son by apprenticing him in the trade of tanner.
His widow Rebecca survived him, how many years we know not. In June, 1663, she applied to the town for a grant of a certain piece of land contain- ing six acres, which was made to her in September of that year. This land she sold in December, 1666. The last record of her is in 1667.
We have thus far spoken of this family as bearing the name of Redfin, and so it is written (though with varying orthography) both in the records of Cambridge, and in the records of New London previous to 1662; but while the family resided in the latter town, the name seems gradually to have
♦Jonathan Brewster was a eon of Elder William Brewster, who landed at Plymouth from the Mayflower in December 1620. Jonathan's wife Lueretio came over with her father-in- law in the Mayflower, but her husband had remained behind in Holland, and followed them In the next vessel, the Fortune, which arrived Nov. 9, 1G21. See Caulkin8,t New London, pp. 65, 66,276.
SECOND GENERATION. /
assumed the form of Redfield. Whether this was a corruption arising from a carelessness in pronunciation not uncommon at that day, or was a voluntary change, it is not now easy to determine. The evidence of the change is however conclusive, and sufficient to satisfy the most cautious and critical antiquarians.*
Children.
2. 1. Cjjbitt Kcbfift or Redfield, born as is supposed about 1636.
3. 2. ttebecca ftcbfin or redfield, " " 1641.
4. 3. 3ame0 ftebfilt or Redfield, " " 1646.
5. 4. JuMil) Hcbfin or Redfield, " " 1649.
Secmrtr (Keuerattott.
2, Cgbifl Hcbfitl, or Redfield, eldest daughter of 352HlUtUtt (1), was married at New London, January 10, 165 §, to Thomas BAYLEyf of that town. He was a soldier under Lothrop, and was slain by the Indians in the combat at Bloody Brook, Mass., September 18, 1675. His widow married, in 1676, William Thome from Dorsetshire, Old England. It is not known whether she had any children by the latter,!
Children. By first husband.
1. MARY BAYLEY, born February 14, 165 f ; married before
1684, Andrew Davis of New London.
2. THOMAS BAYLEY, born March 5, 165f "| Eachleft
3. JOHN BAYLEY, born April -, 1661. V ^^^
4. WILLIAM BAYLEY, born April 17, 1664. J
5. JAMES BAYLEY, born Sept. 26, 1666.
♦See Appendix B.
fThe entry of this marriage upon the records of New London, reads thus : "1055, Thomas Bay ley was marryed to Lyddia the daughter of James Redfin, the 10th of January." That there is a clerical error here, and that for James we should read William, is evident from the following considerations : Thomas Bayley had a grant of land made him in 1G57. In the description of its bounds, it is said to lie " over against his father's land at Mohoagan." This undoubtedly means father-in-law, for frequent instances occur in the same records where the word father is thus used. No other Bayley had any grant of lands at that time. Moreover when this Bayley grant was afterwards sold, it is described as being nigh the Red- field land. But no James Redfield or Redfin had any grant of lands recorded in New Lon- don, nor does bis name appear as buyer or seller, grantor or grantee of any lands within its bounds. This correction, which is suggested by Miss Caulkins, disposes of the supposed elder James Redfield alluded to in her History of New London, p. 279, and adds greatly to the probability that James, the son of William Redfin, is ideutical with the James Redfield. afterwards recorded in other places.
t Mies Caulkins's History of New London, pp. 290, 291.
8 SECOND GENERATION.
6. JOSEPH BAYLEY, Lorn .
7. LYDIA BAYLEY, baptized August 3, 1673, married Andrew
Lester.
3.
llebeCCa ftcbfin, or Redfield, second daughter of SWUlfant (1), was married at New London, Dec. 12, 1661, to Thomas Roach, a seaman from Block Island, who had come to New London as early as 1651. In March, 166-i, Roach bought of his father-in-law SSr'tlUtUtt iiftlfUT, the house and lot which the latter had bought of Richard Houghton, with the land adjoining which had been granted to Redfin by the town. Roach's wife Rebecca died August 16, 1670. We have no record of any children. He was living as late as 1708*
4. laitteS Hkbfill, or Redfield, only son of OTtllfattt (1), bound him- self to Hugh Roberts of New London, April 1, 1662, for five years, " to learn the art and trade of tanning." The indenture was made with consent of his parents, and signed by himself, his father and Hugh Roberts, and was wit- nessed by Gershom Bulkley and Lucretia Brewster, and there is reason to believe it was executed during his father's last sickness. We may presume that his age at the time of his indenture was about sixteen years. Before his five years of service had expired, to wit, in 1C66, Mr. Roberts broke up his establishment in New London, sold out and afterwards removed to Newark, N. J. The young apprentice thus probably became free, and in October, 1666, the name appears on the New London rate list, estimated at a low figure (£3 0s. 2d.). It is not on the list of 1667 (the only other early one preserved), hence we infer that he had left the place, and the New London records afford no evidence of his further residence there ; but in May, 1669, James Redfield was married at New Haven to Elizabeth How, who was born in 1645, daughter of Jeremy Howf of New Haven, who was a son of Edward How, one of the first settlers of Lynn, Mass. For a year or so he must have continued a resi- dent of New Haven, for in May, 1670, the birth of a daughter is recorded there. In what occupation he was at this time employed there is no evidence, and henceforth the archives of New Haven are also silent respecting him, but in the year following (1671) the name appears among the inhabitants of Tis- bury, Martha's Vineyard t When we remember that New London was, at that period, one of the principal seaports of New England, and that its young men very naturally took to the sea, that both father and uncle of his wife
* Miss Caulkins's History of Nexo London, pp. 77, 279.
fit was Jeremiah How's brother Ephraim of whom Cotton Mather relates a wonderful sea deliverance.— Magnalia, Am. ed., I, 343. Dixwell the regicide (so oalled), under the assumed name of James Davids, married for his second wife Hathsheba How of New Haven, who waB doul ticss a daughter or niece of Jeremiah How.
t Letter of L. M. Pease, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard.
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were mariuers and he himself evidently of a roving disposition, it is quite probable that young Redfield may have gratified the restlessness of youth by an occasional coasting voyage, or may have even sailed as far as Barbadoes, with which island a large trade was then carried on. This, however, is but conjecture ; nor do we meet the name again till 1676. In July of that year a James Redfield was living at Saybrook with wife and children, and also a servant man (perhaps a journeyman or apprentice) and was exercising the vocation of weaver. At this time the troubles with the Indians (known as King Philip's war) rendered Saybrook of some importance as a military post, aud the fort and garrison buildings near the mouth of the Connecticut had been rebuilt or repaired. The successes of the colonists against the Narra- gansetts, during the summer of 1676, were such as to show that no large garrison would be needed at Saybrook, and hence Capt. Robert Chapman, under whose command the fort had been placed, wrote to the Council at Hartford to inform them that "the fort-house, together with the fortification, was near finished," and to ask their will and pleasure whether to put it under charge of a small garrison, or to place only a family to live there. Should the latter be thought advisable, he recommends James Redfield as a suitable person.* Whether the Council acted on this recommendation is not known,
Site of Saybrook Fort, as seen from Steam Boat Wharf.
but it is probable they did. At any rate, Redfield afterwards appears as still residing at Saybrook, for in Dec. 1683, the town granted him an acre of land on Pipe Staves Point, to which another acre was granted in 1686.f This location was very near the fort, and was upon the same poiut of land and
* TrumbuWa Colonial Records of Connecticut, II, 468. See Capt Chapman's letter at full length in Appendix C.
fSee Appendix D. The origin of this name, " Pipe Staves Point," is explained by the fol- lowing orders -paused by the General Court of Connecticut, in 1641 :
After ordaiu'tug the standard size for pipe staves, and providing for the appointment of an
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probably very near the now lonely field where the monument to Lady Alice Butler still stands solitary.
How long he resided at Saybrook we can not tell. The Saybrook records of births and deaths are silent respecting his family, and yet it is probable that in addition to " the children " above mentioned, at least one other was born to him in this town, to wit, his son Theophilus in 1682, and we may presume that his wife Elizabeth died before he removed elsewhere. How- ever this may be, it is certain that he removed to Fairfield, Conn., as early as 1693, and probably earlier. There he married a second time. His wife was Deborah, daugliter of John Sturges or Sttrgis, who was a freeman of Fair- field as early as 1660, and a prominent man in the community. His residence was near Hyde's Pond, which is near the main road through Fairfield, not far from the present rail road station.
In 1713, Jetties tkbfielb visited his son THEOPHILUS (who, as we shall see, had established himself at Killingworth) and made over to him the little plot of ground at, Saybrook, which we have already mentioned.* On the 10th Feb , 171-f , jJflltlCS and his wife Deborah conveyed their pro- perty at Fairfield to their son JAMES, for his encouragement to continue with and help them in their old age. In the following month JdltlCS'© son-in-law, John Seeley, quit-claimed his interest, and in January, 172y, bis daughter Sarah ?nd her husband Daniel Frost, likewise released their interest in the same property. t We can not assign the date of the death of SatltCS ti CO tlC 1 0 or of his wife Deborah. The former probably occurred before 1 723. J
inspector of staves in each town, the order proceeds " and al! such parcels so approved and sealed, shall pass lo the merchant at £~> the thousand, to be delivered at the river's mouth, at whirhptace the Country ha'h undertook to provide for Mr. Hopkins, by the beginning of June next, 70 000, viz: Wethersleld, 30,000; Windsor, 20,000; Hartford, 20,000; if Mr. Hopkins can provide shipping and ailbrd to give that price "—Trumbull't Colonial Records of Conn., I. 68.
* See Appendix E.
f For these several instruments see Appendix F.
tin the above statement it is assumed that the scattering allusions to James Redtield which can be gleaned from the old records, all relate to one and the same person. This view of the subject is more consistent with probabilities than any other, since with perhaps one exception, i harmonizes every fact which has been brought to light. The chain of connec- tive evidence from 1676 downward is beyond question, and the only difficulty which arises is to explain how the tanner's apprentice of 1662, should appear as a weaver in 1676. Wo think this difficulty disappears on examination. It is certain that the tanner boy's appren- ticeship was not completed, owing to the change of residence of Hiuh Roberts, to whom ho had been bound, and there is no evidence of his afterwards working at his early avocation. That a young man, without the capital necessary to carry on what usually became a lucra- tive trade, and brought up in a community where a large portion of the youth sought their fortune upon the seas, should quit the occupation he had first embraced, should enter upon a roving life and finally settle down in the practice of a calling which (as then carried on) required little capital or skill, is not at all strange. If, on the other hand, we assume tho James Redtield of Saybrook to be a different person from the New London James Redfield, then we have tho remarkable coincidence of a family name so raro that it is nov. almost or quite unknown iu Great Britain, yet borne at the same early period of our colonial history
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Children.
By first wife.
6. 1. ELIZABETH RED-FIELD, born at New Haven May 31, 1670.
Nothing more known of her ; perhaps died young.
7. 2. SARAH REDPIELD, bom (as conjectured) about 1673.*
8. 3. THEOPHILUS REDFIELD, bom , 1682.
By second wife.
9. 4. MA.RGARET REDPIELD, baptised at Fairfield, Oct. 7, 1694. 10. 5. JAMES REDPIELD, baptised at Fairfield, Oct. 25, 1696.
5.
JTnbitt) tkbfitt or Rfdfield, third daughter of SOTlfaiU, married at New London, June 17, 1667, Alexander Pygan of Norwich, Old England. The widowed mother seems not to have looked with favor upon Mr. Pygan's suit, for the records of the County Court of New London, a little previous', show that "Alexander Pygan was complained of by Widow Rebecca Redfin, for enticing away her daughter's affections, contrary to the laws of this cor- poration.'' Mr. Pygan had arrived the year previous and was a tanner by trade. On his first arrival in the plantation he was regarded as rather a law- less young man of " passionate and distempered carriage," but under the restraints and influences by which he was surrounded, he became a discreet and useful member of the community. His wife Judith died April 30, 1678.
Child-en.
1. SARAH PYGAN, b. February 23, 16f£, m. Nicholas Hallam, July
8, 1686, by whom she had three children: 1. Alexander Hallam, born October 22, 1688 ; 2. Edw;trd Hallam, born April 25, 1693, married Grace Denison ; 3. Sarah Hallam, bom March 29, 1695, married Joseph Merrills.
2. JANE PYGAN, bom Feb. — , 167T, married, in 1694, Jonas Green,
ship master, of New Londou ; had son Samuel and perhaps others.
by two young men of about the same age, and living in the sea port towns of the same colony, though never both found in the same place at one time— a hypothesis which takes far too much ior granted. At any rate if the New London Janaos is a different man trom him of Say brook, then there is no turther trace of the former or of his family, for all of the name since known, descend, as has already been mentioned, from the latter. Hence if wo are wrong in the ground wo have taken, it will invalidate none of " the succession " after 1676.
•The year of Sarah Redfield's birth is unknown, and it is perhaps doubtful whether she was by the first or second wife. The rank above assigned her is favored by the fact that James Hedfield had more lhan one child living in 1676, and that Sarah is not mentioned on the baptismal record of Fairfield ; yet this latter point is not conclusive, since there are no baptismal entries on the ecclesiastical records earlier than 1694. The early town registry of Fairfield is very defective and probably one volume is lost. Except two or three pages found at the end of the 1st Vol. of Deeds, there is nothing of earlier date than 1720.
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After the death of this wife Mr. Pygan lived a few years at Saybrook, where he had a shop of goods and was licensed by the County Court as ian keeper. He married there his second wife, April 15, 1684, Lydia, widow of Samuel Boyes, and daughter of William and Lydia [Danforth] Beamond of Saybrook, by whom he had a daughter Lydia, who married Rev. Eliphalet Adams of New London.*
STftfrfc feneration.
7.
SARAH REDFlELD, second daughter of SottUS (4), son of 218!£tUiiUU (1), was married to Daniel Fkost, son of Daniel and Mary Frost of Fairfield, and great grandson of William Frost, one of the first settlers of Fairfield, who died in 1644, and whose will is recorded in Trumbull's Col. Records of Connecticut, I, 465. Daniel Frost died in 1725. On the 8th Dec. of that year, Sarah Frost was appointed administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband.
Child. 1. Daniel Frost,
And perhaps others.
Mrs. Frost was probably married a second time, to Abner Fitch of Norwalk, for on the 3d Feb. 172|, Daniel Frost, son of Daniel Frost, deceased, late of Fairfield, made choice of his father-in-law, Abner Fitch of Norwalk, Conn., as his guardian.
8.
THEOPHILUS REDFlELD, oldest son of SattteS (4), son of <J2F0lfcUU (1), was a joiner by trade, and probably settled in Killingworth, Conn., soon after becoming of age.f The first mention of him on the records of that town is in March, 170^, when he bought a small piece of ground for a homestead in what was then Killingworth, but which has since been set off by
* Miss Caulkins's History of New London, pp. 142, 250, 341, 359.
f In the genealogical table, prepared by Manning Redtteld In 1819, it is stated that "Theo. philus RedBeld was born in England and came to America as an adventurer by the way of the West Indies in 1704." This statement was copied into the genealogy of 1839. The details already given of James Redfield's history, sustained as they are by the documentary evi- dence presented in the Appendix, show that this account can hardly be true. On what it was based can not now be ascertained, but it was probably on family tradition — a most uncer- tain authority. Theophilus's father may perhaps have made a voyage or two to BarbaJoes, though of this wo find no positive evidence, or Theophilus himself after attaining to majority may have made a voyage thither, which would be sufficient ground for such a tradition. Where Theophilus was born is not known, though the probabllites are that it was Saybrook.
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the name of Clinton, and is now one of the most pleasant of those beautiful villages which border Long Island Sound. On the 24th Dec, 1706, he mar- ried Priscilla Greenel (or GRiNNELL),then aged 17, dau. of Daniel and Lydia Greenel who three years before had settled in that part of Saybrook, then called Pochaug, now Westbrook. Daniel Greenel came from Little Compton, R. I. (then called Seaconnet), was a son of Daniel Greenel of that place, and probably a grandson of Matthew Greenel who was in Portsmouth, R. I., in 1638.*
For several years after his marriage, THEOPHILTJS REDFIELD continued to reside in the southern part of the town, but about 1717 or 1718 he bought a tract of land of about 120 acres on Chestnut Hill in North Kill- ingworth, within that part of the town to which the name of Killingworth is now restricted. Chestnut Hill is an elevated ridge of land, about a mile and a half west of Killingworth church, extending north and south for nearly two miles between the forks of the Hammonassett river, and commanding a beau- tiful and extensive view both east and west. Thither he removed and resided for the remainder of his life. This property seems for the most part to have been retained among the descendants, and at least four families of the name still reside on Chestnut Hill.
Though never called to take a very prominent part in public affairs there is evidence that Mr. Redfield commanded the respect and esteem of the com- munity in which he lived. He was frequently appointed on important com- mittees in the management of town affairs, and at a day when military titles, however humble, had some weight, was known as "Sargeant Redfield."
He died on the 14th February, 1759, in the 77th year of his age.t His wife Priscilla survived him eleven years and died Jan. 12th, 1770, aged 81.
♦Though Mr. Greenel's ancestor was certainly an early immigrant to the colonies, we find no evidence that he wan one of Dr. Robinson's Leyden congregation as stated in the old genealogy. There is a tradition in the tamily that it is of Huguenot origin, and took refuge in England after the massacre of St. Bartholomew. Seaconuei, where Daniel Greenel's father settled, was not Cape Cod, as stated in the old work, but the point of land on the east of Narragansett Bay, now called Little Compton.
fTheophilus Bedfield's grave stone is still standing, in good preservation, in the old yard about a mile and a half south of Chestnut Hill. The inscription reads In memory of Mr. Theophilus Redfield who died Feb. ye 14th 1759 in the 77th year of his age. His wife Priscilla is buried in the yard in Clinton, near the Congregational Church. The etone is inscribed
In memory of
Mns. Priscilla Redfield, Wife
of Mr. Tlieophilus Redfield
who died Jan. 12ih, 1770,
in her 81st year.
For Theophilus Redfleld's will and Inventory of his estate, cee Appendix G.
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Children.
Daniel Redfield, born Sept. 22, 1707.
Elizabeth Redfield, born May 8, 1709.
Richard Redfield, born June 18, 1711.
Ebenezer Redfield, born Dec 3, 1713.
Lydia Redfield, bom Feb. 9, 171$.
Theophilus Redfield, born Sept. 6, 1718.
Priscilla Redfield, born July 20, 1720.
Peleg Redfield, born April 2, 1723.
George Redfield, born Nov. 7, 1725.
William Redfield, born Dec. 5, 1727.
JOSiah Redfield, born Sept 6, 1730.
Jane Redfield, born June 24, 1733. 23. 13. James Redfield, born March 29, 1735.
These children all lived to be married, and all had families, and from the stock of THEOPHILUS are descended nine- tenths of those bearing the
9. MARGARET REDFIELD, third daughter of IntttCS (4), son of c2p tllttlttt (1), is supposed to have married John Seklicy* of New- town, Conn. He was probably a resident of Stratford between 1691 and 1710, and as early as 1712 removed to Newtown. He was living in 1719, when he executed a release to his brother-in-law, JAMES REDFIELD. As Seeley's wife is not named in that instrument, it is to be inferred that she was then deceased.
It is not known whether there were any children.
10. JAMES REDFIELD, second son of JoitUS (4), son of WfllfatK
(1), resided in Fairfield, Conn. He appears to have been thrice married ; 1st
about 1725, to Sakah ; 2d, about 1727, to Mary ; and
3d, about 1742, to Sarah . He died in 1743, and his widow adminis- tered on the estate. Inventory, £815 14s 9d. She was living as late as 1779.
* Whether John Seeley's wife was Margaret or another daughter of James Kedfield, of whom we have no record, we have not been able to determine, ttut as we know there was a daugh- ter Margaret it is unnecessary to suppose another, in the absence of positive testimony.
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Children. By first wife.
24. l. Sarah Redfield, bom , 1726.
By terond wife.
25. 2. Abigail Redfield, bapt. Nov. 24, 1728, died unm.
26. 3. David Redfield, bapt. Jan. 11, 17§£, died May, 1750 *
27. 4 Jane Redfield, bapt. Jan. 16, 173-^, died uum,
28. 5. John Redfield, baptised Dec. 23, 1733.
29. 6. James Redfield, baptised Jan. 25, 173f •
30. 7. Ebenezer Redfield, bapt. March 4, 173f , died in infancy. By third wife.
31. 8. Ebenezer Redfield, baptised March 27, 1743.
Some of the descendants of JAMES REDFIELD still reside in Fairfield and its vicinity, but none bearing the name.
iFourtft tKeifrratfon.
A. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE,
Descendants of THEOPHILTJS REDFIELD (S) of Killing- worth.
11. Daniel Redfield, eldest son of THEOPHILUS (S), son of 3linu*G (4), resided at Clinton,! Conn. He recognized the Church covenant
in 1725, and about 1728 he married Elizabeth . In May, 1746, he was
commissioned as ensign in the third company of the regiment under com- mand of Col. Elisha Williams of Wethersfield, raised for a contemplated expedition against the French in Canada. During a portion of his life he was a sea-captain. He died Jan. 11, 1758, in his 51st year, a year before his father. His widow died November 2, 1775, aged 74 years.
In 1741. \
* March 15, 1750-1. James Smedley was appointed administrator on the estate of David Red- field of Fairfield, deceased.
t Although Clinton was not set off as a separate town till after 1820. yet f~r the sake of preci- sion, we henceforth use the modern names of division in referring to old Killingworth (Clinton) and North Killingworth (now Killingworth).
t See Appendix H.
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Children.
32. 1 Haniel Redfield, born at Killingworth, Feb. 27, 172f.
33. 2. Roswell Redfield, born at Guilford, Sept, 4, 1731.
34. 3. JfEargaret Redfield, born at (not on Killingworth
records).
35. 4. John Redfield, born at Killingworth, May 6, 1735.
36. 5. Elizabeth Redfield, born at Killingworth, July 29, 1737.
37. 6. Samuel Redfield, bom at Killingworth, Nov. 23. 1741.
38. 7. Sylvester Red field, born at Killingworth, May 13, 1744.
Many of the descendants of Daniel Redfield, both in the male and female line, still reside in Clinton, Conn.
12. Elizabeth Redfield, eldest daughter of THEOPHILUS (8), son of JliniCS (4), recognized covenant with Killingworth church in 1725. She was married to Josiah Hull of Killingworth, February 3, 173-i. After her death, which occurred in 1742, he married Elizabeth Buel of Killing- worth, December 1, 1743.
Children.
1. Lydia Mull, born at Killingworth, Oct. 29, 1732.
2. Sybil Hull, " " June 7, 1735.
3. Samuel Hull, " :< Aug. 31, 1737.
4. Joel Hull, " " March 22, 1740.
5. Jlmos Hull, " " July 31, 1742. Mr. Hull had also four children by his second wife.
13.
Richard Redfield, second son of THEOPHILUS (8), son of
3anUG (4), was a sea captain and resided at Killingworth. He recognized
church covenant in 1725. He married 1st, Mary Chatfield of Killingworth,
June 23, 1735, and 2d, Mrs. Wilcox, a widow. He died February 2,
1771, aged 60 years.
Children. By first wife.
39. 1. Eliphalet Redfield, born at Killingworth, July 24, 1736.
40. 2. Priscilla Redfield, " " March 12, 1739.
41. 3. Reuben Redfield,* " " June 21, 1742 ;
died young.
42. 4. jlbi&ail Redfield, " " Sept. 21, 1743.
* The old Geneaiogy mentions a son Richard who died young, an error probably referring to Reuben (il).
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By second wife.
43. 5. Reuben tied field, born at Killingworth, Jan. 8, 1766.
44. 6. Richard Redfield, " " April 6, 1768. None of Richard Redfield's descendants in the male line, are now
found in the vicinity of Killingworth. There are a few at Fairhaven, Conn., and a family at Perth Amboy, N. J. ; the remainder are mostly scattered through the western States.
14. Ebenezer Rcdfield, third son of THEOPHILUS (8), son of JfcittlCS (4), was a sea captain and resided in Clinton. He recognized church covenant in 1731, and on the 30th November, 1741, he married Hannah Col- ton, probably daughter of Daniel Colton of Guilford. On the 4th January, 1766, his house took fire, and in the effort to save one of his children from the flames, he was so badly burned as to cause his death in a few hours. He was 53 years of age at the time of his death. Letters of administration were granted to his widow, Hannah, February 2, 1768. The inventory of his estate was £1,161 19s. lOd.
