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History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield; V HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF OLD FAIRFIELD VOLUME I. Compiled and Edited by DONALD LINES JACOBUS, M.A. 0 For THE EUNICE DENNIE BURR CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT 1930 GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE ANNIE BURR JENNINGS LORETTA BRUNDIGE PERRY HELEN TURNEY SHARPS, Chairman THE TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR COMPANY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. COMPILER'S PREFACE On May 22, 1929, I was engaged to compile the history of the Fairfield families for the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and on November 27, 1929, the date of present writing, the first volume is practically complete and the first section has been placed in the printer's hands. It can be asserted, without much fear of contradiction, that no genealogical work of equal magnitude has ever been compiled with such incredible rapidity. Several factors have made this rapid progress possible. In the past, my work has taken me to Fairfield frequently, and in consequence I had a great deal of material on the early generations, which I contributed as a beginning for the work. My mother, Mrs. John I. Jacobus, has been a most capable assistant, when working in Fairfield, copying vital records and abstracting later probate records, while I was engaged on other parts of the work. Copies of material in printed sources and at the Fairfield Historical Society were typed for me by my secretary, Miss Pearl Beloff. Without this "staff" of clerical assistants, the work would have taken several months longer. I have also given my own time in no niggardly fashion, for many weeks working almost every evening on the task of compilation until one or two in the morning. Our grateful thanks are due to the Fairfield Historical Society for their generosity in making available their valuable manuscript collections. The greatest single contribution is without question the carefully prepared genealogies of certain Fairfield families found in the manuscripts of the late Orrando Perry Dexter. This gentleman worked on the Fairfield records for seventeen years, and although he did not live to complete his work, the present volume owes so much to it that his name deserves a place as collaborator. I have never found an error in the finished section of his manuscripts, and on the other hand I have several times worked out difficult problems independently, only to find upon consulting his papers that he had preceded me in arriving at the same conclusions. The copies of gravestone inscriptions and church records made by Mr. Winthrop H. Perry, Mr. Robert P. Wakeman, and others, and deposited at the Historical Society rooms, have also been extremely useful and have enabled the compiler to add many dates. Of particular service has been the excellent work of Mrs. Kate Perry in her Old Burying Ground of Fairfield. The committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Miss Jennings, Miss Perry, and Mrs. Sharps, throughout the work have shown an attitude of understanding helpfulness whenever difficulties have arisen, and of broad vision in desiring to make this volume and the succeeding ones excellent in every respect. To Mrs. Sharps I am especially indebted for her generosity in lending a large quantity of collected material, which saved me considerable time and labor. All references to the unpublished manuscripts of Gov. Winthrop were furnished by Col. Charles E. Banks of Boston, and are used by his gracious permission. The knowledge which we owe to this source, while not large 2 COMPILER'S PREFACE in amount, is of the highest importance, since it is knowledge that could not be obtained from public record sources or in any other way. I am indebted to Mr. Clarence A. Torrey, of Dorchester, Mass, for his helpful collaboration on the Burr family; to Mr. George C. Bryant, of Ansonia, Conn, for generosity in supplying data on several families with Milford connections; to Mr. Homer W. Brainard, of Hartford, Conn, for valuable information on a branch of the Gilbert family; to Mrs. Harry B. Houghton, of Bridgeport, Conn, for much data on the Westcott family; and to Miss Irene H. Mix, of Hartford, for her great kindness in looking up certain records at the State Library for use in the book. Our account of the William Hill family, particularly of its important and interesting English connections, owes much to the generosity of Miss Grace A. Hill, of Richmond, Va, in permitting us to use the results of her researches. A few years ago Mr. Francis B. Trowbridge, of New Haven, Conn, very kindly lent me some manuscript books compiled by his great-uncle, the historian E. Champion Bacon, to aid me in my work on New Haven families. By chance, one of these books contained brief abstracts of the first three volumes of Fairfield Probate Records, made in 1841. Although I felt it necessary to cover these records independently, so as to make more extended notes, Mr. Bacon's abstracts were useful for quick reference, as he had indexed them; and in two or three estates in the damaged first volume, his abstracts made so long ago contained a little more information than is now legible. The willingness, even eagerness, of so many people to aid in a work of this nature, is extremely gratifying; and if through inadvertence I have omitted to make acknowledgment to some who have been helpful, I ask them to pardon the oversight and remind me of it, and the omission will be made good in the preface to the second volume. For families with a Westchester County connection, the Miscellanea published for several years in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record have been used extensively. Hall's' Norwalk and Huntington's Stamford Registration have been employed for vital records of those towns, corrected in a few instances from the original. It was not possible, however, to verify all these records, and it may be suspected that they contain a few slight errors. For Stratford and Woodbury vital records, I used my own verified copy made from the original. Milford records are either from my personal copy or Mr. Bryant's, and I am indebted to Mr. Bryant for several records from Newtown. In a work of this size, it cannot be hoped that error will be entirely avoided. There is always the chance of overlooked typographical errors, as well as those politely termed "slips of the pen" which are usually mental lapses caused by fatigue. Finally, we have to admit the lack of verification or checking back. Frankly, I admire genealogical work performed with meticulous nicety, and try to employ it on smaller commissions. The present volume contains the early generations of the families of half a county, and one cannot paint a house with quite the same attention to detail that is devoted to painting a miniature. To employ the most meticulous methods 9 COMPILER'S PREFACE 3 on a work like this would require several years of time and a small fortune in money. Nevertheless, I believe that few mistakes will be found; and if any are noted, I shall be glad to have corrections sent to the committee for printing at the end of this volume or in the next volume. ARRANGEMENT The families are arranged in alphabetical order. Each family begins • (wherever possible) with the first settler. His sons who are carried forward as heads of families are designated thus: +. Families are brought down in this volume at least to 1700, but the last generation included is given com­ pletely, so that on some lines the families are brought down to 1720 or considerably later. Individuals who will be carried to the second volume as heads of families are designated thus: X. The public services of each individual are listed immediately after his • name, before the genealogical statistics are given. Dates following military titles are those of appointment. The date of each session at which a Deputy served is stated. Those who use the book are asked to remember that there are scarcely any vital records for the period before 1700, and that the extant church records do not begin until 1694. In consequence, the probate and land records constitute our chief sources of information. The earlier probate records are not in existence, and the first volume is so damaged as to be partly indecipherable. The earlier land records are mere entries of grants and sales, not copies of the deeds, and hence do not contain as much genealogical information as those of a slightly later date. In consequence of all this, the early generations of the Fairfield families are more difficult than are those of almost any other ancient town in the state. Much depends upon the trained judgment of the compiler and his ability to interpret correctly the significance of such records as are available. I have not • hesitated to overwork the useful words, "perhaps," "possibly," and "prob­ ably," especially the last. Some relationships, while not susceptible of legal proof, I consider genealogically proved by strong circumstantial or collateral evidence, and have stated as facts, but where there has been the slightest doubt regarding the conclusions reached, I have felt that the only honest thing to do was to qualify with a "probably." Brief abstracts of probate and land records are given, to show record 9 evidence for most statements. The size of the work precluded giving specific references to volume and page. Personally, I cannot see that such references have much value. Often, when an old volume is provided with a modern index, it is entirely repaged, thus making a liar of anyone who has quoted the original page number; and the volumes themselves are sometimes renumbered.
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