LLOYD.    The Lloyd family as the name indicates is of Welsh origin, the name being a word of that ancient division of the Celtic language spoken in the British Isles, known as the Crymic, which is the tongue spoken in the little principality of Wales. This Crymic still spoken in the more remote parts of Wales as it cognate tongue the Erse is spoken in less frequented regions of Ireland, and the Gaelic in the fastnesses of the Scotch Highlands.  One of the peculiarities of this ancient language is, as in this instance, the doubling of the initial letter.  Other Welsh names that are to be recognized in this same manner are Llewellyn, Ffrench and Ffoulkes. 

          The Welsh descendants of that remnant of the ancient Celtic inhabitants of the island, who were driven into the inaccessible and remote mountains of the principality by the big-bones, brawny, and savage Saxons of the German mainland, have maintained together with the original language of the island many of the customs and characteristics of their ancestors, whom the Romans knew and partially conquered.  A rugged independence of character is one of the inheritances handed down from early times, a peculiarity which has been fostered by the isolation of their mountaineer lives.  Another marked trait is the inborn love for music, so that whenever one meets a man of Welsh ancestry he may be sure to find one who combines force and determination with an unusual imaginative gift and a strong artistic bias. 

          (I) Coming to this strongly marked race the first of the family of whom definite information is to be had is Samuel Ap Howell Lloyd, whose family had in the preceding generations found the way to New York State.  Here in a small town called Bethlehem, near the capital of Albany, he was born.  Brought up on a farm and gaining such limited advantages as were to be acquired by a country boy of that time and region he sought while still a youth to learn a mechanical trade, having no taste for agricultural labor and a decided bent for the handicrafts.  After young Samuel Ap Howell had attained his ambition and learned his trade he shaped for himself another goal in planning to open a wagon shop of his own.  This by dint of industry and frugality he was finally able to accomplish.  The shop was established in Albany, and the business prospering, he continued to work at this chosen vocation all the remainder of his life.  He was a man of great force of character and had a high reputation for probity in the community.  His place was a great rendezvous and here all the political questions of the day were discussed at an open forum, Mr. Lloyd usually taking a leading part.  His opinion was very much respected, as he was generally conceded to be a man of excellent judgment and of sound understanding.  He has three sisters, each of whom shared his strength of mind, and were women of influence in their day.  One of them married John Thomas, of Albany; another married Robert Williams, also of Albany; and another, Maria by name, remained unmarried. 

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Catherine, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Veeder) Bullock, of Bethlehem, the town of his birth.  The mother of Elizabeth Veeder was a daughter  of Volkert Veeder, a patriot who took the American side and served his country a an officer during the Revolutionary War.  The children of Samuel Ap Howell and Catherine (Bullock) Lloyd were:  1. Thomas Spencer, died in 1883, aged fifty-three years; married Emily Pulling, of Albany, New York; children; i. Arthur,  ii. Bertha,  iii. Elizabeth,  iv. Ethel Spencer.  2. Elizabeth, married Ralph P. Lathrop, of Albany; children:   i. Frederick, ii. Daisy, married Edmond L. Judson.  3. Isaac Ferris, of whom further.  4. Edward Hamilton, died at the age of thirteen yeas.

          (II) Isaac Ferris, son of Samuel Ap Howell and Catherine (Bullock) Lloyd, was born in Albany, New York.  He received the usual education of the city-bred boy, going to the public schools and to the Boys' Academy, and after leaving school gained some business experience in Albany.  An opportunity was opened to him to go into the tea business in New York City.  He did not find the work congenial, and in 1865 he entered the office of The Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York, and has remained wit them up to the present time.  He has taken a leading part in the councils of the company and for some time has been its second vice-president.  In his religious preferences he is an Episcopalian, and is a Republican in politics.  Mr. Lloyd married Nina, daughter of James Tilghman, of Baltimore, Maryland. 

