Transcribed From Appendix (pgs 168-175) of the Book: HISTORY OF SIMSBURY, GRANBY, AND CANTON FROM 1642 TO 1645 By: Noah A. Phelps Hartford PRESS OF CASE, TIFFINY AND BURNHAM, 1845 Pearl Street, corner of Trumbull ___________ REGISTER of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in the families of the first settlers of Simsbury. This Register is compiled chiefly from an old manuscript book, in the possession of JAMES LOOMIS, sq. of Windsor, "made out May 18, 1674," from an older book stated to be full; to which additions were made during a few years, after 1674. These books unquestionably contain the records kept of these events, by several clergymen who officiated at Windsor, during their occurrence. The one, from which these extracts are made, is in a mutilated condition, and in many places illegible. It does not of course contain the births of children born before their parents removed to Windsor, nor generally, after they settled in Simsbury. In compiling this Register, a considerable amount of matter, in addition to the above, has been derived from the state records, and from the town records of Windsor and Simsbury. It is not claimed that this account is perfect, or that it can be made so. But the design has been to include in it all that has been discovered relating to the subject as connected with the early inhabitants of Simsbury. Where names or dates are missing, they were so in the originals from which copies were made. ________________________________________________________ PART 6 BEGINS. The book itself is not divided into parts. I'm separating the material into six parts for posting purposes. GEORGE PHELPS, (who, it is supposed, was brother of the first William Phelps,) married a daughter of Philip Randall. She died Aug. 29, 1648. Isaac, born Aug. 26, 1638 Joseph, born June 24, 1647 Abraham, born Jan. 22, 1642 His second wife was Frances, wife of Thomas Dewey, whom he married Nov. 30, 1648. Jacob, born Feb. 7, 1649 Nathaniel born Dec. 9, 1654 John, born Feb. 15, 1651 He removed to Westfield, and died there, July 9, 1678. His son Isaac married Ann Gaylord, May 11, 1662 Isaac, born Sept. 10, 1666 - married Mary Maudsley, Dec. 17, 1690 - lived in Westfield. Sarah, born 1760, and John, born in 1673. Abraham, married Mary Pinney, July 6, 1663. He resided it is supposed in East Windsor. He died Jan. 28 1728, aged 85, and his wife July 2, 1725, aged 81. Abraham, born March 6, 1666 - died in 1732. Isaac, born Aug. 5, 1673 - died Jan. 4, 1703 Benjamin, born Oct. 1, 1683 Joseph, married Mary Porter, June 26, 1673 - she died Jan. 16, 1682 Mary, born Jan. 13, 1674 Sarah, born April 4, 1677 Joseph, born Dec. 30, 1678 - married Abigail Bissell, Nov. 26, 1702. He married his second wife, Hester ___, and died in 1695. Hannah born in 1680 - Mindwell, 1682 - Hester, 1693 - Benoi, 1695. Sergeant SAMUEL WILLCOXSON, (Willcox) was an early settler. He resided at Meadow plain, and died March 12, 1713. He removed from Hartford. He left, it is supposed, three sons, Samuel, William, and Joseph. Samuel had Joseph, born Aug. 1701, and Ephriam, Feb. 4, 1707, and perhaps others. William, married Elizabeth Willson, by whom he had John, William, Amos, and Azariah, born July 27, 1706. William was a deacon in the church, and was living in 1770. Amos married Joanna Hillyer, Nov. 6, 1725. His widow married a Mr. Bishop, and died at about one hundred years of age. Their children were, Amos, born May 15, 1729 Elijah, born Sept. 25, 1743 Ruth, born Jan. 10, 1735 Lucy, married Ariel Lawrence Ezekiel, born June 10, 1735 Esther Joanna, born May 26, 1740 James, born Feb. 10, 1751 Joseph, had Joseph, born Feb. 9, 1705, and perhaps other children. He settled at Westover's plain. Some of his descendants, it is supposed, settled at Salmon brook. Joseph and Ephriam Willcox were taxed there in 1734. JAMES CORNISH settled at Northampton, and was the first schoolmaster in that town. He afterwards removed to Westfield, and , about, 1667, was appointed Clerk of the courts in Hampshire county, by Sir Edmond Andross. Shortly afterwards, when the government of Massachusetts was resumed under the Charter, he was left out of office, but the court applauded his good services, and recommended him to the public favor. It is understood that he afterwards removed to Windsor--whether he died there, or in Simsbury, is not known. There was a James Cornish, and Gabriel Cornish, in Windsor, in 1676. James Cornish, son, as supposed, of the above, settled in Simsbury about 1695. He was taxed here in 1699, and was a deacon of the church on 1715. James Eno, and George Hayes, were taxed in 1700; and in 1701, Benjamin Dibble, David Buttolph, Andrew Robe, Jacob Reed, and Peter Rice. The name of Tuller does not appear until about 1690. The first of the name, John Tuller, then spelt Tullor, resided near the south line of the town on the east side of the river. The family of Latimer became inhabitants still later - they removed from Wethersfield. The first Isaac Ensign whose widow is now living, was a native of Hartford; and the late Elijah St. John, it is understood, removed from Fairfield County. The Williston and Bestor families came from Suffield, and the Mather Family from Farmington. Thomas Bacon was taxed here in 1694, but he was not among the first settlers. The name was then spelt, on the records, Backon. The Goodwins were not among the first settlers. They are descended from William Goodwin, of Hartford, who was born 1629, and died 1689. William was the son of Ozias Goodwin, who was one of the first settlers of Hartford. The Westover family has become extinct in this town. The first of the name, in the town, was Jonathan, who settled here about 1690. He was a man of wealth and considerable influence. The ancestors of the Grimes and Vining families removed here about eighty years ago. The Andruss family came here more than one hundred years since. When the wife of Mr. Butler Andruss was born, over seventy years since, she had living in the same female line, in regular succession, four ancestors, all bearing the same christian name - viz. Mrs. Joanna Hillyer of Granby; Mrs. Joanna Bishop, whose first husband was Amos Willcox; Mrs. Joanna Case, wife of Job Case; and Mrs. Joanna Case, wife of Israel Case. Reports say they all assembled to see the infant, whose name was also Joanna! - thus making a bevy representing five generations, all present at the same time and bearing the same name! Mrs. Hillyer, the eldest, was then upwards of ninety years old. Of this group, Mrs. Andruss is now the only survivor. END OF PART 6 Transcribed By Marilyn CT