Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut

^ Bkaulhy Banks, the father of Mrs. Hayes, was born and reared at Greenfield Hill, and his wife, Polly Banks, was a native of the town of Weston, and a daughter of Daniel Banks, a pros- perous fanner of that town. Bradley and Polly Banks had children as follows: (1) Nathan B. (deceased) was a farmer at Greenfield Hill, Conn. ; he married and had two children — George H. and Harriet M. (2) William E. (deceased) was a farmer in Fairfield, Conn. ; he married and had one son, William 15. (3) Henry B. (deceased) was a carpenter at Bridgeport; he married and had two children — Charles H. and Frances U. (4) Rufus B. (deceased) was a farmer at Green- field Hill; he married and had four children — Henry B., Frederick S., Rufus W. and Carrie L. (5) Sarah M. died unmarried. (6) Mahala B. (Mrs. Hayes) conies ne.xt in the order of birth. (7) Catherine A. married Albert B. Hull, and re- sided at Hulls Farms, now deceased; they had five children — Martha J., William H., Mary B. and Albert B. , and Amelia Catherine. (8) Miss Mary E. resides in Bridgeport. (9) Berzillia B. (de- ceased) was a merchant at Greenfield Hill, where for some time he also held the office of postmas- ter; he married and had si.x children — four sons: Edgar B., William H., Frank S. and Jesse L. — and two daughters: Georgie A. and Mamie Elizabeth. [\o) Harriet B. married Henry E. Andrews, of Weston, now deceased; they had one daughter, Sarah Elizabeth. (iij Martha and (12) Daniel died in infancy. (13) Amelia S. married Capt. Merritt W. Davis, of Long Island. (14) Edwin J., a resident of Bridgeport, married a sister of Capt. M. W. Davis; they have one son, Herbert B. T^HE NORTHRUP FAMILY comes of good old Colonial stock, and is numerously rep- resented in this section. According to early deeds and records and inscriptions upon tomb- stones, the name was sometimes spelled North- rup, and it appears that about the time of the Revolutionary war several branches of the family 290 COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. changed the spelling to Northrop, which has since been retained. I. Joseph Northrup, the head of the family in America, came from England, probably from Yorkshire, and was one of the first settlers at Milford, Conn. The first planters of that town were enrolled November 20, 1639, but as this worthy pioneer was not then in fellowship with the Church, his name appears with others in a list immediately after those of the "free plant- ers." It is further recorded that he united with the First Church at Milford on January 9, 1642, and his death occurred in that town September II, 1669. Some of the settlers were members of the company, all possessing "good character and fortunes," who left England in charge of Eaton and Davenport, landing at Boston July 26, 1637, whence they went to New Haven in April, 1638. Others of the settlers belonged to Sir Richard Saltonstall's company, and having become attached to their pastor, Rev. Peter Prudden.from Egerton, Yorkshire, England, they accompanied him from Watertown, Mass., to Wethersfield, Conn., and later to Milford. To this company belonged Francis Norton, whose daughter Mary became the wife of Joseph North- rup. Eight children were born of this union, viz.: Joseph, Jr., baptized August 9, i649;Sam- uel, baptised in 1651; Jeremiah, who is men- tioned more fully below; John, born September — , 1656, who probably died before i683;Zophar, born June 21, 1661; Daniel, born in August, 1664; William, born June 2, 1666, and Mary, born in January, 1670. The descendants of Jer- emiah only are traced in this sketch, the list ex- tending to the ninth generation. II. Jeremiah Northrup was born in January, 1654, at Milford, where fiis baptism occurred in the same month, and he died April 11, 1734. He and his wife, Phoebe, had five children, all born in Milford. They were John, who is men- tioned in the next paragraph; Jeremiah, who was baptized January 16, 1695, and died July 4, 1771, at the age of eighty-two; Phineas, born January 16, 1695, who married Elizabeth Brinsmade; Benjamin, baptized in October, 1696, who is mentioned more fully below; and Phcebe, born in November, 1705. Two lines of descent are traced below, and for convenience we will follow first that of John, leaving the descendants of Benjamin to be mentioned later in the sketch. III. Lieut. John Northrup was born in 1687, and baptized January 16, 1695. Forsomeyears he followed the weaver's trade at Milford, but in 17 1 2 he and his brothers, Jeremiah and Ben- jamin, had home lots assigned to them at New- town, then a new settlement. In 1720 ten acres more were allotted to John and Benjamin. All of the brothers were prominent in the affairs of the town, and the office of town clerk was held by John and his son of the same name, during a period of twenty-five years. Here also resided Thoma5 Northrop, a son of William and a grandson of Joseph; he married Abigail