Supplement to Norwalk, Conn., Volume One: Genealogy

tor of a numerous progeny. Thacher Sears went, as did several of his Norwalk contemporaries, to New Brunswick, and the city of St. John (founded, among others, by a Norwalk man) granted him a house lot. He was married twice, his daughter Ann having been the first native of the city of St. John. His son Rob- ert was the well known publisher of the so-called "Sears' Illustrated Bible." His mother, Mrs. Na- thaniel Sears, first, and, second, Mrs. Ebenezer Church1 st, is buried in St. Paul's church yard. Rob- ert Sears kept his Norwalk kin in mind. 462 NORWALK. Litchfield September 6, 1807, and was a daughter of Ebenezer Uffort and Jane Moss. The children by the second union were Anthony, died the 3rd of February, 1779, aged seven days; Mehitable, died the 16th of July, 1780, aged 30 hours; Anthony, born at Stratford January 7, 1782, died at New London December 26, 1844, buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Lon- don; Betsey, born in Stratford and died at seven years of age; Daniel, born at Stratford May 15, 1789, died October 30, 1867, and is buried in his family plot at Bridgeport. Anthony, son of Captain John and Mehitable (Thompson) Thacher, born at Stratford January 7, 1782, resided at New London, where he died December 26, 1844. He was cashier of The New London Bank from the time of its incorporation in May, 1807, for thirty-five years. He married at New London, February 24, 1806, Lucretia Christophers Mumford, who was born at Elm Grove Farm, Salem, Conn., August 10, 1785, and died at New London, April 6, 1871. She was a daughter of John and Lucretia (Christophers) Mumford of Salem, Conn. The children were Nathaniel Woodbridge, born May 25, 1807, died November 13, 1874 ; Lucretia Mumford, born September 30, 1808, died July 24, 1895 ; Mary Woodbridge, born April 30, 1810, died June 22, 1828, unmarried ; John Christophers, born February 22, 1812, died Decem- ber 20, 1884 ; Eloise Hardy, born November 27, 1813, died July 9, 1899 ; George Thomp- son, born January 20, 1816, died 1895 ; Daniel Anthony, born September 3, 1819, died August 6, 1891 ; Henry Perkins, born September g, 1820, died July, 1853 ; Abby Mumford, born June 21, 1821, died October 18, 1897 ; Julia Ann Hubbell (Mrs. James Totten), born March 6, 1823 living May 12, 1899; Elizabeth Wetmore, born October 4, 1825, living May 12, 1899; Mary Perkins, born October 16, 1830, living May 12, 1899. In addition to the foregoing children there were twins, Anthony and Antoinette, who died in infancy. Julia Ann Hubbell Thatcher (Mrs. James Totten) resides at No. 24 Main Street, New London, Conn. She was married at New London December 5, 1843, to James Totten (son of William and Jane Browne Totten), born at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 11, 1818, and an officer of the United States army. He graduated at West Point, class of 1841, and was in the Second Regiment, U. S. Artillery, as Captain. He served in the Mexican and Civil wars and was Inspector General, United States army. He died at Sedalia, Missouri, October 1, 1871. The children of James and Julia Ann Hubbell (Thatcher) Totten were William Anthony, born at New London May 19, 1845, died at New London February 3, 1851 ; Charles Adele Lewis, born at New London February 4, 1851, Trinity College Class of 1869, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Class of 1873, and First Lieutenant Fourth Regiment U. S. Artillery. He resigned from U. S. army, and is an editor and writer of well known publica- tions, at New Haven. His present residence is Milford, Conn. He married, first, in N. Y., August, 1877, Eda Smith (born September n, 1856, died January 8, 1884), and had Eda, born October 25, 1878; James, born June 1, 1880, and Tea Tephi, born December 27, 1883. Charles A. L. Totten married, second, January 18, 1888, Mary Bunker, born October 25, 1866 and had Muriel Gordon, born January 8, 1889, and Dennis Bunker, born 1898. John Reynolds, son of James and Julia Ann Hubbell (Thatcher) Totten, was born at Banancas Barracks, Pensacola, Florida, November 4, 1856. He was a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, Class of 1878, and was First Lieutenant Fourth U. S. Artillery. He resigned from the army in 1890, and resides at 44 West 54th Street, New York City. He NORWALK. 463 married at Garrisons-on-Hudson, September 5, 1889, Elma Snathe Preston, born at Evans- ville, Ind., January 10, 1862, daughter of Cyprian Preston and of Mary Hamilton Stockwell, who resided at Evansville, Indiana, and New York City. No issue. The highly creditable Thacher-Totten academic record is a matter of felicitous Norwalk note. The author of "Our Race," Prof. C. A. L. Totten, has achieved literary distinction, his genius having entitled him to eminence-place in the world of letters. His brother is Lieut. John R. Totten, of the United States Army. THACHER-HAYES. Ann, born 1731, daughter of Captain Josiah21"1 and Ann Thacher, married Isaac3"1 who was born 1732, son of Isaac2"'1, born March 23, 1706, 1 who was son of Isaac1*' and Elizabeth (Sherwood) Hayes, which Isaac Hayes13' was son of Samuel Hayes13', brother of