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mWho wortfd it rnm*m% mod Jot 1 *JgL to 1*4:. aIffllWr Mm VMHMrl hMW.! ■■■Will. Of magistral* tightgghuntln* trip about dusk. and when Jhwp a C«mcU and aerved on Hthev rrturned they aaw the houae1 ®*ny Important committee* in ffiwrretmSSdby The men * *lt;1 church. He wa* one of^wSrtaeen (» wnwof the Indian* th« nineteen assistant* named In lie I as they took to runnlna for the i *** Charter ofCoPDectlcut botany.I ,n timbered bottom, down the grade;^^ar^hi^w^8ona-iivl*w^Johnlt, i »nd Dmently thr two men »w I Demin, nd MWhew^C^fjeld.two Indium *he*d of them who *nd hw *“■ Robert Tre»t. who »-lSS wro^hem and UkVnfrt.M *“ «* »» the e.rly Connecticut de I were runnlna from the white men. governors.th : while two frotn the party at the • Richard Treat was son of Ro-atj house were followlna the white bcrt and hi* wife. Honour -.fv | men at full speed The Indians in I Robert was probably son of Tam ry;the lead turned down the river. [sen. son of Richard, son of Wil-t '.and the white men turned up the liam. probably son of John Rich-fourwhoWesandton.ClT18iKmarHurSiRc* I river, and escaped their pursuer* ard was baptized August 28. 1584. diedd | in the woods and brush I Two of the BrlshtmanIfHe died in Wethersfield. Conn.,! _____ In 1689 or 1670. He was alive mari mounted horses and carried the[p^tobcJ .**• and the inven-|Hurbov*J* news to Victoria where a com- ^ry of his estate ^presented h- pany of scouts was collected and at court March 3. 1669-70. HeRIto make a Iona story short, they married in the year1615 in Pits-1 I\ pursued the marauding Indians minster. England. Alice Oaylord. Samlt;* down the coast and killed most of J^o was baptized there May 10. til \*• them ; *694. «at which time her name 1761•- ... ... _ . .. was spelled Oavloud). daughter BC)\Shortly after this Mr Bright- of Hugh Oaylaud. who was bur- M«*rhe fan rented_a farm near Victoria lcd 0ct 21. 1614 m PiUminster.1795In ui? iE* £lv Wh‘‘n Al,CC dlPfl lS not *noWT.. Sept*• 1 in ritatn. «bu! she •urvived her husband The, Tlto [ortunate in raising a good sup- chlldrrn of Richard and Aliceply of corn, sweet potatoes and pumpkins. Harvesting this cron in the fall of 1845. thev decided to«Oaylord Treat werefathand1. Honour, baptized March 19. pearinN move to fkiliad. and wrrc'Vhcrr married about 1637 John cordS before January 1 1*46 as I have Demin*. They had the ten child- fieldhP » . . ran fra W s» • hnrr i isi VI P^nn * ratu. tax receipts showing they were r™ Jn ,Wet*?crsfl?!£• c°nnliable for taxes at the beginning J°,hn;J.«3816.2?:_SRrn‘ !? of the year. He soon established a «46: David. 1652; Ebenezer: theferry very near where the iron Rachel; a daughter whose name Wetbridge was loc ated when I was *» .«* *}***'■ Mary who married marthere some years ago The Annex- iohn »“rlt?urA of _ Middletown. Ir lt;ation of Texas to the United.Conn - Mbbeth. w*2 Joanna, baptized May 24States and the ciaim of Texas to Ithe territory between the Nueces; 1618 died in October. 1694: mar and the Rio Grande Rivers (rled John Hollister brought on the war between the 3 Sarah, baptized Dee 3. 1620 ‘. United States and Mexico, and married about 1644 ., this made the ferry a remunera- Campfield tlve venture. sf The town of Goliad was prob-•n »bly incorporated in 1846. Oeorge ,n Brightman was elected one of thethatren.JC1752MMatthew 15 s VRichard, baptized Jan. 9.Ron1622-3: died about 1698. marirtd 1752Feb. 24 6about 1661. Sarah Coleman 5 Robert. baptized Feb25iy a’dennen. Somewhere. I haveert- 1624-5; died July 12. 1710; he huh ,d dence also that he was elected marncd. flrsl. jam. Tapp; second, *nd i, county treasurer of Oollad county.