The History of Wakeman Township, Pages 171 through 180
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SIMONS, Ethan - whose wife’s name was Laura, was a native of Shenango county, N.Y. He had three sons, Truman, Orlando and Egbert, who came to Wakeman, and he also lived her with Orlando.
Truman Simons was born Nov. 19, 1818. He married Mary J., daughter of Jason Thayer, of Clarksfield and Wakeman, Sept. 10, 1846. He died Dec. 17, 1901. His children were:
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Zilpha, |
born Oct. 30, 1847, married Amos Coon, of Wakeman. |
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Sidney, |
born Nov. 30, 1854, lived in Vermillion. |
Besides two who died in infancy.
Orlando Marvin Simons, born June 12, 1821, at New South Berlin, Shenango county, N.Y., married Oct. 30, 1845, Phebe Stenson, and they came to Berlin, Ohio, the same year and to Wakeman two years later. He was a wagon maker and operated a shop across the street from the school house and lived where Charles Chrysler lived in later years. The father, Ethan Simons, lived here with Orlando, but removed to Minnesota and Orlando followed in 1859 to Elysian, Minn., and lived there until his death in his 85th year. His wife was born in 1824, and died Feb. 11, 1912.
Egbert A. Simons was born in 1824, at New South Berlin, N.Y., and married Parthena Jaqua, of Clarksfield, and moved to Elysian, Minn., in 1856, and died there April 30, 1890. The wife died Sept. 4, 1870.
SMITH, David – came from New Haven county, Conn., in 1833. He was a man of considerable means, and bought and sold several farms in Wakeman. Just where he lived, we are unable to say. He was a brother-in-law of Eunice, the mother of Merritt Hyde. He was thrown from a wagon and killed July 17, 1859, at the age of 89 years and 4 months. He had children: Sheldon and Hepzibah (wife of Gershom Shelton.)
Sheldon Smith, born at Oxford, Conn., April 8, 1791, came to Wakeman in August 1819, with Burton French, whose sister, Phedima, was Smith’s wife. He settled on a farm at the south-west corner of Sherman’s corners, where Sumner Todd lives. He bought and sold other tracts. In 1866, he sold his farm to George Denton, and went to live with his daughter in Berlin, and died there Jan. 6, 1871, at the age of 79. His wife, Phedima, died in February 1831. He married 2nd, Sally Benedict, of Connecticut, who died at Berlin, April 21, 1868. His children were: Charles Holbrook, married at Jefferson, Ind., March 2, 1852, Margaret Driscoll and died at his farm near Ft. Wayne, Ind., Sept. 14, 1891, at the age of 72. George married Elizabeth Stevens of Berlin, and died near Morocco, Ind., in 1888. Mary, who married a Roberts and died in California. Fanny, who married Lampson Sherman, of Wakeman, and died Jan. 27, 1908.
SMITH, Harvey, was enumerated here in 1827 and 1829. In 1829 he bought 60 acres of Lot 50, and sold it to Merritt Hyde in 1831. This land is south of Wakeman, where Elver Clark lives.
SOUTHERLAND, Heman, lived alone, at least a part of the time, in a log house on the L. B. Wonser farm (Ed Prosser farm), and died there July 5, 1858, at the age of 60. William Wonser, a relative, possibly a brother, possibly a son of Levi, lived with him part of the time. Page 194.
SPRAGUE, Thadeus, son of George and Elizabeth (Gray) Sprague, and was born in Ulster county, N.Y., Jan. 28, 1826. In 1833, with his father’s family, came to Huron county, O., settling in the township of Hartland. In 1852, he was married to Sarah Arnet of Hartland. She was a daughter of Terry Arnet, and was born in Hartland, April 24, 1833. In 1852 Mr. Sprague purchased 66 acres of land on the west line of Wakeman, in Lot 9. He afterward added to this purchase until he owned a farm of 200 acres of land. On this farm he and his wife made their home, and where he died Sept. 22, 1893, and she on Jan. 2, 1898.
