A HISTORICAL NOTICE of JOSEPH MYGATT
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A HISTORICAL NOTICE OF JOSEPH MYGATT, One of the Early Colonists of Cambridge, Mass. AND AFTERWARD ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF HARTFORD, CONN.; WITH A Record of his Descendants BY FREDERICK T. MYGATT A Descendent of the Ninth Generation BROOKLYN, N. Y.: PRINTED BY THE HARMONIAL ASSOCIATION, No. 100 Nassau Street, New York. 1853 TO LEMUEL CARRINGTON MYGATT, THIS RECORD OF HIS PATERNAL ANCESTRY IS INSCRIBED WITH MUCH AFFECTION, BY HIS FATHER. INDEX. Abigail, " " " Abby, Abby S., Abraham P., Albert, Albert A., Albert S., " " Almira, " Alston, " Alvira, Amanda, Ambrose, Aminta, Amirilles, Andrew B., Ann, Anna, Anna H., Anna Maria, Anna M., Annie, Arlett, Augustin, Augustus, Austin, " " " " " Austin W., Bathsheba, Benjamin S., " " Betsey, " Betty, Calvin M., Camilla, Caroline, " Caroline C., Caroline L., " " Catharine, Charles A., born " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 1744 1779 1785 ---1796 1794 1811 1833 1847 1805 1842 1818 ---1805 1838 1798 1848 1809 1785 1762 1820 1602 1844 1841 1799 1845 ---1850 1776 1791 1732 1776 ------1810 1845 1810 1787 1746 1774 1791 ---1771 1818 1837 ---1763 1844 1825 1827 ---1806 married " " " " John Taylor. William Parks. Lewis Hoyt. Mr. Innes. Glover Noble. married J. Houston. married Z. Martin. married G. Loveland. married Z. Fitch. " S. Hull. " E. B. White. married Z. Atwood. married S. Woodruff. married R. I. Baldwin. married Mr. Dickinson. 24 35 129 505 127 126 52 61 445 45 443 143 541 382 449 43 552 51 357 112 176 84 220 136 89 519 87 261 40 308 355 492 516 540 551 396 521 25 269 132 356 116 54 442 307 349 234 165 171 501 318 CXXXV XXIII LXXIV CCXXXVI LXXII XXXVI CCXVI XXX XXXV CCVII CIX CXXXVII XXVII CXCVIII CCV CCXLII CCXXVI CXXXVI LXXVIII CCVI LIX XXXVII CXCVII CCI CV CCXXXII CLXXXVII Charles W., Charlotte, Clarissa, Clarissa A., Comfort, Comfort S., " " " " Daniel, " " David J., " " Delos, Delos W., Dorothy, Dwight, Edgar G., Edward C., Edward S., Edwin, " Eleanor, Eli, " " " " " Elisha, Elizabeth, " " " " " " " " Elizabeth M., Ella, Ellen, " Emeline, " Emily C., Emily N., Epaphras, Eveline, Ezra, " Frances A., Francis L., Franklin, Frederick N., Frederick T., " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 1836 1805 ---1815 1792 1763 1815 1815 1755 1792 1837 1773 1777 1813 1812 1696 1846 1803 1818 1845 1807 ---1809 1742 1802 1770 1791 1807 1809 1752 1733 1765 1781 1799 1817 1822 1827 ------1802 1845 1847 1829 1814 ---1837 1823 ---1808 1793 ---1838 1824 ---1819 1811 married D. Pixley. married Mr. Duning. married J. Donnelly. married J. Steel. married A. Kent. " married married married married D. Hoyt. F. Gay. A. Hyde. H. Miller. J. H. Morley. married J. Coit. 325 395 543 161 133 113 141 151 502 515 548 117 118 387 386 13 76 381 158 222 46 483 139 23 44 115 125 138 148 503 19 28 36 128 166 185 276 450 482 316 201 90 481 397 494 79 169 507 530 41 270 326 164 486 167 156 CCXXV XCIX LV LXXXV CCXXXIII CCXLI XI CCXV LXXXIII LI LVIII LXXI LXXXII LXXXVIII CCXXXIV XVII XXIV LXXIII CII CXVII CLXXXV CCXXXVIII XXVIII CXLV XCVII Genevieve, Genevieve I., George, " " " " " " George W., German, Gilyard, Handley, Hannah, " " Harriet, " " " " Harriet A., Harriet C., Harriet E., Harriet J., Henrietta, " Henry, " " " " Henry M., Henry N., Henry R., Henry S., Henry T., Hiram, Horace, Horatio, Howard, Isaac, " Isabella C., Jacob, " " " James H., Jane, " Jane L., John, " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 1848 1846 1797 1820 1831 1839 1847 1804 1816 1805 1798 1802 ---1785 1812 1786 1823 1835 1788 1843 ---1823 1825 1816 1841 ---1806 1846 1783 ---1804 1816 1833 1841 1810 1846 1818 1795 1801 1796 1851 1763 1820 1843 1633 1684 1686 1707 1849 1798 1809 1822 1754 1803 1832 1842 married Mr. Benjamin. married W. S. C. Otis. married J. Green. married J. McMahon. married W. B. Butler. married J. Bullen. married M. W. Powers. 469 468 135 153 189 199 209 273 322 265 47 380 53 38 140 271 56 73 358 420 484 154 59 389 81 274 283 85 122 278 317 398 441 327 159 235 152 362 48 360 205 27 55 221 1 8 9 14 91 511 319 399 312 365 277 550 LXXX XCII CXLVII CXCI CXL XXXI XXVI LXXXIV XXXIX CCVIII CXLVIII CCXVII LXV CLXXXVI CCXXVII XCVIII XCI CCXI XXXII XXXVIII I XII CLXXXVIII CLXXXII CCXIV John E., " " John P., John T., Jonathan, " J. P. Kirtland, Joseph, " " " " " " " " " Joseph C., Julia, " " " " Julia, A., Julia S., Kata, Lansing, Laura, " Laura A., Lemuel C., " " Louisa, " Lucy, " " " " " Lucy A., Lydia A., Malcolm, Maria, " " Maria E., Maria L., Mariette, Mary, " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 1807 ---1813 1837 1759 ---1833 1596 ---1678 1710 1721 1749 1771 1780 ------1852 1789 1829 1832 1840 ---1816 1831 1782 1831 1788 1796 1805 1815 1849 1768 1808 1767 1790 1794 1821 1801 1811 1829 ------1801 1821 ------1822 1823 1666 1682 ---1769 1827 1837 1841 147 174 150 228 346 18 191 CXCIX the Ancestor married E. T. Boughton. married C. W. Noble. married S. Montgomery. married W. C. Bennett. married W. McFarland. married Rev. A. Kent. married " " " Asael Adams. F. T. Backus. R. Goodrich. S. C. Woodruff. married A. Cook. married Elias Lee. married John Deming, Jr. " T. Stanley. married E. Gregory. " P. E. Latimer. 3 5 15 302 26 32 522 275 544 335 131 188 173 83 485 142 421 523 58 145 42 137 157 223 351 384 30 39 134 184 364 320 60 213 272 393 323 491 452 391 57 2 7 17 31 187 74 200 IV VIII XII CXLIV XXI CCXLV LXXVII CXIX LXXXVII XXIX LXXXI CCXVIII LXXIX CXVI CCXIII CLXXXIX CXLVI CCXXII III XX CXVIII " " Mary Ann, " " " " Mary E., Mary Jessie, Mary R., " " Martha D., Martha H., May Martin, Mehetable, Myles B., Milton, Minerva, Minerva H., Nancy, Nelson H., Noadiah, Norman A., Orlando C., Orlando N., Phebe J., Philip R., Philo, Polly, Preston Rachel, " Ralph, Rebecca, " " " Robert, Roger, " " Roswell, " Rufus D., Sabra, " Sanford, Sarah, " " " " " " " " Sarah A., Sarah E., " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " ------1813 1838 ---1826 1851 1807 1831 1823 1834 ---1794 1787 1802 1788 1820 ---1804 1761 1802 1830 1812 1785 1803 1765 1787 1766 1787 ---1797 1737 1777 1788 1789 1839 1737 1761 1762 ------1811 1727 1769 ------1691 1714 1739 1772 1773 1779 ------1821 1818 married A. Barnard. " B. E. Mann. married H. Booth. married E. Palmer. married H. Treadwell. married A. Porter. married D. W. McMahon. " J. T. Coleman. " -- Smith. married A. Benedict. married E. Whittlesey. married S. Nicholson. " H. Winchell. married Rev. J. Peck. married Curtis Clark. " J. H. Patch. married J. Hosmer. " D. Rundel. married " " " " " " " John Webster. T. King. W. Tiley. Col. J. Starr. -- Atwood. W. Jenks. Isaac Hayes. J. Drury. married A. B. Coe. 192 500 321 80 493 178 224 266 268 177 279 193 359 120 49 124 390 518 50 111 512 267 160 119 394 114 130 29 144 305 363 21 262 264 121 549 306 347 348 504 532 531 306 352 155 4 11 16 22 353 34 263 517 542 168 162 CCXXXI CXC CXI CXLI CX CCIX LXII XXXIII LXIX CCXXI CCXLIV XXXIV LIV LXI CCXXIV LVII LXXVI LXXXVI CXCV CCXII XLIX CXXXIX LXIII CC CCXXXV CCXLVI CXCVI CCII XCIV VI IX XV L CCIII XXII CXXXVIII CCXLIII CIII CI Sarah J., Susan M., Susan T., Susannah, Sylvester, " Sylvester N., Thomas, " " " " " " " " " Wallace, Webster, " Whittlesey, William, " " " William Gay, William G., William H., William L., Zebulon, " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 1844 1825 1822 1680 1774 1810 1844 1688 1724 1735 1739 1765 1773 1775 1783 1797 1834 1814 1788 ---1824 1785 1798 1799 1806 1825 1852 1841 1847 1693 1740 1783 ---- 82 170 163 6 354 385 444 10 304 20 310 350 33 313 37 314 78 388 510 301 186 123 361 315 146 324 340 75 195 12 311 524 506 CCIV XVIII CLXXXIII XXV CLXXXIV CCXIX CLXXXI LXVII CCX CXCII X CCXXX CCXXXVII JOSEPH MYGATT, AND DESCENDANTS. " There is a spirit working in the world, Like to a silent subterranean fire; Yet ever and anon some monarch hurl'd Aghast and pale, attests Its fearful ire. The dungeon'd nations flow once more respire The keen, and stirring air of liberty. The struggling giant wakes and feels he's free; By Delphi's fountain-cave that ancient choir Resume their song; the Greek astonished hears, And the old altar of his worship rears. Sound on, fair sisters: Sound your boldest lyres Peal your old harmonies, as from the spheres. Unto strange gods too long we've bent the knee, The trembling mind, too long and patiently.” - GEORGE H. II. THE name of Joseph Mygatt is found in the local record of “New Towne," one of the early settlements in the Colony of Massachusetts. Of his parentage and early history nothing is known besides the fact, that he was born in England in 1596, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1 and passed the earlier years of his life in the stormy times of religious intolerance, when the Throne and the Hierarchy waged a common war upon the rights of the Dissenters in their attempt to stifle the growing spirit of religious freedom, and "provoked the nation almost beyond endurance." Facts connected with his subsequent history conclusively show that he took sides with the friends of popular right, the Puritans, and possessed the spirit of a Pilgrim in its most comprehensive meaning. The first successful attempt toward establishing a colony in New England, was made by the celebrated Pilgrim Fathers in 1620; and Plymouth Rock, notwithstanding the privations which befel that company of heroic men the first year of their settlement there, soon became the beacon around which the hopes clustered of many deprived of the freedom of speech, and the rights of conscience in the Fatherland. In 1624 the Rev. Mr. White, a celebrated minister of Dorchester, in England, sent over several persons who began a colony at Cape Ann.2 The next attempt at colonization, was made by John Endicot, in 1628, who commenced a settlement at Naumkeak, (now Salem,) and was joined by two hundred persons in June following, (1629.) In 1630 a large addition was made to the colony, by the arrival of a fleet of vessels, in which came Gov. Winthrop and others; and this year, settlements were begun at Charlestown, Dorchester, Cambridge, Roxbury, and Boston.3 About this time the infant settlements on Massachusetts Bay, began to attract general attention in England; and to those who had been guilty of the heresy of non-conformity in their desire to worship the Deity in their own peculiar way, the Colony was regarded as the goal of human freedom, the shelter of their principles, and their long cherished hopes. The year 1632 opened with a determined purpose of emigration, and large numbers were preparing to enrol themselves as passengers for the Western World. England was not only threatened with the depletion of some of her best blood, but she was banishing by a short sighted and Jesuitical policy, a class of men loyal in the truest sense to the realm, but determined to maintain certain rights affecting their social privileges, in which they were supported by constitutional laws. 1 Hartford Record Hubbard's Hist. N. E., C 18 3 Barber's Hist. Coll. Mass. 2 In the Summer of 1633, among other vessels that sailed out of the English port for the American Colony, was the ship Griffen, a vessel of about three hundred tuns; she took her departure from the Downs about the middle of July4 with two hundred passengers, Joseph Mygatt, and his wife Ann, being of the number; and among others distinguished were his friend and pastor, Rev. Thomas Hooker, the celebrated Rev. John Cotton,5 and Rev. Mr. Stone. The suspicion that Messrs Hooker and Cotton, who were obnoxious to the government, were seeking a favorable opportunity to leave the country, sharpened the vigilance of spies who were watching for them at all the ports, and presented some obstacle to the peaceful departure of this company, "and such was their danger of being pursued and arrested, that these men were under the necessity of coming on board in disguise and continuing incognito till the ship was well out upon the main ocean.6 Other restrictions to the popular current, setting towards the American Colony, were imposed this year. An order in council was published forbidding a number of ships, ready to sail with passengers and provisions; it set forth “that because the resorting thither of divers persons, known to be affected not only with civil, but ecclesiastical government at home, such confusion and distraction is already grown there in New-England, in point of religion, as beside the ruin of the said plantation, can not but highly tend to the scandal, both of church and state, at home." All such measures, however; as were devised to frustrate the embarkation of these good people, were overruled by their own superior tact and vigilance. The Griffen at length spread her canvass to the breeze , and they were upon the sea, “the open sea, The blue, the fresh the ever free. Without a mark, without a bound.” And here they saw in that wonderful expanse, a creation too vast for the scope of human ambition, suited only to the government of Him, "who holds the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand." Toleration prevailed here, from forecastle to cabin, and as the summer winds betokened a favorable passage, their hopes brightened, as each day's reckoning brought them nearer to the shores of NewEngland. As the company was made up mostly of' practical men, the first impulse appears to have been for a profitable use of their time. The services of the three ministers were had in requisition, and each day was radiant with privileges to which many persons on board had long been strangers. "By one or another of these divines there was a sermon preached every day while they were on board: indeed they had three sermons or expositions for the most part every day; from Mr. Cotton in the morning, Mr. Hooker in the afternoon, Mr. Stone after supper in the evening.” 7 The Griffen arrived at Boston on the 4th of September, 1633, after a passage of eight weeks, and a considerable number of the passengers8 went to Newtown, (now Cambridge,) some four miles distant, where the "Hooker Company”9 who came over the previous year, and had begun to settle at Mount Wallaston, (now Quincy,) had been ordered by the court. Mr. Mygatt joined the Newtown settlement; and his name was soon enrolled among those persons privileged to draw from the general domain a sufficiency of land for his temporary wants. "A piece of land by the pine swamp" was the first grant made to him; and here he built a house to shelter his family - for the town was barely a twelve month old, and afforded only scanty accommodations to new comers. Little could be done, however, at this advanced season, but to prepare for a rigorous New-England winter. It is proper to note here that there was great rejoicing, and many mutual congratulations when the Griffen's party sat down in Newtown; the happiness of the future pastor was complete, according to 4 Savage's Winthrop, I, 108. Mr. Cotton had a son born on the Griffen while at sea August 12 1633 On the 6th of September two days after their arrival, he was baptized, " Seaborn. - Magnalia 6 Life of Hooker, p.52 7 Magnalia, Book III 8 No list of names has been preserved. 9 The passengers by the Griffen are sometimes confounded with the company who came over in August, 1632. In Winthrop’s Hist. N. E., page 57, he says: ”The Braintree company which had began to sit down at Mt. Wallaston, by order of the court had removed to New Towne,” these were Mr. Hooker’s company”; and in a note following says, “it is highly probable that this company came from Braintree, Essex County, England, and from its vicinity. Chelmsford, where Mr. Hooker was settled, was but eleven miles from Braintree; and Mr. H. was so esteemed as a preacher that not only his own people, but others from all parts of the County of Essex came to hear him.” 5 Mather’s account,10 who describes his joy as inexpressible in meeting his friends," saying to them, "Now I live, if ye stand fast in the Lord." Very little progress had been made in Newtown, until the arrival of the company ordered from Mount Wallaston the year previous, numbering some forty, or more, men; and when their newly arrived friends by the Griffen joined interests with them, it gave an impulse to the concerns of the town, that led the people to hope it would become the capitol of the colony in fact settlers from other places, encouraged by promises that were reliable, had "obligated themselves to build houses there, and remove their ordnance and munitions thither."11 Comfortable houses and other evidences of wealth soon multiplied; for among the recent settlers were many men of ample means, some few of them possessing large estates. Boston possessed too many advantages, however, to allow Newtown to bold the balance of power beyond a very brief period; all pledges were soon overruled by other and higher interests; and Boston from that moment became the great metropolis of New-England. About this time Mr. Mygatt built another house. 12 The people of Newtown had been without the services of a regular pastor from the beginning; but their good habits piety were always ready for use. Prince in his history13 tells us “that preparation for the privileges of the public ministry and the ordinances of the gospel, was a primary object of the pious attention of the Newtown people." In 1632, or soon after the removal of the “Hooker company," they built a house for public worship, with a bell upon it. Happy recollections and glorious thoughts were awakened the minds of the people by the sounds of an English bell - now, truly, a "church going bell " - and Nature was saluted with the silvery music, and sweet echoes charmed the ears of aboriginal listeners, when its tones called the people to worship in their wilderness sanctuary. On the 11th of October, 1633, the Rev. Thomas Hooker was chosen pastor, and the Rev. Mr. Stone teacher, the latter office being considered necessary in early times, to the successful ministration of affairs relating to the church. This event was preceded by a fast, and other religious observances. The church and society of Newtown, was the eighth formed in the Massachusetts colony; the one at Plymouth is not included, for at time it was known as a distinct colony. Winthrop in his Journal (Vol. I, 95,) furnishes a statistical account of them all, from which we infer that this Newtown church was formed about four years after the one at Salem, which was the corner stone of the churches in Massachusetts. 14 These collateral points of history, collated from valuable records, are introduced for the obvious reason that, Mr. Mygatt’s daily life being identical with the fame and progress of this Newtown association, every thing pertaining to its welfare reflects upon the present hour his own presence and voice in its affairs; thus as a constituent, we shall embody our narrative of him, in the progressive account of that company, furnishing all the data, and notices of him, that we have been enabled to glean from the public record. Among the earliest memoranda is the following from that of Cambridge. "4th August 1634, Granted Joseph Mygatt; by the pine swamp, four acres." "1st December, 1634. Granted William Spencer, that corner of ground by Joseph Mygatt's, between the swamps.”15 On the Proprietor’s Record, or "Book of Possessions,” is a description of property as follows: "Joseph Mygatt about the pine swamp, one house and about four acres; the common on the north-west, and southwest, and south-east; the pine swamp on the north-east." On the 20th of August, 1635, among certain meadow lands ordered to be divided according to a scale, ranging from half an acre to six acres, among seventy-two men, whose names are recorded, Mr. Mygatt's name is registered as entitled to a share; and is written, "Jo. Mygate.” In summing up the owners of houses in Newtown, we find recorded, "8th February, 1635-6, among those who have houses in the town at this present," "by the pine swamp, Joseph Mygate, two." From an entry made in the colony record, page 153, it appears that Mr. Mygatt was admitted a freeman at the General Court, held in Boston, May 6, 1635; this was about a year and a half after his arrival in the Colony.16 A large number of his associates took the oath at the court held the previous year. Three 10 Book III p. 151 Prince’s Chronology, Vol. II 12 The Newtown record has a list of “the names of those men who have houses in the town.” Among them we notice “Mr. John Hayes, six houses;” “Mr. Thomas Hooker, four houses;” “Joseph Mygatt, two houses.” 13 Vol. II, p. 73 14 1. Salem, Aug. 6, 1629; 2. Dorchester, June, 1630; 3. Boston and Watertown, July 30, 1630; 5. Roxbury, July, 1632; 6. Lynn, 1632; 7. Charlestown, Nov. 2, 1632; 8. Newtown, October 11, 1633. 15 William Spencer was one of the Hooker Company of 1632. 16 The “Freeman’s Oath,” written by Governor Bradford, is preserved in his own hand-writing in the “Old Colony Records,” at Plymouth; a copy can be found in the appendix. 11 persons, however, of the company of 1632, were enrolled as freemen with him at the same sitting of the court. In less than a year after Mr. Mygatt’s settlement at Newtown, the people began to complain for want of room, as they termed it; "they had not a sufficiency of land for cultivation, especially Meadow, and desired leave of the court to look out for enlargement or removal, which was granted; whereupon they sent men to see Agawam and Merrimac, and gave out that they would remove, &c.” This according to Winthrop’s account, was as early as the 15th of August, 1634. Mather notices this movement 17 in this wise: "It was not long before the Massachusetts Colony, was become like a hive overstacked with bees, and many of the new inhabitants entertained thoughts of swarming into plantations, extended farther into the country, &c.” It should be remarked that large numbers of emigrants were constantly arriving at Boston; for the summer months were regarded as the auspicious season for crossing the ocean, and these were necessarily colonized upon the towns in the vicinity, which embraced all the cleared lands; the rest being a wilderness. The same historian, alluding to this subject,18 says, "such numbers flocked over to New-England after them, (Mr. Hooker and his people,) that the plantation of Newtown became too straight for them, and it was the pastor's advice that they should not incur the danger of a sitwah or an Esek," (i. e. contention and hatred,) "where they might have a rehoboth," (i.e. ample room and commodiousness.) 19 It is amusing to notice, that, so early in the history of Newtown, as well as other towns in the Colony, there was not room enough to accommodate the apparent wants of the people; they saw the necessity of producing as far as they were able, the supplies necessary for themselves, and those of their brethren who were flocking to this hospitable shore. Some writers account for this "straitness" in the natural increase of their cattle, and want of pasturage, in connection with the fact that the Court obliged every man "to live within half a mile of the meeting house." This law which appears rather singular at first sight, it is presumed, was a precautionary measure against attack from the Indians, who in large numbers occupied the lands around them; and was designed as well for individual safety, as the common defense. The people of Newtown were not satisfied with the report made by their townsmen, who had been sent to look at places on the coast, and soon after dispatched six of their men in a vessel called the “ Blessing of the Bay,"20 to the mouth of the Connecticut River. The Dutch had already taken possession and built a fort on the river; but this was no obstacle to the party, nor did it intimidate them: their intention was to find a spot adapted to their wants, and having no very exalted estimate of the courage of their Dutch neighbors, were willing to risk the chances of a broadside, especially as their errand was urgent in its character, and the voyage was one of discovery. Referring to this expedition, the historian Mather remarks that the agents sent to view the country returned with “so advantageous a report, that the next year, there was a great remove of good people thither;" and in another chapter (pp.23, 24.) tells us that “the fame of Connecticut River, a long, fresh, rich river, (as indeed the name Connecticut is Indian for a Long River,)-had made a little Nilus of it in the expectations of the good people, about the Massachusetts Bay; whereupon many of the planters, belonging especially to the towns of Cambridge, Dorchester, &c., took up a resolution to travel a hundred miles westward, for a further settlement upon this famous river. The biographer of Rev. Thomas Hooker regards this movement as one of "imposing necessity," and intimates that their willingness to surrender the pleasant homes they had formed, sprung from the most disinterested motives; to endure exposure themselves, rather than allow their brethren, inexperienced in wilderness life, to undergo the privations which they would necessarily endure there. This view of the case entirely corresponds with the elevated spirit and self-denial that had governed all their proceedings, and was worthy the disinterestedness of Apostolic times. Our view of the subject is this: Looking at their association as eminent in regard to worldly means and intellectual vigor, and in point of numbers rather formidable, the Connecticut Valley yet unexplored to any extent and still unoccupied, offered an abundance of room for cultivation and the enjoyment of every possible want. Thus there could arise no collision of interests. A distinct colony could be formed, the platform of freedom enlarged, their own habits and principles introduced, and carefully nursed, and institutions reared, whose reputation would descend to other generations in honorable identity, with their 17 Hist. N. E. pp. 23-24 Book III p. 151 19 Genesis Chap. 26 v. 20. 21. 22. 20 She was about six tons berthed, built at Mystic (now Medford) in 1631. 