Supplement to Norwalk, Conn., Volume One: Genealogy

Hannah, born in 1748, married Justus Hoyt, of Pembrook, and died April 15, 1832; Anna, born November 24, 1749, married, September 5, 1786, Colonel Ashael Salmon of Redding, an officer of the Revolutionary War; Daniel, born in 1752 ; Sarah, married Abel Burr; Thankful, married Noah Munrow, son of Noah and Deborah of Sharon, Conn. FOURTH GENERATION. Daniel Wood, Jr., the fourth child and only son of Daniel and Mary Wood, died at Dan- bury September 21, 1829. His will is dated June 27, 1825. He married, first, Wealthy, daugh- ter of Noah and Deborah Munrow of Sharon, Conn., and had seven children. His wife was born October 15, 1759, and died July 10, 1818. He married again, August 26, 1821, Lydia, born 1775, died September 23, 1845, widow of Benjamin Lobdell, and had William. Lydia had two children by her first marriage, Selleck and Sallie Lobdell, both of whom married de- scendants of Daniel Woodlst. Daniel, Jr., lived on Long Ridge until the death of his father, when he inherited a greater portion of his father's landed estate. At his death he was buried by the side of his first wife, Wealthy, in the old cemetery west of the county jail in Dan- bury. The widow, Lydia, survived him about sixteen years and was buried at the side of her first husband in the burying ground at the south end of Starr's Plain District in Danbury. In this ground lie many of the early settlers of the region, but unfortunately inscribed head- stones in many instances were not placed. The Congregational Church records of Danbury show that Daniel and his first wife belonged to that body. His children were: By wife Wealthy : Noah, born February 24, 1780; Abijah,1 born April 7, 1784. Married, first, Letitia Submit Chapman, born 1788, died November 14, 1822. Married, second, Widow Sally (Lobdell) Jones, his step-sister. He died August 1, 1863. Removed in May, 1828, to Seneca County, New York, and in 1831 to Bellona, Yates County, New York, and in 1834 to Lodi, Washtenaw County, Michigan, where he resided the remainder 480 N O R W A L K. of his life. There are many of the descendants of Abijah, the pioneer, and his brother, Ira, in Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and other Western States. Philo, born November 7, 1789. Married Amy Barlow, daughter of John, of Ridge- field, Conn. She was born May 23, 1792. He died October 29, 1864. She December 12, 1876. Anna, married Alanson Stone. Lucy, married Gould, son of David and Hannah Scott. Ira, born August 29, 1796, married Maria Scott. She was daughter of Jere Scott of Ridgefield, Conn. She was born April 3, 1797, and married November 28, 1816. He died March 27, 1856, she died January 4, 1892. He removed to Ovid, Seneca County, New York, 1830, and to town of Benton, Yates County, New York, in 1831, and to Lodi, Washtenaw County, Michigan, in 1836, buy- ing a farm near his brother Abijah, where he lived the remainder of his days. Eli, born March 22, 1798, married between 1831 and 1836 Eliza Burt, daughter of Joshua, of Ridgefield, Conn. She was born December 25, 1801, and died November 22, 1880. He died November 24, 1855. Removed to Bellona, in the town of Benton, Seneca County, New York, in 1834, where he bought the farm of his brother Abijah. No issue. By second wife, Lydia, Daniel Wood, Jr., had : William, born 1822, married Delight Gage, died October 24, 1846. FIFTH GENERATION. Noah Wood, oldest child of Daniel Wood, Jr., died at Danbury August 22, 1846. He married, April 16, 1797, Deborah, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Wilson) Piatt. Joseph Piatt, born in Norwalk between 1739 and 1749, owned a farm in Danburyj Conn., and was a member of Colonel Philip Burr Bradley's Fifth Regiment, Connecticut line, in the Revolutionary War. During the time between his enlistment and discharge, the Fifth Connecticut Regiment took part in the military operations around Peekskill and in the battle of Germantown. His widow was awarded a pension by the United States government on account of the military services of her husband. Deborah was born December 10, 1778, and died April 29, 1855, at Long Ridge, where she was buried by the side of her husband in the family plat located on his farm. The children of Noah and Deborah (Piatt) Wood were: Joseph Piatt, born June 29, 1797 ; Harvey, born March 29, 1799, married Hannah Dykeman, and died October 27, 1.8.6 ij Lucy Ann, born July 28, 1802, married Selleck Lobdell, and died November 19, 1881; William Ward, born August 11, 1806, died in infancy; Betsey Ann, born August 11, 1806, married Russel John White, and died July 4, 1888; Sally Maria, born June 14, 1808, married, first, Orson Stone, second, Daniel Barlow Wood, the son of her uncle Philo, and died February 24, 1876; Smith Bryant, born February 25, 1815, married Symantha Hickick, and died Sep- tember, 1874. NOR WALK. 481 SIXTH GENERATION. Joseph Piatt, oldest child of Noah and Deborah (Piatt) Wood, was born at Long Ridge, Danbury, Conn., June 29, 1797, and died at Danbury March 5, 1883. He married, March 7, 1822, Clarissa, daughter of John