The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Conn.

Harriet, born Nov. 15, 1795. Aaron Bouton married Polly Mallory, Jan. 18, 1794. 273 NORWALK. Justus Hayt, married Elizabeth Fitch, May 29, 1765. Goold, born May 28, 1766. Luke, born June 23, 1768. Stephen, born April 22, 1770. Israel, born May 22, 1772. Elizabeth, born Aug. 24, 1774. MoseSj born July 15, 1776. Fitch, born Jan. 26, 1779. Polly, born July 1, 1781. Hannah, born May 2, 1784. Justus, born Mar. 10, 1788. Betsey, born June 26, 1791. Nancy, born July 26, 1793. Goold Hayt married Sarah Reed, May 15, 1786. Wm. Henry, born Dec. 18, 1788. Harriet, born April 16, 1790. Jerry, born June 28, 1792. Maria, born Aug. 5, 1794. Almira, born Sept. 4, 1796. Stephen Hayt, married Polly Carter, May 20, 1794, Polly, born May 4, 1795. Hannah. born Dec. 28, 1796. Isaac Grumman married Betsey Selleck, Dec. 16, 1784. Polly, born Nov. 21, 1785. Sabra, born Feb. 13, 1788. Henry, born May 4, 1790. Achsah, born Jan. 24, 1793. William, born July 28, 1795. Nathaniel Hendrick married Anna Godfrey, June 15, 1781 ■ Jared Patchen married Nancy Nash, August 31, 1797. Aaron Adams married Rhoda Hanford March 4, 1784. Jabez, born Jan. 28, 1785. Sally, born Sept. 28, 1787. Aaron, born April 9, 1789. Isaac, born June 11, 1792. Polly, born April 17, 1794. Betsey, born March 7, 1796. Phinehas Smith married Abiah Keeler, Nov. 2, 1786. Peter, born Nov. lO, 1788. Harriet, born June 8, 1795. Peter, born July 15, ]800. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 273 Elijah Fitch, Jr., married to Mary Olmsted, May 30, 1793. Lydia, born Dec. 20, 1793. Sarah, born Aug. 2. 1795. Maria, bom April 8, 1797. Amarylla T., born Nov. 16,1798. Wilham Fitch married to Mary Guire, May 6, 1784. Smith, born Dec. 2, 1785. Abraham, born Feb. 24, 1788. Luke, born July 18, 1792. Betsey, born Sept. 30, 1794. Ursula, born Feb. 25, 1797. Samuel Burwell married Sarah Merwine, Nov. 27, 1785. Hannah J., born March 5, 1786. Betsey, born Aug. 5, 1787. Sukey, born June 22, 1789. Wilham, born Sept. 29, 1794. Reuben Betts married Ellen Hawley, March 25, 1788. Eunice, born May 11, 1779. Daniel L., born Sept. 29, 1780. Polly, born Nov. 15. 1783. Ellen, born Feb. 8, 1785. Ben. Piatt, born Aug. 5, 1787. Amelia, born Dec. 14, 1789. Charles G., born Dec. 1, 1792. Daniel Nash married Freelove Wright, April 24, 1768. Sarah, born Aug. 20, 1787. Stephen St. John married Deborah Finch, May 3, 1787. Stephen, born Dec. 25, 1787. Deborah, born Nov. 8, 1789. Esther, born Nov. 20, 1791. . Nancy, born Feb. 17, 1794. Hannah, born Feb. 11, 1797. Stephen KeUogg married Lydia Bouton, Nov. 24, 1778„ Josiah, born May 20, 1780. Lydia, born Nov. 19, 1782. Andrew, born Sept. 29, 1784. Esek, born Nov. 21, 1786. Mariah, born Oct. 21, 1788. Nathan, born Dec. 26, 1790. Jemima, born Mar. 21, 1793, Elizabeth, born Feb. 19, 1795. Stephen, born April 27, 1797. 