(II) John (2), son of John (1) Irish, was born in 1641, died February 21, 1717 . From Duxbury he removed and he settled finally at Little Compton, Rhode Island. He married (first) in 1672, Elizabeth ----------, born in 1654, died March 8, 1707; (second) in May, 1708, Priscilla Church. Children, all by first wife: 1. David, born in 1673, died in March, 1748; married January 4, 1699 , Martha Nelson. 2. Elizabeth , born in February, 1674. 3. Jonathan, born June 6, 1678 , died in 1732; married, in 1702, Mary Taylor. 4. Joanna, born June 6, 1681 ; married, October 11, 1708 , Edward Robertson. 5. Sarah, born in January, 1684, died October 24, 1739 ; married, December 4, 1712 , William Shreich. 6. Priscilla, born April 30, 1686 , died in 1715. 7. Jedediah, of whom further. 8, Content, born in September, 1691; married, January 4, 1715 , Joseph Lawton. 9. Mary, born April 9, 1695 . 10. John, born May 1, 1690 , died in July, 1772; married, May 10, 1720 , Thankful Wilbur.

(III) Jedediah, son of John (2) and Elizabeth Irish, was born at Little Compton, Rhode Island, October 7, 1688 . Afterward he lived at Kingstown , Rhode Island . He was a freeman of Westerly , Rhode Island , in 1741. In 1754 he was living at Stonington , Connecticut . He married (first) Mary ------------; (second) at South Kingstown , Rhode Island , December 10, 1732 , Thankful Lamphere. Children, all except perhaps the last named, by first wife: 1. Jedediah, born No-

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vember 16, 1711. 2. Mary, January 22, 1713 -14. 3. Elizabeth , November 4, 1715 . 4. Lydia , November 6, 1718 . 5. John, June 9, 1720 , married in 1764, Mary Peckham. 6. Thankful, August 24, 1722. 7. Joseph, of whom further. 8. Job, married, May 3, 1753 , Mary Weaver.

(IV) Joseph, son of Jedediah and Mary Irish, was born April 20, 1724 . He probably removed to Quaker Hill, Dutchess County , New York , where in 1775 Joseph Irish was a prominent Quaker. Others of the family seem to have come before him; Jesse Irish was one of the first settlers in the Oblong, in 1741; there were also, in 1755, David and William Irish, adults. Joseph Irish married (first) "tenth month" first day, 1748, Dorcas, widow of Nathan Sheffield, who died on the twenty-fourth day of the "seventh month," sixteenth day, 1750; Mary, born "sixth month,' twenty-fourth day, 1751; Dorcas, born July 20, 1755; Assa, born July 20, 1755; Amos, of whom further.

(V) Amos, son of Joseph and Sarah (Anthony) Irish, was born at South Kingston , Rhode island , May 20, 1757 . (It has been stated that the Amos Irish, of our line, was born at Pawling, Dutchess County, New York; the authority for this statement also avers that his father's name was Joseph, and his grandfather's Jedediah, also that he was of Rhode Island ancestry; it seems improbably that two of this name were born on the same day, meeting all these conditions, and more natural to suppose that the Amos who birth is duly recorded in the Rhode Island records as here given went with his family in early life to Pawling. If there really were two persons, the ancestor here desired would be most easily placed as a grandson of Jedediah, son of Jedediah, of whom above, under (III).). He was educated at Pawling. In the Revolution he was like most of the Quakers, a Loyalist, and suffered severely. He was a farmer. He married Esther Irish, born May 2, 1757 . Children: 1. Jedediah, of whom further. 2. Ruth, born July 4, 1782 , married Abram Wing. 3. Rachel, May 27, 1784 , married Warren Giles. 4. Joseph, March 22, 1786 , married (first) Phoebe Dorland, (second) Jane Stevenson. 5. Charles, April 14, 1788 , married Rhoda Ketcham. 6. Cynthia, May 20, 1790 , died young. 7. David, June 20, 1792 , married Martha Titus. 8. Jonathan, August 23, 1794 . Probably died in June, 1886, married (first) Ruth Chase, (second) Hannah Tallman, (third, probably), in 1862, Melissa Cook. 9. Esther, February 22, 1797 , died October 3, 1838 , married, in June, 1825, Ebenezer Wanzer. 10. Sarah, September 13, 1790 , died in December, 1823, married, in February, 1820, Ebenezer Wanzer.

