Samuel 's father, Josiah, was the son of James Crofutt and Persis Gregory. James was the son of Joseph Crowfoot and Mary Hillier. Samuel Crofut, son of Josiah and Sarah (Benedict) Crofut, born in 1734 in Danbury, Conn., died in 1831 (age 99) married 1st, Sarah, daughter of Lieut. James and Hannah Seeley, of Bethel, on May 28, 1767 (born 1743 died 1780): 2nd, Abigail Seeley of Fairfield on August 2, 1781 (she died before 1806); 3rd, when past seventy years of age, Lucy Jane (Davern) Patchen (sister-in-law of his son Eri) and by her had four children, Moses, Aaron, Mabel, and Lydia and survived to see his grandchildren by this marriage. Samuel and Sarah had Samuel, Cloa, Eunice, Eri, and Ruth. Eri married Betsey Davern, daughter of John Davern, believed to be of County Mayo, Ireland and Lois Knapp. Betsey was the sister of Samuel's third wife, Lucy Jane Davern Patchen, who was the mother of your Mabel. My gggfa, Samuel's grandson, also Samuel Crofutt, who died Aug 15, 1865, was buried in the Putney and Oronoque Cemetery on the border of Stratford and Shelton, CT His name on his gravestone is spelled "Crofutt".