18 names, as the fathers and founders. It was an idea as worthy of their ambition as it was characteristic of their benevolence; and probably was of their thoughts, if it did not enter into their counsels. As the subject of this removal is of special interest, and intimately connected with the history of Mr. Mygatt, we give the account of it as narrated by Governor Winthrop. “4th September, 1634. The General Court began at Newtown and continued a week, and then was adjourned fourteen days. Many things were agitated and concluded, as fortifying Castle Island, Dorchester, and Charlestown, also against tobacco, and costly apparel, and immodest fashions; and committees were appointed, for setting out the bounds of towns, with divers other matters, which do not appear upon record. But the main business, which spent the most time, and caused the adjourning of the court, was the removal of Newtown. They had leave from the last General Court, to look out some place for enlargement or removal, with promise of having it confirmed to them if it were not prejudicial to any other plantation; and now they moved that they might have leave to remove to Connecticut. This matter was debated divers days, and many reasons alleged pro. and con. The principal reasons for their removal were: 1st. Their want of accommodation for their cattle, so as they were not able to maintain their ministry, nor could receive any more of their friends to help them; and here it was alleged by Mr. Hooker as a fundamental error, that towns were set so near to each other. 2d. The fruitfulness and commodiousness of Connecticut, and the danger of having it possessed by others, Dutch or English. 3d. The strong bent of their spirits to remove thither. Against these it was said: 1st. That in point of conscience they ought not to depart from us, being knit to us in one body, and bound by oath to seek the welfare of this Commonwealth. 2d. That in point of state, and civil polity, we ought not to give them leave to depart. First, because we were now weak and in danger to be assailed. Second, the departure of Mr. Hooker would not only draw many from us, but also divert other friends, that would come to us. Third, we should expose them to evident peril, both from the Dutch (who made claim to the river, and had already built a fort there,) and from the Indians, and also from our own state, at home, who would not endure they should sit down without a patent, in any place which our king lays claim unto. 3d. They might be accommodated at home, by some enlargement, which other towns afforded. 4th. They might remove to Merrimack, or any other place within our patent. 5th. The removing of a candlestick is a great judgment, which is to be avoided. Upon these, and other arguments, the court being divided, it was put to vote; and of the deputies, fifteen were for their departure, and ten against it; the Governor and two assistants were for it, and the deputy and all the rest of the assistants were against it, (except the secretary, who gave no vote;) whereupon no record was entered, because there were not six assistants in the vote, as the patent required. Upon this grew a great difference, between the governor, and assistants, and the deputies. They would not yield the assistants a negative voice, and the others (considering how dangerous it might be to the commonwealth if they should not keep that strength to balance the great number of the deputies,) thought it safe to stand upon it. So when they could proceed no further, the whole Court agreed to keep a day of humiliation, to seek the Lord; which was accordingly done, in all the congregations, the 18th day of this month, Sep. 1632, and the 24th the Court met again. Before they began, Mr. Cotton preached, (being desired by all the court, upon Mr. Hooker’s instant excuse of unfitness for that occasion). He took his text out of Haggai, 2. 4; out of which he laid down the nature, or strength, (as he termed it) of the magistracy, minister and people, viz.: The strength of the magistracy, to be their authority; of the people, their liberty; and of the ministry, their purity; and showed how all these had a negative voice, &c.; and yet the ultimate resolution, &c., ought to be in the whole body of the people, &c., with answer to all objections, and a declaration of the people’s duty, and right to maintain their true liberties, against any unjust violence, &c., which gave great satisfaction to the company; and it pleased the Lord so to assist him, and bless his own ordinance, that the affairs of the Court went on cheerfully; and although all were not satisfied about the negative voice to be left to the magistrates, yet no man moved aught about it, and the congregation of Newtown came and accepted of such enlargement, as had formerly been offered them by Boson and Watertown, and so the fear of their removal to Connecticut was removed. 21 21 Savage’s Winthrop, Vol. 1, pp 140-142. Emigration was now at its flood. During the year 1835 twenty sail of vessels arrived in the Colony, bringing nearly three thousand persons, among whom were eleven ministers, and about 145 freemen were added to the Colony.”22 - The enlargement accepted by the people of Newtown, and which had been the result of so much discussion at the last session of the Court, did not decide the "Hooker party” to a permanent settlement in the Massachusetts Colony as their brethren were induced to hope; we have no doubt that they intended at first to abide by the decision of the colonial committees, but reasons not clearly stated in the history, - except those given in the statement made to the last Court - still held them in suspense, and it proved to be only a lull in the course, of events, a mere pause in the history of this company, to gather fresh strength for a movement in which the invisible hand of the Almighty was to lead them to a fertile land, and to establish them as the corner stone of a State whose subsequent history was to be identical with the glory and fame of the most distinguished of the Federal galaxy. We have already speculated upon the probable motive that induced our ancestor and his associates to separate themselves from that prosperous colony, and go so far into a wilderness, whose aboriginal owners did not look at these encroachments of the whites upon their domain with any degree of complacency. Whatever that motive may have been, we are led to attribute to this party no other than the best intentions in thus renewing their demand upon the Court for the privilege of removal. The third principal reason given to the Court, viz.: "The strong bent of their spirits to remove thither," comprehended every other motive, however, whether for principle, or fame, or philanthropy. With the birth of the spring, their thoughts were once more directed to the inviting landscape, which their brethren had looked upon the previous season; the valley of the Connecticut occupied their thoughts, for it was now resolved upon as their future and permanent home. The history 23 says: "The people of New Town manifesting a persevering determination to remove into Connecticut, and those of some neighboring towns concurring at the same time in the wish, and project of removal to other places, the General Court, in May, 1635, gave them leave to remove, whither they pleased, on condition that they should continue under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts."24 Accordingly in the fall of 1635, a small party led by John Steel (who was one of the first division of the Hooker Company that settled at Newtown in 1632,) "went by land towards Connecticut," but owing to the inclemency of the weather, the vessel which was conveying to them their winter stock of provisions was frozen in the ice at the mouth of the river, and they suffered many privations in consequence. Many of them traveled back to the Bay, in the depth of winter, and others who attempted it, were frozen to death, while some maintained their ground, in defiance of hunger and cold. It was not until the summer of the next year - 1636 - that the theme which had held in suspense for two years the energies of the Newtown people and disturbed the happiness of the body politic, was brought to an issue. "Reader," says Mather in his Hist. N. E., "come with me now to behold some worthy, and learned, and genteel persons, going to be buried alive on the banks of Connecticut, having been first slain by the Ecclesiastical impositions, and persecutions of Europe." This paragraph from a valuable narrative of Puritan times and character, indicates the light in which this contemplated movement was held by the colonists. It was truly a long and difficult journey, attended with many dangers; the route before them was almost untrodden by white men, not one solitary cabin of the pioneer was in prospect to afford its shelter and hospitality at the close of a day of toilsome journeying. The Massachusetts colony was the nucleus of intelligence, and where the principles of free government were being fairly illustrated, and freely enjoyed; the people were now sufficiently numerous to defend themselves successfully against attack from the savages, and the circumstances that gave birth to NewEngland, rendered it one of the most social and happy compacts in existence. The removal of this Newtown company had been worthy of all the importance which the General Court had accorded to it; their brethren had exhausted both persuasion and argument to detain them; they had echoed to them again and again, the great distance of one hundred miles - where they were to find their isolated home, and their Massachusetts friends looked with sorrowing regret upon the departure of the brave company as following the leadings of a kind Providence, and "the strong bent of their own spirits," - they took up their march through a difficult, and unbroken wilderness. This removal occurred in June, 1636; the whole church and people of Newtown participated in it, and the place selected as their location was called Suckiaug by the Indians, situated on the Great, or Holmes’ Annals, Vol. 1. Mass. Hist. Coll. Vol. vii. p.14. 24 They did not long remain under this maternal shield but organized under their own constitution in 1636. 22 23 Connecticut river. The graphic account of the removal of this party, as it is narrated by Col. Trumbull 25 will be found more interesting, than any description we can give, after digesting the various historical notices of the event made by the early writers. 26 "Preparation being made,” says he, "for a settlement at Suckiaug, Mr. Hooker and Mr. Stone, the ministers of Newtown, with their whole church and congregation, took their departure and traveled about one hundred miles through a dreary and trackless wilderness to Connecticut; they had no guide but their compasses, no covering but the heavens; they drove one hundred and sixty cattle, and subsisted on the milk of the cows during the journey. Mrs. Hooker was carried on a litter. The people carried their packs, arms, and some utensils, and they were near a fortnight on the journey." The quaint historian, Mather in his account of this journey, and the exposures of the company, says: "They had no pillows to take their nightly rest upon, but such as their Father Jacob found on the way to Padan Aram.” This movement has been thought remarkable because many of the "company were persons of figure who had lived in England in honor, affluence, and delicacy," and unaccustomed to privation and exposure. There has been much speculation in regard to the route chosen by this party, for none of the historical writers have given any positive information on the subject, beyond the fact that they went from New-town to Hartford. “Hutchinson27 mentions many hideous swamps, and very high mountains, beside five or six rivers, or different parts of the same river, (the Chickapi) not every where fordable which they could not avoid." The Chickapi river was doubtless that which now bears the name of Chickopee, rising in the vicinity of what is now Worcester, Massachusetts, pursuing a circuitous course through the towns now known as Spencer, Brookfield, and Palmer, receiving on its way several tributary streams, large and small, rising in New-Braintree and Petersham, and a part of them constituting Ware and Swift rivers, and falling into the Connecticut above Springfield. Supposing the company of emigrants to have taken a direct course from Boston to what is now Spencer, the place where they perhaps struck the Chickapi river - they must have crossed the Charles, and the Concord rivers, and some smaller streams tributary to them. Following the general course of the Chickopee, they must have kept most of their way within the limits of Massachusetts, and approached the Connecticut not far from where Springfield now stands. Whether they crossed this river so high up and passed down to Hartford upon the west side, or continued their journey on the east side till near the point at which they were aiming, is unknown. Tradition has spoken of the latter.28 25 Hist. Conn. Vol. I; p. 64. 65. The Rev. Thomas Shepherd succeeded Mr. Hooker and his society, and bought the houses and lands of the company retiring 27 Vol. I: 45. 28 Life of Thomas Hooker; 94. 95. 26 H A R T F O R D. "Behold, how brightly breaks the m Though bleak our lot, our hearts To toil inured all danger scorning, We'll hail the breeze or brave the storm.” BARCAROLE. CHEERFULNESS under adverse circumstances bridges many a forbidding current, and smooths the rough and formidable places that occur in the highway of daily life. The supply which the Newtown Company started with, was not exhausted on this journey; albeit, a very good stock of this Christian virtue, was yet in store for future use. The first thrill of satisfaction being over, the night closed around a body of fatigued, but thankful pilgrims, and the stillness of nature and the want of repose soon left them to the watchfulness of that unseen but faithful Eye, which had led them triumphantly to the terminus of their ardent longings. The sun was now in its summer solstice, and daylight broke in upon the camp of the weary travelers long before their confused dreamings were ended, or the camp fires had exhausted themselves into ashes. We can imagine our friends without drawing too much on the fanciful or the romantic, as enjoying the sunshine of a glorious June morning, each blade of grass, and the unsullied green of every leaf, sparkling with the heavy dew peculiar to the valley; a scene which was exhilarating in the highest degree, and calculated to excite the enthusiasm, and satisfy the hopes of the new-comers. Here and there were the hastily-built cabins, that had sheltered John Steel and his small party from the severe cold of the winter, which had just taken wings, slightly relieving the wildness of a scene that in all other respects was the same as Nature hind formed it. A long and favorable season was opening in prospect upon the matter-of-fact and self-denying life of the settlers, while industry, manual labor, and the etceteras that are necessary to subdue the forest were the order of the day, and form the opening embellishments of our history of the settlement at Suckiaug. The building of houses, the primary business of the settlers, was commenced forthwith. There was an abundance of timber suited to their wants, and a good stream of water, (now called Mill, or Little river) ample for time purpose of a mill ; the soil they occupied was their own ; not by force of conquest, but by the peaceful right of purchase from Sunkquasson, the Indian chief of Suckiaug, and proprietor of the soil. The deed29 was given to Samuel Stone (minister) and William Good-win, who acted in behalf of the Colonists. The rude signature of the Savage was a safer charter for them than a guarantee on royal parchment sealed with the arms of the English realm. 30 The solitude of the valley was soon ended, for "Lo ! a new race an iron hearted hand, The banished wanderers from a distant land, There sweet religion's sacred flag unfurled, And bade it float to bless the newborn world." The strokes of the pioneers axe were not only incessant in making a clearing here, but they were echoed back from the settlement at Matterneaug (Windsor) above, and by their brethren from Watertown, who almost simultaneously with them had occupied "the fine piece of meadow" at Panquiaug (Weathersfield) on the river below. Civilization and human freedom were lighting up the lovely vale of the Connecticut; the wilderness was already beginning to bud, in token of the brief period when it was to blossom as the rose. To the savages it seemed like enchantment, but to the contemplative mind of the 29 30 See Appendix for a copy of this deed. Gov. Winthrop was sent to England, in 1661, as agent to treat for a patent which was granted by Charles II, in 1662. dependent settlers, it revealed the smile of a kind Providence, who was illuminating the moral darkness of the valley, by the introduction of the Bible, and crowning the exercise of their faith with his abundance and blessing. The settlers, in their various migrations, had learned the value of natural privileges, and as "The groves were God’s first temples --" the first Sabbaths passed in the Connecticut valley, found them in Nature's temple sounding the great Creator's praise. Here “---in the darkling wood. Amid the cool and silence, they knelt down; And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication. --" “Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker." This out-of-door worship was discontinued with the retiring of the summer days; and the approach of winter found them prepared with a comfortable "meeting house." This, we are informed, was a small quadrangular building, with a door in the centre flanked on either side with one window, resembling somewhat the Connecticut school houses of the present century. 31 This house was furnished with seats outside for the use of the guard for it must be borne in mind that our Connecticut forefathers found after a very brief residence a dangerous and powerful foe 32 surrounding their new homes, compelling them not only to worship with arms in their hands but to carry defensive weapons when engaged out of doors; they could neither hunt, nor fish nor cultivate their lands, nor venture far from their houses without periling theirs lives; and this armed watchfulness was maintained night and day, long after their settlement. "In no part of New-England were the Indians so numerous in proportion to territory as in Connecticut. For thirty or forty years after its settlement, they were computed to be to the white population in proportion of nineteen to one." 33 The distribution of a portion of lands hands having been made, the settlers were at first disposed to call the town Newtown, in remembrance of the place they had vacated in Massachusetts; but in February 1637 they gave it the name of Hartford, most probably after Hartford, in England, the Rev. Mr. Stone’s birthplace. The Indian title conveyed lands on both sides of the Connecticut river, and the settlers were entitled to a share of each, but upon what basis of distribution does not appear: that on the west side, tradition says, was appropriated more strictly to the raising of crops; and the lands on the eastern bank of the river to the pasturage of cattle, and which we surmise is what is designated as the “ox pasture” in some of the original grants of land. The land secured by Mr. Mygatt in the general appointment was over thirty-five acres, and in six several lots. The homestead included six acres. The land on the east side of the Connecticut river was not distributed until the Spring of 1640; the Governor (Hames) and twelve of the towns-people were chosen for this responsible duty. Joseph Mygatt was of the number appointed. The record of the original deed from the town of Hartford to Mr. Mygatt is in fine preservation, looking more like a writing of these latter days than an act recorded above two centuries ago. The subjoined copy of it will maintain the spirit of the narrative and interest the reader. ORIGINAL GRANT OF LAND FROM THE TOWN OF HARTFORD TO JOSEPH MYGATT. "Feb. Anno Dom. 1639. Several parcells of land in Hartford upon the river of Canecticott, belonging to Joseph Mygatt, and to his heires, viz; one parcell on which his dwelling house now standeth with other out-houses, yards, or gardens, those in being contayning by estimation six acres (more or less) abutting on the little river on the west, and on William Bloomfield, and on John Wilcox, and on Ralph Keeler's, and on John Hall, his land A sketch of this house, assuming to be accurate, is found in Barber’s Hist. Coll. Conn. The Pequots. 33 Goodrich’s History. 31 32 on the north, and on a highway leading from a way-s'd way through to the mill on the east, and the highway leading from the mill on William Holtons, to the little river on the south. One part, all lying in the little meadow, containing by estimation (more or lesse) abutting on the little river on the south, and on John Barnard's land on the north, and on Stephen Post's land on the east, and on Mr. Webster's hand on the west. One parcell lying on the east side of the great river containing by estimation, one acre (more or lesse) abutting on the river on the west, and on the upland on the east, and on Richard Butler's land on the south, and on John Hopkin's land on the north. One parcel lying on the south meadow, containing by estimation, four acres, or two roods (more or lesse) abatting on the land which was in lien of that which was appropriated for highway on the south, and on Richard Lyman’s land on the north, and on Nathaniel Ward's land on the east, and on the ox pasture on the west. One parcell lying in the Swamp, by the great river, contayneing, by estimation, five acres (more or lesse) abutting on the great river on the east, and on Mr. Hopkins, his land on the south, and on the Indian's land on the west. and on the swampe on that division called James Olmsted's division, in which said James, his swamp is contayned on the north. One parcell of upland, contayning, by estimation, nineteen acres, (more or lesse) abutting on William Andrews ox land on the east, by John Hopkins ox land on the west. and on the little river on the north, and on Robert Bartletts land on the south.” The following grant is continued in the record in another handwriting, and supposed to have been at a subsequent date, as follows: "One parsill of medow, lying in the littell medow, wich he retained of James Washly, and was sum tyme the land belonging to Stephen post, containing by estimation, one roode, be it more or les, abutting on the littell River on the South,, and on John Carnardeede’s land on the north, and on Samiwell Warkman’s Land on the east, and on land belonging to the sayd Joseph Mygatt on the west.” The settlement of Hartford brought into use all the available wisdom of its people, as well as their patriotism, and Mr. Mygatt was called upon to contribute his share of service in the domestic concerns of the town and the civil affairs of the Colony. Among the first acts of the Court which convened at Hartford, May 1, 1637, was a resolution to carry on an offensive war against their troublesome neighbors, the Pequots 34and of the ninety men raised in the three towns for that purpose, Hartford contributed forty-two soldiers. The distribution of the soil, requiring a discriminating and equitable judgment, was made without impairing the harmonious relations of the community, but the framing of a code of laws suited to the conditions of a free people, and the prospective happiness of their descendants, involved all the statesmanship of the colony, of which the sequel show us there was no lack of material. On the 14th of January, 1639, all the free planters in the three towns on the river, met at Hartford and adopted a Constitution, resolving that there should be annually two courts or civil assemblies held; one on the second Thursday of April; the other on the second Thursday of September. In remarking upon the effectiveness of these "Blue Laws," as some sentimental cynics choose to call them, who are disposed to undervalue the wisdom of those brave men who adopted them as their Magna Charta, it has been “thought by some to be one of the most free and happy systems of civil government ever formed. Its formation at a period when the light of liberty the was extinguished in most parts of the earth, and the rights of men were in others so little understood, does great honor to the Colonists by whom it was framed. It continued with little alteration to our own day, and the liberty, peace, and prosperity which it served to the people of Connecticut for nearly two centuries, are seldom, if ever found in the history of nations." 35 In making up the aggregate of services rendered by the first settlers of Hartford, the name of our ancestor, Joseph Mygatt, will bear a more than favorable comparison with many of his contemporaries. His habits of life and education as a merchant, and as an industrious and calculating, and frugal man, fitted him for the times. He was possessed of good sense, and practical ideas of things; acquisitive in his method of doing business, and in the results of it, and awake to the interests of the church, 36 as well as of the State, the one being considered at this period the very corner-stone and bulwark of the other. He represented the 34 The Mohegans and Uneas their chief were friendly to the white settlers. Holmes' Annals, Vol. I. 36 In the Hartford Town Record his name is frequently written "Deacon Joseph Mygatt.” 35 town of Hartford in the General Court twelve sessions, 37 and held many appointments of a local character, composing the greater part of his residence there, a period of nearly forty years; some of these, although of minor importance, enlist our interest on account of their antiquity, but the following list will show all his public relations with his townsmen: 1640, February 18.-He was chosen one of the thirteen townsmen, to divide the land on the east side of the "Great river." 1641, January 26.-He was chosen (with three others) to order the affairs of the town. 1646, February 8,-He was chosen one of the (four) townsmen. 1649, February 11.-He was chosen one of the fence viewers. 1651.-He was chosen one of the townsmen. 1656.-Was chosen a representative to the General Court of the Colony. 1657.-Was again chosen to the April and September sessions. 1658-9.-Was re-elected to the April and September sessions, of both years. 1659, February 15.-Was chosen one of the townsmen this year for the South side. 1660.-Was chosen a representative to the General Court, for both sessions. 1660-1, April 23. -Was chosen one of the (three) Commissioners to appoint Thomas Bird the bounds of his land, on the east side of the Great river, over against the town. 1661.-Was chosen a representative to the General Court for both seasons. 1662.-38 1678, December 31.-He was appointed Chimney viewer.39 1679, December 30.-He was again appointed Chimney viewer. The following amusing memorandum appears in the Hartford town record: "1648, March 9, due to Joseph Mygatt from the town, thirty-six pounds four shillings, where of twenty shillings was for the use of a rope." And in 1680, October 13.