BOOK OF BURWELL'S

The Ancestry of William Francis Joseph Boardman

This book contains the ancestry of William Francis Joseph Boardman of
Hartford, Connecticutt.

Bibliographic Information: Boardman, William F. J. The Ancestry of
William Francis Joseph Boardman. Harford, Connecticutt. 1906.

THE ANCESTRY
OF
WILLIAM FRANCIS JOSEPH BOARDMAN

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

BEING HIS LINEAGE IN ALL LINES OF DESCENT
FROM
THE EMIGRANT ANCESTORS IN NEW ENGLAND

BY
WILLIAM F. J. BOARDMAN
Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
and the
Connecticut Historical Society

PRIVATELY PRINTED
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
1906
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COPYRIGHT
BY
WILLIAM F. J. BOARDMAN
1906

All rights reserved

The Case, L??wood & ?? Company, Hartford, Conn.
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One Hundred and Fifty Numbered Copies

No.

Presented by the Author to
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To
MY SON
WILLIAM GREENLEAF BOARDMAN
AND
HIS DESCENDANTS
THIS VOLUME
IS
DEDICATED
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ILLUSTRATIONS.

WILLIAM FRANCIS JOSEPH BOARDMAN, Frontispiece
JANE M. GREENLEAF BOARDMAN AND HER SON WILLIAM GREENLEAF BOARDMAN,
Facing page 13
WILLIAM FRANCIS JOSEPH BOARDMAN, AT THE AGE OF 17; AND JANE MARIA
GREENLEAF, AT THE AGE OF 16, " " 16
JANE M. GREENLEAF BOARDMAN, " " 19
WILLIAM GREENLEAF BOARDMAN, " " 22
ELIZA FOWLER ROOT BOARDMAN, " " 22
FRANCIS WHITTIER BOARDMAN, " " 22
CEDRIC ROOT BOARDMAN, " " 22
DOROTHY ROOT BOARDMAN, " " 22
WILLIAM BOARDMAN, " " 27
WILLIAM BOARDMAN, AT THE AGE OF 25; AND MARY FRANCIS BOARDMAN, AT THE
AGE OF 26, " " 28
EMMA JENNETTE BOARDMAN, 1846-1860, " " 34
MARY FRANCIS BOARDMAN, " " 36
THOMAS JEFFERSON BOARDMAN, " " 39
MARY LUCINDA BOARDMAN ATWOOD, " " 43
LUCINDA CANFIELD BOARDMAN, 1786-1850, " " 49
JOSEPH CANFIELD BOARDMAN, 1813-1896; AND HANNAH BOARDMAN CLARK,
1807-1891, " " 51
CAPT. DANIEL FRANCIS, 1770-1837, " " 52
HOUSE OF CAPT. DANIEL FRANCIS, WETHERSFIELD, BUILT IN 1803, AS IT
APPEARS IN 1905, " " 53
ABIGAIL DEMING FRANCIS, 1801-1865; DANIEL FRANCIS, 1808-1891; ANSON
WRIGHT FRANCIS, 1813-1896; JOHN NEWTON FRANCIS, 1817-1867; HONOR GOODRICH
FRANCIS, 1815-1897; AND JULIUS EDWARD FRANCIS, 1822-1881, " " 54
THE GREAT ELM-TREE IN WETHERSFIELD, ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROAD STREET,
IN FRONT OF THE HOME-LOT OWNED BY SAMUEL BOREMAN IN 1646; AND
MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE IN CARVED FRAME OF CHARTER OAK, " " 57

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CAPT. JOHN FRANCIS HOMESTEAD, Facing page 62
CAPT. ELIZUR GOODRICH, ABIGAIL DEMING GOODRICH, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR
HOUSE BUILT ABOUT 1760, " " 65
THE OLD GOODRICH PRESS, " " 67
THE BOARDMAN HOMESTEAD, WETHERSFIELD, 1719-1866, AT THE SOUTHWEST END
OF BROAD STREET, WETHERSFIELD, " " 71
TABLE OF SARAH (BORDMAN) ROBBINS, 1730-1784, DAUGHTER OF CORNET JOSEPH
BORDMAN, " " 72
GRAVESTONE OF JOHN FRANCIS, 1749, " " 80
THE OLD BOARDMAN CHEST, 1680-1700, " " 87
GRAVESTONE OF SAMUEL BORDMAN, 1720, " " 88
HOMESTEAD OF SAMUEL BOREMAN, SEN., WETHERSFIELD, BUILT ABOUT 1660, " "
123
INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF MR. SAMUEL BOREMAN, SEN., OF WETHERSFIELD,
TAKEN THE 2D OF MAY, 1673, " " 126
LETTER OF MRS. JULIAN (CARTER) BOREMAN, CLAYDON, ENG., TO HER SON
SAMUEL IN IPSWICH, MASS., FEB. 5, 1641, " " 128
HOUSE OF THOMAS BOREMAN, CLAYDON, ENG., " " 130
HOUSE OF FELIX CARTER, CLAYDON, ENG., " " 132
LETTER OF MRS. ELIZABETH (BOREMAN) MIDDLETON, FROM LONDON, TO HER
BROTHER SAMUEL BOREMAN IN WETHERSFIELD, " " 139
GRAVESTONE OF ABIGAIL (COLLINS) WOLCOTT, " " 170
FRANCIS COAT OF ARMS, " " 172
CLAYDON CHURCH, " " 197
INTERIOR OF CLAYDON CHURCH, " " 198
BOREMAN MONUMENT, WETHERSFIELD, EAST AND WEST FACES, Facing pages 210
and 211
LETTER OF NATHANIEL DICKINSON TO SAMUEL BOREMAN, OCT. 16, 1666, Facing
page 246
THE FORMER CHURCH IN BANBURY, " " 279
RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM F. J. BOARDMAN, HARTFORD, " " 321
BOREMAN COAT OF ARMS, " " 345
"THE DEN"--WILLIAM F. J. BOARDMAN, " " 383

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WILLIAM FRANCIS JOSEPH BOARDMAN

AND

HIS FAMILY

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INTRODUCTION.

The lives of many persons are involved in the ancestry of every
individual and offer an extensive field for genealogical research. Others than
the one whose ancestry is thus traced may find valuable information in
such a record, for various families are mentioned and from each
marriage many other persons derive their descent. This research leads also to
a large number of emigrant ancestors who were among the early settlers
of the American colonies. For the benefit of those who may be thus
concerned, but especially for such as have an equal interest with the
author in these lines of descent a limited edition of the Boardman Ancestry
is printed.

In the course of the author's labor of gathering information for the
Boardman Genealogy many investigations were made by him into the history
of allied families, and a mass of material was accumulated from which
many of these biographical sketches were long ago prepared. Since the
publication of the above volume this work has been continued until every
line has been completed as far as the sources of such information would
permit.

The author's purpose has been to give the principal facts concerning
the life of each individual, at the same time preserving the family unity
and recording the children of each marriage. The method of arrangement
adopted is one that is familiar to all genealogists, and is commonly
used in ancestral charts, each male ancestor having an even number and
his wife the odd number next higher. So in the

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next earlier generation the father of each individual is designated by
an even number twice his or her own and the mother by the succeeding
odd number. Thus every person in the records is easily identified by a
number corresponding to the same on the accompanying genealogical charts.
This system is thought to be best adapted to serve the author's purpose
and also to be most readily understood and convenient for reference.

"Lines of Descent from Emigrant Ancestors" and "Genealogical Charts"
have been provided for ready reference. The line of descent from any
ancestor of a later date than the emigrant will of course be found under
the emigrant ancestor of that name in the first column. The English
ancestry of an emigrant where it is known is given in connection with his
sketch. In the "Index of Names" all persons mentioned in this volume
appear, such as are subjects of sketches being indicated by the dates
following. HARTFORD, CONN., December 12, 1905.

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WILLIAM FRANCIS JOSEPH BOARDMAN

AND

HIS FAMILY.

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WILLIAM FRANCIS JOSEPH BOARDMAN

1.
WILLIAM FRANCIS JOSEPH BOARDMAN, of Hartford, Conn., was the son of
William Boardman (No. 2) and Mary Francis (No. 3), and was born in
Wethersfield, Conn., December 12, 1828, in the ancestral home of the family
where his father then lived, located on Broad street in that town. It was
an ideal New England home, pleasantly
situated amid beautiful surroundings, well provided with the comforts
of that day and filled with the good influences of education, morals,
and religion. On the farm there was always work for the boy and his
amusements were few--only an occasional turn at "old cat," wicket, foot
ball, checkers or some other of the boyhood sports of those days, and
fishing in the river when it rained too hard for out-door work. The holidays
of the time, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, and Election Day, were
improved to the utmost; but they were "few and far between," and the
Sundays, that were observed with Puritan strictness, seemed to be very
frequent. This boy of the Boardman home attended with regularity the schools
of the town, finally graduating from the Academy in the spring of 1846
at the age of seventeen. He then entered the Coffee and Spice
Manufactory of his father in Wethersfield to assist him and become

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familiar in detail with the business. During the next four years he was
the "man of all work" in the establishment, --book-keeper, coffee
roaster and packer, traveling salesman, etc., and he then received under the
guidance of his father a thorough business training and formed many
acquaintances that were of great value to him in after life.

This increasing business required more improved facilities and larger
accommodations for its successful prosecution, and early in 1850 it was
removed to Hartford, Mr. Boardman being then admitted into partnership
with his father under the firm name of William Boardman & Son. He then
removed his residence to Hartford, May 15, 1850, boarding with Mrs.
Silloway, corner of Windsor and Pleasant streets. From that time the
responsibility in the business, which is more fully referred to in the
sketch of William Boardman, the head of the firm, began to fall more and
more upon the son, and thereafter for many years he devoted to it his
entire energy. Opportunities that opened to him in other directions were
declined that nothing might divert his attention and impair the value of
his services in the business. In 1853, still more room being needed,
the manufactory was removed from No. 12 Central Row, where it had first
located, to what is now No. 241 State street, and at this time Mr.
Boardman's younger brother, Thomas Jefferson Boardman, was admitted to the
partnership and the firm name became William Boardman & Sons. The
ambition, energy, and diligence of the younger members of the firm, wisely
directed by the father, were rewarded with success. In 1858, two stories
in an adjoining building were leased, and teas were added to the stock
in trade. In 1867 the business was removed to No. 205 State street, the
old

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store and storehouse being retained for the manufacturing and storage
of goods. These quarters proved to be too limited and in 1871 the firm
erected for the use of the business the brown stone building, Nos.
298-306 Asylum street, known as the Boardman Building.

Throughout all these years, during which a small enterprise was
developed into a large manufacturing establishment, Mr. Boardman devoted
himself with the closest application to the business of the firm. He was permitted
to see it
successful and widely known throughout the country. But the labor and care
finally proved too much for his strength and his health became
seriously impaired. He sought rest, at length going abroad in the hope of being
benefited by travel and change. The result was not entirely
satisfactory, and Mr. Boardman after the death of his father concluded to abandon
all business activity. He therefore sold to his brother, and the
latter's son, his interest in the firm with which he had been connected so
long, and, July 9, 1888, retired from the business which had received his
best service for forty-two years.

Mr. Boardman was actively associated, during his business career, in
the promotion and establishment of many enterprises. In many of these his
father or the firm were also interested and they are named in the
sketch of its senior member. Much of the responsibility and labor, however,
fell upon the son, and he gave freely of his time and thought to such
matters. In the construction of several buildings that were erected by
the firm the superintendence of the work devolved upon him. These were
the Boardman Building in 1871, the Agard Building, Nos. 285-293 Asylum
street in 1876, and the Lawrence Building, Nos. 87-94 State

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street in 1879. Under his supervision also the residence of his son,
Mr. William Greenleaf Boardman, No. 10 Marshall street (formerly No. 2),
was built. In 1861 he was chosen a director of the State Bank of
Hartford, serving in that capacity during the Civil War with conscientious
devotion to its interests. In this bank William Boardman and Son opened
an account in May, 1850, and this relationship of the firm has been
continued to the present time.

In 1863 Mr. Boardman was elected a member of the Court of Common
Council of Hartford from the old Third Ward, and was a member of the
committee on highways and chairman of the committee on the horse railroad, then
in process of construction. He never sought political office or favor,
though he has had a lifelong affiliation with the democratic party,
those commonly known as "gold democrats." Other concerns engaged his time
and attention during the active period of his business life. He dealt
largely in real estate and assisted several young men to establish
themselves in business. He has served on commissions, settled estates, and
withal maintained an interest as a citizen in the welfare of the
community in which he has lived.

