(IV) George (3), third son of Rev. George (20 and Sarah (Hallett) Phillips, was born April 1, 1698, in Brookhaven, and resided for some time at Islip, Long Island.  He removed to the head of the river at Smithtown, where he died November 16, 1771.  He married, April 11, 1726, Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy Mills, the first settler at Mills Pond.  Children:  1. Samuel, born October 26, 1728.  2. Sarah, February 26, 1730.  3. George, January 16, 1732.  4. Jonas, March 12, 1735.  5. Elizabeth, March 23, 1737.  6. Mary, April 13, 1741.  7. Moses, of whom further.

          (V) Moses, youngest child of George (3) and Elizabeth (Mills) Phillips, was born March 8, 1742, and settled in Orange County, New York, being founder of the village known as Phillipsburgh, where he died December 29, 1818.  He married, January 27, 1760, Sarah, daughter of Henry Wisner, of Goshen, New York.  They had children;  1.  Gabriel. Newton   2. George.  3. Henry Wisner.  4. Moses.  5. Sarah.  6. Samuel.  7. Elizabeth.  8. William.

          (VI) William, youngest child of Moses and Sarah (Wisner) Phillips, was born January 9, 1778, at Phillipsburgh, where he passed his life, died in August, 1846.  He owned and tilled a farm; was interested in several enterprises and was a staunch Presbyterian.  He married, 1804, Sarah Evertson, daughter of john Evertson.  Children:  1. John Evertson, of whom further.  2. Julia, wife of Rev. William Y. Miller.  3. Henry, married Mary, daughter of Rev. Andrew Thompson, of Orange County.  4. Elizabeth, married Dr. henry Hornbeck.  5. William, married Ann Matilda Ewing, of Knoxville, Illinois.  6. Thomas, married Martha Coon, of Galesburg, Illinois. 7. Nicholas.  8. Edgar, deceased; married Mary Sandburn, of Knoxville, Illinois, now of Goshen.  Besides these there were three, who died in infancy. 

          (VII) John Evertson, eldest child of William and Sarah (Evertson) Phillips, was born March 2, 1805, in Phillipsburgh, died December 12, 1841, in Goshen, New York.  He graduated from Williams College and studied law in Goshen, where he engaged in practice after his admission.  In 1837 he purchased a house on Church Street, Goshen, in which he lived the rest of his life and which is now occupied by his daughter. He was a public spirited man and a supporter of progressive principles in politics. Had he lived until the organization of the party he would undoubtedly have given earnest support to the Republican organization.  He married, March 1, 1832, Elizabeth Talman Wisner, born December 26, 1808, died April 26, 1891, daughter of Henry G. Wisner, an attorney of Goshen, and his wife, Sarah Talman.  They were the parents of three daughters:  1. Sarah, born 1836, died at the age of eight years.  2. Ann Evertson, 1838, became the wife of John Comer, died August 26, 1906.  3. Harriet Hornbeck.

          (VIII) Harriet Hornbeck, youngest child of John E. and Elisabeth T. (Warren ) Phillips, was born July 6, 1840, in Goshen, and was educated in the schools of her native town.  She is a faithful member of the episcopal Church, in whose interest she is an active worker. She occupies the paternal homestead in Goshen.

KNIFFIN.     This family originally settled in Connecticut.  George Kniffin of Stratford, Connecticut, in 1666 bought a house and land from John Budd, St., the house being situated in the town formerly called Hastings.  He was "propounded for freeman," of the colony in 1670, his name appearing as "George Snufferne of Ry."  He died in 1694.  A son Joseph and a daughter, who married John Stoakham, are known to be his children: five others of the name are supposed to be his sons:  1. Ebenezer.  2. Jonathan.  3. George.  4. Nathan, and 5. Samuel.  Jonathan is

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believed to be the ancestor of the Kniffin's of Goshen, New York, as the name does not appear in any other branch of the family. 

          (II) Jonathan, son of George Kniffin, is mentioned in 1697 and 1721 as having land in the north end of the town.  he married and had a son Jonathan (2).