Children.
45. 1. Hannah Red field, b. at Clinton, May 27, 1743 ; died young.
46. 2. JtTary* Red field, " " June 10, 1745; d. an infant.
47. 3. Jtlary* Red field, " " Nov. 18, 1746; d. Sept. 8,
1755.
48. 4. Jared Red field, " " June 7, 1748 ; d. unm.
49. 5. Hannah Red field, " " Feb. 10, 1752.
50. 6. jlrtemisia Redfield, " April 8, 1754.
51. 7. Frederick Redfield, " July 29, 1755.
52. 8. Parnel Redfield, " " Nov. 28,1756.
53. 9 Relet Redfield, " " ,1764.
The descendants of this branch in the male line are now few in number. Some of the descendants in the female line are still found in Clinton.
15. Lydia Redfield, second daughter of THEOPHILUS (8), son of jJatlteS (4), was married February 21, 1737, to Joseph Hodgkin (Hotchkiss) of Guilford, Conn., born March 2, 1711, son of Joseph and Elizabeth [Hill] Hodgkin. He died August 10, 1752, and his widow Lydia was married Nov. 15, 1753, to Levi Leete, son of Benjamin Leete. She died December 16, 1784, aged 68 years. She had children by the first marriage only.
* Or Polly, as the name was universally called at that day.
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Children.
1. ,lbig-aii Modg-Mn or Hotchkiss, born Sept. 28, 1738; m.
1st, Edmund Ward; 2d, William Johnson.
2. Thomas Modfffcin or Hotchkiss, born July 26, 1740.
16. Tlieopliilus Redfield, fourth son of THEOPHILUS (8), son of SaitteS (4), resided at Chestnut Hill, Killingworth. He recognized church covenant March 17, 1736. He was a sergeant in the company commanded by his brother Peleg, which formed part of the provincial forces which engaged in the campaigns of 1759 and 1760, and was an ensign in the same company in 1761 (See Peleg Redfield, 18). He married 1st, Mart Bdell (daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Buell and grand-daughter of Samuel Buell, who removed from Windsor to Killingworth in 1662) of Killingworth, September 4, 1740. She died August 22, 1749, and he mar- ried 2d, Martha Gray of Killingworth, widow cf Philip Gray, who came from Long Island to Killingworth, in December, 1749. He died January 30, 1770, in his 52d year*
Children. By first wife.
54. 1. Eliahim Redfield, born at Killingworth, May 26, 1741.
55. 2. JTalhan Redfield, born in Killingworth, July 31, 1743.
Was in his uncle Peleg'S company in the campaigns of 1759 and 1760, probably as a drummer. He also served as a drummer in the expedition against Havana, in 1762, and died at sea on his return, November 4, 1762.t
56. 3. L,evi Redfield, born in Killingworth, August 17, 1745.
57. 4. Isaac Redfield, " " July 29, 1749. Died
November 23, 1749. By second wife.
58. 5. Philip Redfield, born in Killingworth, November 25, 1751.
Died in 1780, unmarried.!
59. 6. Constant Redfield, born in Killingworth, July 30, 1753.
60. 7. Jflary Redfield, " " Jan. 24, 1755.
61. 8. Elian Redfield, " " Jan. 31, 1757.
died at Killingworth, May 21, 1808, unmarried.
* Estate distributed to widow Martha, sons Philip, Constant, Elias and Nathan, and daughters Mary and Martha.
t Nathan Redfield was attached to the company of Capt. John Patterson, afterwards com- manded by Capt. Roger Enos. It was the 4th company in the 1st or Connecticut Regiment, under the general command of Gen. Lyman, and the special command of Col. (afterwards Gen.) Putnam. He enlisted March 15, 1762, served 33 weeks and 4 days, for which the pay was £17, 12s. 6d.— Pay roll of Capt. Patterson's Company, in State Paptrs at Hartford. See further on page 34. Letters of administration were granted to his brother Eliakim, March 6, 1764.
X "Joseph Hull and Philip Redfield of Killingworth, marched in Col. Ward's regiment, in February, 1776, as far as Stamford on their way to New York, under Gen. Lee, and were there
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62. 9. JtTartha Red field, born in Killingworth, Feb'y 18, 1758.
63. 10. .Tat It an Redfield, " " August 17, 1763.
V 17.
Priscilla Redfield, third daughter of THEOPHILUS (8), son of JfcitttCS (4), recognized church covenant March 17, 1736, and was mar- ried October 15, 1740, to Joseph Bradlet of Guilford, Conn., son of Abra- ham and Jme [Leming] Bradley, of Guilford, born Nov. 5, 1709. She died Jan. 12, 1770, in her fiftieth year. Mr. Bradley married 2d, Abigail Collins, of Guilford, and died Sept. 7, 1799, aged 90 years.
Children.
L Joseph Bradley, born January 3, 1742.
2. Priscilla Bradley , born Nov. 7, 1743, married Samuel Aber-
nethy, of Wallingford, Dec. 29, 1765.
3. Phincas Bradley, b. Feb. 12, 1746, married Sarah Griswold,
Nov. 14, 1767. She died Feb. 12, 1768. He died June 6, 1768.
4. Bant Bradley, born Oct. 7, 1748.
5. Samuel Bradley, born April 29, 1751.
6. Berialt Bradley, bapt. May 15, 1754. Died Jan IS, 1776.
7. Barnet Bradley, born Feb. 5, 1757. Died May 25, 1761.
8. James Bradley, bom May 2, 1759.
9. Jflerey Bradley, bapt. July 5, 1765.
10. JVancy Bradley, bapt. July 21, 1765. Died June 21, 1776.
18.
Peleg Redfield, fifth son of THEOPHILUS (8), son of SattUS
(4), resided at Killingworth. He married, April 25, 1744, Sarah Dudley, bom April 20, 1723, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth [Graves] Dudley, of Guilford.
In 1756, he was appointed 2d Lieut, in the 10th company of the second Connecticut regiment, raised for the campaign against the French possessions in North America. In 1758 he again served as 1st Lieut, in the same regi- ment, in the campaign in which Ticonderoga was lost, and Lord Howe slain. In the spring of 1759 he received a commission as captain, and took command of a company of ninety men, which he had raised in and about Killingworth,
ordered on board Capt. Selleck's privateer, and served there six weeks, and were then discharged without pay. The council ordered the services in said privateer to be paid for."— Hinman's Ser- vices of Connecticut in the Revolution, p. 280.
Letters of administration on Philip Redfikld's estate, were granted to his brother Levi, April 4, 1780. The estate, consisting mostly of land in Killingworth, and at Buck Hill, Guilford, was divided among his brothers Eliakim, Levi, Constant, Elias, Nathan and sister Mrs. Bristol.
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as a part of the contingent of 5,000 men which Connecticut undertook to furnish for that year, for the prosecution of the war against the French in Canada. Capt. Redfield's company formed part of the second regiment under Col. Nathan Whiting, the whole Connecticut forces being placed in command of Major Gen. Lyman. These forces were raised with prompt dispatch and sent at once to Gen. Amherst, the British commander. By the end of May they had reached the head quarters at Albany. The division of Amherst was among the first to open the campaign. In July he passed Lake George without opposition, and on the 27th of that month, Ticonderoga was, without resistance, abandoned to the superior forces of the provincials, and the French retreated to Crown Point. On the 1st August, they abandoned the latter post and retreated to Isle aux Noix. Amherst then ordered Capt. Loring to build vessels, to aid in driving the enemy from the lake, and employed the army in restoring the partially demolished fortresses of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. Meanwhile Niagara was taken by Gen. Prideaux, in July, and Montcalm was defeated by Wolfe before the walls of Quebec. In 1760, Connecticut again raised 5.000 men under the same officers as before, and Capt. Redfield's company still found employment. In June, Gen. Amherst began his march from Schenectady to Oswego, reached the lake shore in about three weeks, crossed Lake Ontario in open boats and rude galleys, forced the passage of the St. Lawrence by taking Fort Oswegatchie, and reached Mon- treal in September, where the three divisions of the army were united, and two days afterwards it surrendered, bringing a close to the campaign. On his return from this campaign, Capt. Redfield was taken sick of small pox at Al- bany, and died on his journey home, near Stockbridge, Mass., Dec. 5, 1760.* Letters of administration were granted to his widow, Sarah Redfield, Jan. 6, 1761. Estate inventoried £324 Is. 9d. His widow married Noah Isbell, January 2, 1775.
Children.
64. 1. Beriah Redfield, born in Killingworth, Nov. 21, 1744.
65. 2. Sarah Redfield, " " Nov. 15, 1746.
66. 3. Ebenezer Redfield, " " Nov. 15, 1750.
67. 4. Abigail Redfield, " " Nov. 29, 1753 ; died
Nov. 22, 1782, unmarried.
68. 5. Lydia Redfield, " " Aug 24, 1756.
69. 6. Roxana Redfield, " " Feb. 24, 1759.
* Hollister,s History of Connecticut. See Appendix I and J. The amount of men and money furnished by the little colony of Connecticut, throughout the whole course of this "old French ■war," is most remarkable, and not the less so, that the people by their own Legislature cheer- fully and repeatedly assumed the burden. And it was the fa^t that this free expenditure of blood and treasure by the colonists, met with such ill requital on the part of the mother country, that did much to strengthen the arm, and nerve the resolution of the men of Connecticut and Massachusetts, in that after contest, for which the Canadian campaign proved a fitting school. In 1776, Connecticut had 20,000 men in actual service, most of whom had been marched out of the State in defense of New York.
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19.
George Redfleld, sixth son of THEOPHILXJS (8), son of JfameS (4), resided in Killingworth. He married in 1750, Trial Ward of Killingworth, daughter of Ira and Lydia [Parmelee] Ward of that place. She died after 1762, and he married 2d, January 8, 1767, Arigail Stone, who died April 15, 1769. He died at Killingworth, May 30, 1812, in his 87th year.
Children. All by first marriage.
70. 1. Jlmbrose Redfleld, born December 13, 1750.
71. 2. Jeremy Redfieid, " August 21, 1752.
72. 3. Sy I ran MS Redfieid, " December 30, 1754.
73. 4. Seth Redfieid, " January 17, 1757.
74. 5. Jane Redfieid, " December 19, 1759.
75. 6. Peleg Redfieid, " May 14, 1762.
20. William Redfieid, seventh son of THEOPHILXJS (8), son of SdttteS (4), in early life resided at Guilford, Conn., and was a sea captain. He married January 8, 1755, atMiddletown, Conn., Elizabeth Starr, daugh- ter of Samuel and Elizabeth [Jarcie] Starr.* He removed to Middletown, where his children were all born, and where he spent the remainder of his life. He dwelt on High street, and his house and garden occupied part of the present site of the Wesleyan University. In 1777, July 1, he was appointed issuing Commissary to the battalions raised in Connecticut for continental service.t Subsequently he kept an inn and at one time had charge of the jail. He is described as a man of warm and genial disposition, a great reader and a cultivator of fine fruit, and all these points rendered his house a favorite resort for young people. He died in July, 1813, in the 86th year of his age, having outlived all his twelve brothers and sisters. He was buried in the " old yard by the river" in Middletown, but no stone marks the spot. His wife died about 1800. His four sons all became seamen.
* Samuel Starr was third son of Joseph, the second son of Comfort, the second Thomas, the oldest son of Dr. Comfort Starr, who immigrated in 1635. t Hinman's Services of Connecticut in the Revolutionary War, p. 454.
22 FOURTH GENERATION.
Children.
76. 1. William Redfield, born at Middletown, Aug. 9, 1755.
77. 2. Samuel Redfield, " " Jan. 23, 1757.
78. 3. James Redfield, " " Nov. 18, 1758.
Resided at Salem, Mass. Probably died at Halifax.*
79. 4. Grace Redfield, born at Middletown, Aug. 20, 1760.
80. 5. Peleg Redfield, " " Jan. 22, 1762.
81. 6. Elizabeth Redfield, " " May 11, 1763.
82. 7. Jtlary Hedfield, " „" Feb. 24, 1765.
83. 8. John Redfield, " " June 24, 1766.
Died July 14, 1766.t
84. 9. El Hilt Red field, " " Oct. 2, 1767.
85. 10. .Abigail Redfield, " " Dec. 1771 ; died
September 1, 1775. t
86. 11. Harriet Redfield, " " July 18, 1773;
died October 4, 1775. t
21. Josiall Rediield, eighth son of THEOPHILUS (8), son of 3ciniCS (4), resided on Chestnut Hill, Killingworth, near his father's resid- ence. He married Dec. 8, 1757, Sarah Parmelee, daughter of Lemuel and Sarah Parmelee, who was born August 19, 1734. He died August 6, 1802, aged 72 years. \ His wife died August 25, 1808, aged 73.
Children.
87. 1. Ichabod Redfield, born at Killingworth, Oct. 14, 1758;
died Oct. 24, 1758.
88. 2. Rebecca § (or Rebina) Redfield, born at Killingworth,
April 22, 1761.
* " Halifax, July 23, 1814. Some men employed in removing manure from under one of the stables in Marchindton's lane, on Monday last, discovered a number of human bones. A small tin case was found near the same place, which contained an American protection belonging to James Redfield, Salem, Mass,"— Giles's Weekly Register, VI, 409, Aug. 13, 1S14.
t These infants were all buried in the old yard at Middletown. Their grave stones bear the following inscriptions :
John's- Abigail's.
"Sleep, lovely babe, and take your rest, " Life how short;
God calls thee home because 'tis best." Death how sudden ;
Eternity how long." Harriet's. " Sleep lovely children by each other, Till Christ shall call you all together." 1 He was buried in the old yard in the south west district of Killingworth. Inscription : "In memory of Mr. Josiah Redfield, who died August 6. 1802. in the 72nd year of his age: Death is a debt by nature due, Which I have paid and so must you."
I The town records of her birth inscribe her as Rebecca, though she was afterwards known as Rebina.
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89. 3. Barbara Redfield, born at Killingworth, April 2, 1764.
90. 4. Orrin Redfield, " " June 25, 1769.
22. Jane Redlield, fourth daughter of THEOPHILUS (8), son of SamCS (4), was married January 12, 175§* to Capt. Samuel Crane of Killingworth. She was his second wife, his first being Ruth Wellman, married to him September 8, 1749. After the death of his wife Jane, which occurred May 24, 17C2, he married, 3d, Mary Lay, December 5, 1765, and, 4th, Mehetabel [Post] Redfield, widow of his second wife's nephew, Ros- tvell Med field (33), February 21, 1770.
Child of Samuel and Jane [Redfield] Crane.
1. Jared Crane, born August 1, 1757. Capt. Crane had a son Samuel by his first wife, born September 4, 1750, and four children by his last wife Mehetabel : 1. Jane, b. Nov. 14, 1770 ; 2. George, b. July 2, 1772, d. Nov. 8, 1773 ; 3. Jerusha, b. April 4, 1780.
23. James Redfield, ninth son of THEOPHILUS (8), son of jJcitttCS (4), was a private in Capt. Peleg Redfield'S company during the campaign of 1759. t He married about 1 760, Sarah GrinnellJ of Pochaug (Westbrook), in the town of Saybrook, and a year or two after removed from Killingworth to Westbrook. He became a mariner, and was known as Capt. James Redfield. He died April 3, 1788, aged 53 years. His widow died October 23, 1 793.
Children.
91. 1. Sarah Redfield, born in Killingworth, Aug. 2, 1761.
92. 2. Priscilla Redfield, b. at Saybrook (Pochaug) July 26, 1763.
93. 3. Sabra Redfield, " " " Mar. 22, 1765.
94. 4. James Redfield, " " " June 27, 1767.
95. 5. Theophilus Redfield, " " Aug. 26, 1769. 98. 6. John Redfield, " " " Mar. 20, 1773.
* The town records have two entries of this marriage, the one January 8, 1753, the other January 12, 1753.
t See p. 19 and Appendix I.
I We suppose her to have been the daughter of Paybody and Sarah [Barnes] Grinnell, of Po. chaug, born October 7, 1738, and a cousin of her husband on his mother's side,
24 FOURTH GENERATION.
B. FAIRFIELD TRIBE,
or
Descendants of JAMES REDFIELD (10) of Fairfield, Conn.
24. Sarall Redfieid, eldest daughter of JAMES (10), son of latltCS
(4), was married August 7, 1749, to Gamaliel French of Stratfield. She died May 27, 1758, in the 32d year of her age. We have no record of any children.
John Redfieid, second son of JAMES (10), son of -IflmCS (4), resided at Fairfield. As his father died when he was but ten years old, James Smedley of Fairfield, was appointed his guardian. He married October 20, 1757, Sarah Smith, daughter of Benjamin Smith of Fairfield. Both recog- nized their baptismal engagements before the church, September 3, 1758.
Date of her death unknown. He married 2d, Lucretia . Both were
living in 1779*
Children.
97. 1. JTIary Redfieid, born July 17, 1758.
98. 2. David Redfieid, born May 8, 1760. J
99. 3. John Redfieid, born February 26, 1763.
100. 4. Sarah Redfieid, bapt. Aug. 5, 1764. Not known to have married.
29. James Redfieid, third son of JAMES (10), son of 3ames (4), at the age of fourteen took Gamaliel French, his brother-in-law, for guardian. He resided in the town of Fairfield, but removed before 1759, to the parish
*This family was one of those who suffered from the brutalities of the British soldiers under the infamous Gen. Tryon, at the time of the plunder and burning of Fairfield, July 7, 1779. Mr. Redfieid was away from home, but in the house were his aged mother, his wife Lucretia, and a child. A party of the enemy with three officers came to the house and ordered it to be fired, alleging that one of their men had just before been taken prisoner in the vicinity. Mrs. Red- field by exertions, succeeded in extinguishing the fire, although the burning was four times attempted. During the night the British soldiers roamed through the village without the slightest control from their officers, and three of them entered the house of Mrs. Redfieid, where they destroyed the furniture, ransacked and plundered the house, and rifled the pockets of the inmates. Even the gray hairs of Mr. Redfield's widowed mother did not protect her from plun- der and gross insult, and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lucretia, was only saved from shameful violence, by the opportune entrance of two men, one of whom stated that he had been a prisoner in that town, and had experienced civility and kindness from its inhabitants. These men remained and protected the family through the remainder of the night.
The committee which was afterwards appointed to estimate the losses sustained by the inhabit- ants of Fairfield, by conflagration and plunder on this occasion, reported the loss of
John Redfieid £38 2s. 4d.
Widow Sarah Redfieid 31 15s. Gd.
Lucretia Redfieid, 28 3s. 4d.
State Papers at Hartford, Revolutionary war, Vol. XV, folio 256
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of Greenfield, near the present residence of Mr. Howell. He married, in 1758, Mary [Hull] Jennings,* widow of Dr. Seth Jennings. Both renewed cove- nant with Fairfield church in Sept., 1758. He renewed covenant with church at Greenfield, January 13, 1760. He was living in 1779,t but the date of his death is not known.
Children.
101. 1. Seth Redfieid, b. 1 ■ d. suddenly Jan. 11, 1813; unm.
102. 2. Jftary Redfieid, bapt. in Greenfield parish, March 23, 1760.
103. 3. .Abigail Redfieid, " " Nov. 22, 1761.
104. 4. James Redfieid, " " Nov. 6, 1763.
105. 5. Sarah Redfieid, b. " " Aug. 28, 1765.
106. 6. Jane Redfieid, bapt. " " Dec. 6, 1767.
107. 7. Mull Redfieid, b. " " May 17, 1773 ;
died March 21, 1775.
108. 8. Huldah Redfieid, bapt. in " Jan. 28, 1776.
109. 9. Eunice Redfieid, .
31.
Ebenezer Redfieid, fifth son of JAMES (10), son of 3attte0
(4), resided in early life at Fairfield, Conn. Married March 26, 1767, Martha Burr, born June 13, 1740, daughter of Nathaniel and Martha [Silliman] Burr, of Fairfield. They renewed covenant March 27, 1768. He is said to have removed to Dutchess county, N. Y., and to have died there.
Children.
110. 1. Sarah Redfieid, born Oct. 27. 1769.
111. 2. Elisabeth Redfieid.
112. 3. JtLaron Redfieid, residence and history unknown.
113. 4. Burr Redfieid " "
* Mrs. Jennings had one child by her first husband, to wit ; Esther Jennings, who married Peter Burr, of Fairfield.
t His house was also plundered at the time of the burning of Fairfield. Loss estimated by committee at £6 12s. See note above.
\ We suppose Seth Redfieid to be the oldest child, from the fact that he is the only one whose baptism is not recorded on the church records of Greenfield parish, and we therefore infer that he was born before the removal of his parents to Greenfield. By will, dated October 3, 1803, Seth devised all his property to his mother Mary Kedfield.
26 FIFTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
jFtft!) titmevniim.
a. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
or Descendants of THEOPHILTJS REDPIELD (8).
a. Branch of Daniel Reel field (11), of Killingworth.
32. Daniel Redfieid, eldest son of Daniel (11), son of THEO- PHILTJS (8), resided in Clinton. His dwelling was near the present resid- ence of EBEN REDFIELD, and was pulled down in 1858. He was a farmer and blacksmith. He married Nov. 21, 1749, Margaret Crane of Killing- worth. In 1775 he was clerk of the Committee of Correspondence, on affairs relative to defense of the public liberties, for the town in which he lived.* He died January 20, 1788, aged 59 years.
Children.
114. 1. Ruth Redfieid, born Sept. 9, 1750. Died Oct. 11, 1756.
115. 2. Simeon Redfieid, born Dec. 12, 1752.
116. 3. Nathaniel Redfieid, born April 22, 1755. Not known to
have married.
117. 4. Ruth Redfieid, born Sept. 28, 1756.
118. 5. Elizabeth Redfieid, bom May 22, 1759.
119. 6. Mary Redfieid, born Jan. 19, 1761.
120. 7. Margaret Redfieid, born Jan. 29, 1763.
121. 8. Daniel Redfieid, bom Sept. 4, 1764.
122. 9. Ebenezer Redfieid, born March 17, 1767.
123. 10. Mary Lucy Redfieid, born March 15, 1771. Not known to
have married.
33. Rosivell Redfieid, second son of Daniel (11), son of THEO- PHILTJS (8), was a sea captain, and resided at Clinton, Conn. He married 1st, June 6, 1755, Lucy Murray. She died October 16, 1756, and he mar-
* See Appendix K.
DANIEL REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 27
ried, 2d, Nov., 1758, Mehetabel Post. He with all his crew were lost at sea, about 1764, and his widow married February 21, 1770, Capt. Samuel Crane, being his fourth wife, and died June 12, 1814, in her 74th year. (See 22.)
Children. By first wife.
124. 1. Martin Redfield, born in Clinton, Jan. 10, 1756. By second wife.
125. 2. James Post Redfield, born in Clinton, July 3, 1760.
126. 3. RosWell Redfield, " " April 27, 1762.
127. 4. Augustus Redfield, " " Nov. 3, 1764.
34.
JfTarg-aret Redfield, eldest daughter of Daniel (11), son of
THEOPHILUS (8), was married , to Josiah Baldwin of
Pochaug (now Westbrook).
Nothing farther known of this family.
35.
John Redfield, third son of Daniel (11), son of THEOPHI- LUS (8), studied medicine with Dr. Benjamin Gale of Clinton, and settled as a physician in Guilford, Conn. He married, 1st, June 8, 175S, Amanda Rcssell, daughter of Rev. Samuel and Dorothy [Smithson] Russell of North Guilford. Rev. Mr. Russell was the first minister at North Guilford. She was bom May 1, 1733, and died March 22, 1783.* He married, 2d, March 31, 1784. Mary Gale, born February 8, 1744, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Gale of Clinton, and of Hannah [Eliot] Gale.t Dr. John Redfield died May 14, 1813, t aged 78 years, and his widow Mary died December 19, 1825.
