THE GAYLORD FAMILY - MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES

MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES

a history of the north society of Middletown, Ct.
from 1650 to 1800
with genealogical and biographical chapters
on early families.

Charles Collard Adams
New York: Grafton Press, 1908.

THE GAYLORD FAMILY

[transcribed by Coralynn Brown ]

1. William¹. Gaylord was one of the one hundred and forty persons who embarked at Plymouth, Eng., on the Mary and John, on Mar. 20, 1630, and landed, May 30, at Mattapan, or Dorchester, Mass. There was "preaching and expounding of the word of God every day for ten weeks together by our ministers," wrote Roger Clap. In 1635 some of the party journeyed to the Connecticut Valley and located at what is Windsor, bringing their church organization with them. The two hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of this church was celebrated at Windsor in Nov., 1905. The Rev. Mr. Warham, who came over with them was their pastor till his death in 1670. William Gaylord, a life deacon, held many local offices and died in 1673, aged eighty-eight. His third child was :

2. Walter² Gaylord (William¹), b. in England, abt. 1622 ; m. Apr. 22, 1648, Mary Stebbins (Edwards of Hartford). He d. Aug. 9, 1689. Their sixth child was

3. Eleazar³ Gaylord (Walter², William¹) , b. Mar. 7, 1662; m. Aug. 11, 1686, Martha Thompson. Their fourth child was

4. Samuel⁴ Gaylord (Eleazars³, Walter², William¹), b. Mar. 9, 1697, Windsor, Conn. ; m. Feb. 9, 1719, Middletown, Conn., Margaret Southmayd. He was " adm. an inhabitant " at Middletown, Jan. 11, 1719. His house is the oldest standing in Middletown. St. John's Lodge, F. & A. M. No. 2, held its first meeting there, Feb. 26, 1754. The initials "S & M" were carved on the stone fireplace, and remained till a few years ago. He was a mariner with his father-in-law, Capt. Southmayd, in the West India trade. He d. May 17, 1726. She m. (2) Sept. 30, 1730, Seth Wetmore and d. Nov. 6, 1730. The children were Mellicent, Samuel, Ann. and Eleazar who served in the French-Indian War, m. Eunice Gilbert and had a son, Eleazar, b. Jan. 2, 1760.

5. Samuel Gaylord⁵ (Samuel⁴, Eleazar³, Walter², William¹), b. Jan. 6, 1722 ; m. July 8, 1745, Upper Houses, Margaret Clark, b. Jan. 23. 1725, dau. of Cheney3 Clark. He became, Mar. 17, 1756, a member of St. John's Lodge, F. & A. M. His home was where the Cromwell Cong. ch. stands. He served as Lieut. and Capt., 1755-60, in the French-Indian Wars, and his record is fully given in the Vols. of the Conn. Hist. Soc. Library. He d. Aug. 17, 1793; she, Oct. 7, 1806, and neither have a stone to locate their graves in our cemetery.
Children:

Margaret, b. May 12, 1746; m. Capt. Joseph Smith. (See the Smith Family.)
6. Jonathan, b. Oct. 29, 1747.
Millicent, b. June 16, 17 49 ; m. Simeon Savage.
Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1750 ; d. Oct. 28, 1751.
7. Samuel, b. Sept. 20, 1754.
Stuart, b. Oct. 12, 1757.
William Cheney, bapt. Jan. 6, 1760 ; d. Nov. 29, 1825, Upper Houses ; m. May 16, 1782, Mary Savages White, b. June 8, 1763, dau. of Elias' White (Isaac', Daniel', Nathaniel', John') and Prudence Savage (Joseph, William, John).