(VI) Jedediah (2), son of Amos and Esther (Irish) Irish, was born at or near Pawling , New York , August 31, 1780 , died September 4, 1818 . He was educated in the common schools of Pawling and taught school many years. He married Lydia Hoag, born September 20, 1792 . Children: Amos, married Matilda Giles. 2. Cynthia, married Nathan O'Banks. 3. Almira, married Nicholas Wanzer. 4. Martin, married Mary a. Haviland. 5. Rebecca, married Gilbert Jennings. 6 Jane, married John Lawrence. 7. Willis, of whom further.

(VII) Willis, son of Jedediah (2) and Lydia (Hoag) Irish, lived at Patterson, Putnam County , New York , and died at the age of twenty-eight. He ran a stage form Patterson to Peekskill , and carried mail, produce, etc. He married Phebe H. Haviland, of Patterson. Child, James V., of whom further.

(VIII) James V., son of Willis and Phebe H. (Haviland) Irish, died December 30, 1898 . He lived at Yorktown , Westchester County , New York . He and his wife were Quakers. He married Amie Anna, daughter of Joseph T. and Sarah (Horton) Hallock, who died November 27, 1911 . Her father was born at Yorktown , and her mother was of Westchester County . They had three children: 1. Phebe M., married David A. Irish, a farmer of Quaker Hill, and died childless. 2. Henrietta H., married David A. Irish, a farmer of Quaker Hill, had son, David A. 3. Amie Anna, married James V. Irish, of whom herein. After the death of Sarah (Horton) Hallock, Joseph T. Hallock married Phebe Irish, and had one child, E. Josephine. Children of James V. and Amie anna (Hallock) Irish: 1. Sarah H., married Theodore Purdy. 2. Willis, married Edna Underhill , of New York City , he is in the dry goods business in New

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York ; two children, i. Everett U. and ii. Egbert M. 3. David J., of whom further. 4. Edith H., died at the age of nineteen. 5. Howard H., married Anna Emerick; he is a banker; two children, i. Edna M., and ii. Howard Halsted.

(IX) David J., son of James V. and Amie Anna (Hallock) Irish, was born at Yorktown Heights , New York . for two years he was engaged in undertaking with his brother-in-law, Theodore Purdy. He now lives at Yorktown Heights , on the place with was formerly the Hallock Farm. He has one hundred and thirty acres of land, and conducts a large dairying business. He is also a dealer in agricultural implements and represents the Glen Falls Fire Insurance Company. He is a member of the Grange. He married Viola, born at Wheaton , Kansas , June 7, 1881 , daughter of Rufus C. and Aurelia W. (Johnson) King. Her father lived in Kansas , in which state he died in 1893; her mother came from Yorktown . Their children were: 1. Viola, of whom herein. 2. Simeon, born December 3, 1882 , died December 7, 1882 . Mr. King married (second) Etta May Shrontz, of Kansas . Children by second marriage: 2. Chancy, born February 8, 1886. 4. Mabel, August 16, 1888 . 5. Rufus, August 19, 1889 . 6. Pleasant, May 11, 1893 . The mother of these children is living at Onaga , Kansas . Children of David J. and Viola (King) Irish: 1. Aurelia, born June 24, 1901 , died in infancy. 2. Amie Anna, born November 24, 1902 . 3. Helen Henrietta, September 16, 1905 . 4. James Rufus, March 9, 1907 , died August 9, 1907 . 5. Ellsworth, April 4, 1908 , died May 15, 1908 .

BARKER. The Barker family was prominent among the early settlers of Lanesborough , Massachusetts . Many of the settlers of this town came from Connecticut , but it has not yet been proved whether this family was from Connecticut , from the Scituate ( Massachusetts ) branch, the Andover ( Massachusetts ) branch, or Rhode island , where the Barkers were prominent Quakers.