Pickett5"' of Pickett's Ridge, Redding, Conn. Clarissa Pickett was born March 28, 1799, and died August 17, 1873. She was a descendant of Ralph Keeler, Sr., one of the first settlers of Norwalk, and also of Ensign James Stewart of Norwalk, 1726, and also of Thomas Rumball, who came to Boston in the ship "True- love," 1635, and was in the Pequot War, and died in Stratford, 1649. Joseph Piatt Wood lived in Danbury, Conn., his farm being on the Saugatuck River near its head, partly in the Long Ridge and partly in Star Plain Districts. He and his wife lie buried in the family plat of their only son in Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn. Their children were: Noah, born October 25, 1822 ; Polly Ann, born February 14, 1831, married, 1849, Orrin L., son of Thaddeus Bron- son, of Starr's Plain, Danbury, and has two daughters. SEVENTH GENERATION. Noah, son of Joseph Piatt and Clarissa (Pickett) Wood, was born in Danbury October 25, 1822, and was probably the first of his line to make Norwalk his home since Dr. Samuel, the emigrant, there tarried long enough to take unto himself a wife. Arriving in Norwalk in February, 1845, he lived for a few years in the old St. John place on the green. The resi- dence of his son, Charles N., now stands on the southern end of the St. John place. About the year 1853 he built the house, since known as the Newkirk place, on Lewis street, west of the Congregational Church, where he resided until he purchased (in April, 1855) from Rev. Dr. Edwin Hall, the historian, the place on East Avenue that has since been his home. He married, November 24, 1839, Eliza Jane (born January 26, 1821, died November 16, 1855), daughter of Colonel Joseph Wakeman and Eliza (Goodrich) Gorham, of Redding. Colonel Joseph W. Gorham was a direct descendant of Captain John. Gorham, born at Ben- field, in Nottinghamshire, England, 1620-21, who married, 1643, Desire, daughter of John Howland and granddaughter of John Tilley, both of whom were Mayflower passengers. John Gorham was appointed Captain of the Second Company of Plymouth forces in King Philip's War, and died from the effects of exposure in the great Swamp fight. He was buried at Swansea February 5, 1675-6. Eliza Goodrich was the daughter of Ethan Good- rich, who descended in a direct line from W'illiam Goodrich, one of the two brothers who came to Wethersfield, Conn., from England in 1643 and married Sarah Marvin of that place in 1648. The children of Noah and Eliza J. Wood were : Charles Gorham, born Danbury, Conn., September 10, 1840, died, Norwalk, Conn., July 6, 1846. Frances Jane, born Danbury, Conn., January 1, 1842, married Jonathan Camp, Norwalk, April 5, 1865. He was born January 22, 1838, and died April 16, 1874. Their children were Kate Elaine, born at Norwalk January 18, 1866, and Jonathan, born at Jersey City, N. J., January 10, 1874. 482 N O R W A L K. Charles Noah, born Norwalk, Conn., September 28, 1847, married Lucretia Tilden Howes, Willimantic, Conn., February 15, 1871. She was born July 3, 18-48. Their children were James Noah, born at Willimantic September 5, 1873; Vera May, born at Norwalk January g, 1878; Charles Edward, born at Nor- walk November 12, 1882, died January 16, 1883. William Piatt, born Norwalk, Conn., April 28, 1849, and died at Hudson, N. Y., August 16, 1885. Married Carrie F. Lovell, Jersey City, 1876. She was born April 8, i860. Their children were Wallace Lovell, born at Jersey City, N. J., April 28, 1877; Frederick, born April 9, 1879; Annie Mason, born Feb- ruary 20, 1881, died. Eliza Antoinette, born Norwalk, Conn., July 28, 1851, and died at South Norwalk, October 18, 1889. Married Charles E. Ferris of South Norwalk January 8, 1873. He was born September 22, 1846. Their children were Dudley Ely, born at South Norwalk April 24, 1874, died August 13, 1874; Victor Wood, born at South Norwalk June 2, 1875; Jennie Frances, born October 18, 1876. Frederick, born Norwalk, Conn., February 20, 1854, married Maud Graham, Phila- delphia, Pa., April 29, 1884. She was born July 2, 1858, at Merchantville, N. J. Their chddren were Frederick, born at Merchantville, N. J., February 13, 1885, died July 21, 1885; William Charles, born at' Merchantville, N. J., March 2, 1886; Graham, born at Philadelphia, Pa., August 18, 1888. CONCLUSION. The roll of "Ancient Non-original Home-Lot Householders" is incomplete, but "Norwalk" having now attained to page-dimensions sufficient to constitute a convenient sized work is herewith presented under the title of Volume One and Supplement. INDEX. TOPICAL INDEX. Page Introductor}-, 3 Dedication, 4 Settlement History, 5 Ludlow Ancestry-, 6 Indian Deed to Ludlow, 7 Partrick Purchase, 8 Indian Deed to Partrick, 8 English " Agreement ", 11 Court " Approbation ", 12 Indian Goodyear-Memoranda, 12 Goodj-ear Purchase, 13 Runckingheage Deed, 14 Ludlow Assignment, 16 Norwalk Title, 18 Connecticut Charter, 19 Norwalk Patent, 21 The Settlement, 24 The Islands, 28 Winnipauk-Hanford Deed, 28 East Saugatuck Lands, 29 The Lot Drawers, 31 The Stamford Boundary, 31 The Oblong, 32 Ancient Avenues, 33 Ancient Home-Lots, 38, 39