* " Mrs. Amanda Redfield was endued with an agreeable, generous, natural temper, and had the advantage of a pious education. And she hath given us reason to believe, that she hath " chosen the good part, the one thing that is needful," not only by a christian profession, but by an exemplary walk. The spirit of the gospel which is love, charity and kindness, seemed to be active in her, whilst she guided her affairs with discretion. She was ready to do good and lend, to disperse and give to the poor. It will be difficult to find her equal in charitable acts to the distressed. She hath gone abroad and continued nights and days together with sick and dis- tressed families, to wait on them, watch with them, and minister to th«-m. I have seen her as far from her own home as my parish, tending and taking care of a sick and distressed family, a day and a night at a time, when most of the people stood afar off, lest they should be infected by the sickness that so distressed that family." See this and other eulogium in "A sermon preached at thefuneral of Mrs. Amanda Redfield. late wife of Dr. John Redfield, March 2Uh, 1783, mho died on the 22d day of said March, in the fiftieth year of her age ; by Jonathan Todd, A. M.. vastor of the Second Church in Guilford. New Haven : Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1783.
t Hannah Eliot was daughter of Rev. .Tared Eliot, of Killingworth, who was the son of Rev. Joseph Eliot, of Guilford, who was the son of Eev. John Eliot " the Apostle." Genealogy of the Eliot family, p. 67, which errs however, in naming John and Jared Redfield as sons by Dr. Red- field's second wife Mary.
t Dr. Redfield's will, from which we obtain the second autograph given above, names " wife Mary, youngest son Jared, son Samuel, children of son John, deceased, and children of daughter Juliana, deceased. Son Jared, executor. Inventory, $8,275.
The doctor must have been something of a wag in his day, if we may judge from the follow- ing anecdote which is well authenticated. On one occasion during the Revolutionary war, the
28 FIFTH GENEEATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
}*>.
Children. Ml by first wife.
128. 1. John Redfield, born in Guilford, June 12, 1759.
129. 2. Samuel Redfield, " " Sept. 18, 1762.
130. 3. Juliana Redfleld, " " Aug. 18, 1766.
131. 4. Jared Redfleld, " " Jan. 1, 1771.
132. 5. Amanda Redfleld, " " July 15, 1775.
37.
Samuel Redfieid, fourth son of Oaniel (11), son of THE- OPHILUS (8), tailor by occupation, resided at Clinton. Was a captain of militia. Married, 1st, about 1765, Elizabeth Hilliaed, daughter of Benoni and Martha Hilliard. She died May 13, 1790, aged 47 years. He married, 2d, Eunice [Joyce] Redfield, widow of his nephew, Capt. John Redfleld (128). He died January 8, 1812, aged 70 years. His widow, Eunice, sur- vived until 1848.
Children. All by first wife.
133. 1. Samuel Redfleld, born in Clinton, , 1766.
134. 2. Elizabeth Redfield, " " , .
135. 3. Phebe Redfield, " " June 7, 1771.
136. 4. David Redfield, " " , ; died young.
137. 5. Isaac Redfield, " " , ;
whigs of Guilford, exasperated by some tory outrages, and by the belief that some of the inhabit- ants of the town were secretly inclined to favor the royal cause, started out one evening to search the houses of the suspected. Whether it was because good Mrs. Amanda liked too well a good cup of tea, or whether there was other occasion to believe that Dr. Redfield's dwelling concealed illicit .goods, we can not tell, but his dwelling was included in the number to be searched. The searching party seeing the Doctor's negro-man at the door, ordered him to get out of the way or he would be shot. He asked permission to call his master, who finding what was in the wind, came to the door armed with an empty vial, well corked, which he held up to the crowd, and in a most impressive manner declared that he had the small-pox bottled up in that vial, and that unless they would instantly leave the premises, peaceably and without disturbance, he should certainly open it and let out the disease upon them. No threat could have been more effective. The party decamped, helter skelter, and left the Doctor and his terrible vial unmolested.
EICHARD REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 29
38. Sylvester Med field, fifth son of Daniel (11), son of THEO- PHILUS (8), was a farmer and blacksmith, residing at Clinton, Conn. He married, 1st, December 26, 1770, Martha Merrill, born in 1752. Both recognized covenant with church August 25, 1771. She died March 11, 1807, and he married, 2d, Dec. 13, 1807, widow Margaret Ferrell or Farrell. He died September 9, 1823, in his 80th year.
Children.
By first wife.
138. 1. Lucy Redfield, born in Clinton, January 21, 1772.
139. 2. Rebecca Redfield, born in Clinton, February 13, 1774.
140. 3. Sylvester Redfield, " " August 18, 1776.
141. 4. Cynthia Redfield, " " Oct. 27, 1781 ; d. Aug. 15,
1802, unmarried.
142. 5. Benjamin Redfield, " " July 16, 17S4; d. by his
own hand, Sept. 6, 1821, without family.
143. 6. Wealthy Redfield, born at Clinton, February 16, 1789.
144. 7. Martha Redfield, " " October 14, 1794.
145. 8. Catharine Redfield, " " October 9, 1796. Child by second wife.
146. 9. Phebe Ann Redfield, born at Clinton, December 22, 1808.
b. Branch of Richard Redfield, (13), of Killingworth.
39. Eliphalet Redfield, eldest son of Richard (13), son of THEOPHILUS (8), resided at Clinton, and is believed to have been a mariner. Married June 15, 1767, Anna Stannard. Date of death unknown.
Children.
147. 1. William Redfield, born at Clinton, Feb. 3, 1768.
148. 2. Mary Redfield, " " March 10, 1771.
149. 3. John Redfield, " " Aug. 1, 1773. Died at
sea, unmarried.
150. 4. Hannah Redfield, *
151. 5. Anne Redfield, born at Clinton, Nov. 17, 1782.
152. 6. Friend Redfield, *
153. 7. Sarah Ann Redfield, born at Clinton, May 14, 1792.
* Hannah and Friend are enumerated in the old genealogy, among the children of Eliphalet, and we have been assured by descendants of Eliphalet, that there were children of that name, but there is no mention of them on the records of Killingworth, where the births of the others are recorded, and we suspect that Hannah is only another form of Anna or Anne, and that both Hannah and Friend should have no place in the list.
30 FIFTH GENERATION. KILLIXGWORTH TRIBE.
40. Priscilla Redfield, eldest daughter of Richard (13), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married October 10, 1759, to Rufcs Hardy, of
Killingworth. She died , and Mr. Hardy married August 16, 1767, Mary
Ward.
Children o/Rufus and Priscilla Hardy.
1. Eichard Hardy, born Aug. 30, 1760.
2. Rufus Hardy, born July 7, 1762.
42. Jlbigail Redfield, second daughter of Richard (13), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married to William Pendlkton, of Stratford, Conn. She died December 25, 1779, aged 36 years, and her husband died March 25, 1796.
Children.
1. David Pendleton, born .
2. Isaac Pendleton, born Feb. 20, 1778.
Both these have children and grandchildren still living in Stratford.
43. Reuben Redfield, third son of Richard (13), son of THE- OPHILUS (8), married in Castleton, Vt., about. 1788 or 1789, Elizabeth Jocelyn or Josselyn, and removed to the town of Highgate, on the northern boundary of Vermont. After living at several places in that vicinity, he removed, about 1832 or 1833, to Eden, Erie county, N. Y., where he died January 8, 1835, aged 69 years. His wife died February 4, 1829. .
Children.
154. 1. Hervey Redfield, born . Died young.
155. 2. Harriet Redfield, born .
156. 3. Almeria Redfield, born .
157. 4. Alzira Redfield, born , 1798.
158. 5. William Villeroy Redfield, born .
159. 6. Elizabeth Josselyn Redfield, bom Nov. 21, 1802.
160. 7. Lucy Redfield, born . Died young.
161. 8. Homer Johnson Redfield, bom .
162. 9. Horace Linzy Redfield, born Dec. 23, 1809.
44. Richard Redfield, fourth son of Richard (13), son of THE- OPHILUS (8), was an axe maker. The axes of his manufacture obtained a high reputation, and were known far and wide as the " Redfield axes." He
EBENEZER REDFIELD's BRANCH. 31
resided successively in Vermont, New York, Canada, Indiana and Illinois.* He married first, Phebe Loper, of Newark, N. J., and second, Mrs. Lucy Brown. He died at Rusliville, 111., March 26, 1851, aged 83 years.
Children. By first marriage.
163. l. James Wilcox Redfield, born , 1789.
164. 2. Henry Redfield, born March 24, 1794.
165. 3. Reuel Redfield, born , 1795.
166. 4. Richard Redfield, born , 1797.
167. 5. Sidney Redfield, born Sept. 17, 1799.
168. 6. Ovanda Redfield, born , 1803.
169. 7. George Washington Redfield, born . Died young.
170. 8. Charles Redfield, born . Died young.
Children. By second marriage.
171. 9. Thomas M. Redfield, bom .
172. 10. Lucy Redfield, bom .
c. Branch op Ebenezer Redfield (14), op Killingworth.
49. Hannah Redfield, fourth daughter of Ebenezer (14), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married November 18, 1771, to Daniel Peck, of Clinton, son of and Abigail [Colton] Peck.
Children.
1. William Peck, born April 3, 1772. Died in infancy.
2. Abigail Peck, born April 14, 1775.
3. William Peck, born March 28, 1777.
4. Parnell Peck, born April 18, 1779.
5. Azubah Peck, born Nov. 13, 1781.
6. Julia Peck, born Sept. 9, 1783. Died in infancy.
7. Daniel Peck, born Dec. 4, 1786. See (382).
8. Julia Peck, July 10, 1790.
* This case affords a characteristic example of the progressive propensity of " the universal Yankee nation." Richard Redfield was horn in Killingworth, Connecticut, went early to the town of Mendham, N.J, where he learned the trade of axe-making, of a Mr. Conger, and mar- ried his first wife. He then removed to Addison county. Vermont, and while in that county resided successively at Bridport, Middlebury, Shoreham and Vergennes ; thence he removed to Madrid, St. Lawrence county, N. Y.; thence he crossed the St. Lawrence into Canada: thence to Ogdensburgh, N. Y.; thence to Elbridge, Onondaga county, N. Y. ; thence to Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y.; thence to New Albany, Indiana; thence to Kushville, Illinois, where death gave him his last removal, March 26, 1851.
32 FIFTH GENERATION.
50. ^Artemisia, Red field, fifth daughter of Ebenezer (14), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married to Samuel Merrill,' of Clinton, Conn. Her husband died Dec. 23, 1833, aged 84, and she died Aug. 15, 1847, aged 93 years.
Children.
1. Mary Merrill, horn Jan. 28, 1771. Married John Fiske, many
years town clerk of Middletown, Conn.
2. George Merrill, horn June 9, 1773. Deceased; widow still
living (1859), in Clinton.
3. Phebe Merrill, Nov. 3, 1775. Married Hiram Brockway, of
Lyme, Conn. Died at Brockport, N. Y.
4. Benjamin Merrill, horn Jan 3, 1779. Died at Greenville, N. C.
5. Artemisia Merrill, horn Oct. 3, 1782. Married Cherry,
of S. C. Died at Louishurg, N. C.
6. Clarissa Merrill, horn October 31, 1786. Unmarried; now
living (1859) in Clinton.
7. Samuel Merrill, h. Sept. 12, 1789; d. in Greenville, N C.
8. Ebenezer Redfield Merrill, b. Sept. 12, 1796. Died Sept.
21, 1797.
9. Ebenezer Redfield Merrill, b. Jan. 15, 1798; d. at Clinton,
July 15, 1857. Mrs. Jlrtemisia Jflerriit had, in 1838, more than 80 descendants.
51. Frederick Redfield, second son of Ebenezer (14), son of THEOPHILUS (8), studied medicine and settled at Middletown, Conn. He married, March 8, 1780, Clarissa Brown of Guilford, Conn., born Dec. 2, 1759, daughter of Samuel and Hannah [Landar] Brown. He died at Guade- loupe, W. I., Dec. 13, 1797, aged 42 years* His widow died Feb. 3, 1S16.
Children.
173. 1. Ebenezer Redfield, b. Aug 24, 1781; d. of yellow fever in
New York city, Sept. 17, 1798. At that time he was a clerk to Nathaniel G. Ingraham. (See family 130).
174. 2. Samuel Brown Redfield, b. Aug. 15, 1784.
175. 3. Henry Redfield, b. May 8, 17S6; d. Aug. 13, 1815, at Peters-
burgh, Va. No family.
176. 4. Frederick Jared Redfield, b. July 23, 1778. Resided at
Petershurgh, Va. No family.
* Dr Frederick Redfield was interested with Ezra L'Hommedieu in some land operations in central New York, and it is believed that the town of Redfield, in Oswego Co., N. Y., was named from him. (See 81).
THEOPHILUS EEDFIELD'S BRANCH. 33
52. Pamel Redfield, sixth daughter of Ebenezer (14), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married July 29, 1778, to Timothy Cruttenden or Crittenden of Guilford, Conu., born Oct. 11, 1754, son of Nathaniel and Mary [Parmelee] Cruttenden. Mr. Cruttenden removed to Lansingburgh, N. Y., and died Oct. 11, 1802.
Children.
1. Clarissa Cruttenden, b. June 13, 1780; m. Joshua Griffing.
2. Joel Cruttenden, b. Oct. 19, 1782; of Georgetown, D. C, and
St Louis, Mo.
3. Leverett Cruttenden, b. , ; of Verona, N. Y.
53. lie I a Redfield, third son of Ebeiiezer (14), son of THEO- PHILUS (8), was a produce merchant, of tbe firm of Redfield & Bradley, and resided at Troy, N. Y., whither he removed about 1793. He married Elizabeth Joceltn of New Haven. He died May 18, 1843, aged 79 years. His widow died August 27, 1846.
Children.
177. 1. Philip Spalding Redfield, born April 6, 1794.
178. 2. Sidney Algernon Redfield, born August 10, 1797. Grad-
uated at Union College, 1816. Died Aug. 25, 1849 ; unmarried.
179. 3. Elizabeth Redfield, born March 11, 1S08. Still living,
(1860) in Troy ; unmarried.
d. Branch of Tiieophilus Reflfield (16) of Killingworth.
54. Eliakim Redfield, eldest son of TSieopbilus (16), son of THEOPHILUS (8), resided at Killingworth, Conn. He married, Janu- ary 1, 1766, Priscilla Nettleton of that place. He died Jan. 28, 1785, in his 44th year. His widow survived him and administered on his estate.
Children.
180. 1. Elizabeth Redfield, bom in Killingworth, Nov. 2, 1766.
181. 2. Ezra Redfield, " *' Aug. 29, 1769.
182. 3. Thankful Redfield, " " Sept. 2, 1770.
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34 FIFTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
183. 4. Roswell Redfleld, born in Killingworth, March 29, 1773.
Died in infancy.
184. 5. Rachel Redfleld, " " Sept. 2, 1776.
" Died same day."*
185. 6. Roswell Redfleld, " " Sept. 13, 1778.
56.
Levi RedOeld, third son of TlieophtlllS (16), son of THEO- PHILUS (8), in 1762, at the age of 17, enlisted at Killingworth, in the Connecticut regiment under the command of Col. Putnam, which was destined to cooperate with the British army and fleet in an attack upon the Spanish possessions in the West Indies. His elder brother, Nathan, accompanied him.f The Connecticut forces consisted of 1,000 men, to which were joined 800 men from New York, and 500 from New Jersey, the whole commanded by Gen. Lyman. The expedition sailed from New York in June, 1762. Off the coast of Cuba a storm dispersed the fleet, and the trans- port, which carried Col. Putnam and 500 men, was wrecked upon an unin- habited key. They were afterwards relieved, and reached Havana in time to render essential aid in the conduct of the siese of that city. The regular forces had been engaged in the siege for some weeks, and were worn down with fatigue and sickness. The castle and city of Havana soon after capitulated, and in No- vember, the provincial forces, or rather a sad remnant of them, returned to New York, the greater portion having perished from exposure and hardship, and consequent sickness.! Levi's elder brother, JVeithU'il, died from fever on the homeward voyage, and he himself suffered from the disease. After X*evi>8 return he devoted himself to instruction in sacred music, and married, July 3, 1765, Sybil Wilcox, of Killingworth, born March 26, 1746.
On the breaking out of the revolution, he enlisted in the continental ser- vice, and served through several campaigns, as brigade drum major. After the war he resumed his profession of singing-master, removed into Vermont
* So in Killingworth town records, yet in the distribution of Eliakim Redfield's estate, in 17S6, a share is given to " Kaehel, third daughter." Perhaps the note '" born and died same day," should have been appended to Koswell instead of Rachel, or there may have been another daugh- ter named Kaehel. If so, nothing more is known of her.
t The genealogy of 1838, states that " Levi, with three of his brothers " served in the campaign against Havana. This can hardly be true, for Isaac the fourth brother, was but 13 years of age in 1762. We have found the names of only Levi and Nathan on the pay-rolls in the State office at Hartford. See note on page 18. Our authority for many points in Levi's history, is found in a quaint and somewhat egotistical old pamphlet, entitled, "A succinct Account of some Memo- rable Events and Remarkable Circumstances in the Life of Levi Red field, late of Connecticut, now residing in Brattlcboro, Vermont. Written by Himself. From the Press of B. Smead, Brattleboro, 1798." The pamphlet is in possession of Mrs. Julia Blakesly, of Addison, Steuben Co., N. Y„ a daughter of Levi Kedfield, still living (1858), aged 89. (See No. 188.)
% As illustrating the frightful loss of life which this expedition occasioned, we quote from the Boston News Letter of December 30, 1702 : " Of 18 soldiers that went from Hebron, Conn., 15 are dead, one sick at New York, one returned." The unfortunate provincials did not even receive the unsubstantial meed of glory; that, as was then usual, being mostly claimed for the "regular" forces.
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in 1784, and lived mostly at Brattleboro, though traveling often into other parts of the state, in the exercise of his vocation. He afterwards removed to Otego, Otsego county, N. Y , and thence to Bainbridge, N. Y., where he died September 15, 183S, aged 93 years. His wife Sybil died in Killingworth, July 3, 1827, aged 81 years.
Children.
188. 1. Jared Redfleld, born Feb. 12 1766. 187. 2. Lsvi Redfleld, born March 4, 1767. 183. 3. Julia Redfleld, bora Feb 11, 1769.
189. 4. Theophiius Redfleld, born May 12, 1771.
190. 5. Mary Redfleld, born July 2, 1773.
191. 6. RUSS311 Redfleld, born May 6, 1775.
192. 7. Joel Redfleld, born Sept. 22, 1777.
193. 8. Philip Redfleld, born April 4, 1781. Died May 28, 1802 ;
unmarried.
194. 9. Sibyl Redfleld, born May 2, 1783. Died Feb. 1, 1785.
195. 10. Harvey Redfleld, born Jan 22, 1788. Died May 27, 1802.
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Constant Redfleld, sixth son of Theophiius (16), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was a cooper, and resided at Killingworth. He is said to have taken a part in the Revolutionary war. He married, April 9, 1778, Amanda Buell, daughter of Daniel Buell, of Killingworth. She died about Oct. 1837. He died at the house of his son Ebenezer, in Guilford, January 15, 1839, in his 86th year.
Children.
196. 1. Pardon Redfleld, born in Killingworth, Feb. 20, 1779.
197. 2. Martha Redfleld, " " Feb. 3, 1781.
198. 3. Theodore Redfleld, " " Oct. 1, 1782. Died
at Killingworth in 1847 ; unmarried.
199. 4. Mary Redfleld, born in Killingworth, Nov. 14, 1784.
200. 5. Siba Redfleld, " " ' Dec. 18, 1786.
201. 6. Lydia Redfleld, '.' " June 29, 1789.
202. 7. Lyman Redfleld, " " , 1791.
203. 8. Ebenezer Redfleld, " " , 1794.
204. 9. Ruth Redfleld, " " July 11, 1796.
205. 10. James Redfleld, " " .
206. 11. Amanda Redfleld, " " — -. Died Oct. 5,
1798 ; an infant.
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60. Mary Redfield, eldest daughter of Tlieoplfiilus (16), son of
THEOPHILUS (8), was married, December 1, 1774, to Bezai.eel Bristol, Justice of the Peace, in Killingworth. Mr. Bristol died June 20, 1828, aged 79 years. His widow died at Killingworth, July 9, 1838, in her 84th year.
Children.
1. Nancy Bristol, born August 20, 1775.
2. Anson Bristol, born July 23, 1776. Died in 1835.
3. Lois Bristol, born Dec. 16, 1777. Married, 1st, Benjamin Bart-
lett; 2d, John Collins. Now living in Guilford (1859).
4. Philip Redfield Bristol, born Feb. 12, 1780. Died in 1825.
5. Bezaleel Bristol, born June 17, 1782.
6. Eunice Bristol, born Feb. 17, 1785.
7. Oliver Bristol, born Jan. 27, 1787. Died in 1854.
8. Isaac Bristol, born Nov. 7, 1790.
9. Amy Bristol, born June 8, 1792. Died in 1851.
10. Richard Bristol, born July 15, 1794. Now residing in Killing-
worth (1859).
11. Uri Bristol, born Feb. 22, 1796. Died in 1855.
62. Martha Redfield,, second daughter of Tlieophilus (16), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married, February 9, 1775, to Caleb Turner. She probably died before 1780, since she was omitted in the distribution of her brother JPhilip^S estate, and probably left no children.
63. JVathan Redfield, eighth and youngest son of Tlieophilus (16), son of THEOPHILUS (8), resided first at Guilford and afterwards at New Haven, Conn. He was a musician in the Revolutionary army, and was custom-house officer at New Haven 1812 to 1814. He married, October 29, 1789, Roth Benton, born at Guilford, June 10, 1767, daughter of Deacon Noah and Ruth [Dickinson] Benton. His wife died February 5, 1S33, and he died at Guilford, November 22, 1839, aged 76 years.
Children.
207. 1. Harvey Redfield, born July 21, 1791. Died March 25, 1795.
208. 2. Curtis Redfield, born July 29, 1793. Died March 25, 1795.
209. 3. Justin Redfield, born August 3, 1795.
210. 4. Margaret Redfield, bom Sept. 29, 1797.
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211. 5. Ruth Redfield, born August 19, 1799. Died Jan. 23, 1800.
212. 6. Nathan Redfield, born Sept. 6, 1801. Died Oct. 17, 1801.
213. 7. Nathan B. Redfield, born March 12, 1804.
214. 8. Harvey Redfield, born May 16, 1808. Died Sept. 1, 1808.
e. Branch op Capt. Peleg" Redfield (18), of Killingworth.
64. Beriah Redfield, eldest son of Capt. Peleg (18), son of THEOPHILTJS (8), resided in early life at Killingworth. Afterwards he removed to Richmond, Mass., where he became an extensive farmer. He married, November 5, 1770, Dokotht Stevens, of Killingworth, born January 30, 1752, daughter of Thomas Stevens, and sister of Thomas Stevens, who married Beriah Redfield7 S sister Sarah (65). In the spring of 1816, he removed to Junius, Seneca county, N. Y., where he died June 4, 1819, in his 75th year.
Children.
215. 1. Lucy Redfield, bom . Died in infancy.
216. 2. Edmund Redfield, bom Sept. 9, 1772.
217. 3. Peleg Redfield, bom June 24, 1774.
218. 4. Lucy Redfield, May 18, 1776. Was blind, never married.
Died in Richmond, Mass., Oct. 14, 1858.
219. 5. Margery Redfield, bom Dec. 5, 1777. •
220. 6. Mary Redfield, born June 30, 1779.
221. 7. Luther Redfield, born Nov. 26, 1780.
222. 8. Sarah Redfield, bom August 19, 1782.
223. 9. Cynthia Redfield, bom June 4, 1785.
224. 10. Dorothy Redfield, born March 13, 1787.
225. 11. Rhoda Redfield, bom April 30, 1789.
226. 12. Roxana Redfield, born Feb. 24, 1791. Died young.
227. 13. Lydia Redfield, bom July 10, 1792.
228. 14. Beriah Redfield, born Jan. 25, 1794.
65. Sarah Redfield, eldest daughter of Capt. Peleg" (18), son of THEOPHILTJS (8), was married in 1770, to Thomas Stevens, son of Thomas Stevens, both of Killingworth.
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Children.
1. Dan Stevens, born at Killingworth, Sept. 28, 1770.
2. Ebenezer Stevens, " " June 4, 1772.
3. Parker Stevens, " " Dec. 30, 1774.
4. Sarah Stevens, " " Oct. 27, 1777.
5. Peleg Stevens, " " July 4, 1780.
6. Abigail Stevens, " " Jan. 2, 1783.
7. Thomas Stevens, " " Nov. 25, 1787.
8. Eli Stevens, " " Dec. 3, 1789.
66. Ebenezer Redlield, second son of Capt. Peleg (18), son of THEOPHILUS (8), removed from Killingworth to Conway, Mass., where he married Mehetabel Dickinson of the latter town, and became an extensive farmer. He is said to have died about 1823.