-Mr. Mygatt's name appears in a list of the free men of Hartford on the South Side. 40 Our notice of Mr. Mygatt's religious character must necessarily be very brief. Genealogical commentators have spoken of him as a man of great worth and piety. He was for many years a deacon in the First Congregational Church of Hartford, an office in the primitive times of New-England, which carried with it responsibilities second only to those of the pastor and teacher; and all his associations confirm other well-grounded opinions that he was earnest in diffusing a hopeful christian influence in his family, the Church, and the community. His first pastor, the Rev. Thomas Hooker, whose welfare he made identical with his own in early life, was one of the most powerful theological disputants and eloquent men of the times, distinguished for his "piety, prudence, wisdom, zeal, and learning," - died on the 7th of July, 1647, and the welfare of that church and the support of its ministry held Mr. Mygatt's affectionate interest to the time of his death. A codicil to his will made some provision for "the old church in Hartford and its ministry," but the intention, according to our reading of it, at this remote period is not distinctly expressed. This has ever continued to be a flourishing church and to this moment is foremost in the rank of Christian effort, liberality and usefulness. The Rev. Joel Hawes, DD., is its present pastor (1852). Mr. Mygatt was bred a merchant and after his removal to Hartford carried on a trade with the indians, in connection with his other business. His house is said to have stood upon the elevated ground now occupied by Trinity College and its buildings, 41 west of the Main Street. The settlers generally located 37 His Contemparies during this time were Mr. John Tallcott, Mr. William Wadsworth, Richard Butler, Mr. Richard Lord, and Mr. John Allyn. Four representatives were chosen each time until the colonies of Hartford and New-Haven were united in 1662, and after that only two. Vide W. S. Porter’s Hist. notice: of the early settlers of Conn. 38 He was chosen a representative, either to the April term 1662 or to the spring and fall sessions of 1656; the memoranda from a correspondent is indefinite. 39 Then 82 years old. 40 Referring to that part of town, on the south side of Little River. At this date there were 51 freemen on the North Side, and 81 in the South Side: their names can be found on page 518 Colonial Rec. Conn., by J. Hammond Trumbull. 41 My authority here is Nathanial Goodwin, Esq., of Hartford, an antiquarian of much research: and a reading of the grant on pages 29 and 30 justifies this conclusion. When the writer was in Hartford in the fall of 1849, Solomon Porter, Esq., of that place, who was well read in the history of the first settlers pointed a lot opposite and west of the new cemetery, about one mile and a half south of Hartford which he assured me was the original homestead of Joseph Mygatt. There was an excavation in a ledge of rock about thirty themselves east of this, toward the river on the Main Street; which Dr. Webster, in his notices of Hartford, says: "was laid out very wide, and nearly a mile in length, with a fort built at each end, so that the garrison could see from one to the other." Mr. Mygatt was married in England to Ann ---. She was born in 1602 and the eldest of their two children, (Jacob) we believe to have been of English birth. Ann Mygatt died at Hartford in 1686, about fifty years after their settlement there. She outlived her husband about six years. Deacon Joseph Mygatt died at Hartford, December 7, 1680, having reached the age of eighty-four years. “He had run the cheerful being out, That nature’s God had given, And immortality hovered about, And life flowed in, as life ebbed out, And his soul went up. we need not doubt, To rest in his Father’s heaven.” His life had been spared to see the colony flourishing, the people peacefully enjoying those rights they had striven for in England, and their principles interwoven with all the institutions of the commonwealth. Towns were springing up in all directions, churches had greatly multiplied, and pastors were maintained in nearly every settlement; the schools were well sustained, commerce had extended itself to the neighboring port of Boston, and vessels were trading to the West Indies. Looking back upon the happy results that came within the brief span of one life, the dying man could say, “This is the Lords doing, it is marvelous in our eyes;” and after generations have responded yes! "Happy is that people that is in such a case; yea, happy is that people whose god is the Lord." The burying ground in the rear of the Centre Congregational Church in Hartford, is supposed to be the place of their internment. In looking round for the first time however upon the mossy tombstones and graves which thickly studded this interesting spot, without noticing one that I could claim as the sepulchre of my kindred, I was constrained to say: "But where oh where’s the hallowed soil Beneath whose verd, their moldering ashes sleep? Is this the cold neglected barren clod? Or that the grave at which I ought to weep? A new interest invests this old burying ground now. "Within few years past additional security and attraction has been thrown around this consecrated spot by James B. Hosmer, 42 Richard Bigelow and others under the name of the ‘Hartford Ancient Burying Ground Association.’ Principally under the judicious direction and oversight of Mr. Hosmer, broken grave-stones and slabs have been repaired; inscriptions which time was slowly obliterating, have been chiseled deeper; graveled walks have been laid out with great taste through the grounds, and appropriate trees and shrubbery have been planted, and now throw their protecting shade and beauty over the graves of the dead. In the centre of the lot a simple but massive shaft of granite43 has been erected, and on it are inscribed (among one hundred names,) 44 those of Haynes, Hooker, Olcott, Webster, Mygatt, and others of the first settlers of Hartford.” 45 “Here rest the great and good - here they repose After their generous toil. A sacred hand, They take their sleep together.” - Mr. Mygatt and his wife Ann, each made a will at an advanced period of their lives. He had been possessed of a very good estate, the greater part of which he distributed to his two children in his lifetime; at the period of their marriage generous provision was made for them, especially the family of Jacob, his first-born child. yards from the highway, which he said was the cellar of Mr. Mygatt’s house and he spoke of a map in the posession of Dr. Robbins, librarian of the Hartford Atheneum, which would sustain his view of the premises; this map I have not seen, but the distance from the main body of the settlers, and other reasons, would lead me to decide with Mr. Goodwin’s view of this matter. 42 His parental grandmother was Sabra Mygatt, born 1672. 43 Seventeen feet high, including the base. 44 For a list of these names, see Appendix 45 From a genealogical history compiled by Nathaniel Goodwin, Esq. The inventory of his personal effects is a curious document, giving some insight into the domestic concerns of a family whose means, although sufficiently ample, rarely induced them to trespass upon the virtues of simplicity and self-denial. Their furniture and household goods were probably as valuable as those of a large majority of the families then living in the Colony. Mr. Mygatt’s will provided that Ann his wife, and Joseph, his grandson, should be the executors. It is proper to observe here that Deacon Joseph Mygatt’s only son Jacob, reached his majority about the year 1054. Becoming possessed, soon after this period, of a very tender regard for Miss Sarah Whiting, a young lady of some celebrity in the Colony, and the eldest daughter of Mrs. Susannah Fitch, of Hartford, his father (according to the Record) “at his request, made a motion on his behalfe, that he might have free liberty to endeavor the gaining of Sarah's affection toward himself in a way of marriage.” This “motion” was made and resulted successfully, and they were subsequently married. A contract of some notoriety on the Colony records, was entered into by the parties with mutual stipulations in regard to property; and Deacon Joseph Mygatt subsequently endowed his son's wife with an estate ample for their support and comfort46 during life. Joseph Mygatt’s birth-place is unknown to us, nothing occurring on the New-England Record to throw any light on the subject. The “Hooker company,” who came over in 1632, are said by Gov. Winthrop in his history, to have emigrated from the county of Essex. The Rev. Mr. Hooker was from that county, and once preached at Chelmsford, a few miles N. W. of London; and the fact that Mr. Mygatt was never separated from that company or its pastor during the forty seven years that he lived in New-England, affords strong presumptive evidence that he was from the same vicinity, and perhaps enjoyed the ministrations of that good man in the Fatherland. The name of Mygatt has been frequently remarked upon, for its rarity.47 All bearing the name in the United States are descended from Deacon Joseph Mygatt, the only one who came to the American settlements; and our researches, which have been indefatigable, enable us to trace all, whether living or dead, to him as their American ancestor. The proper way of spelling our name has elicited some anxious inquiry and not a little critical discussion. To this point we give a summary quietus; our ancestor invariably wrote his name MYGATT.48 In Burke’s Encyclopedia of Heraldry, (an English work) occurs the names of Meggot and Maggott (the last of Kentish origin); that of Mygatt may have been modernized from one of those, and thus the original name have become oblivious to the research of the present day; but this is merely conjectural. The name of Meggett (Scotch) is frequently met with in American cities; and it is not improbable had a common origin with those before mentioned. Families of the name of Maget are found in Southampton County, Virginia, who claim to be of French ancestry. The name of George Meggot occurs in “Betharn's” work as a member of the second parliament of George I. from the borough of Southwark, in the shire of Kent, and as Kent adjoins Essex, the probable birthplace of Joseph Mygatt, and there is a decided orthographic affinity between the two Kentish names and our own, our hypothesis of the subject may open a field for discussion among others gifted with more research and a greater desire to look behind the curtain of 1596, which thus far veils the ancestral advent.49 We close the record of the first generation with some incidental statistics. The colonies of Plymouth, and Hartford, and New-Haven, have given the republic an army of statesmen, and from the first have cradled some of the brightest intellects of the age, Men who have swayed Senates with a statesman’s soul, And looked on armies with a leader’s eye; Names that adorn and dignify the scroll Whose leaves contain their country’s history. New-England has been a fostermother to her off-spring from the beginning, and they can honestly glorify institutions that have influenced the destiny of 5,000,000 of native born son’s. We have a birthright in “the land of steady habits” one of the most “famous” states of that patriotic galaxy; and for this and other 46 For this marriage contract see following pages. Recent inquiries, through friends visiting England, and an examination of the London and Liverpool city directories, have not discovered to us the existence of our family name. 48 Some of the early scribes of the Colony wrote, as we think, according to phonetic principles. Thus our name is written (in the NewTown record) Mynat and Mygate: (in the Massachusetts colony record) Maggott and (on the Hartford record) Maggott, Maggatt, and Mygatte. Some of the “old people” of Connecticut now call it Maggott; but our name is not the only one so strangely distorted. 49 For some extracts from the works on Heraldry &c. see appendix. 47 reasons, we venerate Connecticut. Her wisdom embodied in a resolution adopted at a general town meeting of the people of Hartford in April 1643, to raise “sixteen pound a yeare” for the support of a school, laid the foundation of a comprehensive and model plan of common school education, whose subsequent benefits have been inestimable. A practical application was made of the idea, that it was the duty of the state to educate the children at the public expense, by levying an indiscriminate tax upon the child-blessed and the childless; and as it was a plain sentiment, and invigorated the public mind in proportion as they digested the subject, it soon became the “spontaneous growth of the soil and insinuated its fibres, as it had done its advantages, around the popular heart.” That peculiarly New-England compact, the parish with its church, and school-house, fed the soul of each child “from the Tree of Life, and the mind from the Tree of Knowledge,” winning their affections, and binding their sympathies into one common sentiment of devotion to the State by the golden cord of filial gratitude. Poets and prose writers have said many fine things about Connecticut, while one 50 evidently gifted with an artist’s eye boldly declares“Tis a rough land of earth, and stone, and tree, Where breathes no castled lord, or cabined slave; Where thoughts, and tongues, and hands are bold and free. And friends will find a welcome, foes a grave; And where none Kneel, save when to Heaven they pray. Nor even then unless in their own way. 50 Halleck. MARRIAGE CONTRACTS, WILLS, INVENTORIES, &C. -----------------MARRIAGE CONTRACT BETWEEN JOSEPHPH MYGATT AND SARAH WHITING. A.D. 1654. Whereas I, Joseph Mygatt, of Hartford, upon the River, and in the jurisdiction of Connecticut, in NewEngland, have in the behalfe of my sonne Jacob, and at his request; made a motion to Mrs. Susanna Fitch, 51 in reference to her daughter Sarah Whitting, That my sayd sonne Jacob might with her good liking, have free liberty to endeavour the gaining of her sayd daughter Sarah's affection towards himselfe in a way of marriage. Now this present writing sheweth, that the sayd Mrs. Susanna Fitch, haveing consented thereunto, I do hereby promise and engage, that if God in the wise disposition of his providence shall so order it, that my sonne Jacob and her daughter Sarah shall be contracted together, in reference to marriage. - I will pay thereupon unto my sayd son as his marriage portion, the full sum of two hundred pounds sterling, upon a just valuation, in such pay shall be to the reasonable satisfaction of the sayd Mrs. Fitch; and so much more as shall fully equa1ize the estate or portion belonging to her sayd daughter Sarah; and I doe farther engage, for the present to build a comfortable dwelling house for my sayd sonne and her daughter to live in by themselves, as shall upon a true account cost me fifty pound sterling. And will also give them therewith, neer the sayd house, one acre of ground planted with apple trees and other fruit trees, which sayd house, land, and trees shall be and remayn to my sayd sonne as an addition to his marriage portion before mentioned, and to his heires forever. And I doe allso farther promise and engage that the day of my death, I shall and will leave unto him my sayd sonne, and his heires, so much estate, besides the house, ground and trees, before given and engaged, as shall make the two hundred pounds before engaged, and to be payd present, more than double the portion of the sayd Sarah Whitting. And for the true and sure performance hereof, I doe hereby engage and bind over my dwelling house and all my lands and buildings in Hartford, with whatsoever estate in any kind is therein and thereupon; and I doe farther engage, that my daughter Mary’s portion of one hundred pounds, being first payd her, I will leave to my sayd sonn, and his heires forever, my whole estate at the day of my death, whatsoever it shall amount unto, and in what kind or place soever it lyes; be paying to my wife dureing my naturall life, twelve pounds a year, and allowing to her a dwelling house to herself in the two upper roomes and celler belonging to my new dwelling house, with the goeing of halfe the poultry, and a pigg for her comfort in each yeare dureing; her sayd life. Allso allowing her the use of halfe the household stuffe dureing her life, which she shall have power to dispose of to Jacob or Mary, at her death as she shall see cause. And I doe farther engage, that the portion my sayd sonn shall have with her daughter Sarah shall (with the good likeing of the said Mrs. Susanna Fitch, and such friends as she shall advise with,) be layd out wholly upon a farme, for the sole use and benefit of my sayd sonn, her daughter, and their heires forever. And upon the contraction in reference to marriage, I doe engage to jointure her sayd daughter Sarah in the whole estate or portion my sonn hath with her layd out, or to be layd out in a farm as aforesaid, or otherwise, and in the thirds of his whole estate, otherwise to be to her sole and proper use, and benefit dureing her life, and after her death to theire heires forever. And lastly; I doe engage that the whole benefit of the Indian trade shall be to the sole advantage of my sonn Jacob, and doe promise that I will dureing my life be assistant and helpful to my sayd sonn in the best wayes I can both in his trading with the Indians, his stilling, and otherwise for his comfort and advantage, which I will never bring to any account with him; onely I doe explayn myselfe and engage, that in case my son Jacob shall depart this life before her daughter Sarah, and leave no issue of their bodyes, then her sayd daughter Sarah shall have the full value of her portion left to her, not only for her life as before, but to her as her property, to dispose of at her death as she shall see 51 Susannah Fitch was originally the wife of William Whiting, the principal merchant in Hartford; he died at sea in 1649; and she married Samuel Fitch in 1650. Of the Whiting family, there were five children, John, Samuel, Sarah, Mary, and Joseph. cause, and her thirds in all his other estate for her life, as is before exprest. It being allso agreed and consented to, that my wife after my decease and during her naturall life, shall have the use of two milch cows, which my sonn Jacob shall provide for her, she paying the charge of their wintering and summering, out of her annuity of twelve pounds. In witness whereunto, and to every particular, on this and the other side, I have subscribed my name this 27th of November, 1654. Witness hereunto. Joseph Mygatt. John Webster. John Cullick. John Talcott. This is a true copy of the original, recorded March 5th, 1678-9, pr. John Allen, Sec’y. Register. Mr. Mygatt fulfilled the conditions of the agreement by transferring the property described, to Sarah, his son Jacob’s wife, October 30, l663 as follows, viz: Whereas I, Joseph Mygatt, of Hartford upon Connecticut (river,) in New England, have passed an engagement to Mrs. Susannah Fitch of Hartford, aforesaid, bearing date the 27th of November 1654, in respect of a marriage covenant then concluded between my sonn Jacob, and Sarah, the daughter of sayd Mrs. Fitch, to joynture her in the whole portion he should have with her, and the thirds of his, the sayd Jacob's whole estate to be to her and theire heires forever, according to that engagement, and in consideration of the portion belonging to the sayd Sarah, received, or to be received, amounting to the sum of two hundred pounds and upwards, I, the sayd Joseph Mygatt, do covenant, grant, and promise for me, my heires, executors and administrators, to and with the sayd Susannah, her heires, executors, and administrators, by these presents, that her sayd daughter Sarah shall stand and be seized of, and in, all those my houses, lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, orchards, woodlands, with the new dwelling house and orchyard, together with the still house and stillworme, and other materialls thereunto belonging, with all the other estate, now in the possession and occupation of my sayd son Jacob, and all other my estate in what way, kind, or place soever it lyeth, in or within the bounds of the township of Hartford, upon Connecticutt, or elsewhere, to the uses, purposes and interests, hereafter in these presents expressed and limitted, and to no other use, interest, or purpose whatsoever; that is to say, to the use and behoof of the aforesayd Sarah (now wife of the sayd Jacob,) for the term of her naturall life, and after her decease, to the use and benefit of the heires of the bodys of the said Jacob and Sarah, by them lawfully begotten, provided there be duely payed unto my loving wife. * * * (See contract.) And it is further provided, that the houses, lands, tenements, and other estate, (except the new dwelling house and what else is in the present possession of my son Jacob as aforesayd) shall be, and remayne in my hand, possession, and management, until my decease; farther, I the sayd Joseph Mygatt for myselfe * * doe covenant * * with the sayd Mrs. Susannah Fitch * * that I * * will permit her sayd daughter Sarah, after my decease, peaceably to have * * all and singular, the sayd houses * * without any manner of lett, trouble, evyction, disturbance, suit, vexation or expulsion, from me, my heires, or assigns, or any other person or persons whatsoever, lawfully haveing, claymeing or pretending to have any estate or title, by or under me, my heires * * according to the intent, forme, and true meaning of these presents. In witness whereunto, and every particular herein contained, I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal, this thirtieth (30) of October, 1663. Joseph Mygatt (seal.) Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of Samuel Wyllys. The above written is a true copy of the original, being compared therewith, March 5th 1673-4 pr. John Allyn, Register. THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT 0F DEACON JOSEPH MYGATT, OF HARTFORD. I, Joseph Mygatt, of Hartford, in Connecticut, knowing that the shaddows of the evening are upon me, being infirme of body, but of good and sound memorie, doe make this my last will and testament in manner as followeth: I doe comend my spirit to the mercy of my great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, renouncing all confidence in the flesh, desiring to reste myselfe wholly upon the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ to make atonement for me before the lord. Trusting that lie will behold me with his gracious prescence, in the face of his anoynted one, and that he will guide me by his councill and afterwards bring me to glory. I doe therefore in the fear of God and in obedience to the rules of Wisdom and righteousness, disspose of my outward estate as followeth: Whereas in a writing, bearing date the 27th of November, 1654, I have already engaged the manner of the disspose of my estate after my death, I doe now for the substance thereof, fully consent thereunto, onely some things mentioned, needing some explication, I thought good to mention first, that I have already payd the marriage portion for my son Jacob, as is exprest in the agreement, and have built a home for him of more value than was promised, and have truly fulfilled that first particularly. Secondly, whereas it is mentioned in the agreement with Mrs. Susannah Fitch, and the trustees in behalfe of her daughter, that the estate by her should be layd out to procure a farme, that it might have been so, but they conceived that it might be more advantageous to adventure the money abroad, being at that time in a way of trade, the which with their desire I consented too. These things being explayned, I doe disspose of my whole estate, as is there mentioned, onely my mind is, that in case the twelve pound be not payd to my loveing wife, (as is exprest) that so much of my land be sold (that may best be spared,) as may enable the true performance of the yearly annuity, willed to her during her naturall life. I doe give unto Joseph Deming, my grandson, all my wearing apparell. I doe appoynt my grandchild, Joseph Mygatt, to be executor of this my last will and testament, willing him to take care, that my funerall expenses and all other my just debts be payd out of my estate that is left, and I doe desire my friend Paul Peck, sen. and my son John Deming to be overseers of my will to advise my executors in the management of those affayres, desiring them to accept of ten shillings a piece to be payd them out of my estate. In witness that this is my last will and testament, I have set my hand and seale this 27th November 1676. The mark of Jos. (J. 0.) Mygatt. [Seal.] Witnessed by us, Joseph Haines,. Paul Peck My minde and will is, that all the rates that shall arise from any part of my estate whatsoever, that concerns the church or ministry, shall be payd to the old church, and the ministry thereof, to which I am related. An Inventory of the estate of Deacon Joseph Mygatt, who dec’d December 7, 1660, taken 10 th Decem., 1660. Imprimis. Wearing apparell. woolen. lining, (linen.) Shoes and Hats. 1 leather bed, boulster, bedstead, rug and blankets. 1 small flock bed, coverlid, blankets and trundle bedsted 1 trunk and lining in it. 1 chest and lining in it. 1 chest with lock and key and lining in it. 1 great chest with sundry remnants of lining in it and woolen in it. 1 cubbard, and small things in it. 1 looking-glass, 1 box iron, and 2 heaters. 2 wicker baskets, 4s, four chairs and two joynt stools. 1 great bible, 12s, one screen, 4s. 1 payre stilliards, 12s, one great payre scales and.4 brass weights. 1 litle payre of scailes, 3s, one payr andirons, 8s 1 payre of tongs, and one fire pan, 3s, and 9 pieces pewter, 15s. 1 copper kettle. 2 brass kettles, one brass pott, and 3 skillets. 1 Iron pott and Hookes, 9s, 1 frying pann, 4s, one spitt, 5s. 1 payre bellowes, 1 tramell, 1 gridiron, 5s, and cupbord. 5s. earthenware, 4s, four chees fatts, 2s, bowles and dishes, 6s. 1 milk keiler and payle, 3s, six barrells, 6. 1 cow houseing and house lott. £05 05 01 03 01 02 02 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 04 150 15 10 10 05 10 06 05 10 06 16 16 02 11 18 10 10 18 10 12 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 O0 00 00 7 acres of meadow land. 1 parcell of land called ten acres. 1 “ “ “ lyeing beyond Rocky Hill. 1 “ “ “ at the great swamp. 1 “ “ “ in the last division. These under were some things, that were mist in the first apprizall. 