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sort "of service") as a disciplinarian, during the hours of Divine worship,' which fact is calculated to deepen the impression that the precise generation of Thomas'51- from Sir Martin Barnham is second rather than first. Had Thomas Barnum, Sr. been the son of Sir Martin,2 as appears clear from the British register of the family, he would have been at least seventy-two years of age when the Norwalk folk elected him director of the young people's sanctuary manners. This, however, is quite immaterial. Whether the busy Barnum or Barnham of early Norwalk days was Sir Martin's adventurous son or grandson, the descent, in either case, is notable. Thomas Barnum, Sr. is found, in 1663, in Norwalk. He was then a married man, as his son, Thomas2d-, was born July 9 that same year. His Norwalk life covered a period of about twenty-one years, during which time his ten children were born. There seems to have been a brief Norwalk residence-blank during these years, and a transient Fairfield tenancy, the explanation of which, probably, is that owning land which was claimed by both towns, he may have deemed it advisable to temporarily occupy the disputed terri- tory. His homestead, however, (foot of Strawberry Hill) was kept intact and retained by him until after his removal, in 1684, to Danbury. The children of Thomas Barnum, Sr., were Thomaszd-, Francis, Richard, John, Ebenezer, Hannah and four other daughters. The family disappeared from Norwalk after the settlement of Danbury. OF THOMAS BARNUM, SR. DESCENT. Gen. I. — Thomas Barnum, Sr. " II. — Thomas ad- and Sarah (Beardsley) Barnum. " III. — Ephraim18'- and Mehitable Barnum. " IV. — Ephraim lA- and Keziah (Covill) Barnum. " V. — Joseph Barnum""-, 3 born Aug. 14, 1761, who had: 'Town Records 1681. — "Thomas Barnum was chosen and appoynted, for to oversee and to keep good Decorum amongst the youth in times of exercise on the Sabbath and other Publique meetings; and the Town doe impower him if he see any disorderly, for to keep a small stick to correct such with; oneley he is Desired to doe it with clemency; and if any are incoridgable in such disorder, he is to present them either to their parents or masters; and if they do not reclaime them, then to present such to authority." 2The alabaster monument of Sir Martin Barnham, which stands in All Saints Church, Hollingbourne Hill, England, is thus inscribed: "Sacred to the memory of Sir Martin Barnham, Sprungfrom the old Southampton family of Barnhams, who married Ursula, daughter of Robert Rudstone, of Bouton, Nonchelsey, and had two daughters and one son. On her death he married Judith, the daughter of Sir Martin Calthorpe, Lord Mayor of London, by whom he had five sons and five daughters.* He was a man on every side of gentle birth, most happy in the extreme piety of his life and death alike; on whom God of the boundless riches of His mercy poured (piled upon him) of this world's gifts of nature, Grace and Honor, good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over. He died I2t*i December, 1610, aged 60 years." 3Joseph Barnum was half-brother of Philo Bar- num, born Apr. 4, 1778, who was the father of Hon. P. T. Barnum of Bridgeport, born July 5, 1810. *There is a discrepancy between the monument and the family records as to the number of children by Sir Martin Barnliam's second wife. The author of this work has valu- able Itanium data, collected from different sources, and believed to be highly accurate. He is, however, unable to positively state whether the first Thomas Barnum of Norwalk was the next— or the next but one— generation from Sir Martin Barn- ham of Hollingbourne Hill, England. 342 NORWALK. (Gen. VI.) Noah Starr Barnum (Deacon) of Norwalk. Noah S. Barnum came from Bethel to Norwalk, and here married Amelia, bom Apr. 17, 1796, daughter of John' and Sally (Hoyt) Raymond of "Old Well". Mr. and Mrs. Barnum established their first home at the head of " Federal Hollow ", in front of the present home, on North Avenue, of the late W. B. E. Lockwood. They then removed to the building on the southeast corner of the Timothy Merwin (North Avenue and France Street) property. In the rear of this building stood, at one time, a hat manufactory, and Noah S. Barnum, Stephen Smith and Samuel Randall were its proprietors. Prosperity rewarded Deacon Barnum's efforts, and he purchased, from the Cameron estate, and occu- pied the large building, known thereafter as the Noah S. Barnum home, on North Avenue, at the foot of the hill which connects Jarvis Hill with the Avenue referred to. The only child of Noah S. and Amelia Barnum was : George Hoyt, born Jan. 5, 1820. Geo. H., son of Noah S. and Amelia Barnum, married, May 30, 1844, Susan Jane, daughter of James W and Laura (Gray) Hyatt,1 and had : Noah Starr, Charles Hyatt ; (died young). George Raymond. Noah Starr, son of Geo. H. and Susan J. Barnum, married, Jan. 5, 1871, Elizabeth E., daughter of Thomas and Hannah Wheen of New York, and had: Amelia; Charles Hyatt ; Geo. Hoyt and Percy Lee. 