The excessive cares of Mr. Boardman's business life led him to seek
diversion in the study of family history. In 1882 he began to gather
information from various sources on the Boardman family. This work, after
the expenditure of much time and money in collecting records and original
investigation at home and abroad, resulted in 1895 in his publication
of the Boardman Genealogy, 1525-1895, a work of nearly 800 pages, which
is believed to be as complete as any in the field of family history.
The entire expense of the necessary investigation for this volume and the
cost

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of publication, Mr. Boardman assumed, believing that the family was worthy of such a memorial. He has also published the Francis-Goodrich-Boardman Genealogy in his own line of ancestry, a Memorial of Mary Francis and William Boardman, and a Complete Record of the Wethersfield Inscriptions in the Five Burial Places in that Ancient Town. He gave valuable assistance in "a very large proportion of the illustrations," in
historical material and means toward the publication of Stiles's History of Wethersfield, in which town as the ancestral home of his family he has an abiding interest. In his collection of books and manuscripts, antique furniture, curios, paintings, and pictures may be found much that is of great value in the history of the Boardman family and the town in which so many of them lived. Mr. Boardman was one of the original members of the Putnam Phalanx at its organization in 1859 and still retains his connection with this well known military battalion. His studies have developed a deep interest in historical societies. He is a life member of the Connecticut Historical Society, a life member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, a member of the Topsfield Historical Society and the Ipswich Historical Society. He is also a member of several patriotic orders--the Sons of the American Revolution, the Sons of the Revolution, and the Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, being one of the original members of the latter at its organization, May 9, 1896, and chosen one of its councillors, and later elected Genealogist of the Society. Mr. Boardman is a life member of the Wethersfield Society Library, and was deeply interested in the erection of a monument in that town to the memory of Samuel Boreman andhis descendants. He is a

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member of the Connecticut Humane Society and is a liberal contributor to other philanthropic and benevolent causes.

After Mr. Boardman's marriage he resided for a year in Phelps' Block,
No. 279 North Main street. In 1853 he removed to No. 27 John street,
where he lived two years and his son, William Greenleaf Boardman, was
born. He next resided for a similar period at No. 44 Pleasant street, and
removed thence in 1857 to No. 14 Linden Place which was formerly the
home of his wife's mother. In 1859, the Boardman home having been erected,
he removed thither to live next door to his father at No. 34 Buckingham
street. He took up his residence at No. 74 (formerly No. 16) Farmington
avenue April 1, 1866, where he has since had his home.
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JANE MARIA GREENLEAF
William Francis Joseph Boardman married, January 7, 1852, JANE MARIA
GREENLEAF, daughter of Doctor Charles Greenleaf and Electa Toocker, who
was born in Hartford, Conn., August 9, 1835. The marriage was celebrated
in the North Congregational Church, in Hartford, the ceremony being
performed by the pastor, Rev. Horace Bushnell, D.D.

At the time of Mrs. Boardman's birth, the home of her parents was
located on the south side of Asylum street, a few rods east of Ford street,
and the house, though somewhat altered in appearance, is still
standing. In 1836, they removed to No. 10 Windsor street. After Doctor
Greenleaf's death, or about 1845, the widow removed to No. 294 Main street, and
about 1848, to No. 14 Wells avenue, which was Mrs. Boardman's home at
the time of her marriage. In the Greenleaf family there were twelve
children, of whom Jane Maria was the youngest. This circumstance and the
tender sympathies of her nature made her a general favorite in the
circle. In after years she was looked to for counsel, assistance and comfort,
which she was always most willing to minister.

The early education of Mrs. Boardman was conducted in the schools of
the Misses Stockbridge on Talcott street, Miss Kelsey on Trumbull street,
and the Center school on Market street. What she thus acquired was
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later years by her natural intelligence, a lifelong habit of reading,
and her powers of observation. She found her highest sphere, however, in
her home, the cares of which she took up with devotion in her youth and
ever conducted with wisdom and affection. She made her home, as one of
her friends said, "a place of rest and peace and harmony." In it she
gathered a circle of devoted friends who were blessed by her gracious
hospitality. To her family she was always a loyal companion, a faithful
wife, and an affectionate mother, whose good cheer was the sunshine of
all.

Among her traits a love for the beautiful was conspicuous, and
especially was this true of her delight in nature. The flowers were her friends
and she found in the glow of the sunset many a feast of soul. As one
might expect in a person of such sensibilities, Mrs. Boardman was filled
with sympathy for the poor and unfortunate. Her charities were large
and continual, though never bestowed to be seen of others and rarely
known to those who were nearest to her. At the time of her death one of her
intimate acquaintances wrote of her in the public press as
follows:--"She was kind, sympathetic and charitable to all. To the sick she was a
ministering angel. No one could have been more loyal to friends. Many will miss
her bounties, which were in the majority of cases extended without the
knowledge of the recipient, so far as the giver was concerned."

Previous to Mrs. Boardman's death she had been for a number of years in
poor health, induced by an accident when she was engaged in kindly
ministration to one of her family circle in a distant town, and a strange
house. Yet she bore with patience the pains of her affliction, and after
years of suffering entered into her reward on the 20th of August,

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1899. Her funeral was held from her home No. 74 Farmington avenue on
the 22d of August, the services being conducted by the Rev. E. S. Ferry,
pastor of the South Park Methodist Church, and the Rev. George L.
Coburn, pastor of the Wethersfield Methodist Episcopal Church. The interment
was in the family lot at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Thus there passed from
earth one who exemplified in her life the true worth of an unselfish,
beautiful and affectionate character, whose memory lives in all who knew
her and is blessed.

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WILLIAM GREENLEAF BOARDMAN
WILLIAM GREENLEAF BOARDMAN, the only child of William Francis Joseph
and Jane Maria Greenleaf Boardman, was born in Hartford, Conn., June 29,
1853, at No. 27 John street. He was educated at Mr. Hart's preparatory
school in Farmington, Conn., Mr. Hall's Classical School in Ellington,
Conn., and the Hartford High School.
He was connected with the firm of William Boardman & Sons, but has been
obliged to give up business for a time on account of trouble with his
eyes. Mr. Boardman is a life member of the Connecticut Historical
Society, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Connecticut
Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America and one of
its Councillors. He is also President of the Hubbard Escort of
Hartford, and Treasurer of the Boardman Family Association.

William Greenleaf Boardman married in Hartford, Conn., October 29,
1874, Eliza Fowler Root, a descendant of Thomas Root, one of the early
settlers of Hartford, and a daughter of Horatio Root and Abigail Whittier
Hussey, the latter a cousin of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Matson Meir Smith, rector of St. John's
Church, in the home of the bride, No. 84 Hudson street. Mrs. Boardman
was born in the home where she was married, May 11, 1853. The home of
William Greenleaf Boardman is at No. 10 Marshall street,

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Hartford. There are two children living, Cedric Root, born January 23,
1886, and Dorothy Root, born April 26, 1889. An older child of uncommon
promise, Francis Whittier, was born at No. 74 Farmington avenue, April
6, 1876, and died at No. 10 Marshall street, April 5, 1885. The
following beautiful and interesting letter was written to the bereaved parents
by the poet Whittier in expressing his sympathy:

                         Amesbury, 4th Mo. 8, 1885.
My Dear Cousin:
I have just opened thy letter and read of thy great sorrow. The dear,
beautiful boy whose picture I have delighted to look at, how much he
must have been to thee. At a time like this words must seem almost
intrusive; the poor, ordinary phrases of consolation avail nothing. But it is
something to have had nine years of his beautiful life, and the time
will come, if it has not already, when thee would not exchange the loving
memory of him for any living child in the world. And with him it is
well. What trials, sorrows, temptations he has escaped, the dear God
and Father who has called him to Himself only knows . . .

           Oh, dearest dead! To Heaven
             With grudging hearts we gave you;
           To Him -- be doubts forgiven--
             Who took you there to save you.

I wish I could see you and tell you how deeply and tenderly I
sympathize with you. With love to thy husband, whose great sorrow for your
mutual loss I can understand, and thy mother and Aunt Mary and thy sisters,
I am, dear Lizzie, thy affectionate Cousin,

                                  John G. Whittier.

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WILLIAM BOARDMAN AND MARY FRANCIS

AND

THEIR CHILDREN

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WILLIAM BOARDMAN

2.
WILLIAM BOARDMAN, son of Joseph Simeon Boardman (No. 4) and Lucinda
Canfield (No. 5), was born February 25, 1805, in Lenox, Mass., where his
parents were then residing. In the latter part of the same year they
removed to Wethersfield, Conn., and there the son had his childhood
home and entered upon the business of his life. He received his education
in the best schools of that ancient town. At the age of sixteen he
began to learn the printer's trade in the office of the Hartford Times,
then owned and published by Samuel Bowles and John Francis, the agreement
being that he should receive $20.00 a year, with board, washing, and
mending. In the summer of 1824, he accompanied Mr. Bowles to Springfield,
Mass., and assisted him in establishing the Springfield Republican,
setting up the type and printing a part of the first issue of that
well-known newspaper. This removal was accomplished by placing the press, with
all the articles necessary for use in the business, and the
proprietor's household furniture on a flatboat, in which they were poled up the
Connecticut river. During the period of this service Mr. Boardman boarded
in the family of his employer. In September, 1828, having returned
meanwhile to Wethersfield and married, he entered

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into a partnership with William Faulkner of Norwich, Conn., under the
firm name of Boardman & Faulkner, and began the publication of the
Norwich Republican, of which he was the founder and editor. This was the
second newspaper in Connecticut to support the election of Andrew Jackson
for the Presidency. He was soon forced to retire from this enterprise
on account of his health. In 1830 he was, for a short time, the
publisher of the Tolland Advocate, of Tolland, Conn., having been engaged for
that purpose by an association of interested gentlemen. Then in company
with Alfred Francis, Esq., of Wethersfield, he issued in 1832, an
octavo volume, entitled "Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of
Thomas Jefferson," written for them by Mr. B. L. Rayner, the printing,
binding, etc., being done in Wethersfield in the building now standing on
the corner opposite May's tavern on the north. A large edition of this
book was published and it was sold by subscription, being received with
much favor by the public. Two years later he was employed by John
Russell, then editor and publisher of the Hartford Times, as foreman of the
establishment. This was his last engagement at his trade, though the
experience thereby acquired was invaluable to him in the subsequent
business of his life. From the year 1837 to 1839 he was engaged in farming
at Wethersfield. To this occupation he added the culture of silk worms,
from whose product he manufactured sewing silk, and he also made cigars
from tobacco of his own cultivation.

In 1841 Mr. Boardman began the most important business venture of his
life with which his name is still associated. He then established, in
company with John Fox, a grocery and coffee business in Wethersfield, the
firm name

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being Fox & Boardman. With characteristic foresight Mr. Boardman saw
the value in the market of coffee, spices, etc., already prepared and put
up for use. This led the firm to begin the manufacture of such articles
and they were the first so engaged in New England, outside of Boston.
The partnership was dissolved October 1, 1844, and from January 1, 1845,
until the business was removed to Hartford Mr. Boardman carried it on
alone. At first he was located in the second story of the Richard
Robbins store, now occupied by A. W. Hanmer, but he removed, in 1846, to the
Roswell Clapp place, now the location of the post-office in that town.
The coffee was purchased in bags as imported, roasted and at first
ground by hand, the Samson who supplied the power being a blind man named
Charles Benson, who was glad of the opportunity to earn his wages in
this manner. Soon, however, horse-power was substituted in the operation
of the machinery. Many labels, advertisements, etc., the mementoes of
this business in its early days, have been preserved by Mr. Boardman's
eldest son.

The increase of the output demanding a change, the business was removed
to Hartford in 1850, and located at No. 12 Central Row. At this time
Mr. Boardman's son, William Francis Joseph Boardman, was admitted to
partnership and three years later the younger son also, Thomas Jefferson
Boardman. The history of the business, therefore, after 1853 is one into
which the efforts of these three men enter and in which they were most
intimately associated. Each in his turn bore "the heat and burden of
the day," and all were permitted to see this business which was begun in
a small way in a country town become one widely known throughout the
country.

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Several changes were made from time to time in consequence of the need
for more commodious quarters, and improved methods of manufacture. When
the business was located at No. 12 Central Row, steam power and modern
machinery were introduced. The sale of its product was widely extended
within a few years in the New England states, New York City, and
Canada, where a large amount of the manufactured goods was sold. The coffee
used at the opening of the Crystal Palace in New York, July 14, 1853,
was furnished by them. Probably the first invoice of ground and prepared
coffee sent to California was from this firm. In 1853, the business was
removed to No. 109 State street, (now No. 241 State street), in 1867 to
No. 205 State street, and in 1871 the Boardman Building, Nos. 298-306
Asylum street (formerly Nos. 122-130 Asylum street) was built for its
accommodation. It has been conducted successively under the names Fox and
Boardman, from 1841 to 1845, William Boardman, from January 1, 1845 to
1850, William Boardman & Son, from 1850 to 1853, William Boardman &
Sons, from 1853 to 1897, and The William Boardman & Sons Company, from
January 1, 1897, when it was incorporated, to the present time. A single
room, with a place for roasting, was sufficient for its use in 1841, but
it grew within the life of its originator to need the commodious
Boardman Building, erected at a cost of over $100,000, to which it removed
April 1, 1872, and where it is at present located, with a large
manufactory in the rear, fully equipped with the most improved machinery. It has
become one of the most successful companies in New England, engaged as
importers and dealers in teas, coffees, spices, grocers' sundries,
cigars and tobacco. In 1858, William Boardman and Sons were awarded

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a first premium for every variety of tea, coffee and spices, there
being some seventy varieties of tea alone. In all this development William
Boardman bore his part while he lived and the company which still
honors his name is a monument to his career as a business man.

