Newman, Francis and Robert. Old English, meaning new resident. Os-borne, Richard and Thomas. Old English, meaning divine bear. Patteson, Edward. Old English, meaning Patrick's son. Pearce, Mark. Old English, meaning son of Peter. Paule, Daniel. From the Norman Lat Paulus, meaning little. Perry, Richard. Old English, meaning at the pear tree. Peck, William; Platt, Richard. The latter name is Old English, meaning at the plot of ground. Powell, Thomas. Welsh, meaning ap-Hoel, son of Hoel, lordly, sometimes corruption of Paul (?) Potter, John William and Widow. Old English, meaning a potter. Preston, William. Old English, meaning priest village. Preden, (Pruden), James and Peter; Reeder, John. Latter is Old English, meaning reader. Ro(w)e. English, meaning at the row of houses. Rutherford, (Rudderford), Henry. Old Russell, James. Norman, meaning little Sherman, Widow. Old English, meaning cloth shearer. Smyth, George; Stonell, Henry. The latter name is Old English, meaning stonehill Tapp. Edmund. Old English. Tench, Edward. Old English, meaning fish. Thompson, Arthur. Old English, meaning Thomas' son. Thorpe, William. From Old English village. Tuttle, William. Old English, meaning tote-hill or watch hill. Trowbridge, Thomas. Old English, meaning trough bridge. Turner, Captain Nathaniel. Old English, meaning wood turner. Welch, Thomas. Old English, meaning a Welshman. Ward, George and Lawrence; Wigglesworth. Latter is Old English, meaning farm. Old English, In the records of Saybrook's earliest settlers are: Fenwick, Colonel George. meaning fen village. Gardiner, George. Old English, meaning a gardener. Mason, John; Leffingwell, Thomas. The last name is Old English, meaning Leof's or desirable well. Backus, Thomas Tracy. The last name is Old English, meaning bake-house, Huntington, Baldwin. The last name is Old English, meaning village of the hunts. Dudley, Hyde. The last name is Old English, meaning Dodd's or people's field. Whittlesy, Old English, meaning Whittle's Island. Rev. Thomas Peters was the first pastor, The later settlers were mainly from Hartford and Windsor. These lists may serve to give at least a general idea of the nomenclature of early Connecticut families, many descendants of whom are still honoring their surnames today as distinguished men and women in the GENEALOGICAL DEPARTMENT This department is open to all, whether subscribers or not, and no fees are required. The queries should be as precise and specific as possible. The editor of this department proposes to give his personal attention to questions free of charge. Extended investigations will be made by him for a reasonable compensation. Persons having old family records, diaries or documents yielding genealogical information are requested to communicate with him with reference to printing them. Readers are earnestly requested to co-operate with the editor in answering queries, many of which can only be answered by recourse to original records. Querists are requested to write clearly all names of persons and places so that they cannot be misunderstood, Queries will be inserted in the order in which they are received. All matters relating to this department must be sent to THE CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE, Hartford, marked Genealogical Department. Give full name and post office address-EDITOR She John Burr of Fairfield? must have been born about 1675. (f) Hull. Who were the parents of Rebecca Hull, wife of Thomas Nash of Fairfield? He was born 1708 and married in 1731. She died 1791. (g) Nash. Who were the parents of Sarah, wife of Captain 113. (a) Bushnell-Pratt-Cone. I enclose copy of an old document in my possession which may help to answer Query 100 b. "The marriage and children of Ephraim Bushnell and Mary Long (Lay?) "Ephraim Bushnell and Mary Long were married each to other the 9th of November, 1697. Their daughter Mary