Children.
229. 1. Rachel Redfield, born .
230. 2. William Redfield, born .
231. 3. Orrin Redfield, born Jan. 1, 1781.
232. 4. Joel Dickinson Redfield, born May 12, 1782.
233. 5. Silas Redfield, born Sept. 16, 1783.
234. 6. Ebenezer Dudley Redfield,born , 1786.
235. 7. Sarah Redfield, bom May 8, 1789.
236. 8. Sophronia Redfield, born .
237. 9. Nathaniel Peleg Redfield, bom .
Lydia Redlield, third daughter of Capt. Peleg (18), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married, May 25, 1780, to Hon. Abram Pier- son, of Killingworth. He was elected deacon in 1794, and was justice of the quorum of Killingworth, from 1797 to 1802.
Children.
1. Lydia Pierson, born Jan. 13, 1783. Died Jan. 19, 1783.
2. Lydia Pierson, born June 19, 1785. Married Rev. Hosea Beck-
ley, of Dummerston, Vt.
3. William Seward Pierson, bom Nov. 17, 1787. Physician,
now residing in Windsor, Conn.
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69. Roxana Red field, fourth daughter of Capt. Peleg- (18), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married, Dec. 19, 1782, to John Lane, of Killingworth, son of Deacon John Lane.
Children.
1. Experience Lane, born Oct. 12, 1783. Married Blatch-
ley, of Killingworth.
2. John Redfield Lane, bom Oct. 23, 1785.
3. Roxana Lane, born Sept. 19, 1787. Married Norton, of
Killingworth.
f. Branch of George Redfield (19), of Killingworth.
70. Ambrose Redfield, eldest son of George (19), son of THEO- PHILUS (8), was a corporal in 1775 in Capt Samuel Gale's company,* which formed part of the 6th regiment commanded by Col. Samuel H. Par- sons. This regiment served at the siege of Boston in Gen. Putnam's brigade. He afterwards served in the war as ensign. He married in 1782, Lois Bald- win, daughter of Capt. Caleb Baldwin, a i evolutionary soldier and volunteer of Killingworth. He removed afterwards to Newport, N. H., and died at Deny, N. H., June 31, 1830, in his 80th year. His wife died at Claremont, N. H., in 1804, where her father and mother also died.
Children.
238. 1. Heman Redfield, b. Sept. 13, 1782; d.Feb. 12, 1810; unm.
239. 2. Charles Redfield, bom Feb. 14, 1785.
240. 3. Jane Redfield, born Feb. 21, 1787.
241. 4. Caleb Redfield, born April 19, 1789.
242. 5. William Redfield, born Oct. 30, 1792.
243. 6. Linus Redfield, born May 14, 1795. Not known to have
married. Last at Brownville Center, Maine.
244. 7. Ambrose Albert Redfield, born May 12, 1799. Died March
28, 1813.
245. 8. Wyllys Redfield, born Sept. 22, 1801.
* The Redfield family was well represented in this company. Besides Ambrose, there were Simeon Redfield (115), corporal ; Levi Redfield (56), drummer; Philip Redfield (58) and Elias Redfield (60), privates.— State Papers at Hartford, Rev. War, Vol. I.
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71.
Jeremy Medfield, second son of George (19), son of THEO- PHILUS (8), resided at Killingworth. He was a fifer in the revolution- ary service in the early part of the war, succeeded by his brother Peleg". He married, 1st, Feb. 13, 1777, Rachel Pierson, of Killingworth, who died November 23, 1802, in the 47th year of her age; 2d, February 6, 1805, Eliza- beth Cory, of Northford, Conn. He died May 27, 1827, in his 75th year.
Children.
246. 1. Milieent Redfield, bom Dec. 5, 1777.
247. 2. Jane Redfield, b. July 3, 1779. Not known to have married.
248. 3. Hamlet Redfield, born May 12, 1781. Died Nov. 27, 1804.
249. 4. Roxana Redfield, born Oct. 1, 1791.
72. Sylvanus Medfieid, third son of George (19), son of THEO- PHILUS (8), was, by occupation, a tailor and resided at Killingworth, till about 1800, when he removed to Claremont, N. H. He married, 1st, in 1774, Hannah Franklin. She died June 13, 1801, aged 44 years; and he married, 2d, July 13, 1806, Isabella Ainsworth, daughter of Dr. Edward Ainsworth, of Claremont,' N. H., who died December 16, 1837. He died December 26, 1837, aged 83 years.
Children. By first wife.
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Adeline Maria Redfield,
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• August 20, 1776. August 6, 1778. Sept. 28, 1780. Jan. 19, 1783. July 1, 1785. Dec. 18, 1787. April 21, 1791. March 26, 1794.
n in Claremont, N. H., July
3, 1807. Resides at Claremont, N. H. ; unmarried.
* " Milanda ," on Killingworth Records, t " Delilah," on Killingworth Records.
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260. 11. Caroline Mary Redfleld, bom Sept. 4, 1808.
261. 12. John Wesley Redfleld, bom June 23, 1810.
262. 13. Achilles Mansfield Redfleld, bom Oct. 1, 1811.
263. 14. George Whitfield Redfleld, bom Dec 12, 1814.
264. 15. Sarah Ann Redfleld, bom Feb. 3, 1816.
265. 16. Prances Isabella Redfleld, born Aug. 15, 1817.
266. 17. Sylvanus Franklin Redfleld, bom Jan. 20, 1820. The children by the second wife were all born in Claremont, N. H.
73. Set ft lied field, fourth son of George (19), son of THEO- PHILUS (8), resided in Killingworth till about 1800, when he removed to Claremont, N. H. He married, 1st, December 2, 1779, Sarah Pierson, daugh- ter of Samuel and Rachel Pierson, of Killingworth. She died at Claremont, N. H., September 5, 1802. He married, 2d, Parmelee, widow, and re- turned to Killingworth, where he died .
Children. By first wife.
267. 1. Truman Redfleld, born at Killingworth, Sept. 23, 1780.
Blacksmith. Died at Guadaloupe, W. I., in 1801.
268. 2. Seth Redfleld, born at Killingworth, July 17, 1782. Died
July 18, 1782.
269. 3. Sherman Redfleld, " " June 26, 1783.
270. 4. Selden Redfleld, " " June 24, 1785.
271. 5. Cleaveland Redfleld, " " Oct. 6, 1787.
272. 6. Samuel Ashford Redfleld, born at Killingworth, July 23,
1789. Sailor. Was impressed while in Gulf of Mexico, and escaped. Died in 1813, at Woodstock, Vt.
273. 7. Anthony Chauncey Redfleld, born at Killingworth, Oct.
7, 1791.
274. 8. Sarah Redfleld, born at Killingworth, Jan. 7, 1794. Died
Aug. 28, 1795.
275. 9. Seth Redfleld, " " Feb. 10, 1796.
276. 10. Marvin Redfleld, " " Feb. 16, 1799.
277. 11. Clement Redfleld, " " ,1800; d. 1802.
Children. By second wife.
278. 12. Adeline Redfleld, born in Claremont, N. H., 1804.
279. 13. William Redfleld, " " 1806.
Removed west about 1831. Ship builder at Green Bay, Wis.
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42 FIFTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
74.
Jane Red field, daughter of George (19), son of THEOPHI-
LUS (8), was married May 8, 1785, to Eleazer Baldwin of Killingworth. She died in 1827, aged 68 years.
Children.
1. Wooster Baldwin, born Nov. 29, 1785.
2. Erastus Baldwin, " May 2, 1790.
3. Philander Baldwin, " Aug. 31, 1792.
75. Peleg Red fit Id, fifth son of George (19), son of THEOPHI-
LUS (8), entered into the Connecticut Line as a musician (fifer) in 1777, being then in his sixteenth year. His first campaign was made under Capt. Josiah Baldwin, his second (that of 1778) under Capt. Stanton of Salisbury, Conn. In 1779 he served under Capt. Granger of Suffield. From 1780 until March, 1782, he served under Capt. Lockwood, whose company formed part of Gen. Waterbury's brigade. He assisted in what defense was made to save New Haven from the marauding expedition under Tryon and Garth, in July, 1779, and saw the flames arising from the burning of East Haven. While under Capt. Lockwood's command, he was one of a detachment which was sent out in Jan., 1780,* with orders to cut off Delancy's dragoons and a band of tories under Col. Hatfield, who had their head quarters at Morrisania. Delancy and his dragoons were absent, but Col. Hatfield and eleven tories were taken, after a desperate resistance, with a large amount of booty. In 1781 his regiment lay at White Plains, in full view of the allied armies, and he saw them strike their tents for the purpose of joining Lafayette in the siege of Yorktown, while the brigade to which he belonged was ordered back to Connecticut to guard the coast from invasion and to watch the movements of the tories. In March, 1782, he enlisted to go to Fort Niagara, under a promise that every twenty men should receive a township of land in New York State, for three years' service. He remained at Salisbury until June of that year when he was discharged, the officer under whom he had enlisted having failed to procure a commission from the New York legislature. Peace was soon afterwards proclaimed, and he returned to Killingworth where he worked at his calling as shoemaker. He soon after removed to Suffield, Conn.,
* This expedition was sent off during that remarkable " cold term," which has rendered the winter of 1780 preeminent. The party were absent 36 hours, and in many places had to march Ihrough snow three feet in depth. Mr. H's foot was frozen on the march, and the effects remained with him to his death. Many ether instauces of privation, both as to food and rai. ment, are on record with his descendants, as related from his own lips, but can not be detailed here. They but add to the innumerable evideuces which attest the sincerity of our fathers' faith in the " inalienable rishts " of " all men."
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and married, July 5, 1787, Mart Judd, the first daughter and child of Heman and Anna [Goodrich] Judd* of Farmington, Conn. While residing in Suf- field he was neighbor to Hon. Oliver Phelps, who had recently become pro- prietor of a very large tract of land in Western New York. Induced by the favorable representations which Mr. Phelps made of the far off Genesee country, and by the offer of a choice of any 200 unsold acres of Phelps & Gorham's purchase, in exchange for his small property in Suffield, Mr. Red- field visited the region in 1799,, and selected a tract about a mile west of the present village of Clifton Springs, in the town of Farmington (now Manches- ter), Ontario Co. Having cleared about three acres and erected the body of a log house he returned, and in February, 1800, he, with his wife and six children, performed upon a snow sled the tedious winter journey through what was in good part an unbroken wilderness. The usual hardships to which a pioneer family must always be exposed were cheerfully supported ; hardships in which woman nobly bore her part. Bears and wolves sharply contested the ownership of the flocks and herds, and the thick forest had to be subdued by vigorous effort, before comfort and plenty could surround the new emigrants. Mr. Redfield lived to see that wilderness become a part of the garden of the west, and his sons the pioneer settlers of still more distant regions. He became a member of the Baptist church soon after his removal to Manchester, and maintained an honorable and consistent membership till his death. He was a life member of several benevolent associations supported by that denomination. His wife died October 25, 1844, aged 79 years. His own death was hastened by exposure while on an errand of beneficence, and took place May 26, 1852, at the age of 90 years. t
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Children.
280. 1. Heman Judd Redfield, bom Dec. 27, 1788.
281. 2. Manning Redfield, " March 17, 1791.
282. 3. Lewis Hamilton Redfield, born Nov. 26, 1793.
283. 4. Harley Redfield, " Nov. 8, 1795.
* Heman Judd was second son of Matthew Judd, who was eldest son of Daniel Judd. who was fourth son and sixth ehild of William Judd, who was eldest son of Thomas Judd, who came from England in 1633 or 1634, to Cambridge, Mass., thence to Hartford in 1636.— Genealogy of Judd Family.
Anna Goodrich was the daughter of Zebulon Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn.
t Utters of L. H. Bedfteld and W. S. C. Redfield. Also Turners History of the Pioneer Settle- ment of Ontario County.
44 FIFTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
284. 5. George Redfield, born Oct. 6, 1796.
285. 6. Mary Redfleld, " July 2, 1798.
286. 7. Hiram Redfleld, " Nov. 11, 1800.
287. 8. Ann Redfleld, " Sept. 10, 1803.
288. 9. Alexander Hamilton Redfleld, bom Oct. 24, 1805.
289. 10. William Howe Cuyler Redfleld, •' May 5, 1810.
g. Branch of Capt. William Redfield (20) of Middletown, Conn.
76. William Redfield, eldest son of Capt. William (20), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was a sea-captain, and resided at Middletown, Conn. He married Sept. 28, 1780, Susannah Rockwell. He sailed from Middletown Not. 14, 1785, and never returned; supposed to have been lost on the 27th Nov., on the N. E. reef of Bermuda. Children.
290. 1. Mehetabel Hamlin Redfield, born May 8, 1781; he died
unmarried, June 9, 1804.
291. 2. William Redfield, bom April 19, 1784.
77. Samuel Redfield, second son of Capt. William (20) son of THEOPHILUS (8), was a sea captain. He removed from Middletown to Gloucester, N. J., about 1794, and there married Ann Heritage* in 1795. He was lost at sea about 1812. His widow died in 1825.
In 1811.
Children.
292. 1. John Redfield, born at Gloucester, N. J., July 17, 1797.
293. 2. William Redfield, " " Nov. 14, 1799.
* Her ancestors came over with the English Quakers, settled at Gloucester, N. J., previous to Penn's settlement at Philadelphia, and one of them assisted in running the boundary line between Burlington and Gloucester. Her father was prisoner on board the Jersey prison ship at New York during the revolution ; his family meanwhile suffering every privation by the plundering of the British and Hessians. On one occasion their lives were sustained by a barrel of potatoes which the mother had buried in the cellar to hide from the marauders. Ann being at this time an infant, had one of her cheeks frozen while the mother was trying to gave a cow which the enemy drove off and slaughtered.
WILLIAM REDFIBLD'S BRANCH. 45
294. 3. Samuel Redfleld, b. at Gloucester, N. J., ; d. about
the age of 24.
295. 4. Belin Belair Redfleld, " " 1808.
296. 5. Thomas Ridge Redfleld, " '• Jan. 9, 1811; d. in
infancy.
79. Grace Red field, eldest daughter of Capt. William (20), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married Dec. 25, 1784, to Jacob Dickinson of Hartford, who was born at Wethersfield, Dec. 8, 1740. He died at Middle- town, Conn., in 1807, andshe died at Hartford, Conn., in 1831, aged 71 years.
Children.
1. Samuel Dickinson, b. Feb. 19, 1786 ; d. at Hartford, 1837.
2. John Dickinson, " , 1787; living at Middlefield
Falls, Middletown (1858).
3. Harriet Dickinson, b. Aug. 29, 1789 ; m. Shubael B. Cotton ;
resided in New York city; d. in Illinois in 1857.
4. Patrick M. Dickinson, born Aug. 31, 1791; died in North
Carolina.
5. Abigail Dickinson, born Dec. 15, 1793; living at Hartford,
Conn. (1858).
6. Ann Dickinson, b. Oct. 15, 1795; m. Roberts; d. in
1856 at Hartford.
7. George Dickinson, b. Oct. 8, 1797; d. at Middletown, 1818.
8. Jacob Dickinson, " Jan. 22, 1800; d. at Poland, O., 1850.
9. Charles B. Dickinson, b. April 20, 1803 ; living at Ben-
nington, N. Y. (1858).
80.
Peleg Redfield, fourth son of Capt. William (20), son of THEOPHILUS (8), when at about the age of 14, left home and joined an American privateer at New London. The privateer was soon after cap- tured by a British frigate and carried to New York. His youth probably saved him from the horrors of the prison ships, and he was taken by a British officer for a servant. A dinner party on Long Island which the officer attended, accompanied by his Yankee serving-lad, gave the latter an opportunity for escape, of which he hastened to avail himself, and making his way up the island, he succeeded in crossing the Sound and reaching his home. He continued however to follow the sea as his profession through the most of his life. In 1788 he married Elizabeth Pratt, daughter of Jona-
46 FIFTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
than and Mary [Latham] Pratt,* of Staddle Hill, Middletown, and settled at South Farms, in the southern part of the township, where, he died Sept. 10, 1802, in his 41st year. He was interred in the Liherty street burying ground at Middletown, near the north side, but no stone marks the spot. In 1804 his widow married Nathan Sears of South Farms, Middletown, and on the 1st of June, 1806, the family, consisting of his nine children and four of her younger ones, started with an ox team for that part of Ohio then called New Connecticut, and were until 25th July reaching their new home in Ran- dolph, Portage Co. She died there February 2, 1825.
Cfb^cJ0i«^^
Children.
297. 1. William Redfield, born March 26, 1789.
298. 2. Mary Redfield, born , 1791; died 1792; drowned in
a pail of water.
299. 3. Samuel Redfield, born Feb. 14, 1793.
300. 4. Peleg Redfield, bom April 5, 1795.
301. 5. Mary Latham Redfield, bom Nov. 22, 1797.
302. 6. James Starr Redfield, bom Dec. 8, 1799.
81. Elizabeth Redfield, second daughter of Capt, William (20), son of THEOPHILUS (8), became a school teacher, and through her cou- sin, Dr. Frederick Redfield, of Middletown, was led to engage in that capacity in the town of Western, Oneida county, N. Y., at a period when that region was a wilderness frontier. In January, 1799, she was married to Jean Phillippe Beun Bklair, in Albany, N. Y., being his second wife. They con- tinued to reside at Western till about 1802, when they removed to Montreal, Canada, where Mr. Belin died November 5, 1808. His widow Elizabeth died at Montreal in October, 1828, aged 65 years.
* Jonathan Pratt was second son of Jonathan Pratt of East Hartford, who was youngest son of John Pratt, one of the first settlers of Hartford. Mary Latham Was youngest daughter of Cary Latham of Groton, who was son of Gary Latham, who was son of Joseph Latham, who was son of Cary Latham one of the first settlers of New London. Mary Latham's mother was a daughter of Judge Joseph Otis of New London, who was a grandson of John Otis one of the first settlers of Hingham. See Genealnpy qf Otis Enmity.
Elizabeth Pratt's sister Hannah was married to Seth Stocking of Upper Middletown (Crom- well) and was the mother of William Redfield Stocking who became an active and useful mis- sionary of Christ to the Ncstorians at Urumiah, Persia.
JOSIAH REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 47
Children.
1. "William Belin, born at Western, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1800; bapt.
in Montreal Nov. 1802 ; now living at L'Assomption, C. E. ; physician.
2. Eliza Belin, born at Western, N. Y., June, 1801 ; bapt. in
Montreal, Nov. 1802 ; died a nun in the convent at Three Rivers, in 1839.
3. Clarissa Belin, born at Montreal, 1803 or 1804 ; d. in 1816.
4. Belin, born at Montreal, 1805 or 1806 ; died in the parish
of Longue Pointe, aged a few months only.
5. John Charles Belin, bom at Montreal, Feb. 1808 ; died in
the island of Porto Rico, in 1842. Mr. Belin Belair also left three children by his first wife.
82. Jftary Redfield, third daughter of Capt. William (20), son of THEOPHILXJS (8), was married to Mcllaney. She died early.
Child. 1. Mary Mullaney, bom .
84. Rift ft Red field, fourth daughter of Capt. William (20), son of THEOPHILXJS (8), was married at Middletown, November 24, 1791, to Patrick Murray, formerly of Dublin, then of Connecticut. After his death
she married Pollard of Montreal. She died at Middletown in 1835,
aged 68 years. No children.
Branch of Josiah Redfield (21), of Killingworth.
88.
Rehina (or Rebecca) Redfield, eldest daughter of Josiah (21), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married December 14, 1780, to Samuel Davis, son of Samuel Davis of Killingworth. She died May 1, 1793, aged 32 years. Mr. Davis died October 3, 1830, aged 73 years.
48 FIFTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TEIBE.
Children.
1. Elizabeth Davis, born May 3, 1784; died Feb. 5, 1788.
2. Sarah Davis, bom Oct. 28, 1785.
3. Mary Davis, born August 3, 1787.
4. Linus Davis, born Nov. 2, 1790.
Barbara Redfieid, second daughter of Josiah (21), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was inarried June 25, 1795, to Martin Blatchley of Guilford, Conn., son of Aaron and Prudence [Graves] Blatchley, born Sept. 10, 1770. She died May, 1812, aged 48 years. Mr. Blatchley married 2d, Hannah Norton, by whom he had three children.
Children of Martin and Barbara [Redfieid] Blatchley.
1. Orrin Davis Blatchley, bom Sept. 14, 1796.
2. Sarah Blatchley, born , 1800; married Farnham,
of Springfield, N. Y.
90. Orrin Redfieid, second son of Josiah (21), son of THEOPHI- LUS (8), resided at Chesnut Hill, Killingworth, in tbe same house his father had occupied. He married, March 10, 1796, Rachel Graves of Killingworth , who was born February 24, 1769. He died December 31, 1841, in his 73d year. His wife Rachel died April 21, 1850, aged 81 years.
Children.
303. 1. Lydia Redfieid, born Sept. 30, 1797. Died Oct. 2, 1797.
304. 2. Sylvanus Graves Redfieid, bora Sept. 18, 1798.
305. 3. William Austin Redfieid, born May 16, 1800 ; died Sept.
3, 1806.
306. 4. Dency Redfieid, born August 1, 1801.
307. 5. Josiah Redfieid, born Sept. 5, 1803.
308. 6. George Redfieid, born May 30, 1805.
309. 7. William Redfieid, born May 31. 1807.
310. 8. Lorenzo Redfieid, born April 25, 1809.
311. 9. Richard Harvey Redfieid, born August 7, 1810.
312. 10. Barbara Redfieid, born June 21, 1812.
JAMES REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 49
i. Beanch of James Redfield (23) of Pochaug (Westbeook).
91. Sarah Redfield, eldest daughter of Capt. James (23), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married to Lloyd Wakemas, who was born in 1760. They resided at Ballston, Saratoga county, N. Y. She died April 2, 1821, aged 60 years. Mr. Wakeman died Aug. 16, 1825.
Children.
1. Abigail Wakeman, born ; married Rev. Darius 0. G.
Griswold of Saratoga Springs ; had five children ; is deceased.
2. Elizabeth Wakeman, born ; married Rev. Mr. Swift;
had three children ; deceased .
3. James Wakeman, born ; graduated at Union College,
studied theology ; moved south and engaged in teaching ; m. Jerusha Usher, at Macon, Geo., and became a planter ; no ch.
4. Zalmon Wakeman, b. in 1789 ; farmer ; m. 1st, Sarah ,
who d. Jan. 5, 1817; 2d, Senoth Sears ; three ch. by 1st wife, and seven or eight by second wife ; retained the old homestead at Ballston, and died there Dec. 23, 1840.
5. Sarah M. Wakeman, born in 1795 ; married her cousin Burr
Wakeman, of New York city, and died Dec. 4, 1824 ; had two children, both deceased.
6. Nancy Wakeman, born ; married Rev. Eldad W. Good-
man, now of Bolton, N. Y. ; she died in 1835, leaving two ch.
7. Zilpha Wakeman, b. in 1802 ; m. William C. De Forest of
Ballston, N. Y. ; both died about 1843 ; had ten ch., of whom four are living.
8. Mary O. Wakeman, b. in 1805 ; removed to Georgia, and
resided with her sister Mrs. Swift ; d. March 19, 1838.
I 92.
Priscilla Redfield, second daughter of Capt. James (23), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married, November 25, 1789, to Waltek Lyon of Stamford, Delaware county, N. Y., born January 28, 1769, son of Seth and Mary [Bradley] Lyon, of Conn. He died March 19, 1819. She died October 11, 1836, aged 73 years.
Children.
1. Bradley Lyon, born Sept. 14. 1791; resides in Hobart, Dela-
ware county, N. Y. ; m. Elizabeth Wakeman, March 16, 1817.
2. Levi Lyon, born March 27, 1793 ; resides in Hobart, Delaware
county, N. Y. ; married Eleanor Morehouse, Sept. 5, 1825.
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50 FIFTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
3. Burr Lyon, born Dec. 2, 1794; resides in Walton, Delaware
county, N. Y. ; married Melinda Churchill, Feb. 18, 1834.
4. Elizabeth Lyon, born Feb. 6, 1797 ; married Stephen Haight,
March 16, 1820, and died August 5, 1837.