274 NORWALK, Thomas Betts married Elizabeth Smith, Smithtown, L. L, March 19, 1782. Thomas S., born April 8, 1786. Betsey, born March 7, 1788. . - Hannah, born Oct. 31, 1789. Polly, born Dec. 5, 1790. William, born June 9, 1792. Solomon, born Oct. 3, 1793. Sally, born Oct. 13, 1795. Charles J., born Sept. 13, 1797. George W. born Jmie 6, 1800. [Mr. George W. Betts has in his possession a'quarto Bible, which was brought from England, (the tradition is from Smithfield), by Thomas Betts, the ancestor of the family. The title page to the Old Testament is wanting ; but the title page to the JNTew Testament shows that it was " translated out of Greek by Theodore Beza;" " Englished by L. Tomson ;" " imprinted at [London by the depu- ties of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Glueen's most excellent Majestic." " Anno Dom. 1591." In that Bible I find the following record : — Thomas Betts was born January 17th, in the year 1681-2. John, bom July 7, 1684. Sarab, born Jan. 21, 1686. Matthew, born Jan. 10, 1691-2. Mary, born Mar. 31, 1694. Elizabeth, born Oct. 23, 1699. John Betts, son of John Betts above said, was born July 27, 1711. Ruah, born April 17, 1716. Joseph, born Mar. 29, 1717. The children of Sarah (Betts) Keeler, above named- Sarah Keeler, born Jan. 1, 1714. Matthew, born Mar. 14, 1716. Mary, :. born Jan. 29, 1718. Elizabeth, "' born April 20, 1722. Hannah, born Oct. 18, 1726. The children of Matthew Betts, who was bom Jan. 10, 1691-2. Mary, born April 28, 1725. Matthew, born Nov. 9, 1726. Ann, born Mar. 29, 1729. Seth, born June 9, 1734. ' Josiah, born Feb. 5,1735.] GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 275 From the Records of the Town of Guilford, Con. Thomas Betts and his wife, Mary, removed to Norwalk, (from Guilford, Con)., in 1667; their children were as follows: — Thomas, born June 3, 1650. Hannah, born Nov, 22, 1652. *John, born May 10, 1655. Stephen, born Oct, 4, 1657. [*John was admitted a planter in Guilford, in 1673, and soon after removed to Norwalk, from him descended Doctor Thaddeus Betts, a highly respectable Physician of Norwalk, and the father of Wil- liam M. Betts, Esq., for many years Post Master and Judge of Pro- bate of Norwalk, a most worthy and excellent man. He was the father of Hon, Thaddeus Betts, who represented his native State in the Senate of the United States, and died at Washington in 1840, at the age of 52 years. His remains repose in the old grave- yard in Norwalk, with a suitable monument erected to his memory by his family,] Wolcott Downs married Hannah Benedict, July 15, 1786. Betsey, born Mar. 22, 1787, Polly, born Dec, 3, 1788, William, born May 3, 1781. Samuel Carter* married Sarah Hanford, July 14, 1789. Hanford, born July 17, 1790. Hannah, born Oct. 19, 1791. Elizabeth, born March 8, 1793. Samuel, born May 4, 1797. Ebenezer Carter* married Sukey Benedict, Sept. 24,1788. John, born March 8, 1789. The said Sukey, wife to Ebenezer, died July 8, 1791. The said Ebenezer married Rhoda Weed June 11, 1795. Chaunagh, born Mar, 23, 1796. Ebenezer, born Mar. 19, 1797. David Smith married Mary Blatchley, Nov. 23, 1783. Henry, born Dec, 4, 1785. Cynthia, born Dec. 13, 1788. David, born Sept, 3, 1792. Polly, born June 23, 1794. Eliza, born July 22, 1797. * See page 235. 