Mr. Boardman was also interested in many other private enterprises. He
took an active part in the formation of
banks, insurance companies, and manufacturing corporations, and was an
officer and director in many of them. Among these may be mentioned the
Bank of Hartford County (American National), the Merchants and
Manufacturers Bank (First National), the Orient Fire Insurance Company, the
City Fire Insurance Company, the Mechanics Bank and Building Association
(Mechanics Savings Bank), the Hartford and New York Steamboat Company,
the Merrick Thread Company, of Holyoke, Mass., the Hudson River Water
Power & Paper Company, of Mechanicsville, N. Y., the Comstock & Ferre
Seed Company and others. He was an original subscriber to the stock of the
City Fire Insurance Company, the Merchants Fire Insurance Company, the
Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, the Orient Fire Insurance Company, and
the Hartford Engineering Company. In 1836, and for several years
thereafter, he was secretary and a director of the Wethersfield Mutual Fire
Insurance Company. He was largely interested in proving the feasibility
and cheapness of peat as a fuel. At one time he was associated with
Henry Martin in the manufacture of the first power machines for making
brick in this country; and was president, general agent and manager of the
Holbrook School Apparatus Company for the making of instruments showing
the revolution of the solar system, and of other instruments connected
with

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the education of children. He was president of the Hartford Associated
Coal Company, a company which was formed just after the Civil War, to
enable consumers to receive their coal at the cost of mining, etc., and
which, owing to the general collapse in mercantile values, did not
prove a success. He was also associated with others in building several
vessels of large size, among which were the schooners "William Boardman,"
"M. M. Merriman," "A. J. Bentley," "Sarah A. Reed," and "Jessie B.
Smith," and was interested as part owner in the schooners "J. S. Curtis,"
"Messenger," "Yankee Boy," "C. S. Hazzard," and "Oliver Spellman."

Mr. Boardman never outgrew his early interest in the publication of
newspapers. He assisted J. M. Schofield in establishing the Hartford
Morning Post in 1858, a democratic journal, now the Hartford Evening Post
and independent. His interest in the Hartford Times continued throughout
his life and he was a subscriber from 1820 to his death, a period of
sixty-eight years.

It should be noted, however, that in most or all the above business
enterprises, the financial interest was that of the firm of which he was
the senior member, and in many instances the responsibility and labor
devolved upon its junior members.

During his earlier life in Wethersfield, Mr. Boardman held honorable
offices. In 1834 he was a director of the State prison, in 1835, 1836 and
1837, constable and collector in the town, and in 1852 he represented
Wethersfield in the Legislature, serving on several important
committees. He was again appointed a director of the State prison by Governor
Thomas H. Seymour, and also commissioner for Hartford County. In politics
he was a democrat and a

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warm advocate of his party principles, and during the Civil War he was
a loyal supporter of the Union. After his removal to Hartford in 1857,
he invariably refused public office. He was, however, warmly interested
in everything that pertained to the welfare of his adopted city, among
whose people he had a large acquaintance. He was a member of the
Masonic fraternity and of the Odd Fellows, in the latter organization holding
at one time the office of Noble Grand. His advice on business matters
was frequently sought and freely and honestly given, and he was often
called upon to settle estates and render other similar services. Mr.
Boardman, in his later years especially, had a warm interest in his kindred
and was the first president of the Boardman Family Association, which
was formed at No. 304 Asylum street, August 27, 1886. Some time before
his death he subscribed one hundred dollars toward the erection of a
monument to his emigrant ancestor in Wethersfield.

The religious side of Mr. Boardman's life deserves especial mention. It
has been said of him that "To strict integrity, a careful frugality, a
true orthodoxy, he joined a clear religious experience." Although he attended
early in life the
Congregational Church in Wethersfield, both he and his wife became deeply
interested in the Methodist Episcopal Church during its struggle to
obtain a foothold in that town, and they united with it in 1838,
continuing through life its firm friends. At all times he was a liberal donor to
the needs of this Church, and as an evidence of the appreciation of his
many gifts, and his munificence when its edifice was rebuilt, it was
named the Boardman Chapel. Mr. Boardman had a generous instinct which led
him to help those whose religious privileges were by any means in
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at first drawn toward the Methodists by the opposition to them, when
they were refused the use of the town hall in Wethersfield for their
services, and the excitement was so great that the "riot act" was read to
the assembled crowd by Samuel Galpin, Esq. This same generosity made him
ever a valued friend of the Methodist Church when in need of his
assistance. When he removed to Hartford, he united with the First Methodist
Church, of which he was for many years a trustee. He was one of the
building committee for the erection of their house of worship on Asylum
street, and made a liberal donation to it. Subsequently he became one of
the organizers of the South Park Methodist Episcopal Church, and he also
contributed a considerable sum for the erection of their building,
being a trustee and member of the building committee. One of the acts of
his later life was the payment of the mortgage then on the Church and
parsonage, thus relieving the society of debt, and this on the condition
that there should never be another mortgage. He was elected the first
superintendent of its Sunday school, continuing in that capacity until
infirmity and advancing age compelled him to resign. In 1885, after the
death of his wife, he built the Boardman Memorial Chapel, adjoining the
Church, in remembrance of her. It was dedicated with appropriate
services, February 23, 1886.

The early life of Mr. Boardman was spent in the old Boardman homestead,
on Broad street, Wethersfield, but in 1846 he removed thence to the
house built by Mrs. Boardman's father, Captain Daniel Francis, on High
street. In March, 1857, he came to Hartford to reside in the west half of
the double house which had been built by himself and his son William F.
J. Boardman, No. 36 Buckingham street.

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He lived there until his death, which occurred November 3, 1887, after
some months of failing strength, during which, however, his mind
remained to the last strong and clear. He is buried in the Cedar Hill
Cemetery, Hartford. There a costly granite monument is erected in memory of
himself and his family. It is of Westerly granite, representing the
figure Hope, and was modeled by Conrad and executed by Baldi. An account of
Mr. Boardman's funeral services and some of the tributes then paid to
his character are printed in the Memorial of Mary Francis and William
Boardman. In his will Mr. Boardman perpetuated the benevolence of his
life by making bequests to the Old People's Home, the Hartford Hospital,
the Larabee Fund, the Charitable Society of Hartford, the Fund for
Superannuated Preachers, the Board of Church Extension of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and to the Grant Memorial University of Athens, Tenn.,
for a scholarship.

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MARY FRANCIS.

3.
William Boardman was married by Rev. Caleb J. Tenny in Wethersfield,
Conn., January 3, 1828, to MARY FRANCIS, daughter of Daniel Francis (No.
6) and Mehitabel Goodrich (No. 7), who was born in Wethersfield,
November 6, 1803. At the time of her birth Capt. Francis was building his new
home, a brick house located on the west side of High street, now the
residence of Mr. Carlos
Dow. The family were then living with Captain Elizur Goodrich, the
father of Mrs. Francis. The girlhood of Mrs. Boardman was spent in that
town and she was educated in its schools, having also the best of
influences at home.

After her marriage to Mr. Boardman, she lived the useful and quiet life
of a wife and mother, filling her place with more than usual capacity,
deeply beloved in her family circle and honored by all who knew her.
She was a woman of remarkable kindness and liberality. Her whole life was
one of charity and benevolence to the deserving poor. Not only did she
give generously to those in need of aid, but she was constantly a
comfort and help to others by her presence and words of sympathy. She was
conspicuously engaged in works of public as well as private charity, and
was always aided by her husband, who supplied her with abundant means
for her benefactions. The Hartford Hospital, the

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Old People's Home, and other local charitable institutions were often
visited by her in her ministry to the unfortunate, the sick and the
aged. During the Civil War she was actively interested, as her husband was,
in the welfare of the Union soldiers, and she was one of the officers
of the Hartford Soldiers' Aid Association.

Mrs. Boardman united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Wethersfield, in 1838, and transferred her relations with her husband first to the
First Methodist Church in Hartford, and later to the South Park
Methodist Church. Throughout her church life, she was conspicuously earnest
and faithful, a reverent attendant upon religious services and a diligent
worker in its ministries.

After a long and useful life Mrs. Boardman died in her home No. 36
Buckingham street, December 14, 1884, having suffered a short illness from
paralysis. The record of her funeral services is made in the Memorial
of Mary Francis and William Boardman, where also are printed extended
tributes to her character. The burial was at Cedar Hill Cemetery in
Hartford.

In memory of his beloved wife, Mary Francis, Mr. William Boardman
erected in 1885 the Boardman Memorial Chapel in connection with the South
Park Methodist Episcopal Church. The corner-stone was laid on the 4th of
August, with appropriate services and the Chapel was dedicated February
23, 1886. A description of this beautiful edifice and a full account of
the above exercises are printed in the Boardman "Memorial." In this
building, at the left of the pulpit platform as seen by one occupying that
position, is a memorial window, presented by the children of William
Boardman. It is an appropriate tribute to this dearly beloved

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mother. The subject of the colored picture is Benevolence, representing
in graphic manner the story of Dorcas. Above the picture is a cross of
colored jewels, and a chorus of ministering cherubs, the whole being
surrounded by a variegated border. Below is the inscription: In Memory of
| Our Beloved Mother | Mary Francis Boardman | 1803-1884. On the wall
near the memorial window, is a large white marble tablet bearing the
following in letters of gilt: In Memoriam | This | Sunday-School Chapel |
erected by | William Boardman | First Superintendent of the School, |
Perpetuates the Memory of | Mary F. Boardman, | His devoted wife, a true
mother, | an earnest Christian, and | an active supporter of the
Church, | whose charities were manifold. | 'Her own works praise
her,'--Proverbs.
I. William Francis Joseph, born December 12, 1828 (No. 1). II. Thomas
Jefferson, bCHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MARY BOARDMAN.
orn May 27, 1832. III. Arethusa Maria, born December 15,
1836; died July 20, 1837. IV. Alpheus Francis, born June 26, 1838; died
May 26, 1839. V. Mary Lucinda, born June 1, 1841. VI. Emma Jennette, born
June 25, 1846. She died of scarlet fever in Hartford, April 18, 1860,
and was at first buried in Wethersfield, but later removed to Cedar
Hill, Hartford. She was a beautiful child, greatly beloved and deeply
mourned.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON BOARDMAN

THOMAS JEFFERSON BOARDMAN, son of William Boardman (No. 2) and Mary
Francis (No. 3), was born in Wethersfield, Conn., May 27, 1832, in the old
Boardman homestead. He was educated in the district school and
Academy in Wethersfield, and afterward attended the Wesleyan Academy in
Wilbraham, Mass. In April, 1850, having finished his school life, he
returned to his home in his native town, and later, preferring a business
to a professional career, he began as a clerk in a country store in New
Britain, Conn., with a salary of fifty dollars a year and board in the
family of his employer. Here he remained until he accepted a position
with his father and brother in Hartford, and in 1853 he was admitted
into partnership with them. His business life thereafter, for many years,
was merged in that of the firm. He shared in its labors and was
interested in its enterprises. In due time, when the health of his older
brother became impaired and the responsibility of the business devolved
largely upon him, in full sympathy with the aims, principles and methods of
the firm, he sought to fulfill its success. When the older brother,
William F. J. Boardman, decided to retire from business in 1888, he sold
his interest to Thomas J. and Howard F. Boardman, who assumed the entire
control, the former becoming the President of the company when it was
incorporated January 1,

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1897. Mr. Boardman is well known among those who are engaged in the
same line of business and is President of the Wholesale Grocers'
Association of Southern New England.

The extensive business of which Mr. Boardman has been for many years
the head, has so demanded his time that he has been forced to refuse
outside engagements. He was a member of the large lumber firm of J. W.
Starkweather & Company, and the firm of Fox, Brusselar & Company,
decorators and furnishers. When the present school building of the South
District, Hartford, was built, he was one of the committee and had immediate
direction of the work, to which he gave constant attention. In 1876 he
was president of the Newsboys' Reading Room Association. Though often
urged to do so, he has always declined political office. He is a member
of the Connecticut Historical Society, the Sons of the American
Revolution, and the Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and
Patriots of America, holding the office of historian and registrar of the
latter organization and being one of its councillors. He is also the
president of the Boardman Family Association.

Although Mr. Boardman was brought up as a Methodist, he became in early
life a convert to the Universalist faith and united with that Church in
1863. He was long connected with the Sunday school of the Church of the
Redeemer in Hartford, as teacher, assistant superintendent, and
president of the teachers' association. For many years he was an active worker
in the church, serving as a member of its board of trustees and one of
its chief supporters. He was also for many years on the State
Missionary Board of the Universalist Church, and trustee for the State of
Connecticut

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in the Universalist Publishing House in Boston. His residence is at No.
77 Buckingham street, Hartford.