5. Wakeman Lyon, born June 18, 1799 ; resides at Lodi, Kane
county, 111 ; married 1st, Louisa Adams, Sept. 11, 1828 ; 2d, Lucinda Milliken.
6. Clara Lyon, born May 24, 1801 ; married Joseph Churchill,
April 29, 1824, and resides in Walton, Delaware county, N. Y.
7. Mary Lyon, bom May 20, 1803 ; married Gould Morehouse
of Otsego county, N. Y., and died July 14, 1850.
8. Ellen Lyon, born May 23, 1805 ; married Jonathan Webster,
and died March 30, 1838.
9. Zalmon Lyon, born April 25, 1807 ; resides in Mecklenburg,
Tompkins county, N. Y. ; married Emeline Woodtord, March 29, 1836. All of the above children had large families.
93.
Sabra Red/ield, third daughter of Capt. James (23), son of THEOPHILUS (8), was married 1st, to Hezekiah Post of Killingworth, and 2d, to Abijah Beers of Hobart, Delaware county, N. Y. She died a few years after the latter marriage. We have no information of any children.
94.
James Redfieid, eldest son of Capt. James (23), son of THEO- PHILUS (8), at an early age became a cabin boy on an American privateer, near the close of the revolutionary war. He continued to follow the seas for eleven years thereafter. About 1790 he married his first wife, Sarah Haines,*
daughter of and Anna Haines of Weston, Conn. She died in Weston,
in 1794, and he then removed to Stamford, Delaware county, N. Y., where he became a farmer and married, about 1795, his second wife, Abigail Barlow, daughter of Edmund Barlow. She died February 17, 1822. Mr. R. was a member of the Presbyterian Church from an early age, and during a long life of consistent piety, won the esteem and respect of all who knew him. He died at the house of his son James G. Redfield, in Delhi, August 19, 1858, aged 91 years.
* Sarah Haines' father was killed by a cannon ball, in the action on Ridgefield Hill, in 1777.
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JAMES REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 51
In 1813.
Children. By first wife.
313. 1. James G-rinnell Redfleld, bom at Weston, Conn , Nor. 9,
1792.
By second wife.
314. 2. Sarah Redfleld, born April 26, 1796.
315. 3. Saba Wakeman Redfleld, bom Nov. 25, 1797. 316 4. Theophilus Redfleld, born Sept. 9, 1799.
317. 5. Priscilla Redfleld, bom Jan. 15, 1802.
318. 6. John Redfleld, born Feb. 14, 1804.
319. 7. Hugh Rose Redfleld, born June 12, 1806.
320. 8. Elizabeth Redfleld, born August 10, 1808 ; unmarried j
residing at Delhi, N. Y.
321. 9. Jesse Redfleld, bom April 19, 1811.
322. 10. Nancy Emily Redfleld, born March 17, 1814.
323. 11. William Ward Redfleld, bom August 10, 1816.
95. Theophilus Redfieid, second son of Capt. James (23), son of THEOPHILUS (8), married about 1799, Ruth M. Tuttle, and became a resident of Clinton, Oneida county, N. Y. His occupation was that of tanner. About 1810, he removed to Watertown, Jefferson county, N. Y. In 1815, he was a deacon in the church at Watertown, its form of government being then Congregational, and in 1821, when its form was changed to Presbyterian, he was chosen one of its eight ruling elders.* He died at Watertown in 1857, aged 88 years. His widow is still living (1860) at Watertown.
Children.
324. 1. Sophronia Redfleld, born at Clinton, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1800.
325. 2. William Emmaus Redfleld, bom at Clinton, N. Y., Oct.
30, 1801 ; Died Oct. 20, 1826 ; unmarried.
326. 3. Meroe Redfleld, born at Clinton, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1803.
327. 4. Darius Barrett Redfleld, b. at Clinton, N. Y., July 19, 1805*.
* Hough's History of Jefferson County. Discourse at the Funeral of Deacon Theophilus Rea\field, by Rev. Isaac Brayton, N. T., 1858.
52 FIFTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
328. 5. Sophia Redfield, born at Clinton, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1807.
329. 6. George Redfield, " " June 21, 1809.
330. 7. Henry Stone Redfleld, bom at Watertown N. Y., Oct. 15,
1811.
331. 8. Emily Redfleld, born at Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1813.
332. 9. James Wakeman Redfleld, born at Watertown, N. Y.,
Feb. 4, 1815.
333. 10. John Calvin Redfleld, born at Watertown, N. Y., May 15,
1818. Died April 18, 1819.
96. John Redfield, third son of Capt. James (23), son of THEO- PHILTJS (8), married January 8, 1803, at Stamford, Delaware county, N. Y., Abigail Bulkley, born in Connecticut, August 25, 1785. He afterwards resided at various places in Saratoga county, N. Y., and died at Malta in that county, July 5, 1824, aged 51 years. His widow died at Waterford, Saratoga county, September 16, 1857.
Children.
334. 1. (son), born . Died in infancy.
335. 2. John Summers Redfield, born at Stamford, N. Y., Sept.
8, 1805.
336. 3. Elizabeth Lucy Redfield, " " April
26, 1808.
337. 4. Robert Bogardus Redfield, " " July
26, 1S10.
338. 5. Sarah Matilda Redfield, born at Middleburg, N. Y., July
5, 1812.
339. 6. Darius Oliver Griswold Redfield, born at Stamford, N.
Y., Nov. 28, 1814.
340. 7. James Alpheus Redfield, born at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,
May 6, 1817.
341. 8. Asahel Nettleton Redfield, born at Saratoga Springs, N.
Y., Nov. 12, 1819.
342. 9. Edwin Theophilus Redfield, born at Milton, Saratoga
county, N. Y., July 25, 1822.
343. 10. Mary Jane Redfield, bom at Malta, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1824.
JOHN REDFIELD 'S BRANCH. 53
B. FAIRFIELD TRIBE, or Descendants of JAMES REDFIELD (10).
a. Branch of John Redfield (28) of Fairfield.
97. Jflary Redfield, eldest daughter of John (28), son of JAMES (10), was married in Greenfield Parish, Fairfield, Conn., Sept. 17, 1781, to
John Dickinson, son of William and Sarah Dickinson. They resided at ,
Orange county, N. Y.
Children.
1. Mary Dickinson.
2. Nancy Dickinson.
3. William Dickinson.
4. Anna Dickinson.
5. Elizabeth Dickinson.
6. Gloriana Dickinson.
7. Esther Dickinson.
8. John Dickinson. Resides at Bloomingburgh, Sullivan Co.,
N. Y.
David Redfield, eldest sou of John (28), son of JAMES (10),
was early in life a mariner residing at Fairfield. In April, 1784, he married Esther Thorp of Fairfield, who was boro Sept. 14, 1758, and about 1790 removed to Montgomery, Orange county, locating in that part of the town afterwards (1823) set off under the name of Crawford, where he became a farmer. He died June 7, 1839, aged 79 years. His widow died March 12, 1848.
Children.
344. 1. David Redfield, born Jan. 28, 1785.
345. 2. Esther Redfield, " Aug. 17, 1786.
346. 3. Eve Redfield, " April 23, 1788; died March 12, 1790.
347. 4. William Redfield, " Aug. 21, 1790.
348. 5. Sarah Redfield, " Oct. 7, 1792.
349. 6. Henry Redfield, " Aug. 5, 1794.
350. 7. Stephen Redfield, " Jan. 14, 1798.
351. 8. Mary Redfield, " Nov. 20, 1801 ; residing at Blooming-
burgh, Sullivan county, N. Y. (1859) ; unm.
54 FIFTH GENERATION. FAIRFIELD TRIBE.
99. John Redfield, second son of John (28), son of JAMES (10),
in early life was a seaman and resided at Fairfield, Conn. He married, Jan. 12, 1785, Esther Thorp of Fairfield, who was born Sept. 23, 1762, cousin tc Esther Thorp, who was married to his brother David (98). He removed to Crawford, Orange county, N. Y., about 1790, where he became a farmer. He died May 5, 1810, aged 47 years. His widow died at Wantage, N. J., Sept. 12, 1847.
Children.
352. 1. Lueretia Redfield, born Oct. 24, 1785.
April 7, 1787.
353. 2. Sarah Redfield,
354. 3. James Redfield,
355. 4. John Redfield,
356. 5. Samuel Redfield,
357. 6. Abraham Redfield,
358. 7. David Redfield,
359. 8. Amelia Redfield,
Feb. 19, 1789. April 26, 1791. Feb. 24, 1793. June 24, 1795. April 17, 1797. April 17, 1801.
360. 9. Nathaniel Caldwell Redfield, b. Jan. 29, 1808; d. July 7, 1827.
b. Branch of James Redfield (29) of Greenfield, Conn.
102. Jflary Redfield, eldest daughter of James (29), son of JAMES
(10), was married to Hull, and removed to Delaware county, N. Y.
Nothing more known of this family.
103. Jtbigail Redfield, second daughter of James (29), son of JAMES (10), was married, about 1782, to Joshua Davis, tailor, of Fair- field, Conn. She died about 1855.
Children.
1. Phebe Davis, born ; m. Eliphalet Hull. Deceased.
2. Sarah Davis, " ; m. George Norton of Brookhaven,
L. I. Deceased.
3. Abigail Davis, " ; m. William Hopkins of Brook-
haven, L. I. Deceased.
4. Eunioe B. Davis, b. , 1799 ; m. Morris Sturges of Fair-
field, Conn. ; is still living there (1859).
JAMES REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 55
104. James Redfield, second son of James (29), son of JAMES (10), resided at Fairfield, Conn. : married Huldah Oystebbanks, and died in 1831, aged 68 years. His widow died in 1852, aged 89 years.
Children.
361. 1. Anna Redfield, bom 1786.
362. 2. Hull Redfield, born 1788.
363. 3. Sarah Redfield, born 1790.
364. 4. Simeon Redfield, bom 1793.
365. 5. Bradley Redfield, bom 1795.
366. 6. Isaac Burritt Redfield, bom 1801.
105. Sarah Redfield, third daughter of James (29), son of JAMES (10), was married about 1788 to William Bulkley, of Fairfield, Conn., eldest son of William and Anna [Hill] Bulkley. She died June 15, 1842, in her 77th year.
Children.
1. William Bulkley, b. Jan. 10, 1790; now residing (1859) at
Southport, Conn. ; m. Charlotte Clark of Boston, Jan. 27, 1818; seven children.
2. Alethea Bulkley, b. Oct. 3, 1794; m. April 5, 1830, Na-
thaniel Wood of Danbury, Conn.; two ch. ; he died Feb. 25, 1839, aged 53.
3. Henrietta Bulkley, b. Aug. 26, 1797; m. Samuel Perry of
Fairfield, son of Joseph and Mary [Beers] Perry; 4 children.
4. Eunice Bulkley, b. Dec. 2, 1800; m. Dec. 2, 1844, John
Ryder of Danbury, Conn. ; he d. in 1849 ; she d. Nov. 6, 1856.
5. Huldah Burritt Bulkley, b. .
6. Elihu Bulkley, b. ; d. at sea, young.
106. Jane Redfield, fourth daughter of James (29), son of JAMES (10), was married, 1st, to Hays; 2d, to .
Children. By first husband.
1. Nancy Hays.
2. Jennette Hays.
3. Alfred Hays.
4. Joseph Hays.
56 FIFTH GENERATION". FAIRFIELD TRIBE.
103. Huldah Redfield, fifth daughter of James (29), son of JAMES '10), was married to Isaac Burkitt of Fairfield, Conn. Nothing further known.
109. Eunice Med field, sixth daughter of James (29), son of JAMES (10), was married to Bcrr of Fairfield. No further information.
C. Branch of Ebenezer Redfield (31) of Fairfield.
110. Sarah Redfield, eldest daughter of Ebenezer (31), son of JAMES (10), was married to Jonathan Burr, son of Daniel and Abigail [Bulkley] Burr, of Green's Farms, Fairfield, Conn., who was horn Nov. 5, 1769. She died Oct. 3, 1839, aged 70 years. Mr. Burr died March 12, 1859, in his 90th year.
Children.
1. Henrietta Burr, b. Dec. 6, 1791; m. Samuel I. Morehouse;
d. Aug. 25, 1849.
2. Daniel Burr, b. July 12, 1794 ; m. March 21, 1819, Charlotte
Pierson of Bridgehampton, L. I. ; resides at Westport, Conn.
3. Elizabeth Burr, b. Nov. 28, 1796 ; m. Morris Alvord.
4. Martha Burr, b. Dec. 17, 1799 ; m. Dr. Talcott Banks.
5. Sarah Burr, b. July 27, 1802 ; m. Edward Hyde.
6. Abigail Burr, b. July 18, 1805 ; m. William H. Burr ; d .
March 25, 1839.
7. Jonathan Burr, b. Dec. 5, 1807; m. 1st, Jane Gray of Cam-
den, N. J. ; 2d, Martha .
8. Ebenezer Ward Burr, b. March 19, 1811 ; m. Mary Staples.
9. Augustus Burr, b. Oct. 6, 1813 ; m. in Texas, Isabella Fallett ;
d. at sea, July 11, 1855.
111. Elizeibeth Redfield, second daughter of Ebenezer (31), son of
JAMES (10), was married to Hedges of Bridgehampton, L. I.
Both are deceased.
Child.
1. Elizabeth Hedges.
DANIEL REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 57
Sfrtfc (Keuerattoit.
A. KILLIIGWORTH TRIBE, or Descendants of THEOPHILUS REDFIELD (8).
a. Branch of Daniel Redfleld (11) of Killingworth.
115.
Simeon Redfleld,* eldest son of Daniel (32), son of Daniel (11), resided at Clinton; married, Dec. 11, 1777, Mercy Williams; he died Nov. 3, 1811, aged 59 years. No children.
117.
Ruth Redfleld, second daughter of Daniel (32), son of Daniel
(11), was married to Job Buell of Clinton, Conn. She died at Clinton, Nov. 6, 1839, aged S3 years.
Children.
1. JESSE BUELL, b. Nov. 20, 1779 ; living in Clinton (1859).
2. CHARLES BUELL, b. Sept. 28, 1781.
3. FRANCES BUELL, b. May 9, 1784.
4. MARY BUELL, b. July 4, 17S6.
5. ARTEMISIA BUELL, b. Nov. 12, 1788.
6. CHARLES BUELL, b. July 14, 1793.
7. WILLIAM BUELL, b. March 20, 1796.
8. BENJAMIN BUELL, b. April 14, 1798.
9. FREDERICK BUELL, b. Feb. 11, 1800.
118. Elizabeth Redfleld, third daughter of Daniel (32), son of Daniel (11), was married, Feb. 2, 1791, to Martin Evarts of Athens, N. Y., son of Samuel and Leah [Bishop] Evarts of Guilford, Conn., born Dec. 18, 1760.
* Simeon Redlield was a corporal in Capt. Samuel Gale's company, of the regiment under Col. Samuel H. Parsonp, which formed pari of Gen. Spencer's brigade stationed nearRox- bury in the beleag-iicriugof Boston in 1775. His brother Nathaniel (116) was a sergeant in the company which marched from Killingworth to Boston immediately upon the news of the battle of Lexington. (See Appendix L.)
58 SIXTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
Children.
1. WILLIAM HtiNRY EVART3, born Nov. 6, 1791.
2. ELIZABETH EVARTS. born June 26, 1793.
3. DANIEL REDFIELD EVARTS, born Nov. 16, 1794.
119.
Mary Redfleld, fourth daughter of Daniel (32), son of Daniel
(11), was married in 1779, to Daniel Wilcox, farmer, of Clinton, Conn. He died Sept. 3, 1802, aged 54 years. She died Aug. 23, 1821, in her 61st year.
Children.
1. SELAH WILCOX, born Jan. 23, 1780 ; married Jan. 27, 1822,
Sarah Maria Williams. He died Aug. 5, 1842, (2 children).
2. DANIEL WILCOX, born Jan. 1, 1795 ; died Sept. 1, 1821.
3. MARY ANN WILCOX, born Dec. 18, 1797 ; married Dec. 1814,
to Charles Stevens of Clinton, who died August 30, 1834, (3 children).
121.
Daniel Redfield, third son of Daniel (32), son of Daniel (11),
married . He resided for a few years on Snow Hill, in Johnstown,
N. Y., and the family is said to have removed from there to Little Falls, but our efforts to trace them further have failed.
Children.
367. 1. MILLICENT REDFIELD.
368. 2. HARRIET REDFIELD.
369. 3. JERUSHA REDFIELD.
370. 4. DANIEL REDFIELD.
122.
Ebenezer Redfield, fourth son of Daniel (32), son of Daniel
(11), was a sea captain and resided in Clinton. He married Phebe Dibble, daughter of David and Phebe [Lane] Dibble. She died September 10, 1832, aged 64 years. He died April 23, 1837.
Children.
371. 1. ELIZABETH REDFIELD, born , 1791.
372. 2. LUCY REDFIELD, born , 1793.
373. 3. WILLIAM HARVEY REDFIELD, born , 1797.
374. 4. EBEN REDFIELD, born June 4, 1801.
375. 5. PHEBE AMELIA REDFIELD, born , 1807. Died unmarried,
Sept. 10, 1832.
DANIEL REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 59
* *
124. Martin Redfield, eldest son of Roswell (33), son of Daniel (11),
was by occupation, tailor, afterwards ship- carpenter, and resided at Clinton, and afterwards at Guilford, Conn.* He married, August 26, 1778, Ltdia Griffing, daughter of Capt. Daniel and Martha [Case] Griffing. She was born on Long Island in 1760, and died at Clinton, August 24, 1823. He died at Guilford, April 30, 1833, aged 77 years.
Children.
376. 1. ROSWELL REDFIELD, born at Clinton, Feb. 3, 1780.
377. 2. NATHANIEL REDFIELD, born at Clinton, Jan. 18, 1782.
378. 3. DANIEL GRIFFING REDFIELD, born at Clinton, June 20, 17S9.
125.
James Post Redfield, second son of Roswell (33), son of Daniel (11), was a farmer residing at Pochaug (Westbrook), in Saybrook, Conn. He married 1st, February 13, 1783, Chloe Post, born April 17, 1765, daugh- ter of John and Chloe [Chapman J Post.t She died December 5, 1799, and he married 2d, March 13, 1804, Mercy [Denison] Hill, born Sept. 29, 1757, widow of Henry Hill. She died September 15, 1816, and Mr. R. died September 27, 1829, aged 69 years.
Children. Ml by first wife.
379. 1. CHLOE REDFIELD, born at Westbrook, Jan. 7, 1784.
380. 2. JAMES POST REDFIELD, bom at Westbrook, Sept. 18, 1786.
381. 3. ALANSON REDFIELD, " " April 16, 1789.
382. 4. HORACE ROSWELL REDFIELD, b. at Westbrook, Sept. 1, 1793.
383. 5. JOHN POST REDFIELD, born at Westbrook, Sept. 10, 1795;
unmarried; residing in Meriden, Conn. (1859).
126. Roswell Redfield, third son of Rosivell (33), son of Daniel
(11), resided at Clinton, Conn.; was by occupation a jeweller, though during a part of his life he followed the sea. He married, March 20, 1787, Jcuana Stevens of Killingworth, born Feb. 2, 1763. He died Feb. 15, 1838, in his 76th year.
* Martin Redfield was one of the company vho marched from Killingworth to Boston, on receiving the news of the battle of Lexington. (See Appendix L.)
t Chloe Chapman was daughter of Major Jedediah Chapman of Westbrook, who was son of Capt. Samuel Chapman of Westbrook, who was son of Robert Chapman of Saybrook, who was son of Capt. Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Saybrook.— Genealogy of Chapman Fam- ily, page 80.
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Children.
384. 1. NANCY REDFIELD, b. March 2, 1788.
385. 2. JENNETTE REDFIELD, b. July 14, 1790.
386. 3. ELIAS REDFIELD, b. Nov. 7, 1792.
387. 4. JULIA REDFIELD, b. Feb. 24, 1796.
388. 5. HIEL STEVENS REDFIELD, b. Aug. 22, 1798.
389. 6. JARED CRANE REDFIELD, b. Feb. 17, 1803.
127. Augustus Redfleld, fourth son of JRoswell (33), son of Daniel
(11), resided at Clinton, Conn., and married Anna Grinnell, who was born March 26, 1765. He died Aug. 30, 1832, in his 68th year. His widow died at Meriden, Conn., July 4, 1841.
Children.
390. 1. NANCY REDFIELD, b. July — , 1784 or 1785; d. in 1795.
391. 2. GEORGE REDFIELD, b. Oct. 4, 1786.
392. 3. ELECTA REDFIELD, b. Aug. 9, 1788.
393. 4. MEHETABEL REDFIELD, b. April 11, 1790.
394. 5. PHEBE REDFIELD, b. March 3, 1792.
395. 6. AUGUSTUS REDFIELD, b. June — , 1794; d. Nov. — , 1795.
396. 7. NANCY REDFIELD, b. Aug. — , 1796.
397. 8. SUSAN MARIA REDFIELD, b. Nov. — , 1800.
398. 9. MARY ANN REDFIELD, Nov. 7, 1807.
128. John Redfleld, eldest son of Dr. John (35), son of Daniel (11), was a sea captain, residing at Guilford, Conn. He married, Jan. 13, 1780, Eunice Joyce, daughter of Joshua Joyce of Middletown, Conn. He died of fever at Port an Prince in Hispaniola, Oct. 3, 1795, after only three days' ill- ness, aged 36 years. His widow married Capt, Samuel Redfieid, uncle of Capt. John (see 37). She died about 1848.
Children.
399. 1. EUNICE REDFIELD, b. May 6, 1781.
400. 2. JOHN REDFIELD, b. , 1785.
401. 3. JULIA REDFIELD, b. July 19, 1789; d. in 1816; unm.
402. 4. MARY REDFIELD, b. , 1792; d. in 1824; unm.
403. 5. AMANDA REDFIELD, b. Feb. — , 1795; d. Oct. 3, 1795.
129. Samuel Redfleld, second son of Dr. John (35). son of Daniel (11), is said to have been a flfer during the revolutionary war. He afterwards
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studied medicine with his father and Dr. Gale, and became a practicing phy- sician at Guilford. He married, May 18, 1782, Nancy Fairchild, born Aug. 3, 1763, daughter of Capt. Asher* and Thankful [Hubbard] Fairchild. He removed to Fairfield, Herkimer county, N. Y., and afterwards to Perrysburgh, Cattaraugus county, N. Y. He died in 1837, aged 75 years. His widow died January 10, 1845.
Children.
1. SAMUEL RUSSELL REDFIELD, b. Dec. 11, 1782. MARY REDFIELD, b. Aug. 4, 1784.
HARVEY FAIRCHILD REDFIELD, b. Sept. 23, 1786; d. July 7, 1807.
AMANDA RUSSELL REDFIELD, b. May 14, 1789. NANCY REDFIELD, b. July 25, 1791. BELA HUBBARD REDFIELD. b. Oct. 1, 1794. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS REDFIELD, b. June 23, 1797. FRANCES REDFIELD, b. March 17, 1800; d. May 18, 1822; unm. WILLIAM MORGAN REDFIELD, b. Dec. 22, 1802. 413. 10. CHARLES SEABURY REDFIELD, b. April 2, 1806.
130. Juliana Redfield, eldest daughter of Dr. John (35), son of Daniel (11), was married to Nathaniel Gibbs Ingraham, merchant, of New York city. She died in New York, Dec. 28, 1797,t aged 31 years. Children.
1. EZRA L'HOMMEDIEU INGRAHAM4.
2. NATHANIEL GIBBS INGRAHAM* at time of his death was U.
S. Consul at Tampico.
3. MARTHA INGRAHAM ; m. Alexander Phoenix of New York city.
4. SAMUEL DANA INGRAHAM.
5. JOHN REDFIELD INGRAHAM.
6. DAVID GELSTON INGRAHAM.
7. BENJAMIN GALE INGRAHAM.
8. FREDERICK REDFIELD INGRAHAM. All of the above are deceased.
* Asher Fairchild was a sea captain, and was lost at sea, with all his crew, on the homeward voyage.
thankful Hubbard was youngest daughter of Lieut. Daniel Hubbard of Guilford, who mar- ried Diana Ward of Killiugworth. The latter was aunt to Gen. Andrew Ward, and sister of Capt. Andrew Ward. She was daughter of Andrew, who was son of Andrew, who was son of Andrew Ward, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield — Goodwin's Genealogies of Connecticut Families.
t Mr. Ingraham married for his second wife, Elizabeth Phoenix of New York city, and had by her three children :
1. Daniel Piicsnix Ingraham, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas,
New York city.
