Supplement to Norwalk, Conn., Volume One: Genealogy

3Joseph Patterson married, December 18, 1867, Mary A. Scofield, and had Alice Lydia, who married, September, 1893, Dr. Ezra Todd of New York. 4Rev. Dr. Henry L. Butler is pastor of the Pres- byterian Church in Blairtown, N.J. He was married May 8, 1867, and had Courtland P., William P. (died), Joseph P. (died), Horace Graham, Emma Seymour, Henry (died). Courtland Patterson, son of Rev. Dr. Henry L. and Maria Thacher (Patterson) Butler, married No- vember, 1897, Maud Valentine of Hackettstown, N. J. He is pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Riverton, N. J. 5Julia Thacher Olmstead married, October 25, 1852, Isaac Smith, and had, Sarah Maria Lockwood, born January 9, 1854; Mary Fisher, August 3, 1856, (died July 2, 1857), and Carrie Elizabeth, January 16, 1859. Sarah Maria Lockwood Smith married, October 12, 1871, George Comstock, and had Mortimer, born December 20, 1872, and Andrew Betts,born May 22, 1877. Carrie Elizabeth Smith married, October 5, N O R W A L K 459 Kate Maria, born September 13, 1843, Mrs. Philo A. Thacher; Harriet,1 born August 4, 1847 ; Ida E.,2 born August 25, 1852, died November, 1894. William, son of Philo and Cynthia (Lockwood) Thacher, married Eliza Bouton and had: Jane A., born September 3, 1841, unmarried; Betsey H., born September 23, 1843; Maria C, born Febraury 18, 1845, Mrs. Allen DeForest. John Augustus, son of Philo and Cynthia (Lockwood) Thacher, married, October 5, 1837, Ruhamah, born March 31, 1818, daughter of Elias and Maria Dixon of Bedford, N. Y., and had; Philo Augustus, born August 12, 1839; John Gurrell, born March 23, 1843; Frederick Albert, born July 22, 1853, died May 20, 1862. George L.,2d son of George L.,lst and Eliza (Trappal) Thacher, married, Jul}' 2, 1895, Ellie Callanan, and had : Edith May, born May 26, 1896. Philo A., son of John A. and Ruhamah (Dixon) Thacher, married, first, February 5, 1863, Kate M., daughter of Linus and Catherine (Thacher) Olmstead, and had: Gertrude Maria, born November 13, 1863; Kate Rhunah, born September 27, 1869, died October 4, 1869. Mrs. Kate Maria Thacher died October 2, 1869, and Philo A. Thacher married, second July 31, 1871, Emma, born February 12, 1845, daughter of Noah W. and Cornelia (Bennett) Hoyt,3 and had : Frederick Hoyt, born August 15, 1873; Mabel Bennett, born September 17, 1876. John Gurrell, son of John A. and Ruhamah Thacher, married, March 30, 1871, Mary Stevens, born June 8, 1844. THACHER— TOTTEN. Generation I. Rev. Peter Thacherlst, instituted Vicar of the Parish of Queen Camel in 1574, continued in that office until his death in 1624. His children were: 1881, Henry Roberts of Hartford, Conn., and had John Taylor, born June 29, 1882; Francis Thacher, October 5, 1884, (died March 20, 1889), and Edward Constant, June 5, 1888. iHarriet Olmstead married, October 27, 1869, Joshua Putney, and had Ada. 2Ida E. Olmstead married, December 5, 1871, Orson H. Cole, and had Jennie Louise. 3The late Noah W. Hoyt was a worthiul, urbane and greatly respected citizen and public official of New Canaan, where his days were usefully spent. His son-in-law, Philo A. Thacher, has a centrally and de- lightfully situated residence in that same prosperous town of sightly ridges and salubrious climate and substantial family seats. Mr. Thacher has purchased, in 1899, the ancient Norwalk Captain Josiah Thacher home-site-adjoining of towards two hundred years agone, and his intelligent interest in his family pedi- gree has been of signal service to the author. He is a zealous Josiah Thacher descendant. 460 GENERATION II. Rev. Peter Thacher2nd, Vicar of Milton-Clevedon, Somersetshire, England, 1616, and Rector of St. Edwards, Salisbury, "Wiltshire, 1622, till his death, February n, 1640; and Rev. Anthony Thacherlst, probably curate to his father at Queen Camel, and subsequently, possibly for some time in Holland ; afterward curate to his brother Peter 1631-1634 at St. Edmunds, Salisbury. Wiltshire, England. Rev. Anthony Thacher, brother of Peter, born at Queen Camel, County Somerset, Eng- land, 1590; in England a Curate of the Established Church, in this country one of the original grantees and founders of Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, and prominent in the public affairs of that place. He came to this country in the ship "James," which sailed from Southampton, England, April 6, 1635, and arrived at Boston June 3rd or 4th, 1635. He died at Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, between June 30, 1667, and August 22, 1667, and was buried on his own land. Anthony Thacher15' was married twice. His first wife, whom he wedded between 1617 and May 1, 1621, died at Salisbury, County Wilts, subsequent to April 12, 1634. The chil- dren by the first marriage were William Thacher, born previous to 1620, died August 15, 1635, shipwreched and drowned; Mary Thacher, died August 15, 1635, shipwrecked and drowned; Edith, baptized at Queen Camel, County Somerset, England, February 7, 1621, died August 15, 1635, shipwrecked and drowned; Peter, died August 15, 1635, shipwrecked and drowned; Benjamin, born at Salisbury, County