History of Fairfield County, Connecticut

liarzillai 15. Kellogg was reared on tlie farm, n niv- iiig a eoinmcin-sehool and aeadeinie ednciitioii, and taught in tile imblie sehools. In .Septembi'r, bS44, he was iii;irried to Emeliiie, daughter of Danitd .lohnson, of Brookheid. 81ie died April 21:1, l.S8lt, having reared a family of .seven ehildren. Jlr. Kellogg has lieeii largely engaged in liuihling and real estate operations and in various pnlilie im- provements. In LS.JS lie was elected State sen:itor for 30 the Eleventh 8enatori:il l)istrie(, :uid for iiKiiiy ye:irs he has been justiee of the ]ieaee ; was an aetive siij)- porterof the suiipression of the Reliellion ; Wiiseleeted first selectman of the town in bSilIl, re-eheled contin- uously for ten ye;irs, ;iiid :ig;iin in bs.so. . He is ;it jireseiit acting in the intere~ts of the ilrain com- l>any for improving tlie swam|i-hinds of Wood ( 'rei-k "S'alley. In l.^ilO lie was m;ide a iliri^ctor of the X;i- tional Paluiuiocjue B:mk in Diinlniry, ;ind clci-tcd its president in l.S7'.i. KELLCIGG GENEALOGY. 1. D;iniel Kellogg, one of the original settlers of Xorwalk, Conn.,* married, in 111.")."), Bridget Bouton, d:uighter of ,Tohn Bouton. 2. ,'<:imuel Kellogg, born Feb. Ill, KiT-'!, married, Sei)t. C. 1704, Sarah Piatt, daughter of I)e:icon .Tohii I'hitt. ;!. ,M:irtin, lioni iMiircli 2;!, 1711, iiGinied ]\Iary ; he died July 7, ]7-')(i. She m;urii>d (2d) March 22, 17.'')7, Caj)t. Samuel Ilanlord. ol' New Canaan I'iirish. 4. Martin, born Oct. 10, 1 740, married, :\lay ]:',, 17(i2, IMercy Benedict, born Ajiril l::, 1742, chuighter of James Benedict, of Danbury, wdio w;is born in 1710; Mercy Kna])]), his wife, was born about 171.'1. 5. Martin, l)orn Sei)t. H, 171")P., married Rachel Ste- vens, of Danbury, born in 17l)(!. He died ^fav '.i, l.Sl:{; his wife died .\pril 2;i, l.'^:!l. (). Hanford Martin Kellogg, l)orn Oct. 2, 17.S.S, mar- ried S:irah Bulkley, of New Fiiiriield, born Nov. 27, 17112; died Feb. 6, IsrA. He died June 11, 1.S70. 7. Barzillai Bulkley Kellogg. ln)rn Dec. 2.''), l.Sl.K, marriiul Emeline Johnson, burn ,Iuly I'.l, l.Siil ; dieil April 2:1, l.S.Sd. ALEXANDER lUICKI.EY lilUI.'^U. Alexander Buckley Brush was born in New Fair- field, Fairfield Co., Conn. His great-grandtather, Thomas Brush, w:is l)orn in 171"), ;iHd settled in Greenwich some time :interior to tlie KevoUition, coining from Long Island, moving to New l'':iirHeld a short time afterw:irds. Thoni;is Brush's laniily con- sisted of eight children, one of whom was ,\mos. The latter w:is nnirried to Miss Hannah I'earsc, who bore him eight children, among whom was Ely, fathiT of tile suliject of this brief sketch. He w:is :i liu'iner 1)V oceup;ition ; served in the w:ir of the Kevolntioii as minutc-iiiiin ; w:is nuLrricil to Itilhi, daugliter ol' S(e- ])licn llavis, of New Fairfield. Their children were ,\h'.xander B. and Hannah Eli/.;il)eth (Iriivcs. .\lc,\;inder B. Brush was born in l.S2'.l, on wdnit li;is been the homestead of the Brush family for three generations. In 1874 he was marrieil to Mary Ivouisa, (hiughter of S. Merwin Mead, Esip The issue of this union has been three children, — .Mc.vandcr .V., Ella M., and Anna L. » See Hall's History of Norwalk. 458 HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT. Mr. Brush's occupation is that of farming and stock- raising. He is one of the representative men of his town, anil lias filled numerous local offices; is on the .school committee and a selectman of hi.s town. and served for a time in the militia at Bridgeport, his neighbors in his absence harvesting his crop for him. His first wife died about 1817, and in 1818 he married Lits.sey M., daughter of Abijah Watkins, who bore him two sons, — viz., Marvin E. and Hen- ENOCII KXAPP. Enoch Knai)p, grandsim of .lonathan and son of Dr. Isaac Kiia|ip, was born in Greenwich, Fairfield Co., May 29, 18(15. He is of German extraction, the first of the family settling in this country early in the eighteenth century. His grandfather, Jonathan Knapp, also a native of Greenwich, wa.s a farmer by occupation. His family consisted of twelve children, — eight sons and four daughters. The fourth son was Dr. Isaac Knapp, born in Greenwich, who at about the age of twenty-five settled in New Fairfield, where he married Amy, the daughter of Amos and Hannah liriish. Their children were seven in number, five of whom are still living, — namely, Enoch, Sarah Leech, Ezra B., Dr. David A., and Euphemia H. Theresa (deceased) and Isaac H. (deceased), the latter leaving one son, — Smith H. Dr. Knapp was the first of the profession to prac- tice medi<'ine in New Fairfield, and became one of the most ])rominent physicians in the county, being particularly .successful in treating malarial fevers, at one time very prevalent in liis circuit. lie died in 1838. " i Enoch Knap|) was educated in the schools of his town, with one term at the New Canaan Academy. In 18.'