2. Sidney Ingraham.
3. William Ingraham.
62 SIXTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
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Jared Redfield, third son of Dr. John (35), son of Daniel (11), was a physician of Guilford, Conn. He married, Jan. 26, 1792, Sarah Chit- tenden, daughter of Deacon Abraham and Diana [Ward] Chittenden,* who was horn Oct. 13, 1775. He afterwards removed to Ohio and died at Oxford in that state. His widow still survives (1859), living with her daughter (415) in Guilford.
Children.
414. 1. RICHARD REDFIELD, b. Sept. 25, 1793; d. Sept. 21, 1794.
415. 2. SARAH REDFIELD, h. Nov. 11, 1795.
416. 3. ELIZA REDFIELD, b. July 18, 1798; d. Sept. 13, 1808.
417. 4. AMANDA REDFIELD, b. Nov. 26, 1803; d. Oct. 26, 1804.
418. 5. ELIZABETH REDFIELD, b. Sept. 3, 1809.
132. Amanda Redfield, second daughter of Dr. JTohn (35), son of Daniel (11), was married to Col. Ledyard Seymour of Hartford, Conn. She died of small pox in New York city, Jan. 24, 1795, in her 20th year.
133.
Samuel Redfield, eldest son of Capt. Samuel (37), son of Daniel (11), resided at Clinton, Conn. In 1786, he married Martha Laxe, born January 12, 1768, daughter of Noah and Grace [Buddington] Lane, of Clin- ton. He died March 15, 18' O.t His widow married, December 17, 1806, Barnabas Hilliard of Clinton, and is still living (1859), at that place.
* Diana Ward (Mrs. Chittenden) was i-econd cousin to Nancy Fairchild, (he wife of L)r. Samuel Redfield (129), being the daughter of Gen. Andrew Ward, born 1727, who was son of Capt. Andrew, born 1695, who was son of Andrew, born ltiC9, who was son of Andrew of Ki ling- worth, who was son of Andrew Ward, one of the first settlers of Wethers-field. Diana Ward's sister, Iloxana, was married to Eli Foote of Guilford, whose daughter, Koxana, was married to Lyman Beeeher, D. D., father of Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher.— Goodwin's Genealogies of Con- necticut Fam Hies.
t Inscription on grave stone of Samuel Redfield, in old yard at Clinton, Conn. : In Memory of Capt. Samuel Redfield, 3d. (2d), Who died March 15th, 1800, in the 34th year of his ago. Here these active limbs of mine,
Lie mouldering in the dust. Some hearty friend may drop a tear
On my dry bones, and say : These once were strong as mine appear,
And mine must be as they. For dust and ashes loudest speak Man's infinite concern.
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Children.
419. 1. ELIZABETH REDFIELD, born .
420. 2. GRACE RKDFIELD, born , 1788 ; died March 17, 1796.
421. 3. ISAAC REDFIELD. born Sept. 9, 1792.
422. 4. DAViD REDFIELD, born Dec. 6, 1794.
134. Elizabeth Redfield, eldest daughter of Capt. Samuel (37), son of Daniel (11), was married, March 25, 1788, to George Morgan of Clinton, Conn., son of Theophilus and Phebe Morgan.
Children.
1. ELIAS MORGAN, born July 26, 1789; deceased.
2. JOHN MORGAN, born Dec. 3, 1791; deceased.
3. CHARLES MORGAN, born April 21, 1795 ; steam ship agent in
New York city.
4. WEALTHY ANN MORGAN, born Sept. 6, 1798; unmarried;
lives with her brother Charles.
135.
Phebe Redfield, second daughter of Capt. Samuel (37), son of Daniel (11), vyas married April 11, 1792, to David Dibbell, son of David Dibbell, of Clinton, Conn. She died at Clinton, Nov. 20, 1858, aged 87 years.
Children.
1. SAMUEL REDFIELD DIBBELL, born Dec. 23, 1792; now living
in Clinton (1859).
2. ELIZABETH DIBBELL, born August 31,1794; married Levi Hull
of Clinton ; both living (1859).
3. CHARLES DIBBELL, born Sept. 24, 1796 ; died April 25, 1814.
4. MARY DIBBELL, born Jan. 3, 1798 ; married 1st, Jared Carter,
deceased ; 2d, Charles Stevens, now living in Clinton.
5. DAVID DIBBELL, born April, 1801 ; living in Clinton, Conn.
138. Lucy Redfield, eldest daughter of Sylvester (38), son of Daniel
(11), was married to Aaron Baldwin of Clinton, Conn., son of Deacon Bald- win of Branford, Conn. She died October 3, 1804, in her 33d year.
64 SIXTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
Children.
1. CLARISSA BALDWIN ; resides in Massachusetts.
2. AARON BALDWIN; deceased.
3. WILLIAM BALDWIN ; deceased.
4. LUCY BALDWIN ; resides in state of New York.
139. Rebecca Eedfield, second daughter of Sylvester (38), son of
Daniel (11), was married October 7, 1801, to Abner Farnham of Clinton, Conn., son of Abner and Elizabeth [Wilcox] Farnham. He died March 10, 1844. His widow still survives in Clinton, with mind active and unimpaired, although 86 years of age (1860).
Children.
1. GEORGE WILCOX FARNHAM, born June 30, 1803 ; merchant
tailor in New York city ; married in June, 1828, Caroline Thom- son ; has 8 children, all now living in New York city.
2. MARTHA FARNHAM, born March 21, 1807 ; married to Jede-
diah Cbapman of New Haven, Conn.*
3. JOHN REDFIELD FARNHAM, born June 8, 1810 ; has been
county commissioner, justice of peace, selectman, &c. ; married Nov. 8, 1837, Artemisia Cbittenden ; bas 4 children.
4. MARY ELIZABETH FARNHAM, born August 9, 1813 ; married
June 4, 1839, to Alfred Hull, cashier of Bank of Clinton, town clerk, town treasurer, &c. ; has 3 children.
5. CHARLES AUGUSTUS FARNHAM, born July 21, 1816 ; died in
Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 16, 1843 ; married Margaret Aydelotte ; left 1 child.
140. Sylvester Eedfield, eldest son of Sylvester (38), son of Daniel (11), served in the war of 1812: was at the battle of Sackett's Harbor, after- wards resided in New York city, now living in Clinton (1859) ; married Sarah Paddock of Catskill.
Children.
423. 1. NATHAN REDFIELD, born ; died in southern states ; not
known to have been married.
424. 2. GEORGE REDFIELD ;t mechanic, at Derby, Conn.
425. 3. ROBERT REDFIELD ;t
* See Genealogy of Chapman Family, p. 137.
t We have been informed that these two children were not by his wife Sarah Paddock.
DANIEL REDFIELD'S BEANCH. 65
143.
Wealthy Redfleld, fourth daughter of Sylvester (38), son of Daniel (11), was married February 21, 1S10, to Leet Hurd, son of Caleb Leet and Mary [Griswold] Hurd* of Clinton, Conn. He has filled the office of probate judge, justice of the peace, &c. She is still living in Clinton (1859).
Children.
1. GEORGE L. HURD, born Nov. 26, 1813 ; married, May 4, 1847,
Julia Buell ; has 4 children.
2. ANDREW J. HURD, born Jan. 31, 1816.
3. MARY G. HURD, born Oct. 27, 1819.
4. WEALTHY A. HURD, born April 8, 1823.
5. REBECCA HURD, bom Feb. 8, 1826.
6. ELIZA HURD, born ; died August 7, 1831.
144. Martha Redfleld, fifth daughter of Sylvester (38), son of Daniel
(11), was married October 1, 1815, to James Hervey Hdrd, brother of Leet Hurd, who married "Wealthy Redfleld (143). He is a cabinet maker, residing in Dryden, Tompkins county, N. Y.
Children.
1. SAMUEL GILES HURD, born Jan. 1, 1817 ; died Sept. 5, 1842.
2. HARRIET AMELIA HURD, b. Aug. 1, 1818 ; d. Feb. 22, 1845.
3. BECKW1TH DENISON HURD, b. Jan. 29, 1820 ; m. Orril Ann
Holmes, July 26, 1845, and had 2 children ; d. April 25, 1849.
4. CAROLINE CELIA HURD, born Sept. 3, 1822 ; died Oct. 1842.
5. ANN ADELIA HURD, born March 7, 1826 ; died Sept. 8, 1834.
6. CLEMENTINE PAMELIA HURD, born Oct. 19, 1829 ; married
Sept. 13, 1849, to Jesse Givens ; d. Feb. 27, 1851 ; left 1 child.
7. LAURA ELIZA HURD, born May 30, 1832 ; married Benjamin
Griswold, Nov. 2, 1854, 1 child.
145. Catherine Redfleld, sixth daughter of Sylvester (38), son of Daniel (11), was m. to Marvin Williams, residing in Brighton, New York.
Children.
1. SYLVESTER WILLIAMS.
2. DANIEL WILLIAMS.
* Caleb Leet Hurd, was son of Daniel, who was son of Ebenezer, who was probably grandson of John Hurd, one of the first settlers of Stratford.
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66 SIXTH GENERATION. KILLTNGWORTH TRIBE.
146. Phebe Ann Redfield, seventh daughter of Sylvester (38), son of Oaniel (11), was married in 1S27, to Edward Geiswold of Clinton, Conn., son of Levi and Abhy [Kelsey] Griswold: She died February 25, 1843, aged 34 years.
Children.
1. CLARISSA II. GRISWOLD, born Jan. 30, 1828.
2. LEVI E. GRISWQLD, born Get. 21, 1832.
3. EL.'ZA A. GRlbWOLD, born Jan. 11, 1837.
to. Branch of Ricliard Redfield (13) of Kiluxgworth.
147. William Redfield, eldest son of Eliphalet (39), son of Richard
(13), resided at East Haven, and was a Long Island Sound pilot. He married October 1, 1790, Rhoda Tooker or Tucker, born at Hartford, Nov. 25, 1770, daughter of Joseph and Hannah [Bassett] Tucker. He died February 1, 1832, aged 64 years. His wife died January 10, 1837.
Children.
426. 1. MARY REDFIELD, born June 30, 1791.
427. 2. WILLIAM REDFIELD, born April 21, 1793.
428. 3. GEORGE FRIEND REDFIELD, born Oct. 13, 1795.
429. 4. ELEAZER REDFIELD, born Dec. 3, 1797 ; died May 21, 1801.
430. 5. JOHN REDFIELD, born July 12, 1800 ; died Feb. 12, 1801.
431. 6. JULIA ANN REDFIELD, born Feb. 3, 1802.
148. Mary Redfield, eldest daughter of Eliphalet (39), son of Rich- ard (13), was married to Jabez Waterman, ship carpenter, of Pratt's Ferry, Glastonbury, Conn., son of Seth and Mary Waterman of Glastonbury. She died about 1844.
Children.
1. SETH WATERMAN; deceased.
2. WILLIAM WATERMAN; deceased.
3. MARY WATERMAN; m. 1st Capt. ; 2d, Smith.
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4. HARRIET WATERMAN, m. Risley of Glastenbury; is
deceased.
5. JULIA WATERMAN, m. Isaiah Olcott of Glastenbury.
6. JOHN WATERMAN; deceased.
151. Anne Redfield, third daughter of Eliphalet (39), son of Rich- ard (13), was married to Capt. James Farnham of Clinton, Conn., son of Jehiel and Mary Farnbam. Botb are still living at Clinton (1S60).
Children.
1. RICHARD A. FARNHAM, b, July 22, 1804; m. and has 7 cb.
sea ca|-t in; resides at Clinton.
2. CHARLES NELSON FARNHAM, b. Dec. 28, 1805; m , has2ch. 3 JAMES MADISON FARNHAM, b. June 16, 1812; deceased.
4. GEORGE WASHINGTON FARNHAM, b. Dec. 3, 1813; in. and
Las 3 children ; re.-idf-s at Clinton.
5. PR1SC1LLA ANN FARNHAM, b. Jan. 22, 1818; m. Sturgis
and had 3 children*
6. HENRY ALKXAiDER FARNHAM, b. ; d. young.
7. HENRY ALEXANDER FARNHAM, b. Nov. 16, 1824.
153.
Sarah Ann Redfield, fourth daughter of Eliphaiet (39), son of Richard (13), was married to William Vail of Clinton, Conn., son of Daniel and Ann [Hamilton] "Vail. He was a pilot on the Hartford and New York line of steam boats, and died in July, 1857. His widow died at Clinton, Dec. 15, 1859.
Children.
1. JOHN REDFIELD VAIL, b. July 13, 1813.
2. SUSAN VAIL, b. , 1815; m. John Burr of Haddam, being
his second wife. She died about 1846.
3. WILLIAM ALEXANDER VAIL, b. Aug. 24, 1817; now captain
of steamer Cataline, of New York and Bridgeport line.
4. REBECCA VAIL, b. , 1819; m. Charles K. Post of New-
port, Herkimer county, N. Y.
5. HORACE WELLMAN VAIL, b. March 12, 1823 ; pilot on steamer
City of Hartford; d. Feb. 12, 1860.
6. HENRY STEVEN VAIL, b. June 17, 1829.
7. ELIZABETH VAIL, b. , 1833 ; m. Lawrence L. Brown of
Newport, Herkimer county, N. Y.
* One of these children, Ann R. Sturgis, was married May, 1859, to Charles W. Redfield (son of 372).
68 SIXTH GENERATION. K1LLINGWORTH TRIBE.
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155. Harriet Redfield, eldest daughter of Reuben (43), son of Rich- ard (13), was married to William Reynolds of Hinesburgh, Vt. She died at Williston, Vt., March, 1854.
Children.
1. HORACE CARLTON REYNOLDS.
2. LYMAN REYNOLDS.
156. Almeria Redfield, second daughter of Reuben (43), son of Rich- ard (13), was married to Elias Isham of Burlington, Vt. They afterwards removed to Wellsville, Mich.
Children.
1. LUCY ISHAM; deceased.
2. LAURA ISHAM ; married and removed.
3. WILLIAM VILLEROY ISHAM; residing at Wellsville, Mich.
157. Alzira Redfield, third daughter of Reuben (43), son of Richard
(13), was married, in 1821, to John Jaquays of Vergennes, Vt. She died at Eden, Erie county, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1851, aged 53 years. Mr. Jaquays is still living (1858) in Ferrisburgh, Vt., 62 years of age.
Children.
1. HARRIET JAQUAYS, b. in Vergennes, Vt., ; d. aged
18 mouths.
2. NATHAN H. JAQUAYS, " " March 9, 1830; Ver-
gennes, Vt.
3. HOMER JAQUAYS, " " March 14, 1832;
Vergennes, Vt.
4. MARY JAQUAYS, b. in Eden, N. Y., ; d. aged 15 mos.
158.
William Villeroy Redfield, second son of Reuben (43), son of
Richard (13), by occupation house builder and farmer, resided in early
life at Highgate, Franklin county, Vt. He married, March 22, 1821, Delana
Bakk, daughter of John Conrad Barr* and Hannah [Frazier] Barr. About
* Mr. Barr was a Hessian by birth. At the early age of IS, he was impressed and hurried to a seaport, where he was embarked on a British man-of-war and sent to aid in subduing " the rebels " in America. He was in Burgoyne's army which surrendered to Gates. Not wishing to be exchanged, he took an opportunity to escape, and made his way to the northern part of Ver- mont. There he married and settled in what is now the town of Highgate, near the Canada
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1832 he removed to Eden, Erie county, N. Y., and afterwards to Smetkport, McKean county, Pa., where he still resides (1858). While in Eden he was for several years justice of the peace and post master. Has been duly licensed as a Methodist preacher.
Children.
432. 1. RICHARD MALCOLM REDFIELD, b. Jan. 22, 1822; resides with
his father; same occupation ; unm. (1858).
433. 2. RACHEL LEILA REDFIELD, b. Nov. 28, 1823.
434. 3. ELISHA BARR REDFIELD, b. Dec. 16, 1826.
435. 4. ELIZABETH JOSELYN REDFIELD, b. June 1, 1829.
436. 5. LUCY ALMERIA REDFIELD, b. Aug. 8, 1834.
159. Elizabeth Josselyn Redfleld, fourth daughter of Reuben (43), son of Richard (13), was married April 1, 1823, to John Proper, son of James and Jane [Asseltyne] Proper, who were married in 1798, James Proper, sen., being from Greenbush, N. Y., and Jane Asseltyne from Clave- rack, N. Y. Mr. Proper was farmer and carpenter by occupation. He removed to Eden, Erie county, where he resided some years. Mrs. Proper died at Evans, Erie county, July 25, 1840, in her 38th year. Mr. Proper then returned to Vermont, where he married for his second wife Rachel Brick. He is still living in Franklin, Vt.
Children.
1. JANE AUGUSTA PROPER, b. Aug. 17, 1824 ; d. Aug. 10, 1825.
2. OSCAR DENNIS PROPER, b. Sept. 4, 1826; d. Sept. 9, 1826.
3. FRANKLIN VILLEROY PROPER, b. Dec. 3, 1827 ; d. Jan. 13,
1829.
4. HORACE MARCELLUS PROPER, b. July 22, 1830; mason by
trade ; m. Elizabeth Lord, May 3, 1858.
5. ABRAM REUBEN PROPER, b. Aug. 6, 1832 ; carpenter in Frank-
lin, Vt.
6. GEORGE LEDRAN PROPER, b. April 6, 1834 ; miller in Frank-
lin, Vt.
7. MARY ELIZABETH PROPER, b. Jan. 8, 1836 ; d. Sept. 28, 1836.
8. CHARLES WILLIAMS PROPER, b. Aug. 27, 1837.
line. The region was then a wilderness, far distant from the frontiers of civilization. The pair hegan housekeeping in a little log cabin, ten feet square, covered with bark. All their possess- ions were what they could carry on their backs, and for the first year they had barely enough to sustaiu life. Iheir corn was ground by pounding with a wooden pestle in a rude wooden mortar, hollowed from a log ; until one day a traveler brought the glad news that a grist mill was in operation on the Lamoile river, about 15 miles distant. In due time the energy and toil of these pioneers brought the rewards of plenty, and they had surplus produce to dispose of. For this, Montreal was the nearest market, though distant 00 miles, and many family traditions are told of the perils encountered in crossing the., St. Lawrence, in the wintry thaws, for this object.
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161. Homer Johnson Redfield, third son of Reuben (43), son of Richard (13), resides in Eden, Erie county, N. Y. ; lawyer and farmer by occupation. He married, Sept. 17, 1844, Rdth Merrill, daughter of Anson C. and Bethany Merrill.
Children.
437. 1. MERRILL CLINTON REDFIELD, b. Dec. 26, 1S48.
438. 2. FLORENCE MATILDA REDFIELD, b. Nov. 10, 1854.
162. Horace Linzy Redfield, fourth son of Meuben (43), son of Richard (13), was a physician and resided in Eden, Erie county, N. Y. Married, April 28, 1838, Clarissa Jane Forbes, daughter of Edwin and Mary W. Forbes. He died at Eden, Dec. 23, 1849, aged 40 years. His widow with her two sons, are now living in Jasper, Marion county, Tenn.
Children.
439. 1. EDWIN FORBES LINZY REDFIELD, b. April 22, 1842.
440. 2. HORACE VICTOR EUGENE REDFIELD, b. Dec. 23, 1845.
441. 3. CAROLINE CLARIcSA REDFIELD, b. Dec. 15, 1849; d. Jan. 11,
1850.
163.
James Wilcox Redfield, eldest son of Hichard (44), son of Richard (13), resided at Jordan, N. Y. He married, June 6, 1812, Olive De Camp. Died at Jordan, June 21, 1855, aged 66 years.
Children.
442. 1. JAMES ALLEN REDFIELD, b. Feb. 25, 1813 ; d. May 12, 1818.
443. 2. HORACE AUGUSTUS REDFIELD, b. Oct. 2, 1814.
444. 3. ADELINE REDFIELD, b. Aug. 4, 1816.
445. 4. EDMUND BARKEY REDFIELD, b. Sept. 7, 1818.
446. 5. CAROLINE REDFIELD, b. Aug. 29, 1820.
447. 6. CHARLES ALLEN REDFIELD, b. Aug. 24, 1822.
448. 7. MARY JANE REDFIELD, b. June 28, 1824.
449. 8. GEORGE WASHINGTON REDFIELD, b. May 16, 1826 ; d. June
18, 1827.
450. 9. MARTHA REDFIELD, b. April 29, 1829.
451. 10. EMMA LOUISA REDFIELD, b. April 5, 1831.
452. 11. AMANDA V. REDFIELD, b. April 22, 1834.
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453. 12. JAMES WILLIAM REDFIELD, b. Feb. 24, 1837 ; d. July 24,
1840.
454. 13. AUGUSTA LORAIN REDFIELD, b. April 27, 1841 ; living in
Stanton, Kansas.
455. 14. WINFIELD SCOTT REDFIELD, b. Feb. 28, 1845 ; d. June 11,
1847.
164. Henry Redfield, second son of Richard (44), son of Richard
(13), resided at Rodney, Mississippi ; removed thence to Carthage, Louisiana. He married, 1st, June 12, 1S14, Meriam or Marion Chappell, b. Sept. 12, 1797, in Onondaga county, N. Y. She died March 1, 1835, and he married, 2d, Feb. 16, 1836, Julia Ann [Elliott] Cole, born March 12, 1810, daughter of William and Ruth Elliott. He died Dec. 23, 1844, in his 51st year.
Children. By fir it wife.
456. 1. PHEBE REDFIELD, b. May 9, 1815.
457. 2. SARAH ANN REDFIELD, b. July 3, 1S17 ; d. Aug. 17, 1818.
458. 3. RICHARD CURTIS REDFIELD, b. Jan. 3, 1820.
459. 4. OVANDA REDFIELD b. April 4, 1822; d. June 4, 1S22.
460. 5. HENRY REDFIELD, b. May 5, 1823; d. Sept. 30, 1823.
461. 6. HENRY REDFIELD, b. Sept. 21, 1824.
462. 7. WILLIAM WESLEY REDFIELD, b. March 20, 1826.
463. 8. JOHN WESLEY REDFIELD, b. July 3, 1829; d. young.
464. 9. SIDNEY REDFIELD, b. Feb. 28, 1832; resides in Catahoula
Parish, La.
By second wife.
465. 10. JAMES REDFIELD, b. Nov. 16, 1838.
466. 11. ELIZABETH REDFIELD, b. Jan. 23, 1842.
165. ' Reuel Redfield, third son of Richard (44), son of Richard (13), resided in Illinois. Married . Died of cholera in 1832.
Child.
467. 1. BENJAMIN REDFIELD.
Nothing further known respecting this family.
166. Richard Redfield, fourth son of Richard (44), son of Richard
(13), resided in Livonia, Washington county, Ind., afterwards in Greenville, Floyd county, Indiana. Married, in 1822, Eliza Meriwether.
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Child.
468. 1. JOHN REDFIELD. b. 1824. Served through the Mexican war. Died of cholera in 1848.
167. Sidney Redfield, fifth son of Richard (44), son of Richard
(13), resided in Washington county, Indiana ; now at Millport, Indiana; mer- chant. He married, October 2, 1823, Hannah Moore, daughter of Thomas Moore, Kingston, C. W.
Children.
469. 1. RICHARD REDFIELD, b. Oct. 14, 1824.
470. 2. ELIZABETH MAXWELL REDFIELD, b. June 24, 1826.
471. 3. LUCY ANN REDFIELD, b. Nov. 14, 1828.
472. 4. THOMAS MILTON REDFIELD, b. Sept. 26, 1830.
473. 5. JAMES HENRY REDFIELD, b. Feb. 27, 1834 ; merchant and
miller, Fairfax, Ind.
474. 6. MARTHA ANN REDFIELD, b. April 16, 1837 ; deceased.
475. 7. GEORGE WASHINGTON REDFIELD, b. July 9, 1838.
476. 8. OVANDA CLEOPATRA REDFIELD, b. March 21, 1842.
477. 9. MARY EMMA REDFIELD, b. May 8, 1846.
