Genealogies from
"The History of the old town of
Derby, Connecticut, 1641-1880;
with biographies and genealogies
SMITH to TYLER
[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]
SMITH.
JOHN, of Milford as early as 1640, had wife Grace, who joined the church in 1642. He was one of the ten first owners of Derby. Children:
SMITH.
MARY, wife of Ephraim Smith; d. May 5, 1655; and he m. Anna Carrington, Dec. 4, 1727.
SMITH
EPHRAIM and Elizabeth. Child;
1. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1748.
SMITH.
EPHRAIM; m. Martha ------. Children:
SMITH.
SAMUEL; m. Ann Holbrook, Mar. 16, 1758; and a Samuel Smith, m. Anna, and had Child:
SMITH.
JOHN; m. Deborah Lambert of Milford, Dec. 9, 1719. Children:
SMITH.
THOMAS; m. Abigail Hawkins, Dec. 20, 1727, and died Apr. 13, 1762. Child:
SMITH.
ELIJAH, m. Ann Hawkins, May 3, 1748. Child:
SMITH.
HANNAH, d. Nov. 28, 1712.
SMITH.
JOHN, was at Milford in 1646, and although called Junior, was not a son of John Smith, the father of Ephraim, who settled in Derby. He was a blacksmith and came to Derby as such at the desire of the people. He m. 1st Sarah, dau. of Wm. Fowler, Jr., of Milford, July 19, 1665; for 2d wife he m. in 1694, Clemence, widow of Jonathan Hunt of Northampton, Mass., who d. in 1704. Children:
SMITH.
ANDREW, m. Sarah Tomlinson, May 21, 1696. Children:
SMITH.
1. NATHAN, son of Andrew and Sarah (Tomlinson) Smith, m. Hannah ----, and d. June 27, 1725. Children:
2. JONAH, son of Andrew and Sarah (Tomlinson) Smith, m. Grace Riggs, March 22, 1726. Children:
5. ANDREW, JR., son of Andrew and Sarah (Tomlinson) Smith, m. Mary ----. Children:
9. ELNATHAN, son of Nathan and Hannah Smith, m. Abigail ------. Children:
10. NATHAN, son of Nathan and Hannah Smith, m. Sarah Northrop, of Milford, Nov. 4, 1747, who d. June 25, 1757; m. 2d Martha Frink, Mar. 15, 1758, who d. Nov. 9, 1765,; m. 3d Tryphena ----- Children:
11. ISAAC, son of Jonah and Grace (Riggs) Smith, m. Lucy ----. Children:
JOHN, m. Mary ---, who d. June 12, 1745, aged 67. He d. May 31, 1749, aged 75. Children:
SMITH.
ABRAHAM, m. Sarah French, Dec. 5, 1756. Children:
SMITH.
2. ABRAHAM, JR., son of Abraham and Sarah French, m. 1st Lucy Hawkins, Mar. 18, 1778; m. 2d Molly Johnson, Aug. 4, 1782. Children:
6. JOSIAH, son of Abraham and Sarah (French) Smith, m. Betsey Holbrook, July 30, 1795. Children:
JOSEPH, m. Martha Bement, Oct. 11, 1722. Children:
SMITH.
JOSEPH 3D, m. Hannah Malory, of West Haven, Aug. 21, 1753. Children:
SMITH.
JOSIAH, m. Esther Smith, Sept. 8, 1773. Children:
SMITH.
MOSES, m. Lucretia Hall, Feb. 28, 1780. Children:
SMITH.
JOSIAH, m. Esther Oviatt, Aug. 24, 1727. Child:
SMITH.
JOHN, m. Abigail --------. Children:
SMITH.
DANIEL, m. Hannah Stiles, Nov. 26, 1734. Child:
SMITH.
DANIEL, had Children:
SPENCER.
JEHIEL, m. Anne Patience Tomlinson, Nov. 6, 1775. Children:
STEELE.
GEORGE and JOHN, brothers, born in Essex, Eng.; came to New England about 1631; settled first at Cambridge, Mass.; removed to Hartford, Conn. George was a proprietor of lands at Hartford in 1639. He was made a freeman in Cambridge in 1634; he died in 1663, as it is said, "very old." Children:
STILES.