|wldom. Elizabeth Powell Rollings-I bomdiedie but it has disappeared However WOrth-Bryanie it must have been so. for what-1 Chilim ever I iiad showed it officially I •_ E1,7A^ bap.tl7.d Jld 25 Jo1627. married about 1652. George Wolcott8*, 17777. Susanna, baptized Get. 8 Lima 1629; died in 1705: married about |This could probably be proved •d , from the archives in the State Library. It must have been be-y. tween 1846 and about 1852. as the;n family moved down the river dur- 1 1652 Robert Webster *r ing that year and 1 am quite sure H Allrt. baptized Feb 16. 1631 -IV. he was not elected to any office} 2. buried Aug 2. 1633 at Pitmlns-^! after he moved from the town, ter England•• «I found the certificate of electionlater. 19 James, born in 1634 and baptized July 20 1634; died Feb 12 That he was capable of making. 1709 He married. Jan 26. 1665if9s very devoted friends is well estab- . Rob* rca Lattime it lished One of his most intimate ! a friends was James I^nsing of .....3r Galveston All his children at-! H'tll'Ol.1!™m tended the school taught bv my ie' mother. Emcline Brightman*. and ■ip, after the Brightmans moved to; The l»ewiing l.inres'Goliad, he also moved from Cial-to) veston ..nd there are a number of *n letters from him to Mr Bright-:li man all couched in terms of high10 Katherine, baptized June 29 29. 1655. Rev William Thompson of New Hawn. ConnJOHN DEMTNO is si c! bv *me genealogists to have been among the very first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn.. but the earliest le-Po 25 F W 17H4 1 .,■ 1 Mt Ja 1787 at w Hlt; 1789 at st' Pa 24 V \V VI Joaii 1775•y esteem and the letters themselves j cord of his name is in that of hh 1c show a well-educated man and | homestead. March 2 1642 On jpnin one who knew the world and hu-!J‘lt;* • -PP-ais amongthe deputies as Jo Demon and u'“ in 1656 as a deputy hr Is called [Ollvily »nan nature.h. It will b. notice that Me died Jl lte7 hi S'of about five years ^.tlerjhe ^v - ! ^^^',,,^0,.^™!'^!, ^ }. lt;ieto their last home. NeitherJohn Demini. He is one of theHeM Kil’tS n°.r m°h,h% rf “* £5 *f*nfem in 11,e famous Charter ext. oe bed.*, when he died nor^were of Connecticut ix.ued to them and 'VPV .V .. .. • , I, - i hllrt,i 111 VVIIII' » »*». i'U vw Ill'll! aimS *Jry th;: fun, r“' th,w who xhould anerw.rdx b-of But the Other son-in-law. Majorcome associated with them grant-Jo mukhe L M ,Ro*,;rlhanfd„h“,n'‘v1,r. Z ''.heltn'dT V Connecticutul n£.,ie present, and the following is from . . ronimon Vlt;K •• and ej c«• a letter written bv him announr- Newing ne oeam. menl wlth unusua] privileges for ! chile‘ Goliad County. Jan y 1st. 1858 day Trumbull sneaks of John lui *.a Dear Brother and Sister It Dr-ming as one of the fathers of In f becomes my painful duty to in- Connecticut, and Hutman says of movform you that Father now sleeps j4im that In 1654 he held the of- wifef.d the last long sleep from which flcP 0f constable of Wethersfield ingt.11 4 V. ... 1. lit, lil. /l • i t . I a Ithere is no awekenlng He died an office which proved that he a w«about day-light last Tuesday was ,n fun confidence of the gov- tool_ morning, the 29th of December, ernor His name frequently ap- Hisin full faith of rising In a better prars upon the records of thejOliv world colony with the prefix Mr a I in aAlthough his bodily sufferings courtesy paid only to men of was were extremely severe and agon- some prominence. Hlmnan says he vhoj. Izlng. his mind was calm com- was a representative at fifty sc-s- jt , powd and perfectly clear to the siona of the General Court, and trrar Hollister credits him with nine- 0f ^ni He had b«-n rapidly alnkin, «! ““I0,' Urn ^IV for several days, but did not lose h J. K. D»mlngi. andns the power of speech until about j Children of John Demlng:il- midnight on Monday night. He, 1 John, born 9 8lt;*pt.. 1638.2. Jonathan, born about 1639Pd was buried in the graveyard near to. Sutton’s on Wednesday evening.and . mce of i | MasA daughter, about 1643. inar- 1807an there to await that summons for ricd n Berkley, of Wethersfield (to Ily which he so often declared him-, 4 Rachel, born about 1644. mar-,citei vn self prepared which should be a Tied 16 Nov . 