Mr. Boardman was married, 1st, October 14, 1858, by Rev. Harvey Moore,
at No. 642 Main street, Hartford, to Julia Amanda Ellis, who was born
January 29, 1838, and died November 24, 1858, leaving no children. He
was married, 2nd, October 24, 1861, by Rev. Asher Moore, in the Church of
the Redeemer, Hartford, to Mary Charlina Ellis, a sister of his first
wife, who was born September 11, 1843, and died January 16, 1890. These
wives of Mr. Boardman were the daughters of Gregory Ellis and Amy
Amanda Mellen of Warren, Mass. He was married, 3rd, by Rev. Alonzo A. Wood,
in Stapleton, Staten Island, April 29, 1893, to Mary Adah Simpson,
daughter of Frederick Hampton Simpson of Staten Island, N. Y., and Lydia
Gardner Young, and grand-daughter of William Henry and Adah Dean Young.
She was born in Windham, Conn., November 9, 1860, and was a descendant
of Governor Bradford.

The children of Thomas Jefferson Boardman and Mary

Charlina Ellis are as follows: I. Howard Francis, born September 22,
1862, in Hartford. He was married January 12, 1886, in the Church of the
Redeemer, Hartford, by Rev. W. H. Dearborn, to Katherine Augusta
Belcher, daughter of Charles Belcher and Katherine Slater, who was born in
New York city, June 16, 1866. Mr. Boardman was educated in the schools of
Hartford, graduating from the High School in 1880. He is associated
with his father in business and is treasurer of the Company. He is a
member of the Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots
of America, and the Hartford City Guard Veteran Association.

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Children: (1) Harold Ellis, b. Nov. 16, 1890, d. Nov. 16, 1890; (2)
Mariel Wildes, b. May 31, 1893. II. Emma Julia, born Oct. 13, 1865, in
Hartford. She married in Hartford, April 11, 1888, George Robley Howe, son
of Freeland and Mary L. Howe, of Norway, Me., and resides in Hartford.
There is one child, Marjorie May, born May 16, 1890. III. Minnie
Gertrude, born May 2, 1868, in Hartford; died there August 4, 1868. IV.
William Ellis, born June 1, 1869, in Hartford. He is now in the employ of
the William Boardman & Sons Co. V. Helen May, born March 13, 1879, in
Hartford; died there June 29, 1888.

The children of Thomas Jefferson Boardman and Mary Adah Simpson are as
follows: VI. Thomas Bradford, born March 9, 1895, in Hartford. VII.
George Francis, born May 31, 1896, in Hartford.

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MARY LUCINDA BOARDMAN ATWOOD
MARY LUCINDA BOARDMAN, daughter of William Boardman (No. 2) and Mary
Francis (No. 3) was born in the old Boardman homestead on Broad street,
Wethersfield, June 1, 1841. She attended the district school and academy
of that town and was later a pupil in the Hartford Female Seminary in
Hartford. In 1857 she removed with her parents to Hartford. Then began
an interest in the religious and benevolent work of that city which has
continued for many years. She united in 1857 with the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, then located on Trumbull street. When this
organization, in 1859, commenced to raise funds for a new church edifice, she
zealously labored in that cause as one of the "Daughters of the New
Temple." About 1866 she became interested in a movement for a Methodist church
in the south part of the town, and was appointed one of a committee of
two to furnish the house formerly occupied by General William Hayden,
which was called The Chapel. This building was located just north of
where the South Park Methodist Episcopal Church now stands and the church
was the outcome of that enterprise, being organized in 1869, and their
present edifice being dedicated in 1875. In 1861 she began teaching a
class of boys in the Sunday School of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church and her pupils followed her to the new church. There she also taught
a class of
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young ladies for many years. Later she was much engaged in the Chinese
department of this Sunday school. One of her pupils, Wing Lee,
encouraged by her efforts and assisted financially by her and others, secured
an education, spending one year at the Northfield School of Mr. Moody
and afterwards studying at a University in Canton, China. He is now a
minister preaching at Hong Kong. To other missionary interests she has
given liberally of her time, strength and means, being for eleven years
Corresponding Secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and connected with the King's Daughters,
assisting Mrs. Ballington Booth in her prison work, with the Social
Settlement of Hartford, the Children's Aid Society, and the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. She is also a member of the Ruth Wyllys Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Connecticut Humane
Society, and other organizations. She and Mr. David A. Spear built the new
parsonage of the South Park Methodist Episcopal Church on Jefferson
street, the old parsonage being exchanged for the land.

On the 28th of December, 1870, Mary Lucinda Boardman was married at No.
36 Buckingham street, by Rev.

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N. G. Cheney, to George Woodward Atwood, son of Anson Lucius Atwood and
Eliza Ann Hooker of Bristol, Conn. He was born August 8, 1841. Mr.
Atwood was prepared for college at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass.,
but was obliged to surrender the hope of a college course on account of
the impairment of his eyesight. For many years he was employed in the
office of The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. Later he
devoted his attention entirely to the business of a florist, achieving
remarkable

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success in the cultivation of flowers. The exhibitions of flowering
plants which he gave were noted for their beauty. Mr. Atwood was a member
of the South Park Methodist Episcopal Church, and was for many years
greatly interested in its Sunday school work. He was chosen the second
Superintendent of the school on the retirement of Mr. William Boardman
and served successfully until he retired with the honor of being chosen
Superintendent Emeritus. He held every office of trust in connection
with this church and society. In 1895, in company with Mrs. Atwood, he
made a tour of Europe and the Holy Land. The death of Mr. Atwood occurred
in Hartford October 23, 1895, and his remains are buried in Cedar Hill
Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, who resides at No. 26 Whitney
street, Hartford.

George Woodward Atwood and Mary Lucinda Boardman had one child, George
Boardman, who was born in Hartford, May 25, 1872, and died there March
12, 1885. He was a child of much promise, thoughtful beyond his years
and conscientious in doing that which he thought was right. Before he
was eleven years old he established a little monthly paper, edited and
printed by himself, and regularly issued for a considerable period with
success. He had become a member of the South Park Methodist Church and
was deeply interested in its religious services and work.

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ANCESTORS

OF THE

THIRD GENERATION

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THIRD GENERATION

4.
JOSEPH SIMEON BOARDMAN, son of Levi Bordman (No. 8) and Esther Bordman
(No. 9), was born in Wethersfield, Conn., May 3, 1780. He was a
cordwainer
by trade. Early in 1804 he removed to Lenox, Mass., where he was
successfully engaged in the business of tanning. Late in the year following
he returned to his native town, his wife, it is said, refusing to sign
the deed conveying his place in Lenox, which was situated in the center
of that town. After his removal to Wethersfield he lived for some years
on the west side of the highway from Broad street to South Lane, next
north of the Appleton Robbins place. In 1816 he purchased his father's
old homestead on Broad street, and resided there until his death.

After his return from Lenox, Mr. Boardman appears to have devoted his
attention somewhat to the shipping business, then of considerable local
importance. An examination of several account books and diaries kept by
him with the greatest care up to the time of his death, reveals many
interesting details of his life. It is learned that while he spent a
considerable portion of his time at his trade and in farming, he was also
engaged in sending large quantities of onions, then the staple crop of
Wethersfield, to New York, and selling them there on commission. It was
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supercargo on board the sloop "Eliza" on her passage to New York, that
he lost his life by shipwreck, November 13, 1827. He sailed from home
on the 10th of November and the ship was driven ashore on Long Island in
a storm on the night of the 13th, all on board being lost. His body was
found on the beach the next morning by the inhabitants of Southhold,
who caused it to be interred in a decent manner with religious services.
On the 20th of that month his familyheard of his death and his son
William went to Long Island and brought
the body to Wethersfield, where it was reinterred. His epitaph is as
follows: The Grave of | Joseph S. Boardman, | who was | Drowned by
Shipwreck in Long | Island Sound on his | passage to New York, | Nov. 13,
1827. | Aged 47 Years.

Mr. Boardman was a gentleman of strong religious convictions. He became
a member of the Congregational church in 1816, during the closing years
of the Rev. Dr. Marsh's long service as pastor, and throughout his
life, was a zealous worker in the cause of religion. In 1817, he was one of
the fifteen men who formed the "Wethersfield Religious Society of Young
Men." His private diary, from which extracts of considerable length are
given in the Boardman Genealogy, is a witness to the earnestness and
sincerity of his Christian life. Concerning his character his son, Dr.
Joseph Canfield Boardman, wrote in 1893 as follows: "In regard to
incidents in my father's life, Joseph Simeon Boardman, I cannot report
anything very striking. His life was wholly devoted to the love of God. He was
very conscientious in every event or circumstance of his life. He would
suffer rather than to offend any one in the slightest degree, or in any
way that seemed to be an injury to another. He

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never was in robust health and yet seldom ill. My mother once said to
me, 'Your father says he never had a really well day in his life.'
Whilst his means were quite limited, we had a plenty. Our family was called
the 'happy Boardman family.'"

The inventory of Mr. Boardman's estate, taken May 21, 1828, amounted to
$1,155.57 and included his homestead of two acres and twenty rods with
dwelling house and out buildings. [Hartford Probate Records, XXXVI:
173, 218.]

5.
Joseph Simeon Boardman married, July 31, 1803, LUCINDA CANFIELD,
daughter of Joseph Canfield (No. 10) and Hannah Harrison (No. 11), who was
born in Salisbury, Conn., in 1786. After Mr. Boardman's death she
married, September 19, 1832, Ezra L'Hommedieu of Chester, Conn., where she
died March 6, 1850, at the age of 64. She was first buried in Chester, but
her son William afterwards brought her remains to Wethersfield. Her
monument bears also a second epitaph of her first husband as follows:
Joseph S. Boardman, | Born May 3, 1780. | Died Nov. 13, 1827. | Lucinda, |
his wife, | Died Mar. 6, 1850. | Aged 64.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH SIMEON AND LUOINDA BOARDMAN.
I. William (No. 2). II. Hannah, b. Apr. 2, 1807; m., 1st, Jan. 23,
1828, Mason Holmes, of Chester, Conn., b. Jan. 23, 1800, who died May 7,
1841; 2nd, 1843, John A. Clark, of Chester, who died May 3, 1863. She d.
Sept. 1, 1891. III. Joseph, b. Aug. 8, 1810; d. Sept. 21, 1810. IV.
Joseph Canfield, b. May 4, 1813; physician at Trenton, N. J.; d.
unmarried, July 26, 1896. He is buried in Greenwood

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Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y. V. Maria Lucinda, b. Jan. 3, 1820; m. Oct.
17, 1836, John Daniels, b. Aug. 2, 1809, who died Apr. 8, 1867. She d.
Aug. 21, 1864, in Hartford and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, with her
husband.

6.
DANIEL FRANCIS, son of John Francis (No. 12) and Rhoda Wright (No. 13),
was born in Wethersfield, Conn., December 6, 1770, and lived in that
town on High street, in the substantial brick house built by him in 1803,
and now occupied by Mr. Carlos E. Dow. He was a wellknown sea captain,
and was master on many vessels sailing to the West Indies and other
ports. He made frequent voyages from Hartford to New York and
Philadelphia, in the sloops "Lucy" and "Eliza," between the years 1810 and 1821,
transporting freight for Elisha Shepard & Sons of Hartford; and he was
himself a part owner in several vessels. In 1795, he was mate on the ship
"Minerva," Captain Frederick
Seymour, master. While in command of the brig "Elsa," 92 tons burthen,
which sailed from New London December 25, 1796, bound for the West
Indies, his vessel was captured by the French privateers "La Pensy" and "La
Thetis," on January 16, 1797, on the high seas. The "Elsa" was taken to
Guadaloupe, where her cargo, which consisted of cattle, salt beef,
grain and sundries, and was mostly the property of Nathaniel Eaton, was
confiscated. Captain Francis had on board a "venture" in merchandise
valued at $225.75, and like the rest of the ship's cargo, it was a total
loss. Under the French spoliation claims, urged by the United States,
reimbursement was made by the French Government for losses sustained to our
commerce.

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About ninety years after this settlement was made, the heirs of Captain
Francis were paid their share of his loss. He died in Wethersfield,
January 9, 1837, and is buried there. His epitaph, having another date of
his death, is as follows: In | Memory of | Daniel Francis, | who died |
Jan. 14, 1837. | AE. 66.

The inventory of the estate of Captain Francis, which amounted to
$414.71, was taken February 2, 1837, and administration was issued on the
same the day following. [Hartford Probate Records, XLI: 94-96, 107, 174,
259, 275, 291.]