276 NORWALK. Isaac Hayt married Mary Raymond, Jmie 30 1776. James, born Jan. 11, 1777, Sally, born Mar. 11, 1778. Isaac, born Dec. 20, 1782. Nancy, born April 24, 1785. Mary, born Dec. 28, 1787. Hannah, born Jan. 16, 1789. Charles, born June 9, 1791. Richard, born July 26, 1793. James Morgan married Mary Osborne, Jan. 13, 1770. Zalmon, born June 27, 1770. Ezekial, born Feb. 4, 1772. William, born Aug. 20, 1774. Joel, born June 7, 1776. Mary, born Mar. 10, 1779. Stephen, born July 8, 1781. Dolly, born Sept, 14, 1784. Thomas Cole married Mary Resseguie, Nov. 28, 1779, Thomas, born Oct. 22, 1780. Ira, born Feb. 10, 1783. Timothy, born Aug. 11, 1785. Sally, born Feb. 9, 1788. Curtis, born May 10, 1790. Samuel, born Oct. 22, 1792. Strong Comstock married Abigail Westcoat, July 20, 1773. •Jabez, born Feb. 22, 1774. Catherine, born Sept. 19, 1776. Philip, born Oct. 3, 1778. Samuel, born Oct. 14, 1780. The said Abigail, wife of Strong Comstock, died No- vember 28, 1782.. The said Strong Comstock married Betty Betts, Novem- ber 2, 1783. Catharine, born Aug. 2, 1784. Edward, born Dec. 28, 1785. William, born June 10, 1788. Susanna, born June 12, 1791. Mary, born May 1, 1793. Nathan, born Aug. 8, 1795. Julia, born Oct. 21, 1797. John Abbott, Jr., married Leah Whiting, Nov. 27, 1792. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 277 Lewis Betts married Sarah Andrews, July 11, 1790. Suky, born Feb. 14, 1792. Stephen A., born May 4, 1795, Zadock Hubbell married MaryHubbell, Oct 23, 1778. Sukey, born Oct. 22, 1779. Charlotte, born Jan. 13, 1782. Urania, born Feb. 17, 1784. Abraham, born Jan. 8, 1784. Sarah, born Jan. 26, 1788. Ruth, born Nov. 20, 1791. George, born Mar. 30, 1794, Sukey, born Jan. 5, 1797. Philo Betts married Hannah Raymond, Oct. 12, 1797. SethHickox married Kezia Hayt, April 1, 1795. Pamiah, born Oct. 23, 1795. Barzillai, born Sept. 29, 1797, Phebe, born Oct. 23, 1799. Lewis Hurlbutt married Molly Scribner, Dec. 14, 1776. . Lewis, born Feb. 7. 1777, Seth Taylor married Martha Gaylord, daughter of Rev. William Gaylord, Wilton, March 7, 1765. Martha, born April 28, 1767. Hannah, born Jan. 15, 1769. - Seth, born Feb. 4, 1771. William, born April 10, 1773. Elizabeth, born May 5, 1775. John, born June 15, 1777. Moses, born March 7, 1779, Sally, born June 10, 1782, James, born Jan. 28, 1784, Joseph Crofoot married Esther St. John, May 15, 1776. Ebenezer, born May 10, 1777. Ebenezer Crofoot, Jr., married Sarah Gregory, Sept. 3, 1795. Esther, born Aug. 20, 1796. Asa Cole married Thankful Fancher, July 11, 1781. William, born April 18, 1782. Mary, born May 14, 1783. Lydia, born April 8, 1788. Betsey, born Sept. 30, 1791. 13 ^78 NORWALK. Hezekiah Hanford, Jr., married Sarah Fitch, Nov. 6, 1774. Samuel, born Mar. 31, 1775. Elizabeth, born Aug. 31, 1780. Elnathan, born Aug. 15, 1785. David, born Aug. 31, 1788. Samuel Olmsted, 2d, married Anne Dunning, Nov. 25, 1773, Samuel, born Dec. 17, 1774. Sarah, born July 27, 1776. Hannah, born Feb. 12, 1779. Stephen, born Dec. 7, 1780. Noah, born Oct. 3, 1786. Samuel Olmsted, 4th, married Rachel St. John, March 16, 1797. Marillus, born Oct. 15, 1797. Samuel Middlebrook married Mary Midldebrook, No- vember 16, 1769. Elizabeth, born April 2, 1771. Nathan, born Sept. 14, 1773. Saul, born Nov, 3, 1776. Daniel, born Nov. 24, 1778. ' Aaron, born Aug. 12, 1781. Polly, born Jan. 24, 1784. Lewis, born April 10, 1786. Sally, born Sept. 1, 1788. Henrietta, born June 21, 1791. Charles, born Mar. 20, 1794.