Nathaniel Hayes13' of Norwalk. (See pages 86 and 90.) Nathaniel13' and Samuel13' Hayes were brothers (see page 90) who brought the Hayes name to Norwalk. Isaac131, son of Samuel, married, July 10, 1701, Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Jackson) Sherwood of Eairfield. These had a son Isaac2nd, born March 23, 1706, who married and had a son Isaac3"1, born 1732, who was the Isaac Hayes who wedded Ann, daughter of Captain Josiah Thacher. Isaac3"1 and Ann (Thacher) Hayes lived at Compo, where was born to them in 1771 their son Thacher. The family being harassed by the British, who were wont to cross from their Long Island headquarters and harass the Connecticut coast patriots, resolved in about 1780 to remove out of harm's way as far inland as the Salem precincts (now Lewisboro). Here a purchase was made from Hon. John Thomas near the present site of St. John's parsonage of Lewisboro. The young and only son Thacher, named for his grandfather's (Captain Josiah Thacher) family, married Mary Weed of Darien, born 1761, who belonged to the Weed family of that town, and had an infant who died young; Harriet, born November 15, 1793, died unmarried March 11, 1862; Maria, born June 1, 1795, married William Andreas of Darien, a widower with eight chil- dren, but had no children of her own; Isaac (Colonel) born October 31, 1797 ; David W., born November 30, 1799; Polly, born August 16, 1804, died young; Clarissa, born July 12, 1806; William, born September 28, 1808, died September 18, 1825 ; Charles, born April 30, 1813. Thacher Hayes, only son of Isaac Hayes3"1, had two sisters, Margaret and Anstrice. Margaret married John Lewis, formerly of Clinton, Conn., but now a resident of the Oblong. These had a son John (Hon.),2 born February 4, 1793, who donated the present lands, etc., to JThe children of Isaac Hayes2nd were Isaac3rcl, (born 1732, died September 26, 1805) , Freegift, Sam- uel, John, Stephen, Peter and Mary (Mrs. O'Brien). Isaac Hayes2nd was the first person interred in the cemetery close by the present St. John's parsonage in Lewisboro. His funeral was attended by Rev. Henry Whitlock, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Norwalk. The children of Isaac Ha3'eslst and his wife Elizabeth were Eunice, born May 2, 1702, (Mrs. Stephen Baldwin of Milford); Jeremiah, born Febru- ary 1, 1704, died young; Isaac2nd, born March 23, 1706; Elizabeth, bom May 23, 1708; Samuel^ born October 30, 1710. Mrs. Isaac Hayes1 st was Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Jackson) Sherwood of Fairfield. 2Hon. John Lewis had a brother Isaac who married Eliza, daughter of Thomas Greenly of New Canaan, and had issue. The portrait of Mr. Lewis now hangs in St. Paul's Chapel, Lewisboro, N. Y. 464 N O R W A L K. the church in Lewisboro. Anstrice, sister of Margaret and Thacher Hayes, married Peter Ketchum, of the old Norwalk Ketchum family, and had two daughters, Nancy and Mary Ketchum. The Ketchums owned the elegant water side property at Saugatuck now occupied by the Eno family, and were seemingly interested in lands at Handsome Ridge, near the New York and Connecticut Colonies' line. Nancy, daughter of Peter and Anstrice (Hayes) Ketchum, married James Stevens Keeler of Troy, N. Y., son of Captain Samuel Keeler of the war of 1812 (see page 124). Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Keeler had no children of their own, but their adopted daughter is the present Mrs. Ira Blanchard of Troy. Mary, sister of Nancy and daughter of Peter and Anstrice (Hayes) Ketchum, married Henry, son of Captain Heze- kiah Betts of Ncrwalk, and is excellently remembered. The two Ketchum daughters were superior women. They were devoted sisters and wives, and proved worthy descendants of the Rev. Peter Thacher of old Sarum across the sea. Mr. Edgar Ketchum Betts, only son of Henry and Mary (Ketchum) Betts, and of the 1899 business house of Earl & Wilson, Troy, N. Y., to-day represents the ancient Norwalk Thacher-Hayes-Ketchum blood. Mr. Betts married, first, April 22, 1867, Fannie M. Fletcher, who died February 8, 1869, no chil- dren. Mr. Betts married, second, May 27, 1875, Harriet Louisa Gardner, and had : Anson Gardner, born April 14, 1876 ; Edgar Hayes, born October 23, 1877 ; Ethel Keeler, born November 8, 1880 ; Arthur Wilson, born June 26, 1886. Isaac4"' (Colonel), son of Thacher and Mary (Weed) Hayes, married, first, Julia, daugh. ter of Jerry Stebbins of Salem, and had James (went to Philadelphia), Mary (Mrs. Josiah Grumman),1 and Jane (Mrs. Amos S. Northrup).2 Colonel Isaac Hayes married, second, Emily, daughter of Jerry Stebbins and sister of his first wife. By this second marriage he had one child, William.3 !The children of Josiah and Mary (Hayes) Grum- man were Julia (Mrs John H. Knapp of South Nor- walk) , and Samuel of the firm of Mather & Grumman of Darien. Josiah and Mary (Hayes) Grumman have no grandchildren. 2The children of Amos and Jane (Hayes) Nor- thrup were Frances Jane (Mrs. George Bennett, no children), A. Randolph (married Emma L., daughter of Jacob Lockwood of Ridgefield, had child who died young), Benjamin Brandreth (married Edith Ben- jamin and had five children).