(I) John Barker was born, according to the family record, August 30, 1732 . He was a soldier in the Revolution in captain David wheeler's company, Colonel John Brown's regiment, from June 30 to July 25, 1777 , and served at Fort Ann . From Lanesborough went also Ezra Barker, James Barker, David Barker, Gershom Barker, Pitts Barker and Newell Barker. Some of these were his sons, other probably brothers. According to the first federal census, Newell, James, Jr., and Silas Barker had sons over sixteen in 1790. Pitts and Paul Barker also had families in Lanesborough. John barker married Lucretia Newhall. He, or another John, married, October 17, 1792 , at Lanesborough, Betsey Leland. Among his children was Gardner Thurston, mentioned below.

(II) Gardner Thurston, son of John barker, was born in 1770, died in West Pittsfield , in 1873. He married, June 7, 1806 , Harriet Lyon, born in 1790, died at Moriah , New York , in 1859. Her father, John Lyon, was a soldier in the Revolution. They had nine sons and three daughters, all of whom, excepting one son who died in infancy, grew to maturity. Children, all except the eldest, it is thought, born at Moriah , New York . 1. John Vanderburgh, removed to West Pittsfield , where he operated a woolen mill in partnership with his brothers, Charles G. and Otis R. Barker, under the name of J. Barker & Brothers. 2. Charles G. 3. Otis R. 4. Isaac Lockwood, mentioned below. 5. Luther Hall, settled in later life in Illinois . 6. Gardner Thurston, resided in Peoria , Illinois , and died there. 7. Benjamin Franklin, resided at Curtisville, near Stockbridge, Massachusetts . 8. George Washington. 9. Son, died in infancy. 10. Mary Ann, married Christopher C. Allen, of Burlington , Vermont , and she died there. 11, Elizabeth , died aged eighteen years. 12, Harriet, married Charles s. Sumner, of Burlington , Vermont , and died there.

(III) Isaac Lockwood, son of Gardner Thurston Barker, was born at Moriah , New York , August 31, 1820 , died in Jacksonville , Florida , February 10, 1878 . He lived at Cheshire , Massachusetts ,. Whence he moved to Hancock , Massachusetts , and engaged in the business of woolen manufacture in partnership, first with his brother, Luther H., and after ward with his brother, George Washington; early in life he was in the employ of his elder brothers, in the same line

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of business. He married Mary Adelia, born November 28, 1825 , died in Springfield , Massachusetts , January 11, 1890 , daughter of Stephen Carpenter. Children: 1. William Henry, afterwards known as Henry William, mentioned below. 2. Ellen Laura, afterward called Laura Ellen, unmarried, lives at Saint Monica , California (to her the writer is indebted for much of the family data here recorded). 3. Mary, died aged three years.

(IV) Henry William, son of Isaac Lockwood Barker, was born December 2, 1849 , died September 9, 1890 . He resided in various towns in southern New York . He received a common school education. He was an upright, capable and successful business man. In politics he was a Democrat, in religion he was a Baptist. He married, February 11, 1874 , Fanny M. White, of Hancock , Massachusetts , born May 29, 1853 , daughter of Manaen L. and Sarah Ann D. ( Hull ) White. She was one of nine children, the other being: 1. Daniel, 2. Ferdinand, 3. Egbert, 4. Halbert, 5. Pardee, 6. Alexander Hamilton, 7. Sarah A., 8. Roby G., married Thomas Philips, of Hancock, 9. Laura E., all born at Berlin, New York. Jason white, her grandfather, lived at Hancock , Massachusetts , where he followed farming; married patience Cole, and had children: 1. Manaen L., mentioned above. 2. Franklin, married Jane white and had two children: Nellie and Minerva, born at Hancock. 3. Daniel, married Susan Brockway and had one child, Jeanette, born at Hancock. 4. Celestia, married William H. Lapham, of Hancock, and had three children: Lloyd, Lillian and Louise, all born at Hancock. 5. Laura A., married Pardee Lapham, and had two children: George and Judith Jeanette. Mr. and Mrs. Barker had six children: 1. Harry L., born July 19, 1875, died September 29, 1903. 2. Arthur M., born January 1, 1878, died September 13, 1883. 3. Otis M., born October 10, 1881'; purchasing agent for Mr. Goldborough, subway contractor; member of Croton Lodge, Free Masons; resides with mother at Croton, New York. 4. Nellie A., born September 3, 1887; a school teacher at San Augustine, Texas. 5. Iva A., born September 18, 1889, stenographer, living with her mother in Croton. 6. Gardner Thurston, born May 28, 1896.