4. JAMES, son of George Steele of Hartford, m: Anna, dau. of John Bishop of Guilford, and was a prominent man at Hartford; was in the war against the Pequots. Children:
7. JOHN, son of James and Anna (Bishop) Steele, m. Melatiah, dau. of Maj. William Bradford of Plymouth. Children:
12. EBENEZER, son of John and Melatiah (Bradford) Steele, m. Susannah ------ of West Hartford; removed to Killingworth, where he died in 1746. Children:
20. CAPT BRADFORD, son of Ebenezer and Susannah Steele. came to Derby and m. Mary Perkins about 1755; she was born in 1731, died Oct. 16, 1788; he m. 2d Sarah Wheeler of Derby, widow of Simeon Wheeler, who had been killed at the burning of Fairfield, Conn. Capt. Bradford Steele commenced business with his father-in-law in Derby in 1757; afterward removed to Hartford, and from thence to Derby, on Little river, where he purchased lands, "built shops and houses; was an officer of a volunteer company that joined Washington at Boston, and afterwards was captain of minute-men, and was in several conflicts defending New Haven and the coast along the Sound as far as New York. He was noted for his shrewdness, enterprise and strength of mind, and was prominent in the business transactions of the town. He died Apr. 10, 1804, aged 69. Children:
21. ELISHA, son of Ebenezer and Susannah Steele, m. Mary Merrells, Apr. 12, 1760; lived in Derby, and was associated with his brother, Capt. Bradford Steele, in mill enterprises and labor; his wife died at Hadley, Mass.; he m. 2d Eunice, widow of Lieut. --- Pritchard; he d. in 1805. Children:
26. DEA. BRADFORD, JR., son of Capt Bradford and Mary (Perkins) Steele, m. Ruth, dau. of his step-mother and her husband, Simeon Wheeler, Mar. 7, 1785; she was born Sept 16, 1765; died Feb. 20, 1856; he died Dec 23, 1841, aged 80. Children:
29. DANIEL, son of Capt. Bradford and Mary (Perkins) Steele, m. 1st Rebecca Clark of Waterbury in 1789, who d. Mar., 1796; 2d Margaret, dau. of Richard Welton, Sept, 20, 1797; he died June 24, 1835. Children:
35. ELISHA, JR., son of Elisha and Mary (Merrells) Steele, lived in Waterbury and died in 1792. Children:
36. NORMAN, son of Elisha and Mary (Merrells) Steele, m. Hannah Spencer, about 1800. She was born in 1778; died about 1820, aged 42. He died in 1822. Children:
37. EDMUND, son of Dea. Bradford and Ruth (Wheeler) Steele, m. Anna, dau. of Zephaniah Tucker, Nov. 24, 1809. She was born Nov. 27, 1783. Children:
40. WILLIAM, son of Dea. Bradford and Ruth (Wheeler) Steele, m. Betsey Northrop, Nov. 1, 1819; died Nov. 24, 1874. Children:
41. BURR, son of Dea. Bradford and Ruth (Wheeler) Steele, m. Betsey Mallett, Nov. 7, 1822; died Aug. 11, 1823. Children:
44. AUSTIN, son of Daniel and Margaret (Welton) Steele, m. Polly Beecher, Aug. 31, 1810; lived in Waterbury. Children:
45. DANIEL, JR., son of Daniel and Margaret (Welton) Steele, m. Sarah, dau. of Col. Street Richards of Wolcott, Conn., Nov. 15, 1813, who died in Ill., Feb. 1, 1853; m. 2d Amanda, widow of Jasper Johnson, and sister of his first wife. Children:
46. REV. ASHBEL, son of Daniel and Margaret (Welton) Steele, m. Clara Brewster, June 28, 1825, a Presbyterian minister in Washington, D. C.; is the author of a work entitled "Chief of the Pilgrims, or Life and Times of Elder William Brewster;" and also a genealogy of the "Brewster Family."
64. WILLIAM SPENCER, son of Norman and Hannah (Spencer) Steele, m. Caroline A. Jones, Nov. 8, 1837; settled in Wolcottville, Conn., in 1839, and died Jan. 22, 1857. Children:
65. ALBERT J., son of Edmund and Anna (Tucker) Steele, m. Julia, dau. of Chester Jones, Feb. 11, 1835. Children:
66. JOHN BURTON, son of Edmund and Anna (Tucker) Steele, m. Emeline A. Stuart of Bridgewater. She was born July 13, 1819. Children:
NATHAN; m. Phebe [Johnson ?]
1. Nathan. b. Feb. 27, 1796.
STODDARD.
ANTHONY, came from England to Boston about 1639; was admitted freeman in 1640, and was a representative there more than twenty years. He m. 1st Mary, dau. of Hon. Emanuel Downing of Salem and had 3 sons; 2d Barbara, widow of Capt Joseph Weld, and had 2 children; 3d Christian ------, had 10 children. He died Mar. 16, 1687. Children:
STONE.