Terrill, of Newtown, and after her death removed to New Milford and lived with his sons — his descendants residing in Sherman and New Milford. The name of Thomas is also on record with those of his cousins, John Jeremiah and Benjamin, in 1712, and his chil- dren were born in Newtown. On January 7, 1713 or 1714, Lieut. Northrup married Mary Por- ter, of Milford, who died March 19, 1786, aged ninety-seven years, and he himself died very suddenly January 9, 1767, at the age of eighty. They had four children: (i) Jonathan, (2) Ruth. (3) Mary and (4) John, Jr., all of whom are mentioned in the next paragraph. IV. Capt. Jonathan Northrup was born in Milford March 3, 1715, and died in 1783. He was married June 2, 1740, to Ruth Booth, who died July 25, 1799. They had eight children, several of whom left descendants, but as the lines of descent are not traced out, we will mention the names here, (i) Solomon, born March 8, 1741, had two children, Joseph and Johanna. (2) Gideon, born May 20, 1742, was married No- vember 15, 1764, to Rhoda Northrup (a daughter of William (III) of Newtown, a son of William, seventh child of Joseph, the first settler), and died April 21, 1 818. (3) Elizabeth, born September 29, 1744, was married August 7, 1764, to Will- iam Northrup, Jr., who died in 1798. (4) Mary, born June 28, 1746, died February 22,. 1753. (5) Clement, born April 15, 1749, married Jeru- sha, daughter of Jared Clark. (6) George, born March 21, 1754, married (first) a Miss Kimberly, and (second) Anna Booth, and his death occurred August II, 1 82 1. (7) Lemuel, born May 31, 1757, married Lois Woodward. (8) Amos, born September 7, 1759, was married three times, and had fourteen children, but their names are not given. 2. Ruth Northrup, daughter of Lieut. John (HI), was born in Milford January 15, 171 7, and was married November 30, 1737, to Peter Ferris, son of Samuel Ferris, of Newtown. She died May 28, 1804, and her husband in 1795, aged eighty-one. Their three children will be mentioned here, as the line is not continued far- ther, (i) Capt. Samuel, born May 10, 1740, died January 12, 1796, and his wife, Phcebe, died July 10, 1832, aged ninety-two. (2) Martha was born November 12, 1743. (3) Joseph, born Au- gust 2, 1746, died December 4, 1833, and his wife, Abigail, passed away#December 27, 1820, COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 291 aged seventy-four. 3. Mary, second daughter of Lieut. John (III), was born in Newtown October 17, 1725, and was married August 21, 1743, to Daniel Sherman, of Newtown, who afterward set- tled in Woodbury, Conn. They had five chil- dren, whose names with dates of birth were as follows: Abigail, March i, 1747; Ann, Novem- ber 20, 1749; Ebenezer, November 5, 1752; Philo, July 29, 1760, and Mary, April 27, 1763. No further mention is made of this line. 4. John Northrug, Jr., youngest son of Lieut. John (III), was born in Newtown, July 9, 1732, and died March 1 1 , 1 805. He succeeded his father as town clerk, as noticed above, and held the office twelve years. On July 30, 1752, he married Lois North- rup, a daughter of William Northrup, of New- town, and she died December 3, 1800, at the age of sixty-eight. The}' had ten children: ( i) Peter, (2) Mary, (3) Nanny, (4) Amy, (5) Lois, (6) Betty, (7) Huldah (8) Ruth, (9) Johanna, and (10) John, all of whom are mentioned in the ne.xt paragraph. V. Peter Northrup, son of John, Jr. (I\'), was born July 3, 1754, and died November 27, 1 8 10. He was married June 3, 17 — , to Lucy Sherman, who died February 14, 1828, at the age of sixty-four. Of their four children, the eldest, James, born July 15, 1783, died January 15, 1869; and the second, Polly, born Septem- ber II, 1788, died February 16, 1815. James, who did not marry, lived alone for many years previous to his death. The other children, Wal- ter and Norman, will be mentioned more fully in the following paragraph. (2) Mary, daughter of John (IV), was born January 28, 1756, and died June 3, 1812. She was married February 2. 1773, to Solomon Glover, of Newtown, who died July 26, 1842, aged ninety-two. They had eleven children, who will be mentioned here, as no lines of descent are traced from them. Jo- hanna, born August 12, 1774, married. May 18, 1794, Henry Botsford, of Newtown; Mary Ann, born November 19, 1776, and died September 30, 1878, married James Glover, of Newtown; Annadine, born April 8, 1779; Huldah, born July 24, 1 78 1, married Russell Canfield, and died November 12, 18 12; Silas Norman, burn September 30, 1783; Volucia, born July 9, 1785; Isaac, born August 26, 1787, died February 9, 1788, from scalding; Isaac, born December 10, 1788, died April 12, 1791; Ziba, born June 17, 1791, died August 24, 1862; Marcia, born May 2, 1794; and Heman, born June 26, 1796, died August 17, 1816. (3) Nanny, daughter of John, Jr. (IV), was born May 14, 1758, and died of consumption April 2, 1818. She was married May 22, 1778, to Elijah Sherman, of Woodbury,