Supplement to Norwalk, Conn., Volume One: Genealogy

George, son of John'2'"1 and Sarah Cannon of Norwalk, married Betsey, daughter of Phineas and Elizabeth (Adams) Hanford of Chestnut Hill, and had: Mary Esther, born August 10, 1809, Mrs. Hiram Jones; Harriett, born July 11, 181 1, Mrs. Rev. Charles J. Todd (page 157); George, born March 18, 1817, removed west. Charles, born December 15, 1824. LeGrand B., (Col.) son of LeGrand and Esther (Bouton) Cannon, married (see page 279) Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Burlock) DeForest. Colonel LeGrand B. Cannon is promptly re-called as a bright Norwalk school youth who was hither sent by his Troy parents to receive an education (see pages 171 and 273). For many years he has been a prominent Metropolitan, a conspicuous figure in the political and commercial world, and widely known socially. His son Henry, a leader in society, and a genius, was of high taste and signal parts. He died in comparative youth, but left very clever art executions. Henrietta, sister of Colonel LeGrand B. Cannon, married into a Saratoga, (N. Y.) county family of note, and resides in Third Street, Troy. Her children are Miss Henrietta and LeGrand Cannon Cramer (page 314). Mary Cannon (Mrs. George Bird) has long been a figure in city circles, and her sister, Mrs. Rev. J. B. Tibbits, is of fragrant memory. James LeGrand, son of John3rrl and Fanny (Lockwood) Cannon of Norwalk, married Caroline F., daughter of Charles and Mary (Chase) Coombs of Maine, and had: John F., unmarried; Fanny B., unmarried ; LeGrand B., married Lena, daughter of Frederick Morehouse: Carrie G., unmarried. Charles, son of George and Betsey (Hanford) Cannon, married Catharine Heuston of New York, and had : John, born November 23, 1853, died unmarried : Esther A., Mrs. Samuel St. John Miller. The children of Samuel St. John and Esther A. Miller were Mary Catharine, born August 15, 1880; David Henry, born April 5, 1884. The mother of Samuel St. John Miller was of the Carroll family. 412 N LeGrand, son of Samuel and Sarah (Belden) Cannon. daughter of Nathan and Abigail (Burlock) Bouton, and had • LeGrand B., (Colonel); Henrietta, Mrs. George H. Cramer ; Mary, Mrs. George Bird : Amelia, Mrs. Rev. John B. Tibbits. John, son of John5"1- and Sarah Cannon of Norwalk daughter of Joseph and Isabel Lockwood. and had : Jeannette, Mrs. David Nessler first, Mrs. John A. Bio Harriett, unmarried ; d (see page 272) E ed fames LeGrand. Morse c son of ]6hn*"1 and Sarah Cannon of Norwalk, married Betsey, daughter of lizabeth (Adams) Hanford of Chestnut Hill, and had: Esther, born August' 10, 1809. Mrs. Hiram Jones; ;:U, bom July n, 181 1, Mrs. Rev. Charles J. Todd (page 157); v. horn March 18, 1817, removed west. \ B., (Col.) son of LeGrand and Esther (Bouton) Cannon, married (see page • r of Benjamin and Mary (Burlock) DeForest. Colonel LeGrand B. d as a b .hool youth who was hither sent by his and 273). For many vcars he has been the political and comuw !ai world and line F., - ried HENRY LE GRAND CANNON. See pa;re 412. This artist, great-grandson of Samuel and Sarah (Belden) Cannon (page -til) of Norwalk, was a descendant, maternally from Hugh and Matilda Lambert, whose son, Sir William, married a granddaughter of William the Conqueror. It is possible that his talent was, at least in some degree, an inheritance, but whether so or no such was his surprising conception-cleverness and execution-excellence that the memory of the young and opulent genius is rightly entitled to the honors of fame. HARRIET STARR CANNON. Great-grand niece of "Commodore" John Cannon of Norwalk (page 413). She was the foundress of Mary's Hospital on "The Rocks," Norwalk (page 63 and note, page 71). |<>hn Cannon of N n-walk (pajjge 63 an NORWALK. 4i3 HARRIET STARR CANNON. "Commodore" John Cannon of Norwalk had a younger brother, LeGrand, born April I9> I733> and baptized at ten years of age, who eventually made Stratford his home. At a little past twenty years of age on July 17, 1753, LeGrand Cannon of Stratford was married. He had eight children. His sixth child, Lewis LeGrand, born November 20, 1764, married on February 20, 1791, into the old Coe family of Stratford. Lewis LeGrand and Jerusha Cannon had six children, the oldest of whom was William, born September 15, 1793. William Cannon married October 17, 1820, Sally Hinman, and had, May 7, 1823, Harriet Starr, who became the Mother Superior of the Protestant Episcopal Sisterhood of St. Mary. "Mother Harriet," whose life was mercy-consecrate, died at the head of the organization referred to and was a woman of great executive ability. Coming young from the South, she early devoted her days to deeds of love and filled the passing hours with beneficent ministries. She planted St. Mary's Hospital for Children at the "Norwalk Rocks," and was happy in visiting her great-grand uncle's Norwalk home. She herself took the first patient to St. Luke's Hospital, New York, beginning her labors under the direction of the beloved Muhlenberg. A "FAR WEST" CANNON DESCENDANT. LeGrand, brother of "Commodore" John Cannon of Norwalk, married July 