          (III) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (3), Kniffin owned land eat of the Hogpen Ridge Road in 1745.  He died about 1758 leaving a son, Jonathan (3).

          (IV) Jonathan (3), son of Jonathan (2) Kniffin, owned a large tract of land between Regent Street or Kniffin's Lane, as it was then called, and Purchase Avenue.  He is said to have remained loyal to the king and went to New York where he was stricken with smallpox, and eventually died.  His daughter, Polly, hearing of his sickness started to go to New York on horseback to take him clothes and home delicacies.  On the road she was waylaid and murdered by a party of three "cowboys."

          (V) This generation cannot be supplied from the records of the family in Rye.  It was undoubtedly one of the sons of Jonathan. 

          (VI) Jonathan B., grandson of Jonathan (3) Kniffin, was born about 1760.  He was a resident of New Windsor, Orange County, New York, where he was a shoemaker and taught school.  He married Harriet, youngest daughter of Major Samuel Logan and his wife, Abigail Clark.  Major Samuel Logan was born in 1730, died 1825; he came to this country as a corporal in the Eightieth Regiment Infantry of the English army and was engaged with his regiment in the French and Indian Wars from 1755 to 1759.  He afterward settled at New Windsor, Orange County, New York.  He was a major in the Revolutionary War under General Clinton.  Children of Jonathan B. Kniffin:  1. Algeron.  2. Henrietta, married James Palmerton.  3. Edgar.  4. William, married Jane Gordon;  5. Helen, married Samuel Ricker.  6. Mary, married Walter Cunningham.  7. Samuel McDonough, of whom further.  8. Sarah A., married Amos Hollett.  9. Margaret, married James Colwell.  10. J. Frederick.  11. Harriet Weeden.

          (VII) Samuel McDonough, son of Jonathan S. Kniffin, was born at New Windsor, Orange County, New York, December 1, 1814, died November 22, 1867.  When a boy he went to Montgomery where he attended the academy.  He learned the trade of the tinsmith with E. P. Wheeler and after his marriage in 1840 moved to Chester, Orange County, where in 1842 he became a member of the hardware firm of E. P. Wheeler and Company.  Later he established the hardware firm of Kniffin and Hazard; and later admitted his younger brother to the firm as S. M. and F. J. Kniffin.  In Chester, He was supervisor, and for many years town clerk and justice of the peace.  In the spring of 1863 he moved to Goshen, New York, where he was associated with the hardware firm of Corwin and Merriam.  He was a man of fine business qualities, noted for his strict integrity and beloved by all who came in contact with him.  He was a Democrat in politics and a member of the Presbyterian Church.  He married, December 1, 1840, Margaret McNeal (or MacNeal) born October 20, 1822, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Van Keuren) McNeal.  Sarah was Keuren was the daughter of Captain Hendrick Van Keuren, born in Holland, 1737, died in Montgomery, New York, 1802.  He came to the colonies in 1768; the McNeal family coming from Scotland at about the same time; both families bought large tracts of land in Montgomery, Orange County, New York.  Hendrick Van Keuren built a stone house which afterward he used as a fort, defending himself against Indian attack and firing through the port holes.  He served in the Revolutionary army and gave generously of the products of his farm to sustain the army at West Point, a bridle path leading from his home to the camp.  He had a fine pair of cream colored carriage horses, which the officers much coveted, but while willing to part with most anything else he needed them for farm use, as the hose furnished about the only mode of travel in those days.  One morning, however, the team were missing and in their place was an Indian belt of Wampum left in payment.  The land on which the Goodwill Church, the Montgomery Church and the academy were built was donated to those institutions by the McNeals.  Hendrick Van Keuren married Margaret Miller.