OSBORNE. Richard Osborne, the founder of this family, came from England, and lived in Rockland County, New York. He married ------------. Child, William, referred to below.

(II) William, son of Richard Osborne, was born and lived at Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey. He married --------------. Child, Absalom, referred to below.

(III) Absalom, son of William Osborne, was born in New Jersey. he moved to Seneca County, New York, where he was a blacksmith' in 1830 he moved to Sullivan County. He married (first) Ann Van Campen, of Vernon, and (second) Elizabeth Bross, of Vernon, an old sweetheart. Children first four by first marriage: 1. William, died in 1826. 2. Esther. 3. John. 4. Susan. 5. Harrison, died in 1830, married Sarah Gordon, of Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York, children, born at Centerville, Ulster County, new York, i. Melvin, ii. Mazette, iii. Frank. iv. Seth. 6. David A., born at Otisville, Orange County, new York, in 1833, married Phebe Gardner, of Greenfield, Ulster County, New York, children: i. David, ii. Julia. 7. Lewis Vultie, referred to below. 8. Emily, born in 1837, died about 1840.

(IV) Lewis Vultie, son of Absalom and Elizabeth (Bross) Osborne, was borne at Otisville, New York, in 1833, twin of David A. He was brought up at Centerville, and attended the common school. He owned and operated boats on the Delaware and Hudson canal and was the owner of three farms. He married, in 1856, Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of John and Apha (Seeley) Gardner, of Fallsburg. Children, all born at Centerville, and all living. 1. Emma, born May 7, 1858, resides at Monticello, Sullivan County, new York. 2. Alva Lewis, born October 3, 1861. 3. Grant. 4. Susan, married A. M. Scribner, editor of the local newspaper called The Watchman . 5. Grace. 6. Elizabeth, married George Senschlecker, of Glenwild, Sullivan County, new York. 7. Nellie Esther.

STODART. The ancient coat-of-arms of the Stodart family of Scotland is described: Argent a fesse nebuly between three stars sable. Crest: A star issuing from a cloud proper. Motto: Post nubes lux. The seat of the

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Family was at Southhouse, County Edinburgh, and the arms were confirmed in 1672. Another branch of the family had its eat at Karlgie, County Peebles, and Ormiston, county Edinburgh, and it has the Stodart coat-of-arms quartered with the arms of Turnbull. The crest is similar to that described above and the motto: Post nubes lux. The American Stoddard families are mostly descended from the Stoddart and Stodder families of England. The Stoddard family of London, England, according to Burke, bears: Sable three estoilles argent a border of the last. The home of the English Stodder family is in county Kent.

The early Scotch records show that the Stodart family was located as early as 1600 in Selkirkshire. Sometimes the spelling is Stoddart. The surname is derived, according to some authorities, from the word standard; according to another account, from the word stout-heart.

(I) William H. Stodart, the American immigrant of this family, was born in Scotland. He came to New York City when a young man and engaged in business as a dealer in hat body supplies. He was a member of the St. Andrews Society. He married in New York City, Sophia Elizabeth Cook. Children: 1. William H., mentioned below. 2. Mary. 3. Martha.

(II) William H. (2), son of William H. (1) Stodart, was born in New York City, June 8, 1835. He was educated there in Wallace's School, attached to the Scotch Presbyterian Church. He entered the employ of the Tiffany Company when a young man and worked his way to a position of great responsibility. He remained with this concern for a period of forty years, when he retired from active business. For many years he was in charge of the diamond department of Tiffany's and he became a stockholder in the corporation. In his younger days he was an active member of the New York volunteer fire department, and he was foreman of the Oceania Hose Company, No. 36, member of the firemen's ball committee. He is a member of Harlem Club, the New York Republican Club and other social organizations. In politics he is a Republican. He is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He married, in New York City, October, 1865, Phebe Ann, daughter of Richard and Abbey (Haight) Cornwell. Her father was a wholesale flour merchant of New York. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Stodart: 1. Edith, born August 26, 1870, married Francis B. De Grass. 2. William Richard, mentioned below.