168. Ovanda Redfield, eldest daughter of Richard (44), son of Rich- ard (13), was married to Hiram Ransom of Greenville, Ind.
Children.
1. ELIZABETH RANSOM.
2. MARTHA RANSOM ; deceased.
3. ISRAEL RANSOM.
4. PHEBE RANSOM.
5. RICHARD RANSOM.
6. ADELINE RANSOM.
7. SIDNEY RANSOM.
171.
Thomas M. Redfield, eighth son of Richard (44), son of Rich- ard (13), married . , and resides in Beardstown, Cass county, 111.
We are told that he has children, but have failed to obtain further inform- ation.
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173. Lucy Redfield, second daughter of Richard (44) son of Rich- ard (13), was married to Hewlett. No further information.
c. Branch op Ebenezer Redfield (14) of Killingworth.
174. Samuel Brown Redfield, second son of Dr. Frederick (51), son
of Ebenezer (14), resided in early life at Middletown, Conn., but after- wards removed to Hartford, Conn. He married, Sept. 25, 1808, Maria Hud- son, daughter of David and Mary [Hull] Hudson* of New Haven, Conn. He died May 22, 1854, in the 70th year of his age.
Children.
478. 1. MARY AUGUSTA REDFIELD, b. at Middletown, June, 1810 ; d.
at Athens, Georgia, June 14, 1842 ; unm.
479. 2. FREDERICK H. REDFIELD, b. Dec. 1, 1811 ; in Farmers and
Mechanics' Bank, Hartford; unm.
480. 3. CLARISSA BROWN REDFIELD, b. in Hartford, Nov. 20, 1818.
481. 4. JANE HUDSON REDFIELD, b. in Hartford, Aug. 25, 1820; in
Insane Retreat, Hartford.
482. 5. WILLIAM BROWN REDFIELD, b. at Hartford, Nov. 19, 1827.
177. Philip Spalding Redfield, eldest son of Bela (53) son of Eben- ezer (14), resided at Troy, N. Y. He married, Oct. 22, 1818, Julia B. Marvin of Wilton, Conn., daughter of Matthew and Nancy [St. John] Marvin. He died June 28, 1836, aged 42 years. His widow is still living at Troy (1860).
Children.
483. 1. HENRY REDFIELD, born Nov. 9, 1819.
484. 2. GEORGE REDFIELD, born Jan. 10, 1822.
* Mary Hull was daughter of Caleb and Mary [Street] Hull, both of Cheshire, Conn. Her first husband was David Hudson of New Haven ; her second, Jesse Atwater of New Haven.
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74 SIXTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
485. 3. JAMES REDFIELD, born April 2, 1824.
486. 4. CHARLES REDFIELD, born June 26, 1S26; clergyman (Congre-
gational), at Elizabethtowu, Essex county, N. Y. ; unmarried.
487. 5. JULIA FRANCES REDFIELD, born August 17, 1828.
d. Branch of Theophilus Redfield jr. (16) of Killixgworth.
180. Elizabeth Redfield, eldest daugbter of Eliakim (54), son of TheopllilUS (16), was married in 1786 to Benajah Dudley of Killing- worth ; farmer. Tliey removed in 1787 to Brattleboro, Vt. She died August 29, 1846, in her 80th year. Mr. Dudley died June 20, 1850.
Children.
1. LINUS DUDLEY, born Nov. 30, 1786 ; died Feb. 6, 1803.
2. BENAJAH DUDLEY, born May 5, 1791 ; married Patience Har-
ris, Feb. 10, 1819 ; now residing in Brattleboro, Vt.
3. ROSWELL DUDLEY, born Dec. 5, 1794 ; died Feb. 5, 1803.
4. ELIZABETH DUDLEY, born April 3, 1799 ; died Nov. 20, 1841.
5. FREEDOM DUDLEY, born Jan. 7, 1801 ; died July 16, 1812.
6. THANKFUL DUDLEY, born Jan. 28, 1805 ; died Aug. 12, 1812.
7. SYBIL DUDLEY, born March 7, 1809 ; died June 29, 1812.
181,
Ezra Redfield, eldest son of Eliakim (54), son of Tiieophilus
(16), married Lovina Lockwood, and removed to Springfield, Vt., and after- wards (about 1804 or 5) to Ontario county, N. Y. Died June, 1812, aged 43 years.
Children.
488. 1. ELIAKIM REDFIELD.
489. 2. THANKFUL REDFIELD.
490. 3. WILLIAM REDFIELD, born Nov. 18, 1798, in Vermont.
491. 4. LUCIUS REDFIELD, born Nov. 25, 1800, in Vermont.
492. 5. LYDIA REDFIELD.
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493. 6. ISAAC REDFIELD.
494. 7. OLIVE REDFIELD. '
495. 8. EZRA REDFIELD.
182. Thankful Redfleld, second daughter of Eliakim (54), son of TheophilUS (16), was married, December 25, 1794, to David GriswolD of Killingworth, who was born November 30, 1768. He was county surveyor for Middlesex county, Conn., and died March 12, 1833. His widow survived until December 22, 1858, when she died, aged 88 years.
Child. 1. DAVID MARTIN GRISWOLD, born April 23, 1797; married April 24, 1817, Mary Lord, daughter of William and Esther [Parmelee] Lord, by whom he has had 11 children, all born in Killingworth. He now resides at West Haven, Conn.
185, Roswell Redfleld, third son of Eliakim (54), son of Theophi-
lus (16)* resided at North Springfield, Vt. He married, February 2, 1806,
Elizabeth Belknap, born June 21, 1783. He died . His widow is still
living (1858) at North Springfield.
Children.
496. 1. ROSWELL REDFIELD, born April 17, 1807.
497. 2. FRANCES REDFIELD, born April 12, 1809.
498. 3. ELIZABETH REDFIELD, born June 3, 1811.
499. 4. EZRA REDFIELD, born Nov. 27, 1813.
500. 5. MILLS REDFIELD, born March 3, 1816.
501. 6. MARY REDFIELD, born August 18, 1818.
502. 7. LEONARD REDFIELD, born Nov. 24, 1820.
186. Jared Redfleld, eldest son of Levi (56), son of Tlieophilus
(16), was farmer and blacksmith. He married, in 1789, S*bil SmitB, who was born January 17, 1769. He removed from Killingworth to Bainbridge, Otsego county, N. Y., and was one of the first settlers of that place. He died May 1, 1814, aged 48 years, while on his return from a rafting expedition. His widow died February 22, 1844. ,
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(Children.
503. 1. HENRY REDFIELD, bora July 8, 1790.
504. 2. ASAHEL REDFIELD, born May 4, 1792.
505. 3. CHANDLER REDFIELD, bora March 6, 1794 ; died May 22, 1795.
506. 4. CHESTER REDFIELD, bora March 17, 1797. ' 507. 5. ABIGAIL REDFIELD, bom April 10, 1799.
508. 6. JULIA REDFIELD, bora Nov. 11, 1801.
509. 7. PARNEL REDFIELD, born Feb. 10, 1804.
510. 8. LEVI REDFIELD, born April 12, 1806.
511. 9. BENJAMIN BUEL REDFIELD, Feb. 11, 1812.
187. Levi Eedfield, second son of Levi (56), son of Theopliilus (16),
resided at Chesnut Hill, Killingworth. . He married, March 9, 1794, Weltha (or Wealthy) Stevens of Killingworth. He died June 1, 1834, aged 67 years. His widow died November 22, 1840, aged 75 years.
Children.
512. 1. JARED REDFIELD, born July 13, 1794.
513. 2. MARY REDFIELD, born Feb. 12, 1797.
514. 3. CHARLOTTE REDFIELD, born Augnst 8, 1798.
515. 4. HORACE REDFIELD, born August 10, 1800.
516. 5. HARLOW REDFIELD, born Sept. 25, 1801.
517. 6. PHILIP HARVEY REDFIELD, born June 27, 1805.
188.
Julia Redfield, eldest daughter of Levi (56), son of Theophilus
(16), was married, December 17, 1789, to David Blakesley, born February 7, 1766. The family settled at Addison, Steuben county, N. Y. Mr. Blakes- ley died December 6, 1851. Mrs. Blakesley is still living at Addison (Oct. 1858), nearly 90 years of age, in full possession of her faculties.
Children.
1. SYBIL BLAKESLEY, born Oct. 20, 1790 ; died 1794.
2. ANNA BLAKESLEY, born Nov. 29, 1791 ; died Sept. 12, 1857.
3. RUSSELL BLAKESLEY, born Jan. 8, 1793.
4. BRADLEY BLAKESLEY, bom Oct. 16, 1794; physician at
Addison, Steuben county, N. Y. ; had a daughter, Anna, who married HARVEY REDFIELD (526).
5. LEVI BLAKESLEY, born August 22, 1796. Died Sept. 6, 1798.
6. SYBIL BLAKESLEY, born Nov. 6, 1800.
7. JULIA BLAKESLEY, bora July 6, 1804.
THEOPHILUS REDFIELD JR.'S BRANCH. 77
189. Theophilus Redfield, third son of Levi (56), son of Tbeophi-
lus (16), resided on Chestnut Hill, Killingworth ; farmer. He married, 1st, in 1794, Chloe Barrett of Brattlehoro, Vt., who died June, 1801; 2d, Phila Barrett, sister of his first wife ; 3d, Mrs. Mercy (or Mart) [Hopkins] Cook, who died at Killingworth June 13, 1818 ; and 4th, November 15, 1819, Ada Stevens, who died November 22, 1835. He died suddenly, September 28, 1843, aged 72 years.
Children. By first wife.
518. 1. ORRIN REDFIELD, born ; died at age of 9 months.
519. 2. CHLOE BARRETT REDFIELD, born August 11, 1798.
520. 3. RUFUS REDFIELD, born August 1, 1800.
By second wife.
521. 4. ASENATH REDFIELD, born 1804?
By third wife.
522. 5. MARY BUELL REDFIELD, born , 1813.
523. 6. HANNAH CLARK REDFIELD.
524. 7. EMILY ADELINE REDFIELD.
190. Mary Redfield, second daughter of Levi (56), son of Tbeophilus
(16), was married to J. Knapp, of . She died September 1, 1810, aged
37. No further information received.
191. Russell Redfield, fourth son of Levi (56), son of Tbeophilus (16), resided at Bainbridge, Otsego county, N. Y. He married, December 2, 1792, Elizabeth Bixbt of Bainbridge. He died March 13, 1853, in his 78th year. His widow is still living (1858) at Baraboo, Wis., with her daughter Mrs. Hall, in her 80th year.
Children.
525. 1. GRATIA REDFIELD, born Sept. 2, 1794.
526. 2. HARVEY B. REDFIELD, born Nov. 2, 1796.
527. 3. ALVAH REDFIELD, born March 22, 1800.
528. 4. SYBIL REDFIELD, born June 16, 1802.
529. 5. HANNAH REDFIELD, born Dec, 26, 1804.
530. 6. POWERS WILCOX REDFIELD, born Feb. 2, 1806.
531. 7. PHILIP REDFIELD, born April 9, 1808.
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532. 8. CLARISSA (or CLARINA) REDFIELD, born May 29, 1812
died Feb. 6, 1839 ; unmarried.
533. 9. ELIZABETH DELIGHT REDFIELD, born August 17, 1815.
534. 10. LURANEY PRISCILLA REDFIELD, born Nov. 21, 1817.
192. Joel Redfield, fifth son of Levi (56), son of Theophilus (16), m. Zilpah . Resided at . Died September 7, 1815, aged 38 years.
Children.
535. 1. WILSON REDFIELD, born 1806.
536. 2. EMILY REDFIELD, born 1808.
537. 3. SIDNEY REDFIELD, born 1813.
538. 4. ELIZA REDFIELD, born ; died at age of 28 ; unmarried.
196. Pardon Redfield, eldest son of Constant (59), son of Theo- philus (16), was a farmer; removed to Bainbridge, Otsego county, early in life, and there married, October 10, 1811, Achsah Evans. He died March 2, 1856, aged 77 years. His widow is living (1858).
Children.
539. 1. CONSTANT REDFIELD, born Oct. 23, 1812.
540. 2. HENRY REDFIELD, born June 18, 1813.
541. 3. ABIGAIL MEHETABEL REDFIELD, born March 5, 1814.
542. 4. PARDON REDFIELD, born August 19, 1816; unmarried; tinner,
Bainbridge, N. Y.
543. 5. LYMAN REDFIELD, born July 23, 1821; lawyer; belonged to
1st regiment of Kentucky cavalry, which were Gen. Wool's body guard in Mexican war; died at Metamoras, Jan. 16, 1847.
544. 6. ACHSAH ANNA REDFIELD, born August 9, 1825 ; unmarried.
198. Martha Redfield, eldest daughter of Constant (59), son of Theo- philus (16), was married May 12, 1801, to Peleg Stevens of Killingworth. They removed after 1813, to Bergen, Genesee county, N. Y. She died May 1, 1858, aged 77 years.
THEOPHILTJS REDFIELD JR.'S BRANCH. 79
Children.
1. LEANDER STEVENS, b. at Killingworth, Aug. 12, 1801.
2. PHILO STEVENS, " " Nov. 20, 1803.
3. DAVID STEVENS, " " March 19, 1806,
4. HANNAH STEVENS, " « May 4, 1808.
5. DOLLY STEVENS, " " April 17, 1810.
6. MARY LANE STEVENS, *' " June 17, 1813,
7. PELEG STEVENS, " M , ;
residing at Bergen, N. Y.
8. ORSON STEVENS, " "
9. PHILIP STEVENS, «
199. Mary Redfield, second daughter of Constant (59) son of TJieo-
philus (16), was married, 1st, Aug. 31, 18-^8, to David Storer, who went south and there died; 2d, to Levi Forbes of East Haven, Conn., who was born March 14, 1785, son of Levi and Sarah [Tuttle] Forbes. Mr. Forbes is deceased. His widow is living (1859) at Branford, Conn.
Children.
1. MARY FORBES, m. Beecher of Branford.
2. LEVINUS FORBES.
3. LEVI FORBES.
4. JOSEPH FORBES.
5. BENJAMIN FORBES.
6. SARAH FORBES.
200. Siba Redfield, third daughter of Constant (59), son of Tlieo-
philus (16), was married Sept. 20, 1814, to Linus Tribble of Clinton, Conn. He was in the U, S. Naval service, and died at the Naval Hospital, Williamsburgh, N. Y.
Child. 1. GEORGE TRIBBLE, b. about 1815; seaman; residence unknown.
201. Lydia Redfield, fourth daughter of Constant (59), son of Theo- philllS (16), was married, May 19, 1814, to Jonathan Goodalb Willard of Madison, Conn. ;* shoemaker. She died at Madison, Sept. 19, 1846, aged 57 years. Her husband married a second wife, who died February, 1858.
* Formerly East Guilford.
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Children.
1. SYLVIA WILLARD, b. March 8, 1815; m. May 4, 1S34, to Rus-
sell Wilbur Scranton of Durham, Conn.; has two daughters, both married.
2. JONATHAN WILLARD, b. May 12, 1817 ; m. 1st, Oct. 4, 1842,
Eliza Jane Stevens, dau. of Nathaniel Stevens of Clinton. She d. Jan. 3, 1843, and he m. 2d, Sept. 17, 1845, Abigail Harrison of Madison, by whom he has three children. 3. , infant, which survived but a few days.
202. Lyman Redfield, third son of Constant (59), son of Tlieoplii-
lus (16), was a farmer and resided at Killingworth, Conn. He married, 1st, Clarissa Pakmelee, daughter of Henry Parmelee of Killingworth. She died about 183S, aged 38 years, and he married, 2d, Nov. 3, 1840, Sophkonia Kel- sey of Clinton. He died July 19, 1848, aged 57 years. His widow Sophro- nia married, April 15, 1849, Anson Tribble, and is still living (1858).
Children. All by first wife.
545. 1. MARIETTA ELIZABETH REDFIELD, b. March — , 1818.
546. 2. HENRY LYMAN REDFIELD, " about 1820.
547. 3. GUSTAVUS KIMBERLY REDFIELD, " Nov. 14, 1822.
548. 4. CHARLES PARMELEE REDFIELD, " March 8, 1825.
549. 5. FRANCIS SHERMAN REDFIELD, " April — , 1828. In Cali-
fornia.
203. Ebenezer Redfield, fourth son of Constant (59), son of Tlieo-
pllilus (16), resided at Guilford, Conn. He married, July 8, 1817, CHLOE BARRETT REDFIELD (519). After his father's death in 1839, he removed to Groton, Conn., where he was killed Jan. 30, 1846, by a mass of ice falling upon him while he was extricating the wheel of a saw mill. His age at this time was 52 years. His wife survived him.
Children.
550. 1. ELMINA JENNETTE REDFIELD, b. Oct. 2, 1818 ; d. April 12,
1826.
551. 2. EDWARD HENRY REDFIELD, b. Jan. 9, 1821; music teacher;
living with his mother at Cranberry, N. J. ; unm. (1858).
552. 3. ROSANNA JENNETTE REDFIELD, b. Feb. 2, 1826.
553. 4. OSCAR FITZ ALLEN REDFIELD, b. Dec. 19, 1829 ; resides in
California; unmarried in 1858.
THEOPHILUS RED FIELD JR'S BRANCH. 81
204. Ruth Redfield, fifth daughter of Constant (59), son of Theo- philUS (16), was married, 1st, April 21, 1819, to Bedad Kirkham, born May 18, 1800, son of Daniel and Sarah [Johnson] Kirkham of Guilford. He died Aug. 16, 1828. She was married, 2d, Sept. 13, 1829, to George Hill, born May 18, 1798, son of Thomas and Roxana [Benton] Hill of Guilford, being his second wife. She obtained a divorce from Mr. Hill in 1855, and died at Guilford Nov. 14, 1856, aged 60 years.
Children. By first husband.
1. SARAH AMANDA KIRKHAM, b. Feb. 9, 1820 ; m. Horace Leete,
Nov. 20, 1836 ; four children. By second husband.
2. LYDIA JANE HILL, b. July 24, 1831; m. Martin B. Cook of
Moose Hill, Guilford ; had one son.
3. NATHAN DWIGHT HILL, b. Nov. 18, 1833; m. 1st, Sept. 11,
1853, Sarah M. Knowles of Killingworth. She d. Sept. 5, 1855, leaving one son. 2d, Esther Ann Meigs of Guilford; has by her one daughter.
4. EMILY SOPHIA HILL, b. Feb. 24, 1836 ; m. Charles Morell of
Brandon, Vt. ; merchant.
205. James Redfield, fifth son of Constant (59), son of Tlieoplii-
lus (16), married Amorette Hawley. He resides at Killingworth.
Children.
554. 1. ARTEMISIA MELISSA REDFIELD.
555. 2. CHLOE REDFIELD j residence unknown.
556. 3. JUSTIN REDFIELD ; " "
209. Justin Redfield, third son of JWathan (63), son of Theophilus
(16), resided at New Haven, Conn., and was merchant tailor by occupation. He married, March 21, 1824, Mary Elderkin,* daughter of Elisha and Mary [Brintnall] Elderkin of Clinton, Conn. He died Feb. 26, 1850, in his 55th year, his widow still surviving at New Haven.
* Her eieter, Elizabeth Elderkin, was married to WILLIAM H. REDFIELD (373). 11
82 SIXTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
Children.
557. 1. HENRY WILLARD REDFIELD, b. Jan. 11, 1825; d. Oct. 8, 1849;
unmarried.
558. 2. JUSTIN ELDERKIN REDFIELD, b. Sept. 30, 1827; residing in
New Haven; unmarried (1858).
559. 3. JAMES SHERMAN REDFIELD, b. July 3, 1S29; d. Aug. 26,
1851 ; unmarried.
560. 4. ANDREW JACKSON REDFIELD, b. March 15, 1832; d. same day.
561. 5. FRANCIS REDFIELD, b. June 2, 1834; unm. (1858).
562. 6. HORATIO GATES REDFIELD, b. Aug. 26, 1836; unm. (1858).
563. 7. MARY WRIGHT REDFIELD, b. Nov. 13, 1838; "
210. Margaret Redfleld, eldest daughter of JlTathan (63), son of Theophilus (16) was married Oct. 3, 1816, to Joy Shelley, of New Haven, Conn. She died Dec. 11, 1836, aged 39 years. Her husband died March 17, 1852.
Children.
1. JUSTIN A. SHELLEY, b. April 15, 1818; d. March 26, 1828.
2. LEWIS E. SHELLEY, b. Oct. 10, 1820; resides in New Haven.
3. CHARLES R. SHELLEY, b. Feb. 1, 1823; d. Dec. 8, 1833.
4. GRACE A. SHELLEY, b. Nov. 14, 1825; d. June 12, 1852.
5. JUSTIN A. SHELLEY, b. Dec. 23, 1828 ; d. July 20, 1856.
6. JOHN D. SHELLEY, b. April 10, 1831.
7. MARGARET R. SHELLEY, b. March 14, 1834; d. June 7, 1849.
8. CHARLES R. SHELLEY, b. Nov. 26, 1836; d. Sept. 18, 1838.
213. Nathan B. Redfield, fifth son of JWathan (63), son of Theo- philus (16), was, in early life, a comb manufacturer, afterwards newspaper carrier. Has resided in the city of New York since 1832. Married, 1st, Oct.
16, 1831, Henrietta Lozier, daughter of and Elizabeth Lozier; 2d, Oct.
16, 1850, Rebecca Peck, daughter of Peter and Jemima Peck.
Children. By first wife.
564. 1. LORENZO DOW REDFIELD, b. Sept. 4, 1832.
565. 2. HENRIETTA REDFIELD, b. Dec. 18, 1834.
566. 3. JOHN LOZIER REDFIELD, b. March 4, 1837; d. July 22, 1838.
567. 4. JULIA ELIZABETH REDFIELD, b. Nov. 16, 1839.
568. 5. MARGARET REDFIELD, b. Sept. 19, 1842; d. Oct. 2, 1842.
PELEG REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 83
569. 6. MARGARET REDFIELD, b. March 15, 1844 ; d. July 3, 1844.
570. 7. GEORGE WASHINGTON REDFIELD, b. May 19, 1845.
571. 8. WILLIAM LEWIS REDFIELD, b. April 1, 1848; d. Nov. 26, 1851.
By second wife.
572. 9. NATHAN STEPHEN REDFIELD, b. July 16, 1851; d. Aug. 14,
1851.
573. 10. REDFIELD, b. July 5, 1854.
e. Bkanch op Capt. Peleg Redfielcl (18) of Killingworth.
216.
Edmund Redfield, eldest son of Beriah (64), son of Capt. Peleg-
(18), married Content Johnson, at Richmond, Mass., Jan. 6, 1796. Removed
from Richmond to Clyde, N. Y. She died without issue before 1838. He
died April 17, 1852, at Cambridge, Mich., his last residence, in his 80th year.
217. Peleg Redfleld, second son of Beriah (64), son of Capt. Peleg1 (18), studied medicine with Dr. Samuel Ware of Conway,* Mass., and com- menced practice at Wethersfield, Vt. At this place he married, April 5, 1803, Hannah Parker, born Nov. 27, 1788, eldest child of Isaac Parker, merchant of Wethersfield, Vt. In February, 1806, he removed his family to Coventry, on the northern border of Vermont — then an outpost of civili- zation. " His practice immediately became extensive and arduous. His journeys to the scattered cabins in which his patients resided were performed mainly on horseback, but not unfrequently he was obliged to thread his way through the forests on foot. He was a man of vigorous mind and great force of character, and was held in high esteem not only for professional skill, but for business qualities." He was appointed town clerk in 1806, and held the office nineteen years, was town treasurer in 1807, 1825 and 1826, selectman in 1807, 1815, 1818 and 1819, and represented the town of Coventry in the General Assembly of Vermont for nine successive years, 1812-1820. " He is entitled to be remembered not only for his own abilities but as the father of sons who have won eminent distinction in another profession.t" He died at Coventry, Nov. 8, 1848, aged 74 years ; his widow still surviving (1859).
^y^iJif^
* Where hie uncle, Ebenezer, was then residing.
t History of Coventry, Orleans County, Vt., by Rev. Pliny H. White.
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Children.
574. 1. ISAAC FLETCHER REDFIELD, b. at Wethersfield, Vt., April
10, 1804.
575. 2. SIDNEY PELEG REDFIELD, b. at Coventry, April 13, 1806.
