Supplement to Norwalk, Conn., Volume One: Genealogy

3William, only son of Colonel Isaac Hayes by his second wife, married Hannah Loder of the Oblong family of that name. Hannah Loder (Mrs. William Hayes) was of the same blood of Benjamin Loder of Erie Railroad celebrity, who married Polly Ann, daughter of James White Church, who was a son of Daniel and Sarah (Pickett) Church, which Daniel Church was a son of Ebenezerlst and Susannah (Fitch) Church, and consequently a grandson of Hon. Samuel, brother of Governor Thomas Fitch of Nor- walk. Mrs. William Hayes had no children, but Ben- jamin Loder, of whom she was wont to remind her Hayes marriage kin, had a large family. With Mrs. Benjamin Loder's grandmother Try- on's men, after the battle of Ridgefield, enjo3^ed some- thing of a repast while marching from Ridgefield, via Wilton, to Westport. The soldiers seemed to take possession of a room set off from the porch and there helped themselves freely. Mrs. Daniel Church was a woman of sweetness of voice, and known as quite a singer. Perhaps her disposition was of a quality to enable her to unruffledly bear the British visitation. A great granddaughter of Daniel and Sarah Church married Edward D. Webb of Cortland, N. Y., who traces himself back, in direct line, to Christopher Webb, who, born April 15, 1599, came to America in 1626, and is supposed to have been a younger brother of Richard Webblst of Norwalk (see- pages 398-404). Samuel, a younger brother of James White Church, married Jane, daughter of Stephen and Hannah NORWALK. 465 David W., son of Thacher and Mary (Weed) Hayes, married, March 30, 1847, Hannah Campfield, daughter of Ebenezer Selleck, and had Levinia (Mrs. Harvey Hoyt),1 and Mary Eliza (Mrs. James Slauson). David W. Hayes married, second, Mrs. Albia Campfield, and had no children. Clarissa, daughter of Thacher and Mary (Weed) Hayes, married, as his second wife, Lewis Richards, M. D.,2 of New Canaan, and had no children. Charles, son of Thacher and Mary (Weed) Hayes, married Betsey, daughter of Stephen Waterbury, and had no children. THACHER— DEANE— WEBB. Lydia Thacher, a few years the senior of Captain Josiah of Norwalk, married John Deane of Groton, Conn., and was the mother of Silas Deanelst. Silaslst married Sarah Bar- ker, to whom was born, on the day before Christmas, 1737, Silas Deane, Jr., who was a member of the first (1774) Congress, and deputized, in 1776, to proceed on a political errand to France, there to meet Dr. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson and confer in the interests of the new power in the West. Silas Deane2"'1 married the widow of Joseph Webb4th. This young Webb, who died March 5 or 25, 1761, was born in Stamford December 8, 1627, but anon left Fairfield County for Wethersfield, where he married, February 2, 1748, Mehetable, born 1732, daughter of Gershom and Sarah (Waterhouse) Nott. The widow Webb was, before her second marriage, the mother of a number of Webb children, among whom was General Samuel B. (see page 400). Joseph Webb4"1 was son of Joseph3rrl, born (Marvin) Keeler. Stephen Keeler was a son of Jehu and Lydia (Lockwood) Keeler, a fine connection, see pages 178 and 185. The children of Stephen and Hannah Keeler were Sally (Mrs. Amos Smith of Ridgefield), Nancy (Mrs. Asahel Osborn of Ridge- field), Lucy (Mrs. William Dudley), John, Lockwood died young, Mary (Mrs. Seth Ferris), Jane (Mrs. Sam- uel Church), Esther (Mrs. Bela St. John) which Jane and Esther were twins, and Roxjr (Mrs. Charles Nash) . Seth and Mary (Keeler) Ferris were the parents of the greatly esteemed Deacon Gould Ferris of South Norwalk, who married Mary Ann, daughter of Sam- uel and Esther (Keeler) Beers of Wilton, and had, Mary A. (Mrs. Rev. J. J. Wooley), Frank A., and Emma (Mrs. Nelson Dickerman). Lockwood Keeler Ferris and Mary (Mrs. Tru- man Trowbridge) of Danbury were also children of Seth and Mary Ferris. Mrs. Nancy (Keeler) Osborn had several sons and daughters. One Charles, a New York silver- smith, married the educated Miss Esther Harrington, of Middletown, and had a son Henry, who was on the New York Graphic (illustrated) staff. 1Mrs. Hoyt, who is now a widow and tenderly ministered to by her two daughters Cheshire and Mary Eliza, and grandson William A. Hanford, occu- pies the Hoyt home a little north of the Lewisboro rectory and westerly of the Upper Norwalk reservoir. She is a lad}' of high worth and the family is held in just esteem. 2Lewis Richards, M. D., was a New Canaan clever and conscientious physician of the old school. He possessed certain manner characteristics, but was skillful and good. His name was an household one and he was highly respected. He was twice married. His first wife, Mary Selleck, a sister of Mrs. Peter Smith of Smith's Ridge, was a rare character. She filled the Dr. Richards home (Bond house on Owenoke Avenue, 1899), with sweetness and goodness, and made it an attractive hearthstone. Her daughter Sophia (Mrs. Prof. James H. Olmstead) was a New England maiden, the like to whose eminent excellence the poet must have had in mind when he taught that "few or none rise in their room." There were two other sisters, Sarah and Hannah, and a brother James. Dr. Richards married, second, Clarissa, daiighter of Thacher and Mary Hayes, to whom he was introduced by a worthy Oblong wife and mother, Mrs. Amos. N. Raymond. 