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Charles H. Westervelt, of Chester; children:  i. Charles A. born January 15, 1864 and Samuel Kniffin, November 13, 1878, died April 12, 1879.  Charles A. Westervelt, the oldest son is connected with the Myers Dry Goods House of Albany, New York.  He married, October 1, 1891, Laura Bissel King, of Chester, and has Clifford Gray, born June 5, 1893.  2. Samuel Logan, of whom further.  3. Anna, born June 28, 1846, died March 3, 1848.  4. Daniel MacNeal, of whom further.  5. John F., of whom further.  6. William, of whom further.  7. Margaret MacNeal, born November 4, 1850, unmarried.  8. Isabel, born August 29, 1862, unmarried; she is a graduate of Goshen institute and Glen falls Seminary and taught in the Collegiate Institute in Newtown, New Jersey, and eleven years in the Goshen public school.  The daughters are prominent workers in the Presbyterian Church and members of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 

          (VIII) Samuel Logan, eldest son of Samuel M. Kniffin, entered the employ of Corwin and Merriam at Goshen in the fall of 1863.  In 1867 he was made foreman of their shops, and has now been connected with the firm for forty-eight yeas.  He has been trustee of the village for many yeas and is now serving his second term as president.  He married Sarah J. Bennett, daughter of Gabriel and Abigail (Jones) Bennett.  Their only child, Carrie Bennett Kniffin, born June 28, 1875, married Charles B. Coleman  April 2, 1902.  Their children are;  1. Elsie Marguerite, born May 10, 1903.  2. Carolyn Kniffin, May 24, 1904.  3. Charlotte B., April 3, 1908. 

          (VIII) Daniel MacNeal, second son of Samuel M. Kniffin, was born July 29, 1849.  He went in 1865 to New York City where he entered the grocery house of Atchison Brothers, and later bought the business.  He married (first), July 7, 1875, Harriet E. Keith, of New Canaan, Connecticut, who died July 18, 1883, leaving a child, Loubelle, born august 8, 1876, who married, September 18, 1902, Doctor William C. Kellogg, of August, Georgia; their son, Minot Kniffin, was born in November, 1908.  Daniel M., married (second), June 10, 1893, Carrie A. Dyer, of Binghampton, New York; their daughter, Marian Dorothy, was born in 1897 and died in January, 1898. 

          (VIII) John F., third son of Samuel M Kniffin, was born May 5, 1852, died October 26, 1890.  He entered the hardware store of Corwin and Merriam in 1870 and was traveling salesman for J. W. Couvin (successor of the above firm), at the time of his death in 1890, unmarried. 

          (VIII) William, the youngest son of Samuel McDonough Kniffin, was born in Orange County, New York, February 20, 1855.  After finishing his education he entered the employ of Corwin and Merriam in 1871, and in January, 1893, became junior partner of the firm of Couvin and Kniffin.  J. W. Couvin later retired and the firm became as it now is, Kniffin & Hopkins.  For forty years Mr. Kniffin has been in business at the "old Stand" and has built up a large prosperous trade.  He is vice-president of the Goshen Savings Bank and president of the State Hill Cemetery Association and has been collector of the village.  He is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church. 

HOLBERT.    This is one of the Revolutionary families of Orange County, New York, whose earlier history is so vague that it is not possible to determine who were the ancestors of Captain John Holbert, with whom this record begins.  The name is no doubt much changed from its original form, as first used by the Dutch or German emigrant. The family has always been prominent in Orange County from the time of Captain John down to the present day.

          (I) Captain John Holbert was a farmer of the town of Chester, Orange County, New York.  He owned a good farm which he sold, taking pay in continental money.  He fought all through the Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of Captain.  On his return from the war his farm was gone, and the money for which he had exchanged it had so depreciated in value that he was left entirely without property.  He, however, continued his residence in Chester until his death in 1821, at the age of ninety-three yeas.  His wife, Mary, born in Holland, died before her husband.  Children:  1. Peter, of whom further.  2. Ebenezer.  3. Samuel.

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4. John.  5. Mary.  6. Susan.  All of these children except Mary married, settled in Orange County, and reared families.