(III) William Richard, son of William H. (20 Stodart, was born October 25, 1873, in New York City. He became a student in the Greenwich Academy in Connecticut when nine years old. He studied afterward at the Mount Pleasant Military Academy at Ossining, but returned to complete his course at Greenwich Academy. At the age of nineteen years he removed to Sullivan County, New York, and engaged in various business enterprises on his own account. He bought a farm of three hundred and sixty acres at Divine Corners. After selling this farm he bought a smaller place of forty acres and set to work to improve it. In turn, he sold this farm to advantage and bought more land. He built a house at Hurleyville, New York, and repurchased the farm at Divine Corners. He was appointed United States loan commissioner for a term of six years. He has served a term of four years as justice of the peace, and in November, 1991, was elected supervisor of the town of Fallsburg, New York. He is treasurer of the Republican Publishing Company. In religion he is a Congregationalist. He married, October 30, 1894, Mary De Puy Curtis, born at Callicoon Station, New York, October 18, 1874, daughter of William Henry and Mary (Bush) Curtis. James Clark Curtis, father of William henry Curtis, was a native of Vermont. Mary Bush's mother before marriage, was Annab Hasbrouck, daughter of Anthony and Rachel (De Puy) Hasbrouck (see Hasbrouck and Hardenbergh). Children of William Richard and Mary De Puy Stodart: 1. William Curtis, born August 11, 1895, student in the Liberty High school. 2. Edith Elizabeth, April 13, 1898. 3. Martha Hardenburg, October 16, 1902.

(The Hasbrouck Line.)

The Hasbrouck family is of French origin. There were two brothers, Abraham and Jean (John) Hasbrouck (or Broecq, as the name sometimes was spelled), of Calais, France. They went first to Mannheim, in the

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Palatinate, where so many Huguenots went for refuge from persecution.

Abraham Hasbrouck, the American immigrant, probably lived in Holland, and it is quite certain that he lived for a time in England, serving in the English army. On August 30, 1685, he received his commission as lieutenant of a company on foot for New Paltz and Kingston, New York, and in 1689 he was a captain of the foot company of New Paltz, Ulster County. He was one of the patentees in the Hardenbergh Patent. He married, 1676, Marie Deyo, daughter of Christian Deyo, of Moeterstat, in Duyslant. He was justice of Hurley, New York, before coming to New Paltz. It is said that he was in the English army with Governor Edmund Andros and that he influenced the governor to give the Huguenots the large tract at New Paltz. According to his grandson he felt Mannheim, where he was with his father, and went to Rotterdam, then to Amsterdam, going to England in April, 1675. After coming to Boston he first went to Esopus, where his brother Jean was situated, arriving in July, 1675. His home was just across the street from the present Reformed (Dutch) Church. The house now there may have been built by him or by his son Daniel, who inherited the place. It is still occupied and owned by the family. He died March 7, 1717, in an apoplectic fit, and his wife died March 27, 1741, aged eighty-seven years. Their children were as follows:

1. Joseph, born in 1684; lived in Guilford, on a tract of two thousand acres; I n 1722 was one of the justices of the county of Ulster; married, in 1706, Ellsje Schoonmaker; his son's diary gives the following: "He was a gentleman much respected by those with whom he was acquainted and he served in several public stations in Ulster country. He was very affable and agreeable in company, eloquent in speech, spoke French, Dutch and very tolerable English." 2. Solomon, born in 1686; lived near the Springtown bridge; married Sarah Van Wagenen and had a large family. 3. Daniel, born 1692; was on the list of freeholders in 1728, and a slave owner in 1755; remained on the homestead; married, when forty-two years of age, Wyntje, daughter of Abraham Deyo and granddaughter of Pierre Deyo, and they had a large family. 4. Jonas, probably died young. 5. Benjamin, married Jannitje Delong and moved to Dutchess County, New York. 6. Rachel, married Louis Debois, Jr.