7.
Captain Daniel Francis married in Wethersfield June 5, 1799, MEHITABEL
GOODRICH, daughter of Elizur Goodrich (No. 14) and Abigail Deming (No.
15), who was born in Wethersfield June 13, 1777. She became a member of
the Congregational Church in Wethersfield in 1799 and continued so
until her death. She was also a member of the Wethersfield Female Society
of Young Ladies formed January 1, 1814. She died December 16, 1845.
Epitaph-- In | Memory of | Mehitable, | Wife of | Daniel Francis, | who
died | Dec. 16, 1845. | AE. 69.

CHILDREN OF DANIEL AND MEHITABEL FRANCIS.
I. Abigail Deming, b. Dec. 18, 1801; d. in Chatham, Ill., Oct. 23,
1865. She m. Oct. 21, 1823, Calvin Francis, son of Simeon and Mary Ann
(Adams) Francis, b. in Wethersfield, June 12, 1802; d. at Athens, Ill.,
June 27, 1886. II. Mary (No. 3). III. Jennet, b. Jan. 1, 1806; d. May 30,
1823. IV. Daniel, b. Dec. 7, 1808; d. Aug. 7, 1891, in Buffalo, N. Y.
He m. Mch. 13, 1835, Elida Long of Albany, N. Y., dau. of Moses and
Grace (Carson)

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Long, who was b. Feb. 6, 1812, and d. July 10, 1897, in Buffalo, N. Y.
V. Elizur Goodrich, b. Feb. 18, 1811; d. July 31, 1874, in Alexandria,
La. He never married; removed from Wethersfield in early life to
Albany, N. Y., thence to Buffalo, and to St. Louis, and finally to
Alexandria, where "he lived, honored and respected." VI. Anson Wright, b. in
Wethersfield, Mch. 7, 1813; m., 1st, Apr. 13, 1837, Lura Ann Hart of New
Britain, who d. Feb. 28, 1839. He m., 2nd, Feb. 22, 1844, Harriet
(Russell) Warner, (widow of Stephen Warner of Plymouth, Conn.), who d. in New
Haven June 17, 1889. Mr. Francis died Feb. 20, 1896. VII. Honor
Goodrich, b. July 22, 1815; d. Feb. 20, 1897; m. Mch. 14, 1837, William Hanmer
of Wethersfield, b. there Nov. 16, 1803, and d. Jan. 29, 1862. VIII.
John Newton, b. Sept. 9, 1817; d. June 6, 1867; m. July 24, 1844, Evelina
Hayden Harris, b. Oct. 3, 1824, dau. of Hosea Harris of Wethersfield.
John Newton Francis died of yellow fever at sea, near the port of
Cartagena, South America, and was buried on a small island not far from that
coast. He was captain of the ship "Swanee." It was said of him, "He was
much beloved as a husband and father, esteemed and respected as a
gentleman and citizen, and was worthy the name of an efficient Christian."
His widow died in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 27, 1904. IX. Julius Edward, b.
in Wethersfield, Jan. 11, 1822; d. unmarried, in Buffalo, N. Y., Aug.
1, 1881. Mr. Francis removed to Buffalo in 1835, and was employed by his
brother, Daniel Francis, a manufacturer of britannia ware. Three years later
he entered the drug
store of Mr. Charles Coleman, and continued in this business until his
death. Mr. Francis was the originator and founder of the Lincoln's
Birthday Association, and it was through his efforts that the birthday of
our martyred President has become a legal holiday. He devoted much time
and money to collecting autographs and relics relating to the Civil War,
acquiring a collection of great value, which he presented to the city
of Buffalo in 1876.

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8.
LEVI BORDMAN, son of Joseph Bordman (No. 16) and Mary Belden (No. 17),
was born in Wethersfield, Conn., May 6, 1739. He is known to have had a
liberal education.
During a portion of his life, at least, he was a schoolmaster, and
sometimes received pupils at his home for instruction. He taught the South
School in Wethersfield in 1771, and the Broad Street School in 1778.
His library included books in Greek and Latin, indicating that he was a
student in those languages.

Levi Bordman was one of the Selectmen of Wethersfield for the years
1773, 1774, and 1775, and in this official capacity he certified to the
muster-roll of Captain John Chester's company of one hundred and fifteen
men, at the starting of that body for the relief of Boston in the
Lexington Alarm in April, 1775. In this company were four Bordmans, one of
whom was Samuel, a brother of Levi. In 1774, he was one of the
contributors to a fund "to relieve and incourage the inhabitants of Boston under
their present unparalleled suffering in the General Cause of American
Liberty." [MSS. in possession of the late Judge S. W. Adams.] In the
year following, he assisted his brother, Samuel, in establishing a
saltpetre manufactory at Wethersfield, and furnished the material employed in
the manufacture

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of this article, large quantities of which were made for use in the
Revolutionary War.

Levi and Samuel Bordman also built and owned the sloop "Ann," Lemuel
Deming, Master, which was used to convey a company of seventy-two
soldiers, under Captain John Hanmer, from Wethersfield to New York, at the
time of the Long Island invasion, August 23, 1776.

Levi Bordman was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. He served in
the company of Captain Elijah Wright, Colonel Roger Enos' Regiment,
arriving in camp on the Hudson river, June 29, 1778. It is probable that he
did earlier service, perhaps enlisting in the company of Captain Wright
in 1776, when as the third company of the Third Battalion, it served
under General Wooster near New York. [History of Wethersfield, I: 465,
509; Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 424, 539.] He had a full
military equipment, including a breastplate marked "L. Bordman." It is
known that he died of a wound in the leg, probably received in this
service.

Mr. Bordman is said to have lived for some years after his marriage in
the house of his ancestor, Samuel Boreman, corner of Broad street and
Fletcher Lane. Included in the inventory of his property was a tavern
sign, which leads to the conjecture that he kept a public-house there,
for it is known that this building was used for that purpose. It is
believed that Mr. Bordman was keeping this tavern when, on September 19,
1765, Stamp-Master Jared Ingersoll was forced by the "Sons of Liberty,"
who had gathered under the great elm tree in front of Colonel John
Chester's house next adjoining, to enter this tavern, and there sign a
written resignation of his office. Esther Bordman, wife of Levi, in

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a deposition dated "Wethersfield, November 17, 1779," says: "When Col.
S. B. Webb's regiment passed through this town on its way to Rhode
Island, Levi Lattimer came to the dwelling house of my husband and boarded
with the family while they remained here. I washed and mended his
clothes. My son provided a horse for him to ride on as far as Bolton and
went with him."

Mr. Bordman died in Wethersfield, March 22, 1782. The inventory of his
estate amounted to œ1023 15s. 3d. and included more than 100 acres of
land.

9.
Levi Bordman married in Wethersfield, April 23, 1761, ESTHER BORDMAN,
daughter of Gamaliel Bordman (No. 18) and Sarah Sherman (No. 19), and
great-greatgrand-daughter of Samuel Boreman, the settler. She was born in
Newington Parish, Wethersfield, December 22, 1743. After the death of
Levi Bordman she married, November 11, 1784, William Warner, and died
September 1, 1797.

CHILDREN OF LEVI AND ESTHER BORDMAN.
I. Joseph, b. Mch. 5, 1763; d. Oct. 4, 1775. II. Levi, b. Jan. 30,
1765; d. May 20, 1808; m. Sept. 2, 1790, Elizabeth Warner, who d. Jan. 5,
1858. III. Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1766; d. Feb. 7, 1768. IV. Sarah, b. Mch.
1, 1769; d. Mch. 17, 1769. V. Simeon, b. Nov. 9, 1770; d. July 25,
1775. VI. Joseph Simeon (No. 4).

10.
JOSEPH CANFIELD, son of Joel Canfield (No. 20), and Esther Moss (No.
21), was born in Wallingford, Conn., in 1744 and removed with his parents
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state when about four years of age. At the death of his father in 1761,
he was just coming to manhood. From this estate there fell to him a
part of the homelot, fourteen acres in the Pond Hill farm in Chester and
land in East Hampton. He was made a freeman in Chester, April 12, 1772,
and resided in that town until sometime during the earlier years of the
Revolutionary War, when he removed to Salisbury, Conn.

Joseph Canfield united with his brother Joel and sisters Esther
Comstock and Mary Holmes, April 20, 1768, in a deed of land in Chester to his
brother Samuel, and also with his brothers Samuel Canfield of Marlow,
N. H., Hezekiah and Isaiah Canfield of Saybrook, and sisters Esther and
Mary, February 8, 1773, in a deed to his brother Joel Canfield.
[Saybrook Land Records, VIII: 459, 460.] About this time his brother, Joel,
gave a bond to secure to him a one-third interest in the privilege of
fishing at "Canfield's fishing place" on the Connecticut river. [Ibid. IX:
83, 84.] He also received, December 20, 1773, from his brother Isaiah
and sister Esther Comstock all their right in their mother's third
interest in their father's estate [Ibid. VIII: 485; IX: 84]. In 1774, he is
mentioned in a deed as "Joseph Canfield of Saybrook," and was then
living in that part of the town afterwards set off as Chester.

Joseph Canfield became interested in the mines that were located in
Salisbury, which were very actively worked during the Revolution, and
where many cannon were made. Three generations afterwards, some stock in a
mine there, which had so greatly depreciated that it was thought to be
valueless, was sold by his descendants at a large price. It seems
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after the war and that he was a heavy loser. About 1813, he returned to
Chester to live with or near his children who had remained there. His
son, Joseph, who was a promising lawyer in Salisbury, a representative
to the General Assembly from that town in 1798 and 1799, died at the
early age of thirty-five in 1803.

The death of Joseph Canfield occurred in Chester, where he is buried,
his epitaph being as follows: In | Memory of|
Joseph Canfield | who died June 1, 1814 | in the 70th year | of his
age.

11.
The wife of Joseph Canfield was HANNAH HARRISON, daughter of Rev. Jared
Harrison (No. 22) and Hannah Waterhouse (No. 23), whom he married in
Chester about 1765. An old account book of her son-in-law, Joseph Simeon
Boardman, shows that on the 1st of July following her husband's death
Mr. Boardman went to Chester "to fetch up her things" and that she lived
with her daughter Lucinda in Wethersfield much of her time thereafter.
She also visited her other children and died in the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Timothy Dewey, in New York, N. Y., June 14, 1828, "over 80
years old."

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND HANNAH CANFIELD.
I. Fanny. II. Joseph, b. 1767; m. Abigail, and d. in Salisbury, Sept.
28, 1803, "in 36th year." He had Lee, b. July 12, 1788, d. before 1803;
Herman and Horace, twins, b. Oct. 9, 1791; Edward, b. Aug. 9, 1796;
William, b. May 1, 1799. III. Jared, m. Mary and d. before 1848. Res.
Chester. IV. William, perh. b. 1774, and d. Jan. 7, 1788, ae. 14. V.
Hannah, m. Timothy Dewey. VI. Esther, m. Kenedy. VII. Asenath, m. Oct. 2,
1811, Daniel

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Brewster. Res. Sheffield, Mass. VIII. Marcia. IX. Lucinda (No. 5).

12.
JOHN FRANCIS, son of John Francis (No. 24) and Eunice Dickinson (No.
25), was born in Wethersfield, Conn., June 20, 1744, and passed his whole
life as a resident of that town, where he died May 30, 1824.
Epitaph--In |
Memory of | Capt. John Francis, | who died | May 30, 1824, | ae. 80.
The Middlesex Gazette of June 2, 1824, says he died on "Sunday" which was
the 31st.

Captain Francis had a long and honorable service in the War of the
American Revolution. His grandson, Mr. Anson W. Francis, states that "he
was not absent from his command to exceed four months after he enlisted,
during the war." The existing records fully bear out this statement. We
find that John Francis was Sergeant in Captain Hezekiah Welles' Company
from Wethersfield, of Colonel Wolcott's Regiment of colonial troops,
December, 1775, to February, 1776. In 1778, he was Second Lieutenant of
Captain Elijah Wright's Company, in Colonel Enos' Regiment, which was
operating on the Hudson, arriving in camp there June 29, 1778. He was
First Lieutenant of Captain Samuel Granger's Company, in Colonel Levi
Welles' Regiment, which served at Horseneck, and along the coast of Long
Island Sound during 1780, and was Captain of the First Company of
Wethersfield, in the Provisional Regiment, organized in 1781.

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From the State Records of Connecticut covering the period of the
Revolutionary War, we learn that "John Francis of Wethersfield" was appointed
by the General Assembly, June 10, 1777, Ensign of Captain Nathaniel
Bunnell's Company of Wallingford, Conn. He also received the following
appointments from the same source: -- Ensign in the "battalions to be
raised for the state to continue in the same until the first day of January
next," in May, 1777; Ensign of the second company of the Alarm list in
the 6th Regiment of this state, in January, 1778, and Lieutenant of the
same company in May of the same year; Second Lieutenant in the First
Battalion of Captain Elijah Wright's Company "now being raised in this
state" in June, 1778; Lieutenant in the two regiments of militia "being
raised," in May, 1779; Lieutenant in Captain Samuel Granger's Company,
First Regiment of troops, "for the defense of this state" in January,
1780, "to continue in service until the first day of January next;"
Captain of the Second Company of the Alarm list in the 6th Regiment of the
state, in April, 1780.