[CLARK LINEAGE--John Clark, h. 1612, Ipswich. Eng., came to Mass.; in 1634 was among the early settlers. of New Haven, where he assisted in the formation of the government: In 1648 he was clerk of the militia. He m. a dau. of George Lamberton of the Phantom Ship.
John2 Clark, b. 1637, New Haven ; m. Abigail Cheney.
Children, whose births are recorded in Middletown :
Children:
Anne, b. Nov. 5, 1690.
John, b. Apr. 12, 1693.
Ambrose, b. Mar. 25, 1696 ; m. Elizabeth Ward, b. 1694, dau. of James Ward and Elizabeth Rockwell.
Cheney. b. Oct. 8, 1698.
Eunice, b. Aug. 27, 1700.
Cheney Clark, b. Oct. 8, 1698 ; m. Sept. 1, 1720, Elizabeth Hall, Child: Margaret', b. Jan. 27, 1725.]

6 Jonathan⁶ Gaylord, b. Oct. 29, 1747, Upper Houses ; m. May 9, 1773, Elizabeth Goodwin, b. ----, d. 1809. He served in the Rev. War as a carpenter on the frigate Trumbull, David Saltonstall, commander, Dec. 23, 1776-Dec. 23, 1777, and as sergeant in Co. of Capt. Return Jonathan Meigs in 1775. He rem. 1808, to Stow, 0., where he d. 1819. He and brother Samuel and dau. Margaret Stow, with their families, journeyed together and bought homesteads of Joshua Stow, who had been commissary of the Conn. Land Co., and bought ten thousand acres in partnership with Jozeb Stocking.
Children:
Peggy, bapt. May 8, 1774; m. 1796, William Stow. (See the Stow Family.)
8. Jonathan, bapt. Feb. 18, 1776.
William, bapt. Oct. 31, 1779 ; m. Prudence Gilbert.
9. Thomas, bapt. Feb. 25, 1781; m. (1) Betsy Butler ; m. (2) Isabelle Spears.
Varens, b. Oct. 17, 17 84.
Vashti, b. Oct. 17, 1784.
Betsy, b. Mar. 5, 1786 ; m. Leonard Case.
Abiah, b. Mar. 5, 1786; d. Feb. 5, 1850 ; m. William McClelland.

7 Samuel Gaylord⁶, b. Sept. 20, 1754, Upper Houses ; m. May 13, 1779, Middletown, Qonn., Azubah Atkins, b. Sept. 6, 1753; d. July 20, 1825, Stow, O., clau. of James Attains and Rebecca Stone of Middletown. His Rev. War record is as follows : Private in Captain Ebenezer Hill's Company, Colonel Charles Webb's Regiment. Enlisted July 27, 1775, discharged Dec. 24, 1775; private in Captain Daniel Benedict's Company, 9th Regiment of Militia ; discharged Sept. 25, 1776. (Regiment at New York, 1776) ; private in Captain Jared Shepherd's Company, Colonel Thomas Belden's Regiment, time of marching Mar. 29, 1777; discharged May 19, 1777; private in Captain John Ensign's Company, Colonel Increase Moseley's Regiment; arrived in camp July 12, 1778. (Two militia regiments were ordered to the Hudson, soon after the battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778), and were stationed at different points, such as Fort Clinton, West Point, etc., they were commanded by Col. Moseley, and Colonel Enos.
He reached Cleveland when the only frame building there was the post office, which was twelve feet square. He settled in Stow, as did the others of the numerous party, and d. Sept. 7, 1813, at the home of his son, John Jenison.
Children:
10. John Jenison, b. Oct. 12, 1780.
11. Samuel, b. Aug. 27, 1782.
12. Stewart, b. Feb. 8, 1784.
Rhoda Rice, b. Sept. 20, 1785; d. ; unm.
Clarissa, b. Jan. 22, 1788; m. William Ranney.
Elizabeth N ott, b. Jan. 6, 1791; m.____ Drake.
Josiah, b. Nov. 13, 1795.