MISNER.   Peter Misner, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, came about 1788 from Kyserike, Ulster County, New York, to the valley above the falls of the Neversink, Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York.  He married -----------.  Children:  1. Henry.  2. Teunis, of whom further.  3. Benjamin.  4. Jacobus.

          (II) Teunis, son of Peter Misner, married Cynthia Brown, of Liberty, Sullivan County, new York.  Child:  John G., of whom further.

          (III) John G., son of Teunis and Cynthia (Brown) Misner, was born at Neversink, Sullivan County, New York, in 1831, died in 1884.  He was a millwright, and worked at his trade in various parts of Sullivan County.  For nine years he had a farm of eighty acres at Parksville, Sullivan County, New York, but not being satisfied with this mode of life, he rented a mill in 1865 at Fremont Center, Sullivan County, New York, which he ran until his health failed, three years later.  Then he removed back to Parksville, where he lived the remainder of his life.  He married, February 19, 1852, Arrietta, daughter of John N. and Maria (Hoover) Stickle, of Liberty.  She now lives at 283 Chestnut Street, Liberty, Sullivan County, New York, with her son Thornton, having moved to Liberty after the marriage of all the other children.  Children:  1. Ida Satira, born November 17, 1852; married Cyrus Grey and lives at Livingston Manor, New York; children:  i. Florence, a teacher at Yonkers, New York;  ii. Charlotte, died April, 1910, aged twenty-three years;  iii. Floyd, resides in Middletown, New York;  iv. Wesley, a telegraph operator at Ravena, New York;  v. Alice, a teacher in Englewood, New Jersey.  2. Teunice John, born April 6, 1854; a farmer at Trout Brook, Delaware County, New York; married Delia Seacord; children:  i. Benjamin, ranch owner in California,  ii. Bert, a farmer, residing in Canada;  iii. Anna, married Frank Holiday and resides in Delaware County, New York, two children; Joshua,  a farmer at trout Brook; iv. John,  v. Jesse,  vi. Leonard,  vii. Earl; all living at Trout Brook.  3. Milan, born December 4, 1856; married Carrie Roosa, of Fallsburg, new York; resides there; children:  i. Bruce, resides in Port Jervis, New York; ii. Retta, married Arthur Fuller, iii. Harriet.  4. Thornton, born April 18, 1858; a miller; resides with his mother in Liberty, New York.  5. Van Wyck, born March 14, 1860; died in 1890; married Helen Crump, of Liberty; child, Laverne, a teacher in Middletown, New York; she married (second) Charles Darbee, of Liberty.  6. Fremont, born October 30, 1861; a miller; resides at Walton, New York; married Ida Simpson, children:  i. Laverne, a teacher at Colchester, New York; ii. Leland, resides at Binghamton, New York;  iii. Olan, resides at home; iv. Judson.  7. Minnie, born February 23, 1863; married George Smith, a telegraph operator; lives at Englewood, New Jersey; children;  i. Blanche,  ii. Blake,  iii. Julia,  iv. Walter,  v. Her-

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bert.  8. Mary Eleanor, born November 30, 1864; married Sherman white, of Walton; he was injured by falling from a tree, paralyzed, and died in 1905; children;  i. Greta,  ii. Florence, both residing at home.  9. Lillie Florence, born august 29, 1869; married Arthur Smith, of Parksville, New York; children:  i. Harriet, resided in Liberty, ii. Burr, iii. Harold Dean, residing at home.  10. Blanche, born February 4, 1878, married Elmer Morris, a carpenter of White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County, New York, now living at Liberty, New York, he was born August 14, 1874; Children:  i. Leah Marguerite, born February 26, 1902,  ii. George Thornton, born September 21, 1903, iii. Charles Stephen, born March 23, 1907. 