Their children were: Elmer and Elver, twins, born Nov. 6, 1856; Lydia Bell, born March 16, 1863, and Nora M., born Dec. 29, 1867. Elmer lives in New London. Elver lives on the home farm. Lydia married John E., son of Edward Denman, and Nora married Doren, son of Samuel W. Rowland.
SQUIRE, William, a son of Joab Squire, of Florence, was married to Pamelia Ann Gray, daughter of Abraham Gray, of Clarksfield, in 1837. They lived in Clarksfield until after 1846. In 1853, Mrs. Squire received a deed of 50 acres of land in Lot 40, across from Levi Wonser’s. They lived here until 1858, when they moved to Iowa, but returned in a couple of years. Mr. Squire died and they family returned to Grinnell, Iowa. They had children, George, Anna, Hiram, Emory and Wilber. The latter was the survivor of triplets, the other two having died in infancy.
STARK, Benjamin, reported to have been the youngest son of General John Stark, of Revolutionary fame. However, the list of children of Gen. Stark disproves that report. Gen. John Stark had eleven children, and the youngest son was Benjamin F. born in 1777, and died in 1806. Benjamin Stark, of Wakeman, died in 1854 at the age of 80, making him born in 1774. We have no history connecting him with Gen. Stark.
Benjamin was born at Dunbarton, New Hampshire, and came to Ohio about 1828. He lived in Florence in 1837, but later lived near the northeast corner of Wakeman in a log house (across the road from the Mickey Murray house.) He died of "cholera"- Cholera Morbus - July 31, 1854 at the age of 80. He was at work in the harvest field the day before his death. He was twice married and according to the statement of his son, Stuttering Joe Stark, he was the father of twenty three children, "sca-a-a-tered all over York State." Of his children, Daniel died in the army during the civil war. Joseph, born Aug. 15, 1837, lived around Wakeman but died in Boughtonville, Ohio, May 10, 1920. Sarah - Mrs. Hakes - died in Hartland in 1902. Henry married Thirza Crawford, of Wakeman, and went to Ionia, Mich. Jesse also lived in Ionia. Betsy married a Vanderpool and died about 1900.
STILWELL, Stephen, died in Wakeman, April 30, 1846, at the age of 78. He had daughters Mary and Rebecca.
STOUGHTENBURGH, Jacob F., purchased of W. H. Whitford, 51 acres of land in Lot 56, in Wakeman, in 1857, (the John Hurst farm). He lived here for a time. He was the railroad agent at Wakeman for some time but moved to Tama Co., Iowa, about 1865, returning to Ohio three or four years later, but again returning to Hardin County, Iowa, where he died July 11, 1879, at the age of 64. His wife was Susan Hutchison, daughter of William Hutchison, of the "Forks of the River" in Florence, and she died in Oklahoma, Jan. 31, 1903. They had children, Sidney, Mary, William, Isabella, Samuel and Sarah.
STRONG GENEALOGY.
The Strong family, of England, lived in Shropshire. One of them went to Wales to reside in 1545. Richard of this family, born in 1561, removed to Taunton, England, in 1590, where he died in 1613, leaving a son, John, eight years of age, and a daughter, Eleanor. John moved to London and then to Plymouth. Being in sympathy with the Puritans, he sailed for New England in the ship, "Mary and John." He lived at Dorchester, Hingham, Taunton, Windsor, and for forty years at Northampton, Mass., and died April 9, 1699. He was the first ruling elder of the Church at this place. His first wife is supposed to have died on the passage over or soon after landing. He married for his second wife, Abigail Ford, and she became the mother of sixteen children.
Thomas Strong, their son, married 1st, Mary Hewet, 2nd, Rachel Holton, and became the father of sixteen children.
Adino Strong, son of Thomas, born in 1676, had a son, Preserved, born in 1712, married Esther Stoddard, and had a son Uriel, born in 1754, whose son, Cyrus, is the subject of his history. The most of the Strongs in this county (not immigrants from England) are supposed to be descended from Elder John Strong.