8. Jonathan Gaylord⁷, bapt. Feb. 18, 1776; m. Apr. 9, 1798, Upper Houses, Martha Thomas, b. Nov. 10, 1771, Haddam, Conn., dau. of Evan Thomas, a Rev. soldier, who rem. 1794, to the Upper Houses, was buried there and has a bronze marker of the S. A. R. at his grave. Mr. Gaylord served in War of 1812 as sergeant in Capt. Thomas Rice's Co., Maj. George Darrow's, Odd. Battalion, Fourth Brigade, Fourth Division, Ohio Militia, from Aug. 22, 1812 to Oct. 3, 1812, and d. July 10, 1826. She d. Mar. 4, 1864. They rem. from the Upper Houses, starting June 1, 1808, making the trip with oxen and a saddle horse. There was with him his parents, five uncles and aunts, Thomas, William, Betsy, Peggy and Abiah. They were forty-one days on the journey and settled in the southern part of Stow township. Their farm of 200 acres was covered with timber, they erected a log cabin which served them for some years. Elizabeth Goodwin, the mother of Jonathan, Jr., d. in 1809, and was the first person buried in the township. Jonathan, Jr., was a ship carpenter and walked to Cleveland on Monday and back on Saturday.' On a return trip he passed a woman churning. Being warm and tired he asked for a glass of milk. He drank several and passed on. He was found dead, sitting against a tree. His widow divided the farm between her four sons, the one tanking the quarter with the house, giving her a life lease of it. She lived in the log cabin till three months before her death in 1864 at the age of ninety-three. Her birthday was annually celebrated with a " Wood Bee," the descendants hauling, sawing and splitting it till noon when the "women folks" called all to dinner. The men ate first, being waited on by the women, then went home to do their chores, and returned for the evening, when there was a general jollification, the old grandmother telling the little ones about the bears, wolves and Indians of her earliest days in the " New Connecticut " or " Western Reserve."

Children:
13. Isaac Thomas, b. Nov. 17, 1800.
Elizabeth Goodwin, bapt. Oct. 24, 1802; in. Frederick Wolcott.
Mary Ann Smith ; m. Herman Peck.
Joshua Thomas ; m. Lydia Medley.
14. Sylvester.
Martha ; in. Rowland Clapp.
Eli ; m. Mary Wolcott.

9. Thomas Gaylord⁷, bapt. Feb. 25, 1781, Upper Houses; in. (1) Betsy Butler, b. Oct. 30, 1785; d. Oct. 8, 1825; in. (2) Isabelle Spears, b. 1788; d. Oct. 8, 1865. He rem. 1808, with his parents to Stow township, Summit Co., 0., and d. June, .1868, Stow, 0.
Children:
15 Elizabeth Goodwin, b. Jan., 1823; d. Apr. 10, 1905; m. June 9, 1851, William Rattle.
Jane. b. 1827; d. 1905.

11 Samuel Gaylord⁷, b. Aug. 27, 1782, Upper'Houses; m. (1) Polly Pons Starr, b. Apr. 27, 1781; d. Dec. 5,1.812, Upper Houses ; m. (2) Fanny Starr, b. Aug. 18, 1792; d. Mar. 12, 1867, Brooklyn, N. Y., daughters of Timothy Starr and Mary Yeomans Fosdick. He was a mariner commanding various vessels in the West India trade. Late in life he rem. to Cuyahoga Falls, 0., but died in Upper Houses while on a visit.
Children by first marriage:

Samuel, b. June 4, 1806; d. Nov. 14, 1826.
Mary, b. Apr. 11, 1808; in. Dr. R. S. Warner of Upper Houses.
John, b. Aug. 14, 1810; d.___; unm.
Children by second marriage:
Timothy Starr, b. Dec. 10, 1814; d. Brooklyn, N. Y.
George, b. Feb. 5, 1817; d. 1862, Delphi, Ind.
William, b. June 8, 1819 ; d. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Charles Starr, b. Feb. 12, 1822; m. (1) July 10, 1845, Eliza E. Post of Cromwell; m. (2) ____Savage of Middletown. Conn. ; res. Cuyahoga Falls, O.
Fanny, b. July 17, 1824; d. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Harriet Newell, b. June 13, 1829; m. 1852, Capt. Samuel Warner. Child Mary Gloyd. Widow and daughter res. North Brookfield, Mass.
Ann Eliza, b. Feb. 8, 1832; d.. unm.
Samuel, b. May S, 1836; d. in Army Hosp., Louisville, Ky. Buried in Cromwell, Conn.

