Norwalk

Green. John Reed2ti-, son of John Reed 11,1 -. whose granite monument stands, all alone, in the rear yard of the present storied Rowayton home of Samuel Richards Weed, married, March 28, 1687, Elizabeth, daughter of John Tuttle of New Haven (see p. 454). John«*. and Elizabeth Reed had a daughter Elizabeth, who married Jacob Green, and had Elijah, Eleazer, Ash- ael and Elizabeth. The boys seem to Norwalk-disap- pear, and to become, eventually, Stamford citizens. John Green of Fairfield (1662) owned a good slice of what now bears his name and is known as "Green's Farms". He died about 1703, leaving John2^., who (see Schenck) left Fairfield and was of uncertain where- abouts. A John Green, however, ("late deceased" in 1758), has Norwalk record. This John Green had a "son Ebenezer of Fairfield" and (see Norwalk land records) sons Joseph and William of Norwalk. It is a tradition that William (father of William Geen«d-, who married Eunice Barnum) came from Rhode Island. If the supposition be correct, there was probably no relationship between said William and William, brother of Ebenezer, of Fairfield. The lack of family registry upon this point adds to the difficulty of connecting the links in the Norwalk Green-pedigree chain. The father of William Greened. t married Hulda Squires. He lived in Weston, and had: Thaddeus, Stiles P. and William"!-. Thaddeus was unmarried. He seems to have led a busy life, hut was somewhat 344 NORWALK Lewis, born April 16, 1813, (unmarried). Stephen, born May 23, 1815. William Henry, born July 3, 1817, (died young). Charles, born July 24, 18 19, (married Mary A. Dudley 1 Matthew Starr, born Jan. 23, 1821, (married Betsey Ann Northup). Hiram, born June 15. 1823. Ammon, born Aug. 8, 1824, (settled in Bethel). Robert Gregory, born Dec. 8, 1826. Mary Ann. born Jan. 5, 1830. Erastus, born May 5, 183 1. Margaret, born March 27, 1833. Piatt, born Dec. 30, 1834, (died young). John J., born July 12, 1838. migratory. Stiles P., born March 28, 1789, married, Nov. 20, 1814, Nancy Inglis, born Nov. 28, 1794, and had: George, born Mar. 31, 1822; Mary, born Dec. 23, 1825, died young; Hudson I., born June 26, 1827, married Julia A. McGill (no children); Marcellus, born Feb. 25, 1832; Rachel I., born Feb. 17, 1834, died young. George, son of Stiles P. Green, married, August 1854, Martha Ann, daughter of Clark and Amanda (Adams) Grumman, and had: Charles (married Jane Foote); Georgiana (died young) ; Esther (unmarried). Marcellus, son of Stiles P. Green, married, Feb. 21, 1854, Susan Frances, daughter of Harry and Ilet- ■;ev Par trick, and had: Frank, married, first, a Bedi- ent, and second, Amber Gregory ; Elizabeth married Henry Bennett of Westport. William Green211-, born Aug. 31, 1791, youngest son of William141 and 1 1 ulda Green, married, Dec. 15, iKit, Eunice, born Nov. 11, 1794, daughter of Mat- thew and Rhoda (Stan) Banuim. He was a business man, and Carried 011 a large hat manufacturing estab- lishment in Wilton (Ilurlbutt Street). The force em- ployed by Mr. Green constituted something of s local settlement, and when the large market-wagons from the northern section of the county, piled with tubs of butter and boxes of cheese, and later in the season, with country beef and pork, were driven to the Wil- ton street, and their owner disposed of his produce to Mr. Green's journeymen, and took back to the Sherman and New Fairfield districts wallets lined with the bank notes advanced by Mr. Green on ac- count of his men, there was gained something of an idea of the plant's monied help to the community. Stephen, second son of William2d- and Eunice Green, married Dec. 9, 1832, Orilla, daughter of Ja- bez and Betsey Sturges of Wilton, and had: Alfred, born April 26, 1834, died young; Caroline, born Dec. 19, 1837, died young; Eunice, born Apr. 17, 1844. Hiram, son of William2d-and Eunice Green* mar- ried, Dec. 29, 1850, Adeline, daughter of Lewis F. Grumman, as per page 92. Robert G. Green married, Dec. 23, 1847, Cynthia, born Oct. 29, 1826, daughter of Giles and Cynthia (Scribner) Gregory (see p. 467), and had : Henry, born May 1, 1849, who married, Dec. S, 1870, Cornelia Lounsbui-y. ♦Eunice, daughter of Stephen and Orilla (Sturges) Green, married Oct. 6, i$6i, Bradley S.,born Sept. 27, 1837, son of Samuel and Harriet (Sturges) Keith, and had : Simeon RoyaJ, born May iS. 1S66; Ida May, born Oct. 24, 1S70; Charles Edward, born June 4. LS72; Harriet Louise, born Sept. 20, 1SS1. John Green of No- walk, 1750 (possibly John Green 2d. of Fairfield— see Schenck's History of Fairfield) had sons Ebene- zer, Joseph. Hezekiah and William. Joseph married, May 15, 174b, Sarah Beer-. There are several Wilton -Green marriage records at tin- period. The author, barring the Rhode Island William Green tradition, ventures the strong suspicion that William Green 1st., of Weston, father of W illiam Green 2d. of Wilton, was of the John Green of "Greens Farm-," line. John and Anthony Beers appear in \orwalk in 1-/5 and 'T-.v They were very p-.