From handwritten in pencil record found in Discovery Museum's Capt. John Brooks' Collection: A record of the Birdseye family Deacon John Birdseye died 1694. aged 74 yrs. His son John Birdseye died 1697. aged 55 yrs. Joseph, son of John Birdseye died June 25th 1757 aged 75 years Rev Nathan son of Joseph Birdseye was born Aug 8th 1714. he died Jan 28th 1818, aged 103 yrs, 5 months, 9 days. His wife Dorothy Hawley, daughter of Rev Thomas Hawley of Ridgefield, was born Feb 27th 1719 or 20, she died Sept. 21st 1807, aged 88 yrs. They were the parents of twelve children, six sons, and six daughters, first a son, and then a daughter, through the entire number. He lived to be able to say, "Arive daughter, and go to thy daughter, for thy daughters daughter, hath got a daughter". The first child, a son named Joseph Birdseye was born Feb 4, 1739. The second child a daughter named, Dorothy Birdseye, was born Aug 10th 1742. The third child a son named, Nathan Birdseye was born May 29th 1744. The fourth child a daughter named Hannah Birdseye was born Dec 15th 1746 The fifth child a son named Ezra Birdseye was born Jan 28th 1749. The sixth child a daughter Helen Birdseye was born July 17th 1751 married William Curtis of Oronoque The seventh child a son Thadeus Birdseye was born April 18th 1753 "New Stile". The eighth child a daughter Abigail Birdseye was born April 28th 1755 The ninth child a son Ebenezer Birdseye was born May 13th 1757 The tenth child a daughter Lucy Birdseye was born March 1st 1759 The eleventh child a son John Birdseye was born Feb 16th 1761 The twelfth child a daughter Sarah Birdseye was born Aug. 26th 1763. Dorothy Birdseye, wife of Nathan Birdseye, and Mother of this numerous family died Sept 21 1807 aged 88 yrs. eleven yrs previous to his death. Deacon John Birdseye married Phillippa Smith daughter of Henry Smith of Wethersfield John, son of Deacon John, married Phoebe Wilcoxson daughter of Deacon Timothy Wilcoxson. Joseph, son of John, married Sarah Thomson daughter of Ambrose Thomson Rev Nathan Birdseye, son of Joseph, married Dorothy Hawley, daughter of Rev Thomas Hawley of Ridgefield on April 17 1739. She was born Feb 27th, 1719 or 1720, and died Sept 21st 1807 aged 88. Her Mother, Mrs. Thomas Hawley was Abigail Gold, daughter of Lieut Governor Nathan Gold and Hannah, daughter of Lieut Col John Talcott. Rev Nathan Birdseye's Children 1st Joseph, born Feb 4th 1739 married (no name written here) 2nd Dorothy, born Aug 10 1742, married Oct 20th 1762 to John Brooks III of Stratford, she outlived him 46 yrs., and married for her second husband Thomas Ivers? she died in Stratford, Sept. 1834, aged 93. 3rd Nathan, May 29th 1744 4th Hannah, Dec 15th 1746 married Silas Curtis son of Stiles Curtis 1st, Feb 17th 1765, they had 12 children 5th Ezra, Jan 28th 1749. 6th Helen, July 17, 1751, married William Curtis of Oronoque. died. July 10th 1845 aged 94 7th Thadeus. April 18th 1753 "New Style". 8th Abigail. April 28th 1755. 9th Ebenezer. May 13th 1757. 10th Lucy. March 1st 1759. 11th John. Feb 16th, 1761. he was the youngest son, died in New York state, aged 78 yrs 12th Sarah Aug 26th 1763. married, Rev Payson Williston of Northampton, died there Aug 19th 1845 aged 82 yrs, the last of Rev Nathan Birdseye's family.