Patience Todd Clinton of Wallingford CT

CLINTON, Patience Todd5, (Enos4, Gershom3, Michael2, Christopher1) born June 9, 1768, died Aug. 23, 1845, married Jesse Eton, son of Capt. Lawrence and Elizabeth (Todd) Clinton, who was born at Clintonville, Conn., Aug. 9, 1762, died there Dec. 12, 1836. Their children were born in Wallingford, Conn. For Mrs. Elizabeth Clinton’s ancestry see No. 84. Children: I. Eunetia, b. June 25, 1788, d. Nov. 1824, m. Eli Sackett, who d. Mar. 15, 1836. II. David, b. June 20, 1790, d. at Wallingford, Conn., Dec. 30, 1879, m. Dec. 29, 1812, Lucy L. Smith, who d. Aug. 28, 1883. He was … Read more

Timothy Todd of East Guilford CT

Timothy Todd4, (Jonathan3, John2, Christopher1) born Mar. 3, 1722-23, died Jan. 3, 1779, of small-pox, married May 16, 1751, Abigail, daughter of Capt. Joseph and Mary (Couch) Crane, who was born April 3, 1730, died Sept. 30, 1806. Mr. Todd graduated from Yale College, 1774; was a merchant and magistrate in East Guilford, (now Madison) Connecticut. “Timothy Todd, Esq., was one of a committee appointed December 14, 1776, to confer with committees from other towns or governments to receive charitable donations for the distressed poor in Boston, who were suffering in the Common cause.” – From Fifty Puritan Ancestors, by … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Edward Chellis Daoust

Daoust, Edward Chellis; attorney-at-law; born, Defiance, O., Oct. 19, 1887; son of Charles J. and Mary Hooker Daoust; his father was a banker at Defiance, and his mother was the daughter of Judge Hooker, of Illinois; educated, Defiance High School, graduating, special student University of Michigan, 1904-1905, special student Scientific School, Yale University, 1907-1908; graduated from Yale 1909, with degree LL. B. (Nov honors); married, Cleveland, April 24, 1912, Clara Louis Bunts, daughter of Dr. Frank E. Bunts; issue, one daughter, Frances Harriet, born Feb. 12, 1913; private Troop A, First Squadron, Ohio National Guard, since 1910; entered general practice … Read more

Emerett Almeda Todd Curley of Bridgeport CT

CURLEY, Emerett Almeda Todd9, (Henry8, Ezra L.7, Ezra L.6, James5, James4, James3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Feb. 17, 1857, in Waterbury, Conn., died May 25, 1915, in Bridgeport, Conn., married at the John Street M. E. Church, in New York City, Dec. 24, 1890, John J. Curley. They lived in Bridgeport, Conn., where their children were born. Children: I. Francis Henry, b. Sept. 18, 1892. II. Howard John, b. April 21, 1898.

Biographical Sketch of Edward Lockwood Davis

Davis, Edward Lockwood; hardware; born, Cleveland, Feb. 18, 1874; son John J. and Frances M. Hunt Davis; B. A. degree, Yale University; married, Bay City, Mich., Oct. 18, 1899, Flora E. Eddy; sec’y and director Davis, Hunt, Collister Co., hardware, entering company 1896, and elected sec’y on its incorporation in 1899; member Zeta Psi, Euclid and Hermit Clubs.

Biographical Sketch of Howard P. Mansfield

Mansfield, Howard P.; chemical business; born, Cleveland, May 5, 1884; son of I. Howard and Emily Page Mansfield; educated, Holbrooks Military School, Ossining, N. Y., 1899-1902; Yale University, Sheffield Scientific School, 1905, P. H. B.; married, Cleveland, Dec. 2, 1907, Valentine Morris; one daughter, Elizabeth Morris Mansfield; with the Grasselli Chemical Co., since Sept. 11, 1905; member Board of managers Y. M. C. A.; member Chi Phi Fraternity. Recreations: Hand Ball, Tennis, and Golf.