1 payre betle rings and 2 wedges, 5s, 2 beaze barels, 3s. 1 stone jugg, 1s, one spining wheel, 2s, one reele 2s. 1 chaffing dish, 2s, two butter Tubbs, 2s, another small tubb, 1s. 1 sugar box, 1s, one peal hook, 2s, one chamber pott, 1s 6d. 70 30 40 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 05 00 00 05 00 00 04 06 ____ _______ £368 11 06 (THOMAS BULL, sen. Apprized by <(PAULE PECK, sen. (GEORGE GRAVE. The above will was proved at Hartford, Decem. 29, 1680. THE WILL OF ANN MYGATT, WHO DIED AT HARTFORD, 1686. Whereas, I, Ann Mygatt, the widdow of the late deceased Joseph Mygatt, am brought very weak by sickness, and not knowing how near my end may be, but yet through the mercey of God am of perfect memory and understanding, doe see cause to make disposall of that estate my late husband left, in manner and forme as followeth, and doe declare this to be my last will and testament. Item. - I give to my daughter Mary Deming, all my woolen apparell, excepting my broadcloth coate, which I give unto my grand-daughter, Sarah Mygatt. Item. - I give to my daughter Mary Deming my bed whereon I ly, and all the furniture thereunto belonging; and farther my will is, that my wearing lining be equally divided between my daughter Mary Deming and my grand-daughter, Sarah Mygatt: and my will is, that the remaynder of my estate be equally divided between my daughter Mary Deming and my grandson Joseph Mygatt; that this is my will and testament, I doe confirm it, by setting to my hand, this twenty eight day of December, 1681 The mark of PAUL PECK, sen. A. GEORGE GRAVE. ANN MYGATT. THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND ANN MYGATT. (SECOND GENERATION.) 1 Jacob, 2 Mary born in 1633. “ “ 1637 (I.) (III.) (I.) Jacob Mygatt (I) married Sarah Whiting (daughter of William Whiting, deceased, who came from London, a merchant of great enterprise and thrift, one of the first settlers of Hartford and the first Treasurer of the Colony.) This marriage occurred about the year 1655. The portion due under the will of her father, referred to in the contract, we are told was “adventured abroad in a way of trade,” by Mrs. Fitch, her mother, and others who continued Mr. Whiting's business. The preliminaries of this marriage have been fully described in the memoir of Deacon Joseph Mygatt. The following is a copy of Jacob’s dower to his wife. Know all men by these presents, that I, Jacob Mygatt. of Hartford, upon the river of Connecticut, in New-England, doe out of my love and endeared respects to my beloved wife Sarah Mygatt, and for her better support and supply, however it shall please God to dispose of me and mine, upon these and other considerations; I doe by these presents give, grant and confirm unto my dear and well beloved brother, Mr. John Whiting,52 as a feofee in trust, for my beloved wife, his dear sister; my dwelling house, with my still, and still house, together with all the implements thereunto belonging: as allso one white mare, one two year old horse, and one year old coalt, and three cowes, one heifer and one calfe, and two year old piggs, and two younger shoats, and my right and title to land in Waraunocoe, and my new barne and all my cider that is in it, together with all my orchard, with all the fruit trees., thereunto belonging, and 30 acres woodland, and all my household stuff both bedding, linnin, and woolen, brass, pewter, iron and wood, -- to have, and to hold, &c., &c. He, the sayd Mr. John Whiting, improving the premises and every parcill thereof to the only use and benefit of my beloved wife and my children; and I doe by these presents, disinable myself from making any sale, mortgage, or alination of any of ye premises, without the full and free consent of my beloved brother, Mr. John Whiting aforesayd: And for the full confirmation of the premises, I have signed, sealed and delivered this writing with my own hand, this 30th day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1663. JACOB MYGATT. [L. S.] In presence of us. JOHN WINTHROP. JOHN ALLYN. Jacob Mygatt was propounded as a freeman at the General Court held in Hartford, May 12, 1670. 53 The time of his death is unknown; there is a deficiency in the record about this period, which deprives us of many memorandums of interest; he was alive at the death of his father in 1680, but he died some years before Sarah his wife.54 (THIRD GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 3 Joseph, born in --- (IV.) 4 Sarah, “ “ --- (VI.) named after his paternal grandfather. “ “ “ maternal grandmother. The records of the old church are lost and the time of their birth is unknown. (II.) Mrs. Sarah Whiting Mygatt, widow of Jacob (I) married John King of Northampton, Mass., and died about 1704. (III.) Mary, (2) daughter of Joseph and Ann Mygatt, married John Deming, Jr. of Wethersfield, September 20, 1657. He was a son of John Deming, of the same town, and quite a prominent man, and was one of the patentees named in the charter of Connecticut of 1662. There is no record of their deaths. (THIRD GENERATION.) CHILDREN. John, Joseph, Jonathan, Mary, 52 born “ “ “ September 9, 1658, Named in honor of his father. June 1, 1661, Named in honor of his maternal grandfather. February 12, 1663. July 1, 1666. This John Whiting was the son of William Whiting, deceased, and was the third minister of the first church in Hartford, where he remained forty years. 53 For a form of this oath, see Appendix. 54 For a copy of the Registry law of Connecticut, see Appendix. Samuel, Jacob, Sarah, “ August 25, 1668. “ August 26, 1670. “ January 17, 1672. (IV) Joseph Mygatt (3) son of Jacob and Sarah Mygatt, married Sarah Webster, November 15, 1677. She was born about 1655, and was the daughter of Lieut. Robert Webster, and grand-daughter of John Webster, one of the early Governors of the Colony, and first setters of Hartford. Her mother was Susannah Treat, sister of Gov. Robert Treat of Milford. Joseph Mygatt died March, 1698. (FOURTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 5 Joseph, 6 Susannah, 7 Mary, 8 Jacob, 9 Jacob, 10 Thomas, 11 Sarah, 12 Zebulon 13 Dorothy born October 23, 1678. (VIII.) “ “ 3, 1680. Was living in 1698; probably died unmarried. “ December 4, l682. Was unmarried in 1729. “ December 9, 1684. Died January 29, 1685. “ November 9, 1686. “ November, 1687. “ September 11, 1688. “ May 16, 1727, and probably was unmarried. “ March 9, 1691. (IX.) Married Thomas King. “ November 3, 1693. (X.) “ January 26, 1696. (XI.) Married Jonathan Steele. Joseph Mygatt (3) owned the land at the junction of Wood and Hog rivers, in Hartford, which we presume is a portion of the tract referred to in the grant below. There was a mill on the property said to have been built by John Allyn. The site is now (1848) occupied by "Imlays mill." FROM THE HARTFORD RECORD OF GRANTS. "One parcell of land which Joseph Mygatt had in exchange with the towne of Hartford, and was layd out to him by Nathaniel Willett. Ciprion Nichols and Thomas Bunce, April 17, 1690. And it is a neck on the angle of land that lyeth between the Hog river and the Ox pasture river, the west bounds wherof, (for upon all the other sides, it bounds upon the said rivers,) are as followeth; upon the south-east corner, upon the top of the hill, we marked a black oake tree, but withall we gave him liberty if he shall find it convenient for the carrying up his fence from the river, to goe one rod more west, and from thence a straight line to a white oak tree, northward over the gutter, from there to the top of the hill by the wolfe pits; from thence down the ridge, of a hill to a small black oak tree just besides a great walnut tree, and from thence to the ox pasture river; which parcell was ordered to be recorded to him, which was accordingly done July 2, 1694. The following is the will of Joseph Mygatt. (3) THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOSEPH MYGATT, SEN., OF HARTFORD, IN CONNECTICUT, IN NEW-ENGLAND55 I being at this time weak in body, yet of the mercy of God, of perfect memory, and very sensible of what I am now doing, do committ my soul to my gracious God who gave it, hoping for salvation only, in and through Jesus Christ my glorious redeemer; do make this my last will and testament, revoking all and any former wills by me made whatsoever. First. That all my just debts be well and truly paid and my funeral charges. 55 Grandson of Deacon Joseph Mygatt deceased. Second. That I give unto my dear and loveing wife, the one-halfe of all my personal estate, debts, stock, household goods, and movables whatsoever, to be for her heires forever, as said estate shall arise according to inventory. Thirdly, That I give the other half of all my movables or personal estate unto my four daughters, Susannah, Mary, Sarah, and Dorothy, to be equally divided amongst them, the syder mill and press only excepted in my personall estate. Fourth, I give unto my dear wife the one-half of my house and barne, and home lott, and appurtenances, and the use of the syder mill and press so long as she shall remayne my widdow, only excepted that my son Joseph shall have liberty to make what syder he shall have occasion for, at said mill, and press and to have the free use thereof for so much. Fifth, I give unto my son Joseph Mygatt, my house and homestead, with all the accommodations thereunto belonging; only excepting what interest his mother hath in it, by the foregoing articles, to be his and his heires forever. I give also to my son Joseph a certaine parcell of land lying on the croch of the river, which was given me by the towne, to be his and his heires forever. Sixth, I give unto my son Thomas Mygatt, all my Hog river pasture to be his and his heires forever. Seventh, I give unto my son Zebulon Mygatt all my land at Suffield, according to the extent of the deed, to be his and his heires forever. Eighth, My will is, that each of my children shall receive their portion as they come to age; the sons at twenty-one years, and the daughters at eighteen years of age. Ninth, My will is, that if, any of my sons dey, before they come to age to receive their portions, as above; then that which is here given to him, shall be and belong to the next eldest son; that is to say if they dey without issue, and if the youngest son dey as before mentioned, then what is given to him shall be equally divided between the two other surviving. And if all my sons dye without issue, as before mentioned, then what is herein given to them, shall be equally divided between the two surviving daughters: So, my will is that my son Joseph shall pay as a legacy to my daughter Susannah, ten pounds when she comes to the age of twenty-three years old, if she lives to that time, in currant pay; and ten pounds to my daughter Mary when she comes to the age of twenty-four years, if she lives to that time, and ten pounds a piece to my other two younger daughters upon their marriage in currant pay, and if my son Joseph deys before that time without issue, then the possessor of his part shall pay the aforesaid legacyes. Eleventh, My will is that all my estate shall remain in my widows hands for the bringing up of my children, until my son Joseph come of age, and then that it shall be in my widow and son Joseph’s hands for the bringing up my other children, until they come of age successively. Twelfth, I doe appoint my wife and my son Joseph to be my joynt executors of this my last will. Thirteenth, I do desire and appoint my loving friends, Mr. Richard Edwards and Jonathan Bull, to be overseers of this my will, as witness my hand and seal this 11th day of February, 1697-8. Signed, sealed in presence of us, JOSEPH MYGATT. [Seal.] JONATHAN BULL, RICHARD EDWARDS, DANIELL CLARKE SMITH. April 14, 1698.-Maj. Jonathan Bull, Mr. Rich'd Edwards and Daniell Clarke Smith appeared in Court, and gave oath that they saw the testatour, Joseph Mygate sign, seal and declare this Instrument to be his last will and testament in sound memory. Test. Will. Whiting, Clerk. An Inventory of the estate of Mr. Joseph Mygatt deceased taken March 31, 1697-8, by us whose names are hereunto affixed, being desired and appointed thereto by Mrs. Mygatt, the widow of' the person deceased. To severalls in wearing apparell, “ “ “ the hall “ “ “ “ hall chamber “ “ “ “ kitching “ “ “ “ chamber over the kitching £12 14 8 18 24 00 10 11 4 12 00 00 06 9 00 “ “ “ “ “ sellar and garret “ viz. syder mill and press, horse kine, neat ) cattle, sheep and swine ) “ “ “ widow Henberry’s' hands the house and homestead land on Hog river pasture “ “ the croch of the river “ “ at Southfield, 48 acres 7 4 4 42 18 00 4 7 6 200 00 00 40 00 00 10 00 00 30 00 00 £412 8 4 The articles that make the severall sums above are particularly exressed and entered in a paper that accompany this on file. JONATH WEBSTER. THOMAS KING. The Names of the Children. Joseph. 19 years old in October, 1697. Susannah. 17 “ “ “ October, 1697. Mary, 15 Sarah, 7 Zebulon 4 Dorothy 2 “ “ “ “ “ April 14, 1698.-Sarah, the relict, appeared in court and gave oath that she made a true presentment of the apprisers and if more appears she will cause it to be added to the inventory. Test. JOHN WHITING, Clerk. (V.) Sarah Webster Mygatt, widow of Joseph Mygatt, (3) married Bevil Waters, of Hartford, in 1722. Mr. Waters died in 1729, aged 97 years, and Sarah, his widow, died in 1743, aged about 88 years. (VI.) Sarah Mygatt, (4) daughter of Jacob (1) and Sarah Mygatt, married John Webster, son of Lieut. Robert Webster, before mentioned. He was born in Middletown, Nov. 10th 1653, and died in Hartford December 6, 1694. Through this marriage descended the late Noah Webster, LL. D., author of the American Dictionary of the English language. (FOURTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. John, eldest son, born Ebenezer, 2d “ “ Jacob, 3d “ “ Daniel, 4th “ “ Sarah, eldest daugh. “ Ann 2d “ “ Abigail, 3d “ “ ---- died young. --- married Mr. Talcott. -“ Thomas Olmsted, Jr. -“ Mr. Merrill. (VII.) Sarah Mygatt Webster (4) widow of John Webster, married Benjamin Graham, November 20, 1698. The time of her death is unknown. (FOURTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Elisha, born February 24, ----. Isaac, “ July 2, 1702. It will be seen that Joseph Mygatt (3) was the only male descendant of the third generation. He had nine children (five sons and four daughters;) two of the sons (8 and 9) died in infancy; one (10) died unmarried, and the other two (5 and 12) were the only male descendants of Deacon Joseph Mygatt, living in the early part of the eighteenth century. From Joseph (5) are descended the families of that name now residing in Fairfield, Litchfield and New-Haven counties, Conn.; Brooklyn, (city) L. I.; Dutchess, Washington and Chenango counties, N. Y. several counties in the Western Reserve, Ohio; and in the town of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The male descendants of Zebulon (12) are settled in Hartford county, Conn.; Rensellaer, Albany and Oneida counties, N. Y.; in the State of Georgia; in the south east part of Wisconsin; in the north east part of Illinois; in Mississippi, and in Louisiana. The descendants of both are found in New-Milford, Conn. (VIII.) Joseph Mygatt (5) son of Joseph (3) and Sarah Mygatt, married Elizabeth Stephens. (Date unknown.) We have no account of her birth, death or ancestry. He died December 27, 1724, at Hartford, in his fortyseventh year, and his widow Elizabeth was appointed administratrix on the estate, but afterwards desiring to be released, the court granted letters of administration to Zebulon the brother of the deceased. Elizabeth, the widow, was appointed (March 1, 1726,) the guardian of her son Jacob (14) and daughter Sarah (16); and Joseph (15) chose his uncle Zebulon (12) to be his guardian. No mention is made of the other daughter Mary (17) in this connection. The following is the inventory of all the goods, lands and chattels of Joseph Mygatt: (5) Imprimis. Home lot, and buildings thereon 15 acres of land at Hogg river Corn-mill, saw-mill and utensils belonging thereto: One yoak of oxen 6 y’rs old. £11; three cowes £12; ) two yearlings £4; one young calf. 15s; brown mare ) and coalt year coming £8; one bl’k mare and colt ) a yeareoming £6, &c. ) £300 00 00 900 00 00 120 00 00 Item. Wearing apparel: one great coat 20s; straight bo- ) dyed coat, 6s; one old kersey coat, 6s; kersey ) waistcoat, 35s; kersey britches, 15s; p’r cotton ) britches, 3s; two changes, 13s; hat, 24s; one old ) hat, 5s; gloves and mittens, 5s; &C ) (Here follows a long list of household articles. ) Daniel Messenger. ) Appraisers. Jonath Hopkins. ) The descendants of Joseph (5) and Elizabeth Mygatt. (FIFTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 14 Jacob, 15 Joseph 16 Sarah 17 Mary born 1707. (XII.) “ 1710. (XIII.) “ 1714 (XV.) “ 1708 (XVI.) (IX.) Sarah Mygatt (11) daughter of Joseph (3) and Sarah Mygatt, married Thomas King of Suffield, November 6, 1712. (X) Zebulon Mygatt (12) son of Joseph (3) and Sarah Mygatt, married Dorothy Waters. She was born August 28, 1704, and was the daughter of Thomas and Hannah Waters, and grand-daughter of Bevil Waters, who married the widow of Joseph Mygatt (3) about this time. [Note-The descendants of Zebulon Mygatt (12) the youngest of the two living male members of the Mygatt family referred to on pages 48 and 49 are continued as a distinct branch on a subsequent page.] (XI.) Dorothy Mygatt (13) youngest daughter of Joseph (3) and Sarah Mygatt, married Jonathan Steel of Hartford, May 5, 1715. She died in 1775 aged 79 years. (XII.) Jacob Mygatt (14) son of Joseph (5) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married Elizabeth Butler about the year 1730. She was the daughter of Jonathan Butler, and was born in 1710. Jacob Mygatt died in East Hartford between August and December 1748. His wife survived him, but we have no account or her death. They had but one child. (SIXTH GENERATION.) 18 Jonathan, born ----, died in 1785. It is supposed that Jonathan (18) was never married, and this confines the male succession of this branch of the family to Joseph Mygatt.(15) Jacob Mygatt (14) left a valuable estate, inventoried at £1801 6; of this the dwelling house arid ninetyseven acres of land were valued at £1240, 15. He gave by will to his wife Elizabeth one-third of his movable estate, and the use of his dwelling house, until his son Jonathan should become of age, and the use of the north room afterward during the term of her natural life, and half the cellar, and use of the oven, &c &c. His will reads thus: And I give and bequeathe to my only son, Jonathan Mygatt, all of the remainder of my estate, real and personal, &c., and in case my said son shall die, before he shall attain to the age of twenty-one years without lawful heirs of his body, then, I give to my beloved wife Elizabeth Mygatt, one-third part of the estate which I have given to my said son, and one-third part to her brother, Daniel Butler, and the other third part to my sister, Mary Stanley, to their heirs, &c. And I do hereby appoint my beloved wife Elizabeth executrix, and my son Jonathan executor, &c In testimony &c I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th August, 1748. JACOB MYGATT. [Seal] Joseph Mygatt (15) removed from Hartford to Danbury, in Fairfield county, in the early part of the summer of 1731. He was then 21 years old; up to this time the male descendants of our ancestor Deacon Joseph Mygatt had lived in Hartford or its immediate vicinity. Danbury at this time was little better than a frontier town, although the State had been colonized nearly a century. The first settlers took possession in 1684, some forty-seven years before Mr. Mygatt removal there; but the General assembly did not grant the patent which secured to the people the privileges of a town till May, 1702. The original Indian name of Danbury was “Paquioque;” the soil was purchased of the Indians, and they lived in the town for many years after its incorporation.56 (XIII.) Joseph Mygatt (15) son of Joseph (5) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married Elizabeth Starr about the year 1732. She was the daughter of Benjamin Starr, and grand-daughter of Josiah Starr, originally from Long Island, and one of the early settlers of Danbury. Joseph Mygatt (15) died in Danbury, April, 1749. (SIXTH GENERATION.) 19 Elizabeth, 20 Thomas, 21 Rebecca, 22 Sarah, 23 Eli, born “ “ “ “ 24 Abigail, “ 25 Benjamin Starr, 26 Joseph, CHILDREN. 1733. (XVII.) 1735. (XVIII.) 1737. (XLIX.) 1739. (L.) January 25, 1742 (LI.) The Danbury Record, written by himself says January 25, 1742, O. S. (vide Danbury Town Record) May 6, 1744. (CXXXV.) 1746. (CXXXVI.) May 1749. (CXLIV.) (XIV.) Elizabeth Mygatt, widow of Joseph Mygatt (15) married Daniel Church, September, 1751, and she died in Danbury, October 4th, 1777. Daniel Church was born in Stonington, Conn., April 18, 1707. In taking up the history of Joseph Mygatt's (15) descendants, we are again reminded of the value of the public records of Connecticut, which were the fruits of the law of registration. These, where they exist, unfold to us many facts in regard to families who no longer have an existence; they are frequently the only record that is accessible, and in the compilation of a history of this character are invaluable as references. The public records of Danbury were destroyed in the conflagration of that town on Sunday morning April 27, 1777, by the British troops commanded by the notorious Governor Tryon. THE WILL OF JOSEPH MYGATT, WHO DIED APRIL --, 1749. In ye name of God, Amen. This 22d day of March, A. D., 1748-9 I, Joseph Mygatt of Danbury, in Fairfield County, in his Majesty's Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, being at present very weak in body but of sound mind and memory, through God’s goodness, calling to mind the mortality of my body, knowing that God hath appointed to man once for to die, and not knowing how soon or sudding my departure out of this life may be, do make this my last will and testament. And first, and principally do give, and recommend to God my precious and immortal soul, who gave it; my body I commit to ye earth to be buried after a Christian and decent manner at the discretion of my executors hereafter named, nothing doubting but at ye general resurrection by the mighty power of Almighty God, I shall again receive the same. And as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give and dispose of it in ye following manner, that is; after all my just debts and funeral charges are first answered and satisfied, which I order to be done by the sale of a certain piece of land which I have bonds to have a deed of from Benjamin Taylor, of Danbury, and Zadoc Noble's of New-Milford; and I do authorize, appoint, and impower my executors named in the sequel hereof, to sell ye same and to give confirmation thereof, except my said executors shall judge it best that some other piece shall be sold in lieu thereof, 56 For a historical notice of Danbury, see Appendix. which if they do, my mind and will is, that my executors shall sell some other piece, and what money shall be found wanting after said sale, then the same to be paid out of my movable estate. Imprimis.-I give and bequeathe to my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth, the one-third of my moveable estate, to be at her disposal forever; as also the use and improvement of one-third of all my real estate as her dower, with the one- half of the house and barn during the term she shell remain my widow and relict. Item.