Address at the Centenary of St. Paul's Church, Norwalk, Conn.

Daniel Kellogg left two sons, Daniel and Samuel, from whom the old Norwalk Kelloggs trace their pedigree. Stephen, of St. Paul’s, married, in 1778, into a family of direct descent from the foremother of 1665. His wife was the third child of Esaias Bouton, of Belden Inlet, and sister, consequently, of Nathan and Stephen Bouton, and of Mrs. Eliakim Warren, of Troy, and of Mrs. Jonathan Camp, 3d., of Norwalk. He went to Troy, and his son Josiah was in busi- ness there when the two brothers, Ebenezer and Samuel Wilson, crossed the Green Mountains, on foot, in the winter, to establish themselves there, and when Richard Grinnell, Robert McClellan, and Isaac Rogers were business cotemporaries. Stephen Kellogg’s son, Eseck, remained in Norwalk, and married a daughter of Jacob Osborn. Mr. Osborn was from Salem, Westchester County, New York, and married Miss Betsey Jarvis, of Norwalk. He had six sons and two daughters. His fourth son, Charles, married for his flrst wife Huldah, daughter of Noah Jarvis. Charles and Huldah had six children, two of whom survive, viz. : Mrs. Charles H. Jen- nings, of Ridgefield, and Charles Frederick Osborn, late treasurer 62 of an adjourned meeting, thirteen days thereafter, when, with Hezekiah Jarvis in the chair, a vote was taken to build a house “of of St. Paul’s. Mr. Charles Osborn’s second wife was Miss Mary Atin White. There were several children by the second marriage. Jacob Osborn’s two daughters were Maria and Eliza Ann. Maria married Eseck, son of Stephen and father of vestryman Josiah Kellogg, and his sisters, Mrs. Barlow and the two Mrs. Wheelers, of Saratoga County, New York, and of the former Mrs. Charles F. Osborn, and of Mrs. Horace Fitch, of New Haven. Eliza Ann Osborn married Jacob Dauchy, of Ridgefield, a clerk, many years ago, of Captain William Jarvis Street, of Norwalk. Stephen Kellogg’s cousin’s (Epenetus Kellogg, )daugh ter Anna, married Daniel James, and Daniel and Ann (Kellogg) James were the parents of the late William K. James, and of his sisters, Sally and Mary Esther, the latter of whom married Samuel Hubbell, of Wilton. tHeld until September, 1815, when it was sold, with reservation of Mrs. Lockwood’s right to sit in it “whenever she is able to at- tend church.’’ There were at least two men of unquestioned genius, in early days, in St. Paul’s parish. Jacob Osborn, the town and parish clerk, was of singular in- ventive capacity; and Edward Nash, oldest brother of Micajah, the choister, constructed astronomical tables. His reckonings are said to have been sur- prisingly accurate. Josiah Thatcher, Jr., of Pew No. 58, married Ann Reed, sister of Mrs. Isaac Belden, and mother of Mrs. Uriah Seymour, of South Norwalk, and aunt of the late Mrs. Lewis O. Wilson. There were thirty-nine persons who did duty in the old Norwalk “Guard” during the Revolutionary War, and among them were sixteen of the first pew holders of the church of 1786; their names are : ISAAC ISAACS - John Platt - Lieut. Asa Hoyt - Capt. Stephen Betts - Reuben Mott - Matthew Reed - Capt. Lemuel Brooks - JACOB JENNINGS - of pew 6 of pew 12 of pew 13 of pew 14 of pew 16 of pew 18 of pew 23 of pew 34 Stephen Marvin - - of pew 36 Edward Wentworth - of pew 42 Samuel Raymond - - of pew 43 Aaron Adams - - - of pew 44 James Crowley - - of pew 51 John Saunders father and son Seeley Squires of pew 53 of pew 54 Commodore Cannon’s name is also upon the record. ISAAC Camp, occupant of Pew No. 9, lived in the “ Silver Mine” district, in a house which stood on the opposite side of the street from, and somewhat below, the Abraham Camp residence. His son Abraham, of St. Paul’s church, is distinctly remembered to-day. He was the free mason, whose office, for so many years, it was, to carry the draped bible, square and compasses, at the burial of a brother, and whose simple and natural, but reverent demeanor, made, if possible, even more impressive, the order’s solemn rite of burial. The descendants of Isaac and Abraham Camp retain their ancestor’s spirit of devotion to the weal of this parish. Isaac Camp’s children were Elizabeth, who married Jemmy James, and Isaac, JR., who married in Darien, and Seth, who died young, and Mary, who married Benjamin Bishop, the father of George G. Bishop, Esq., and Anna and Harriet, who were unmarried, and Abraham, the youngest, who married Mary, sister of the late David St. John, warden of St. Paul’s church. Abraham Camp’s living children are, Semantha (Mrs. Andrew James,) and Isaac, who resides in the old home, and William, of Brooklyn, and Hannah whose home is with her brother Isaac. Said Isaac (Abraham’s son) married a daughter of the late James Wiseman, a man of truth and sincerity. Richard Camp, of Pew No. 15, married a neice of Dr. Learning. The house was on France street, and stood