CYRUS STRONG was born in Woodbury, Conn., Sept. 18, 1796. He married, Nov. 17, 1819, Mary Ann Burrell, who died April 27, 1820, without issue. He married 2nd, July 18, 1823, Susan Ann Curtiss. In 1827, they emigrated to Wakeman, arriving May 21st. In that year he bought of Bronson, Jesup, and Wakeman, 117 acres of Lot 66 (where John Maglone afterward lived, and later owned by Alonzo Barnes). Here they lived until the death of his wife, Dec. 16, 1884. He then made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Todd, where he died March 20, 1891.
Charles R. Green in history of Wakeman, says, "Mr. Strong came from a long lived race, at least three of his brothers and sisters living to be over ninety-three years old." "The grandfather of Elder Strong was said to be a Roman Catholic and lived to a great age, and the Strong family seem to have borne this characteristic, at least in the earlier generations." "In the generations which trace ancestry back to this man, there is a long line of ministers, college professors and presidents. Yale College alone, has forty seven of that name among its graduates, &c." "The family can also boast of four governors of states, a long line of judges and members of Congress, a good representation in all the wars from the Revolution to the present time."
Cyrus Strong had children:
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Mary Ann, |
born Feb. 24, 1824, married J. Nicholas Westfall in 1845, and died in Townsend, Nov. 28, 1912. See Westfall history, page 189. |
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Susan Jane, |
born May 29, 1825, married Timothy S. Harrison in 1855, lived in Norwalk and died Feb. 2, 1858 - had a son, Jarvis. |
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Esther Maria, |
born Sept. 6, 1826, died Feb. 21, 1828. |
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Frederick Cyrus, |
born April 14, 1828, married 1st, Marian Freeman, of Toledo, 2nd , Mrs. Sharp, of Clarksfield, lived in Toledo, O., and Champaign, Ill., where he died in 1887. He had children: Charles and Harriet. |
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Thomas Jerome, |
born Jan. 1, 1830, married Sarah Kenyon, lived in Michigan, but went to Oberlin after the death of his wife, and died in 1893, without issue. |
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Sarah Frances, |
born Sept. 22, 1831, married in 1860, Dr. Horace Hinman, and went with him to Africa as home missionaries. On account of poor health they returned to America, living in Wisconsin and Alabama. They had children, George, a home missionary; Herbert John, a minister of the Gospel, and Susan Fidelite, a resident of Oberlin. |
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Harriet Curtiss, |
born Aug. 25, 1833, married Watson Cunningam in 1853, and died in 1903, without issue. |
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John Owen, |
born Jan. 28, 1835, married in 1866 or 67, Mary Norman (a niece of Sala Todd’s wife), and died in Iowa in 1871, leaving Belle and Lola. |
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Martha Elizabeth, |
born Aug. 11, 1836, married Seth Todd, March 18, 1860. (See Todd history), and died in Wakeman May 8, 1917. |
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Henry Cornelius, |
born Aug. 29, 1838, died Dec. 14, 1858. |
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Cornelia A., |
born May 24, 1841, married in 1879, John J. McFall, lived in Wakeman, then in Oberlin and California, Having children, Robert Owen (an officer in the regular army), and Ruth Martha. |
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Benjamin T., |
born April 10, 1843, married Mary, daughter of Garwood Camp, of Wakeman, lived on the Camp farm west of Wakeman, then moved to Oberlin, where he died Oct. 27, 1913. |
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Lorena, |
born July 21, 1845, died Aug. 25, 1845. |
SURLES, Ziba – born in Lucerne county, Pa., in October 1812, was married at Four Corners (now Monroeville), Huron Co., O., to Asenath Jefferson, April 28, 1836. She was born in Gennessee county, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1817.
In 1849, they came to Wakeman. When the railroad was built here he became the first station agent. In 1857, he was transferred to Norwalk. In 1860, he moved back to Four Corners, and in 1862, made a trip to the Pacific Coast, and on his way home stopped at Denver, Colorado (a very small town then), fell in love with the country, remained there and sent for his family. He served as a representative in the territorial assembly and was elected as a representative of Park county to the first State assembly. He died at Grant, Colo., Aug. 1, 1890. Mrs. Surles then returned to Ohio and died at the home of her daughter, Susan, April 29, 1898.