-I give and order that all the rest of my estate, both real and personal, be divided among my children, viz: Thomas, Eli, Ben Starr, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Sarah, Abigail, and the child my wife now goeth with, in the manner following, viz: Thomas Mygatt, my eldest son, to have a double portion to either of my other sons; and that Eli, my second son, and Ben Starr, my third son, to be equal, and each to have half as much as my said son Thomas, and also each to have double to my above named daughters, except to Elizabeth, my eldest daughter, to whom I give twenty pounds old tenor, over and above a half share with Eli and Ben Starr, and that my daughters Rebecca, Sarah, and Abigail, have equal, and each half so much as my two youngest sons. And whereas my beloved wife is now with child, my mind and will is, that if she shall be delivered of a living child, that then if it be a son it shall be numbered with my other sons, and have equal with my said youngest sons, and if it be a daughter; then it shall be numbered with my other daughters, and be equal to my said youngest daughter. And furthermore my mind and will is, that the Court of Probate make the same allowance out of my estate, for the bringing up of such of my children as are under the age of seven years, as is usual in intestates. And I do appoint, make, constitute and impower, my well beloved wife Elizabeth and my loving brother-in-law, Samuel Gregory, Esq., of said Danbury, to be my sole executors or this my last will and testament, and to act and do hereon, accordingly here, by disallowing, revoking, and make null and void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made holding this, and this only, to be my last will and testament. In testimony whereof, I have on the day and date above mentioned, set my hand and seal. Joseph Mygatt. [Seal.] Signed, sealed, published declared and pronounced by the said Joseph Mygatt, as his last will and testament in the presence of witnesses. Daniel Starr. David Starr Thaddeus Benedict. The will was probated May 10, 1749. The Inventory shows his real and personal estate to have been valued at £2609.19. INVENTORY, (IN PART.) Ye home lot, house and barn, £800 00 00 " hearth stone hill lot, 20 acres, 200 00 00 " clabored ridge land, 8 acres, 100 00 00 " cole pit hill lot, 9 acres 100 00 00 " 30 acres of land at stadley rough, 255 00 00 "7 " " " " barren plain, 80 00 00 a meadow lot at Pocono, 30 00 00 Beaver brook lot, 60 00 00 Land at Hayes' hill. 50 00 00 2 y’r old heifer, £16. l yr old £8, 24 00 00 B’lk horse, £50. y’r old £28, 78 00 00 Bay stallion, 80 00 00 Sword and belt, £3. Psalm book, l0s, 3 10 00 Best coat, £12. Blue vest, £8, 20 00 00 Best leather breeches, 7 00 00 Money, 19 16 00 Set off to Thomas Mygatt, two acres and a rood and sea half off the west end of the home lot, to run across said lot, except two rods wide on the north side which is hereafer set off to Eli,and to run so far daft as to make the land two acres and a rood and a half with liberty to pass and repass from his land to said Eli, Set off to Elizabeth Mygatt, widow and relict as her dower the land seat Beaver brook, The hand at Cole pit hill, The house, barn and whole of home lot, excepting two rods wide on the north side of the home lot, to run throrgh, from east to west, two acres and a rood, &c., Also in movables forever, the sum of, Set off to Ely Mygatt, the land at Clabord ridge, Also two rods wide off ye north side of ye home lot, to run through from east to west, same width, Also an interest in the Pocono land, Set off to Joseph Mygatt, part of land at Stadley Rough, &c., containing about seven acres, Also land at Barren Plain, Also land at Hayjo's. hill, Set off to Ben Starr, the remainder of land at Stadley Rough. Set off to Elizabeth in Movables, “ “ “ Rebecca “ “ “ “ “ Sarah “ “ “ “ “ Abigail an interest in Pocono land, Also in movables, £385 6 00 60 00 00 100 00 00 331 13 4 192 5 2 £683 18 6 _______ 100 00 00 83 1 00 9 12 3 ______ £192 13 3 62 6 9 80 00 00 50 00 00 £192 6 9 192 13 4 116 6 7 97 6 7 96 6 7 20 7 9 75 18 10 Capt. Nathaniel Gregory, David Hoyt and John Gregory were appointed to distribute the property in accordance with Joseph Mygatt’s last will and testament. (XV.) Sarah Mygatt (16) daughter of Joseph (5) and Elisabeth Mygatt, married Capt. William Tiley, of Hartford. Mr. Tiley died in the early part of 1781, and Sarah his wife was alive then - the time of her death is unknown (SIXTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. James, born -------Sarah, “ -------- married Wm. Adams. (XVI.) Mary Mygatt (17) daughter of Joseph (5) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married Timothy Stanley, March 5, 1730. We have no further account of Mrs. Stanley, but it is probable that. she subsequently married Samuel Gregory, of Danbury, who is named as one of the executors in her brother Joseph's will. The descendants of Elizabeth Mygatt (19) of Danbury Conn., a descendant of the sixth generation of Deacon Joseph Mygatt, the first settler. (XVII.) Elizabeth Mygatt (19) daughter of Joseph Mygatt (15) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married David Hoyt; of Danbury, Conn., about the year 1756. Mrs. Hoyt died about the year 1762, and Mr. Hoyt died about the year 1816. (SEVENTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Betty, born Eli, “ Sarah, “ 1758, Uranie, “ 1760, married Francis Cornwell who emigrated to Detroit. married Miss _____ Cornwell. “ Nathan Cornwell, - she died at Danbury, July 6, 1823. married William Dobbs, June 17, 1777.57 Mr. Dobbs died January 30, 1829. The descendants of Thomas Mygatt (20) of Danbury, Conn., a descendant of the sixth generation of Deacon Joseph Mygatt, the first settler. (XVIII.) Thomas Mygatt (20) son of Joseph (15) and Elizabeth Mygatt married Christian Fairchild of NewFairfield, Conn. Thomas Mygatt removed to Amenia, Duchess Co., N. Y., and died there, October, 1799. Christian his wife died there, April, 1800. (SEVENTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN 27 Isaac, born Sept. 5 1763, at Philipstown, Putnam Co. N. Y. 28 Elizabeth, “ October 22, 1765. Died young. 29 Preston “ May 17, 1766; was never married. He lived many years at Amenia, N.Y., and died there in 1850 30 Lucy, “ Novem. 3, 1767. Died young. 31 Mary, “ October 5, 1769. (XX.) 32 Joseph, “ July 5, 1771. (XXI.) 33 Thomas, “ April 27, 1773. Died young. 34 Sarah, “ Novem. 26, 1775. (XXII.) 35 Abigail, “ March 21, 1779. (XXIII.) 36 Elizabeth, “ March 17, 1781 (XXIV.) 37 Thomas, “ May 8, 1783. (XXV.) 38 Hannah, “ March 9, 1785. (XXVI.) (XIX.) Isaac Mygatt, (27) of Waterloo, Albany Co. N. Y., son of Thomas (20) and Christian Mygatt, married Sarah Smith, May 5, 1789. She was the daughter of Elijah and Sarah Munson Smith of North East, Dutchess Co. N. Y., and was born September 20, 1767. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 39 Lucy, born March 10, 1790. Unmarried in 1650, residing with her parents 1 mile north of Chesterville, NY. 40 Augustus, born Sept. 13, 1791 (XXVII.) 57 Mrs. Dobbs was living at the close of the year 1852. The author called on her, November 25th of that year in Danbury and found her enjoying a fair degree of health. Her recollection of events as they occurred fifty years ago, was quite vivid. I found four generations in the room, an infant three months old, and the great grandmother of 92. She furnished this memorandum of her family in 1847. 41 Ezra 42 Laura 43 Alvira 44 Eli 45 Albert S. 46 Edwin “ “ “ “ “ “ October 16, 1793 (XXVIII.) March 8, 1796 (XXIX.) June 20, 1798 (XXX.) March 7, 1802. Died Dec. 10, 1836. January 6, 1805. Died October 5, 1817. June 8, 1807. Unmarried in 1850, resides with his parents. (XX.) Mary Mygatt (31) daughter of Thomas (20) and Christian Mygatt, married Ezra Gregory of Danbury, Conn., March 3, 1789. She died there June 29, 1803, and Mr. Gregory was living in 1850. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Harriet, born March 2, 1790. Married January 23, 1809. Died February 23, 1834. Horace, born August 26, 1795. Kezia, “ Novem. 5, 1797. Died June 4, 1804. Thomas Mygatt, “ May 6, 1801. Died April 3, 1836. (XXI.) Joseph Mygatt (32) son of Thomas (20) and Christian Mygatt, married Sarah German, half-sister of Obadiah German. He died in Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y. in 1828. No further account of them. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 47 German, born July __, 1798. (XXXI) 48 Horace, “ Jan. 1, 1801. (XXXII.) 49 Milton, “ October __, 1802. (XXXIII) 50 Nelson H. “ Sept. __, 1804. (XXXIV) (XXII.) Sarah Mygatt (34) daughter of Thomas (20) and Christian Mygatt married William Jenks of Amenia, N.Y. No further account of this family; her children are all dead. There are six grand-children named Jenks, now living; three reside in North-East, Dutchess Co., N.Y., and three in Poughkeepsie. (XXIII.) Abigail Mygatt (35) daughter of Thomas (20) and Christian Mygatt married William Parks of Amenia, N.Y. She died one year after her marriage, childless; the time of her death is unknown. (XXIV.) Elizabeth Mygatt (36) daughter of Thomas (20) and Christian Mygatt, married Fisher Gay, of Wyoming, Luzzerne Co., Pa., and died there, time unknown. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Simeon Preston Sally Three others (names unknown.) (XXV.) Thomas Mygatt (37) son of Thomas (20) and Christian Mygatt, married Ann Waterhouse, September 5, 1808. He lived at Amenia, N.Y. and died there March _, 1813. Anna, his widow, was living at the homestead in 1849. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 51 Ambrose, 52 Abraham Pratt, 53 Handley, born Sept. 2, 1809. (XXXV.) “ May 20, 1811. (XXXVI.) died in infancy. (XXVI.) Hannah Mygatt (38) daughter of Thomas (20) and Christian Mygatt, married Mr. Benjamin, of Ovid, N.Y., time unknown; and we have no other particulars of them. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Mervin, born ___ resides in Illinois. Daughter ___ ___ married Alanson Reed, of Bristol Centre, Ontario Co., N.Y. Daughter ___ ___ Married; and resides in Illinois. (XXVII.) Augustus Mygatt (40) son of Isaac (27) and Sarah Mygatt, married Hannah W. Andrews, November 27, 1817. She was the daughter of Wells Andrews, of Coeymans, Albany Co., N.Y., and was born July 10, 1793. (NINTH GENERATION.) 54 Calvin M., born Dec. 12, 1818. 55 Isaac, “ May 20, 1820. 56 Harriet, “ June 12, 1823. 57 Mariette, “ April 8, 1825. 58 Lansing, “ April 14, 1831. CHILDREN. (XXXVII.) (XXXVIII.) (XXXIX.) unmarried in 1850. unmarried in 1850. (XXVIII) Ezra Mygatt (41) son of Isaac (27) and Sarah Mygatt, married Hannah K. Slade, daughter of John Slade, of Westerlo, Albany Co., N. Y., March 17, 1824. They reside at Westorlo. Hannah K., his wife was born April 27, 1801. (NINTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 59 60 61 Harriet C, born , May 11, 1825. ) Lucy Alvira, " Sept. 18, 1829 )> unmarried in 1850. Residing at Albert, " March 16, 1833. ) Westerlo, N. Y. (XXIX) Laura Mygatt (42) daughter of Isaac (27) and Sarah Mygatt married William C. Bennett son of William and Huldah C. Bennett, October 12, 1817; they reside at Oregon, Dane County, Illinois. Mr. Bennett was born February 15, 1796. (NINTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Egbert, born June 4, 1819, married Miranda M. daughter of John and Alma Holmes, February 9, 1840; they reside in Wisconsin. Isaac M. " Dec. 8,1824, married Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Abraham and Rebecca Kierstead, August 1, 1847; they reside in Wisconsin. (XXX.) Alvira Mygatt (43) daughter of Isaac (27) and Sarah Mygatt, married Zebediah Martin, son of Benjamin Martin of Westerlo, Albany Co., N. Y. January 23, 1822; they reside in Millfort, Otsego Co., N. Y., 10 miles below Cooperstown. (NINTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Nelson A. Albert, Harriet, born Jan. 6 1823, died February 11, 1826. " Feb. 9, 1826. " Sept. 24, 1828. (XXXI.) German Mygatt (47) son of Joseph (32) and Sarah Mygatt, married Susan Coon. He resides at Milan, Erie Co., Ohio. (NINTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 62 to 67. (They have six children, all supposed to be living.) (XXXII) Horace Mygatt (48) son of Joseph (32) and Sarah Mygatt, married Harriet Crandall, of Deposit, Delaware Co., N. Y., June 16, 1834; they reside at Deposit. (NINTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 68 to 72 (They have had five children; four were living in 1848.) (XXXIII) Milton Mygatt (40) son of Joseph (32) and Sarah Mygatt, married Marilla Poxer. They reside at North Norwich, Chenango Co. N.Y. (NINTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 73 Harriet, born ___ 1835. 74 Mary, " ___ 1837. 75 Wm. Henry, " ___ 1841. 78 Dwight, " ___ 1846. (XXXIV) Nelson H. Mygatt (50) son of Joseph (32) and Sarah Mygatt, married Arys Byington, of Chenango Co., N. Y., April 16, 1829. He died In Iowa City, April 16, 1850. He resided many years in Elyria, Loraine Co., Ohio; where his widow now lives. (1852.) (NINTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 77 Henry E., born October 22, 1832. (XXXV) Ambrose Mygatt (51) son of Thomas (37) and Anna Mygatt, married Mary Elizabeth Clark. She was born January 13, 1811; they reside at Amenia, N. Y. (NINTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 78 Thomas, 79 Emily Clark, 80 Mary Ann, 81 Harriet Jane, 82 Sarah Jennett, born November 18, 1834. Died in infancy " February 1, 1837. " November 17, 1838. " October 29, 1841. " March 13, 1844. (XXXVI) Abraham P. Mygatt (52) son of Thomas (37) and Anna Mygatt married Louisa Rundal. They reside at Amenia, N Y. (NINTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 83 Julia, born September 29, 1840. 84 Anna, " April 13, 1844. 85 Henry, " August 1, 1846. 86 daughter " February 17,1849. (XXXVII) Calvin M. Mygatt (54) son of Augustus (40) and Hannah Mygatt, married Ann Jennett, daughter of Joseph Vincent, February 22, 1849. She was born March 11, 1829; they reside in Greenville, Green Co., N.Y.58 (TENTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 87 Arlett, born February 14, 1850. (XXXVIII.) Isaac Mygatt (55) son of Augustus (40) and Hannah Mygatt, married Emeline, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Miller Burroughs, of Coxsackie, N. Y., April 17, 1844. She was born June 6, 1820. They reside in Coxsackie. (TENTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 89 Anna Maria, born September 19, 1845. 90 Ellen, " October 19, 1847. 91 James H., " August 7, 1849. (XXXIX) Harriet Mygatt (56) daughter of Augustus (40) and Hannah W. Mygatt, married John E. Green, January 4, 1843. He was born December 6, 1821. (TENTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Charles T. born October 8, 1843. 58 To Calvin M. Mygatt (54) the author is indebted for the family statistics of Isaac Mygatt (27) and his descendants. --------------The Descendants of Rebecca Mygatt (21) of Danbury, Conn., a descendant of the sixth generation of Deacon Joseph Mygatt, the first settler. (XLIX) Rebecca Mygatt (21) daughter of Joseph (15) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married Rev. Joseph Peck, of Danbury. . . . . She died ……. and her remains were interred at New-Fairfield, Conn., where Mr. Peck was settled. Mr. Peck died at Bethel, Conn. (SEVENTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN Joseph, born, _____, subsequently resided in New-Milford, and died there December 27, 1837.(?) John, " _ , died during the Revolutionary war. Molly " , married Mr. Chidester. ---------The Descendants of Sarah Mygatt (22) of Danbury, Conn., a descendant of the sixth generation, from Deacon Joseph Mygatt, the first settler. (L.) Sarah Mygatt (22) daughter of Joseph (15) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married Col. Josiah Starr, of NewMilford, Conn., about the year 1759. She died there, September 19, 1805, aged 65 years. Col Starr was born about 1740, and died October 15, 1813, aged 73. (TENTH GENERATION, CHILDREN.) Hannah, Eli, Betsey, Daniel, born ___, 1760, married Nicholas S. Masters of New-Medford, about 1780; she died there December 1, 1781, in her 21st year. Mr. Masters was born in 1758 and died September 12, 1796. " , 1763, died December 4, 1835. " about 1771, married Ithamir Canfield, of New-Milford, and died there in 1848. She was the grand mother of Mrs. Andrew B. Mygatt (176.) born 1777, died May 1, 1826. ---------- The Descendants of Eli Mygatt (23) of Danbury, Conn., a descendant of the sixth generation of Deacon Joseph Mygatt, the first settler.59 (LI.) Eli Mygatt (23) son of Joseph (15) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married Abigail Starr, October 1759. She was the daughter of Samuel and Abigail Starr, of Danbury. (SEVENTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN 111 Noadiah, born February 15, 1760. (LIV.) 112 Amirilles, " May, 1762, died in Danbury, September 1762. 113 Comfort Starr, " August 23, 1763. (LV.) 114 Philo, " December 24, 1765. (LVII.) 59 Eli Mygatt (23) grand-father of the author of this record. --, Abigail, wife of Eli Mygatt, died in Danbury, November 27, 1767. (LII.) Eli Mygatt (23) married (second time,) Phebe Judson July 6th, 1769. She was the daughter of Rev. David and Mary Judson, of Newtown, Conn., and was born August 16, 1746. (SEVENTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN 115 Eli, born March 23, 1770. (LVIII.) 116 Betty, " June 21, 1771. (LIX.) 117 David Judson, " February 21, 1773 died in Danbury, August 20th 1775. 118 David Judson 2d, " October 1, 1777. (LX.) Phebe, wife of Eli Mygatt, died in Danbury, August 13, 1783, aged 36 years, 11 months, 28 days. (LIII.) Eli Mygatt (23) married (third time) Mary Boughton (widow of Miles Boughton, deceased), March 20, 1784. She was the daughter of Theophilus and Mary Benedict, and was born June 20, 1744. (SEVENTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN 119 Phebe Judson, 120 Miles Boughton, 121 Rebecca, born March 17, 1785. (LXI.) " February 27, 1787. (LXII.) " August 31, 1789. (LXIII.) Mary, the widow of Eli Mygatt, (23) died in Danbury, May 29th, 1831. The quiet pursuits of a country merchant, the business to which Col. Mygatt had been bred, were unsuited to his genius and to his peculiar ambition. He had a taste for the more exciting and fitful scenes of public life, and before he was forty years old committed his fortunes to the uncertain vortex of politics. A vivacious temperament and integrity of character subdued many of the political asperities of the times, and compromised to his advantage those crosses in life which to other aspirants would have been formidable. For twenty-five years or more of his life, he was honored with some appointment from his native town and county, or from the State of Connecticut. During the Revolutionary war he was distinguished for his patriotism and activity as an officer; 60 and when Danbury was burnt by the British on the morning of the 27th April 1777 he shared in its defense and was one of the sufferers61 by the conflagration.62 He was subsequently one of the recipients of the bounty of the State, which remunerated the losers of property by the casualties of the war, in suitable donations of land in that portion of Ohio now known as the "Western Reserve." For some reason Col. Mygatt afterward sold this land for a mere fraction, it is said for ten or twelve cents an acre; it is now one of the most fertile and flourishing sections of the Union. Col. Mygatt was made a freeman at the town meeting held in Danbury, April 13, 1778; he was a federalist in his politics, a partizan of decided stamp, but aware of the secret of winning popular favor, and 60 He held the commission of Colonel from the State of Connecticut. In Barber's Hist. Coll. Conn. p. 365, we find his loss stated at £116.2.2. The entire loss of his property was estimated at £16181.1.4. besides public stores. 62 In the appendix to Robbin's century sermon delivered at Danbury, January 1, 1801, we find that "John McLean, Eli Mygatt and others, Selectmen of Danbury, stated to the General Assembly convened at Hartford on the 8 th of May, 1777, that the enemy in their incursion into Danbury burned and destroyed the public records of said town and they apprehended great danger might arise to the inhabitants, unless some timely remedy should be provided." A committee was appointed to proceed to Danbury and to ascertain every man's right, and report at the next General Assembly. After many delays "the Assembly in May, 1792 by a resolution released and quit-claimed to the sufferers named on the State record or to their representatives if deceased, 500,000 acres of land owned by Connecticut, situated west of Pennsylvania, bounded north by lake Erie." "An additional sum of £8303 17s 10d was added to that previously named for the sufferers in Danbury, making the whole amount £24,484 10s 2d. 61 possessing a cheerful and dignified nature to which he added an everflowing hospitality, he won as by a charm the social affections of his townsmen, and in his political aspirations not unfrequently shared in the honors won by the joint suffrages of friends and foes. He was returned to the State Assembly in the fall of 1807, says Col. Moss White,63 his contemporary, by the largest and most unanimous vote ever given in the township. He represented the town of Danbury in the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut at intervals for twenty-three years. The journal of the State department at Hartford64 shows that he was a representative at the session of October, May and October, October, October, May and October, January and May65 May and October, " " " 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 | May and October, | October, | May, | " | May and October, | October, | " | 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1801 1807 Col. Mygatt was Clerk of the town of Danbury from 1796 to 1804, was many years a pub1ic magistrate, and his popularity as a Justice brought him a large majority of the marriage favors of the times; officiating, it is said, upon more marriage occasions than all the clergymen in the town. He died suddenly at New-Haven, on Monday 26th October, 1807 during the fall session of the Assembly of that year, and his funeral sermon was preached there by President Dwight, of Yale College. The following quaint couplet is from an obituary notice of him in the "Danbury Republican" of that day: "To those who knew him not, no words can paint, And those who knew him, know all words are faint." His remains were interred in the burying-ground at New-Haven, under the following joint resolution: Resolved by this assembly, That the Controller draw on the Treasurer in favor of Nathaniel Rosseter, Esq., Sheriff of New-Haven county, for forty-one dollars and seventy-five cents, being the funeral charges and cost of the last sickness of Col. Eli Mygatt, a member of the Legislature, deceased. Resolved by this assembly, That the Sheriff of New-Haven County be requested to erect a monument at the grave of Col. Eli Mygatt, late a representative in the General Assembly from the town of Danbury; and the Controller of public accounts, is directed to draw on the Treasurer of this State for the sum of fifty dollars, in favor of said Sheriff as a compensation therefor. (LIV.) Noadiah Mygatt, of New-Milford, Conn., (111) son of Eli (23) and Abigail S. Mygatt, married Clarissa Lynes, 1782. (?) She was born 1758, and died in New-Milford, July 1845. Noadiah Mygatt died December 17, 1844. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 122 Henry, 123 William, 124 Minerva, 63 born November 7. 1783. (LXV.) " October 25, 1785. (LXVII.) " August 5, 1788. (LXIX.) This narrative of Col. Mygatt was given to me by Col. White in conversations held with him in the fall of 1848. Col. White was living at the close of the year 1852, a model of good health and in the possession of his faculties. 64 The memorandum kindly furnished by J. Hammond Trumbull, Esq. 65 A vacancy in October. 125 Eli, " 126 Abby Starr, " 127 Abby, " 128Elizabeth, " March 14, 1791. (LXXI.) March 20, 1794, Died September 11, 1795. July 22, 1796. (LXXII.) June 2, 1799. (LXXIII.) (LV.) Comfort Starr Mygatt (113) of Danbury, Conn. son of Eli (23) and Abigail S. Mygatt, married Lucy Knapp, October 26, 1783. She was the daughter of Joshua Knapp, of that town, and was born August 17, 1766. Lucy Mygatt died August 8, 1804. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. (All born in Danbury.) 129 Abigail, born April 16, 1785. (LXXIV.) 130 Polly, “ January 8, 1787. (LXXVI.) 131 Julia, “ May 2, 1789. (LXXVII.) 132 Betsey, “ February 20, 1791. (LXXVIII.) 133 Comfort, “ December 25, 1792, died January 11, 1814 134 Lucy, “ July 28, 1794. (LXXIX.) 135 George, “ June 14, 1797. (LXXX.) 136 Anna Maria, “ December 30, 1799, died December 12, 1812. (LVI.) Comfort Starr Mygatt (113) married (second time) Mrs. Eleanor Stewart Stiles, widow of Benjamin Stiles, deceased, March 20, 1805. She was born September 24, 1777, and is living (1852) at Canfield, Ohio. In June, 1807, Mr. Mygatt emigrated to the "Western Reserve,” Ohio, and settled in what is known as Trumbull County. It is an interesting reminiscence of the times and hardly credible at this period of rapid motion, that he was twenty-eight days in reaching his destination the then ultima thule of civilization.66 Comfort S. Mygatt died at Canfield, Ohio, October 17, 1823. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. (All except the first (137) born in Danbury.) 137 Laura Amanda, 138 Eli, 139 Eleanor, 140 Hannah, 141 Comfort Starr, 142 Julia Anna, 143 Almira, born December 12,1805. (LXXXI.) “ July 16, 1807. (LXXXII.) “ October 9, 1809. (LXXXIII.) “ April 20, 1812. (LXXXIV.) “ March 3, 1815. (LXXXV.) “ September 16, 1816, died June 3d, 1832. “ March 27, 1818. (LVII.) 66 Mr. Comfort S. Knapp (Mr. Mygatt's brother-in-law.) a hale farmer now residing near Danbury, says: "I removed with an ox-team and wagon as many of Mr. Mygatt's household effects as could be safely carried; the family keeping me company with a sufficient number of horses and covered carriages to shelter them from exposure. We left Danbury on the 10 th of June, 1807, crossing the Hudson River at Newburg, keeping almost due west; we came up with the Delaware river near the present town of Easton and passed through the town of Bethlehem, Pa., striking near that point, the great highway, via Chambersburg, to Pittsburg, where we arrived July 4. The country was almost a wilderness from the Hudson to the Ohio, and we cheerfully endured the discomforts of this long journey, camping in the woods or depending upon the rude accommodations of the country according to circumstances. The country from Pittsburg to our destination was nearly in a state of nature, and difficult of access in wagons. We were exactly four weeks on this journey, and the ninth day after our arrival, Mrs. Mygatt gave birth to a son." (Eli, 138) The whole family were of the party, excepting Polly, Julia and Abigail, who were previously married. Philo Mygatt (114) of Danbury, Conn., son of Eli (28) and Abigail S. Mygatt married Betty Boughton, March 15, 1787. She was the daughter of Miles and Mary Boughton, of the same town, born March 3, 1764. Betty Mygatt died there April 7, 1815. Philo Mygatt was made a freeman September 16, 1799. He died in Danbury, March _, 1842. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 144 Rachel, 145 Laura, born June 29,1787. (LXXXVI.) “ December 9, 1788. (LXXXVII.) (LVIII.) Eli Mygatt (115) of Danbury, Conn., son of Eli (23) and Phebe Mygatt, married Rebecca Peck, March 17, 1805. She was the daughter of John and Mary Peck of Danbury, and was born March 20, 1783. Eli Mygatt was made a freeman, September 16, 1799, and died August 22, 1845. The following obituary notice is from the Danbury Recorder: "But few are laid in the last resting place of the body, of a more peaceable life, or possessed of more practical philanthropy. Of an unaffected, familiar manner and unchanging good humor, his cheerful countenance, welcome salutation and kind inquiries, rendered his society pleasant, and imparted a good and salutary influence in his intercourse with others. He was one of that venerable class of men whose peculiar simplicity of manners and honesty of purpose are rare characteristics, and are needed as healthy examples to counteract the selfishness and insincerity which harm the characters of younger men now coming upon the stage of life. He was for thirty years a member of the Congregational Church of this village." (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 146 William born January 19, 1806. Unmarried. 147 John Eli, “ August 27, 1807, died July 1, 1809. 148 Eli, “ June 11, 1809. (LXXXVIII.) 149 Jane Ann, “ March 4, 1811. 150 John Peck, “ February 2, 18l3, died July 26, 1818. 151 Comfort Starr, “ January 17, 1815. 152 Henry Thomas, “ January 25, 1818. (XCI.) 153 George, “ August 3, 1820. (XCII.) 154 Harriette Augusta “ December 16, 1823. (LIX.) Betty Mygatt (116) daughter of Eliza (23) and Phebe Mygatt married Ebenezer Booth White, of Danbury, Conn., March 23, 1791. Mr. White was born __, 1767 and died April 15, 1807. Betty his wife, died June 21, 1800. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Eli, Philander, born September 26, 1791, resides in New York. " April 6, 1796, died __. (LX.) David Judson Mygatt, (118) of Southeast, Putnam Co., N. Y., Son of Eli (23) and Phebe Mygatt, married Lydia Sanford. He was made a freeman, in Danbury, September 15, 1800. He died April 8, 1822. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) THEIR ONLY CHILD. 