Supplement to Norwalk, Conn., Volume One: Genealogy

iStephen, born October 24, 1771, son of Reuben and Phebe (Tuttle) Mott, married Clarissa, daughter of Peter2nd and Ruth Quintard. Mrs. Reuben Mott was from New Canaan. Her husband was probably of the Long Island Mott family. The children, other than Stephen, of Reuben and Phebe Mott, were Jesse, born December 17, 1764, Grace (Mrs. Thomas Trow- bridge), born July 14, 1766, Sarah (Mrs. Johnson), born June 30, 1769, Polly (Mrs. Smith of Ridgefield), Fanny (Mrs. Curtis Whiting of Stratford), Betsey, born April 23, 1776 (Mrs. James Jarvis of New York) . The children of Stephen and Clarissa Mott were Eliza (unmarried), Marietta (Mrs. Rev. Dr. Humph- reys), and Langdon. Langdon, son of Stephen Mott, married (see page 275) Harriet, daughter of Captain Joshua and Margaret Bouton. Their son, Charles B., married Emily A., daughter of Edwin and Eliza (Smith) Hoyt (see page 359), and their daughter Harriet married Henr\', son of Dr. Emmery C. Bissell of Nor- walk. The children of Thomas and Grace Trowbridge were Nancy (Mrs. Jacob Jennings2nd) , Betsey (Mrs. Uriah Johnson) , and a son who was accidentally shot at Sag Harbor. The children of Jacob2nd and Nancy Jennings were George W., Jacob, Julia Ann, James. The children of George W. and Esther (Hoyt) Jennings were George, Jacob, William, James, Han- nah (Mrs. Captain Nathaniel Clark), Hattie (unmar- ried), and Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Allen Betts). Jacob Jennings2nd, who married Mary Trow- bridge, was born April 22, 1779. He was a son of Jacob1 st and Grace (Parks) Jennings (see page 43), and had a sister Anna, who married, first, a Munson, and second Edwin Van Antwerplst, whose son, Edwin Van Antwerp2"11 formerly owned the East Avenue property afterward occupied by Charles B. White of New York. Anna Jennings married, third, Hezekiah Whitlock, the father by another wife of Mrs. James Stevens (Fanny Whitlock), and of her brother Lewis Whitlock, for ma}' }rears a keeper of the Norwalk Island lighthouse. 2James Ouintard2nd lived in the last house, east, on the north side of the present Marshall Street in South Norwalk. He there kept an "Inn" which bordered the old "Quintard Dock." This dock in the days of the Vanderbilt-Peck steamboat opposition was the landing place of the Vanderbilt boat. The Peck line moored its boat at the " Day Dock," foot of the present Washington Street. It was because Messrs. Vanderbilt and Drew failed to influence the Norwalk stage coach proprietors to first drive their vehicles to the Quintard pier before proceeding with passengers for the Peck line that Mr. Drew determined to plant a coach line of his own. Horses and car- riages were brought from the city and the Vanderbilt patrons were provided for. The Quintard Inn was the only public house at 422 NORWALK. and had James3"1, Polly (Mrs. Hale), Sarah (Mrs. Anthony Delaney), William, and Rebecca (Mrs. Horace Taylor).1 James Quintard2"11 married, second, Sally Hilliard of Redding and had Charles Morris, Jane, Henry Harrison, Maria, and, as it seems, Morris. James Quintard3"1, born October 12, 1786, married, May 28, 1807, Sally, born February 12, 1787, daughter of Henry and Deborah (Hoyt) Chichester, and had: Margaret, born May 4, 1813, died unmarried ; James A., born December 18, 1814 ; Walter C, born January 14. 1816 ; Orestes P.;'2 Lucretia, died unmarried ; Francis E. ; Mary Amelia, Mrs. Samuel D. Smith ;8 Sarah Deborah, Mrs. George Selleck ;4 Harriett E., died young. James A., son of James Quintard3"1, married, November 16, 1834, Eunice B. Hoyt.5 Walter C, son of James Quintard3"1, married, March 19, 1857, Sarah C. Smith of Ridgefield, and had : Theodore Francis, died unmarried ; Emma Louise, Mrs. Robert Baxter. that time in "Old Well." Its sign, which was sus- pended from a bracket over the front door, enjoined : Since man to man is so unjust. You cannot toll what man to trust. I've trusted many to my sorrow, So pay to-day and trust to-morrow. There was a broad open space in Mr. Ouintard's day on the south side of Marshall Street. Absalom Day built a pottery not far from the east end of said street, and just south of the present Consolidated tracks. James Quintard3rd son of James2ml, resided where now stands the residence of E. A. Woodward, and his dwelling was one of the fine modelled homes of that day. Opposite this house (Pardee residence of 1896) lived the father of the late Goold Benedict, for so many 3'ears the faithful South Norwalk station agent of the Consolidated road. James Ouintard3rd was engaged in the pottery business on the site of the 1S96 Hatch, Bailey & Co. establishment, having Henry Chichester1 st as a partner. 1 Horace, son of John Taylor of Ridgebury, Conn., married Rebecca, daughter of James Quin- tard2nd, and had : Adeline Sabra, Mrs. George W. Merrian ; Frances Louise, died in infancy ; William Starr, born May 28, 1829, of Utica, New York ; Sarah Louisa, died young; James Najah ; Julia Augusta, born 1835, died young; Julia Bellamy, Mrs. Sylvester Van Hoosear; Georgiana W., unmarried; Rebecca W., unmarried. James Najah Taylor married Nannie Hobble. After Mr. Taylor's decease the widow married, as his second wife, Charles Olmstead, formerly postmaster of Norwalk. Sylvester Van Hoosear was a recent active merchant of Norwalk (firm of Van Hoosear & Ambler). He was the son of David and Parmelia (Grumman) Van Hoosear of Wilton, Conn. He died October 29, 1884, leaving no children. 