Bushnell was born the 8th Day of November, 1699. "Their daughter Martha Bushnell was born ye 27th day of September, 1702. "Their son Ephraim Bushnell was born ye 27th day of Sep "Their daughter Sarah Bushnell was born ye 21st Day of April, 1704. "Their son Jedidiah Bushnell was born ye 5th day of March, 1705-6. "The above was taken from the town Records of Saybrook in Conn. Lib. 2, Page 2d, and is a true copy examined and attested. "Sam'l Tully, Town Clerk.” Also: "Wm. Bushnell (Wm. 2 Francis1) m. 1st wife Rebecca, who died May 14, 1703; m. 2nd June 9, 1705, Widow Sarah Bull. Children by 1st wife. "Ephraim b. Feb. 14, 1675-6 of Saybrook, m. 1st Nov. 9, 1697, Mary Lay or Long; m. 2d Oct. 16, 1712, Sarah Hill." Children by first wife were the same as given in the previous copy and it would seem that if the above Ephraim had a son James, Sarah Hill must have been his mother, as the name and date of birth is not given with the list of other children. (b) What was the date when Sam'l Tully was Town Clerk? Mary Bushnell, granddaughter of Ephraim and Mary (Long) married Pratt. They had children: Charity, Edward, Jeremiah, Temperance and Hannah. Can any give me his given name? one The question asked by J.C. is not answered in the Cone genealogy by William Whitney Cone, and correspondence with him has failed to elicit the desired information. (c) John Pratt, Jr. (John2 Lieut. Wm. 1), married Hannah Williams November 20, 1697. They lived in the part of Saybrook called Pautaupaug. I would like the ancestors of Hannah Williams. Asa Pratt (Lieut. John4, John, Jr. 3. John2, Lieut. Wm. 1) ber 7, 1759. Can any one give me her ancestors? F. M. C. 114 (a) Pond. Was Lieutenant Samuel Pond's fifth child, Lois, baptized 1690, Branford, the Lois Pond who married, June 24, 1730, Joseph Lee of Guilford, born August 26, 1690 (b) Bennett. Wanted, the parentage of Abigal Bennett, married December 11, 1695, James Bishop of New Haven. (c) Clinton. Wanted, parentage of Elizabeth Clinton, who married, June 20, 1725, 20, 1725, James Bishop, son of the above. (d) Tuttle. Wanted, the parentage of Phebe Tuttle, born 1731, North Haven, who married Ainos Bishop prior to 1758. (e) Hayes. Wanted, the maiden. name of Hannah, who married George Hayes, born 1727, Simsbury, and who had children, Seth, Eli, George, Plinn, Hannah and possibly others. 117. Seymour. It is stated in the "New History of Wethersfield," by Stiles, that Richard Seymour, Hartford, 1639. came from Chelmsford in Essex. Is there any authority for the statement? J. T. A. This being in substance identical with several queries received during the past month, it was thought best to interview Miss Talcott, whose name appears at the head of the article in question. There is no authority. Miss Talcott asserts, that the statement was not in the manuscript she sent to the compiler and was inserted after it left her hands without her knowledge or consent. If it is the custom to thus alter and amend the contributions of distinguished genealogists in such histories, of course the reliability of the whole work is seriously affected, and no accurate person can accept any statement without the personal endorsement of the compiler whose name is used as authority. 118. Bailey. John Bailey. Wanted, 119. name of wife, parents and ancestors. He was a constable in Hartford in 1656-7, and one of the twenty-eight original purchasers and settlers of Haddam, Conn., 1662. T. O. B. Miller. Wanted, information concerning Jonathan Miller, born Northampton, Mass., February 13, 1729, died Hartland, Conn., July 29, 1810; lived in Farmington, Conn., Northington Parish (now Avon) between 1745 and 1800. Supposed private in regiment of light infantry, Major Wyllys, Hartford; Captain Heart's company, Farmington. Drafted from First Connecti of General Lafayette; made private in the First Connecticut Line, Colonel Durkee, Captain