2. SOLOMON, son of Anthony and Mary (Downing) Stoddard, graduated at Harvard, 1662; was the first librarian of that college: preached a time in Barbadoes; then settled as minister at Northampton, Mass., Sept. 11, 1672 . He m. Mar. 8, 1670, Mrs. Esther Mather, originally Esther Warharn of Windsor, Conn., widow of Rev. Eleazer Mather, his predecessor at Northampton. He died Feb. 11, 1729, aged 86. She died Feb. 10, 1736, aged 92. Children:
23. REV. ANTHONY, son of Solomon and Esther Stoddard, graduated at Harvard, 1697, settled as minister in Woodbury, Conn., where he preached until his decease Sept. 6, 1760. He m. 1st Prudence Wells of Wethersfield, Oct. 20, 1700, who died in May, 1714; m. 2d Jan. 31, 1715, Mary Sherman, who died Jan. 12, 1720. Children:
31. ELIAKIM, son of Rev. Anthony and Prudence (Wells) Stoddard; m. Joanna Curtis in 1729; residence, Woodbury. Children:
40. JOHN, son of Eliakim and Joanna (Curtis) Stoddard; m. Mary Atwood, Apr. 15, 1751, and settled in Watertown, Conn., where he died Jan 22, 1795. She died Jan. 16, 1802, in Charleston, Montgomery county, N. Y. Children:
49. SAMSON, son of John and Mary (Atwood) Stoddard; m. 1st Susannah Nettleton, who died Apr. 24, 1779; 2d Amy Goodwin, who died Sept. 16, 1727. He resided at Watertown, where he died Nov. 11, 1809. Children:
61. ABIRAM, M. D , son of Sampson and Susannah (Nettleton) Stoddard, was graduated at Yale, 1800, became a physician; settled in Humphreysville, where he practiced with great success until his death Nov. 26, 1855. He m. Eunice Clark; held offices of trust many years; character, eccentric, but kind to the poor and suffering. (See Biog.) Children:
69. JONATHAN, son of Doct. Abiram and Eunice (Clark) Stoddard, was graduated at Yale in 1831; became a lawyer, and followed successfully his profession for many years in New Haven; was appointed United States District Attorney for Connecticut by President Polk in 1845, which office he held four years; was appointed District Attorney for New Haven county in 1853, which office he held until July 20, 1854. He died Apr. 28, 1855.
71. THOMAS, son of Doct. Abiram and Eunice (Clark) Stoddard, was graduated at Yale in 1836; m. Esther Ann Gilbert, Apr. 19, 1839. Children:
72. JOSEPH NETTLETON, son of Doct. Abiram and Eunice (Clark) Stoddard; m. Sophia Budington, Dec.10, 1838; reside in Westville, Conn. Children:
73. WILLIAM, son of Doct. Abiram and Eunice (Clark) Stoddard, studied law in New Haven where he resided until his death. He acquired the reputation of a thorough scholar and an able advocate, and by his genial, social manners, gained many friends.
74. MARIA THERESA, dau. of Doct. Abiram and Eunice (Clark) Stoddard, went to Maryland during the late Rebellion, to aid in caring for the sick and wounded soliiers, contributing liberally of her own means for their comfort.
77 EZEKIEL, son of Thomas and Esther A. (Gilbert) Stoddard; m. Mary De Forest Burlock, and is a wholesale merchant in New Haven, and director of the New Haven County National Bank. Children:
LEMAN, (old name was Learning) was of the fifth generation from William Stone who came from New Haven in the Whitefield company in 1639, and afterwards settled in Guilford. Stephen Stone, father of Leman, removed from Guilford to Litchfield, South Farms, Apr. 23. 1751. In Oct., 1791, he settled in the building still known as the " old Stone building" at Derby Narrows, which he had probably that year erected. He m. July 5, 1792, Louisa Stone of Guilford, a descendant of a brother of William the first emigrant. Leman Stone was born at Litchfield, Dec. 29, 1750 and his wife Louisa at Guilford, Apr 24, 1753; he died May 1847, and she died Feb 3, 1832. Children:
STRONG.
3. ELLEN, dau. of Leman Stone. m. May 17, 1824, Fred William Stone, who died at Vera Cruz, Mexico, June 9, 1833. Children:
6. ELLEN LOUISA, dau. of Ellen and Fred Wm. Stone, m. Apr. 5, 1846, James S. Engles. Children:
ADINO, was the son of Thomas Strong of Northampton, Mass. He was in Derby several years, as the birth of two of his children is recorded here, and then removed to Woodbury, where he was representative to the General Court in 1726. He m. Eunice ------, probably in Derby about 1700. Children born in Derby:
STRONG.