They had children:
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Cytheria, |
born Dec. 12, 1836, married in 1857, David Alvord, and lived in Norwalk, with a brother, while she was a widow. |
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Willard J., |
born July 14, 1838, married 1st , Lucinda Brown in 1865, 2nd, Mrs. Amelia McFarland Newell (who died in 1914), and lived in Norwalk. |
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Susanna, |
born Dec. 16, 1840, married Garner Stimson in 1866, and lived near Monroeville, O. |
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Sarah, |
born May 23, 1843, died Aug. 27, 1844. |
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James H., |
born Aug. 15, 1848, lived in Colorado for more than fifty years. |
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Estella H., |
born Dec. 25, 1850, died June 8, 1873. |
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Lilla D. |
born Nov. 29, 1852, married John Burroughs in 1874, and died in Colorado, May 1, 1876. |
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Flora A., |
born June 8, 1855, died in Colorado, July 13, 1871. |
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Jessie C., |
born May 21, 1861, died Dec. 1, 1862. |
TALCOTT, Rev. Joel - born Oct. 12, 1797, at Vernon, Conn., married Oct. 3, 1829, Lois Twining, at Tolland, Mass. He was educated at Yale and moved to Wellington, Ohio, soon after his marriage. Lois Twining was born May 8, 1811, and died in Wellington, March 16, 1836. She was a daughter of Judah and Catherine (Fowler) Twining; Judah was a son of Elijah and Lois (Rogers) Twining, son of William and Apphia (Lewis) Twining, of Eastham, Mass., son of William and Ruth (Cole) Twining, of Orleans, Mass., son of William and Elizabeth (Dean) Twining, of Eastham, Mass., and Newtown, Pa., son of William Twining, of Yarmouth, England, and who emigrated to Eastham, Mass., somewhere between 1630 and 1640.
Rev. Joel and Lois Talcott had two daughters, Henrietta M. born Aug. 29, 1830, and Annette L., born April 9, 1834. Henrietta married Joseph Twining, (her second cousin), Nov. 20, 1851, and died Jan. 23, 1911. Their home was at Colebrook, Conn. They had children: Albert T., William J., Katie E., Barton P., Charles J., Eugene B., and Frederick H.
Annette Talcott married in 1857, John Foote, who died in 1872 in Hartland, Ohio. She married 2nd, in 1873, Henry Hammond, who died in 1900. She died May 20, 1905. She had a son, Milo T. Foote, born Sept. 4, 1862, lived in Norwalk. After the death of his wife, Mr. Talcott married Sarah Ann Cummings, and had children, Philander T., who died Feb. 19, 1865, at the age of 24, a soldier in the civil war. Phineas H., died June 9, 1871, at the age of 25; Hattie M., died Nov. 29, 1872, at the age of 16. Lois E., died June 8, 1881, at the age of 38.
Mr. Talcott organized the first church in Wellington, O., being settled as pastor Nov. 29, 1828, continuing until 1837. He was a member of the first board of trustees of Oberlin College when it was organized in 1833. In 1840 he preached in the school house (Acrel Reed house) in Wakeman. In 1846, he removed to Wakeman, and in the following year purchased of Bela Coe, 100 acres of Lot 15, and made his home there until his death, Dec. 28, 1871, at the age of 74. After this the farm was sold to James Cummings, a brother of Mrs. Talcott, and the widow and her two daughters moved to Milan, O., and lived in the well known "Edison House." She died April 3, 1890, at the age of 76 years having outlived all of her children. She was the daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth (Anderson) Cummings, he being a native of County Downs, Ireland, and who came to America in 1791 and resided in the state of New York until 1834, when he came to Sullivan, Ohio.