PRATT.   Few American families have a name more ancient or more honorable than the Pratts.  In the old time, the surname was variously spelled Pratt, Prat, Pradt, Praed, Prate,, and other wise.  It was a surname derived from a locality, coming originally from the Latin pratum, a meadow, and the French, prairie.  Originally of Normandy, the family was large and powerful in that section in the early centuries of the Christian era.  The Seigneurs of Preux were among the most distinguished nobles in the tenth and eleventh centuries and thereafter.  Representatives of the family went from Normandy to England shortly after the conquest of the country by William of Normandy and the English records fro that time abound with the name.  They settled in he eastern and southern part of England, where until this day their descendants are numerous.  At all periods of English history they have borne a prominent part and were among the leaders in the crusades and in the early wars, civil and foreign, they engaged the attention of the English people in the Middle Ages.  The lineage of the Pratt from which came some of the American Pratts, can be traced back to before 1400.  John Pratt, or de Pratis, as then generally spelled, held at the manor of Patrickborne (Mertin Bridge and Pelham Hundred) in 1200.  Four brothers, John, William, Ergebraw, and Peter de Pratellis, figured, prominently, in the reign of Richard I. and John, all living in 1201.  In 1191 Willian and Peter both made a gallant record in the Crusades, John de Prats was in parliament from Beverly in 1298 and 1305.  Before the year 1300 the family was well known and widely scattered through England and the shortened form of the name Prat, was the common spelling.  Anthony de Prat, who became chancellor of France and Prime Minister of Francis I., was born in 1465.  He was sent as a legate to the Pope, and was distinguished for loyalty to the crown and love of country.  Burke in his "Heraldic Dictionary" says of the Pratts that they have been of consideration in different parts of England and Ireland from a very remote period, some of them being of knightly degree, and those of Berkshire being baronets. 

          (I) John R. Pratt, the earliest ascertainable ancestor of the branch of the American Pratts here dealt with, was born at Barrington, Yates County, New York, early in the nineteenth century, and died and was buried in Penn Yan at the age of eighty-two about 1883.  He is stated to have been a Baptist preacher.  He was probably pastor at the Free will Baptist Church of the town of Barrington, organized by Elders Zebulon Dean and John Muggs.  There is a record of the effect that one John Muggs became a member of the church in 1820, at the same time as a Miss Benton, and in 1825 the Society voted that John Pratt should have license to preach.  He married Anna, daughter of Matthew Knapp, who was one of three brothers, the others being John and Charles, who cleared farms and established homes in Barrington.  Matthew came to the locality from another part of Yates County, where he had remained for a time after leaving Orange County.  To himself and his wife were born several children of whom Anna was the eldest, the others being 2. Sally.  3. Christriana.  4. Eliza.  5. William.  6. Levi.  7. Jesse.  The name of Knapp is still worthily represented in the town.  The children of John R. and Anna Knapp) Pratt were: 1. Hiram, born in Barrington, married a woman of the name of Eliza, and continued to live in the township of Barrington, where he was a farmer; 2. Charles, who married Sarah A. Finch, of Milo township, Yates County, had two children David and Sarah, both of them, like their parents, deceased; 3. Harvey Dean, mentioned below.  4. Ransome, born in Barring-

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ton.  5. Mary, born in Barrington.  6. Susan, born in Barrington.

          (II) Harvey Dean, second son of John R. and Anna (Knapp) Pratt, was born in the town of Barrington, Yates County, New York, February 29, 1828, died at Penn Yan, at his residence on East Main Street, July 19, 1909, after an illness of two weeks from heart trouble.  He moved from his native town to Penn Yan when he was a young man and started a shoe store, which he conducted for over thirty years.  For over forty years he owned a vineyard on Bluff Point.  He married, October 8, 1849, Caroline V., daughter of Ellis Pierce, of Benton, Yates County, New York.  Mr. Pierce was a carpenter and builder.  He married (first) Sarah Ann French, and had four children by her: 1. Benjamin, 2. Ellis, 3, John, and 4. Sarah A.  He married (second) Charity Jacobus, and by her he had two children:  5. Madison, 6. Caroline V., married Harvey Dean Pratt.  Harvey Dean and Caroline V. (Pierce) Pratt had one son, Seneca L., mentioned below.