466 N O R W A L K. January 26, 1700, who married, August 23, 1726, Sarah, born November 7, 1702, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Finch) Blachly. The father of Joseph Webb3"1 was Joseph21"1, born January 5, 1674, who married, February 23, 1698, Mary Hoyt. Joseph Webb2"* was son of Joseph151', born March 30, 1636, who married, August 11, 1672, Hannah Scofield of Stamford. Joseph Webb1*' was the son of Richard, Jr., the only son, presumably, of Richard Webb1" of Norwalk. James Watson Webb (See pages 388 and 442), son of General Samuel Blachley Webb, married, 1823, Helen Lispenard, daughter of Alexander L. and Sarah Lispenard Stewart of New York. Norwalk's first Thacher, Captain Josiah,1 of clerical and professional lineage, closed his life not far from the time of Tryon's invasion. His estate was inventoried November 22, 1780, but the court did not order its distribution until December 27, 1785. He seems to have iWhatever may be its significance Thacher-wise, a minute, seemingly incidental, in an ancient Norwalk land record to the effect that Captain Josiah Thacher and Jachin Gregory were "heirs of Thomas Grego- ry, dec," opens to important data pertaining to the Gregory family genealogy. Thomas Gregory1 st, son of Johnlst, married Elizabeth Pardee (page 83) and had Martha, born April 31, 1680; Thomas, died young; Ebenezer, October 27, 1683; Phebe (Mrs. Thomas Hurlbutt), November, 1686; Rachel, Ma}', 1691; Rebecca, and, presumably, Elizabethand Sarah (Mrs. David Perry). The only son (at least to reach maturit}') of Thomas Gregory1 st was Ebenezer, who married Mar}', daugh- ter of John Fitch as per page 83, and was the father of Jabez and grandfather of Moses Gregory. Thomas Gregory-"<J (nephew of Thomas1 st) was a son of Jachin1 st and grandson of John Greg- orylst. Thomas Gregory2nd, born January 17, 1672, married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Mercy (Lindall) Ketchum, and sister of Nathaniel Ketchum of Wilton. He seems to have been several years his wife's senior and to have died at the age of forty. He was the brother of Samuel, who died young, and of Matthew, the ancestor of Ira Gregory of Norwalk, and Jachin, and Mary, (Mrs. Joseph Bouton) and Sarah (Mrs. John Seymour), and John, bornjanuaiw 25, 1670. After the decease of Thomas Gregory2lld his widow married Moses Fountain. The children of Thomas2nd and Elizabeth (Ketchum) Gregory were Thomas; Benjamin, born December 17, 1703 ; Sam- uel, March 22, 1705; Elizabeth, September 22, 1708 (Mrs. David Whelpley, see page 444) and Sarah, born Februar}' 4, 1710 (Mrs. Ebenezer Nash). The Cranberry Plain Gregorys are in the direct John Gregory line. Johnlst and Sarah Gregory, the settlers, were the parents of John2nd, whose son John3ld married Mar}', daughter of Ebenezer and a sister of Robert Smith of Long Island, the mother of which Mary and Robert Smith was (page 186) the honor subject of a Jamaica, L. I., public action. John3rd and Mary Smith lived in Cranberry Plain and were the parents of John4th, Nehemiah, Denton, Stephen and Sarah (Mrs. John Betts). The children of John4th and Mary Gregory were John, Mar}'lst, Ebenezer, Abraham, Seeley, Hezekiah, Mary2"d, Sarah (Mrs. Nash), Phebe (Mrs. Linsley), Elizabeth, Hannah and Charity. Abraham1 st, born September 17, 1736, son of John Gregory4th, married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Gregory) Betts, and had Hannah, born April 5, 1761 (Mrs. Seth Marvin); Ebenezer, 1763, died 1793; Abraham2"d, January 22, 1765, died young; Abraham3'd, September 7, 1767, married Polly Allen; William1- st, 1770, died young; Sarah, January 2,1772 (Mrs Hanford); Nancy, August 9, 1775, died young; Mary, September 17, 1776 (Mrs. Francis Galpin, first, and, second, Mrs. William Jameson); William2nd, January, 1778, died young; Sabra, December 8, 1779 (Mrs. Ashbel Crossnian); John B., April 3, 1782, married Olive Raymond ; Wil- liam:!rd, January 1, 1786. Abraham Gregory1 st married, second, April, 1791, Damarist Disbrow. He bought a pole of land of Colonel Stephen St. John (site of the house of his grandson, the late Henry Marvin, son of Seth, of East Norwalk) and there built a small oak trame structure. This was afterward removed to Half Mile Island and constituted the home (see page 51) of Grandmother Gregory, the widow of John B., son of Abraham Gregory1 st. Nehemiah, son of John Gregoi'3'3rd, (note, page 150) married the widow of Matthias St. John, whose daughters, Catharine, Elizabeth and Hannah, were respectively Mrs. Joseph Marvin, Mrs. John Abbott, Jr., and Mrs. Lemuel Rogers. Dentonlst, son of John Gregory3rd, married, July 18, 1752, Elizabeth Sherwood, and had Mary, born December 14, 1753; John, December 25, 1755, Eliza- beth, January 4, 1757; Josiah, August 2, 1760; Re- NORWALK. 467