TERRY, Daniel, and his wife, Roxy, came from Lockport, N.Y., to Ohio in 1856, living in Oberlin a year, then moving to Wakeman. In 1856, Roxy Terry received a deed of E. C. M. Waugh, of 76 acres of Lot 67, but sold it in 1858 to Minerva French. In 1857, she bought of L. S. Robinson 20 acres of Lot 56 and the family lived there, west of Cyrus Strong’s, but later moved to the village. Mr. Terry died Nov. 10, 1876, at the age of 78 years. Mrs. Terry died at the home of her son, Titus, in Toledo, Dec. 30, 1885. She was born in Harpersfield, Delaware county, N.Y., and was married in 1824. She was the mother of ten children, of whom seven survived her; Harriet (McLeland) in Huron, Dakota; Harvey, of Wilson, Kas.; Albert, of Northfield, Minn.; Wilbur H., Orange S. and Titus B., all of Toledo, and Emeline, of Hillsdale, Mich. Emeline married W. H. Eggleston, of Wakeman, and after his death in 1877, went to live with her daughter, Maria, wife of Thomas Rippon, and died April 30, 1899.
THAYER, Jason, with his twin brother, Ziba, came to Clarksfield in the last days of the year 1817, and boarded with Capt. Husted. In the account book of Capt. Husted, Jason Thayer is charged with "3 parts candles for school," on Jan. 4, 1818, indicating that he might have attended some sort of night school, although he was 32 years of age at that time, but this supposition is improbable, as there were only two or three families in the vicinity at that time.
Jason was said to have been very slovenly in his habits and to have had a large mouth, and the story is told that a wag once carved an "epitaph" on the bark of a sycamore tree, something like this:
"Here lies the body of Jason Thayer,
Who never washed his face or combed his hair.
Here he lies beneath the sod.
If he opens his mouth, you’re gone, by G--."
In 1825 or 26 he married Tamor Ann Milliman, widow of Henry Christian Westfall, who had died in northwest Townsend in 1824. She had come to Townsend with her parents and husband in 1816. Her eldest son, George Westfall was the first white boy born in Townsend, in November or December, 1816. She had other Westfall children, John, Frederick Henry, J. Nicholas and Tamor Ann. J. Nicholas was a Wakeman resident, whose history appears later. She died in August 1830.
Mr. Thayer married 2nd, Mrs. Abby Thurston, a sister of Hiram Abbott, of Wakeman. He removed to Ft. Wayne, Ind., some time after 1833, but returned and lived in Berlin, possibly, but died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Simons, in Wakeman, Dec. 14, 1850, at the age of 64. His son, Eri, had died just a month before, at the age of six years. By the second wife, he had children, Mary Jane, born in Clarksfield, April 3, 1827, and Laura Marie. Mary Jane married Truman Simons, Sept. 10, 1846, and died in 1909. Laura Maria went to live with her aunt in Wood county, Ohio, and died there.
By his second wife, Thayer had two daughters, Josephine and Addie, who were adopted by Hiram Abbott after the death of their father. Josephine married Warren Smith and died in Clarksfield, Dec. 24, 1884, at the age of 38. Addie went to Pennsylvania, married and died there.
THOMPSON, Jehiel – married a daughter of Walter Parsons, of Vermillion, and a niece of Aaron Parsons, of Wakeman. He once lived on the George Sherman farm, and a child of his died here in 1840. The family moved to Vermillion and he died there.
THOMPSON, Peter - sold land to Joel Adams in 1837. Chauncey Thompson bought of David Manvel land in 1838. Louisa, Ann M., Harriet and A. C.
Thompson, sold to G. H. Camp, land in 1851- 5.
They were possibly heirs of Chauncey Thompson.
Chauncey, or Chaney, Thompson, married Eunice Hyde, a sister of Merritt, prior to 1824, or in that year. He was a " Connecticut Yankee."
TILLINGHAST, George - born in Wickford, Rhode Island, Jan. 18, 1803, went with his parents to Connecticut. He learned the trade of blacksmith and in the winter of 1826 made up about 600 tools, axes, chisels, &c., and in the spring of 1827 started for Ohio, stopping at different places to sell tools. He landed at Huron, came to Florence, purchased a horse and wagon and started out peddling tools, going as far as Ft. Wayne, Ind. In 1832 he brought his family to Birmingham and engaged in the blacksmith business with to Joshua Jay. In 1832, he moved to Wakeman. In 1837, he removed to Berlin Township, and died in Berlin Heights in 1891.
TODD GENEALOGY.