576. 3. HANNAH DOROTHY REDFIELD, b. at Coventry, Jan. 27, 1808 ;
d. Feb. 1, 1838, at Ursuline convent, Thr^e Rivers, Canada.
577. 4. BERIAH ADDISON REDFIELD, b. at Coventry, Nov. 29, 1809.
578. 5. TIMOTHY PARKER REDFIELD, " " Nov. 3, 1811.
579. 6. ELIZABETH NANCY REDFIELD, " " Nov. 26, 1813.
580. 7. SARAH ABIGAIL REDFIELD, " " Jan. 9, 1816.
581. 8. ROXANA SALOME FLETCHER REDFIELD, b. at Coventry,
Aug. 16, 1817.
582. 9. BENJAMIN RUSH REDFIELD, b. at Coventry, May 21, 1819 ; d.
Aug. 1831.
583. 10. JOHN PARKER REDFIELD, " " Oct. 22, 1822 ; d.
April, 1823.
584. 11. BRIDGET FLETCHER REDFIELD, b. at Coventry, July 3,1823;
d. June 11, 1845.
585. 12. LYDIA GRIFFIN REDFIELD, b. at Coventry, March 24, 1826 ;
d. June 18, 1850.
219. Margery Redfield, third daughter of Beriah (64), son of Capt. Peleg (18), was married, Aug. 20, 1798, to Selah Munson of Richmond, Mass., who afterwards removed to Cazenovia, N. Y. She died Aug. 19, 1851, in her 74th year.
Children.
1. HORACE MUNSON, b. Dec. 20, 1799 ; m. Electa Kingsbury in
1821 ; d. 1826.
2. DOROTHY MUNSON, b. , ; d. in infancy.
3. MUNSON, b. , <- ; d. in infancy.
220. Mary Redfield, fourth daughter of Beriah (64), son of Capt.
Peleg1 (18), was married to Willson of Potsdam or Ogdensburgh, N.
Y. She died before 1838, and is said to have left two or three children, but we have no further information.
221. Luther Redfield, third son of Beriah (64), son of Capt. Peleg (18), is a farmer. He married, May 19, 1803, Mary Dryer of Richmond,
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Mass., born March 3, 1781, daughter of John and Kezia [French] Dryer. In January, 1806, he removed to Junius, Seneca county, N. Y., then a wilder- ness, and became one of the most active and substantial citizens of the new settlement. He was captain of the militia of that town, and on the occasion of the landing of the British at Sodus, on a Sunday, in June, 1813, he and his company were suddenly summoned from public worship to repair to the defense of that place. They marched all the afternoon and night, and reached Sodus Point a little after sunrise, in time to see the burning village and the retreating vessels of the enemy. His company remained at Sodus a week, attached to Col. Swift's regiment, but had no further call for action.* In May, 1822, he removed to Clyde, in Wayne county, where he still resides, and although in his 80th year (1860) is still active in body and sound in mind and memory. His wife died May 7, 1853.
Children.
586. 1. KEZIA REDFIELD, b. at Richmond, Mass , March 10, 1804.
587. 2. JOHN REDFIELD, " " Oct. 22, 1805 ; d. at
Clyde, Sept. 7, 1830 ; unm.
588. 3. BERIAH STEVENS REDFIELD, b. at Junius, N. Y., March 1,
1S07.
589. 4. MARY REDFIELD, b. at Junius, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1809.
590. 5. SOPHIA REDFIELD, " " Feb. 19, 1812.
591. 6. SARAH REDFIELD, « " March 30, 1814 ; d. May
27, 1814.
592. 7. LUTHER REDFIELD," " July 1, 1815.
593. 8. ALBERT FRANCIS REDFIELD, b. at Victor, N. Y., March 15,
1817.
594. 9. ISRAEL DRYER REDFIELD, b. at Junius, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1818 ;
resides at Wiscotta, Iowa; unm. (1859).
595. 10. SARAH DRYER REDFIELD, b. at Junius, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1820.
596. 11. DOROTHY REDFIELD, " Clyde, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1823;
d. Jan. 16, 1823.
597. 12. JAMES REDFIELD, b. at Clyde, March 27, 1824.
598. 13. MARTHA REDFIELD, " " Feb. 11, 1S26.
222.
Sarah Redfield, fifth daughter of Beriah (64), son of Capt. Peleg- (18), was married to William Langdon of Rowe, Mass. She died Nov. 24, 1820, aged 38 years.
* See Appendix M.
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Children.
1. ALPHONSO SIDNEY LANGDON, b. June 19, 1804.
2. EMELINE SMITH LANGDON, b. Sept. 21, 1806.
3. MIRANDA REDFIELD LANGDON, b. July 31, 1809 ; d. 1821.
223.
Cynthia Redfield, sixth daughter of Beriah (64), son of Capt. JPeleg' (18), was married to Enos Blakeslee of Rowe, Mass. She died Jan. 10, 1823, in her 38th year. Mr. Blakeslee died March 26, 1827, aged 43 years.
Children.
1. CYNTHIA BLAKESLEE, b. at Rowe, Mass., March 29, 1806.
2. NANCY LANGDON BLAKESLEE, b. at Heath, Mass., , .
3. ANGELINA ROXANA BLAKESLEE, "
4. CALEB BLAKESLEE, b. at Richmond, Mass., "
5. ROGER BLAKESLEE, b. at Rowe, Mass., Sept. 9, 1821.
224. Dorothy Redfield, seventh daughter of Bcriah (64), son of Capt.
Peleg (18), was married to Johnson of Ogdensburgh. Said to have
had two or three children.
225. Rhoda Redfield, eighth daughter of Beriah (64), son of Capt. Peleg (18), was married to John Macomber, farmer, of Rose Valley, N. Y., afterwards of Illinois. No information respecting their children.
227. Lydia Redfield* tenth daughter of Beriah (64), son of Capt. Peleg (18), was married at New Lebanon, N. Y., October 1, 1808, to Rev. John Griffin of Richmond, Mass., afterwards of Owego, N. Y. He was born at Guilford, Conn., October 18, 1784, and died December 20, 1844.
Children.
1. HENRY GRIFFIN, b. Sept. 17, 1809 ; m. 1st, Mary A. Dodge, in
1836 ; 2d, Nancy Orcutt, in 1849 ; died at Topeka, Kansas, Sept. 10, 1855.
2. CLARISSA GRIFFIN, b. Dec. 10, 1810 ; m. Rev. C. W. Giddings,
Table Rock, Nebraska.
PELEG REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 87
3. LYDIA GRIFFIN, b. Feb. 8, 1813 ; m. John C. Kelly of Williams-
burgh, N. Y. She died Nov. 30, 1846.
4. JOHN GRIFFIN, b. March 26, 1815 ; m. Sarah A. Beardsley ; d.
at Union Springs, N. Y., March 25, 1855.
5. DANIEL SHOEMAKER GRIFFIN, b. Jan. 7, 1817; m. Eliza
Shaffner, Baltimore, Md.
6. BERIAH REDFIELD GRIFFIN, b. March 27, 1819 ; d. Sept. 25,
1837.
7. ARTEMISIA GRIFFIN, b. March 5, 1821 ; d. March 19, 1821.
8. JAMES SAYRE GRIFFIN, b. Oct. 28, 1822; m. Augusta Good-
rich. Resides at Topeka, Kansas.
9. SAMUEL GRIFFIN, b. August 1, 1825 ; m. April 17, 1848, Lu-
cina Melvina Taylor, Owego, N. Y.
10. OSMYN GRIFFIN, b Sept. 22, 1828. Resides at Owego, N. Y.
11. PAMELIA GRIFFIN, b. Feb. 8, 1831 ; m. Rev. Asa Brooks, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
12. MARY GRIFFIN, b. August 3, 1834, Owego, N. Y.
228. Beriah Redfleld, fourth son of Beriah (64), son of Capt. Peleg (18), is a farmer. He married, June 9, 1818, Sarah Gaston of Richmond, Mass., daughter of Alexander and Hnldah Gaston. He resided some years at Clyde, whence he removed to Cambridge, Mich., where he now resides.
Children.
599. 1. HENRY MILTON. REDFIELD, b. May 10, 1819.
600. 2. WILLIAM FRANKLIN REDFIELD, b. Dec. 18, 1820.
601. 3. SARAH MARIA REDFIELD, b. Oct. 18, 1822.
602. 4. EMILY CORNELIA REDFIELD, b. June 26, 1834.
229. Rachel Redfleld, eldest daughter of Ebenezer (66), son of Capt. Pelegr (18), was married to Caleb Beal of East Palmyra, N. Y., son of John and Lydia [Horton] Beal.* Has a son, William, now residing at East Palmyra, but we have no further information.
* John Beal was born in Weymouth. Mass., January 15, 1743, son of Seth and Abigal [Clarke] Beal. was married in 1771 and died in 1791. Seth Beal was born in Weymouth, Mass., and died at Conway, Mass.
88 SIXTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
230. William Redfield, eldest son of Ebenezer (66), son of Capt. Peleg' (18), resided at Conway, Mass., and married Rebecca Porter of that place. Both are deceased.
Children*
603. 1. WILLIAM REDFIELD. Resided at Sodus, N. Y., in 1838.
604. 2. CHARLES REDFIELD, Waterloo, N. Y.
231. Orrin Redfield, second son of Ebeneser (66), son of Capt. Peleg- (18), resided for many years at Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y. He married 1st, January 4, 1807, Anna McCormack, who was horn March 25, 1786. She
died February 7, 1822, and he married 2d, Elizabeth, widow of Carl,
of Perry, Genesee county, N. Y. In 1834, they removed to Pulaski, Jackson county, Mich., where he died March 7, 1851, aged 70 years. His widow died March 10, 1855.
Children.
605. 1. JOHN MARVIN REDFIELD, b. May 10, 1808.
606. 2. MEHETABELD. REDFIELD, born 5, 1810.
607. 3. EBENEZER DUDLEY REDFIELD, b. Sept. 27, 1812.
608. 4. ROBERT McCORMACK REDFIELD, b. Oct. 20, 1814.
609. 5. ORRIN REDFIELD, b. Dec. 16, 1816.
610. 6. SARAH ANN REDFIELD, b. June 27, 1819.
611. 7. CHARLES T. REDFIELD, b. Feb. 12, 1822.
232. Joel Dickinson Redfield, third son of Ebenezer (66), son of Capt. Peleg (18), was a clothier, and resided at Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y. He married, Oct. 20, 1805, Mary Boyden, daughter of Joseph and Pris- cilla Boyden of Conway, Mass. He died October 27, 1825, in his 44th year. His widow is still living (1859) at Vienna, N. Y.
Children. 612. 1. CLARISSA REDFIELD, born March 7, 1806.
* These are Baid not to be sons of his wife Rebecca Porter.
PELEG EEDFIELD'S BRANCH. 89
613. 2. DENNIS REDFIELD, b. April 6, 1808 ; d. June 16, 1812.
614. 3. MARY REDFIELD, b. Nov. 23, 1810.
615. 4. DICKINSON REDFIELD, b. August 15, 1812.
616. 5. CHRISTINA REDFIELD, b. Sept. 11, 1814.
617. 6. JOSEPH B. REDFIELD, b. Jan. 26, 1817.
618. 7. MARTHA REDFIELD, b. June 7, 1819.
619. 8. PRISCILLA REDFIELD, b. August 9, 1821.
233.
Silas Redfleld, fourth son of Ebenezer (66), son of Capt. Peleg
(18), was a farmer, and resided at Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y. He mar- ried, November 55, 1812, Harriet Bartlett, born March 17, 1792, daughter of Jeduthan and Mercy [Glover] Bartlett, He died at Phelps, July 20, 1835, in his 52d year. His widow is now residing in Conway, Mass.
Children.
620. 1. LUCINDA G. REDFIELD, b. Sept. 15, 1813.
621. 2. JOSEPH B. REDFIELD, b. Jan. 20, 1816; died Jan. 26, 1821.
622. 3. ELIZA M. REDFIELD, b. Jan. 7, 1825.
623. 4. JENNETTE H. REDFIELD, b. March 17, 1828.
624. 5. SOPHIA M. REDFIELD, b. Sept. 8, 1830.
625. 6. SILAS B. REDFIELD, b. Sept. 20, 1835; d. March 2, 1841.
626. 7. CORDELIA L. REDFIELD, b. Dec. 26, 1837 ; living with her
mother in Conway (1859).
234. Ebenezer Dudley Redfield, fifth son of Ebenezer (66), son of Capt. Pele§f (18), married Feb. 12, 1812, Mehetabel Philips of Conway, Mass., and shortly afterwards removed to Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y. She died Jan. 8, 1851, aged 58 years, and he died Aug. 14, 1852, aged 66 years.
Children.
627. 1. WILLIAM HAMILTON REDFLELD, b. at Phelps, Nov. 16, 1812.
628. 2. GEORGE BROOKS REDFIELD, " " Oct. 17, 1814.
629. 3. LYSANDER REDFIELD, " " Jan. 14, 1816.
630. 4. ARISTEEN HEACOCK REDFIELD, " " May 3, 1819.
631. 5. SOLOMON CHILDS REDFIELD, " " April 16, 1821;
d. Nov. 15, 1832.
632. 6. WILLARD WELLS REDFIELD, *a" " April 26, 1823.
633. 7. RICHARD PITTS REDFIELD, " " June 1, 1825;
resides at Polo, Ogle county, 111. ; publisher and proprietor of Ogle County Banner. 12
90 SIXTH GENERATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
235. Sarah Redfield, second daughter of Ebenezer (66), son of Capt. Pele§f (18), was married in the autumn of 1807, to Israel Beal of Junius, Seneca county, N. Y., born in Conway, Mass., Oct. 10, 1786, son of John* and Lydia [Horton] Beal. Israel Beal died at Junius, Jan. 27, 1845. His widow died April 13, 1852, aged 63 years.
Children.
1. ISRAEL CLARK BEAL, b. June 19, 1809 ; m. , June, 1831;
d. Sept. 28, 1850.
2. HARRIET BEAL, b. Sept. 9, 1811 ; m. Wm, Hoffman of Phelps, N. Y., Dec, 1829.
3. SILAS BEAL, b. Nov. 20, 1813 ; m. , Nov., 1841.
4. SARAH BEAL, b. Feb. 18, 1817 ; m. Wm. Coleman of Junius, March 25, 1845. He d. Feb. 19, 1860, leaving three children.
5. NATHAN BEAL, b. June 5, 1820; m. in 1845.
6. LORING BEAL, b. April 6, 1822; m. , Nov., 1852.
7. ELIHUBEAL, b. May 8, 1824 ; m. , Aug., 1847.
8. ELVIRA BEAL, b. Nov. 22, 1826; m. Jotham Post of East
Palmyra, Nov., 1846; d. April 19, 1849.
9. HELEN MAR BEAL, b. July 19, 1829; m. Geo. W. Hoffman of Junius, May, 1848; d. April 13, 1849.
10. EDWARD BEAL, b. Dec. 24, 1833; m. March, 1855.
236. Sophronia Redfield, third daughter of Ebenezer (66), son of Capt. Pelegf (18), was married to Aaron Hale of . No children.
237. Nathaniel Peleg Redfield, sixth son of Ebenezer (66), son of Capt. Peleg (18), resided in Junius, Seneca county, N. Y. ; married Louisa Dickenson. He died in Junius, 1850. His widow is living (1859) in Con- way, Mass. No children.
* See note on p. 88.
GEORGE REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 91
f. Branch of George Redfield (19) of Killingworth.
239. Charles Redfield, second son of Ambrose (70), son of George
(19), resided for many years at Deny, N. H., where he married, about 1814, Elizabeth Adams, daughter of David Adams of that place. About 1840, he removed to Williamsburgh, L. I., and a few years later to Adrian, Mich., where he died July 7, 1846, aged 61 years.
Children.
634. 1. MARY ANN REDFIELD, b. May 1, 1815.
635. 2. CHARLES REDFIELD, b. Jan. 15, 1817.
636. 3. SARAH ELIZABETH REDFIELD, b. Jan. 1, 1820.
637. 4. JANE LOUISE REDFIELD, b. Dec. 2, 1825.
638. 5. SUSAN PRENTISS REDFIELD, b. Dec. 21, 1827.
240. Jane Redfield, eldest daughter of Ambrose (70), son of George
(19), was married to Luther Ketser, and resided at Portland, Maine, and afterwards at Danvers, Mass. She died some years since. Said to have had a daughter, Sarah, and some sons.
241. Caleb Redfield, third son of Ambrose (70), son of George (19), resides at Derry, N. H. ; is a saddler and harness maker. He married, Sept. 4, 1817, Frances Cdmmings Cochrane, daughter of Daniel and Mary [Moore] Cochrane* of Pembroke, N. H.
Children.
639. 1. ANN PRENTISS REDFD3LD, b. May 6, 1818.
640. 2. FRANCES DAVIDSON REDFIELD, b. Dec. 23, 1819.
641. 3. AMBROSE ALBERT REDFIELD, b. July 20, 1821.
642. 4. FREDERICK HUNT REDFIELD, b. July 8, 1823.
643. 5. GEORGE REDFIELD, b. Sept. 21, 1826.
644. 6. MARY MOORE REDFIELD, b. Sept. 9, 1828.
645. 7. WILLIAM HENRY DAVIDSON REDFIELD, b. Sept. 6, 1837.
* Daniel Cochrane of Pembroke, N. H., was son of Major James Cochrane. Mary Moore was daughter of Rev. Solomon Moore of New Boston, N. H., and grand-daughter of Rev. William Davidson of Derry, ft. H.
92 SIXTH GENEEATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
242. William Redfield, fourth son of Ambrose (70), sou of George
(19), was a teacher and resided in Upper Canada. He married Susan Pren- tiss. He died in Cauada in 1823, at the age of 31 years. His widow was afterwards married to John Cunningham, and is now living in Bastrop county, Texas.
Children.
646. 1. WILLIAM REDFIELD.
647. 2. HENRY P. REDFIELD.
648. 3. ALBERT REDFIELD.
These sons are said to be living in Texas, but we are unable to trace their history further.
245. Wyllys Redfield, seventh son of jlmbrose (70), son of George
(19), is a merchant, residing at West Claremont, N. H. He married, May 16, 1838, Martha G. Woods, daughter of Jonas and Martha [Hubbard] Woods.
Children.
649. 1. HENRY AMBROSE REDFIELD, b. Jan. 2, 1841.
650. 2. FRANCIS HEMAN REDFIELD, b. Oct. 13, 1844.
651. 3. WYLLYS ASHTON REDFIELD, b. Feb. 8, 1847.
246. Milicent Redfield, eldest daughter of Jeremy (71), son of George (19), was married at Eillingwortb, Nov. 8, 1797, to Calvin Dud- ley. No further information.
249. Roxana Redfield, third daughter of Jeremy (71), son of George
(19), was married Sept., 1812, to William Graves of Killingworth.
Children.
1. EMILY GRAVES, m. Calender of Hartford, Conn.
2. FRANCES GRAVES, m. Munson of Wallingford, Conn.
Deceased.
GEORGE EEDPIELD'S BRANCH. 93
250.
Trial Redfield, eldest daughter of Sylvan us (72), son of George
(19), was married at Killingworth, Nov. 11, 1795, to Theodore Bates of Claremont, N. H., who was born March 15, 1774. She died at Claremont, Oct. 3, 1852, aged 78 years.
Children.
1. SOPHRONIA BATES, b. Sept. 23, 1797.
2. MARY BATES, b. Sept. 1, 1799; m. Elihu Hill.
3. LYDIA BATES, b. Jan. 8, 1801; m. John Harris.
4. MELINDA BATES, b. June 20, 1803; m. John Dodge.
5. SARAH BATES, b. Aug. 27, 1805.
6. EMILY BATES, b. July 29, 1807; m. Henry Nichols.
7. SABRINA BATES, b. Feb. 6, 1816; m. Frederick A. Thorning; d.
Dec. 30, 1851.
251. Melinda Redfield, second daughter of Sylvanus (72), son of George (19) was married to Roswell Parmelee of Killingworth. Re- moved to Ohio or Missouri and died between 1820 and 1830. Nothing more known of the family.
252. Zina Redfield, eldest son of Sylvanus (72), son of George (19),
learned the trade of tailor, but afterwards became a farmer. He resided in early life at Claremont, N. H., afterwards at Lemington, Vt., and finally at Kirtland, Geauga county, Ohio. He married, September 10, 1798, Triphena Simms. He died at Kirtland, O., Jan. 4, 1835, aged 57. His widow died August 22, 1845, in Illinois.
Children.
652. 1. SAMUEL REDFIELD, b. , at Claremont; d. in infancy.
653. 2. HANNAH REDFIELD, b. , at Claremont.
654. 3. CAROLINE REDFIELD, b. April 22, 1803, at Claremont.
655. 4. HIRAM REDFIELD, b. Jan. 24, 1807.
656. 5. BARBARA REDFIELD, b. , 1S08, at Lemington, Vt.
657. 6. WILLIAM REDFIELD, b. Oct. 14, 1810.
658. 7. FRANKLIN REDFIELD.
659. 8. CLARISSA REDFIELD, b. Oct. 21, 1814.
660. 9. ESTHER REDFIELD, b. Oct. 24, 1818. And perhaps two others who died infants.
94 SIXTH GENEEATION. KILLINGWORTH TRIBE.
253.
Sabrina Redfield, third daughter of Sylvanus (72), son of George (19), was married to Rev. John W. Tappan of Claremont, N. H. Nothing further known of them.
254. Hannah Redfield, fourth daughter of Sylvanus (72), son of George (19), was married to John Temple of Claremont, N. H. She died in 1805, aged 22 years.
Children.
1. CHARLES TEMPLE. Removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, many years
ago.
2. WILLIAM TEMPLE.
255. Warriner Redfield, second son of Sylvanus (72), son of George <19), resides at Claremont, N. H. He married, November 27, 1804, Ruth Dexter, born February 4, 1787, daughter of Stephen Dexter. She died October 18, 1840.
Children.
661. 1. HEMAN REDPD3LD, b. Jan. 9, 1805.
662. 2. STEPHEN DEXTER REDFIELD, b. Oct. 11, 1806.
663. 3. WYLLYS REDFIELD, b. June 16, 1808; machinist at Nashua ;
d. Dec. 3, 1835.
664. 4. WILLIAM REDFIELD, b. August 5, 1810.
665. 5. SARAH GOOGINS REDFIELD, b. June 11, 1814.
666. 6. LUCIA ANN REDFIELD, b. April 13, 1816.
667. 7. GEORGE SYLVANUS REDFIELD, b. Jan. 21, 1818; d. Nov. 16,
1838.
668. 8. WARREN FRANKLIN REDFIELD, b. Nov. 17, 1819.
669. 9. SABRINA TAPPAN REDFIELD, b. Oct. 14, 1821.
670. 10. HARRIET ERSKINE REDFIELD, b. Sept. 8, 1823.
671. 11. LOVINA E. REDFIELD, b. July 13, 1825.
672. 12. TIMOTHY GLEASON REDFIELD, b. Oct. 18, 1827 ; mariner ;
unmarried.
673. 13. DAVID D. REDFIELD, b. July 8, 1829 ; d. July 12, 1829.
674. 14. ELIZABETH PUTNAM REDFIELD, b. July 4, 1830.
GEORGE REDFIELD'S BRANCH. 95
256. Delia Redfleld, fifth daughter of Sylvanus (72), son of George
(19), was married to Hon. Ebenezer Wright of Lancaster, Pa. : Lawyer. She died April, 1851, in her 64th year.
Children.
1. FRANKLIN WRIGHT.
2. ELIZA WRIGHT, deceased.
3. HENRY WRIGHT.
4. AMANDA WRIGHT.
5. MATILDA WRIGHT, deceased.
6. GEORGE WRIGHT, deceased.
7. CAROLINE WRIGHT.
8. MARY WRIGHT, b. April 4, 1826.
257. Elizabeth Redfleld, sixth daughter of Sylvanus (72), son of George (19), was married to Seth Dustan, and removed to Portage county, Ohio, where she was still living in December, 1856.
Children. 1. SYLVANUS DUST AN. Resides in Iowa. And probably others.
258. Chandler Redfleld, third son of Sylvanus (72), son of George
(19), graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, and was a man of considera- ble culture. In 1815, he taught an academy at Lebanon, Pa., in which instruc- tion was given in languages, stenography, surveying, botany, &c. He studied medicine in Philadelphia, and practised a short