          (III) Seneca L., only son of Harvey Dean and Caroline V. (Pierce) Pratt, was born in the township of Milo, Yates County, new York, in 1852, and died at Penn Yan, September 2, 1911.  Mr. Pratt first engaged in business with his father, Harvey Dean Pratt, in the carrying on of their shoe store.  The partnership was formed in 1876, after he had worked for three years for his father as a clerk.  In 1880 he entered manufacturing life, buying an interest in a local flour mill, called Andrews, Pratt & Company.  The firm also did a commission business.  Mr. Pratt continued in the firm till 1887.  In 1888 he began the making of grape baskets, and in 1891 he built a large factory at the foot of Monell Street.  A few months afterwards it was burned to the ground, but within thirty days it was replaced by the present building, which Mr. Pratt sold it to Guile and Windnagle a few years ago, when he retired from the business.  Mr. Pratt's death was caused by an ailment of the stomach, from which he had suffered for several years.  He had taken hospital treatment at buffalo and elsewhere but without success, except possibility of prolong his life. 

          He married, in 1882, Guertha, daughter of George W. Wolcott, died in 1909.  Mrs. Seneca L. Pratt was greatly interested in the home for elderly women established by several women in Penn Yan, and shortly after her death Mr. Pratt gave the home $5,000.  This made possible the obtaining of the present splendid place and it was named the Guertha Pratt Home.  A few days before his death Mr. Pratt gave an additional $10,000, and his mother, Mrs. Harvey Dean Pratt, gave an addition $5,000, making a total of $20,000.  Seneca L. and Guertha (Wolcott) Pratt had two children:  1. Carrie, married Horace W. Gillett, of Detroit, Michigan;  2. Florence, married Isaac L. Yetter, of Penn Yan, New York.

HOWES.     Like many other old American names this is a modified form of a Norman cognomen which was early implanted in England.  IN fact many of the names of English origin have been greatly modified in spelling and pronunciation both before and after their transplantation in New England.  John de Huse was Norman and came to England with the Conqueror, and was in Berkshire in 1066.  In course of time the name appears in England as Howys, and John Howys appears in 1457 at Besthrop, Norfolk, England.  Here we find Robert Howys, born 1508, who was the father of Richard, born about 1533, and the latter had a son Thomas, born 1555.  He was the father of the American immigrant.

          (I) Thomas Howes (Howys) was born 1590, and came to America in 1636, locating first at Salem, Massachusetts, and finally settling in 1639, at Yarmouth, same colony, where he died in 1665.  He married Mary burr in England, and they brought with them sons:  Joseph, and Thomas, born there; and Jeremiah, mentioned below, born on the voyage.

          (II) Jeremiah, youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Burr) Howes, was born 1636, resided in that part of Yarmouth which is now Dennis, Massachusetts, and there died January 5, 1706.  He married Sarah Prince, who died March 3, 1707.  Children:  1. Prince.  2. Jeremiah.  3. Thomas.  4. Ebenezer, mentioned below, and 5. Sarah.

          (III) Ebenezer, fourth son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Prince) Howes, lived and died in Dennis, Massachusetts.  He married (first) April 20, 1699, Sarah Gorham, who died September 9, 1705, and he married (sec-

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ond) November 20, 1706, Lydia Joyce.  Children:  1. & 2.Thomas (2), mentioned below, and Sarah (twins).  3. Elizabeth, born September 28, 1701.  4. A son, unnamed, born January 5, 1704.  5. Ebenezer, September 8, 1705.