BENJAMIN, son of Adino, m. in Derby, Rachel Smith, Sept. 7, 1729; had the birth of a dau. recorded here, then removed to Woodbury, where his son was born. Children:
SWIFT.
CHIPMAN, son of Zephaniah (probably) was born in Lebanon, Conn.; removed to Wilmington, Vt., where he was one of the first settlers about 1770, he being a farmer. His first wife, who was a Lane, died in Wilmington, and some years after he removed to Derby and made his home with his son, the Rev. Zephaniah Swift, where he bought a part of the old Holbrook place; m. his 2d wife Mrs. -----, sister of Gen. Humphreys, and died Mar. 8, 1825. Children:
THOMPSON
6. ZEPHANIAH, son of Chipman Swift, m. Sarah Packard, sister of the first Congregational minister in Wilmington, Vt., before he settled in Roxbury. Conn. (See Biog.) Sarah his wife died Sept. 27, 1840. He died Feb. 7, 1848. He m. 2d Lydia ---, who died May 27, 1848. Children:
17. URBANE H., son of Rev. Zephaniah Swift, m. Charity Wheeler, dau. of Elijah Booth of Stratford, Apr. 5, 1835, and resides on his father's homestead Child:
13. POLLY, dau. of Rev. Zephaniah Swift, m. in 1829, Dr Samuel Beach of Stamford, born in Trumbull; settled in Bridgeport; a physician, and was killed in the Norwalk railroad disaster in 1853. The following inscriptions were copied by Rev Zephaniah Swift in Sept. 1836, from monuments then standing in the Wilmington, Vt., grave yard; the subjects being of his grandfather's family:
CAPT. JABEZ, m. Sarah Gunn of Waterbury, Oct. 25, 1748. Children:
THOMPSON.
MRS. ELIZABETH, wife of Joseph, died Oct. 1, 1784, aged 65. Joseph Thompson died June 15, 1787, in 70th year.
TIBBALS.
JOHN, came into the town having two daughters, at least, and was quite prominent some years in the town enterprises. In January, 1712, he gave to his two sons-in-law 40 acres of land in Great Neck. He m. Hannah, widow of Jabez Harger, Mar. 28, 1700. Children:
TIFF.
JOHN, m. Sarah. Children:
TODD.
DANIEL, m. Sibyl ------; m. 2d Eunice Hitchcock, Mar. 27, 1775 . Children:
TOMLINSON.
HENRY, was in Milford as early as 1652; removed to Stratford about 1656; was a freeman there in 1669; had wife Alice; he d. Mar. 16, 1681. Children:
TOMLINSON.
1. JONAS, son of Henry and Alice Tomlinson, m. Hannah ----; was a freeman in Stratford in 1669; settled on Derby Neck in 1678, afterwards on Great Hill.
6. LIEUT. AGUR, son of Henry and Alice Tomlinson, m. 1st Elizabeth ---; 2d Sarah Hawley, Oct. 19, 1692; she died June 29, 1694; 3d Abigail Brown, Apr 14, 1702. He died Mar. 5, 1728. Children:
9. ABRAHAM, son of Henry and Alice Tomlinson, m. 1st Mary ----; 2d Lois Wheeler of Stratford, July 4, 1728. Children:
13. JONAS, son of Abraham Tomlinson, m. Mary Moss, Nov. 26, 1734. He died Oct 2, 1796. Children:
SAMUEL, m. Hannah -----. Children:
TOMLINSON.
1. HENRY, son of Samuel Tomlinson, m. Patience -----. Children;
6. CALEB, son of Samuel Tomlinson, m. Mary -------. He died June 28, 1764. Children:
AGUR, son of Abraham, m. Sarah Bowers, Dec. 4, 1734. Child:
TOMLINSON.
DAN, m. Susannah, dau. of Dea. Eliphalet Hotchkiss, June 3, 1774. She died aged 96 years. Children:
TOMLINSON
GIDEON, m. Abigail ---. Child:
TOMLINSON.
JAMES, died Jan. 27, 1754.
TOMLINSON.
MRS. Lois, mother (in-law probably) of Capt. James Wheeler, died Sept. 11, 1767.
TOMLINSON.
BENJAMIN, m. Jehoada, dau. of Jabez Harger, Nov. 16, 1742. Children:
TOMLINSON.