Wilts, England, Sunday, April 13, 1634, baptized at St. Edmunds, Salisbury, England, Sunday, April 27, 1634, died at Salisbury, England, and buried there September 4, 1639. Anthony Thacher18' married, second (shortly previous to sailing to this country), Eliza- beth Jones (who died subsequent to her husband's death, as she was granted letters of administration on his estate), and had John Thacher (Colonel), born March 17, 1638-39 at Salem, Massachusetts Colony, died May 8, 1713, at Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony; Judah, died November 4, 1676; Bethia. John Thacher (Colonel), son of Anthony1", resided at Yarmouth, where he was Colonel of Militia (over twenty years), Selectman of Yarmouth, for fifteen years Representative to General Court from Yarmouth, member of Council of War, Assistant and member of Provin- cial Council. He died at Yarmouth, Massachusetts Province, May 8, 1713, and was buried with military honors. He married first, November 6, 1661, Rebecca, born at Marshfield, Mass., July 16, 1642, daughter of Josiah and Margarte (Bourne) Winslow. She resided previous to marriage, at Marshfield, Mass., but died at Yarmouth, Mass., July 15, 1683. These had ten children. Colonel John Thacher married, second, January 1, 1684, (old style), Lydia, daughter of Colonel John and Desire (Howland) Gorham. The second Mrs. Colonel John Thacher was born at Yarmouth, Mass., November 6 or 11, 1661, and died at Yarmouth, Mass., June or August 2, 1744. Josiah15', son of Colonel John and Rebecca (Winslow) Thacher, was born at Yarmouth, Mass., April 26, 1667, and resided there, where he was Deacon of the Church. He died at Yar- mouth May 12, 1702. He married, February 25, 1690, Mary, daughter of Elisha Hedge, and had five children. NORWALK. 461 Josiah, Jr., son of Josiahlst and Mary (Hedge) Thacher, was born at Yarmouth, Mass., July 7, 1701, and died at Norwalk, Conn., August 22, 1780. He was known as Captain Josiah Thacher,1 and was a sea captain (probably in coasting trade). He died at Norwalk Tuesday, August 22, 1780 at 8 hours and 44 minutes in the morning, and is buried presuma- ably in East Norwalk Cemetery, between the graves of his two wives. He married, first, February 17, 1724, Ann (Burr, Bun or Bunce), born March 25, 1699, who died at Norwalk February 25, 1733-34, between nine and ten at night, and is buried in East Norwalk Ceme- tery, where a stone marks her grave. The children of Captain Josiah2nd and Ann Thacher were Ann, born July 4, 1726, Monday morning, at half-past one o'clock, died June 15, 1727; Josiah3rd, born February 15, 1728-29, at about five o'clock Saturday morning, died Monday, March 9, 1807; Ann, born April 10, 1731, about two o'clock Saturday afternoon; Mary, born Friday, September 14, 1733, at one o'clock in the morning. Captain Josiah Thacher (Thatcher) married, second, probably at Boston, Mass., August 7, 1735, according to Greenleaf genealogy, and September 15, 1735, according to Family Bible, Mrs. Mary Greenleaf-Blinn, widow of James Blinn. The second Mrs. Captain Josiah Thacher was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 29, 1706 (Greenleaf geneal- ogy), September 25, 1706 (Family Bible). She died at Norwalk, Conn., April 2, 1774 (Green- leaf genealogy), April 6, 1774 (Family Bible and grave-stone), and was buried in East Nor- walk Cemetery, where a grave-stone marks her resting place. She was a daughter of Rev. Daniel Greenleaf of Yarmouth and Boston, and of Elizabeth Gookin, who resided at Yar- mouth and Boston. The children by this second marriage were Elizabeth, born April 25, 1737, died September 5, 1743; Daniel, born Friday, June 29, 1739, died November 17, 1776; John, born July 25, 1742, at Norwalk, died January 16, 1805, at Stratford; Hannah; Eliza- beth, born after September 5, 1743 ; Stephen Greenleaf. Captain John Thacher (Thatcher) was born at Norwalk July 25, 1742, and resided at New Haven and Stratford. He was Captain of the galley "Washington" at the battle of Valcour's Island, Lake Champlain, October 11, 1776. He was wounded and taken prisoner, paroled and pensioned for his services in the Revolutionary War. He died at Stratford Jan- uary 16, 1805, and is buried in the Episcopal ground at that place. His children were Par- tridge, born February 14, 1767, died September 8, 1845; Stephen Greenleaf; Betsey. Captain John Thacher (Thatcher) married, second, at Stratford, probably in 1777-78, Mehitable Uffort, widow of Lieutenant William Thompson, who was killed at the battle of Ridgefield, Conn., April 27, 1777. She was born at Stratford March 16, 1745, and died at iCaptain Josiah Thacher of Norwalk had a sis- ter Mary (see Norwalk Town Records, Vol. VII., page 274), who married Josiah Sears of Harwich, Mass. These seem to have had a grandson Thacher, born 1752, whose mother became, when he was three years old, the second wife of Ebenezer Church1 st. The first wife of said Church was Susannah, daughter of Hon. Samuel Fitch, who having given birth to two children, Daniel and Richard, died October 7, 1747. Richard, the younger son, died unmarried, but Daniel, through his wife Sarah Pickett, became the progeni-