Bethuel Todd of New Haven County CT

Bethuel Todd6, (Hezekiah5, Caleb4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) married first, Esther Ives of North Haven, Conn., second, widow Sarah Welton. He moved from North Haven, Conn., to Wolcott at the time his brother Moses did, which was soon after 1783. It is supposed that the four brothers, Caleb, Hezekiah, Bethuel and Moses Todd were not in sympathy with the Colonies during the Revolutionary war, but it has not been verified. Bethuel Todd is supposed to have removed to western New York or to Ohio. Children by Esther Ives: *600. Bethiah. 601. Lovisa, m. Levi Upson, of Southington, Conn. *602. Russell. 603. … Read more

Caleb Todd of Waterbury CT

Caleb Todd6, (Hezekiah5, Caleb4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) removed from North Haven, Conn., to Cheshire, Conn., in 1783. A few years later when his brother Moses moved to Wolcott, for whom he endorsed notes, and later was obliged to meet them which took all the property he owned and left him bankrupt. In those days people were imprisoned for debts. He lost his home and suffered punishment besides, having been sent to jail where he passed two years. After this affair, he passed his remaining days on a very poor farm near Waterbury, Conn. To whom he was married or what … Read more

Biography of Delos Thomas Pepin

For thirty years the Pepin family has maintained in Easthampton, Massachusetts, one of the largest and most energetic lumber businesses in that section of the State, a business now incorporated and under the able management of Delos Thomas Pepin, president, treasurer and general manager of the D. T. Pepin Lumber Company, Inc. The company has done much to build up the town of Easthampton, inspired always by the ideal of service and beauty. Some of the largest and most attractive public and private buildings in town were erected by Mr. Pepin and his associates. The father and grandfather of Delos … Read more

Genealogy of the Hitchcock family

The genealogy of the Hitchcock family

This genealogy traces the Hitchcock family from the 1600s, beginning with Matthias Hitchcock’s arrival in Boston in 1635. It follows the family’s growth through generations in Connecticut and Massachusetts, drawing from original records and family sources. More than a list of names, it preserves the story of a family that helped shape early New England.

Biographical Sketch of Henry Kelsey Devereux

Devereux, Henry Kelsey; railway supplies; born, Oct. 10, 1860; son of Gen. J. H. and Antionnette Kelsey Devereux; educated, Brooks Military Academy, Cleveland, scientific course, Sheffield College, Yale, graduating in 1883; married, Mildred Abeel French; issue, one son, Julius French, and one daughter, Aileen Mildred; civil engineer on the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati R. R., located in Cleveland, and engaged in the railroad supply business; mgr. Chicago-Cleveland Car Roofing Co.; director American Sportsman Co. and The Roadside Club; moving spirit in organizing the Forest City Live Stock & Fair Co., which built the North Randall trotting track; from boyhood, a … Read more

Alfred Towner Todd of New Haven CT

Alfred Towner Todd10, (Alson B.9, Alfred8, Albert7, Charles6, Jonah5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Oct. 6, 1865, in New Haven, Conn., married Sept. 12, 1888, Alice Grace Sanford. Child: 2797. Sanford Alson, b. Nov.5, 1891; unmarried in 1918.

Charles Perrin Todd of Fair Haven CT

Charles Perrin Todd8, (Jonah H.7, Jonah6, Jonah5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Dec. 30, 1831, married Augusta Griswold. They lived in Fair Haven, Conn. Children: 1935. Hobart, d. in Mexico, unmarried. 1936. Charles Griswold, lived at 64 St. James Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., he never married. 1937. Charlotte, lived at 63 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Biographical Sketch of John Henry Lotz

Lotz, John Henry; head worker Alta Social Settlement House; born, Carrollton, O., Dec. 2, 1872; son of Daniel S. and Ella Hill Lotz; educated, Mt. Hemron Boy’s School, 1894; Williams College, 1898; Union Theological Seminary, 1904; post-graduate study, Columbia University; married, Middlebury, Conn., Aug. 17, 1904; May Louise Waters; one son; taught St. Paul’s School, Garden City, L. I., 1898-1901; director Bethany Memorial Boy’s Club, New York City, 1901-1904; since 1904 head of Alta House Settlement; member Grargoyle, Williams College, Chamber of Commerce, and City Club, Cleveland. Recreation: Farming.