BENJAMIN, m. Mary Harger, Nov. 15, 1768. Children:
TOMLINSON.
WEBB, m. Jerusha Beers of Newtown, Dec. 21, 1768. Child;
TOMLINSON.
JOHN, m. Hannah, -----. Children:
TOMLINSON.
WILLIAM, m. Abigail ------. Was accepted an inhabitant in Derby, Dec., 1677. William Tomlinson gave to his sons, John and Isaac, all his "lands, hereditaments, situate and being in the town of Derby, March, 1711." There was a William, Jr. William died Dec. 8, 1711, soon after making his will. Children:
TOWNER.
2. JOHN, son of William and Abigail Tomlinson, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Wooster, Mar. 27, 1712. He d. Nov., 1756, aged 70. Children:
3. ISAAC, son of William and Abigail Tomlinson, m. Patience Taylor, Mar. 25, 1712. Children:
6. JOSEPH, son of John and Elizabeth (Wooster) Tomlinson, m. Sarah Beers, May 24, 1743, who d. Feb. 22, 1776. A Joseph, m. Bethia Glover, of Newtown, Oct. 27, 1763. Child:
9. JOHN, JR., son of John and Elizabeth (Wooster) Tomlinson, m. Deborah, dau. of Capt. Samuel Bassett, April 28, 1748. Lived on Great Neck. Children:
13. CAPT. ISAAC, JR., son of Isaac and Patience (Taylor) Tomlinson, m. Sibyl Russell, Jan. 17, 1750. Children:
14. NOAH, son of Isaac and Patience (Taylor) Tomlinson, m. Abigail Beers, July 2, 1747. Children:
18. LEVI, son of John, Jr., and Deborah (Bassett) Tomlinson, m. Amelia Beard, Dec 29, 1774. Children:
23. ISAAC, son of Isaac, Jr., and Sibyl (Russell) Tomlinson, m. Mary Hawkins, Dec. 19, 1775. Children:
24. RUSSELL, son of Isaac, Jr., and Sibyl (Russell) Tomlinson, m. Agnes Cortelyou, of New Utrecht, L. I., April 25, 1779. She was b. Mar. 10, 1764. He d. June 22, 1809. Children:
47. SALLY, dau. of Russell Tomlinson, m. David Tomlinson. Children:
48. ISAAC, son of Russell Tomlinson, m. Grace Lum. Children:
50. SIMON, son of Russell Tomlinson, m. Charity Hurd. Children:
53. RUSSELL, son of Russell Tomlinson, m. Sally Burwell. Child:
54. JAMES C., son of Russell Tomlinson, m. Laura Tomlinson. Children:
JOHN, m. Jane French, Aug. 13, 1707, who died May 4, 1759. Children:
TROWBRIDGE.
5. JOHN, son of John and Jane Towner, m. 1st Sarah Wildman, Nov. 5, 1741; m. 2d Mrs. Hannah "Cain,"June 26, 1759. Children:
ISRAEL, m. Mary -----. Children.
TUCKER.
DANIEL,m. Elizabeth Johnson, July 9, 1741. Children:
TUCKER.
SAMUEL,m. Sarah Chatfield, Aug., 1755. Children:
5. TUCKER.
ZEPHANIAH, m. Sarah ----- . Children:
TUCKER
JOSEPH, died Nov. 10, 1775, aged 28.
TUCKER.
ANNE, dau. of James and Eunice, died Oct. 19, 1775.
TUTTLE.
JOSEPH, m. Hannah ----. Child:
TWITCHELL.
JOHN, came to Derby, and m. Sarah Pierson, Jan. 21, 1699, who died Mar. 14, 1739. Children:
TYLER.
6. SAMUEL, son of John and Sarah (Pierson) Twitchell, m. Hannah Hinman, Dec. 13, 1739. Child:
7. JOHN, son of John and Sarah (Pierson) Twitchell, m. Ann Harger, Mar. 20, 1733. Children:
8. JOSEPH, son of John and Sarah (Pierson) Twitchell, m. Elizabeth Tomlinson, Dec. 6, 1738; she died Feb 7, 1787, aged 67 years. Children:
18. JOHN, son of John and Ann (Hanger) Twitchell, m. Rheuamy Smith, June 3, 1773. Child:
20. JABEZ, son of John and Ann (Harger) Twitchell, m. Elizabeth Harger, May 8, 1771. Child:
24. DAVID, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Twitchell, m. Margaret Johnson, Dec., 1773. Child:
WILLIAM, m. Mary Lothrop, June 3, 1692.
TYLER.
THOMAS, died Mar. 12, 1704.