          (IV) Thomas (2), eldest child of Ebenezer and Sarah (Gorham) Howes, was born June 20, 1700, in Dennis, Massachusetts, where he made his home.  He married Deborah Sears and they had children:  1. Moody, mentioned below.  2. Desire, born January 8, 1726.  3. Deborah, December 8, 1727.  4. Betty, January 21, 1730.  5. Mercy, May 25, 1732.  6. Jerusha, January 7, 1736.  7. Daniel, October 14, 1738.  8. Edmond, April 10, 1742.  9. Reuben, August 29, 1745.  10. Sarah, October 18, 1749.

          (V) Moody, child of Thomas (2), and Deborah (Sears) Howes, was born July 18, 1724, in Dennis, Massachusetts, and settled in what is nor the town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, in 1748.  There he purchased a large tract of land from the Indians and engaged in clearing and cultivating same until his death in 1806.  He married, February 9, 1748, Hannah Snow, of Harwich, Massachusetts, who aided him in the pioneers struggle, clearing the wilderness and establishing a home for their children.  These were:  1. Moody, born 1751.  2. John, 1753, settled at Rochester, New York.  3. Thomas, 1756.  4. Seth, 1759.  5. Job. 1761.  6. Daniel, mentioned below.  7. Reuben, 1766.  8. Samuel, 1768.

          (VI) Daniel, son of Moody and Hannah (Snow) Howes, was born, 1763, in southeast, where he made his home until his death in 1824.  He inherited the paternal farm, and besides engaging extensively in agriculture, he kept one of the first stores in the town.  he was an active and useful citizen, He inherited the paternal farm, and besides engaging extensively in agriculture, he kept one of the first stores in the town.  He was an active and useful citizen, serving long as justice of the peace.  He married Ruhamah Reed, born 1773, died 1864, having survived her husband forty years, and attaining the great age of ninety-one.  They had son:  1. Malchus Reed, born August 7, 1703, settled at Mobile, Alabama, in 1823, and was a successful merchant.  2. Nathan Alva, April 22, 1796, made a great success in the show business, traveling with a circus and menagerie over many parts of the United States.  3. Daniel Morgan, March 26, 1805, was a contractor and builder, conducting business in Mollie, Alabama; he died in New York City.  4. Jacob Orson, March 8, 1807, was a builder in New York City, and later a farmer in the town of Southeast, where he died.  5. Reuben Wing, October 20, 1813, became a wholesale merchant in New York, and later a banker, being one of the founders of the Park Bank of which he was the first president.  6. Seth Benedict, mentioned below.  There were also five daughters:  7.  Fannie.  8. Phoebe.  9. Adelia.  10. Esther.  11. Lavinia. 

          (VII) Seth Benedict, youngest child of Daniel and Ruhamah (Reed) Howes, was born August 15, 1815, in Southeast, and became one of the most prominent and wealthy citizens of that town, and of the county.  His early years were spent on the paternal farm where he secured such education as the local schools afforded.  Possessed with a keen intellect and blest with much energy he made a way for himself in the world and became one of the best informed citizens of the state.  At the age of fifteen years he became an apprentice of his brother, Jacob O. Howes, with whom he work for several years at the carpenter's trade.  Early in life he went to Chicago, Illinois, where there were abundant opportunities for men of energy, at the outlay of small capital.  Becoming associated with Paul Cornell, one of the pioneers of that thriving community, he engaged in the real estate business.  They purchased a considerable tract of land in the suburbs of Hyde Park, which is now a part of the city, and through the profits from the sale of a portion of this property they were enabled to invest largely with the limits of what was then the city.  In 1886 Mr. Howes was the owner of over seventy stores and houses on this tract which gave him a large income.  While a resident of Chicago he became one of the first members of the Humane Society.  Extreme kindliness was one of his strong characteristics, as was shown by his refusal to allow a diary to be kept on his farms, because it would necessitate the separating the young calves from their mothers. 