12 Stewart Gaylord⁷, b. Feb. 8, 1784, Upper Houses ; m. Nov. 7, 1807, Middletown, Conn., Mary A. Cramer, whose father, born in Germany, was a sea captain sailing from Middletown. Mr. Gaylord was a ship carpenter and worked on Lake Erie, building. under a sub-contract, two of the vessels used in the action by Perry's fleet. They were built in the Cuyahoga River at old Portage. He served three months in the War of 1812 and d. Oct. 20, 1840, Stow, Ohio.
Children :
Mary; m. R. Blanchard.
Stewart ; m. Harriet Gilbert ; she res. at Defiance, 0. Almira ; m. Louis Gilbert.
George; m. Sarah Crawford.
16. William, b. Feb. 11, 1822.
Josiah.
17. Hiram, b. Apr. 1827.
Robert ; m. ____Hammond.

13. Isaac Thomas Gaylord⁸, b. Nov. 17, 1800, Upper Houses ; m. (1) July 4, 1825, Mary Porter, who d. Jan. 25, 1850; m. (2) May 8, 1851, Katherine Slater Van Eman, who d. June 17, 1857; m. (3) Nov. 6, 1858, Sophia Porter, who d. Jan. 27, 1892. He d. Oct. 8, 1872. He attended the "Bell " schoolhouse in Upper Houses. This school was erected in 1808 and when dismantled in 1902 the bell was taken to the Nathaniel W kite schoolhouse to be kept as a relic. It was cast in 1776 and bears the name of Jean Bazin, having the scene of the Crucifixion on one side, and a representation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on another side. His first wife was Mary Porter (William⁷, Daniel⁶, Daniel⁵, John⁴, John³, Samuel², John¹, who m. Oct. 18, 1620, Anna White, sister of Elder John¹ White. John Porter, wife and nine children came on the ship Susan and Ellen in 1638 and settled in Windsor, Conn.)
Children by first marriage:
Theodore Porter, b. Oct. 18, 1828; m. Mary L. Turner ; d. Ft. Wayne, Ind.
18. Harriett, b. Dec. 13, 1830; m. (1) A. T. Housel ; m. (2) Henry Gregg.
Sarah Porter, b. Apr. 10, 1833 ; d. Oct. 17, 1849.
Albert, b. July 20, 1835 ; d. Nov. 23, 1838.
19. Mary Burt, b. June 29, 1838 ; m. Hugh Kilpatrick.
Amanda Sophia, b. Oct. 24, 1842; d. Aug. 23, 1849.
20. Martha Thomas, b. Jan. 14, 1845 ; m. John. R. Bailey.
Frances Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1847; d. Dec. 21, 1848.

Child by second marriage:
Almira Sarah, b. Sept. 23, 1856; m. (1) V. D. Gregg; m. (2) Frank Stone ; m. (3) Benjamin Nordyke.
14. Sylvester⁸ Gaylord; m. (1) Ruth Nickerson ; m. (2) Julia North.
Child:
William North⁹ Gaylord, b. Feb. 8, 1842, Cuyahoga Falls, 0.; m. Dec. 25, 1866, Cuyahoga Falls, Olive Clarissa Castle, b. June 29, 1842, Lodi, N. Y., dau. of Levi Bronson Castle and Elizabeth Brown Cranson. Millwright, Rep., Christian ch.; private Battery D, 1st Reg. Ohio Art., Dec. 10, 1861-July 15, 1865. In fifty-two engagements, has five horses filled under him ; res. Cleveland, O.
Children :
Harry William¹⁰, b. Dec. 10, 1867, lived one day.
Ethel Gertrude, b. Nov. 27, 1868.
Guy Castle, b. Aug. 16, 1871; d. Apr. 22, 1876.
Julia Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1873; d. June 6, 1873. Clyde Castle, b. Dec. 4, 1875.
Paul Emberry, b. Nov. 10, 1881.
Karl Emory, b. Nov. 10, 1881.