'John Raymond was son of Benj.sd- (and Abby Cole) Raymond, who was son of Benj. ,st- ( and Re- becca) Raymond, who was son of Thomas, (and Sarah Andrews) Raymond, who was son of John lst- and Mary (Betts) Raymond of Norwalk. 2Jas. W. Hyatt, a citizen of industry and integrity, was the second son of John and Jane ( White) Hyatt of Norwalk. His brother and sisters were John W. Hyatt, who married Cornelia Burbridge of N. Y. ; Jane (Mrs. Joseph Corker); Delia, and Angeline ( Mrs. John Brown ). James W. Hyatt married Laura Gray of Wilton and had: Susan Jane ( Mrs. Geo. H. Barnum); Delia Louise, died young; Charles Edwin ( married Jan. 17, 1S55, Priscilla Westerfield, and had Charles, died young; William Westerfield); Joseph Le Grand, died young; James William (Hon.); Stiles Gray; Franklin Thomas ; Louisa Amelia; Geo. Gilbert. Hon. James W. Hyatt, son of James W. and Laura, rose from a bright and intelligent Norwalk school lad of nearly fifty years ago, to the high dis- tinction of Treasurer of the United States. He was ,i prompt and vigorous man of affairs, and a warm natured, helpful citizen. He married, Dec. j6, i860, Jane Maria, daughter of Geo. and Lucy (Allen) Hoyt, and had: John Kimmey; Jane Maria (married Charles E., son of William Church of Norwalk, and had one child, born Sept. 3, 1898); Harry Munsell; Sarah Flower. Stiles Gray, son of Jas. W. and Laura Hyatt, married Nov. 9. 1865, Antoinette Lawrence of South Norwalk, and had ; James William; Florence; Ilattie Gray; Nellie May. Franklin Thomas (Dr.), son of James W. and Laura Hyatt, married, first, Dec. 25, 1872, Isabelle, daughter of Francis Brady, and had three children. The oldest died young, and the two others are Helen and Isabelle. Dr. F. T. Hyatt married, second, Mar. 8, 1881, Mary L. Osborn ; no children. His sister Lou- ise Amelia married Stephen Brady (had Laura Gray and Frederick. Laura G. married William Palmer and had one child, Adele Hyatt. Frederick married Millicent Houghton). George Elbert, youngest child of James W. and Laura Hyatt, married, first, Oct. 24, 1884, Emma Ab- dell of Virginia. There were no children by this marriage. He married second, and had one child, viz. : Norma. NORWALK. 343 Geo. Raymond, son of Geo. H. and Susan J. Barnum, married, Nov. t8, 1888, Georgia Dorothea, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Weed. Xo issue. BARNUM BLOOD. Francis, son of Thomas Barnumlst- of Norwalk, married Deborah, born Dec. 28, 1679, daughter of John and Mary (Lindall) Hoyt, (see p. 121). These had a son Nathan, who married Rebecca, born July, 1708. daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Benedict) Lock- wood, (see p. 290). Mrs. Nathan Barnum spent her girlhood in afterward Ralph Isaacs meadow, (Morgan Avenue, 1896). Nathan and Rebecca Barnum had David, born in Dan- bury, March 30, 1733, who married, July 13, 1756, Anna Towner of New Fairfield, Conn. She died Jan. 13, 1767. He married, second , Mar. 22, 1768, Jemima, daughter of Capt.Kben- ezer Stevens of New Fairfield. These had a son, Samuel Towner Barnum, born Nov. 18, 1769, who married, Dec. 15, 1 79 1 , Alice, daughter of Eliakim Nash.1 Samuel T. and Alice Barnum had only two children, twins, David and Betsey, born Apr. 27, 1794 (see note page 108). Betsey Barnum married Amzi Rogers, and the wedded two were the parents of the pains- taking genealogy student, Theodore D. Rogers of Strawberry Hill (1896), Norwalk. Eunice Barnum, daughter of Matthew ad\ (Matthewut\ Ephraim, Thomas2d-, Thos and sister of Samuel (who was father of Rev. Henry S. Barnum of Constantinople), mar- ried William Green 2d- (son of William)2 of Wilton parish, and had : 'Eliakim Nash, who married Elizabeth Whitlock, June 13, 1770, was the son of Ebenezerist. and Sarah (Gregory) Nash. Said Ebenezer15'1- belonged to a large family of brothers and sisters. His father was a grandson of Edward Nash the settler, and his mo- ther was a gr. -daughter of Thos, Lnpton of New Haven and Norwalk. His brother Edward was a genius whose inventive faculty was remarkable, and his sis- ter Abigail, Mrs. Moses Beers, was a woman of olden school wit. The perpetuation of the odd designation of " Squash Hollow " is probably due to her sense of humor, albeit, she little dreamed, possiblv that her playful promptings concerning a neighbor's fondness for the succulent mentioned would attain to such im- mortality. Micajah, another brother of Ebenezerlst- and of Abigail and Mary, (Mrs. Wm. Reed) was an old choristerof St. Paul's Church. Ebenezer Nashlst- was thrice married. The names of his wives were : Phcebe Olmstead, Martha Smith and Sarah Gregory. The last, who appears to have been some vears older than himself, was the daughter of Thomas Gregory, a grandson of John Gregory the settler. By her he had three sons, Eliakim, Azor and Ebenezer, Jr., the first named of the trio being the father of Alice, who married Samuel T. Barnum of New Fairfield. Conn., (*ee page 108). 2The hi^torv uf rile Norwalk Green family is in- terestingly intricate. The oldest of this town's Green hearthstones was that of Jacob and Elizabeth (Reed)