          Having considerable capital at his command he invested some of it in the show business, and engaged extensively in travel in that connection.  In 1852 he visited Europe, and traveled through England and France.  While in Paris he met Henry Franconi, who was then conducting a Roman hip-

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podrome in that city.  Mr. Howes persuaded him to come with a part of his company to this country, and by engaging other attractions in London, he was able to produce the largest institution of the kind in the world, and the first hippodrome in America. Considerable difficulty was encountered in securing a suitable site.  By leasing and purchase he secured control of the entire block on which the Fifth Avenue Hotel at Broadway, Fifth Avenue and Twenty-third Street, was later situated.  Here the first exhibition was opened May 1, 1853, and for some tears thereafter New Yorkers found this their chief place of amusement.  The rapid changes and growth of the metropolis are indicated by the fact that the magnificent hotel, which subsequently occupied this site and was for many years the chief hostelry of the city, has recently been torn down to make way for a gigantic office building.  Fir about twenty yeas Mr. Howes traveled much through his native land and in Europe and the experiences thus gained naturally broadened and developed his mind and character.  For a time he was interested in the banking business in New York, in association with his brother, Reuben W. Howes, of Yonkers, New York, and Thomas Smull, of Sing Sing.  The profits of this undertaking were invested in real estate in Williamsburg, now a part of greater New York, so that when he retired from business Mr. Howes' holdings were chiefly in real estate.  His last years were spent in comfortable retirement, the result of his many years of activity and shrewd business management.  He constructed at Brewster, New York, the beautiful homes "Stonehenge" and "Morningthorpe" occupying commanding sites overlooking the village and neighboring country, and where he passed away, May 16, 1901. 

          Mr. Howes married, in London, England, January 26, 1861, Amy Mozley, of English birth.

HINDLEY.     James Hindley, the founder of this family, was born in Somersetshire, England, and died in New York City.  He emigrated to America in 1832, with his wife and all of his family, except his second daughter who had married in Somersetshire, and remained behind with her husband.  On the voyage over, which owing to unforeseen circumstances was prolonged to ten weeks, the provisions ran short and passengers and crew very nearly died of starvation.  He married Martha Chaffee of Somersetshire.  Children:  1. George, mentioned below.  2. Elizabeth, born 1814.  3. Amelia, born in 1816, married William Spurbeck of Somersetshire, and had nine children.  4.  Susan, born in 1818.  5. Fanny, born in 1821.

          (II) George, son of James Thomas and Martha (Chaffee) Hindley, was born in Somersetshire, February 25, 1812.  He came to America with his father and settled in Monticello, Sullivan County, New York, where he became a dealer in live stock and a partner of Spalding Royse in the butcher business.  In 1835, he built a house on Pleasant Street, Monticello, in which two of his daughters still live.  He married (the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Edward K. Fowler, the first Protestant Episcopal clergyman in Monticello), Lucy, daughter of William Mapledown, whom he had met and wooed on the voyage to this country.  Children, all born in Monticello:  1. James, born in February, 1833, died in 1889, unmarried.  2. Charles Francis, born in 1836, living in Monticello, married Elizabeth King of Forestburg; seven children.  3. Laura Augusta, born in 1839, died March 22, 1907; married George Hill, of Monticello; children:  i. Lucy, now keeping house for her father,  ii. Hobart, married Minnie Stratton.  5. Mary Adelaide, born October 10, 1845, resides in Monticello, unmarried.  6. William Barton, born July 15, 1847, a carpenter living in Monticello; married Mary Frances, daughter of Walter and Elizabeth (Baker) Ketcham, of Monticello; children:  i. Fannie Ophelia, born December 7, 1873, married Gregory Cormeau of Monticello, child:  a. Louis Frederick.  ii. Martha Adelaide, born September 18, 1875, married James Engelman of Monticello; children:  i. Mary and ii. Margaret.  iii. James, born September 13, 1879, married Margaret Mongan, of Monticello: children:  i. Margaret, and ii. George Henry.  iv. William Barton (2), born July 20, 1883, a member of the hardware firm of Hindley & Scriber, the most prominent hardware house in Monticello;

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Married Laura, daughter of Charles and Rose (Gebhardt) Engleman, of Monticello, child: Arline rose, born in July, 1909,  v. Kate Burns, born October 4, 1887, married Holbert Lilholt, the most prominent ice dealer in Monticello, children:  i. Ruth and ii. William Albert.  7. George Henry, born February 2, 1853; living in Monticello, managing the café there which had been run by Hindleys for over sixty years; married Elizabeth Powell, two children, died young.  The family have all been members of the Episcopal Church. 