15. Elizabeth Goodwin⁸ Gaylord, b. Jan., 1823. Stowe, O.; m. June, 1851, Stowe, O., William Rattle, b. Oct., 1809, Bath, England; farmer, Rep., F._& A. M., Society of Friends; d. Nov., 1891, Cleveland, O. She Epis. ; d. Apr. 10, 1905, Cleveland, 0.
Child :
William James⁹, b. Sept. 6, 1852 ; m. Aug. 9, 1877, Cleveland, 0., Julia Cary, b. Oct. 1, I856, Cleveland, dau. of John E. Cary and Mary Stockby. Rep., Epis., 32° F. & A. M., mining eng. ; res. Cleveland, O.
Children :
William, b. June 27, 1878; unm.
Mary Stockby, b. July 20, 1879; m. June 14, 1905, Harvey Mansfield, b. Dec. 19, 1873, Gloucester, Mass. Sec.-Treas. The Jandus Electric Co. Res. Cleveland, O.
Children:
William Rattle. b. Jan. 11, 1906; d. Jan. 26, 1906.
Mary, b. Dec. 4, 1906.
John Cary, b. Apr. 20, 1882; d. Jan. 10, 1886.
Elizabeth Goodwin, b. June 20, 1890.

16. Williams Gaylord⁸, b. Feb. 11, 1822; d. Nov. 25, 1881; m. (1) Feb. 28, 1844, Adelia M. Curtis, b. Apr. 25, 1827; d. Apr. 5, 1859; m. (2) Jan. 1, 1861, Amy Stevenson, b. Feb. 11, 1835; d. Mar. 26, 1896.

Children by first marriage:
Stewart, b. Mar. 6,-1845. Res. Defiance, O.
Truman C., b. Apr. 5, 1847; d. Dec. 22, 1868; m. Feb. 18, 1868, Emma Silvernail.
William E., b. July 9, 1849; m. Feb. 1, 1876, Kansas Taylor. Children:
Robert T., b. Mar. 8, 1877; m. Dec. 24, 1904, Olive Camp-bell. Res. Cleveland, O. Child:
Donald S., b. Nov. 7, 1906.
William E., b. Apr. 8, 1879. Res. Akron, O.
Amy P., b. May 15, 1881; in. Jan. 31, 1901, Murrel Red-man. Res. Florida, O. Children:
John W., b. Oct. 15, 1901,
Edith M., b. May 5, 1903.
Carl, b. Sept. 19, 1904.
Melvin, b. Aug. 24, 1906.
Stewart B., b. Feb. 23, 1884. Res. Defiance, O.
Nellie E., b. Aug. 14, 1886.
Harry A., b. Aug. 21, 1890.
Katie C., b. Aug. 12, 1896.
Alma S., b. Apr. 6, 1852 ; d. Dec. 17, 1886 ; m. Nov. 25, 1875, Alfred Stevenson. Children:
Estella, b. Nov. 11, 1876.
Darwin E., b. Oct. 23, 1878.
Adelia M., b. Apr. 4, 1859 ; d. Aug. 4, 1859.

Children by second marriage:
George A., b.- Apr. 28, 1862; m. Dec. 10, 1892, Clara Adams. who d. July 7, 1893. Res. Edmond, Okla.
Lura D., b. Mar. 27, 1868; d. Oct. 7, 1894.
Laura M., b. Dec. 5, 1874; d. Aug. 12, 1894.
17. Hiram Gaylord, b. Apr. 8, 1827, Stow, O.; in. Apr. 2, 1862, Cuyahoga Falls, 0., Irene P. Turner, b. Feb. 3, 1837, Northampton, 0., dau. of John Turner (major in War of 1812), and Cornelia Wadsworth of Hartford, Conn. Farmer, Rep., Meth. ; d. June 24. 1892, on the old farm now in limits of Cuyahoga Falls. Widow res. with daughter in Lancaster, N. Y.
Children :
Lulu Irene, b. Feb. 3, 1863; m. Apr. 2, 1896, Charles Storrs Chamberlain, b. Jan. 22, 1862, Madanapalla, India, son of Rev. Jacob Chamberlain and Charlotte Berge; grad. 1893, Rutgers; electrical engineer, Presb., Delta Upsilon; res. Lancaster, N. Y.
Ezra Hiram, b. June 10, 1864; d. Nov. 3, 1892.
Lillian Chloe, b. Sept. 30, 1878 ; d. Aug. 7, 1879.