          (II) Peter, eldest son of Captain John Holbert, was born in Chester, New York, August 24, 1768, died October 19, 1836.  After his marriage he purchased land in Minisink, cleared off the original forest and contributed much to the growth and development of that town.  He was a member of the old Whig party and influential in public affairs.  He served as supervisor several terms; was justice of the peace twenty-seven years; and being a fine penman did most of the conveyancing for the town. In 1812 he was elected to the State Legislature, serving in the lower house.  He was a successful business man, and possessed of a goodly estate.  He married Rosanna, born April 10, 1770, died May 15, 1839, daughter of Garrett Duland, of Minisink. Children:  1. Mary, died 1909; married David Robertson.  2. William, deceased.  3. Martha, married Alijah Wells.  4. Susan, married Abraham Tyler.  5. Miriam, married William Wells.  6. John.  7. Sarah, married Silas c. Brown.  8. Harriet, married Jacob Dunning.  9. Elizabeth,, married (first) Joseph Sayer, (second) Lyndon Mulford.  10. Adrian, of whom further.  11. Peter.

          (III) Adrian, son of peter Holbert, was born in Minisink, New York, August 11, 1809, died in 1892.  His life was mainly devoted to agriculture, although during the years 1832 and 1833 he carried on a general store at Centerville and one at Mittenburg in association with his brother-in-law, Silas C. Brown.  Also in 1868 and 1869 he was engaged in the milk business in New York City, but these were his only excursions into the world of business outside his farming operations.  For our yeas he resided on a farm in Monroe.  In 1836 he purchased the Valentine farm.  One of the best in the town of Goshen, which he cultivated until 1861, then sold to his son, Jesse A., and moved to Goshen village.  After his New York experience he returned to his home in the village, but becoming restless under inactivity, left the village and erected a pleasant and comfortable home on a few acres near the old homestead, where he spent the remainder of his days.  In his many moves and changes he built several houses that are still owned by the family.  He was an enthusiastic cattle breeder and possessed two of the first six belted cows of the finest Dutch breeding, brought from Holland to this country.  He was an honorable, high-minded gentleman, holding the respect and confidence of his townsmen.  Politically, he was a Whig, later a Republican, and in religiion a member of the Presbyterian Church.  He married (first), in 1832, Hannah, born September 15, 1809, died November 20, 1843, daughter of Joshua Sayer, of Minisink.  He married (second), in 1845, Harriet, died January 14, 1868, daughter of John Wisner, of Minisink.  He married (third), December 22, 1870, Frances, born December 19, 1811, daughter of Joshua (2) and Jemima (Sayer) Wells, of Goshen.  Children of first wife:  1. Charles, settled in Kansas.  2. Hannah, married George Graham.  3. Mariette, married Albert W. Slater, of Centralia, Kansas.  4. Sarah, married Richard Wilson, and died in Walkill.  5. Jesse Adrian, of whom further.  Child of second wife: 6. Anna.

          (IV) Jesse Adrian, youngest child of Adrian Holbert, by his first wife, Hannah Sayer, was born in Goshen, Orange County, New York, in 1839, at No. 6-1/2 farm where all his children were born, and died in 1909.  He was well educated in the public schools and spent his life engaged in agriculture.  In 1861 he purchased the Valentine farm from his father and continued its operation until his retirement.  He was an energetic, successful and held in high regard by his neighbors.  He was always a Republican in politics, and he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He married Elizabeth Ryerson, born near Glenwood, New Jersey, daughter of John Nichols Ryerson.  Children:  1.  Hannah, married Alfred H. Wardle, of Boston; children:  i. Elizabeth, ii. Warren Holbert, iii. Ethelwyn, iv. John Knight.  2. Adrian, now of New York City.  3. Harriet, deceased.  4. Anna May, of whom further.  5. Alla Davis.  6. John W., married Eleanor Louise Baker; children:  i. Genevieve, ii. Ruth, iii. Jesse Adrian (2), iv. Eleanor Louise. 7. Elizabeth.  8. Belle.