155 Sanford, born ____ (LCIV.) (LXI.) Phebe Judson Mygatt (119) daughter of Eli (23) and Mary Mygatt, married Archibald Benedict, of Danbury, December 1, 1805. He was born February 17, 1782, and died __. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Antoinette, Eli Noble, Rebecca, Mary, born " " " December 28, 1806, died May 21, 1824. October 21, 1808, " January 27, 1826. January l5, 1816. March 12, 1820. (LXII.) Mi1es B. Mygatt, of Danbury, (120) son of Eli (23) and Mary Mygatt, married Ann Thomas, June 4, 1809. She was the daughter of Doctor Lemuel and Susanna Carrington Thomas, of New-Milford, Conn., and was born there November 26, 1789. Ann Mygatt died at Newark, N. J., May 12, 1842. Miles B. Mygatt died at Brooklyn N. Y., October 21, 1826. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. 156 Frederick Thomas, born April 27, 1811 in Danbury, Conn. (XCVII.) 157 Lemuel Carrington, “ March 13, 1815, in city of New-York, died unmarried in New-Or1eans, September 24, 1847. His remains are interred at Orange, N. J. 158 Edward C., “ February 5, 1818, at Newark, N. J., died there August 5, 1819. (LXIII.) Rebecca Mygatt (121) daughter of Eli (23) and Mary Mygatt, married John H. Patch, of Danbury, Conn., May _, 1807. In 1811 they emigrated to Sandusky, Ohio, and subsequently settled in the Western Reserve. Mr. Patch died _. (EIGHTH GENERATION.) CHILDREN. Mary Ann, born March 7, 1808, married A. Edward Tweedy, of Danbury, September -, 1826, and has children: 1st, William; 2d, Theodore S.; 3d, Thomas; 4th, Susan; 5th, Oliver. Susan, born -- 1809, married __ Gregory, of Danbury, removed to Ohio, where Mr. G. died, and she subsequently married Mr. __ McLean, of Warren, Ohio. She died there December, 1847. Oliver, born -- 1812, resides in Ohio. Comfort, " -- 1814, " " " (LXIV.) Rebecca Mygatt, widow of J. H. Patch, married (second time) Dr. Shadrach Bostwick, of Canfield, Ohio, -- 1828. He died in 1837. (No children by this marriage.) (LXV.) Henry Mygatt (122) of New-Milford, son of Noadiah (111) and Clarissa Mygatt., emigrated to Chenaugo County, N.Y., about the year 1806, and married Sally S. Washburn, of that County about 1809. She was born March 27, 1791, and died September 26, 1818. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 159 Henry Roland, born April 10, 1810. (XCVIII.) 160 Orlando N., " August 24, 1812, died August 17, 1827. 161 Clarisa A., " February 2, 1815. (XCIX.) 162 Sarah Eliza, " January 6, 1818. (CL.) (LXVI.) Henry Mygatt (122) married (second time) Mrs. Susan Osmer, of Connecticut. He died at Oxford, N. Y., May 5, 1835. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 163 Susan Throop, born September 5,1822, died July 8,1823. 164 Francis Louisa, " May 10, 1824, died March 3, 1825. 165 Caroline Louisa " December 1, 1825, died January 7, 1827. (LXVII.) William Mygatt (123) of New-Milford, Conn., son of Noadiah (111) and Clarissa Mygatt, married Caroline, daughter of Cyrus Northrop, of that town, - January, 1817. In June, 1818, he removed to Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., and continues to reside there. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 166 Elizabeth 167 Frederick Northrop, 168 Sarah A., 169 Emily N., 170 Susan Minerva, 171 Caroline L., 172 Jane A., 173 Julia, born November 7, 1817. (CII.) " 1819, died March 1823. " 1821. (CIII.) " 1823. " 1825, died __. " 1827. (CV.) " 1829. " 1832. (LXIX.) Minerva Mygatt (124) daughter of Noadiah (111) and C1arissa Mygatt, married Dobson W. McMahon, of New-Milford Conn. He was born November 28, 1781, and died May 5, 1823. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. Henry, born ____ 1810, married Mary Taylor, of New-Milford Conn., and died February 10, 1837. John, born August 6, 1813, died November 3, 1833. (LXX.) Minerva Mygatt McMahon, (124) married (second time) Isaac Hayes, of Unadilla, Otsego Co., N. Y...... No children by this Marriage. (LXXI.) Eli Mygatt (125) of New-Milford, Conn., son of Noadiah (111) and Clarissa Mygatt, married Martha Downs of that town…. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 174 John E., born ______, died 1841 unmarried. 175 Henry S., " July 19, 1818 (CVIII.) 176 Andrew Burr, " October 31, 1820. (CIX.) 177 Martha Downs, " ______ 1823. (CX.) 178 Mary Esther, " ______ 1826. (CXI.) 179 Elizabeth, " ______ 1828. (CXII.) 180 Harriet, " ______ 1830. 181 Clarissa, " ______ 1832. 182 Ellen Catherine, " ______ 1835. (LXXII.) Abby Mygatt (127) daughter of Noadiah (111) and Clarissa Mygatt, married Glover Noble, of NewMilford, Conn.... No children by this marriage. (LXXIII.) Elizabeth Mygatt (128) daughter of Noadiah (111) and C1arissa Mygatt, married Austin Hyde…. They removed to Oxford, N. Y…. where Mr. Hyde died February 25, 1850. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. Caroline Eliza, born 1821. Wi1liam Henry, " September 4, 1826. Minerva Hayes, " 1831. Mary Elizabeth, " 1835. (LXXIV.) Abigail Mygatt (129) daughter of Comfort S. (113) and Lucy Mygatt, married Lewis Hoyt, of Danbury, Conn, Sunday, September 23, 1804. Mr. Hoyt died …. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. Lucy Ann, Edward Elisha, Comfort, Comfort Lewis, James, Lewis, Eli, born October 16,1805, married John C. Smith, Jamaica L I., September 24 1826. born July 27, 1807, married Martha L Callender, October 31, 1839. born July 31, 1809, died October 16, 1809. born August 2, 1811, married Fanny C. Trowbridge June 13, 1841, who died and he married (second time,) Eliza Bright, October 1, 1846. born February 2, 1814, married Elizabeth Brown, March 25, 1840. born June 16, 1816, married Sarah Spear, June 9, 1847. born August 15,1818, died March 7, 1842. (LXXV.) Abigail Mygatt Hoyt, (129) married (second time) Philo Goodsell He died .... (LXXVI.) Polly Mygatt (130) daughter of Comfort S. (113) and Lucy Mygatt married Elisha Whittlesey, of Danbury, Conn., January 5,1808. He was born October 19, 1783. They soon after removed to the Western Reserve, Ohio, and were among the pioneers of that portion of the State, where Mr. W. commenced the practice of law. Subsequently he represented his district in the Legislature of Ohio was a member of the House of Representatives in Congress from 1823 to 1838, and has passed the greater part of his life in the public service at Washington. He is the General Treasurer of the Washington monument, now erecting at the seat of government. Mr. Whittlesey was appointed First Controller of the Treasury under the administration of President Taylor, and has continued to administer the affairs of that department under President Fillmore. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. Royal Frederick L., born October 31, 1806, married Mary Smith, September 15, 1826, and have children; 1st, Harriet M., born January 3, 1829; 2d, William W., born August 29, 1834. John, born November 29, 1808, married E. Alice Selby, March 24, 1831, and have children; 1st, Eliza M., born October 1, 1832;. 2d, Julia, born November 21, 1835; 3d, Alice S., born March 25, 1837; 4th, John, born April 28, 1842; 5th, Amelia B., born April 29, 1846. Harriet, born October 13, 1810 married Dr. Lyman Collins of Rivanna, Ohio, July 21, 1830, and have children; 1st, Lucy M., born April 6, 1831; 2d, Elisha W., born December 8, 1832, and who died December 30, 1834; 3d, Elisha W., born October 8, 1835; 4th, Frederick, born January 19, 1842. Anna Maria, born, November 7, 1812, married Rev. Wm. 0. Stratton, of Deerfield, Ohio, October 9, 1832, and have children; 1st, Howard W., born September 9,1833; 2d, Lucy J., born April 19, 1835; 3d, Henry G., born March 1, 1837; 4 th, Polly A., born December 14, 1842; 5th, Harriett Alice, born ____ died August 30, 1843; 6th, Alice V., born June 9, 1848. George B., born February 28, 1815, married Lois R. Bostwick, June 3, 1834, and have children; 1st, Charles A., born November 16, 1835, died September 29, 1840; 2d, Oliver born October 8, 1839, died October 5, 1840; 3d, Polly M., born April 23, 1842. Lucy, born December 22, 1817, married Stephen Buckland, of Edinburg, Ohio, October 11, 1838, and have children: 1st, Henry W., born September 8, 1839; 2d, Chester A., born January 6,1841; 3d, Ralph P., born October 1, l843; 4th, Comfort S., born April 18, 1846. William W., born April 10, 1820, married Jerusha R. Lockwood, April 5,1843, and have children; 1st, Clason L., born May 25, 1844; 2d, Harriet C., born March 31, 1846. Elisha Mygatt, born February 2, 1822, married E. Ann Jennings, January 3, 1844, and have child; Clarence L, born November 19, 1844. Comfort Starr, born May 9, 1824, married Virginia Hyatt, October 1, 1844, and have children; 1st, Robert H., born December 25, 1845; 2d, Anna S., born October 14, 1847. Granville, born August 9, 1828. (LXXVII.) Julia Mygatt (131) daughter of Comfort S. (113) and Lucy Mygatt, married Eli T. Boughton, of Danbury, March, 25, 1807. She died at Canfield, Ohio, August 18, 1813. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. George, Julia, born April 6, 1808, married.... " November 19, 1809, married James Peffers of Burton, Ohio, where she died August 3,1834. 1eaving three children. Lucy Marin, born September 2,1812, married Mr. Bidwell, of Sandusky Ohio, who is deceased. She resides in Canfield, Ohio. (LXXVIII.) Betsey Mygatt (132) daughter of Comfort S. (113) and Lucy Mygatt, married Zalmon Fitch, of Ohio, January 17, 1808. She died at Warren, Ohio, January 3, 1838. Mr. Fitch resides at Cleveland, O. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. Lucy, Grant, born - - married Wm. Williams, of Buffalo, N. Y. born - - married Miss Baldwin, of Buffalo, N. Y., He died November 30, 1840. Laura, born - - married Wm. Williams, She died at Cleveland, September 30, 1852. Julia, born - - died young. Betsey, born - - died young. (LXXIX.) Lucy Mygatt (134) daughter of Comfort S. (113) and Lucy Mygatt married Asael Adams, of Warren, Ohio, March 20, 1814. Mr. Adams died October 11, 1852. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. Charles Avery, born January 1, 1815, died at Warren, September 6, 1816. Comfort Avery, " December 18, 1816. Charles, " November 15, 1818, died March 19, 1820. Asael Edgar, " November 29, 1820, married Mary L Burrough, March 11, 1847. George, born December 17, 1822. Lucy, " June 30, 1825, married Wm. Leffingwell, December 18, 1845, died at Warren, Ohio, November 25, 1846. A son born September 3, 1846, died December 18, 1846. Fitch, " September 2, 1827. Whittlesey, " November 26, 1829. Alfred, " February 6, 1833. Henry, " April 27, 1835. (LXXX.) George Mygatt (135) son of Comfort S. (113) and Lucy Mygatt, married Eliza Freeman, of Warren, Ohio, April 10, 1820. He was for several years cashier of the Bank at Norwa1k, Ohio. Subsequently cashier of the Western Reserve Bank, at Painesville, Grange Co., and afterward President of the City Bank, of Cleveland, Ohio, where he resides. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 184 Lucy, born May 27, 1821. (CXVI.) 185 Elizabeth, " October 28, 1822. (CXVII.) 186 Whittlesey, " April 12, 1824, died at Canfield, Ohio, February, 1827. 187 Mary " October 12, 1827. (CXVIII.) 188 Julia, " May 11, 1829. (CXIX.) 189 George " August 17. 1831. (LXXXI.) Laura Amanda Mygatt (137) daughter of Comfort S. (113) and Eleanor Mygatt, married Wm. McFarland of Warren, Ohio, April 26. She died March, 19, 1843. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. (All born in Warren.) Laura Fitch, William, Julia Anna, Robert, George Mygatt, Catharine Amanda, Eleanor Kent, born " " " " " " July 6, 1829. September 10,1831. April 9, 1834, died April 22, 1836. July 23, 1836. October, 30, 1838. October 19, 1840. November 4, 1842. (LXXXXII.) Eli Mygatt (138) son of Comfort S. (113) and Eleanor Mygatt, married Lois Kertland of Poland, Ohio, August 18, 1831. He is a physician, and resides in Poland. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 191 J. P. Kirtland, 192 Mary, 193 May Martin, 194 Hanna Otis, 195 William Little, born -----, 1833, a midshipman in the U. S. Navy; received his commission September, 1847. " February --, 1847. (LXXXIII.) Eleanor Mygatt (139) daughter of Comfort S. (113) and Eleanor Mygatt, married Alson Kent, of Canfield, now of Middlebury; Ohio, January 1, 1836. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. Roswell, Mary, Flora, Julia, born , died about 1846. (LXXXIV.) Hannah Mygatt (140) daughter of Comfort S. (113) and Eleanor Mygatt, married W. S. C. Otis, of Canfield, Ohio, January 1, 1836. They removed to Rivanna, Ohio, where she died April 11, 1840. (LXXXV.) Comfort S. Mygatt, (141) of Canfield, Ohio, son of Comfort S. (113) and Eleanor Mygatt, married Cynthia Huse, of that town, May 2 1838. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 199 George, born November 23, 1839. 200 Mary, " September 23, 1841. 201 Ella, " August 19, 1845. (LXXXVI.) Rachel Mygatt (144) daughter of Philo (114) and Betty Mygatt, married Samuel Nicholson, of Danbury, Conn. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. Betsey Ann, George, married --- Lee of Montgomery, Alabama. (LXXXVII.) Laura Mygatt (145) daughter of Philo (114) and Betty Mygatt, married Samuel Montgomery, of Danbury, Conn. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. William, Catherine, Mary, born --, married Susan Halliday, January, 1832. " --, married George Andrews, of Danbury, October 31, 1832. " --, married Wm. A. Crocker, November 3, 1834, resides in New York. (LXXXVIII.) Eli Mygatt, Jun., (148) of Brooklyn, L. I., son of Eli (115) and Rebecca Mygatt, married Sophia, daughter of Cyrus Northrop, of New-Milford, Conn., October 24, 1837. Mrs. Sophia Mygatt was born April -, 1814. (XCI.) Henry T. Mygatt, (152) of New-Haven, Conn., son of Eli (115) and Rebecca Mygatt, married Julia, daughter of Simeon Losee, of Lafayette, Indiana, August 7, 1850. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 205 Howard, born September 22, 1851. (XCII.) George Mygatt, (153) of Brooklyn, L. I., son of Eli (115) and Rebecca Mygatt, married Ellen P. Rice, July 22, 1845. She is the daughter of Reuben, deceased, and Ellen Rice, of New Haven, and was born June 22, 1825. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 209 George, born February 4, 1847, at New-Haven. (XCIV.) Sanford Mygatt, (155) of South East, N. Y., son of David Judson (118) and Lydia Mygatt, married Susan, daughter of Benjamin Nichols, of that town. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 213 Lydia Augusta, born 214 son, " November -1847. (XCVII.) Frederick T. Mygatt (156) son of Miles B. (120) and Ann Mygatt, married Martha A. Hubbell, October 10, l839. She is the daughter of Julius C. and Anna Hubbell, of Chazy, Clinton Co. N. Y., descended on her father's side from a Massachusetts family, and was born in Chazy, June 24, 1816. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 220 Anna Hubbell, born November 29, 1841, at Newark, N. J. 221 Isabella Carrington, " November 9, 1843, at Chazy, N. Y. 222 Edward Soullard, " November 24, 1845, at Brooklyn, N. Y., died November 9, 1846. 223 Lemuel Carrington, " August 9, 1849, at Chazy, N. Y. 224 Mary Jessie, " September 20, 1851, at Brooklyn, N. Y. (XCVIII.) Henry R. Mygatt (159) of Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., son of Henry (122) and Sally S. Mygatt, married Esther Maria Tracy … She is the daughter of Lieut. Governor John and Susan Tracy of that town, born. . . . and is a descendant of the eighth generation (beginning with her paternal forefather, Lieut. Thomas Tracey.) of the first John Tracy, of Norwich, who was one of the first settlers of Massachusetts, and married Mary Winslow, a niece of Governor Wins1ow, of that colony. (Tenth Generation.) CHILDREN. 228 John Tracy, Wm. born ---1837. " April 18,1851. (XCIX.) Clarissa A. Mygatt, (161) daughter of Henry (122) and Sally S Mygatt, married John Donnelly, of Oxford, N.Y. …., 1834. Mr. Donnelly died ..... (Tenth Generation.) CHILDREN. son, born ------ died -----(C.) Clarissa A. Mygatt, Donnelly, (161) married (second) Frederick A. Sands, of Oxford, N. Y., January 20, 1841. (Tenth Generation.) CHILDREN. -----born ------ died ----Clarissa " " (CI.) Sarah Eliza Mygatt (162) daughter of Henry (122) and Sally S. Mygatt, married Wm. G. Sands, M. D. of Oxford, N. Y. ……, 1838. (Tenth Generation.) CHILDREN. Maria P., born October --, 1839. Sarah W., " January --, 1842. (CII.) Elizabeth Mygatt (166) daughter of William (123) and Caroline Mygatt, married Henry L. Miller, of Chenango Co., N. Y., October 15, 1839. (Tenth Generation.) CHILDREN. William Mygatt, John E., Henry Northrop, Benjamin, born " " " ------ 1840. 1842. 1845. 1851. (CIII.) Sarah A. Mygatt (168) daughter of William (123) and Caroline Mygatt, married A. B. Coe, M. D. of Oswego, N. Y., April 1847. (Tenth Generation.) CHILDREN. George B., born (CV.) Caroline L. (171) daughter of William (123) and Caroline Mygatt married Rufus L. Baldwin, of Oxford, N. Y., September 18, 1850. (CVIII.) Henry S. Mygatt (175) of New-Milford, Conn., son of Eli (125) and Martha Mygatt, married Mary, daughter of Abel Hine, of New-Milford, Conn., September 17, 1839. He represented tile Whig party of' New-Mi1ford township in the State Legislature at tile Spring session of 1847. No children by this marriage. (CIX.) Andrew B. Mygatt, of New-Milford, Conn., (176) son of Eli (125) and Martha Mygatt, married Caroline Canfield, of that town, June 7 1843. She is the daughter of Samuel and Maria Canfield, and great grand-daughter of Sarah Mygatt (22) and was born in New-Milford February 10, 1820. (Tenth Generation.) CHILDREN. 234 Caroline Canfield, born November 2, 1844, died January 28, 1845. 235 Henry S., " August 30, 1846. (CX.) Martha D. Mygatt (177) daughter of Eli (125) and Martha Mygatt, married Henry Treadwell, of NewYork, (born in New-Milford,) June 16, 1843. (Tenth Generation.) CHILDREN. John Henry. Jane. (CXI.) Mary E. Mygatt (178) daughter of Eli (125) and Martha Mygatt, married Henry Booth, of NewMilford, Conn., October 6, 1846. (Tenth Generation.) CHILDREN. Martha, Isabel, Walter, (CXII.) Elizabeth Mygatt (179) daughter of Eli (125) and Martha Mygatt, married Mr. Ezra Northrop …. 1852. They reside in New-Britain, Conn. (CXVI.) Lucy Mygatt (184) daughter of George (135) and Eliza Mygatt, married F. T. Backus, of C1eve1and, Ohio. (CXVII.) Elizabeth Mygatt (185) daughter of George (135) and Eliza Mygatt, married Jesse H. Morley, of Painesville, Ohio. . . She died August, 1844. (CXVIII.) Mary Mygatt (187) daughter of George (135) and Eliza Mygatt, married P. E. Latimer, of Cleveland, Ohio, August 6, 1850. They reside in Toledo, Ohio. She died September 5, 1852, and her remains were interred at Cleveland (Tenth Generation.) CHILDREN. George, born June, 1851, died August 14, 1852. (CXIX.) Julia Mygatt (188) daughter of George (135) and Eliza Mygatt, married Charles W. Noble, of Cleveland, Ohio ….. 1850. She died at Cleveland, April 29, 1852. The descendants of Abigail Mygatt (24) of Danbury, Conn., a descendant of the sixth generation of Deacon Joseph Mygatt, the first settler. (CXXXV.) Abigail Mygatt (24) daughter of Joseph (15) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married John Taylor, of Danbury; in 1762. John Taylor Was born October 13, 1743, and died. . . . . Hannah, his wife, died in Danbury, December 25, 1787. The Rev. Joseph Peck, her brother-in-law, preached her funeral sermon. (Seventh Generation.) CHILDREN. Hannah, born November 17, 1765, married Mr. -- Whitney, and was living in 1848, at Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y. Najah, born October 31, 1769, has resided for half a century in the city of New York; at the present, 1853, in Brooklyn. Was many years one of the Governors of the City Hospital, one of the founders of the "Savings Bank," and of the Seaman's Bank for Savings, and has been prominent as a merchant, and philanthropist, through a prolonged life. He married Susan, daughter of Dr. Daniel N. and Mabel Carrington, a niece of the author's maternal grandmother. John, born August 22, 1779, married Miss Whittaker, of Newark, N. J., and died there ---, 1846. The descendants of Benjamin Starr Mygatt (25) of Danbury, Conn., a descendant of the sixth generation, of Deacon Joseph Mygatt, the first Settler (CXXXVI.) Benjamin S. Mygatt (25) son of Joseph (15) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married Tryphena Warner, April 5, 1775. She was the daughter of Oliver and Lois Warner, of New-Milford, born December -- 1753. Benjamin S. Mygatt, died in New-Milford, February 6, 1794, and his widow, Tryphena Mygatt, married Doctor Daniel N. Carrington, of Danbury, about 1804. She died there June 16, 1815.67 (Seventh Generation.) CHILDREN. 261 Augustin, born April 6. 1776. (CXXXVII.) 262 Rebecca, " December 22, 1777, died March 15, 1778. 263 Sarah, born May 16, 1779. (CXXXVIII.) 264 Rebecca, " May 7, 1788. (CXXXIX.) (CXXXVII.) Augustin Mygatt (261) son of Benjamin S. (25) and Tryphena Mygatt, married Fanny Dickerson, of New-Milford. . . . (Eighth Generation.) CHILDREN. 265 George Warner, born January 16, 1805. (CXL.) 266 Mary Rebecca, " February 15, 1807. (CXLI.) (CXXXVIII.) Sarah Mygatt (208) daughter of Benjamin S. (25) and Tryphena Mygatt, married Isaac Hayes, of Unadilla, Otsego County, New-York. She died …… (Eighth Generation.) CHILDREN. Susan E., born ---- married Arnold B. Watson of Unadilla. Frederick Thomas, born ---Catherine, " ---- married F. Juliand, of Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y. Sarah Ann, " ---- married Rev. L. Noble, now settled (1850) at Catskill, N.Y. Augusta, " ---- unmarried in 1852. Clark J., " ---- of Unadilla. (CXXXIX.) Rebecca Mygatt (264) daughter of Benjamin S. (25) and Tryphena Mygatt, married Curtis Clark, of Danbury, Conn., December 11, 1810. Mrs. Rebecca Clark died there February 7, 1830. (Eighth Generation.) CHILDREN. Joseph Trowbridge, born January 11, 1812, died November 10, 1813. Joseph Trowbridge, 2d, " July 4, 1814, died May 10, 1819. Sarah Hayes, " September 17, 1816, married August 8, 1839, to Rev. Mr. Andrews, of Marietta, Ohio, died there December 17, 1840. Marianne Stuart, born August 2,1820, married Rev. Mr. Andrews of Marietta, August 24, 1842. Elizabeth Pelletreau, " November 3, 1823, married Rev. George R. Rosseter, of Marietta, Ohio, September 20, 1849. (CXL.) 67 Mrs. Tryphena Mygatt's sister, Mabel Warner, was the first wife of Doctor Carrington, having married him October 4, 1781, and died May 13, 1801. Their brother Reuben Warner, married Eunice, the second sister of Doctor Carrington. Susanna Carrington, the maternal grand-mother of the author of this record, was their third sister. George W. Mygatt (265) son of Augustin (261) and Fanny Mygatt, married Abigail Wooden, May 12, 1829. His residence in 1850, was Milwaukee, Wis. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 267 Orlando Clark, born February 20,1830. 268 Mary Rebecca, " November 10, 1831. (CXLI.) Mary Rebecca Mygatt (200) daughter of Augustin (261) and Fanny Mygatt, married Edwin Palmer, of Painesville, Ohio, …… Mrs. Mary R. Palmer died there January 28, 1840. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. Frances Clark, Henry Clark, Edward Hayes, born November 20, 1830, died January 31, 1831. " June 8, 1834. " December 17, 1838, died September 4, 1840. The descendants of Joseph Mygatt (26) of Danbury, Conn., a descendant of the sixth generation of Deacon Joseph Mygatt, the first settler. (CXLIV.) Joseph Mygatt (26) son of Joseph (15) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married Elizabeth Richmond, of NewMilford, Conn., May 15, 1771. Elizabeth, his wife, was born October 21, 1751. She died….. Joseph Mygatt died while on a visit at Sharon, Conn., about the year 1825. He removed to Whitehall, N. Y., prior to 1812, and lived there to the time of his death. (Seventh Generation.) CHILDREN. 269 Ben Starr, born October 15, 1774, died November 16, 1776. 270 Ezra, " ---- (CXLV.) 271 Hannah, " ---- 1786, (?) died (unmarried) at Whitehall, N. Y., 1846. (CXLV.) Ezra Mygatt (270) son of Joseph (20) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married Sarah Elizabeth Nicholson, of New-Milford. He died at Whitehall, 1820. (?) (Eighth Generation.) CHILDREN. 272 Malcolm, 273 George, 274 Henrietta, born (CXLVI.) born - 1804. (CXLVII.) " (CXLVIII.) (CXLVI.) Malcolm Mygatt (272) Of Whitehall, N. Y., son of Ezra (270) and Sarah Mygatt, married Diana Beers, of Washington County, N. Y.. Malcolm Mygatt died. . .1834. (?) (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 275 Joseph, born - - died - - aged about 18 years. 278 Elizabeth, born 1827. (?) 277 John, " 1832, (?) resides in Whitehall with his mother, 1852. 278 Henry, " -, died young. (CXLVII.) George Mygatt, (273) of Whitehall, N. Y., son of Ezra (270) and Sarah Mygatt, married Matilda, daughter of Jacob Aubrey, of that town... . 1832.(?) (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. 279 Martha Henrietta, born - 1834. (?) (CXLVIII.) Henrietta Mygatt (274) daughter of Ezra (270) and Sarah Mygatt, married William B. Butler….. In 1851 they resided in Springfield, Mass. (Ninth Generation.) CHILDREN. Horace, born ----. (CXLIX.) E1izabeth Mygatt (276) daughter of Malcolm (271) and Diana Mygatt, married Byram Woodward of Ticonderoga, N. Y., September - 1847. Descendants of Zebulon Mygatt, (12) of Hartford, the great grand-son and descendant of the fourth generation of Deacon Joseph Mygatt, of Hartford, the first settler. (CLX.) Zebulon Mygatt (12) son of Joseph (3) and Sarah Mygatt, married Dorothy Waters ….. She was born August 28, 1704, and was the daughter of Thomas and Hannah Waters, and grand-daughter of Beril Waters, who married Sarah, the widow of Joseph Mygatt (3) about this time.68 (Fifth Generation.) CHILDREN. 301 Webster, 302 Joseph, 303 daughter, 304 Thomas, 305 Rachel, 306 Sabria 307 Caroline, 68 born ---- (CLXXXI.) " (supposed) May 17, 1721. The month is illegible on the Hartford Record. We have endeavored to trace this Joseph Mygatt's existence, but can find no further account of him. born ---- married a Mr. Austin. Great diligence has been exercised to find some date of her name, marriage, and death, without any success. The name of Austin has been continued in this branch of the family, since the period of this marriage. 