1655. John Morgan theng great consolation to us that are j of Wethersfield as left behind. “let “The balance of the family are n- in good health and hope this may *re find you all enjoying the same ily blessing. I will write more at *e length in a few days, for I can-lig not call to mind what I wish to n- write at this time.“So farewell for the present.LIEUEN M. ROOERS. nt The place where he was burled 1* ha* been lost sight of. with the ne grave unmarked for 76 years; lc- even the 8utton Oraveyard Is not of located with absolute certainty, m- only within near limits. But as a ys, soldier of the War of 1812. the ?re san Antonio Chapter of the in Daughters of 1812 honored his in memory on September 8. 1935.with the unveiling of a monument ’he to him at Goliad and later the *r- monument wa* placed in the he ground pointed out by old settlers as the Sutton burying ground.This writer was not present at the unveiling, owing to the in-al- clemency of the weather, hta own ige advanced age. and the long dls-th tance of the unveiling from his est home. But the photographs of the in- monument and marker are suffl-xxl clent to entitle the San Antonio 1th Chapter and it* members to full as credit for their beauty and for it the elaborate program of the exer-ten rises attending the unveiling, nw i The Treat JJne.ien ! The Treat family of Wethers-thi? field. Conn.. and its environs is a the name of importance In the early the history of Connecticut. The eml-iad grant. Richard Treat, who settled us | in Wethersfield, is one of the four his pioneers who was honored with In-1 the title of “Mr. He was a re-rd,1 presentative to the Oeneral Courtwhilt;5. SAMUEL, born about 1646. i Mas6. Mary, born about 1648. mar-jlt;l,■n, ried about 1670. John Hurlburt of • H Wethersfield. I 'Bn7. Mercy, born about 1651. mar- (Hey ried Thos. or Jos. Wright, of Wethersfield, and died 17 Dec.1714. s. p.8. David, born about 1652.9. Sarah, born about 1654. married Samuel Moody of Hartford and died 29 Sept.. 1717. in Hadley, Mass.,10. Ebcnezer. born about 1659.11. SAMUEL DEMINO. son of John lt;13. born about 1646 in Wethersfield. Conn.. died 6 April.1709. in Wethersfield, married 29 Mar., 1694. Sarah Buck, daughter of Enoch and Mary • Kirby» Buck, born 1 April. 1669. 8he married second. Captain Jonathan Churchhill.Children:1. John, born 27 Dec.. 1694.2. David, born 29 Dec.. 1696.3. SAMUEL, bom 12 June. 1699.4. Honour, bom 16 Dec.. 1701; married first. 16 Oct.. 1729. Hez^k-lh Ooodrick: married second. 5 ii* July. 1733. Dr. Thomas Perrin. *K!'5. William, bom 10 May. 1705.III. SAMUEL DEMINO «3 *. Samuel lt;2). John lt;1. born 12 June.1699. in Wethersfield. Conn.; died in 1773 in Wethersfield: married 16 June. 1726. In Wethersfield. Katherine Treat, daughter of Richard and Katherine lt;Bulklcy Treat, born 26 Aug. 1706; died Sept. 1778.Samuel Demlng was a resident cf Wethersfield, where his name frequently appears on the land records. His will, dated 5 Mar.,1773. proved 21 July. 1773 names all of his children except Sarah and Rebecca. He had a son, Rich-sellofvirticentBee;cietthrlt;Beemarthemar C lt;Br Hav Bat H 3 / Jan C rled InFAma:In • J11KmasectandEdietrU,sdietPEmalive
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