-^ihly. grandsons of James i-t. and Anthony i-i <rt Fairfield, who are -upp.--e.l. by Cothren. to have been sons of Capt. Richard Beers of Watertowu, Mass., who was killed in King Philip's war. John Beers 1st. of Norwalk, married Martha, Daughter of David Munroe, and had Sarah, who married Joseph Green, and John (Dr. John of Greenwich), and Samuel. Anthony 1st. of Norwalk lived at "Old Hill" (Westport 1896, not distant from the old Fairfield line). His children were: Anthony, Elnathan, Nathan 1st., Moses, Olive ( Mrs. Richard Partrick), Mary (Mrs. "Nathan Bennett), Rebec- ca (Mrs. Elijah Morehouse), Elizabeth (Mrs. Eliphalet Slaw- son), and perhaps others. Nathan 1st., son of Anthony Beers, married Lydia, daugh- ter of Rev. Tlu.s. Hawley of Ridgefield (see page 296) and had Nathan 2d, born Sept. 8, 1745. He was unmarried, and was a business partner at one time of Peter Lockwood. Nathan iftt. and Lydia Beers had also Ezekiel, born Mar. 9 1758, who mar- ried Sarah Platt.and had Nathan^rd.,who married Esther.daugh- NOR WALK 345 H O ME -LOT XXIV. STEPHEN BECKWIT1I. Stephen Beckwith seems to have come, a mere lad, to America. He found his way, with the settlers, to Norwalk, and John Gregory, Sr., assigned to him property. He appears to have been useful, and to have founded a family. He has Norwalk record down to the going out of the seventeenth century. HO ME- LOT XXV MATTHIAS ST. JOHN. The St. Johns have mention in connection with the description of home-lots iii and xxii. (See pages 93 and 334 to 336). H 0 ME- LOT XX VI. GEORGE ABBOTT." George Abbott, Sr. of Norwalk appeared in Windsor in 1640. He had there been somewhat indiscreet, probably, in that he sold ammunition to the red men. This was a serious colonial offence, and he was fined £5 for his imprudence. He afterward (1647-8) went to Hartford, where he fell into some trouble, but he found his way to Norwalk, where he has mention in 1655. His home-lot was not on the " Towne Street", but comprised a territory-slice just north of the present LeCount home in East Norwalk. He was twice married, and his children were by the first wife, who is unknown. The family was thus made up : John151- Mary, (Mrs. Jackson). Dorothy, (Mrs. Darius Root). Jonathan'5'-. Priscilla, (Mrs. Slauson). George *d-, (born 1669). Daniel, (born 1672). The second Mrs. George Abbott"* was a Mrs. Johanna Williamson of Boston. There were three Williamson children — James, Elizabeth and Sarah. George Abbott15'-, died in 1689. 'Geo. Abbott""- of Norwalk, has Windsor, 1640, mention as "servant " This signifies, possibly, that lie was an "indenture" emigrant; that he came, that is, to this country, at another's charge, in acknow- ledgment of which he bound himself to service, as an artisan or otherwise, for a definite period. The Orchard family of Darien has in its possession an ancient document of interest in this direction. When younger George Abbott (before he came to Norwalk) became, in some .way, fire-arms impli- cated. Guns rose afterward, in the colonies, to the dignity designation of " King's arms". terof Joseph «nd Betsey (Nash) St. John, and had Mary (Mrs. Clias. Day); Charles; Nathan (died unmarried) ; George (mar- tied Eliza, daughter of Charlesaud Chary Olmstead); Edwin F. (married Mary Esther, daughter of Charles and Chary Olm- stead); Elizabeth (died young); Frank (married, first, Julia V. Allen, and second, Susan E. Scofield; no children), Edwin F. and Mary Esther (Olmstead) Beers had Elizabeth; Ida (Mrs. George Albert Smith; Edalena (Mrs. Edward Hrnest Bossa). The grand-children of Edwin F. and Mary Esther Beers are Reginald Lincoln Smith and Madeline Esther Bossa. NORWALK. John""- married Ruth, daughter of John Rusco15'-. This gave the Abbotts rather a wide connection. The children of John lst- and Ruth Abbott, were : Johnid-; Esther (Mrs. Ebenezer Jackson) ; Mary ( Mrs. Joseph Scribner). Jonathan'"', the second son, married, June 5, 1696, Sarah, daughter of Lieut. John and Mary (Benedict) Olmsted, and grand-daughter of Richard Olmsted, the settler, and had Jonathan"1', born April 6. 1697, who went to Ridgefield ; Mary; Lemuel; Sarah; Deborah; Jane; Eunice; Keziah ; Mindwell. The children of George and Hannah Abbott were : George^-; Ebenezer; Jemi- ma ; Benjamin (went to Woodbury) ; Samuel ; Hannah (Mrs. William Pearson) ; Rebecca ; Israel (went to Middletown) ; Elizabeth; Dorcas (Mrs; Beers) ; Daniel 2d- Daniel was the youngest son of George Abbott'"-.