Captain Francis was frequently elected to office in his town. He was
chosen a Representative to the General Assembly from Wethersfield in
1800; and was a Grand Juror in 1771; Lister (or Assessor) in 1782;
Constable, 1782, 1785, 1795, 1797, and 1803; Collector, 1785, 1788, 1792, 1797,
and 1802; and Fish inspector in 1786 and 1791. His account book shows
that he was Committee man of the Second School District in 1807 and at
that time owner or part owner of the sloop "Lucy." In 1816 his son
Captain Daniel Francis was in command of this sloop.

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The home of Captain Francis in the later years of his life was on the
corner of Hartford avenue, formerly called Sandy Lane, and Prison
street. South of his residence was that of Captain James Francis, and still
further south the three and one half acre lot of Robert Francis,
recorded in 1652. This house of Captain John Francis he built in 1797, and an
account of the expenses, in the possession of the author, shows the
entire cost to have been $945.49. It is built of brick and was of
excellent construction for the time. The ell was built in 1807. This house is
now standing and is doubly interesting as the home of an honored officer
in the Revolutionary War.

Administration was issued on the estate of Captain Francis to his son
Elias, July 12, 1824, and his inventory amounted to $3,512.44. It
included his home lot of two acres, two meadow lots, 65 acres in the west
swamp, a mountain lot of 28 acres and a wood lot in Eastbury. [Hartford
Probate Records, XXXV: 31, 42, 60, 96, 102, 119.]

13.
John Francis married in Wethersfield, Conn., September 20, 1764, RHODA
WRIGHT, daughter of Elias Wright (No. 26) and Elizabeth Goodrich (No.
27), who was born in Wethersfield about 1743 (bapt. May 1745), and died
there March 27, 1816. Her epitaph is as follows: In | Memory of | Mrs.
Rhoda, | Consort of | Capt. John Francis, | who died | Mar. 27, 1816, |
ae. 73.

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND RHODA FRANCIS.
I. Jennet, b. Jan. 13, 1765; d. in Wethersfield, unm., May 20, 1823.
II. John, b. Feb. 22, 1767; m. Nov. 8, 1792, Huldah Bulkley, who d. Apr.
11, 1833, aged 68.

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(Conn. Courant gives May 8.) He d. Jan. 22, 1835. III. Olla, b. Aug. 9,
1769; d. Jan. 31, 1770. IV. Daniel (No. 6). V. Matthew, b. 1772; bur.
Feb. 4, 1776. VI. Matthew, bap. Feb. 4, 1774; m. July 7, 1799, Hannah
Deming; and d. Feb. 1840. His widow d. Feb. 12, 1842, aged 65. Res.
Wethersfield. VII. Olla, b. 1775; m. June 23, 1803, Simeon Welles, who d.
Nov. 12, 1837. VIII. Rhoda, b. Oct. 31, 1778; m. May 16, 1797, Ebenezer
Stillman; and d. Apr. 27, 1833. Dea. Ebenezer Stillman was b. Nov. 27,
1776, and d. Dec. 11, 1854. Res. Wethersfield. IX. Elias, b. 1783; m.
1st, Oct. 4, 1803, Mary Welles, who d. Jan. 29, 1833, aged 38. He m. 2nd,
Apr. 7, 1824, Sarah Griswold, and d. Sept. 22, 1836.

14.
ELIZUR GOODRICH, son of Hezekiah Goodrich (No. 28) and Honor Deming
(No. 29), was born in Wethersfield, Conn., October 8, 1730, and died March
16, 1785, of smallpox, on the Island of Marie-Galante, one of the
French West Indies. He was buried under a large tree there, and his
name was cut in the bark to mark his grave.

Captain Goodrich, as the place of his death suggests, was a seafaring
man, and was a part owner of several vessels engaged in the West Indian
trade. In October, 1776, when the supply of salt for the use of the
Connecticut troops had reached a low point, he was granted special
permission to make a voyage with his sloop "Betsey," in search
of this most necessary article.

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During the War of the American Revolution, Captain Goodrich rendered
valuable service to his country. He was a private in the 2nd Conn.
Regiment, Joseph Spencer, Colonel, 9th Company, from Wethersfield, under the
command of Captain John Chester at the Battle of Bunker Hill, enlisting
May 15, and being discharged December 17, 1775. He served as private in
Colonel Wolcott's Regiment, 3rd Company, Selah Hart, Captain, from
January to March, 1777. He was also Sergeant in Lieutenant David Smith's
Company of Colonel Thomas Belden's Regiment, enlisting April 13, and
being discharged May 19, 1777.

As one of the two Representatives from Wethersfield, Captain Elizur
Goodrich was present at the first session of the Connecticut Legislature
held after the Declaration of Independence. This session opened at New
Haven, October 10, 1776, and continued until November 7. He was also
elected Representative in 1778.

The following records are found in Wethersfield:

"At a town meeting held in Wethersfield Sept. 29, 1777, Messrs. Elizur
Goodrich, Chester Wells, Appleton Robbins, Elijah Wright, James
Stanley, Joseph Bulkley, Martin Kellogg, Janna Deming, and Lieut. Isaac Nash
were chosen a committee to immediately procure the several articles
mentioned in the request of the Gov. and Council of Safety of Sept. 12,
1777, and transmit the same to Mr. Elijah Hubbard, Commissary at
Middletown, to be conveyed by him to the respective Commissaries of the
Battalions of the Continental Army raised in this state," etc."

"At a town meeting of Wethersfield held June 19, 1780 -- Voted that Mr.
Elizur Goodrich, John Robbins, Martin Kellogg and Solomon Dunham be a
committee to borrow the money necessary to pay the bounty offered by the
town, on interest until the town shall replace the same, and settle
with the enlisted persons and take their receipt for the same."

Captain Goodrich's home was on the west side of High street in
Wethersfield. He built and occupied, shortly before the Revolution, the house
more recently known as the

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"Catharine Brigden place," which, until a few years ago, stood upon the
site of the present home of Mr. George Kellogg. On learning of the
Battle of Lexington, Captain Goodrich removed the lead weights from the
windows of his house, moulded them into bullets, and sent the ammunition
thus obtained to Boston. He numbered among his most intimate friends
Silas Deane, Colonel John Chester, and other Wethersfield patriots.

Administration on the estate of Captain Goodrich was granted to his
wife Abigail, June 28, 1785, and his inventory was taken January 4, 1787.
It shows that he owned a considerable estate in lands and one-third of
the sloop "Sally." [Hartford Probate Records, XXIII: 169, 283.]

15.
Elizur Goodrich married in Wethersfield, September 24, 1760, ABIGAIL
DEMING, daughter of David Deming (No. 30) and Martha Russell (No. 31),
who was born in Wethersfield, April 5, 1734, and died there November 21,
1813.

CHILDREN OF ELIZUR AND ABIGAIL GOODRICH.
I. Abigail, b. Apr. 24, 1762; d. unm., May 5, 1829. II. Hezekiah, b.
May 9, 1764; d. June 13, 1765. III. Hezekiah, b. May 11, 1766; d. in
Circleville, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1833. (Hist. Weth. II: 385). IV. Honor, b. Nov.
17, 1768; m., Dec. 24, 1795, Phinehas Hurlbut of West Hartford; and d.
Nov. 20, 1809. V. Elizur, b. Aug. 18, 1771; d. at sea, Aug. 16, 1794.
VI. Mary, b. May 1, 1773; m. Jan. 1, 1809, James Wright of Wethersfield,
who d. Nov. 7, 1821, aged 58. VII. Mehitabel (No. 7)

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16.
JOSEPH BORDMAN, son of Samuel Boreman (No. 32) and Sarah Steele (No.
33) was born in Wethersfield, Conn., April 6, 1695, and died there
January 19, 1771. He
was the first occupant of the house which his father, Samuel, was
building, and gave to him by his will in 1720. It stood at the extreme south
end of Broad street, on the west side, where the house of Mr. C. Eugene
Adams now stands.

In May, 1749, the General Assembly commissioned Joseph Bordman,
Quartermaster of Captain Josiah Griswold's Troop of horse, in the 6th
Regiment; and he also received his commission as Cornet (standard-bearer) of
the same troop in October, 1751. It is probable that he did his share of
duty in the French campaigns during his term of military service. He
was one of the Selectmen of his town in 1755, when they had charge of the
French captives quartered there. "At this time some four hundred French
prisoners from Nova Scotia were quartered among the different towns,
and Wethersfield's proportion was nine. They were placed in charge of
Nicholas Ayrault, Samuel Curtis, and Joseph Boardman, and were allowed to
work about the village." [Memorial History of Hartford County, II:
469.]

Cornet Joseph Bordman was chosen Deputy or Representative from
Wethersfield to the General Court in 1754, 1755,

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1759, and 1760. In local matters he was a man of prominence and
influence. When the present Congregational church edifice was built in 1761,
he was one of the largest contributors to the fund raised for that
purpose.

Mr. Bordman's time was chiefly devoted to farming, as is seen from the
following extract from a Lister's Book without date, but before 1750:

"Wethersfield, Old Society."

"Bordman Joseph
2 heads: 2 ac homlot œ38-- 0-- 0
19 1-2 acres of medow 14--12-- 6
15 acres of plowland 7--10-- 0
14 acres of pasture 5--12-- 0
5 oxen 9 cows 47-- 0-- 0
3 three yr olds: 2 two yr olds 13-- 0-- 0
4 one yr olds: 2 horses 10-- 0-- 0
2 Swine 2-- 0-- 0
(???)
œ137--14-- 6
In Stepney.
1 acre plowland 0--10-- 0
4 acres of pasture 1--12-- 0
(???)
œ139--16-- 6

Mr. Bordman was at one time, 1745, interested in shipping, and is taxed
on a "9 tuns Vesel" in that year.

The will of Cornet Joseph Bordman, which is in print, was dated March
13, 1769, and the inventory of his estate, taken March 29, 1769,
amounted to œ1897 9s. 4d.

17.
Joseph Bordman married in Wethersfield, February 17, 1725-6, MARY
BELDEN, daughter of Joseph Belden

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Belding) (No. 34) and Mary Meakin (No. 35), who was born there April
23, 1704, and died April 30, 1769.

She received œ221 8s. 6d. in the distribution of her father's estate in
1725 and bequests in the will of her mother Mary (Meakin) Belden in
1740. The epitaph on the gravestone of Mr. and Mrs. Bordman in the
Wethersfield cemetery is as follows: In Memory | of Cornet | Joseph Bordman, |
who died | Jan'r ye 19th | 1771, in ye | 76th Year | of his Age. | In
Memory | of Mrs. Mary, | wife of | Cornet | Joseph | Bordman | died
April | 30, 1769, in | ye 66 Year | of her Age.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND MARY BORDMAN.
I. Mary, b. Mch. 3, 1727; m. Dec. 17, 1747, Hezekiah Welles, who died
Jan. 1, 1804. She d. May 23, 1786. II. Sarah, b. Feb. 4, 1730-31; m.
1st, Nov. 24, 1748, Capt. Crafts Wright, who died May 24, 1766; 2nd, Jan.
10, 1770, John Robbins. She d. Feb. 10, 1784. III. Eunice, b. Nov. 11,
1733; m. 1st, Aug. 22, 1754, David King, who died in 1759; 2nd, Hosea
Harris, who died Apr. 11, 1792. She d. Apr. 2, 1813. IV. Hannah, b. Apr.
20, 1736; m. May 1, 1755, David Goodrich. V. Levi (No. 8). VI. Rhoda,
b. Apr. 29, 1742; m. Sept. 13, 1762, Francis Hanmer, Jr., who died May
4, 1816. She d. Nov. 20, 1801. VII. Samuel, b. Dec. 4, 1744; m. 1st,
Dec. 14, 1769, Ann Wright, who died May 24, 1774; 2nd, Naomi Butler, who
died Jan. 26, 1826. He d. Aug. 8, 1812. VIII. Abigail, b. May 7, 1748;
m. Oct. 27, 1767, Joseph Butler. Their descendants are said to have
lived in Pittsfield, Mass.

18.
GAMALIEL BORDMAN, son of Richard Bordman (No. 36) and Sarah Camp (No.
37), was born in Newington

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Parish, Wethersfield, October 2, 1711. It is on record in Wethersfield
that he was first called Richard Bordman, 2nd, but his name was
afterwards altered to Gamaliel. He lived in Newington, and received a deed of
the place which he occupied, from his father in 1753. He was
extensively engaged in farming at the time of his death, which occurred September
17, 1754. He is buried in the Newington cemetery and his epitaph is as
follows: Here lies Interr'd | the Body of Mr. | Gamaliel Bordman | who
Departed this | life Septr ye 17th 1754 | In the 43d year | of his Age.