Heart; pensioned January 1, 1781, to December 1, 1781. Also concerning his father, Captain Jonathan Miller, who moved from Northampton, Mass., to Northington Parish about 1745; died Northington Parish November 14, 1787. MRS. E. C. H. 120. (a) Holt-Doolittle. Abraham Doolittle, son of Abraham and Joanna (Alling) Doolittle, born February 12, 1649; married, November 9, 1680, Mary, daughter of William Holt. Who was William Holt? Is the name of his wife known? (b) Chidsey-Alling. Samuel Alling, son of Riger and Mary (Nash) Alling, born November 4, 1645; married October 26, 1683, Sarah, daughter of John Chidsey. Who was John Chidsey and what was the name of his wife, mother of Sarah? (c) Coe, John Alling, baptized October 2, 1647; first Treasurer of Yale College; married, January 16, 1672. Susanna, daughter of Robert Coe of Stratford. Who were Robert and his wife? Who were the par(d) Sacket. ents of Sarah Sackett, who married Jonathan Alling, born October 13, 1683? (e) Edwards. Was Mary Edwards, who married in England, 1636, Francis Brown, of same family as William Edwards, father of Richard, who married Elizabeth Tuttle? The second husband of Ann, wife of Rev. Richard and mother of William Edwards, was James Coles. Could he have been ancestor of Joseph Coles of Wallingford, who married Abigail Royce and had Abigail, who (f) Graves. Who was Deacon George Graves of Hartford, whose daughter, Sarah, married Jonathan Deming; and is the family name of his wife, Sarah, known? (g) Bunce. Who was Thomas Bunce of Hartford and what place did he fill in the early history of the town? (h) Dickinson-Meekins. What are the dates of Thomas Dickinson of Hartford and his wife, Mehitable Meekins? Who were Watson-Smith. John Watson of Hartford and his wife, Margaret Smith? (i) Kellogg-Terry. I should also like dates of birth and marriage of Lieutenant Joseph Kellogg and his wife, Abigail Terry, and their parentage. C. I. I. 121. (a) Shepardson-Church. Jared Shepardson, born 1763, died at Halifax, Vt., 1809, married Ruth Church, who was born 1770 and died at Gerry, N. Y., in 1850. Who were the parents of Jared Shepardson? Who were the parents of Ruth Church? Colonel Timothy Church, born at Hadley, Mass., 1736, died at Brattleboro, Vt., 1823, married Abigail Church. Who were her parents? Who were their children? (b) Eaton-Sloan. Jonathan Eaton1 (Jonathan3, John2, John of Dedham1) of Adams, Mass., born 1721, died 1775, married Sarah Who were her parents? (c) Stevens-Page. Henry Stevens, a Revolutionary soldier, born at Wallingford, Conn., in 1764, died at Plymouth, Conn., 1851. His father was Eliakim Stevens. Who was his grandfather? Ruth Page, born in Durham, Conn., 1771, married the above Henry Stevens, and died in 1829. Who were her parents? (d) Guernsey - Disbrow - Merchant. Joseph Guernsey "Puritan Settlers of Connecticut," states that Samuel Bronson (son of Isaac) of Kensington, Conn., born about 1676, died 1724, married Ruth Smith. Who were her parents? (f) Prindle. Eleazer Prindle of Milford, Conn., was one of a company "who had a desire to purchase land at New Milford, Conn., in 1701." Who did he marry and who were his parents? J. E. S. 122. (a) Humes. Wanted, ancestry of Nicholas Humes, married in Boston February 13 or 14, to Joanna Everton; second, married about 1719, Margaret whose family name is desired. After second marriage he lived in Mendon Uxbridge and Douglass, Mass. He married, third, about 1742, Dorcas (Curtis) Williams, relict of John Williams of Dedham. Her daughter, Sarah Williams, married, about 1750, Richard Humes, son of Nicholas and Margaret (?) Humes. (b) Williams-Lyon. John Williams, weaver, of Dedham, Mass., married, before 1730. Dorcas Curtis, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Lyon) Curtis. He died about 1741. Want his ancestry, and Sarah Lyon's, also. (c) Witter. Sarah Witter (or Winter?), born December 12, |