The name Todd is derived from the word "tod", a Scotch word meaning "fox", and the Todd family originated in Scotland. The Fox family is supposed to have had the same origin, some of the emigrants to England and Ireland adopting the English equivalent.
It is thought probable that William Todd, 1st, was the son of Reginald Todd, a freeman of York in 1605, and a collateral descendent of Sir William Todd, Lord Mayor of York in 1487.
CHRISTOPHER TODD was a son of William Todd, of Pontefract, and a grandson of William Todd, who married Isabel Rogerson, in 1592. He came from Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, and was an early settler in the colony of New Haven, Conn., in 1637 or 39. He married Grace, daughter of Michael Middlebrook, of Hold Mills, and came to this country as one of the original settlers of Davenport’s New Haven colony in 1637. He was a farmer, miller and baker. He had children: 2, John, 3, Samuel, 4, Mercy, 5, Grace, 6, Michael, 7, Nancy.
3 Samuel married Mary, daughter of William Bradley, Nov. 26, 1668, and died in 1714. Children: 8, Samuel, born July 1, 1672, 9, Joseph, 10, Mary, 11, Sarah, 12, Joseph, 13, Hannah, 14, Jonah, 15, Daniel, 16, Abigail, 17, Mercy, 18, James.
8, Samuel, Jr., married 1st, Susannah Tuttle 1698, 2nd, Widow Esther Maltby, and died in Dec. 1741. Children:
19, Lydia, married Rev. Benjamin Doolittle and had eleven children.
20, Caleb,
21, Stephen, settled in Northford and had nine children.
22, Mehitable,
23, Christopher, married and nine children.
24, Samuel, had nine children.
25, Susannah, married Rev. Caleb Homaston and had twelve children.
26, Elizabeth, married Dea. Samuel Sackett.
20, Caleb, born Feb. 2, 1700, married Mary, daughter of Samuel Ives, Dec.15, 1725, and settled in North Haven, and died July 5, 1737. Children: 27, Phebe, married David Blakeslee. 28 Hezekiah, born May 2, 1728, 29, Berthia, married Matthew Gilbert.
28, Hezekiah, of North Haven, married, Lydia, daughter of Ebenezer Frost, Jan. 17, 1753. He settled at Cheshire, a little south of Judd’s Hill, in Wolcott, Mass. Children: 30, Caleb, 31, Hezekiah, 32, Bethuel, 33, Lydia, married Joel Sackett, of North Haven. 34 Moses, 35 Oliver, 36 Joel, 37 Phebe, married Parker Bates.
32, Bethuel married Esther Ives, of North Haven and settled in Waterbury. He married 2nd, Widow Sarah Welton. Children: By first wife: 49 Bethia, 50 Lovisa, 51 Russell, 52 Roxy, 53 Leverett, 54 Phebe, 55 Sala, married Salome Upson, and moved to Ohio. 56 Miles.
By second wife: 57 Esther, 58 Sarah.
34, Moses, married Delight, daughter of Timothy Upson and moved to Ohio. Children: 59 Sarah, married Abijah Pardee, of East Haven, and moved to Ohio. 60 Woodward, 61 Charlotte, 62 Isaac and 63 Kneeland, twins.
36, Joel, married Mabel Mansfield, in North Haven. Children: 72 Dennis, 73 Orrin, 74 George, 75 Louisa, 76 Caleb.
UPSON FAMILY.
Thomas Upson was early in Hartford. He was one of those, not proprietors, who had the privilege of getting wood and keeping cows on the commons. He was an original proprietor and settler of Farmington and married Elizabeth Fuller in 1646.
He died July 19, 1655, and his widow married Edmund Scott.
Children: 2, Thomas, 3, Stephen, 4, Mary, 5, Hannah, 6, Elizabeth.
3 Stephen married, Dec. 29, 1682, Mary, daughter of John Lee, Sr., of Farmington, and died in 1735, aged 85. He removed to Waterbury before his marriage and became proprietor to the amount of fifty pounds. He was surveyor, school committee, grand juror, often townsman and three times deputy to the General Court. He was Sergeant in 1715.
Children: 7, Mary, 8, Stephen, 9, Elizabeth, 10, Thomas, 11,Hannah, 12, Tabitha, 13, John, 14, Thankful.