20restes P. Quintard married April 20, 1840, Jane M. Bennett, and removed from Norwalk. 3The children of Samuel D. Smith were Howard D. and Mary Ouintard. 4The children of George and Sarah D. Selleck were Lottie Virginia, born June 5, 1854 (Mrs. Wil- liam Moore), and Elizabeth Lucretia (unmarried). F,The children of James A. and Eunice B. Onin- tard were Harriet Virginia, born Ma}' 19,1836 (Mrs. George Mead), Oliver Perry, born October 26, 1838 (died 3'oung), Vannetta, born June 26, 1852 (unmar- ried). NORWALKl 423 Francis E., sou of James Quintard3"1, married, October 20, 1844, Ann M. Jocelyn, and had: Mary Estelle, born July 21, 1847 (Mrs. Francis Burritt) ; Anna Maria, born November 23, 1849 (Mrs. Clarence L. Wheeler). Peter Quintard3rd, son of Peter2lKl by his first wife, died unmarried April 11, 1832. Evertlst, son of Peter Quintard2nd by his first wife, married Hannah Raymond and had Susannah, born November 11, 1771, Susan, born January 2, 1775, Caroline, and Anson. Mrs. Evart Quintardlst married, second, a Hamlin. Anson, son of Evertlst and Hannah Quintard, married Polly Sanford of Redding and had Eliza (Mrs. Oscar Weed), Eli S.,1 Mary Frances (Mrs. Elbert Curtis), Frederick A. (page 240). Isaac, son of Peter Quintard'2'"1, married, November 13, 1793, Elizabeth, born January 14, 1769, daughter of Ezra and Deborah (Stuart) Pickett, and had : Ann, born February 25, 1796, Mrs. Lewis Hendrick ; Evert2011, born January 24, 1798; Charles, married Maria, daughter of James, Jelliff and removed from Norwalk; George,2 born April 3, 1802, died January 4, 1825; Henry, unmarried, born 1809, died October 12, 1847. Eliza, unmarried. XEH S. Quintard married Mar}-, daughter of James and Fanny (Whitlock) Stevens, and had Fred- erick, unmarried. Mary Francis Quintard married, September 29, 1846, Elbert Curtis, and had Rebecca, Harriet Ann, William Anderson. Elbert Curtis married, second, October 7, 1857, Harriet N. Curtis of Huntington, Conn.; had twins, Harriet Ann and Mary Frances. Mary Frances died in infancy. William A., son of Elbert and Man' F. Curtis, married, May 13, 1875, Emma Jeannette, daughter of Woodruff Lyttleton and Emma Eliza (Whitmore) Barnes, and had : Mai Ovington, born May 1, 1876 ; William Elliott, born December 28, 1881. 2George, son of Isaac and Elizabeth Quintard, married, first, Eliza Davis of Ridgefield and had Ann (Mrs. James Hyatt), Sylvester, James, and George, the last two of whom died young. He married, sec- ond, Maria, daughter of John and Eunice (Smith) Lockwood, and had : John Henry, born March 6, 1835 ; Frederick F., born Februar\r 26, 1837 ; Mary Elizabeth, born October 30, 1839 ; Charles Augustus, born Januar\- 1, 184-2; William M., born April 24, 1844 ; George Franklin, born April 5, 1847. James and Ann Hyatt had Eleanor (Mrs. George Fairchild), and Jane (Mrs. Youngs). Sylvester, son of George and Elizabeth Quintard, had two children. John Henrj', son of George and Maria Quintard, married, September 30, 1857, Esther Maria, daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (Jarvis) Church, and had: Samuel Church, born November 2, 1860, died young ; George Henry, born March 19, 1867 ; John Church, born October 16, 1871 ; Susannah Maria, born September 18, 1875. John H. Quintard died October 10, 1895. Frederick F.,son of George and Maria Quintard, married, first, Mary Chapman, and, second, Helen Kay. There were no children by the first wife and only a child who died in infancy by the second mar- riage. Alary Elizabeth, daughter of George and Maria Quintard, married, first, Harmon Gilbert of Wilton, and, second, Henry Stephenson. No children. Charles Augustus, son of George and Maria Quintard, married Josephine, daughter of George Brady, and had Frederick, Florence, Bessie and Lewis, the oldest of whom is the only one married. William M., son of George and Maria Quintard, married, first, Laticia Humphrey, and had Edward, Grace (Mrs. Samuel Boyce), Helen (Mrs. Clarence Sagne), Augusta, Charles, William and Walter. Mr. Quintard married, second, Mary B., daughter of Rev. Romeyn Berry of Rhinebeck, N. Y., and had Romeyn, Alfred and two who died in infancy. NORWALK Evert Quintard2uri, for many years the highly respected citizen and noted cabinet manufacturer and furniture dealer of Norwalk, married, first, November 29, 1819, Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy and Abigail (Smith) Whitney,1 and had: William Lewis, born September 20, 1820 ; Francis Edmond, born March 29, 1823; Mary Elizabeth, born October 10, 1827, Mrs. Bennett D. Lum. Evert Quintard2"'1 married, second, Mrs. Maria St. John of Darien. William L. Quintard married, May 13, 1846, Lydia Ensign Treat, born October 8, 1823, and had :