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Goshen, New York, on farm No. 6-1.2, in 1870.  She is a member of the Presbyterian Church; Order of the Eastern Star; and Daughters of the American Revolution by right of the patriotic service of her ancestor, Captain John Holbert.  She married, in 1890, William Nicholas Hoffman, born in Newburg, New York, in 1865, son of Peter H. and Maria (Spangenberg) Hoffman, of Germany.  For twenty-five years he was searcher of Orange County, and the past three year he has been deputy county clerk.  Child, by adoption: Marie Christine, born September 3, 1899.

CRANE.    Jasper Crane, the founder of this family, and as far as is known the first of this name to set foot in the new world, was born probably about 1605, near Bradley Plain, Hampshire, England, died in Newark, New Jersey, in 1681.  June 4, 1639, he was one of the original settlers of the New Haven colony, who signed the first agreement in Mr. Newman's barn; and took the oath of fidelity with Campfield, Pennington, Governor Eaton and others. With Robert Treat he was a member of the general court, and for many years a magistrate.  In 1652 he removed to Branford, where he was elected magistrate in 1658, having been deputy for several years previous to that date. In 1605 he singed the first fundamental agreement of the Newark settlers, and his name is the first on the list, not only on the articles of October 30, 1666, but also that of January 20, 1667.  With Robert Treat he was one of the first two magistrates of Newark.  He married Alice ----------.  Children;  1. John, of whom further.  2. Hannah, born about 1639; married (first) Thomas Huntington, (second) Sergeant John Ward, of Newark.  3. Delivered or Deliverance, born July 12, 1642, died probably unmarried.  4. Mercy or Mary, baptized March 1, 1645, died October 26, 1671; married, August 22, 1662, Jonathan Bell.  5. Micah, baptized November 3, 1647, died probably in childhood.  6. Azariah, born in 1649, died November 5, 1730; married Mary Treat.  7. Jasper (2), born April 2, 1651, died March 6, 1712; married Joanna Swaine. 

          (II) John, son of Jasper and Alice Swaine, was born about 1635, died before January 6, 1695, the date of the proving of his will, January 2, 1670-71, he was elected fence viewer, of Newark; from 1671 to 1675, was a member of the New Jersey general assembly; grand juryman in 1677, and selectman in 1683.  He married (first) Elizabeth, sister of Nathaniel Fook, of Wethersfield, (second) Hannah -----------; who survived him.  Children:  1. John, of whom further.  2. Jasper, born in 1679, died in 1749; married Ann ----------.  3. Daniel, born in 1684, died September 8, 1747; married Phebe Ward.  4. Sarah.

          (III) John (2), son of John (10 and Elizabeth (Fook) Crane, was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1671, died in Whippany, Morris County, New Jersey, February 22, 1739, aged sixty-eight years.  In 1719 he was chosen assessor and collector of taxes for Newark, and served as such for several years; in 1725 he was overseer of the poor and sheepmaster; and in 1736 recorder of strays.  His wife's name is unknown.  Children;  1. John (3).  2. Edmond, of whom further.  3. Amos, married Elizabeth ------------.  4. Mary, married ------------- Hamilton.  5. Abigail, married Stephen Ward.  6. Keziah, married ----------- Canfield.

          (IV) Edmond, son of John (2) Crane, was born about 1692, died before January 30, 1762, the date of the proving of his will.  He lived at what was called the "Hammock," between Madison and Morristown, New Jersey.  He married Abigail, daughter of Deacon Abraham and Sarah (Bruen) Kitchell, who was born in November, 1717, died August 30, 1801.  Children:  1. Stephen, of whom further.  2. Eunice, born September 15, 1738.  3. Affie, born July 15, 1740.  4. Phebe, born April 13, 1742.  5. Josiah, born June 25, 1745, died July 14, 1822; married Abigail Hathaway.  6. Ezekiel, born October 29, 1747, died March 15, 1813; married, September 23, or October 10, 1770, Eunice Hayward.  7. John, born January 24, 1749.  8. Abigail, born May 28, 1752, died July 27, 1754.  9. David, born December 24, 1756.  10. Benoni, born June 27, 1761. 