19.
Gamaliel Bordman married about 1738 SARAH SHERMAN, daughter of
Nathaniel Sherman (No. 38) and Rebecca Burwell (No. 39), who was born in New
Haven, Conn., July 23, 1715. Sarah Sherman was one of a family of five
daughters, all of whom were unusually gifted. Three of her sisters
married well known clergymen of Connecticut and among their descendants have
been persons of distinction. After the death of Mr. Bordman she married
August 31, 1759, Samuel Wolcott, son of "The Worshipful Samuel
Wolcott," and died March 6, 1794, aged 78. Samuel and Sarah Wolcott had a
daughter, Prudence, baptized in Newington April 24, 1763. Samuel Wolcott
died April 11, 1800, aged 88

CHILDREN OF GAMALIEL AND SARAH BORDMAN

I. John, b. Feb. 9, 1740; d. Jan. 7, 1759. II. Sherman, b. July 17,
1741; m. Apr. 16, 1761, Sarah Deming. [Hist. of Weth., II: 116.] III.
Esther (No. 9).

20.
JOEL CANFIELD, son of Thomas Canfield (No. 40) and Mary Camp (No. 41),
was born in Milford, Conn

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February 7, 1711-12. He removed with his parents to Durham, Conn., in
1730, being then eighteen years of age. In 1738, having married a
daughter of a prominent Wallingford family three years before and probably
then residing in that town, he bought in connection with Merriman Munson
the farm of Caleb Lewis on Muddy River. [Wallingford Land Records,
VIII: 179.] He lived in Wallingford until 1748, and acquired other lands
there, among them a tract from his father, "Thomas Canfield of Durham,"
who had purchased lands in Wallingford in 1726 and perhaps then
contemplated removing thither. [Wallingford Land Records, IX: 101; X: 290.]
On the 30th of June, 1747, Joel Canfield bought of Joseph Clark of
Saybrook a tract of land lying in Chester parish, then a part of Saybrook,
extending westerly from the Connecticut river about one mile and
containing one hundred acres. Here he established his home and resided the
remainder of his life. He acquired a considerable estate and at the time
of his death there were 174 acres in his home farm. He also owned
another farm in that town of 138 acres, land at Hatfield in the "Boston
Colony," and 210 acres east of the river in Middletown.

Joel Canfield seems to have been a man of enterprise and ability. It is
thought that he was also interested in the river fisheries and perhaps
in its traffic. He died in Chester December 24, 1760. Administration on
the estate of Joel Canfield, "late of Saybrook," was granted to Esther
Canfield the widow and Samuel Canfield his eldest son, April 21, 1761,
and the inventory of his estate, taken March 17, 1761, amounted to
œ1312 7s. 0d. The mother was appointed guardian of two minor sons Isaiah
and Hezekiah. The final

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distribution was made in 1767 to the widow, sons Samuel, Joel, Joseph,
Hezekiah, and Isaiah, and daughters Esther Comstock and Mary Holmes.
[Guilford Probate Records, VIII: 326, 327, 329; IX: 91; X: 133; XI: 58.]

21.
The wife of Joel Canfield was ESTHER MOSS, daughter of Samuel Moss (No.
42) and Susannah Hall (No. 43), who was born in Wallingford, July 30,
1713, was married there by Rev. Samuel Whittlesey, December 1, 1735, and
died in Chester, May 15, 1769. She is buried there in the Center
cemetery and her gravestone has the following epitaph: In Memory of | Mrs.
Esther Canfield | Relict of | Mr. Joel Canfield | who died May 15th |
A.D. 1769 in the | 56th year of Her | Age.

CHILDREN OF JOEL AND ESTHER CANFIELD.
I. Esther, b. probably in Wallingford, May 22, 1736; m. Curtis Comstock
of Lyme, Conn. II. Samuel, b. probably in Wallingford, Dec. 20, 1737.
III. Joel, b. in Wallingford, June 9, 1739; m. 2nd Apr. 9, 1793, widow
Priscilla Mittar Peters; d. in Chester, June 4, 1808. IV. Mary, b. in
Wallingford, Feb. 2, 1741-2; m. Apr. 22, 1762, John Holmes of East
Haddam, Conn. V. Joseph (No. 10). VI. Hezekiah, b. in Chester, Dec. 29, 1748;
d. Oct. 1, 1778. VII. Isaiah, b. in Chester, Feb. 11, 1750-51; m. in
Chester, Jan. 3, 1776, Ann Leete.

22.
JARED HARRISON, son of Samuel Harrison (No. 44) and Elizabeth Denison
(No. 45), was born in Branford, Conn., May 31, 1716. After graduating
from Yale College in the class of 1736, he studied theology and was
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preach by the New Haven Association of ministers September 25, 1739.
Early in 1740 he was a candidate for the pastorate in Cornwall, Conn.,
but did not receive a call to settle there. In the following year he
began preaching in the newly organized parish of Chester, Conn., in the
northern part of the town of Saybrook. In May, 1742, when the parish was
authorized to form a church, he was chosen its first pastor, and was
ordained on the 15th of September the same year. The exercises attendant
upon this event were held in the house of Jonathan Hough, the
meeting-house not being completed. This house was situated on "Wig Hill," where
it had been customary to meet for religious worship.

The proprietors of Pattecunk, as the lands in Chester were called,
conveyed to Mr. Harrison, "the present minister," March 10, 1742-3, fifty
acres of land. [Saybrook Land
Records, VI: 149.] On August 25, 1744, They also gave him another small
tract; and on January 10, 1743-4, he bought of Charles Deming one-fourth of
a fifty acre lot in the first division. [Ibid. VI: 254; VII: 24.] These
lands he afterwards sold. He continued in this pastorate until August
14, 1751, when he was dismissed by an ecclesiastical council. He
returned to Branford, in the North Parish of which town he spent the remainder
of his life. His death occurred May 17, 1770, it is said as the result
of an accident in which his leg was broken. Administration on his
estate was granted to his brother Capt. Samuel Harrison, October 4, 1770,
and it was found to be insolvent. In the accounts are several charges for
care and medical attendance in his last sickness. The inventory shows
that his library consisted of the following volumes: "1 large old Bible
3:2; Boyls' Dictionary 6:0; Coles' Dictionary 4:0; Greek Lexicum 5:0;
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Greek Testament 2:0; Hebrew Grammar 1:6; Psalms in Lattin 0:2; Lock on
understanding 2:6; Doctor Watts' works 3:6; Henry's works 1:6; History
of ye Marters 1:0; Safety of appearing in Christ 1:6; The Life of
Frasier 0:3; an Election Sermon 0:3; a Description of ye World 0:6; body of
practical Divinity 12:0; Weliam Barker's Debt book 12:6; Esop's fables
0:0." [Guilford Probate Records, XI: 160, 187.]

23.
Jared Harrison married in Chester HANNAH WATERHOUSE, daughter of
Abraham Waterhouse (No. 46) and Abigail Wolcott (No. 47). Captain Abraham
Waterhouse kept the "Ministers' Tavern" in Chester, and it is probable
that the young minister lived with him when he first came to the town and
until his marriage to the daughter of his host. The dates of her birth
and death have not been found.

CHILDREN OF JARED AND HANNAH HARRISON.
I. Hannah (No. 11). II. Daughter. III. Jared, m. and had Daniel, Rozel,
Benjamin, John, Ruth, Jared, Hannah, and Jerusha. Res. Salisbury. IV.
Theodore, b. 1756, m. Clotilda Wright, who d. July 20, 1829, ae. 76. He
d. May 20, 1836, ae. 80. Res. Wethersfield. V. Stephen. Removed to Pa.
and left descendants.

24.
JOHN FRANCIS, son of John Francis (No. 48) and Mercy Chatterton (No.
49), was born in Wethersfield, Conn., October 12, 1684. He spent his life
in his native town, his house being on the corner near the North Brick
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lived. He was a tavern keeper, as his father had been. At a town
meeting held March 12, 1716-17, it was voted "that Corporal John Francis
should be Tavern keeper for ye year Ensuing."

He was one of the largest tax payers of his town. His "list" in 1733
was:

2 heads œ36: 0: 0
1-2 acre homelot 0: 10: 0
14 Upland 7: 0: 0
30 pasture 12: 0: 0
11 medow 8: 5: 0
2 oxen 8: 0: 0
4 Cows 12: 0: 0
7, 2 yr old 14: 0: 0
6 yrlings 6: 0: 0
5 horses 15: 0: 0
œ118:15: 0
In Newington
20 acres pasture 8: 0: 0
15 brush 1:10: 0
œ9:10: 0

In 1736, he was taxed for "1-8 of a Sloop 70 Tunns" at œ6 11s. 6d.
He was not an active participant in public affairs, but held the
following minor town offices: Fence viewer, member of School Committee, and
Surveyor of Highways.

John Francis is said to have been a man of extraordinary strength, and
family tradition has handed down to the present time many interesting
stories of the remarkable feats performed by him. [History of
Wethersfield, II: 338.]

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He died September 9, 1749, and is buried in the Wethersfield cemetery,
his gravestone bearing the following epitaph: Here lies Interr'd | the
Body of Mr. | John Francis, | Who Departed this | life Septemb'r ye 9th
| 1749, In the 65th | year of his Age.

Corporal Francis left a large estate, the inventory of which was taken
November 6, 1749. [Hartford Probate Records, XV: 341, 342.]

25.
John Francis married 1st in Wethersfield, December 30, 1708, Mary
Hatch, who died July 15, 1718. Her gravestone, next to that of her husband,
gives her age as 50 years, which is probably an error of the
stonecutter for 30. He married, 2nd, February 12, 1719, Abigail, daughter of
Nathaniel and Eunice Stoddard, who died August 22, 1723, aged 26. He
married, 3rd, Lydia (Standish?), who died October 12, 1733, in her 36th year.
He married, 4th, in Wethersfield, October 12, 1735, EUNICE DICKINSON,
daughter of Eliphalet Dickinson (No. 50) and Rebecca Bronson (No. 51),
who was born in Wethersfield, July 22, 1708, and died there May 21,
1770. Her will dated March 22, 1770, and proved the 19th of June following,
names her son John, daughter Eunice, the wife of Abijah Tryon, grandson
Solomon Williams and granddaughter Lydia Wells. [Hartford Probate
Records, XXI: 24, 27.]

CHILDREN OF JOHN FRANCIS.
I. John, b. Sept. 28, 1710; m. about 1732 Mary Dodd of Hartford and d.
May 15, 1738, before the birth of his younger brother John. He left
children: John, b. 1733, Josiah, b. 1734, Charles, b. 1736, and Mary, b.
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widow m. Peter Ayrault. II. Elisha. III. Mary, m. before 1739, Jonathan
Bassett. IV. Lydia, b. June 4, 1738; m. Nov. 21, 1754, Solomon
Williams. V. Eunice, b. Aug. 15, 1741; m. Nov. 3, 1762, Abijah Tryon. She d.
May 26, 1777. VI. John (No. 12). VII. Mercy, b. Feb. 6, 1747; d. July 6,
1747.

26.
ELIAS WRIGHT, son of Nathaniel Wright (No. 52) and Ann Deming (No. 53),
was born in Wethersfield, Conn., March 12, 1712-13. He was a mariner of
that town, and little more is known of him. He died there February 16,
1785. Administration was issued on his estate on the 28th of June
following to John Francis and Lucy Wells of Wethersfield, and his inventory
was taken the same day by Samuel May and Hezekiah Wells. [Hartford
Probate Records, XXIII: 169, 231.]

27.
The wife of Elias Wright was ELIZABETH GOODRICH, whom he married in
Wethersfield about 1740, daughter of William Goodrich (No. 54) and Marian
Bretoun (No. 55), the widow of Dr. Nicholas Ayrault. She was born in
Wethersfield, September 15, 1715. The evidence of her marriage to Elias
Wright is found in a deed of March 12, 1767. [Wethersfield Land Records,
VIII: 436.] She died of smallpox May 16, 1777.

CHILDREN OF ELIAS AND ELIZABETH WRIGHT.
I. Lucretia, bap. 1743; prob. m. Dec. 8, 1766, Alexander Fraser. II.
Rhoda (No. 13). III. Huldah, bap. 1745. IV. Lucy, m. Wells (?).

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28.
HEZEKIAH GOODRICH, son of David Goodrich (No. 56) and Prudence
Churchill (No. 57), was born in Wethersfield, January 28, 1700. He lived in his
native town, and died there October 9, 1732, leaving one son and one
daughter.

Administration was granted to Honor Goodrich on the estate of her
husband May 15, 1732, and his inventory taken September 4th following
amounted to œ1,392 7s. 0d. [Hartford Probate Records, XII: 388, 389.]

29.
Hezekiah Goodrich married in Wethersfield, October 16, 1729, HONOR
DEMING, daughter of Samuel Deming (No. 58) and Sarah Buck (No. 59), who was
born in Wethersfield, December 16, 1701. She married 2nd, July 5, 1733,
Dr. Thomas Perrin, and they had a daughter, Sarah Perrin, born December
27, 1739. Mrs. Honor Perrin died September 3, 1778, aged 77.