HUSTED.     Robert Husted, the immigrant ancestor of the Husted family in America here dealt with, was born in 1594 in county Dorset, England, died at Stamford, Connecticut, in 1652.  He came to this country with his wife in 1635, leaving England by way of Weymouth and landing at Boston.  He located the first winter at Mount Wollaston, now Braintree, and probably went from there to New Haven.  He finally located at Greenwich, Connecticut, and he was still at that place in 1640, when he witnessed the Indian deed to the original proprietors, Robert Feaks and Daniel Patrick.  In 1642 we find him at Stamford, Connecticut, and he was a settler at that place at the time of his death.  He left a will in which he mentioned his three children.  He married, in England, Elizabeth, daughter of Lawrence Miller, of county Dorset, England, and niece of Sir Robert Miller, Kent.  She was born at Frome, county Dorset, in 1606.  Her mother was Joane Smith, daughter and sole heiress of Angell Smith, Gent, of Stratton, county Dorset. The widow of Robert Husted died in 1654 at Stamford, leaving a will in which the same children are mentioned at those of her husband's will.  Children:  1. Angell, mentioned below.  2. Robert.  3. Ann.

          (II) Angell, eldest son of Robert and Elizabeth (Miller) Husted, was born in England in 1628-30, died at Greenwich, Connecticut, in April, 1704.  He came to this country with his parents when he was about five or six years old.  He was one of the original proprietors of Greenwich, Connecticut, and became a large landowner there.  He took considerable part in the affairs of the growing community and occupied several public offices.  He is often mentioned in its records and always with much respect.  Thus he is often described as "Goodman," a term of considerable note in those early times, and he was also given the prefix "Mr."  He married a woman whose first name was Rebecca but whose surname has apparently not been preserved.  Children:  1. Rebecca.  2. Jonathan.  3. David Joseph.  4. Angell, mentioned below.  5. Elizabeth.  6. Moses.  7. John.  8. Samuel. 

          (III) Angell (2), son of Angell (1) and Rebecca Husted, was born about 1660 at Greenwich, Connecticut, died in 1727.  He was a prominent citizen and active in the affairs of the town.  He owned considerable land, in the buying and selling of which he had several transactions.  He took a leading part in the pioneer work of developing the resources of the various properties and improving them by the erection of suitable dwellings and buildings of various kinds.  He married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Brown) Mead, who after her husband's death married (second) -------- Reynolds. The children of Angell (2) and Mary (Mead) Husted were:  1. Jonathan, mentioned below.  2. Abigail.  3. Mary.  4. Hannah.  5. Moses.  6. Ebenezer.  7. Benjamin.

          (IV) Jonathan, eldest son of Angell (2) and Mary (Mead) Husted, was born at Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1695, died in 1733.  He married Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Hoyt) Ferris.  The children were:  1. Jonathan.  2. Peter, mentioned below.  3. Abigail (Ferris) Husted, following the death of her husband, married (second) Ebenezer Gregory, of Norwalk, Connecticut. 

          (V) Peter, second son of Jonathan and Abigail (Ferris) Husted, was born at Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1724, died at New Canaan, Connecticut, in September, 1783.  He married, at New Canaan, October 23, 1746, Ann Seymour, of New Canaan, born in 1728, died at New Canaan, September 10, 1784, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Fitch) Seymour.  Children:  1. Jonathan, mentioned below.  2. Samuel.  3. Hannah.  4. Andrew.  5. Thaddeus.  6. Nathan.  7. Elizabeth.

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