(The Hardenbergh Line.)

The Hardenbergh family is of German origin, and in Ulster County, New York, has been one of the most prominent for years, although lately there are but few of the name left in the county. Near Nordheim, Germany, the ruins of the Hardenbergh Castle are still to be seen. Sir Johannes (Hardenbergh), at the recommendation of the Duke of Marlborough, was knighted by Queen Anne for his gallantry at the battle of Blenheim, and with the order of Knighthood he received the patent which took in the counties of Ulster, Delaware, and Sullivan, New York.

(I) Gerrit Jans Hardenbergh, who was the first of the name in Ulster County, came to America with his father from Maarden, near Utrecht, in the Netherlands, and is first found on record at Albany in 1667. He married Jeapie Schepmoes.

(II) Johannes, son of Gerrit Jans Hardenbergh, owned real estate in Kingston in 1689, and was commissioned high sheriff of Ulster County by governor Lovelace. In 1728 he received the commission as major in the Ulster County Regiment, and was later colonel. He was a patentee of the immense Hardenbergh patent, estimated to have taken two million acres, and granted by Queen Anne in 1708, in the present counties of Ulster, Orange, Greene, Delaware, and Sullivan. For years the Indians were against giving up such a large tract of land, but finally, being paid more, they became satisfied. Johannes Hardenbergh married Catherine Rutzen and had a large family of sons and daughters. Two of his sons married women in New Paltz, where the family lived, and settled there, although Abraham was the only one who lived in the New Paltz precinct proper, he being at Guilford. The brother Johannes lived at what is now Rosendale Village, and the others of the family were scattered.

(III) Abraham, son of Johannes Hardenbergh, was born in 1706, died in 1771. He was a wealthy and influential man; super-

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visor of the town from 1751 to 1761, and in 1770; justice of the peace in 1770; owned seven slaves, recorded in 1755, being one of the largest slave owners in the town; elder of the church, 1759. He married (first) Marytje, daughter of Nicholas Roosa, who had come from Hurley to New Paltz. He married (second), in 1752, Mary, daughter of Joseph Hasbrouck, of Guilford, and widow of James Gasherie. Children by first wife: 1. Johannes, baptized at Kingston, 1743. 2. Sarah, baptized at Kingston. By second wife: 3. Nicholas. 4. Elias. 5. Maritje. 6. Rachel, all baptized at New Paltz from 1753 to 1758.

(III) Colonel Johannes (2) Hardenbergh, brother of Abraham Hardenbergh, was for twenty years colonel of the First Regiment of Ulster County; member of the colonial assembly from 1743 to 1750; of the state legislature in 1781 and 1782; member of the first provincial congress; served frequently as elder in the New Paltz Church, acting as delegate to the conference in New York, when the differences between the Coetus and Conferentie parties were settled. In June, 1783, he entertained General and Mrs. Washington and Governor and Mrs. Clinton at his residence in Rosendale. He married Maria Dubois, born in 1706, daughter of Louis Dubois, Jr. of Nescatack, New Paltz. Children; l. Johannes, born 1729. 2. Lewis, 1731. 3. Charles. 1733. 4. Jacob Rutze, 1736. 5. Rachel, 1739. 6. Catharine, 1741. 7. Gerardus, 1744.