?8 he married Rachel A., daughter of Deacon Sceley and Louisa Rogers Barnum. Their children were: Almira E., Sarah T., Charlotte L., Mary C, Isaac Seelcy, Frederick Enoch, Mary Louisa (de- ceased) and Isaac S. (deceased). Deacon Sceley Barnum wa.s a son of Deacon Ephraim Barnum, of Bethel, Conn., who for many ' years was an active member of his church. The father of Miss Rogers, the Rev. Medad Rogers, 1 wiis a minister in New Fairfield, where he preached | for nearly half a century. I In his calling — that of farming and cattle-raising , — Mr. Enoch Knapp has been very successful. He is an active member of the Congregational Church of his town, to the support of which he liberally i-on- tributcs, and in which he has officiated lus deacon for twenty years. HENDRICK U.WILD.MA\ is the second son of Hezekiah Wildman.orWellman, the latter of wiiich wa.s probably the original name. He was born March 2'), 1790, in the town of Sher- man, which at that time was a part of New Fairlii'ld. -Vt the age of twcnty-tive years he married .Marllia AVakcman, by wliom lie had one ilaughtcr, I'lielie Jane, who married Napoleon B. Turner, of Ridge- bury, Conu. He was drafted during the war of 1812 drick IhuLson Wildman, the subject of this memoir, who wa.s born in the town of New Fairfield, March 2."), 1830. He attended the district school until he wiLS about thirteen years of age, when he took a course of three years' study at the New Fairfield .Vcadcmy, a portion of the time working for his board by doing chores for the principal. At the age of twenty years he commenced teaching district .schools winters, and followed that occui>ation about twenty years, teach- ing school during the winter and working upon a farm in the summer. Jlr. Wildnuiu has been acting school visitor for twenty-four years, constable of his town during one term, a.s.scssor of taxes five terms, three times member of the hoard of relief, register of votes fifteen years, town auditor twelve years; he hits held the otfices of commissioner of the .Superior t'ourt and justice of the peace on an aggregate of fif- teen years, was contractor for keeping the poor of the town from 1870 to 1876. He was elected to the House of Rejirescntatives at the General Assembly of 18(i3, and re-elected in November, 1878, for the ses- sion of 1879, serving on the committee on education. He look an active part in the licbatcs of the House, and Wits noted for his clear and concise manner of expression in such debates. Mr. Wildman was married Oct. 14, 1852, to Eve- I Photo, hy J. H. Fi>liM>iu, Daiiburv. ^J /S. s,^^ rhiit". 1j^ J. II. I olsoni, Paiib'iry. (^ae^^^ Ly'^f-'<^AjrL_. 4 1 h' ^^^ ■ ■■ot.c:i^s-.>git; Res- of WILLIAM PL A TT. Newtown, Faihfibld Co. Conn . NEWTOWN. 4 no line, (liui<rliter nf MMttliew L. and Elizii Pejirce, of New Fiiiriicld. Tlicy have IkhI six cliililrc-n, lour <if whom are niiw living, — to wit, I'hclie C., Heuilriek IIlulsoii, Jr. (now eonstahle nl' Xew Fairliclil I, Liieius 1'., ami Ijillic < !. The ntlier twn ehililii'ii <lie(l in iii- t'aiiey. Though not ailiiiitted to the bar. Jlr. AVildman is recognized by the t'raternity a- a jiretty good lawyer, and has some loeal |irai-tiee in that capaeity. lie is a mendjer of the Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows of tlie State of Conneetient, and has filled nearly all tlie elective otiiees in the suliordinate Indue. C II APT El! XL VI. NEWTOWN. Gt-ographical — Tupognipliiral — Indian Name — Luc-atiuu nf Imlian Til- lage— The IiKiian riin:liat5e — Early Ki-rord;^ — Fiist Ofticprs — Layiiif; out of Lands— First C.ristOIiU — Penalty for Non-.atlendance at Town- Meetings — " Piti'liiiig" for Land — Fnlling-Mill — " Beating ye Drum" — Town Stock of .\nininnitiun — Ear-ninrks — Taking Care of the Toll —Tlie Pioneei-s— Early Births— Town-Houses— The Hanging of Itoliert Kifimiw— Old Lawyers— Merthants — An Adverlisemenl of 1792— Villages." . , I Thi.s town lies on the northeast boidrr ol' the county, and is bounded as follows : On the north by the town of Brookfield and the county of New Haven ; on the east by New Haven and the town of Monroe ; on the south by Monroe and Easton : and on the west by Redding, Bethel, and Brookfield. The sur- face of the town is hilly, and consists principally of gravelly loam, which is very productive. "The Indian name of the town was I'ulitatuek. The principal seat of the Indians appears to have beeu at the junction of the I'olitatiick with tlie llousatonic Kiver." THE INDIAN PUnc]|.\SK. This town was purchased of the Indians by deed dated July 25, ITOo. It is signed by Indian chiefs, who bear the euphonious names of Manquash, Mas- sumpas, Nunnawauk, etc., and they testify by their signatures or marks that in consideration of four guns, four coats, four blankets, forty pounds of lead, ten pounds of ]iowder, and a few other comparatively valueless articles, they do give a tract of land eight miles long and six broa<l, more or le.ss, bounded by what is called the Great Kiver, to William Junos, of Stratford; Justice Bush, of New York ; and Sanniel Hawley, Jr., of Stratford. The earliest record in the old town book is as fol- lows :