          (V) Stephen, son of Edmond and Abigail (Kitchell) Crane, was born in Morris County, New Jersey, June 23, 1735.  He was a cooper by trade and settled first in Elizabeth, New Jersey, removing later to

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Goshen, Orange County, New York, where he died.  The name of his wife is unknown.  Children:  1.  Stephen, married October 11, 1781, Mary Arnout.  2. William, died September 26, 1827; married, March 16, 1788, Mary Cooley.  3. John, of whom further.  4. Benjamin, married (first), December 22, 1791, Asenath Pellet, (second), April 7, 1810, Sarah Lusk, and (third) Eve ---------.  4. Letty, married Thomas Bronson.  5. Sarah, married November 21, 1790, Samuel Bronson.

          (VI) John (3), son of Stephen Crane, of Goshen, New York, was born there August 24, 1766, died there October 1, 1824.  He was a farmer and cooper, and a Presbyterian in religion.  He married Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Goldsmith) Sayre, who was born on the Ridge Road near Florida, Orange County, New York, July 24, 1774, died in Goshen, July 22, 1860.  Child:  1. John Sears, of whom further.

          (VII) John Sears, son of John (3) and Abigail (Sayre) Crane, was born in Goshen, Orange County, New York, august 3, 1795, died there, January 1, 1875. He graduated from Princeton University in 1818, after which he studied medicine, and settled first in Milford, later in Goshen, where he became treasurer of the Orange County Fire Association, and trustee of Farmer Hall Academy and of the Goshen Library.  In 1825 he was surgeon's mate of the Nineteenth Brigade, Orange County Militia.  He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church and a Republican in politics.  He married in Goshen, April 18, 1822, Sarah, daughter of Asa Smith, who was born there March 17, 1802, died March 8, 1879.  Children:  1. Frances Elvina, born June 4, 1823, died October 7, 1900.  2. Anna Eliza, born June 18, 1825, died November 1, 1826.  3. Ira Smith, born January 27, 1828, billed by railroad car, July 24, 1846; unmarried.   4. Albert Gallatin, born September 15, 1820, living in Addison, Steuben county, New York; married, in January, 1865, Julia Ayrault Holden, of Addison, died 190-, children;  i. Floyd Holden, born July 22, 1866, living in Passaic, New Jersey, ii. Albert smith, a civil engineer in Brooklyn, New York, iii.  Anna Louise, born February 10, 1870, died November 12, 1896; married, June 22, 1892, Burton G. Winton, of Addison; child, Robert McB., born July 8, 18896,  iv. Edith A., born December 7, 1872, married Burton G. Winton; one child: Margaret, v. Mabel, living with her father.  5. William Henry, born September 25, 1831, died October 1, 1831.  6. Floyd Augustus, of whom further. 

(VIII) Rev. Floyd Augustus Crane, son of John Sears and Sarah (Smith) Crane, was born in Goshen, Orange County, New York, September 28, 1835, and is now living in Goshen.  He received his early education in the Noah Webster and Farmers Hall academies, in Goshen, and then graduated from Princeton University, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1858.  In 1870 the university bestowed on him honoris causa the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.  He graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1858, and in the same year took a pastorate at Youngsville and Jeffersonville.  From 1866 to 1871 he was pastor of the church of Callicoon, and in the last named year retired from active service. Since then he has given his service freely from time to time to help out with other ministers.  He is a life member of the American Bible society and was treasurer of the Slate Hill Cemetery Association.  He is an independent Republican in politics.  He is a member of the Kappa Alpha, of which he was the head during his attendance at Princeton College, in the year 1856, and of the American Whig Society of Princeton.  He is also a member of the Goshen Village Improvement Association.  He married, June 15, 1858, Melissa A., daughter of Nathaniel and Frances J. (Vail) Jennings, of Florida, Orange County, New York, who was born there July 5, 1833, died in Goshen, January 14, 1908.  Her father was a merchant at Florida and Goshen.  Child:  Melissa Jennings, born in Goshen, August 23, 1859; married, October 12, 1881, Edgar Patterson Redfield, of New York City, who was born in New York City, July 4, 1859; child: Florence Jennings Redfield, born November 15, 1884, died January 6, 1889. 