STODDARD. Anthony Stoddard, the founder of this family died March 16, 1686-87. He came to Boston, about 1639. He is described as a linen draper. In 1640 he was admitted a freeman, and the next year was chosen constable. Among many public offices afterward held by him was that of representative to the general court, to which he was chosen more then twenty times. He was one of the most prominent men in the colony, and prospered also in his business. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Emanuel and Anne (Ware) Downing, who died June 16, 1647. She had come to the colony in 1633, and was half-sister to Sir George Downing, Baronet. He married (second) in 1647, Barbara, who died April 15, 1655. She married (first) Joseph Weld. He married (third) Christian ---------, and (fourth) Mary ------------, who married (first) Thomas Savage. Children, three by first, five by second, nine by third marriage: 1. Benjamin, baptized August 28, 1640. 2. Solomon, referred to below. 3. Samson, baptized December 3, 1643, died November 4, 1698. 4. Grace, born September 14, 1648. 5. Samuel, born January 14, 1650. 6. Simeon, born May 25, 1651, died October 15, 1730, married (first) -------------, (second) May 31, 1700, Elizabeth Shrimpton, and (third) Mehitable Sargeant. 7. Sarah, born October 21, 1652. 8. Stephen, born January 6, 1654. 9. Anthony, born June 16, 1656. 10, Christian, born March 22, 1657-58, married Nathaniel Peirse. 11. Lydia, born March 27, 1660, married Samuel Turell. 12. Joseph, born December 1, 1661. 13. John, born April 22, 1663. 14. Ebenezer, born July 1, 1664. 15. Dorothy, born November 24, 1665. 16. Mary, born March 25, 1668. 17. Jane, born July 29, 1669.

(II) Rev. Solomon Stoddard, son of Anthony and Mary (Downing) Stoddard, was born about September, 1643, died February 11, 1720. He graduated from Harvard in 1662, was elected a fellow, and became the first librarian of the college, serving from 1667 to 1674. He accompanied the governor of Massachusetts to the Barbadoes, as his chaplain, and remained there about two years. In 1672 he was settled as minister at Northampton, Massachusetts. He was a prolific author and generous giver to religion. He married, march 8, 1670. Esther (Warham) Mather, born about 1640, died February 10, 1736; she married (first) the Rev. Eleazer Mather. Children: 1. Mary, born January 9, 1671, married, October 2, 1695, Rev. Stephen Mix. 2. Esther, born June 2, 1672, died January 19, 1771, married, November 6, 1694, the Rev. Timothy Edwards, she was the mother of the great Jonathan Edwards. 3. Samuel, born February 5, 1674, died March 22, 1674. 4. Anthony, born June 6, 1675, died June 7, 1675. 5. Aaron, born August 23, 1676, died august 23, 1676. 6. Christian, born August 23, 1676, died April 26, 1764, married Rev. William Williams. 7. Anthony, referred to below. 8. Sarah, born April 1, 1680, married, March 19, 1707, the Rev. Samuel Whitman. 9. John, born February 17, 1682, died June 19, 1748, married, December 13, 1731, Prudence Chester. 10. Israel. 11. Re-

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becca, born in January, 1680, died in January, 1766, married, November 16, 1722, Joseph Hawley. 12, Hannah, born April 21, 1688, died December 29, 1745, married the Rev. William Williams.

(III) Rev. Anthony (2) Stoddard, son of Rev. Solomon and Esther (Warham-Mather) Stoddard, was born August 9, 1678, died September 6, 1760. He graduated from Harvard in 1697 and was for nearly sixty years, from 1702 to his death, minister at Woodbury, Connecticut. The churches in New England were in general, during this period, ina low state, but Woodbury afforded an exception. He was also a physician and a lawyer, and held the office of clerk of probate for forty years and was also a farmer. From 1738 he was a trustee of Yale College. He married (first) October 20, 1700, Prudence Wells, born about 1682, died April 16, 1715; (second) January 31, 1716, mary Sherman, born about 1691, died January 21, 1721; (third) Hannah -----------, who died November 26, 1747. Children, eight by first, three by second marriage: 1. Mary, born June 19, 1702. 2. Solomon, born October 12, 1703, died May 23, 1727. 3. Eliakim, born April 3, 17095, died in 1750, married, in 1729, Joanna Curtis. 4. Elisha, referred to below. 5. Israel, born August 7, 1708, died May 30, 1727. 6. John, born March 2, 1710. 7. Prudence, born October 12, 1711, married Joseph Curtis. 8. Gideon, born May 27, 1714, died May 21, 1780, married, January 24, 1733, Olive Curtis. 9. Esther, born October 11, 1716, married Preserved Strong. 10. Abigail, born February 28, 1718, married April 14, 1739, Eunice Curtis. 11. Elizabeth, born November 15, 1719, married Daniel Mann.

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