Biographical Sketch of Addison Hills Hough

Hough, Addison Hills; broker; born, Cleveland, May 23, 1869, son of Alfred B. and Ada Rhodes Hough; educated, Brooks Military Academy and Yale, graduating in 1890; in various departments of the Brush Electric Co. until 1895; went into partnership with C. A. Otis, as Otis, Rough & Co., iron, steel and commission business; firm changed; went into brokerage business with Mr. Otis, firm name Otis & Hough; connected with various other business enterprises; member Chamber of Commerce, Psi Upsilon, and the Scroll and Keys Senior Society, Yale; member Second Presbyterian Church, Union, Tavern, and Country Clubs.

Chauncey Todd of Otsego County NY

Chauncey Todd6, (Jonah5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born March 24, 1784, in Cheshire, Conn., died July 26, 1855, in New Berlin, N. Y., married Sept. 13, 1812, Susan Hotchkiss, of Bethany, Conn., who was born July 18, 1792, died April 20, 1854. There must have been some Horace Greeley in those days telling young men to “Go West”, for he set forth for the unbroken wilderness of Central New York in 1805. He returned later to Connecticut to look for some young woman also anxious to “Go West”, and found her in the person of Susan Hotchkiss to whom he … Read more

John Todd, Jr. of New Haven CT

John Todd3, (John2, Christopher1) born May 11, 1679, died Sept. 21, 1723, married Feb. 9, 1708-09, Hannah Butler, who married (2) Caleb, son of Thomas and Hannah Powell; who was born Aug. 29, 1674, by whom she had (1) Joshua; (2) Stephen. She was a daughter of John Butler, of Branford, Conn. In 1748, when the church society employed John Curtis to preach, Caleb Tuttle and wife and David Punderson and wife, Thankful, conveyed a half acre and 17 rods, fronting 100 feet on Elm St., for a parsonage lot. Caleb and his wife Hannah had become owners of two-thirds … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Richard Harvey Johnson

The subject of this sketch, the son and law partner of Richard Z. Johnson, subject of the preceding review, was born at Silver City, in Owyhee County, Idaho, on the 19th of July 1870. He received his education at the Boise high school, and in mathematics and the modern languages at the Concordia, in Zurich, Switzerland, and in Greek and Latin under Professors Lambert and Winneger, at Lindau, in Boden-See, Bavaria. Returning to America, he entered Yale University and afterwards graduated from the law department, with the degree of LL. B., in 1892 just thirty-three years after his father had … Read more

Harriet Ellen Todd Strauss Wallingford CT

STRAUSS, Harriet Ellen Todd8, (Orrin K.7, William6, Simeon5, Joel4, Ithamar3, Michael2, Christopher1) born April 19, 1860, married Nov. 16, 1888, Henry John Strauss, of Middletown, Conn., who was a successful business man in Wallingford, Conn., where their interests grew and they accumulated quite a property. The Rev. Mr. Reynolds, her pastor and friend of much of her girlhood, of the First Baptist Church officiated at the wedding. Mrs. Strauss received a thorough common-school education and became a shipper and later an inspector in the finished goods department, first at Hall and Elton’s and afterwards at R. Wallace and Sons, where … Read more

John Todd of New Haven CT

John Todd2 (Christopher1) baptized Dec. 2, 1642, married (1) Nov. 26, 1668, Sarah, daughter of Matthew (one of the “seven pillars” of the church in New Haven, Ct.) Gilbert, who died April 1672; (2) Aug. 20, 1677, Sarah, daughter of James and Mirriam (Wheeler) Blakeman and grand-daughter of Rev. Adam Blakeman, she was born April 25, 1658, died Dec. 16, 1688. Child by Sarah Gilbert: 8. Sarah Todd, b. Aug. 27, 1670, d. Sept. 1670. Children by Sarah Blakeman 9. Sarah Todd, b. May 13, 1678: d. Oct. 19, 1678. 10. John Todd, b. May 11, 1679. *11. Jonathan Todd, … Read more