NEWBURY.    There were various immigrants of this name early in New England whence it has spread over various sections of the United States.  One family was located in

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northeastern Massachusetts and was somewhat distinguished for men of ability and worth.  Thence it removed to Connecticut and from that state branches removed to various sections of the United States.  It was conspicuous in the early settlement of Orange County, this state, where it is still ably represented.  The name is most frequently spelled Newberry.

          (I) Thomas Newberry was one of the oldest settlers and largest land holders of Dorchester, Massachusetts.  In March, 1634, he received from the general court of the Massachusetts colony a grant of one hundred acres at Nenponset and various grants in Dorcester.  He laid out a large farm in Squantun, and lived on "The Rock," in 1634, in which year he was made a freeman and selectman.  He early engaged in the enterprise of settling the Connecticut colony and sold his land in Dorchester, planning to remove to Windsor, Connecticut, but his death in December, 1635, or January, 1636, prevented the consummation of his desire.  His widow and children removed to Windsor, 1640.  The Widow Jane married (second) Rev. John Warham.  Children:  1. Joseph.  2. John.  3. Benjamin.  4. Rebecca.  5. Mary.  6. Hannah.  7. Sarah.

          (II) Benjamin Newbury, third son of Thomas and Jane Newberry, was the first of the seven proprietors of Windsor to whom the patent was granted in 1686.  He died there September 11, 1689.  He was a commander of the military department of the Connecticut River Colony.  He married, June 11, 1646, Mary, daughter of Matthew Allyn, of Windsor.  Children:  1. Mary, born March 10, 1647-48.  2. Sarah, June 14, 1650.  3. Hannah, December 22, 1652.  4. Rebecca, May 2, 1655.  5. Thomas.  6. Abigail, May 14, 1659.  7. Margaret, October 13, 1662.  8. Benjamin, mentioned blow.  9. Hannah, July 1, 1673. 

          (III) Captain Benjamin (2) Newbury, son of Major Benjamin (10 and Mary (Allyn) Newbury, was born April 20, 1669, in Windsor, died there November 3, 1710.  His  military title arose from service in the militia.  He married, may 3, 1690, Hannah, second daughter of Thomas (2) and Constant (Hawes) Dewey, of Northampton, Massachusetts, born February 21, 1673, died August 30, 1749.  Children recorded in Windsor:  1. Benjamin, born January 31, 1692.  2. Roger, mentioned below.  3. Marah, February 3, 1710.  There were probably others.

          (IV) Roger, second son of Captain Benjamin (2) and Hannah (Dewey) Newbury, was born January 4, 1706, in Windsor.  He graduated from Yale College in 1726.  He was a merchant in Windsor and a very prominent and useful citizen.  He was commissioned lieutenant of militia in 1729, later was captain and commanded a company in the expedition against Spain tot he West Indies.  He also participated in the unfortunate expedition against Cartagena, Spain, which was repulsed in 1741, and he died on the return voyage, May 6, 1741.  Tradition says that the officers of this vessel indulged ina drunken debauch because of their defeat, and while Captain Newbury was very ill he arose from his bed, imprisoned the captain and crew and for forty-eight hours took charge of the vessel ina severe storm and brought it through safely, after which he returned to hid bed and died largely as a result of his exposure, while in a feeble condition.  He served eleven sessions as deputy from Windsor to the general court of Connecticut.  He married, August 24, 1727, Elizabeth, born April 10, 1706, eldest daughter of Governor Roger and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott.  She survived him thirty-four years, dying July 16, 1775.  After his death she continued his mercantile business and was a very capable and energetic woman.  It is said on one occasion she walked from her home in Windsor to her farm in Greenfield, (now Bloomfield), pulled a half acre of flax and walked back to her home.  Children:  1. Elizabeth, born June 28, 1728.  2. Hannah, October 3, 1729.  3. Abigail, December 5, 1733.  4. Roger, June 29, 1735.  5. Sarah. December 31, 1736.  6. Benjamin, mentioned below.  7. Thomas, August 1, 1740.

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