69 born January 17, 1724, died in 1727. " ------ (CXCV.) " ------, 1727. (CXCVI.) " ------ (CXCVII.) The most reliable memorandums relating to the family have been copied from an ancient Bible, now in the family of Mr. Austin Mygatt, of Kirkland, Oneida Co., N.Y., which was the family Bible of his father, Austin, (308) who was the son of Zebulon Mygatt, (12). This record, rendered almost illegible by time and the wear of a hundred years, has been the key of much valuable information. The names of some of Zebulon's (12) children come through this source; others from the Hartford town record, and that of the last whose name was Zebulon, was found in the Hartford Prob. Rec. 69 Mrs. Grimes a granddaughter of Mrs. Austin, was living in 1819, in Rocky Hill, or Hartford, Conn. 308 Austin, 309 Roger, 310 Thomas, 311 Zebulon, " March 2, 1732.70 On the 7th of May, 1746, He chose Joseph Hosmer, of Hartford to be his guardian.71 (CXCVIII.) born -----, 1737, died at the age of 23 years, probably unmarried. 72 born -----, 1739, died at Hartford, December 4, 1760. No further account of him has come to our know1edge, and as he died at the age of 21 years, probably was unmarried. born about 1740. (CCXXX.) The descendants of Webster Mygatt, (301) son of Zebulon Mygatt (12) of Hartford, Conn. (CLXXXI.) Webster Mygatt (301) son of Zebulon (12) and Dorothy Mygatt, of Hartford, married - - - The date, and to whom is unknown. Webster Mygatt died May 5, 1760. The only child that we can find any record of is - (Sixth Generation.) 312 John, born March - - 1754. (CLXXXII.) (CLXXXII.) John Mygatt (312) son of Webster Mygatt, (301) married Elizabeth Bulkey, of Wethersfield - - - time unknown. John Mygatt died in the army at Roxbury, Mass., February 21, 1776. He was a Sergeant in Captain Hart's company, which was under the command of Lieut. Col. Fisher Gay, (second regiment,) of Farmington, Conn. The commission to enlist a body of men was issued by Governor Trumbull to Col. Gay, January 23, 1776, and in ten days a company was raised, and on the march to join the continental army under Gen. Washington, at Boston. The time of Elizabeth Mygatt's death is unknown. Their only child appears to have been a son. (Seventh Generation.) 313 Thomas, born 1775. (CLXXXIII.) (CLXXXIII.) Thomas Mygatt, (313) of Wethersfield, Conn., son of John (312) and Elizabeth Mygatt, married Lucy Qakes, of Hartford, Conn., May 23, 1791.73 Thomas Mygatt died at Wethersfield, Conn., July - - - 1824. Lucy Mygatt, his widow, resides in Hartford. (1850.) (Eighth Generation.) Children. 70 From the record of his grand-daughter, Lucy, (364) now Mrs. Reuben Goodrich. September 6, 1748, Joseph Hosmer, of Hartford, his uncle by marriage, was appointed Roger's guardian. An entry in the old bible already spoken of, owned by Austin Mygatt (355) says, "Roger was drowned at Bloody-Point on his way with the troops to Montreal, September 4, 1760." He removed to Farmington, and settled there. The inventory of his estate was presented to the court, May 15, 1761, and Austin Mygatt, (his brother) of Farmington was chosen administrator. At a Court held in Hartford, May 13, 1762, Mary Fuller, wife of Joel Fuller, of Middletown, was complained of by Austin Mygatt. For withholding and concealing some of the estate of Roger Mygatt, deceased. 72 From this it appears that Roger belonged to the army that marched to the attack upon the French post of Montreal. He was drowned four days before the capitulation of that city to the British, which occurred September 8, 1760. There was much patriotic blood in the immediate descendants of Zebulon Mygatt. (12) Roger, (309) as we have recorded, died in the service. Austin, (308) died on Bunker Hill. John, (312) their brother Webster's son, died in the camp of the Continental Army at Roxbury; and Thomas (350) was killed in battle before his twentieth year. 73 Lucy Qakes is most probably a descendant of Simon Qakes, one of the proprietors of Cambridge, Mass., in 1632. 71 314 Thomas, born October 25, 1797. (CLXXXIV.) 315 William, " October 18, 1799, died in Alabama about 1820. 316 Elizabeth Mead, " February 22, 1802 (CLXXXV.) 317 Henry, " January 27, 1804. (CLXXXVI.) 318 Charles Austin, " August 29, 1806. (CLXXXVII.) 319 Jane, " June 29, 1809 (CLXXXVIII.) 320 Lucy, " August 17, 1811. (CLXXXIX.) 321 Mary Ann, " December 20, 1813. (CXC.) 322 George, " May 26, 1816. (CXCI.) 323 Maria, " March 26, 1821, died in 1841. (CLXXXIV.) Thomas Mygatt (314) son of Thomas (313) and Lucy Mygatt, married Phebe daughter of Erastus Gay, of Farmington Conn., September - - 1823. Thomas Mygatt resides in Albany, N.Y. (Ninth Generation.) Children. 324 William Gay, born January 10, 1825. (CXCII.) (CLXXXV.) Elizabeth Mead Mygatt (316) daughter of Thomas (313) and Lucy Mygatt married, Joseph Coit, of Ellsworth, Trumbull Co., Ohio, about the year 1837. (Ninth Generation.) Children. Francis M., born 1844. (CLXXXVI.) Henry Mygatt, (317) of Farmington, Conn., son of Thomas (313) and Lucy Mygatt, married Sarah C. daughter of Noadiah and Dorcas Woodruff, of that town, June 23, 1830. 74 No children by this marriage. (CLXXXVII.) Charles A. Mygatt, (318) of Columbus, Ga., son of Thomas (313) and Lucy Mygatt, married Julia, daughter of Abijah Catlin, of Harwinton, Conn., July 1, 1832. (Ninth Generation.) Children. 325 Char1es Williams, born May 9, 1836. 326 Frances Ann, " November 11, 1838. 327 Henry Newman, " July 31, 1841. (CLXXXVIII.) 74 Mr. Judah Woodruff, the grand-father of Mrs. Mygatt, was only sixteen years old when a call was made on the State of Connecticut, for men to join the army, for the invasion of Canada. Young Woodruff, who was preparing himself for Yale College at this time, was too patriotic to resist the impulses that urged him to join this perilous expedition. He was in the army four years, and survived the hardships of that memorable campaign. He died at Farmington in --- aged ninety-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Mygatt are in possession of the same farm that was settled by her paternal ancestor more than two hundred years ago. Jane Mygatt (319) daughter of Thomas (3313) and Lucy Mygatt, married Merrit W. Powers, of Hartford, October - - - 1828. (Ninth Generation.) Children. Edward, Henry, Elizabeth born - - " --" --(CLXXXIX.) Lucy Mygatt (320) daughter of Thomas (313) and Lucy Mygatt, married Samuel C. Woodruff, of Hartford, Conn., June 5, 1834. (Ninth Generation.) Children. Samuel V., born August 29, 1836. Helen J., " August 1, 1844. Emma, " March 27, 1849. (CXC.) Mary Ann Mygatt (321) daughter of Thomas (113) and Lucy Mygatt, married Benning E. Mann, May 3, 1834 - - - They reside in Norwich, Conn. (Ninth Generation.) Children. Julia E. Edward B. Charles A. Mary A. (CXCI.) George Mygatt (322) son of Thomas (313) and Lucy Mygatt, Married Elizabeth Ann, daughter of John and Elizabeth C. Ta1rnadge, deceased, of Clark County, Georgia, December 4, 1849. They reside in Monticel1o, Georgia. Mrs. Mygatt's parents were originally from New Jersey. (Ninth Generation.) Children. 335 Joseph Coit, born September 28, 1852. (CXCII.) William G. Mygatt (324) son of Thomas (314) and Phebe Mygatt, married Catherine Maddox, daughter of William and Sarah Powell Goolsby, of Jasper County, Georgia, June 7, 1851. They reside in Monticello, Ga. (Tenth Generation.) Children. 340 William Goolsby, born June 2, 1852. (CXCV.) Rachel Mygatt (305) daughter of Zebulon (12) and Dorothy Mygatt, of Hartford, married Hezekiah Winchell, of Kensington, Hartford, Co., Conn. - - 1758. We have no further account of her. She was over twelve years and under twenty-one years of age in 1748, our inference being drawn from the Probate record. September 6, 1848, she chose Joseph Hosmer, of Hartford, to be her guardian. He was her uncle by marriage with her Aunt Sabra. (CXCVI.) Sabra Mygatt (306) daughter of Zebulon (12) and Dorothy Mygatt, of Hartford, married Joseph Hosmer, of that town, January 17, 1745. Joseph Hosmer, was born November 28, 1705, and died June 27, 1777. Mrs. Sabra Hosmer died June 6, 1789.75 We have no further account of her. (CXCVII.) Caroline Mygatt (307) daughter of Zebulon (12) and Dorothy Mygatt, of Hartford, married Zalmon Atwood76, of Berlin, Conn.77 Mrs. Caroline Atwood Died October - - - 1764. We have no other account of this fami1y. 78 The descendants of Austin Mygatt, (308) son of Zebulon Mygatt, (12) of Hartford. (CXCVIII.) Austin Mygatt (308) son of Zebulon (12) and Dorothy Mygatt of Hartford, married Lament Blinn in 1759. He settled in Wethersfield, Conn., and afterwards removed to Farmington. Lament Mygatt was born in 1735, and died July 12, 1788. Austin Mygatt died in the camp of the Continental army, on Bunker Hill 79, February 23, 1776. An account of him, furnished by his son Austin, (355) says: "He held the commission of Lieutenant in the army. His energetic mind and activity, induced his superior officer to select him for the delicate and dangerous duty of a spy; he accomp1ished his mission and returned on foot express to the camp, and shortly after fell dead in the presence of his company - supposed from fatigue." We notice on the Probate Record, "At a court held at Hartford, April 8, 1788, an order was granted to divide the estate of Austin Mygatt, deceased. Jonathan, the eldest son, received a double share, and the other children a single share. Roger, one of his sons, bought a part of his father's dwelling house for £9 0 0. (Sixth Generation.) Children 346 Jonathan, 347 Roger, 348 Roger 349 Caroline, 350 Thomas, 351 Louisa, 352 Sabra, 353 Sarah, 354 Sylvester, 355 Austin, 75 born " " " " " " " " " July 23, 1759. (CXCIX.) January 19, 1761, died in infancy. April 6, 1762. (CC.) October 4, 1763. (CCI.) July 6, 1765, was killed in an engagement with the British before his 20th year. January 19, 1768, never married; died in 1844. October 10, 1769. (CCII.) March 3, 1772. (CCIII.) September 9, 1774. (CCIV.) March 1776. (CCV.) This memorandum was furnished by Mr. James B. Hosmer, of Hartford, her grandson. Handwritten note - "This surely a mistake. The inscription on Zalmon Atwood's own monument in Berlin reads - 'Sarah, wife of Zalmon A. died Dec. 3, 1835 - aged 64.' A record of marriage between Josiah Atwood, Jr. and Caroline Mygatt Ap. 13, 1751, ---- to mean Caroline (307). See New Eng. -- --- Reg. XV. p. 241." 77 Memorandum furnished by Miss Jane L. Mygatt, daughter of Austin Mygatt. (355) 78 Austin Mygatt (355) mentions his "Aunt Osborn." If she was a Mygatt, we do not know where to place her. 79 Handwritten note - "Prospect Hill ?" 76 (CXCIX.) Jonathan Mygatt (346) son of Austin (308) and Lament Mygatt, married Prudence Noble, about - - 1782. Jonathan Mygatt died in New Milford, Connecticut, September 18, 1822. Prudence Mygatt (who was born about 1762), died in New Milford, January 15, 1840. (Seventh Generation.) Children 356 Betsey, born 357 Aminta, " 358 Harriet, " 359 Mehetable, " 360 Horatio, " 361 William, " January 27, 1785. (CCVII.) about l788. (CCVIII.) " 1794. (CCIX) July 8, 1796, unmarried in 1848, resides in New-Milford, Conn. January 4, 1798. (CCX.) (CC.) Roger Mygatt (348) son of Austin (308) and Lament Mygatt, married Honor, daughter of Samuel Bidwell, of Glastenbury, Conn. She was born in 1773. Roger Mygatt died in Berlin, Conn., October 25, 1824. Mrs. Honor Mygatt died in Nashua, N.H., about 1851. (Seventh Generation.) Children. 362 Hiram, 363 Ralph, 364 Lucy, 365 John, born '' " " June 6, l795. (CCXI.) May 10, 1797. (CCXII.) May 26, 1801. (CCXIII.) January 6, 1803 (CCXIV.) (CCI.) Caroline Mygatt (349) daughter of Austin (308) and Lament Mygatt married Selah Woodruff - - 1789. They reside at Kirkland, Oneida Co., N.Y. (CCII.) Sabra Mygatt (352) daughter of Austin (308) and Lament Mygatt, married David Rundell, of Catskill, N.Y., about 1791. Their present residence is Spring, Crawford Co., Pa. (CCIII.) Sarah Mygatt (353) daughter of Austin (308) and Lament Mygatt, married Mr. Atwood,80 of Berlin, Conn. - - -.81 We have no further account of this family. (CCIV.) Sylvester Mygatt (354) son of Austin (308) and Lament Mygatt, married Abi, daughter of Elisha Booth, of Berlin, Conn., August 29, 1800. Mr. Mygatt was evidently born for a pioneer. He is a man of large muscular frame, and commanding appearance, and has gone westward with the "tide of empire," from early life. About the year 1804 he removed from Berlin to Oneida Co., N.Y., and from thence to Hannibal, Oswego Co., in 1829. In 1838, emigrated to Wisconsin, and resides three miles west of Racine, at Mygatt's Cross Roads, Racine Co. 80 Handwritten note "Mar. 1st March 1792 to Zalmon Atwood; died 3 Dec., 1835. Monument in Berlin -- -- yard. Had nine children. (illegible)." 81 Memorandum furnished by the family of Austin Mygatt (355) (Seventh Generation.) Children. 380 Gilyard, born April 17, 1802, died October 12, 1803. 381 Edgar Gilyard " May 27,1803. (CCXV.) 382 Alston, " March 26, 1805. (CCXVI.) 383 Henrietta, " September 7, 1806. (CCXVII.) 384 Louisa, " February 9, 1808. (CCXVIII.) 385 Sylvester, " December 1, 1810, died September 12, 1832, unmarried. 386 Delos Wallace, " March 19, 1812, died June 2, 1813. 387 Delos, " March 20, 1813, died September 16, 1815. 388 Wallace, " August 18, 1814. (CCXIX.) 389 Harriet Eugene, " February 21, 1816. 390 Minerva Hortense, " July 20, 1820. (CCXXI.) 391 Maria Lucetta, " December 18, 1822. (CCXXII.) The two eldest of the above children wore born in Berlin, Conn., the others in Clinton, Oneida Co., N.Y. (CCV.) Austin Mygatt (355) son of Austin (308) and Lamont Mygatt, married Rhoda Russell, of Rocky Hill, Conn. --- Mr. Mygatt removed from Berlin, Conn., in 1806, to Kirkland, Oneida Co., N.Y., where he resides. (Seventh Generation.) Children. 393 Maria, born April 23, 1801. 394 Philip R., " March 12, 1803. (CCXXIV.) 395 Charlotte, " March 27, 1805. (CCXXV.) 396 Austin W., " December 9, 1810. (CCXXVI.) 397 Emeline, " March - - - 1814, resides with her father in Kirkland. 398 Henry, " March - - - 1816. (CCXXVII.) 399 Jane L. " November --- 1822, resides with her father in Kirkland.82 (CCVI.) Betsey Mygatt, (356) daughter of Jonathan (346) and Prudence Mygatt, married Samuel Hull, of Derby, Conn. (CCVII.) Aminta Mygatt, (357) daughter of Jonathan (346) and Prudence Mygatt, married George Loveland, of Berlin, Conn., May 8, 1805. Mr. Loveland was born May 8, 1780. (Eighth Generation.) Children. Lois, Born William, " Maria, " George, " Sarah, " Elijah, " John, " 82 -------- -- - A merchant; resides in Brunswick County, Virginia. ---- - Resides in Middletown, Conn. -- The author of this Record has been furnished with many valuable family statistics by Miss J. L.M. Henry, " --(Two children besides the above, who died in infancy.) (CCVIII.) Harriet Mygatt, (358) daughter of Jonathan (346) and Prudence Mygatt, married James McMahon, of New Milford, Conn., - - - - and died there in 1814. (CCIX.) Mehetable Mygatt, (359) daughter of Jonathan (346) and Prudence Mygatt married Anson Porter - - They were residing in Meriden, Conn., in 1848. (CCX.) William Mygatt, (361) of New-Milford, Conn., son of Jonathan (346) and Prudence Mygatt, married Mrs. Hetty T. Allen - -- December, - - 1839. (Eighth Generation.) Children. 420 Harriet, born April 4, 1843. Died May 1, 1848. (CCXI.) Hiram Mygatt, (362) of Berlin, Conn., son of Roger (348) and Honor Mygatt, married Anna, daughter of Joseph Booth, of that town, July 13, 1823.83 Hiram Mygatt died at Berlin, October 20, 1831, and his widow afterward married Elishama Brandigee, of that town. The children of Hiram and Anna Mygatt were (Eighth Generation.) Children. 421 Julia S., born July 21, 1831. Died August 2, 1832. Two others --deceased. (CCXII.) Ralph Mygatt (363) son of Roger (348) and Honor Mygatt, married - - - He resides in Lansinburgh, N.Y. (Eighth Generation.) Children. He has had five children. (CCXIII.) Lucy Mygatt (364) daughter of Roger (348) and Honor Mygatt, married Reuben Goodrich, of Windsor - - They reside at Nashua, N. H. (Eighth Generation.) Children. Wm. Henry, Hiram Mygatt, 83 born " Berlin Town Record. Nov. 8, 1822. Married, Sept. 11, 1844, to Mary Ann daughter of Ebenezer Williams, of Pepperell, Mass. Aug. 23, 1828. Child " ---- Deceased. (CCXIV.) John Mygatt, (365) son of Roger (348) and Honor Mygatt, married - - - . He resided at West Troy, N.Y., and died there June 14, 1843. (Eighth Generation.) Children. John Mygatt left four children, names unknown. (CCXV.) Edgar G. Mygatt, (381) son of Sylvester (354) and Abi Mygatt, married Jane Katharine, daughter of Doctor Philetus Sprague, of Hannibal, N.Y., Sept. 23, 1830. He is a physician, and was residing, in 1850, at Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois. (Eighth Generation.) Children. 441 Henry Martyn, born Dec 6, 1833, at Paris Hill, Oneida County, N.Y. 442 Camilla, " April 17, 1837, at Hannibal, N.Y. 443 Albert Sprague, " Dec. 22, 1842, at Southport, Wis. Died Nov. 15, 1843. 444 Sy1vester Nelson, " Nov. 7, 1844, at Southport, Wis. 445 Albert Alonzo, " July 23, 1847, at Richmond, Illinois. (CCXVI.) Alston Mygatt, (382) son of Sylvester (354) and Abi Mygatt, married Effa Maria Van Epps, of Vernon, Oneida County, N.Y., November 2, l835. Mrs. Alston Mygatt was born in - - - 1809, and died at Vicksburg, Miss., June 17, 1845.84 Mr. Mygatt graduated at Hamilton College, N.Y., and studied theology for a time at Auburn; but ill health compelled him to abandon his studies and seek employment in a milder climate. He has resided for some years in New Orleans. (Eighth Generation.) Children 448 - - - - boy, born - - - . died in infancy. 449 A1ston " 1838. 450 Elizabeth " - - - . died in infancy, in Mobile, Ala. 451 - - - " ---. " " " 452 Maria Elizabeth, born ----. (CCXVII.) Henrietta Mygatt, (383) daughter of Sylvester (354) and Abi Mygatt, married John Bullen, Jr., of Oswego Co., N.Y., September 28, 1826. Mr. Bullen founded the town of Southport, now Kenosha, Wisconsin. In 1834 he was deputed by a company in Oswego Co., N.Y. to seek out a new home for them in the new country, then first coming into notice, west of Lake Michigan. Hiring an Indian guide at Chicago, in June of that year, they pursued their solitary way until they came to the present site of Kenosha. Here he pitched his tent, attracted by the beauty of the situation and the fertile, champaign appearance of the back country, and after many encounters with border men and squatters, finally established his claim as pre-emptionist to the soil, and Kenosha has since become one of the most flourishing towns on the lake. 84 The author visited the tomb of Mrs. Mygatt in the spring of 1849. A handsome monument indicated her grave, and the burying lot was neatly fenced, and in perfect order. It was the only inviting spot in that cemetery - all other graves showed neglect and decay. (Eighth Generation.) Children. John Bullen, 3d, born Dec. 1, 1827. Mary Louisa, " June 30, l829. Married Mr. Sykes. William, " Jan. 2, 1832. Died Feb. 9, 1832. Sy1vester, " Jan. 17, 1833. Wallace, " April 30, l835. Signora, " August 24, l836. Died April 23, 1837. Robert, " Jan. 13, l843. Josephine, " Aug. 24, 1844. Died April - - , 1849. Josephine, " May - - , 1849. (The first six of the above children wore born at Hannibal, N.Y.; the others in Kenosha.) (CCXVIII.) Louisa Mygatt, (384) daughter of Sylvester (354) and Abi Mygatt, married Rev. Austin Kent, of Hopkinton, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., July ---- , 1837. (Eighth Generation.) Children. Maria, born Sept. 18, 1838. Died Sept. 18, 1839. Edgar A., " Dec. 21, 1839. Harriet L., " May 25, 1841. Died Aug. - - , 1842. (CCXIX.) Wallace Mygatt, (388) son of Sylvester (354) and Abi Mygatt married Mary Jane Gibson, February 24, 1846. Mr. Mygatt resides in Kenosha, Wis. (Eighth Generation.) Children. 468 Genevieve Ione, born April 3, 1846. Died August 14, 1847. 469 Genevieve, " Aug. 14, 1848. (Born in Kenosha.) (CCXXI.) Minerva H. Mygatt, (390) daughter of Sylvester (354) and Abi Mygatt, married John T. Coleman, son of Rev. Eliphalet Beecher Coleman, of Le Roy, N.Y., April 7, 1845. They were residing at Racine, Wis., in 1850. (CCXXII.) Maria S. Mygatt, (391) daughter of Sylvester (354) and Abi Mygatt, married Elias Lee, son of Josiah Lee, of Queehee, Vermont, June 10, 1841. They resided in Kenosha, Wis., in 1850. (Eighth Generation.) Children. Virgilla Minerva, born May 25, 1842. Died Feb. 18, 1845. (Infant son), " June 26, 1843. " -- --, -Ellen Maria, " Sept. 9, 1844. " Oct. 22, 1845 F1orence Virgilla, " Aug. 23, 1846. (All born at Kenosha.) (CCXXIII.) Maria Mygatt, (393) daughter of Austin (355) and Rhoda Mygatt, married Ase1 Cook, of Exeter, Otsego Co., N.Y. - - -. Mrs. Maria Cook died in 1834. Nothing further is known of this family. (CCXXIV.) Philip R. Mygatt, (394) son of Austin (355) and Rhoda Mygatt, married Sarah Mitchell, of Oneida Co., N.Y. - - . He removed to Wisconsin, and in 1850 resided at Rochester, Racine Co., in that state. (Eighth Generation.) Children. 481 Ellen, 482 Elizabeth, 483 Edwin. 484 Harriet, 485 Julia, 486 Franklin, 487 (Girl.) born about l829. Died - - -. (CCXXV.) Charlotte Mygatt, (395) daughter of Austin (355) and Rhoda Mygatt, married David Pixley, of Kirkland, N.Y., about 1829. No farther account of this family. (CCXXVI.) Austin W. Mygatt, (396) son of Austin (355) and Rhoda Mygatt, married Mary Ann Chesebrough, (a native of Connecticut,) at Rockville, Laselle Co., Illinois - - -. They resided at Peru, Illinois, in 1850. (Eighth Generation.) Children. 491 Maria, born 492 Austin, " 493 Mary Ann, " 494 Emeline, " (CCXXVII.) Henry Mygatt, (398) son of Austin (355) and Rhoda Mygatt, married Harriet Brisco, of Newtown, Conn., July 28, l85l. His present residence is San Francisco, Cal. The descendants of Zebulon Mygatt, (311) son of Zebulon Mygatt (12) of Hartford. The "old record" in the possession of Austin Mygatt (355) and his oral account of his family, makes mention of but ten children, the heirs of Zebulon Mygatt, (12) of East Hartford. That there was another son, is proved from the following entry in the Probate Record of Hartford: "August 16, 1768, John Mygatt, a minor son of Webster Mygatt, of Hartford, dec'd aged fourteen years last March, made choice of his uncle, Zebulon Mygatt, of Hartford, to be his guardian." And Probate Record, book 14, fol. 115, says: "At a Court, April 20, 1761, the Court grant administration on the estate of Thomas Mygatt, late of Hartford, dec'd, unto Zebulon Mygatt, of said Hartford." Our conclusions lead us to make record as follows: (CCXXX.) Zebulon Mygatt, (311) of East Hartford, son of Zebulon Mygatt, (12) was born about the year 1730. No record of his marriage has been found. His death occurred about the close of the year 1789; as we find on examining the Probate Record that the court at Hartford, December 1, 1789, granted letters of administration on his estate to James Wells, of that town. 85 Daniel, the eldest son, received a double share, and the remaining children a single share of the estate. (Sixth Generation.) Children. 500 Mary, 501 Catherine, 502 Daniel, 503 Elisha, 504 Roswell, 505 Abigai1, 506 Zebulon, 507 Epaphras, born -- (CCXXXI.) " -- (CCXXXII.) " - - 1755.86 (CCXXXIII.) " November 13, 1752.87 (CCXXXIV.) " -(CCXXXV.) " -(CCXXXVI.) " -- (CCXXXVII.) " -- (CCXXXVIII.) Note. - On a list of deaths found on an old record in Hartford is the following: "A child of Zebulon Mygatt, died November 4, 1767." (CCXXXI.) Mary Mygatt, (500) daughter of Zebulon Mygatt, (311) of East Hartford, Conn., married Ashbel Barnard, (the time and place unknown) and in the distribution of her father's estate, received "the whole of the dwelling house" as her portion. After her marriage, she removed to Whitestown, N.Y., and this is the last account we have of this family. (CCXXXII.) Catherine Mygatt, (501) daughter .of Zebulon Mygatt, (311) of E. Hartford, married a Mr. Dickinson (time and place unknown.) They removed to Whitestown, N.Y. (CCXXXIII.) Daniel Mygatt, (502) son of Zebulon Mygatt, (311) of E. Hartford removed to Mississippi about, and perhaps prior to, the year 1800, and settled in Claiborne Co., fifty miles above Natchez. He was married before he left Connecticut, say as early as 1790, but to whom we have no evidence. His brother Roswell accompanied him to the valley of the Mississippi. He died previous to the year 1809, and we trace but one child from this marriage, although we have evidence in the note below that there were other children. 88 85 We have had much difficulty in tracing the descendants of this man, although of comparatively recent existence. The reader will notice that they have been widely scattered. 86 This is an inference made from memorandums in possession of the author. 87 Family Record. 88 A valued correspondent, who, at the request of the author, examined the Claiborne County docket, says: "I have examined the direct and reversed index in our Clerk's office, and find the name of Mygatt occurring but once, either as grantor or grantee. The single deed is from Webster Mygatt to Charles F. McCoy, dated 26th December, 1809 and conveys all his interest, being one half, as one of the children and heirs of Daniel Mygatt, dec'd, in a tract of 1and on the waters of Bayou Pierre, in Claiborne County, containing 345 acres, for which a certificate was issued by the Commissioners of the Land Office for the district west of Pearl river, marked and numbered as Certif. B.66, Register, No. 1573." The records of the Land Office at Washington, near Natchez, would doubtless give some further clue to this family. (Seventh Generation.) Children. 510 Webster, born, supposed about 1788. Of his subsequent existence we have no knowledge or of his brothers or sisters. They are probably all dead. (CCXXXIV.) Elisha Mygatt (503) son of Zebulon Mygatt, (311) of E. Hartford, married Tryphena Bronson, of Hartford - - . She was born August 1, 1767. Elisha Mygatt died in Hartford, July 25, 1820. 89 Tryphena Mygatt died March 1, 1834. (Seventh Generation.) Children. 511 Jane, born Oct. 25, 1798. Was unmarried in 1848, and resided in Wethersfield, Ct. 512 Norman Austin, " Oct. 26, 1802. Is married, and resides at Fort Wayne, Ind. He has two daughters and one son, names unknown. (CCXXXV.) Roswell Mygatt (504) son of Zebulon, (311) of East Hartford, was married, we infer, in Connecticut, (when and to whom is unknown) and had one or more children born there. He emigrated to Mississippi with his brother Daniel prior to the year 1800, and settled about one mile east of the town of Port Gibson, Claiborne County, which lies on the Bayou Pierre. He was one of the party who captured Col. Aaron Burr, on the 27th of January 1807. He subsequently removed from Mississippi, and died in the Parish of Rapides, Louisiana, about the year 1820.90 (Seventh Generation.) Children. 