CHILDREN OF HEZEKIAH AND HONOR GOODRICH.
I. Elizur (No. 14). II. Honor, b. Feb. 22, 1732; m. May 18, 1749,
Charles Whiting of Norwich, Conn., and had six children; m. 2nd, Nov. 14,
1774, Rev. Joshua Belding, and had a son Hezekiah. She d. Aug. 21, 1801.

30.
DAVID DEMING, son of Samuel Deming (No. 60) and Sarah Buck (No. 61),
was born in Wethersfield, Conn., December 29, 1696. Lieutenant Deming
lived in his native town, and was often elected to office. He was for
several years Townsman, as well as Grand Juror, Constable, Collector,

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and Lister. In May, 1748, he was made Lieutenant of the 3rd Company or
trainband of the Colony. In the Lister's or Assessor's Books his
"faculty" is rated as high as œ40,--a fact which would indicate that he was
engaged in business of some sort. He was a tailor, and in an old account
book, under date of December, 1747, we find a David Deming credited
with œ2 12s. "for making Jac't & Breeches." He is called a "tailor" in
certain deeds. In the inventory of Lieutenant Deming's estate, which
amounted to œ795 4s. 9d., a "Tailor's goose," shears, etc., are mentioned.
Administration on his estate was granted May 22, 1771, to David Deming
of Sandersfield, Mass., who with Elizur Goodrich and Nathaniel Stillman
furnished bonds. His home lot and buildings were valued at œ360.
[Hartford Probate Records, XXI: 21, 65, 75.] His epitaph in the Wethersfield
cemetery is as follows: In Memory | of Lieut. | David | Deming he |
died Feb'r 17th | 1771, in ye 75 | Year of | his Age | In Memory of | Mrs.
Mar | tha wife of | Lieut. David | Deming. She | died Sept'r 7th | 1763
in ye 62 | Year of | her Age.

31.
The wife of David Deming was MARTHA RUSSELL, whom he married January
28, 1724-5, in Wethersfield. She was the daughter of John Russell (No.
62) and Martha Graves (No. 63), and was born in Wethersfield, March 2,
1700-1701, and died there September 1, 1763 (September 7, gravestone).

CHILDREN OF DAVID AND MARTHA DEMING.
I. Martha, b. Apr. 15, 1726; m. Aug. 25, 1744, Nathaniel Goodwin, who
d. May 8, 1797. II. Mehitabel, b. May 27, 1727; m. June 1743, Nathaniel
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d. Feb. 1811, ae. 92. Res. Wethersfield. III. David, b. Aug. 16, 1729;
m. Mch. 12, 1754, Elizabeth Robbins. Res. Sandisfield, Mass. IV. Mary,
b. Mch. 8, 1731-2.
V. Abigail, b. Apr. 29, 1733; d. May 17, 1733. VI. Elizabeth, b. Apr.
29, 1733; d. May 17, 1733. VI. (No. 15). VIII. Solomon, b. Dec. 1, 1736.
IX. Elizabeth, b. Mch. 8, 1738-9; m. Jonathan Welles. X. John, b. Mch.
14, 1743; m. Dec. 18, 1777, Elizabeth Welles. XI. Simeon, b. Mch. 5,
1748. XII. Anna, m. Asa Talcott.

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32.
SAMUEL BOREMAN, son of Samuel Boreman (No. 64) and Mary Betts (No. 65),
was born in Wethersfield, Conn., October 28, 1648. He is called in the town records "Clerke," an officer of the trainband, and "Sergeant." At the session of the General Court in May, 1681, he was "presented" for admission as freeman, being then about thirty-three years of age.

Sergeant Samuel Boreman was, like his father, a cooper and farmer by occupation. He was one of the principal land holders in Wethersfield, having added to the share which he received from his father's estate, by the purchase of other tracts of land in the South Field, the Great Plain, the West Field and elsewhere. In 1677, he and three others received from the town a grant of land in Pipe Stave Swamp (in the present town of Newington) for the purpose of erecting a sawmill, as appears from the following vote at a town meeting held in Wethersfield, October 25, of the above year: "Liberty was granted to Eman'll Buck, John Rilly, Sam'll Borman, and Joseph Rilly to build a sawmill with sufficient ponding, and also 20 acres of land to each of them forever, and to be about Pipe Stave Swamp allwise provided the said parties make no sale of bord or timber to any other town without the consent of Wethersfield townsmen; and to sell bords at home at five shillings pr hundred, and slet work

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answerable by the rate of proportion, and at the mill at foure
shillings pr hundred, bords and slit work answerable; and at the end of 12 years the Saw Mill to seass if the Town see cause, sawing of any timber that groeth on the Comon; and the Mill to bee up and fit to worke at or before the last of September next insueing the date hereof." [Wethersfield Town Votes.] This was the first sawmill built in Wethersfield.

Although not prominent as an officeholder, we find that Mr. Boreman was Collector for his town in 1683, Lister, or Assessor, in 1693 and 1702, and Surveyor in 1694. He was also one of a committee appointed to lay out a highway to Fearful Swamp in 1687.

Sergeant Boreman occupied a portion of his father's home lot of three acres, on the west side of Broad street, on the south corner of Fletcher's Lane. A year before his death, he purchased of his son-in-law, Daniel Warner, two acres of land, "with a mansion house" thereon, at the lower end of Broad street on the west side. This place he gave in his will to his son, and the new house then being erected upon it, became the home of five successive generations of the family. He died December 23, 1720. His gravestone in the Wethersfield cemetery has this epitaph: Here | lyeth the | body of Mr. | Samuel Bordman, | who departed this | life December the | 23, 1720, in Ye 73 | year of his age.

Sergeant Samuel Boreman left a large estate, amounting to œ1,085 18s. 10d. [Boardman Genealogy, pp. 185-192.]

33.
The wife of Samuel Boreman was SARAH STEELE, daughter of Samuel Steele (No. 66) and Mary Boosey (No. 67), who was baptized in Farmington, Conn., December 29,

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1656, and was married February 8, 1682-3. She died in Wethersfield, January 23, 1732-3. Her epitaph is as follows: Here | lyeth the | Body of | Sarah Steele | wife of Mr. | Samuel Bordman | who departed this | Life January the | 23d 1732-3 in ye | 77th Year of her Age. Her estate amounted to œ103 0s. 6d.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND SARAH BOREMAN.
I. Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1683; m. Oct. 3, 1706, Daniel Warner. II. Sarah, b. Mch. 13, 1686; d. aged 17 days. III. Hannah, b. June 27, 1687; d. May 16, 1688. IV. David, b. June 1, 1692; m. Dec. 6, 1717, Abigail Treat; and d. in 1756. V. Joseph (No. 16). VI. Josiah, bap. Mch. 19, 1698-9; died young.

34.
JOSEPH BELDEN, son of John Belden (No. 68) and Lydia Standish (No. 69), was born in Wethersfield, Conn., April 23, 1663. His home was in Wethersfield and he was one of those who drew lands in the allotment of 1694. He was Collector in 1691, Lister in 1669 and 1711, Surveyor of Highways in 1706, and was very often chosen to serve on local committees. He was called "Clerk" in 1705 and afterwards, from which it would appear that he was an officer in the trainband.

The epitaph on his gravestone in the Wethersfield cemetery is as follows: Here | lieth the | body of | Joseph Belding, | who deceased | Desem'r ye 7th 1724; | aged 62 years. Administration on the estate of Joseph Belden was granted to his widow Mary Belden and son Joseph, March 2, 1724-5, and his children are mentioned in the distribution. The inventory amounted to œ1,805 1s. 1d. [Hartford Probate Records, X: 73, 83.]

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35.
The wife of Joseph Belden was MARY MEAKIN, daughter of John Meakin (No. 70) and Mary Bidwell (No. 71), who was baptized in the South Church, Hartford, February 4, 1671-2; was married October 27, 1693, and died in Wethersfield, March 17, 1739-40. She left a will which mentions her daughters Sarah Burnham, Mary Boardman, and Esther Wolcott, among whom her movable estate was divided, and three sons Joseph, Thomas, and Amos. To Mary Boardman she made the following bequest: "one Sorill mare which was of the estate of my brother, John Meekings." The will is dated March 12, 1740, and was proved the 8th of April following. The estate was finally settled by an agreement among the heirs dated August 4, 1740. [Hartford Probate Records, XIII: 64, 68, 317.]

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND MARY BELDEN.
I. Sarah, b. June 1, 1695; m. Richard Burnham. II. Joseph, b. Dec. 28, 1697; m. Elizabeth, who d. June 5, 1740, in 37th year. He d. Apr. 26, 1754. Res. Rocky Hill. III. Thomas, b. Sept. 9, 1700; m. before 1730, Mary, dau. of Rev. Stephen Mix, who d. Apr. 14, 1742. He d. Apr. 13, 1761. Res. Wethersfield. IV. Mary (No. 17). V. Amos, b. Aug. 15, 1707. VI. Esther, b. June 26, 1710; m. Joshua Wolcott. VII. Eunice, b. June 16, 1714, d. before 1724.

36.
RICHARD BORDMAN, son of Daniel Bordman (No. 72) and Hannah Wright (No. 73), was born in Wethersfield, Conn., September 1, 1684. He received from his father, March 23, 1710-11, two tracts of land in the section

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of Wethersfield then known as Cow Plain, but now the town of Newington, one of which contained six acres with a
dwelling house standing thereon. He settled in this section, and took an active part in the formation of the new parish of Newington. He was chosen to serve on many important committees, such as the committee to collect the minister's rates, to build a house for the minister, to select and lay out a burying ground, and the school committee.

Richard Bordman was one of the largest farmers in the Newington section. In 1744 his tax list amounted to œ120 4s. He received his commission as Ensign of the trainband, October 13, 1726, and as Lieutenant, May 13, 1736. This was the first trainband formed in Newington.

A bill of sale in the possession of Mr. Wm. F. J. Boardman, shows that Lieutenant Richard Bordman sold September 30, 1725, to Thomas Seymour of Hartford, for œ60 lawful tender, a negro man named "London" or "Lunon." He was afterwards sold to Colonel Chester, and it is said that he was at one time the "negro Governor of Connecticut."

The Church records give the death of Lieutenant Richard Bordman as August 7, 1756, but the epitaph on his gravestone in the Newington cemetery is as follows: Here lies Interr'd | the Body of Lieut | Richard Boardman | Who Departed this | Life Augst ye 7th | A: D 1755: In ye 71st | year of his Age.

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37.
Richard Bordman married, March 11, 1707, SARAH CAMP, daughter of Edward Camp (No. 74) and Mehitabel Smith (No. 75), who was born in Milford, Conn., in 1683. It is recorded that Richard Bordman and Sarah, his wife, deeded their right in the estate of Mehitabel Camp their mother, late of Milford, March 7, 1721. [Milford Land Records, VI: 361.]

Sarah Bordman died in Newington, Conn., December 28, 1768, according to the Church records, but her epitaph gives the year 1769: In Memory of | Mrs. Sarah Boardman | Relict of | Lieut Richard Boardman | who Departed this | Life Decemr 28th | AD 1769 | in the 86th year | of her Age. She left a will dated July 11, 1763, in which she mentioned her
granddaughter, Rosanna, the wife of Justus Buck, and her two daughters, Sarah, wife of John Parmalee, and Mary, wife of Martin Kellogg.

CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND SARAH BORDMAN.
I. Sarah, b. Jan. 13, 1708; m. Nov. 24, 1730, John Parmalee. II.
Gamaliel (No. 18). III. Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1719; m. July 1, 1742, Martin Kellogg, Jr., who d. Dec. 7, 1791. She d. Apr. 8, 1803.

38.
NATHANIEL SHERMAN, son of Daniel Sherman (No. 76) and Abiah Street (No. 77), was born in New Haven, Conn., August 5, 1685. He resided in his native town all his life. In 1708, he received from his father a lot and "mantion house." [New Haven Land Records, III: 140.] He owned other lands there and in West Haven,

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the latter as we are informed in a deed of part of it, May 7, 1729, "a lott that belonged to our Honoured father Mr. Samll Burwell, Late of New Haven Deceased." [Ibid. VIII: 155, 156.] He and his wife received land from the other heirs of Samuel Burwell in 1738. [Ibid. XI: 26.] Mr. Nathaniel Sherman died in New Haven, September 7, 1750. He was buried in the ancient burying ground which surrounded the First Church, and his gravestone with that of his wife, and father, was removed in 1821 to the cemetery on Grove street. His epitaph is as follows: Memento Mori | Here lyes ye | Body of Mr | Nathanael Sherman | who Departed | this Life Septbr. | ye 7th A.D. 1750 | Aged 65 years. Administration on his estate was issued October 11, 1750, to his son-in-law, James Norton of Milford, and a receipt for the proportion of each heir was filed in March, 1757. [New Haven Probate Records, VII: 670; IX: 38.] In effecting this settlement, a deed was executed, September 30, 1751, by Job and Esther Prudden, James and Rebecca Norton, and Joseph and Frances Bellamy, conveying their interest in the homestead of their father,