about where stands the Sherwood House of later times. A large family was here brought up. The oldest son, Richard, Jr., married Elizabeth Perry, as previously noted, and lived in one of the Norwalk homes which lay towards Winnipauk; a home — and the same might be said of many of the homes of his time — which was of convenient proximity to the farm, and where the fresh and healthy air stirred, and which was bathed, as God meant our homes should be bathed, in the life-giving sun- shine. Lemuel, another son of Richard Camp, Sr., married Polly, daughter of Noah Nash, and lived at the upper end of France street. He died years ago, 63 the same dimensions as Isaac Belden’s house.” Samuel Cannon, Henry Belden, Josiali Thatcher, 2d, and Richard Camp, 2d, were but his widow, who has been for a long period an earnest and excellent mem* ber of St. Paul’s church, still lingers, at a great age and in great infirmity, waiting to be called home The children of Richard Camp, Jr., were Ruth, (Mrs. Charles N. Clock, deceased,) and Miss Eliza and Miss Margaret, alluded toon page 14; and Samuel R. P., a resident of New York, and Mrs. Charles St. John, of Main street. Nathan Jarvis, of Pew No. 22, lived on Town House Hill. He had eight children. His daughter, Esther, married Samuel White, Jr., grandson of Peter White and Elizabeth Jarvis. His son, Nathan, married Betsey Sandford ; their children were Frederick S. (Capt. Frederick, of Westport,) and Mary A. (Mrs. Samuel Church,) and Elizabeth (Mrs. Solomon G. Taylor,) and Jane M., and William H., and Esther L. (Mrs. William St. John,) and Rachel, (Mrs. Bradley O. Banks,) and William 0., and John H., and Charles, and the late Miss Cath- arine. The occupant of Pew No. 57 was of a family from Brisset, England. Bolton, the New York historian, says : “Among the early settlers of this neighborhood (Yista, Westchester county,) may be mentioned Joseph Faverweather, of Nor- walk, who purchased about one hundred acres of land here. His wife, Cath- arine, was the neice of the second bishop of Connecticut.’’ There were several good and solid members of St. Paul’s church who resided, many years ago, in West Norwalk; and among these the occupants of Pew No. 25. Nathanael Street, and Esther his wife, were the parents of Samuel, and Joseph, and John Street. The old Street house stood on the road leading from Norwalk to Darien, a few rods south of the West Norwalk chapel of to-day. In that house Dr. Kemper held his “cottage services,” and Dr. Mead officiated. Samuel, son of Nathanael, was the father of the late much respected Chauncey Street. Joseph was the father of Edward Street, the first organist of St. Paul’s church, who married one who, even at eventide, made life radiant by her willing attentions and kindness, the mother of Mrs. Charles T. Leonard. John was the parent of William Jarvis Street, who married a lady of high character and much benevolence of purpose, the sister of Jonathan Camp, 4th. David Boult, of Pew No. 27, was a man who, it is inferred, could be counted upon. There were eighteen who paid more, and forty-nine who paid less for their pews than he; which seems to indicate his parish status straight through. The family (he remained here), removed to Norwalk, Ohio, and was influential, quite probably, in the founding of St. Paul’s parish, in that city. Jacob Jennings, the owner of Pew No. 34, took to wife Miss Grace Parker, (daughter of Dr. Parker, of Boston,) an English lady of rare gifts, whose con- spicuous qualities elicited the admiration of the Norwalk people. Her society was sought, and the young people, in particular, seemed to court her com- pany. The house, which is in good preservation to-day, stood on the south- east corner of Main street and North avenue, and within it was reared a large family. The oldest child, Lydia, married Abijah Mead. Grace, the second daughter, resided in New York city, and was the mother of the late Thomas Brady, a former member of Trinity school, New York, and afterward, and until old age, a member of St. Paul’s church, Norwalk. There was a son, Seth, and the son next to him was Isaac, who married Miss Elizabeth Sammis, of Long Island. (Selectman Sammis, and most, if not all of the Norwalk Sammises of to-day, are of the same Long Island family.) Anna, a daughter, next younger to Clarissa. (Mrs. Bryant Jarvis,) married Nicholas VanAntwerp, the father of Edwin VanAntwerp, a resident, in past years, of East avenue. Jacob, Jr., married Miss Nancy Trowbridge, and was the father of the late George W. Jennings, and of his sisters Delia and Julia Ann. Charlotte married Dr. Fenton. Sally was the worthy Mrs. McClure, who lived and died in her father’s home. Lawrence married Levi Clinton and resided in Patter- son. Mrs. Abijah (Jennings) Mead was the mother of Mrs. Eliza Weeks, and grandmother of Carlysle T. Weeks.