10 Thomas married Rachel, daughter of Dea. Thomas Judd and lived in Waterbury. In 1732, or 33, he removed to Farmington and afterwards to Southington, now the northwest corner of Wolcott, and died Sept. 29, 1761.
Children: 15, Thomas, 16 Mary and 17 John, twins, 18 Josiah, 19 Asa, 20 Timothy, 21 Amos, 22 Samuel, 23 Freeman.
20 Timothy married Delight Norton, March 25, 1755, and died Sept. 4, 1799, aged 68. The widow died Feb. 24, 1828, aged 94.
Children: 42 Tryphena, 43 Freelove, 44 Sarah, 45 Ashbel, 46 Timothy, 47 Delight (born March 11, 1769, married Moses Todd, removed Vermillye, Ohio (according to the Todd Genealogy) but Vermillion. 48 Seth, 49 Martin, 50 Selah, 51 Freeman.
THE TODDS OF WAKEMAN, sprang from a common ancester, 28, Hezekiah Todd. The Wakeman Todds, Woodward, Charlotte, Issac and Kneeland, were children of Moses; Sala was a son of 32 Bethuel. George and Caleb were sons of 36 Joel. Moses, Bethuel and Joel were sons of 28 Hezekiah.
Moses Todd settled on the North Ridge in Vermillion township, west of the village of Axtel, in 1835. His wife was Delight Upson.
Woodward Todd, the first of the name to come to Wakeman, settled, first in Townsend, but removed to Wakeman in 1822, returned to Townsend for a year and again came to Wakeman and settled north of Bacon’s Corners, on the George Dean farm. He bought this farm of Justin Sherman in 1825. In 1823 he bought of Burton Canfield 90 acres of Lot 25, at Westfall’s corners. He sold 50 acres of it to Marshall Johnson in 1824, and the remainder to Philo Sherman in 1827. In 1833 he sold his farm upon which he had his residence to Joel Wheeler, and moved to Norwalk. In 1836 he was elected County Recorder and served for nine years.
His wife was Elvira Booth, of Woodbury, Conn., a sister of Marcellus Booth, of Wakeman and Florence, and of the wife of Charles Burr, of Townsend, O. Having no children of their own they brought up Mr. Burr’s youngest daughter, Harriet Amelia, as her mother was very feeble when she was an infant. This daughter married William G. Baker and lived in Norwalk and Mr. Todd made his home with them for nineteen years prior to his death, which occurred Nov. 3, 1881, in his 85th year. Harriet Amelia died in 1923.
Isaac Todd was born in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 18, 1808. He came to Wakeman, March 1, 1827, and boarded at Peter Sherman’s. He bought 30 acres of Lot 87 and commenced a clearing on land now owned by Charles Todd. He had made a match with Miss Fanny Booth, a sister of the wife of Rufus Bunce. At this time, 1830, he felt too poor to pay for a marriage license, so was constrained to satisfy the law by the publishing of banns. Accordingly, he made the arrangement with the pastor, Rev. Xenophon Betts, to make the announcement, in other words, to publish the banns. Being somewhat bashful, he told Mr. Betts that he thought he would not attend church that day, and Mr. Betts told him he could come a little late, after the notice had been read. When Sabbath came, Mr. Todd entered the church, somewhat late. It so happened that a stranger occupied the pulpit that day and did not read the notice until after Mr. Todd had taken his seat, and the announcement of the text did not diminish Mr. Todd’s embarrassment: "Remember Lot’s Wife." On the 13th of January 1830, he and Miss Fanny were duly united in marriage.
The young couple started out in their married life without much, but strong arms, courage and abundant faith in the Lord and themselves, but they made a success of their life. For some time Mr. Todd had no shoes and when they went to church, the wife wore her old shoes until near the church, when she would change to her best ones, and Mr. Todd wore her old ones. Later, when he owned a team of oxen, they rode to church on a sled, summer and winter. Rev. Betts tells of the incidents leading Mr. Todd to sign a temperance pledge – see page 70.
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Transcribed by Lowell Dunlap