18. Harriette Gaylord⁹, b. Dec. 13. 1830 ; m. Nov. 21, 1850, Alexander T. Housel, who d. Aug. 8, 1852 ; m. (2) Feb. 22, 1862, Henry Gregg, who d. Feb. 22, 1887. She d. Aug. 5, 1895, Marion, Ind.
Children by first marriage:
21. Herbert Housel, b. Feb. 20, 1853.

Child by second marriage:
Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1869 ; in. Sept. 20, 1888, Clinton Dinius, who d. Aug. 4, 1897. Widow res. Marion, Ind. Children :
Helen Louise, b. Nov. 14, 1889.
Gregg, b. Mar. 24, 1891.

19. Mary Burt Gaylord⁹, b. June 29, 1838 ; m. June 21, 1857, Hugh Kilpatrick, who d. Mar. 2, 1865.
Children:
Adelaide, b. May 10, 1858; in. Nov. 28, 1878, Dr. S. Koontz. Res. Roanoke, Ind. Children:
Jessie, b. Sept. 9, 1879. Res. Roanoke, Ind.
Chaffee, b. Sept. 19, 1882. Res. Roanoke, Ind.
Alden, b. Nov. 21, 1884; d. Feb. 25, 1885.
Hugh, b. Mar. 17, 1886; d. Sept. 6, 1895.
Arthur, b. Aug. 9, 1862 ; d. Apr. 9, 1865.
Henry T., b. July 31, 1863 ; m. Oct. 24, 1884, Annie Berry. dau. of John Berry and Mary Smith ; res. St. Louis, Mo.

20. Martha Thomas Gaylord⁹, b. Jan. 14, 1845 ; in. Feb. 27, 1868, John Richard Bailey, b. Sept. 22, 1840, son of Sherman Bailey and Susan Shattuck, descended from John Balie, who settled, 1662, in Haddam, Conn. Served in Co. G, 42d Reg. O. V. Inf., commanded by Col. James A. Garfield, afterwards President of the U. S. Res. Cleveland, O.
Children:
22 Theodore Orson, b. Dec. 11, 1868.
Sophie Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1870; d. Aug. 11, 1887. Harriet Antoinette, b. Jan. 8, 1873; m. Feb. 24, 1903, C. A. Rice. Res. Cleveland. Children:
Lois Madge, b. July 21, 1905 ; d. June 30, 1906.
Jean Augusta, b. Sept. 20, 1907.
Lois Irene, b. Jan. 24, 1876.
Gaylord Burdette, b. May 22, 1882 ; m. Dec. 26, 1904, Mabel Moore. Res. Mantua, 0. Child :

Cecil Moore, b. May 1, 1906.

John Sherman, b. Sept. 2, 1884. Res. Los Angeles, Cal.

21. Herbert Housel¹⁰, b. Feb. 20, 1853 ; m. July 4, 1878, Mary J. Trout, dau. of Zadoc W. Trout and Mary E. Welch. Res. Noblesville, Ind.
Children:
Gertrude" M., b. July 12, 1879; m. Oct. 22, 1901, Allen H. Davis, son of Milton B. Davis and Eliza A. Ridge. Res. Marion, Ind. Child:
Ruth, b. July 22, 1903.

Harry H., b. July 17, 1881.
Madge, b. Nov. 6, 1882.

22. Theodore Orson Bailey¹⁰, b. Dec. 11, 1868, Monroe Falls, 0.; m. Aug. 20, 1895, Cleveland, 0., Clara Miller, b. Aug. 18, 1877, Cleveland, 0., dau. of George J. Miller and Louise Zeigelmeir. U. S. letter carrier, Western Reserve Chapter, S. A. R., Lookout Camp, S. of V.; F. & A. M. Mrs. Bailey is mem. Aux. Spanish War Vet., and was Sec'y-Gen, 1903-04 ; res. Cleveland, 0.

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