17, 1753, and he and his wife Charity became citizens of Stratford, Conn. They had four sons and four daughters. Their third son, James, who was born July 19, 1767, married in 1787 Mary Burritt, and was blessed with a large family. George, their fifth boy, born January 3, 1799, married in June, 1825, Marguerette, daughter of Dr. J. White of Albany, N. Y. From Albany George and Marguerette Cannon removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where five sons and one daughter were born to them. Charles Wesley, their third son, born July 1, 1833, married, March, 1868, Catharine B. Martine, and had one daughter and one son. The daughter, Bernice Martinique, born November 16, 1869, died a young lady not quite nineteen years of age. Her brother, William Legrand, was born September 24. 1872.' Charles W. (Hon.) and Catharine B. Cannon are the well known opulent Cannons of Helena, Montana. They belong to the Stratford rather than the Norwalk Cannon line, but have taken an active interest in this town's branch of the family. Their visit hither some some few years since, of inquiry and of investigation is well recalled and particularly their stud}" of the Cannon painting in the John Cannon home on Norwalk green. Charles W. Cannon has preserved the inscriptions upon the lids (Tiffany copied) of the Cannon silver tankard which is said to have been used at the anniversary in France, of the wedding, of the New York Cannon foreparents. The inscriptions run thus : LARGE LID — MARRIAGE. Legitimo thala mi, qui dextras, foedere jungunt, Hos Deus, omnimoda, prosperi eate be at. Those who join their hands in lawful wedlock — may God bless them with all pros- perity. 4H N O R W A L K. SMALL LID ANNIVERSARY. Prole tho rum, victu men, som vela mine corpus, Atque ope rit drachmae Grandine, tecta dompus. With children the bed, with food the table, with clothing the body; and with a hail of honey he covers the roof of the house. Vir qui timet Jehovam, ecce sic benedicetur. Behold so well he blessed the man who fears God. Prece et Lahore. By prayer and labor. COAT OF ARMS MOTTO. Firmior quo paratior. The better prepared, so much the stronger. WILLIAM ASPINWALL CANNON. William Aspinwall, youngest son of Johnlst and Esther (Perry) Cannon, married on the first da)' of the winter of 1798 Betsey,1 born 1780, daughter of John4"' and Rebecca 1Betsey Seymour was a daughter of John4th and Rebecca Seymour, and granddaughter of John3rd and Ruth Belden Seymour, which John Seymour3rd was a son of John2nd and Sarah (Gregory) Seymour, which John2nd was a son of Thomas1 st and Hannah (Mar- vin) Seymour, and grandson of Richard Seymour1 st, the Norwalk Seymour settler. Mrs. William A. Can- non (Betsey Seymour) married, second, Gershom Bradley, and had one daughter. Ruth, the sister of Betsey Seymour and ten years her junior, married Augustus Sammis of Lloyd's Neck, Queen's County, Long Island. After the marriage of Mr. Sammis himself and Norwalk bride returned to Long Island, where was born to them February 27, 1787, the now remembered venerable John Seymour Sammis, through whose veins ran, beside the Seymour blood, that of four other principal Norwalk founders, viz: Belden, Gregory, Keeler and Marvin. John S. and Nancy W. Sammis were married January 25, 1809, and were the parents of Nancy, born June 20, 1814 (Mrs. William Gale, first, and second, Mrs. Dan- iel F. Benedict, a most worthy woman, recently de- ceased), and Elizabeth, born December 6, 1817, and William Cannon, born November 26, 1818, and Augustus, born July 21,1821, and Elizabeth Cannon, born February 6, 1824, and Alexander, born Decem- ber 27, 1827 (died in infancy), and Helen E., born May 27, 1827 (one of Norwalk's bright and lovely school girls, who married Daniel Sanford of Redding). William C. Sammis, son of John S., married, May 4, 1842, Sarah Ann, daughter of Captain Daniel K. Nash (page 109), and had John S., Theodore A., Francis, Helen Eva, Mary, William E., Augustus. Augustus (M. D.), sou of John S. Sammis, mar- ried Mary A., daughter of Daniel Star Bar tram (page 327) of Norwalk, and had: William A., born Decem- ber 20, 1849, and Elizabeth S. and Mary L., twins, born July 15, 1852. Dr. Augustus Sammis and his wife, Mary A., were two excellent children of this town. They were school mates in early life, both of them studious and both favorites. Their intimacy began in youth and grew as years increased. The Doctor's recitations in the classics to his tutor were exceptionally thorough, and his grasp of the ancient tongues was remarkable. He studied medicine with the elder Dr. John A. McLean. John S., son of William Cannon Sammis, married Christine, daughter of J. J. Cape, and had Helen E., Frederick C, Theodore, Louise C, Emma C, John S. Theodore A., son of William C. Sammis, married Lena Doolittle, and had William D., Evelyn V. W., Theodore A. Francis, son of William C. Sammis, married Frances A. Allen, and had William E. (died young), Louise B., born July 18, 1881, Edna, born February 4, 1889. William E., son of William C. Sammis, married in New York (no children), and his brother Augustus is unmarried