515 Daniel, 516 Austin, 517 Sarah, 518 Nancy, 519 Anne, born about 1792. (CCXLI.) " " -in the vicinity of Natchez. (CCXLII.) " (CCXLIII.) (CCXLIV.) Nothing farther is known of this daughter, whether married, living or dead. (CCXXXVI.) Abigail Mygatt, (505) daughter of Zebulon, (311) of East Hartford, married a Mr. Innes, (supposed of Hartford,) time unknown, and we have no other account of her. Note - This marriage we gather from the Hartford Probate Record, but Jane Mygatt (511) is quite positive that she married a Mr. Forbes, of East Hartford. (CCXXXVII.) Zebulon Mygatt, (506) son of Zebulon, (311) of East Hartford, married Bathsheba ---, of Weathersfield, time unknown.91 Zebulon Mygatt died in Weathersfield - - - 1783. Note - His widow, Bathsheba, administered on his estate. See Prob. Rec., book 23, fol. 110. 89 Fam. Rec. After much personal investigation in several towns of Hartford County, in the fall of 1848, in endeavoring to trace the families of Zebulon Mygatt's (311) children, which resulted unsuccessfully - the family line and name suddenly disappearing, and lost to the memory of such of the "old people" as the author was referred to - they were accidentally discovered by a singular circumstance, in an interior County of the State of Mississippi in April, 1849. The author was traveling in Carroll County of that state, and learning that there was a family of Mygatts residing about nine miles S.W. of the Court House, on the Shongalo road, went in pursuit of them. Here, on a plantation, he found Rufus D. Mygatt, a great-grand-son of Zebulon Mygatt (311) and grandson of Roswell (504) one of the "lost tribes" mentioned above. From him much information was gleaned respecting his grandfather Roswell and his great-uncle Daniel (502). The account, however, was oral, and the dates furnished are not strictly accurate. 91 The statistics of this family are from the Weathersfie1d Town Rec. 90 (Seventh Generation.) Children. 521 Bathsheba, born Feb., 3, 1777. Nothing farther is known of her. 522 Joseph, " Aug. 15, 1780. (CCXLV.) 523 Kata, " Nov. 10, 1782.) We are unable to trace these two 524 Zebulon, " 1783.) children after these dates. (CCXXXVIII.) Epaphras Mygatt, (507) son of Zebulon Mygatt, (311) of East Hartford, was married - - - when and to whom, is unknown. Epaphras Mygatt died prior to the year 1789. In the distribution of his father's estate, May, 1891, there was apportioned "to the heirs of Epaphras Mygatt all that remains, &c.," after giving the other seven heirs their respective portions. (CCXLI.) Daniel Mygatt, (515) of Claiborne Co., Miss., son of Roswell Mygatt (504) married Mary, daughter of Ferrill Alford, of the same county, about the year 1808. (?) Daniel Mygatt died about the year 1814. (?) Mrs. Mary Mygatt was alive in 1849, residing in Copiah County, Miss., about five miles from the Brandywine Springs. Note - the name of Mathew Mygatt is found on the New York City Directory, for 1808-9-10. He is a descendant of Zebulon Mygatt, (12) but his name has not come to our notice on any family record. (Eighth Generation.) Children. 530 Eve1ine, 531 Rufus D., born about 1808. Died in Claiborne Co., about 1810. " Oct. 11, 1811, in Claiborne Co. (CCXLVI.) (CCXLII.) Austin Mygatt (516) of Claiborne Co., Miss., son of Roswell Mygatt (504) was married in that state (when and to whom is unknown). Austin Mygatt is supposed to have died in Natchez. He had three or four children, the eldest, (Eighth Generation.) Children. 532 Roswell, born ---- , Died in Natchez, Miss., about the year 1830 (?) (CCXLIII.) Sarah Mygatt, (517) daughter of Roswell Mygatt, (504) married James Drury, of Mississippi (time unknown), and subsequent1y resided at Pine Ridge, Adams Co., three miles N. of Washington, Miss., and seven miles from Natchez. Nothing farther is known of this family. (CCXLIV.) Nancy Mygatt, (518) daughter of Roswe11 Mygatt, (504) married - - - Smith, of Mississippi (time unknown), and had children, Russel, Benjamin and John (eighth generation), who resided near Warrenton, Warren Co., Miss. Nothing farther is known of this family. (CCXLV.) Joseph Mygatt, (522) of Glastenbury, Conn., son of Zebulon (506) and Bathsheba Mygatt, married Polly - - - , her name and date of marriage unknown. Note - This family has been so scattered as to render an attempt at defining them in this record quite vague and unsatisfactory. No family record has been found. A correspondent at South Glastenbury writes: "Joseph Mygatt was born, it is be1ieved, in Berlin, Conn., 92 and brought up from a very early age in this town, where he married and sett1ed. He was lost at sea in 1820," 1eaving several children. Hartford Prob. Rec., Book 33, fol. 245, contains "an inventory of the estate and effects of Joseph Mygatt, dec'd, 1ate of Glastenbury, taken June 20," 1820. (Eighth Generation.) Children. 540 Austin, 541 Almira, 542 Sarah, 543 Clarissa, 544 Joseph, born about 1810. (?) In 1849 was residing in Springfield, Mass. " Married John Houston, and resided in Hartford in 1849. Mr. Houston died in October, 1849. " Believed to have married a Mr. Morgan, and has removed to Illinois. " Believed to have married a Mr. Duning, and resides in New-Hartford, Conn. " Resides in Illinois. Note - These five children were born, undoubtedly, between the years 1805 and 1820. (CCXLVI.) Rufus D. Mygatt, (531) of Carroll County, Miss., son of Daniel (515) and Mary Mygatt, married Mrs. Susan Vance, daughter of Samuel Lum, of that County, February - - , 1836. Mrs. Susan Mygatt died May - - , 1847. (Ninth Generation.) Children. 548 Daniel, born Jan. 18 1837. 549 Robert, " March 1, 1839. 550 John, " Sept. 16, 1842. 551 Austin, " Jan. 6, l845. Rufus D. Mygatt married (second time) Mrs. Martha Gosey, daughter of Samuel Lum, June - - , 1847. Children 552 Amanda, born April 9, 1848. 92 This is probably wrong. We believe Weathersfie1d was his native place. In the foregoing history we have recorded the names of 514 persons. Of these are - - - - - - - 273 males, 241 females. The different generations sum up as follows: 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Generation, do., do., do., do., do., do., do., do., do., 1 male, 1 " 6 " 11 " 9 " 18 " 49 " 82 " 85 " 11 " 1 female. 1 " 3 " 7 " 6 " 12 " 36 " 86 " 79 " 10 " The Mygatt family are inclined to longevity; more than average number of aged persons will be noticed in this record. A large majority of these have been and are Congregational or Presbyterian in their religious sentiments. Of the generations now living, at least three fourths are found upon the ancestral platform of faith. Besides these, there are a few Baptists, a small number of Episcopalians, and one family of Universalists. The faculty of accumulation is traceable in every generation; a very large number of the families forming this record, those who have passed away as well as living generations, have been blessed with worldly wealth sufficient to render their condition comfortable and independent. Among the later generations are a more than ordinary number of fortunes, all, or nearly all, the fruits of personal industry and talent. Here ends our history. There is a moral deduceable from its pages - who will profit by it? "Life is but a day at most." "Time runs his ceaseless course. The men of yore, Who danced our infancy upon their knee, And told our wondering boyhood legends store Of their strange ventures, happ'd by land or sea -How are they blotted from the things that be!" APPENDIX. ******* Form of the "Freeman's Oath," used in the Colony of Plymouth, Mass. "You shall swear by the name of the great God of Heaven and earth and in his fear and presence that you shall not speake, or doe, devise or advise any thing, act or acts, directly or indirectly, by land or water, that doth shall, or may tend to the destruction or overthrow of this present plantation, Colonie, or corporation of this Town, Plymouth in new England. Neither shall you suffer the same to be spoken or done, but shall hinder and oppose the same by all due means you c*---. "You shall not enter into any league, treaty, confederation or combination with any, within the said Colonie or without the same that shall plote or contrive anything to the hurte and ruine of the growth and good of the said plantation. You shall not consente to any such confederation, nor conceale and known unto you certainly or by congress, but shall forthwith manifest and make known the same to the Governors of this said towne for the time being. "And this you promise and swear, simply and truly, and faithfully to performe as you hope for help from God, the God of truth and punisher of falshood." This is the earliest form of the Freeman's oath on Record. It was somewhat altered in 1658, and a clause inserted, of loyalty to the King of England. ********** Form of the "Freeman's Oath," used in Connecticut, when a Colony. I, A. B. being by the Providence of God an inhabitant within the jurisdiction of Connecticut, do acknowledge myself to be subject to the government thereof, and do swear by the great and fearful name of the everlasting God, to be true and faithful unto the same, and do submit both my person and estate thereunto, according to all the wholesome laws and orders that there are or hereafter shall be there made and established by lawful authority, and that I will neither plot nor practice any evil against the same nor consent to any that shall so do, but will timely discover the same to lawful authority there established; and that I will, as I am in duty bound, maintain the honor of the same and of the lawful magistrates thereof, promoting the public good thereof whilst I shall continue an inhabitant there; and whenever I shall give my vote or suffrage touching any matter which concerns this Commonwealth, being called thereunto, will give it as in my conscience I shall judge may conduce to the best good of the same, without respect of persons, or favor of any man. So help me God, in the Lord Jesus Christ. ********* The List of Names, supposed to include Mr. Hooker's Company, constituting the first settlers of the Town of Cambridge, preserved in the Records of the Proprietors, under the date of 1632. (From Dr. Holmes' History of Cambridge.) Jeremy Adams, Matthew Allen, John Benjamin, Jonathan Boswell, | | | | John Haynes, Esq., Thomas Heate, Rev. Thomas Hooker, Thomas Hosmer, Mr. Simon Bradhurst, John Bridge, Richard Butler, John Clarke, Anthony Couldby, or Colby, Daniel Dennison Thomas Dudley, Esq., Samuel Dudley, Edward Elmer, Richard Goodman, William Goodwin, Garrad Hadden, Stephen Hart, | Richard Harlackenden, | William Lewis, | Richard Lord, | John Masters, | Abraham Morrill, | Hester Mussey, | Simon Oakes, | James Olmsted, | Capt. Daniel Patrick, | John Prat, | William Pentrey, | Joseph Redinge, | Nathaniel Richards, William Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Edward Stebbins, John Steele, Henry Steele, George Steele, Samuel Stone, John Talcott, William Wadsworth, Andrew Warner, Richard Webb, William Westwood, John White. In the appendix to Savage's edition of Winthrop's Journal, page 365, is the following: "1635, on May 6." Sixty-eight persons took the freeman's oath at the General Court, viz.: Philemon Portemouth, Henry Elkins, Christopher Marshall, Edmond Jacklins, Mr. Zachariah Symmes, John Reynolds, John Leathermore, *John Clerke, *Thomas Hosmer, George Stockin, *Jeremy Adams, Samuel Allen, John Gay, Thomas Marshall, Robert Andrews, Thomas Gun, Elias Parkman, Joseph Morse, William Moody, Richard Jacob, Boniface Burton, William Edmonds, George Farr, Edmonde Bulkley, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Joseph Maggott, George Strange, Thomas Hoskins, Henry Wright, Robert Dibell, John Blackleach, Edward Garfield, Christopher Osgood, Aaron Cooke, Robert Bootfish, John Ravensdale, Robert Cotty, William Pell, Benjamin Gillain, Thomas Alcocke, Thomas Peirce, Jeffrey Furnis, Thomas Hastings, John Thompson, Robert Wincall, John Arnoll, John Hall, Robert Day, Thomas Pyne, Edward Browne, Jarret Bourne, John Sebley, Barnaby Wines Henry Bright, John Batchelor, Thomas Swift, William Butler, Nathaniel Ely, Humfry Bradstreet, | Nathaniel Duncan, | Richard Kimball, | Jonathan Jellett, | Henry Fowkes, | Daniel Morse, | Richard Browne, | Thomas Buckland, | George Phelps, | Robert Driver, | John Legge, Mr. Stephen Batchelor, *These three persons were of the "Hooker Company" of 1632. . The Indian name of Hartford was Suckiange. The settlers first named it Newtown, from the place of their residence in Massachusetts; but in February, 1637, they gave it the present name of Hartford. The place was originally purchased by Mr. Stone and Mr. William Goodwin, of Sunckquasson, the Indian chief and proprietor of the soil, who afterwards renewed the sale to John Haynes, and others and enlarged the boundries of his grant. The original deeds were lost or carried away, and were renewed by the heirs and successors of Suncquasson, in 1670. The following is a true copy, from the records of the last. RENEWAL DEED. "Whereas our predecessor Sunckquasson, sachem of Suckiage, alias Hartford, did about the yeare sixteen hundred thirty six, by a writeing under his hand, pass over unto Mr. Samuel Stone and Mr. Wm. Goodwin, in the behalfe of the present proprietors and owners of the lands belonging to the township of Hartford, all that part of his counry from a tree marked N. F. which is the dividend between Hartford and Wethersfield we say from the afoarsayd tree on the south, till it meet with Windsor bounds on the north, and from the great river on the east, the whole bredth to run into the wilderness towards the west full six miles, which is to the place where Hartford and Farmington bounds meet; which grant of Sunckquasson, as occasion hath been, was by him renewed to the honored John Haines, Esqr. and other the first magistrates of this place, and enlarged to the westward so far as his country went; which enlargement as well as his former grant was made in presence of many of the natives of the place and English inhabitants; and severall yeares after, about the time of the planting of Farmington in the yeare one thousand six hundred and forty, in a writeing made between the English and Pethus the sachem or gentleman of that place, there is a full mention of the afoarsayd Sunckquasson his grant of this country to the magistrates of this place, which grant we are privy too; and we being the onely successors of Sunckquasson and proprietors (before the forementioned sale) of the lands belonging to the township of Hartford on the west side of the great river, being desired to confirm and pass over all our right and interest in the afoarsayd lands to the present possessors of them, they informeing us that those writeings made by Sunckquasson before recited are at present out of the way, knowing what our predecessor hath done, and what consideration he hath received for the same, --"We, Masseeckcup and William squa in behalf of ourselves and Wawarme the sister and onely heire of Sunckquasson, and Keepequam, Seacutt, Jack Spiner, Currecombe, Wehssatuck squa and Seacunck squa, the onely inhabitants that are surviving of the afoarsayd lands, doe by these presents owne acknowledge and declare, that Sunckquasson whoe was the sachem of Suckiage alias Hartford, and grand proprietor of the lands adjacent, did with the consent of those of us whoe were of age to declare our consent, and with the consent of the rest of the inhabitants of this place, about year 1636, pass over unto Mr. Samuel Stone and Mr. Wm. Goodwine, in behalfe and for the use of themselves and their company, all the land from Wethersfield bounds on the south, to Windsor bounds on the north, and the whole bredth from Connecticutt river on the east six large miles into the wi1derness on the west, which sayd grant was afterwards upon further consideration renewed and enlarged by the sayd Sunckquasson, upon the desire of the honoured Mr. Haines and the rest of the magistrates of this place: but we being informed that on the removeall of some of the gentlemen afoarmentioned, the papers and writeings before specifyed are out of the way, aixi haveing now received of Mr. Samuel Willys, Capt. John Tallcott, Mr. John Allyn and Mr. James Richards, a farther grattification of near the value the land was esteemed at before the English came into these parts - to prevent all further trouble between ourselves and the inhabitants of Hartford, we the sayd Massceekcup, Wm squa as afoarsayd, and Seacutt, Keepequam, Jack Spiner, Currecombe, Wehassatuck squa and Seacunck squa, upon the consideration forementioned by these presents have and do fuIIy, clearly and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoffe and confirme unto Mr. Samuel Willys, Capt. John Tallcott, Mr. John Allyn, and Mr. James Richards, in behalfe of the rest of the proprietors of the land belonging to the township of Hartford, their heires and assignes forever, all that parcell of land from a tree marked N. F. being a boundry between Wethersfield and Hartford on the South, to Windsor bounds on the north, - the whole bredth of land from Wethersfield to Windsor bounds from the great river on the east to runn into the wilderness westward full six miles, which is to the place where Hartford and Farmington bounds meet, - To have and to hold all the afoarsayd parcell of land as it is bounded, with all the meadowes, pastures, woodes, underwood, stones, quarries, brookes, ponds, rivers, profitts, comodities and appurtenances whatsoever belonging thereto, unto the sayd Mr. Samuel Willys, Capt. John Talcott, Mr. James Richards and Mr. John Allyn, in behalfe of themselves and the rest of the inhabitants of the towne of Hartford, whoe are stated proprietors in the undivided lands, their heires and assigns to the onely proper use and behoof of the sayd Mr. Samuel Willys, Capt. John Tallcott, Mr. John Allyn, and Mr.. James Richards as afoarsayd, their heires and assignes forever; and the sayd Massecup and Wm squa in behalfe of themselves and Wawarme the sister of Sunckquasson and Seacutt, Keepequom, Jack Spiner, Currecombe, Wehassatuck Squa, and Secunck squn, doe covenant to and with the sayd Mr. Samuel Willys, Mr. John Tallcott, Mr. James Richards and Mr. John Allyn, that after and next unto the afoarsayd Sunckquasson, they the said Masseeckcup, Wm Squa, Seacutt, Keepequam, &c. have onely full power, good right, and lawfull authority to grant, bargain, sell and convey all and singular the before hereby granted or mentioned to be granted premises with their and every of their appurtenances, unto the sayd Mr. Samuel Willys, Mr. John Tallcott, Mr. John Allyn and Mr. James Richards, as afoarsayd, their heires and assignes forever, and that they the sayd Mr. Samel Willys, Mr. John Tallcott, Mr. John Allyn, and Mr. James Richards, and the rest of the proprietors of the undivided lands within the bounds of the township of Hartford, their heires and assignes, shall and may by force and virtue of these presents, from time to time and all times forever hereafter, lawfully have, receive and take the rent issues and profitts thereof to their own proper use and behoofe forever, without any lett, suit, trouble or disturbance whatsoever of the heires of Sunckquasson or of us the sayd Massecup, Wm squa, Seacutt, Keepequam, Jack Spiner, Currecombe, Wehassatuck squa, and Seacunck squa, our heires or assignes, or of any other person or persons whatsoever clayming by, from or under us or any of us or by our meanes, act, consent, priority or procurement, and that free and clear and freely and clearly acquitted, exonerated and discharged or otherwise from time to time, well and sufficiently saved and kept harmless the sayd Massecup, William - squa, Seacutt and Keepequam, &c. their heires, executors and administrators from all fomer and other grants, gifts, bargains, sales, titles, troubles, demands, and incumbrances whasoever had, made, committed, suffered or done by the afoarsayd Massecup, William squa, Keepequam, Seacutt &c. "In witness whereof, they have signed, sealed and delivered this writeing with their own hands, this fifth of July, one thousand six hundred and seventy. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Arramamatt, his mark, Mamanto, his mark, Neschegen, his mark, Attumtoha, his mark, Wennoe, his mark, Will. Wadsworth, John Addams, John Strickland, Giles Hamlin. MASSEECKCUP, his mark, L. S. SEACUTT, his mark, L. S. JACK SPINER, his mark, L. S. SEACUNCK squa's mark, L. S. CURRECOMBE, his mark, L. S. KEEPEQUAM, his mark, L. S. WILLIAM squa's mark, L. S. WEHASSATUCK squa's mark, L. S. Nesacanett gives consent to this grant and bargain, as he witnesseth by subscribing NESACANETT, his mark, L. S. ********** Inscription on the Monument erected by the Ancient Burying Ground Association of Hartford. IN MEMORY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF HARTFORD. JEREMY ADAMS. MATTHEW ALLYN. FRANCIS ANDREWS. WILLIAM ANDREWS. JOHN ARNOLD. ANDREW BACON. JOHN BARNARD. ROBERT BARTLETT. JOHN BAYSEY. JOHN BIDWELL. THOMAS BIRCHWOOD. WILLIAM BLOOMFIELD. THOMAS BULL. THOMAS BUNCE. BENJAMIN BURR. RICHARD BUTLER. WILLIAM BUTLER. CLEMENT CHAPLIN. RICHARD CHURCH. JOHN CLARK. NICHOLAS CLARK. JAMES COLE. JOHN CROW. ROBERT DAY. JOSEPH EASTON. EDWARD ELMER. NATHANIEL ELY. JAMES ENSIGN. ZACHARIAH FIELD. WILLIAM GIBBONS. RICHARD GOODMAN. WILLIAM GOODWIN. OZIAS GOODWIN. SETH GRANT. GEORGE GRAVES. SAMUEL GREENHILL. SAMUEL HALES. THOMAS HALES. JOHN HAYNES. STEPHEN HART. WILLIAM HEYDEN. WILLIAM HILLS. WILLIAM HOLTON. THOMAS HOOKER. EDWARD HOPKINS. JOHN HOPKINS. THOMAS HOSMER. WILLIAM HYDE. THOMAS JUDD. WILLIAM KELSEY. WILLIAM LEWIS. RICHARD LORD. THOMAS LORD. RICHARD LYMAN. JOHN MARSH. MATTHEW MARVIN. JOHN MAYNARD. JOHN MOODY. JOSEPH MYGATT. THOMAS OLCOTT. JAMES OLMSTED. RICHARD OLMSTED. WILLIAM PANTRY. WILLIAM PARKER. STEPHEN POST. JOHN PRATT. WILLIAM PRATT. NATHANIEL RICUAROL. RICHARD RISLEY. THOMAS ROOT. WILLIAM RUSCOE. THOMAS SCOTT. THOMAS SELDEN. RICHARD SEYMOUR. JOHN SKINNER. ARTHUR SMITH. THOMAS SPENCER. WILLIAM SPENCER. THOMAS STANLEY. TIMOTHY STANLEY. THOXAS STANTON. EDWARD STEBBINS. GEORGE STEELE. JOHN STEELE. GEORGE STOCKING. SAMUEL STONE. JOHN TALCOTT. WILLIAM WADSWORTH. SAMUEL WAKEMAN. NATHANIEL WARD. ANDREW WARNER. RICHARD WEBB. JOHN WEBSTER. THOMAS WELLES. WILLIAM WESTWOOD. JOHN WHITE. WILLIAM WHITING. JOHN WILCOX. GREGORY WOLTERTON. GEORGE WYLLYS. ________________________________________ Extracts from Burke's Encyclopedia of Heraldry, 8 Vo., London, 1844. “Meggett "- Scotland. Az. a quadrangular lock and key, ar. Crest, A lock and key as in the arms. Motto-locksicker. “Meggott." Erminois, three leopards' heads guard. Sa. collared ar. “Maggot "-Kent. Argent on a canton, qu. A round buckle of the field ________________________________________ Extract from Betham's Baronetage of England, 4 NO.-1803, Vol. III, 267. " John Lade, of the Borough of Southwark, elected in the Second Parliament of King George I, on the death of George Meggot, Esq. ________________________________________ Extract from the earliest Laws and Order' of the General Court of Connecticut. "RECORDS." It is ordered by this Courte, and the authority thereof, that the town clark, or register in the severall townes of this jurissdiction, shall record all berths and death, of persons in theire towne, and that all parents, masters of servants, executors, and administrators, respectively, shall bring into the register of their severall townes, the names of such persons belonging to them, or any of them, as shall either bee borne or dye: and allso, that every new married man, shall likewise bring in a certificate of his marriage, under the hand of the magistrate which married him, to the said register, and for each neglect, the person to whome it doth belong; shall forfeitt as followeth, viz: If any person, shall neglect to bring in a noate or certificate as aforesaid, together with threepence a name, to the said register, for all births, and deaths, and sixpence for each marriage to bee recorded; more than one mouth after such birth, death, or marriage; shall forteitt for every default, five shillings, and the penalty further increased, uppon longer neglect, according to the judgment of the courte; and the register of each towne, shall yearly, convey to the secretary of the courte, a true transcript of the births, deaths, and marriages, given under theire hands, with a third part of the aforementioned fees, under the penalty of forty shillings, for every such neglect, all which forfeitures, shall bee returned into the Treasury; also the grand jurors, may present all neglects of this order. ________________________________________ Historical Notice of Danbury, Ct. The original Indian name of Dunbury was" Pahquioque." The first settlement in the town, was begun in the summer of 1684; some buildings were commenced, some grain sowed, &c. Some of the families continued through the winter, others did not remove until the following spring; and it may therefore be said, that the first permanent settlement was made in the spring of 1685, by eight families.93 93 Robbin's Century Sermon The names of the men were Thomas Taylor, Francis Bushnel, Thomas Barnum, John Hoyt, James Benedict, Samuel Benedict, James Bebee, and Judah Gregory. They settled near together, at the south end of the town street; they all came from Norwalk, except Bebee, who was from Stratford; Josiah Starr from Long Island, Joseph Mygatt from Hartford, and the families of Pickett, Knapp, and Wildman, were all ancient settlers of the town. The town was surveyed in 1693; the lands were purchased of the Indians. 94 Danbury and its vicinity was the theater of an engagement between upward of 2000 British troops, commanded by Govr. Tryon, and 1000 American militia, under Generals Silliman, Wooster, and Arnold, on the 26th and 27th April, 1777, in which General Wooster was mortally wounded. 95 The object of the enemy was the destruction of a large quantity of provisions, and military stores, this town having been chosen in the latter part of the year 1776, by the Commissioners of the American army, as a place of deposit. The enemy entered Danbury on the 26th April, at 3 P. M., committing all manner of excesses, upon the persons and property of the inhabitants (except the tories), and fearing their retreat might be cut off, rallied early on the morning of the 27th, fired the town and marched immediately away. "Nineteen dwelling houses, the meeting house of the New Danbury Society, and twenty-two stores, and barns, with all their contents were consumed. A large quantity of Continental stores were burnt; as near as could be ascertained,, about 3000 barrels of pork, more than 1000 barrels of flour, several hundred barrels of beef, 1600 tents, 2000 bushels of grain, besides many other valuable articles, such as rum, wine, rice, army carriages, &c."96 94 Thurber’s Hist. Col 95 His remains were interred In the old burying ground at Danbury. 96 Robbin's Century Sermon.
